H.B. No. 4544
AN ACT
relating to municipal control of coyotes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 825, Health and Safety Code, is amended
by adding Subchapter D to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER D. CONTROL OF PREDATORY ANIMALS
Sec. 825.051. MUNICIPAL CONTROL OF COYOTES. A municipality
with a population density of more than 2,500 persons per square
mile may capture, relocate, or euthanize a coyote located within
the municipality or the municipality's extraterritorial
jurisdiction. The municipality may request assistance from Texas
Wildlife Services to capture, relocate, or euthanize a coyote.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4544 was passed by the House on May 3,
2019, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 1, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4544 was passed by the Senate on May
22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor