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1		-	H.B. No. 547
	1	+	By: Canales, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Perry) H.B. No. 547
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 1, 2019;
	3	+	April 2, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Water &
	4	+	Rural Affairs; April 25, 2019, reported favorably by the following
	5	+	vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; April 25, 2019, sent to printer.)
	6	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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	9	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	10		AN ACT
5	11		relating to verification of hunting and fishing license
6	12		information.
7	13		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	14		SECTION 1. Section 42.006, Parks and Wildlife Code, is
9	15		amended to read as follows:
10	16		Sec. 42.006. POSSESSION OF LICENSE;[:] RULES. (a) The
11	17		commission by rule may prescribe requirements relating to
12	18		possessing a license issued under this chapter.
13	19		(b) Rules adopted under Subsection (a) must allow for a
14	20		person to present for the purpose of verification of possession a
15	21		hunting license as an image displayed on a wireless communication
16	22		device. The image displayed may be either an image of information
17	23		from the Internet website of the department or a photograph of a
18	24		hunting license.
19	25		(c) The display of an image that includes hunting license
20	26		information on a wireless communication device under this section
21	27		does not constitute effective consent for a law enforcement
22	28		officer, or any other person, to access the contents of the wireless
23	29		communication device except to view the hunting license
24	30		information.
25	31		(d) The authorization of the use of a wireless communication
26	32		device to display hunting license information under Subsection (b)
27	33		does not prevent a court of competent jurisdiction from requiring a
28	34		person to provide a paper copy of the person's hunting license in a
29	35		hearing or trial or in connection with discovery proceedings.
30	36		(e) A telecommunications provider, as defined by Section
31	37		51.002, Utilities Code, may not be held liable to the holder of a
32	38		hunting license for the failure of a wireless communication device
33	39		to display hunting license information under Subsection (b).
34	40		SECTION 2. Section 46.0085, Parks and Wildlife Code, is
35	41		amended by adding Subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g) to read as
36	42		follows:
37	43		(d) Rules adopted under Subsection (a) must allow for a
38	44		person to present for the purpose of verification of possession a
39	45		fishing license as an image displayed on a wireless communication
40	46		device. The image displayed may be either an image of information
41	47		from the Internet website of the department or a photograph of a
42	48		fishing license.
43	49		(e) The display of an image that includes fishing license
44	50		information on a wireless communication device under this section
45	51		does not constitute effective consent for a law enforcement
46	52		officer, or any other person, to access the contents of the wireless
47	53		communication device except to view the fishing license
48	54		information.
49	55		(f) The authorization of the use of a wireless communication
50	56		device to display fishing license information under Subsection (d)
51	57		does not prevent a court of competent jurisdiction from requiring a
52	58		person to provide a paper copy of the person's fishing license in a
53	59		hearing or trial or in connection with discovery proceedings.
54	60		(g) A telecommunications provider, as defined by Section
55	61		51.002, Utilities Code, may not be held liable to the holder of a
56	62		fishing license for the failure of a wireless communication device
57	63		to display fishing license information under Subsection (d).
58	64		SECTION 3. Section 50.004, Parks and Wildlife Code, is
59	65		amended by adding Subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f) to read as
60	66		follows:
61	67		(c) Rules adopted under Subsection (a) must allow for a
62	68		person to present for the purpose of verification of possession a
63	69		combination hunting and fishing license as an image displayed on a
64	70		wireless communication device. The image displayed may be either an
65	71		image of information from the Internet website of the department or
66	72		a photograph of a combination hunting and fishing license.
67	73		(d) The display of an image that includes combination
68	74		hunting and fishing license information on a wireless communication
69	75		device under this section does not constitute effective consent for
70	76		a law enforcement officer, or any other person, to access the
71	77		contents of the wireless communication device except to view the
72	78		combination hunting and fishing license information.
73	79		(e) The authorization of the use of a wireless communication
74	80		device to display combination hunting and fishing license
75	81		information under Subsection (c) does not prevent a court of
76	82		competent jurisdiction from requiring a person to provide a paper
77	83		copy of the person's combination hunting and fishing license in a
78	84		hearing or trial or in connection with discovery proceedings.
79	85		(f) A telecommunications provider, as defined by Section
80	86		51.002, Utilities Code, may not be held liable to the holder of a
81	87		combination hunting and fishing license for the failure of a
82	88		wireless communication device to display combination hunting and
83	89		fishing license information under Subsection (c).
84	90		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
85		-	______________________________ ______________________________
86		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
87		-	I certify that H.B. No. 547 was passed by the House on March
88		-	27, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 1 present, not
89		-	voting.
90		-	______________________________
91		-	Chief Clerk of the House
92		-	I certify that H.B. No. 547 was passed by the Senate on May 3,
93		-	2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
94		-	______________________________
95		-	Secretary of the Senate
96		-	APPROVED: _____________________
97		-	Date
98		-	_____________________
99		-	Governor
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