Texas 2019 86th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB317 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/08/2019

                    86R5352 SLB-D
 By: Hughes S.B. No. 317


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the taking of feral hogs without a hunting license.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 42.002(c), Parks and Wildlife Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (c)  A resident landowner or the landowner's agent or lessee
 may take feral hogs [causing depredation] on the resident
 landowner's land without having acquired a hunting license.
 SECTION 2.  Section 42.005(f), Parks and Wildlife Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (f)  A nonresident landowner or the landowner's agent or
 lessee may take feral hogs [causing depredation] on the nonresident
 landowner's land without having acquired a hunting license required
 by this chapter.
 SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.