By: Hughes, et al. S.B. No. 317
(Toth, Cyrier)
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 any person, with the consent of
the landowner, [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 any person, with the consent
of the landowner, [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.