By: Raney (Senate Sponsor - Buckingham) H.B. No. 1699
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 19, 2021;
April 21, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Water,
Agriculture & Rural Affairs; May 4, 2021, reported favorably by the
following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 4, 2021, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the taking of unbanded pen-reared pheasant and quail by
certain landowners.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 42, Parks and Wildlife Code, is amended
by adding Section 42.0211 to read as follows:
Sec. 42.0211. TAKING OF UNBANDED PEN-REARED PHEASANT OR
QUAIL BY CERTAIN LANDOWNERS. (a) This section applies only to:
(1) noncommercial activity; and
(2) the taking of pheasant or quail on a property of at
least five contiguous acres.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law requiring the banding of a
bird, a person, or the person's guest when accompanied by the
person, may take on the person's property unbanded pen-reared
pheasant or quail.
(c) Nothing in this section:
(1) affects the requirement to acquire a license under
Section 45.001 for the propagation of game birds; or
(2) authorizes a person to:
(A) exceed a bag limit for pheasant or quail; or
(B) take pheasant or quail during a closed
season.
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, 2021.
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