| 1 | | - | H.B. No. 1699 |
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| 1 | + | By: Raney (Senate Sponsor - Buckingham) H.B. No. 1699 |
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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 19, 2021; |
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| 3 | + | April 21, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Water, |
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| 4 | + | Agriculture & Rural Affairs; May 4, 2021, reported favorably by the |
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| 5 | + | following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 4, 2021, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 4 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 11 | | relating to the taking of unbanded pen-reared pheasant and quail by |
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| 6 | 12 | | certain landowners. |
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| 7 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 14 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 42, Parks and Wildlife Code, is amended |
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| 9 | 15 | | by adding Section 42.0211 to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 16 | | Sec. 42.0211. TAKING OF UNBANDED PEN-REARED PHEASANT OR |
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| 11 | 17 | | QUAIL BY CERTAIN LANDOWNERS. (a) This section applies only to: |
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| 12 | 18 | | (1) noncommercial activity; and |
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| 13 | 19 | | (2) the taking of pheasant or quail on a property of at |
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| 14 | 20 | | least five contiguous acres. |
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| 15 | 21 | | (b) Notwithstanding any other law requiring the banding of a |
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| 16 | 22 | | bird, a person, or the person's guest when accompanied by the |
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| 17 | 23 | | person, may take on the person's property unbanded pen-reared |
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| 18 | 24 | | pheasant or quail. |
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| 19 | 25 | | (c) Nothing in this section: |
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| 20 | 26 | | (1) affects the requirement to acquire a license under |
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| 21 | 27 | | Section 45.001 for the propagation of game birds; or |
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| 22 | 28 | | (2) authorizes a person to: |
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| 23 | 29 | | (A) exceed a bag limit for pheasant or quail; or |
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| 24 | 30 | | (B) take pheasant or quail during a closed |
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| 25 | 31 | | season. |
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| 26 | 32 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 27 | 33 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 28 | 34 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 29 | 35 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 30 | 36 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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| 31 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 32 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 33 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 1699 was passed by the House on April |
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| 34 | | - | 16, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 1, 2 present, not |
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| 35 | | - | voting. |
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| 36 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 37 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 38 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 1699 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 39 | | - | 10, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. |
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| 40 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 41 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 42 | | - | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 43 | | - | Date |
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| 44 | | - | _____________________ |
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| 45 | | - | Governor |
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