87R17266 MP-D
By: Krause, Bailes, Martinez, Noble, Canales H.B. No. 3081
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of digital tags for the taking of certain
animals.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 42, Parks and Wildlife Code, is amended
by adding Section 42.0101 to read as follows:
Sec. 42.0101. DIGITAL TAGS; RULES. (a) The commission by
rule may develop and implement a program for the issuance of digital
tags for animals, including birds, to holders of hunting licenses
authorizing the taking of those animals.
(b) A program developed under this section may include:
(1) providing for the issuance of digital tags to the
holder of a hunting license;
(2) allowing a person using a digital tag to create a
digital record at the time of the taking of an animal that includes
information required by the department;
(3) requiring a person using a digital tag to create
the digital record described by Subdivision (2) as soon as possible
after the taking of the animal; and
(4) requiring a person using a digital tag to retain in
the person's possession documentation of the digital record
described by Subdivision (2) at all times before the carcass is
finally processed.
(c) Unless the context requires otherwise, a reference
under this code to a tag includes a digital tag issued under a
program developed under this section.
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.