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| 2 | 2 | By: Vasut H.B. No. 646 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to the use of an unmanned aircraft to locate and retrieve | |
| 10 | 10 | wounded or killed wildlife. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 62, Parks and Wildlife | |
| 13 | 13 | Code, is amended by adding Section 62.0115 to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | Sec. 62.0115. USE OF UNMANNED AIRCRAFT FOR LOCATING AND | |
| 15 | 15 | RETRIEVING WOUNDED OR KILLED WILDLIFE. (a) To the extent permitted | |
| 16 | 16 | by federal law, a person may use an unmanned aircraft to assist in | |
| 17 | 17 | locating and retrieving wounded or killed wildlife on private land. | |
| 18 | 18 | The unmanned aircraft must be operated in compliance with: | |
| 19 | 19 | (1) each applicable Federal Aviation Administration | |
| 20 | 20 | rule, restriction, or exemption; and | |
| 21 | 21 | (2) all required Federal Aviation Administration | |
| 22 | 22 | authorizations. | |
| 23 | 23 | (b) The commission may adopt rules as necessary to | |
| 24 | 24 | administer this section, except that the commission may not adopt a | |
| 25 | 25 | rule that requires a person to hold an authorization issued by the | |
| 26 | 26 | department or commission to use an unmanned aircraft as described | |
| 27 | 27 | by Subsection (a). | |
| 28 | 28 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |