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1	2		By: Perry S.B. No. 2844
2		-	(In the Senate - Filed March 14, 2025; April 7, 2025, read
3		-	first time and referred to Committee on Water, Agriculture and
4		-	Rural Affairs; April 23, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable
5		-	Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0;
6		-	April 23, 2025, sent to printer.)
7		-	Click here to see the committee vote
8		-	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 2844 By: Perry
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13	7		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
14	8		AN ACT
15	9		relating to the regulation of deer breeding; creating criminal
16	10		offenses.
17	11		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
18	12		SECTION 1. Section 43.360, Parks and Wildlife Code, is
19	13		amended to read as follows:
20	14		Sec. 43.360. ENCLOSURE SIZE. (a) Except as provided by
21	15		Subsection (b), a [A] single enclosure for breeder deer may not
22	16		contain more than 20 [100] acres.
23	17		(b) A single enclosure for breeder deer may contain not more
24	18		than 100 acres if:
25	19		(1) the deer breeding facility's permit was issued and
26	20		continuously maintained prior to September 1, 2025; and
27	21		(2) the permitted enclosure existed before September
28	22		1, 2025.
29	23		(c) A single enclosure for breeder deer in a facility
30	24		described by Subsection (b) may not be expanded to contain more than
31	25		20 acres.
32	26		SECTION 2. Section 43.365(a), Parks and Wildlife Code, is
33	27		amended to read as follows:
34	28		(a) It is an offense if a deer breeder or another person:
35	29		(1) allows the hunting or killing of a breeder deer or
36	30		any other deer held in captivity in a facility permitted under this
37	31		subchapter, except as provided by this subchapter or a rule adopted
38	32		by the commission under this subchapter; [or]
39	33		(2) knowingly sells, arranges the sale of, purchases,
40	34		transfers, receives, or attempts to sell, arrange the sale of,
41	35		purchase, transfer, or receive a live breeder deer in violation of
42	36		this subchapter or a rule adopted by the commission under this
43	37		subchapter;
44	38		(3) places or holds breeder deer in captivity at any
45	39		place or in any facility not accounted for in the breeding facility
46	40		inventory on file with the department as required by commission
47	41		rule;
48	42		(4) fails to timely report the mortality of a breeder
49	43		deer as required by commission rule;
50	44		(5) fails to timely submit a disease test sample as
51	45		required by commission rule;
52	46		(6) violates or fails to comply with a disease testing
53	47		plan issued by the department under commission rule for a deer
54	48		breeding facility from which breeder deer have escaped;
55		-	(7) knowingly possesses a live deer acquired
56		-	unlawfully;
57		-	(8) knowingly and unlawfully imports or attempts to
58		-	import a deer;
	49	+	(7) possesses a live deer acquired unlawfully;
	50	+	(8) unlawfully imports or attempts to import a deer;
59	51		(9) transfers a breeder deer that does not bear the
60	52		identification required by Section 43.3561 or commission rule;
61	53		(10) transfers a breeder deer in violation of a
62	54		commission rule requiring disease testing; or
63		-	(11) knowingly submits a disease test sample taken
64		-	from a deer other than the breeder deer or deer identified as the
65		-	deer from which the test sample was taken, unless the deer was
66		-	misidentified due to a clerical error.
	55	+	(11) submits a disease test sample taken from a deer
	56	+	other than the breeder deer or deer identified as the deer from
	57	+	which the test sample was taken.
67	58		SECTION 3. The heading to Section 43.367, Parks and
68	59		Wildlife Code, is amended to read as follows:
69	60		Sec. 43.367. PENALTIES [PENALTY].
70	61		SECTION 4. Section 43.367, Parks and Wildlife Code, is
71	62		amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (c), (d),
72	63		(e), (f), and (g) to read as follows:
73	64		(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section
74	65		[Subsection (b)], a person who violates a provision of this
75	66		subchapter or a regulation of the commission issued under this
76	67		subchapter or who fails to file a full and complete report as
77	68		required by Section 43.359 commits an offense that is a Class C
78	69		Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor.
79	70		(c) A person who violates Section 43.361 or 43.365(a)(3),
80	71		(4), (5), or (6) commits an offense that is a Class B Parks and
81	72		Wildlife Code misdemeanor if it is shown on the trial of the offense
82	73		that the actor has been previously convicted of an offense under
83	74		this section involving a violation of Section 43.361 or
84	75		43.365(a)(3), (4), (5), or (6).
85	76		(d) A person who violates Section 43.365(a)(7) or (8)
86	77		commits an offense that is a Class B Parks and Wildlife Code
87	78		misdemeanor.
88	79		(e) A person who violates Section 43.362 or 43.365(a)(9)
89	80		commits an offense that is a Class A Parks and Wildlife Code
90	81		misdemeanor if it is shown on the trial of the offense that the
91	82		actor has been previously convicted of an offense under this
92	83		section involving a violation of Section 43.362 or 43.365(a)(9).
93	84		(f) A person who violates Section 43.365(a)(10) commits an
94	85		offense that is a Class A Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor.
95	86		(g) A person who violates Section 43.365(a)(11) commits an
96	87		offense that is a Parks and Wildlife Code state jail felony if it is
97	88		shown on the trial of the offense that the actor has been previously
98	89		convicted of an offense under this section involving a violation of
99	90		Section 43.365(a)(11).
100	91		SECTION 5. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
101	92		an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An
102	93		offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed
103	94		by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and the
104	95		former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of
105	96		this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of
106	97		this Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date.
107		-	SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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	98	+	SECTION 6. This Act takes effects September 1, 2025.