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80R11719 SGA-F



By: Isett H.B. No. 2414



Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2414:



By: Hilderbran C.S.H.B. No. 2414



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to hunting from public roads or rights-of-way.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 62.001, Parks and Wildlife Code, is

amended by adding Subdivision (3) to read as follows:

(3) "Public road or right-of-way" means a public

street, alley, road, right-of-way, or other public way, including a

berm, ditch, or shoulder.

SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 62, Parks and Wildlife

Code, is amended by adding Section 62.0031 to read as follows:

Sec. 62.0031. HUNTING FROM PUBLIC ROAD OR RIGHT-OF-WAY

PROHIBITED. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a person may

not hunt a wild animal or bird when the person is on a public road or

right-of-way.

(b) This section does not apply to the trapping of a raptor

for educational or sporting purposes as provided by Chapter 49.

SECTION 3. 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, 2007.

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