Bill Text: TX HB1346 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the consistent use of the term "game warden" throughout the Parks and Wildlife Code.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-19 - Effective immediately [HB1346 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB1346-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1346 |
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relating to the consistent use of the term "game warden" throughout | ||
the Parks and Wildlife Code. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 43.406, Parks and Wildlife Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 43.406. REFUSAL TO SHOW STAMP. A person fishing in | ||
saltwater for sporting purposes who refuses on demand of any game | ||
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sportfishing stamp is presumed to be in violation of Section 43.402 | ||
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SECTION 2. Sections 43.525(a) and (b), Parks and Wildlife | ||
Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) [ |
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a person commits an offense if the person is using land under the | ||
department's control and fails or refuses to show a conservation | ||
permit issued to the person on the demand of a game warden | ||
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(b) It is not an offense under Subsection (a) [ |
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control fails to show a conservation permit on the demand of a game | ||
warden [ |
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employee, and that person: | ||
(1) entered land under the department's control as an | ||
occupant of a privately owned, noncommercial vehicle in which at | ||
least one other occupant possesses and is able to show a | ||
conservation permit issued to that other occupant; or | ||
(2) is a member of a group of individuals that the | ||
department has exempted from the requirement for a conservation | ||
permit. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 43.807, Parks and Wildlife Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 43.807. REFUSAL TO SHOW STAMP. A person fishing in | ||
fresh water for sporting purposes who refuses on demand of any game | ||
warden [ |
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fishing stamp or proof that the person is exempt under Section | ||
43.802(b) or a rule adopted under that section is presumed to be in | ||
violation of Section 43.802. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 76.005(b), Parks and Wildlife Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) The failure of an owner of riparian rights described in | ||
Section 76.004(a) [ |
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by the department or to show it to a game warden [ |
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for sale when required by the department is prima facie evidence | ||
that the oysters were produced from public beds. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 76.117, Parks and Wildlife Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 76.117. OBEDIENCE TO ORDERS. No person may fail or | ||
refuse to obey a lawful order of a commissioned game warden | ||
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of this chapter. | ||
SECTION 6. Section 202.031(b), Parks and Wildlife Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) This section does not apply to peace officers, game | ||
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Wildlife Commission in the discharge of their official duties, nor | ||
does it prevent a person from hunting with a shotgun during an open | ||
season or when it is lawful to hunt in or upon Caddo Lake in Harrison | ||
County. | ||
SECTION 7. Section 283.022(b), Parks and Wildlife Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) This section does not apply to a peace officer or game | ||
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of the Panola County Fresh Water Supply District Number 1. | ||
SECTION 8. 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, 2011. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1346 was passed by the House on April | ||
14, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 1, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1346 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
6, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
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Governor |