Bill Text: TX HB3808 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to fishing with certain archery equipment in certain counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB3808 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB3808-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to fishing with certain archery equipment in certain counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB3808 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB3808-Comm_Sub.html
By: King of Zavala (Senate Sponsor - Uresti) | H.B. No. 3808 | |
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2011; | ||
May 9, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on | ||
Agriculture and Rural Affairs; May 17, 2011, reported favorably by | ||
the following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 17, 2011, sent to printer.) |
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relating to fishing with certain archery equipment in certain | ||
counties. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 284.001, Parks and Wildlife Code, is | ||
amended by amending Subsections (a) and (d) and adding Subsection | ||
(f) to read as follows: | ||
(a) In this section: | ||
(1) "Archery equipment" means a longbow, recurved bow, | ||
compound bow, or crossbow. | ||
(2) "Firearm" has the meaning assigned by Section | ||
62.014. | ||
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assigned by Section 90.001. | ||
(d) This section does not apply to: | ||
(1) an individual acting in the scope of the | ||
individual's duties as a peace officer or department employee; [ |
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(2) the discharge of a shotgun loaded with ammunition | ||
that releases only shot when discharged; or | ||
(3) an individual engaging in fishing using archery | ||
equipment, if the individual is in compliance with Subsection (f). | ||
(f) An individual engaging in fishing using archery | ||
equipment may not possess while fishing: | ||
(1) an arrow equipped with fletching of any kind; | ||
(2) an unbarbed arrow; or | ||
(3) a bow that is not equipped with a reel and line. | ||
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, 2011. | ||
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