Bill Text: TX HB547 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to verification of hunting and fishing license information.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 13-2)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-16 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB547 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB547-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 547 |
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relating to verification of hunting and fishing license | ||
information. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 42.006, Parks and Wildlife Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 42.006. POSSESSION OF LICENSE;[ |
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commission by rule may prescribe requirements relating to | ||
possessing a license issued under this chapter. | ||
(b) Rules adopted under Subsection (a) must allow for a | ||
person to present for the purpose of verification of possession a | ||
hunting license as an image displayed on a wireless communication | ||
device. The image displayed may be either an image of information | ||
from the Internet website of the department or a photograph of a | ||
hunting license. | ||
(c) The display of an image that includes hunting license | ||
information on a wireless communication device under this section | ||
does not constitute effective consent for a law enforcement | ||
officer, or any other person, to access the contents of the wireless | ||
communication device except to view the hunting license | ||
information. | ||
(d) The authorization of the use of a wireless communication | ||
device to display hunting license information under Subsection (b) | ||
does not prevent a court of competent jurisdiction from requiring a | ||
person to provide a paper copy of the person's hunting license in a | ||
hearing or trial or in connection with discovery proceedings. | ||
(e) A telecommunications provider, as defined by Section | ||
51.002, Utilities Code, may not be held liable to the holder of a | ||
hunting license for the failure of a wireless communication device | ||
to display hunting license information under Subsection (b). | ||
SECTION 2. Section 46.0085, Parks and Wildlife Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(d) Rules adopted under Subsection (a) must allow for a | ||
person to present for the purpose of verification of possession a | ||
fishing license as an image displayed on a wireless communication | ||
device. The image displayed may be either an image of information | ||
from the Internet website of the department or a photograph of a | ||
fishing license. | ||
(e) The display of an image that includes fishing license | ||
information on a wireless communication device under this section | ||
does not constitute effective consent for a law enforcement | ||
officer, or any other person, to access the contents of the wireless | ||
communication device except to view the fishing license | ||
information. | ||
(f) The authorization of the use of a wireless communication | ||
device to display fishing license information under Subsection (d) | ||
does not prevent a court of competent jurisdiction from requiring a | ||
person to provide a paper copy of the person's fishing license in a | ||
hearing or trial or in connection with discovery proceedings. | ||
(g) A telecommunications provider, as defined by Section | ||
51.002, Utilities Code, may not be held liable to the holder of a | ||
fishing license for the failure of a wireless communication device | ||
to display fishing license information under Subsection (d). | ||
SECTION 3. Section 50.004, Parks and Wildlife Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(c) Rules adopted under Subsection (a) must allow for a | ||
person to present for the purpose of verification of possession a | ||
combination hunting and fishing license as an image displayed on a | ||
wireless communication device. The image displayed may be either an | ||
image of information from the Internet website of the department or | ||
a photograph of a combination hunting and fishing license. | ||
(d) The display of an image that includes combination | ||
hunting and fishing license information on a wireless communication | ||
device under this section does not constitute effective consent for | ||
a law enforcement officer, or any other person, to access the | ||
contents of the wireless communication device except to view the | ||
combination hunting and fishing license information. | ||
(e) The authorization of the use of a wireless communication | ||
device to display combination hunting and fishing license | ||
information under Subsection (c) does not prevent a court of | ||
competent jurisdiction from requiring a person to provide a paper | ||
copy of the person's combination hunting and fishing license in a | ||
hearing or trial or in connection with discovery proceedings. | ||
(f) A telecommunications provider, as defined by Section | ||
51.002, Utilities Code, may not be held liable to the holder of a | ||
combination hunting and fishing license for the failure of a | ||
wireless communication device to display combination hunting and | ||
fishing license information under Subsection (c). | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 547 was passed by the House on March | ||
27, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 547 was passed by the Senate on May 3, | ||
2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |