HB 716 heard 3/2/11, left pending in committee

82R4968 SLB-D

By: Miller of Erath H.B. No. 716


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the taking of certain feral hogs using a helicopter.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 43.109, Parks and Wildlife Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) A proclamation or regulation of the commission adopted
under this subchapter may not prohibit a person or the person's
agent or lessee who holds a landowner's authorization and a permit
under this subchapter from using a helicopter to take depredating
feral hogs.
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the Parks and Wildlife Commission shall amend rules as
necessary to comply with Section 43.109(c), Parks and Wildlife
Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.