Bill Text: TX HB1631 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the requirements for an application for a permit to manage wildlife and exotic animals from aircraft; authorizing a fee.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-21 - Left pending in committee [HB1631 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1631-Engrossed.html
87R5729 BEE-D | ||
By: Guerra, Raney, Darby | H.B. No. 1631 |
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relating to the requirements for an application for a permit to | ||
manage wildlife and exotic animals from aircraft; authorizing a | ||
fee. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 43, Parks and Wildlife | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 43.1055 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 43.1055. MAP SUBMITTED WITH PERMIT APPLICATION. (a) | ||
In this section, "georeferenced map" means a map image | ||
incorporating a system of geographic ground coordinates, including | ||
latitude and longitude and Universal Transverse Mercator | ||
coordinates. | ||
(b) Except as described by Subsection (d), an applicant for | ||
a permit under this subchapter shall submit with the application: | ||
(1) either: | ||
(A) a georeferenced map in a format prescribed by | ||
the department showing the exact boundaries of the property where | ||
the management of wildlife or exotic animals is to be performed; or | ||
(B) a map in a format prescribed by the | ||
department clearly indicating the location and boundaries of the | ||
property where the management of wildlife or exotic animals is to be | ||
performed and the fee established by the commission under | ||
Subsection (c); and | ||
(2) a signed, written statement stating that the map | ||
or georeferenced map provided under Subdivision (1) is true and | ||
correct. | ||
(c) The commission by rule shall establish a fee in an | ||
amount reasonably necessary to cover the cost of converting a map | ||
described by Subsection (b)(1)(B) to a georeferenced map. | ||
(d) The department shall maintain a record of all maps | ||
submitted under this section. The department may not require an | ||
applicant to submit a map of a property for which a map has | ||
previously been submitted under this section. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |