Bill Text: TX HB555 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the duration of a special open hunting season for game animals and certain game birds taken by persons under 17 years of age.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-04-24 - Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs [HB555 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB555-Engrossed.html
| By: Vasut | H.B. No. 555 | |
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| relating to the duration of a special open hunting season for game | ||
| animals and certain game birds taken by persons under 17 years of | ||
| age. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the Colton Burgin | ||
| Extension Act. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 61.058, Parks and Wildlife Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
| (d) The commission may not provide for a special open season | ||
| under this section with a duration of less than seven consecutive | ||
| days. This subsection does not apply to a special open season the | ||
| commission provides for under this section for migratory game birds | ||
| or waterfowl. | ||
| SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
| of this Act, the Parks and Wildlife Commission shall adopt or amend | ||
| rules as necessary to comply with the changes in law made by this | ||
| Act. | ||
| SECTION 4. 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, 2023. | ||
