Bill Text: TX HB597 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to boater education and examinations on preventing the spread of exotic harmful or potentially harmful aquatic plants, fish, and shellfish.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-24 - Effective immediately [HB597 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB597-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 597 | ||
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| relating to boater education and examinations on preventing the | ||
| spread of exotic harmful or potentially harmful aquatic plants, | ||
| fish, and shellfish. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 31.108, Parks and Wildlife Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (a-1) A boater education course or equivalency examination | ||
| under this section must include information on how to prevent the | ||
| spread of exotic harmful or potentially harmful aquatic plants, | ||
| fish, and shellfish, including department-approved methods for | ||
| cleaning: | ||
| (1) a boat; | ||
| (2) a boat's motor; | ||
| (3) fishing and other equipment; and | ||
| (4) a boat trailer. | ||
| SECTION 2. The Parks and Wildlife Department boater | ||
| education courses and equivalency examinations must include | ||
| information on how to prevent the spread of exotic harmful or | ||
| potentially harmful aquatic plants, fish, and shellfish as required | ||
| by Section 31.108(a-1), Parks and Wildlife Code, as added by this | ||
| Act, on or before January 1, 2014. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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, 2013. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 597 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 3, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 597 was passed by the Senate on May 9, | ||
| 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
