Bill Text: TX SB563 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the classification of certain exotic livestock and exotic and nongame animals.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-11 - Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs [SB563 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB563-Introduced.html

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87R5850 MP-D
By: Gutierrez S.B. No. 563

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the classification of certain exotic livestock and
exotic and nongame animals.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 161.001(a)(4), Agriculture Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(4) "Exotic livestock" means grass-eating or
plant-eating, single-hooved or cloven-hooved mammals that are not
indigenous to this state and are known as ungulates, including
animals from the swine, horse, tapir, rhinoceros, elephant, deer,
and antelope families. The term does not include elk.
SECTION 2. Section 43.103(3), Parks and Wildlife Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(3) "Exotic animals" includes exotic livestock and
exotic fowl as defined by Section 161.001(a), Agriculture Code,
wild animals that are nonindigenous to Texas, and aoudad sheep. The
term does not include [, and] elk.
SECTION 3. Section 62.015(a), Parks and Wildlife Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) In this section, "exotic animal" means exotic livestock
or exotic fowl as defined by Section 161.001(a), Agriculture Code,
or aoudad sheep. The term does not include [, or] elk.
SECTION 4. Section 67.0011, Parks and Wildlife Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 67.0011. EXEMPTIONS [EXEMPTION OF CRAYFISH]. This
chapter does not apply to:
(1) crayfish, other than in public water; or
(2) elk.
SECTION 5. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An
offense committed before the effective date of this Act is covered
by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and the former
law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this
section, an offense was committed before the effective date of this
Act if any element of the offense was committed before that date.
SECTION 6. 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, 2021.