Bill Text: TX SB890 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the use of certain weapons in or on the bed or bank of a navigable river or stream in certain counties.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-01 - Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs [SB890 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB890-Introduced.html

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2023S0094-1 02/06/23
By: Perry S.B. No. 890

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of certain weapons in or on the bed or bank of a
navigable river or stream in certain counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Chapter 284, Parks and Wildlife
Code, is amended to read as follows:
CHAPTER 284. CHILDRESS, COTTLE, DIMMIT, EDWARDS, FOARD, FRIO, HALL,
KENEDY, LLANO, MAVERICK, MOTLEY, REAL, UVALDE, AND ZAVALA COUNTIES
SECTION 2. The heading to Section 284.001, Parks and
Wildlife Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 284.001. USE OF CERTAIN WEAPONS IN OR ON BED OR BANK OF
NAVIGABLE RIVER OR STREAM [DISCHARGE OF FIREARM] PROHIBITED.
SECTION 3. Section 284.001(b), Parks and Wildlife Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) This section applies only to a navigable river or stream
located wholly or partly in Childress, Cottle, Dimmit, Edwards,
Foard, Frio, Hall, Kenedy, Llano, Maverick, Motley, Real, Uvalde,
or Zavala County.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.