78R11660 LJR-D
By: Armbrister S.B. No. 3
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the management of deer and land with deer populations
under management plans approved by the Parks and Wildlife
Department.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 42.018(g), Parks and Wildlife Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(g) A landowner or the landowner's agent operating under a
wildlife management plan approved by the department is, if
authorized by the commission, exempt from the tag requirements of
this section. Under a wildlife management plan approved by the
department, the department may issue to the landowner a managed
lands deer permit, may provide for different management activities
under different permitted levels, and may establish different fees
for the different levels of permits. The greater freedom given the
landowner in managing deer populations under the applicable permit
level, the greater the amount of the fee the department shall
establish for the permit.
SECTION 2. Section 43.603(c), Parks and Wildlife Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) The department may establish various levels of permits
to be issued under this subchapter, determine the activities
permitted under the respective levels, and establish different fees
for the various levels. [The department shall set a fee for the
issuance or renewal of a permit in an amount not to exceed $1,000.]
SECTION 3. Section 43.606, Parks and Wildlife Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 43.606. APPLICATION OF GENERAL LAWS. Except as
expressly provided by this subchapter and the terms and conditions
of the permit and management plan, the general laws and regulations
of this state applicable to white-tailed deer do not apply to deer
on the acreage covered by the permit. This subchapter does not
restrict or prohibit the use of high fences on acreage not covered
by a management plan.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.