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H.B. No. 2037
AN ACT
relating to the seizure and disposition of property for the offense
of hunting or fishing without landowner consent.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 61, Parks and Wildlife
Code, is amended by adding Section 61.0221 to read as follows:
Sec. 61.0221. DISPOSITION OF SEIZED PROPERTY. (a) If a
person is finally convicted of an offense under Section 61.022, the
court entering judgment may order that a weapon or other personal
property used in the commission of the offense be destroyed or
forfeited to the department.
(b) If the department receives a forfeiture order from a
court under this section, the department may:
(1) use the property in the department's normal
operations;
(2) sell or transfer the property; or
(3) destroy the property.
(c) The department shall deposit money from the sale of
forfeited property under this section in the game, fish, and water
safety account.
(d) This section does not apply to a vehicle, aircraft, or
vessel.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a conviction for an offense entered on or after the effective
date of this Act. A conviction for an offense entered before the
effective date of this Act is covered by the law in effect on the
date the conviction was entered, and the former law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2037 was passed by the House on April
29, 2005, by a non-record vote.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2037 was passed by the Senate on May
20, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
_____________________
Governor