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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the discharge of a firearm or fishing with certain |
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archery equipment in or on the bed or bank of a navigable river or |
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stream in certain counties. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Chapter 284, Parks and Wildlife |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 284. BELL, BURNET, DIMMIT, EDWARDS, FRIO, KENEDY, |
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LAMPASAS, LLANO, MAVERICK, REAL, UVALDE, AND ZAVALA COUNTIES |
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SECTION 2. The heading to Section 284.001, Parks and |
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Wildlife Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 284.001. DISCHARGE OF FIREARM AND FISHING WITH CERTAIN |
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ARCHERY EQUIPMENT PROHIBITED. |
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SECTION 3. Section 284.001(b), Parks and Wildlife Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) This section applies only to a navigable river or stream |
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located wholly or partly in Bell, Burnet, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, |
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Kenedy, Lampasas, Llano, Maverick, Real, Uvalde, or Zavala County. |
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SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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covered by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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before that date. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |