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AN ACT
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relating to municipal control of coyotes. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 825, Health and Safety Code, is amended |
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by adding Subchapter D to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER D. CONTROL OF PREDATORY ANIMALS |
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Sec. 825.051. MUNICIPAL CONTROL OF COYOTES. A municipality |
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with a population density of more than 2,500 persons per square |
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mile may capture, relocate, or euthanize a coyote located within |
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the municipality or the municipality's extraterritorial |
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jurisdiction. The municipality may request assistance from Texas |
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Wildlife Services to capture, relocate, or euthanize a coyote. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 4544 was passed by the House on May 3, |
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2019, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 1, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 4544 was passed by the Senate on May |
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22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |