82R4968 SLB-D
 
  By: Miller of Erath H.B. No. 716
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the taking of certain feral hogs using a helicopter.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 43.109, Parks and Wildlife Code, is
  amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
         (c)  A proclamation or regulation of the commission adopted
  under this subchapter may not prohibit a person or the person's
  agent or lessee who holds a landowner's authorization and a permit
  under this subchapter from using a helicopter to take depredating
  feral hogs.
         SECTION 2.  As soon as practicable after the effective date
  of this Act, the Parks and Wildlife Commission shall amend rules as
  necessary to comply with Section 43.109(c), Parks and Wildlife
  Code, as added by this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.