86R5352 SLB-D
By: Hughes S.B. No. 317
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the taking of feral hogs without a hunting license.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 42.002(c), Parks and Wildlife Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) A resident landowner or the landowner’s agent or lessee
may take feral hogs [causing depredation] on the resident
landowner’s land without having acquired a hunting license.
SECTION 2. Section 42.005(f), Parks and Wildlife Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(f) A nonresident landowner or the landowner’s agent or
lessee may take feral hogs [causing depredation] on the nonresident
landowner’s land without having acquired a hunting license required
by this chapter.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
Governor Abbott signed the bill on Friday May 31st 2019. The law will go into effect on Sept. 1 2019.