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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a written agreement concerning a projectile that |
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travels across a property line. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 62.0121, Parks and Wildlife Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(c) It is a defense to prosecution under this section that |
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the person: |
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(1) owns the property on both sides of each property |
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line crossed by the projectile; or |
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(2) has a written agreement with any person who owns |
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property on either side of each property line crossed by the |
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projectile that allows the person to discharge a firearm on, over, |
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or across the property or property line. |
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(d) The written agreement required under Subsection (c)(2) |
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must: |
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(1) contain the name, telephone number, and mailing |
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address of the person allowed to hunt or engage in recreational |
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shooting in a manner described by Subsection (b); |
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(2) identify the property on either side of the |
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property line crossed by the projectile; and |
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(3) be signed by any person who owns the property on |
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either side of the line crossed by the projectile. |
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(e) An offense under this section is a Class C Parks and |
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Wildlife Code misdemeanor. |
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(f) If conduct constituting an offense under this section |
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constitutes an offense under a section of the Penal Code, the person |
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may be prosecuted under either section or both sections. |
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SECTION 2. |
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This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |