Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 61.059 · Subchapter C. REGULATORY DUTIES
HUNTING OF CERTAIN MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS BY VETERANS AND ACTIVE DUTY ARMED FORCES MEMBERS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commission may provide for special open seasons during which the taking and possession of ducks, geese, mergansers, coots, moorhens, and gallinules are restricted to veterans, as defined by 38 U.S.C. Section 101, and members of the armed forces of the United States on active duty, including members of the national guard and reserves on active duty other than for training.
(b) A special open season provided for by the commission under Subsection (a) may be combined with a special open season provided for by the commission under Section 61.058.
(c) The commission by rule may prescribe the proof of veteran or active duty status required of a person to participate in a special open season under this section.
(d) If the commission by rule requires that a person participating in a special open season under this section have in the person's immediate possession proof of the person's veteran or active duty status in accordance with commission rule, the rule must provide that it is a defense to prosecution under that rule that the person produces in court proof of the person's veteran or active duty status in accordance with commission rule.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 180 (S.B. 675), Sec. 2, eff. May 30, 2021.
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