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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the discharge of a firearm across the property line of a |
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school. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 62, Parks and Wildlife |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 62.0122 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 62.0122. HUNTER AWARENESS OF NEARBY SCHOOL. (a) In |
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this section, "school" means a private or public elementary or |
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secondary school. |
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(b) At the request of a school district, the Texas |
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Department of Transportation shall: |
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(1) place signs in appropriate places along state or |
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federal highways to alert hunters to the proximity of a school; and |
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(2) act jointly with municipalities and counties, as |
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appropriate, to place signs along roadways maintained and operated |
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by a municipality or county to alert hunters to the proximity of a |
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school. |
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(c) A school district that requests a sign under Subsection |
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(b) must pay the costs of the production and placement of the sign. |
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SECTION 2. Section 62.014, Parks and Wildlife Code, is |
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amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) The department may establish and administer a statewide |
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hunter education program. The program must include but is not |
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limited to instruction concerning: |
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(1) the safe handling and use of firearms, archery |
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equipment, and crossbows; |
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(2) wildlife conservation and management; |
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(3) hunting laws and applicable rules and regulations; |
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and |
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(4) hunting safety and ethics, including landowners' |
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rights and a hunter's personal responsibility as it applies to the |
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discharge of a firearm. |
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(b-1) The department shall include, in a hunter education |
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program established under this section, in any written or |
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Internet-based information produced by the department for the |
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public that relates to hunting, and in any curricular materials |
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that relate to hunting, information on: |
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(1) awareness of school property and other |
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surroundings and the danger of discharging a firearm across the |
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property line of a school; and |
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(2) personal responsibility as it applies to the |
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discharge of a firearm. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |