This bill was recently introduced to the House:
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81R5679 SLB-D
By: Homer
H.B. No. 968
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of crossbows for hunting.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 43.201(a), Parks and Wildlife Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c) or (d), no person
may hunt deer, turkey, or javelina (collared peccary) during an
open archery season provided by law or by the proclamations of the
commission and during which season only crossbows, [used by hunters
with upper limb disabilities and] longbows, recurved bows, and
compound bows may be used unless the person has acquired an archery
hunting stamp issued to the person by the department. The
commission by rule may prescribe requirements relating to
possessing a stamp required by this subchapter.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a
proceeding regarding hunting with a crossbow that is pending or
filed on or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
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Time to make your voices heard again. This is
not a TPWD Commission issue. The bill was introduced by Representative Mark Homer to the Texas Legislature.
Representative Mark Homer
Capitol Office: CAP 4S.3
Capitol Address: P.O. Box 2910
Austin, TX 78768
Capitol Phone: (512) 463-0650
Capitol Fax: (512) 463-0575
District Address: 1849 Lamar
Paris, TX 75460
District Phone: (903) 784-0977
District Fax: (903) 739-8411
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H.B. 968~Allowing Crossbows During Archery Season
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