By: Nevárez H.B. No. 1891       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a documented member of the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe   of Texas hunting certain deer.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 42.001(1), Parks and Wildlife Code, is   amended to read as follows:                (1)  "Resident" means:                      (A)  an individual who has resided continuously in   this state for more than six months immediately before applying for   a hunting license;                      (B)  a member of the United States armed forces on   active duty;                      (C)  a dependent of a member of the United States   armed forces on active duty;                      (D)  if approved by the director, a terminally ill   individual who is participating in an event sponsored by a   charitable nonprofit organization; [or]                      (E)  a member of the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of   Texas who possesses documentation of membership sanctioned by the   Bureau of Indian Affairs; or                       (F)  a member of any other category of individuals   that the commission by regulation designates as residents.          SECTION 2.  Section 61.021, Parks and Wildlife Code, is   amended to read as follows:          Sec. 61.021.  TAKING WILDLIFE RESOURCES PROHIBITED. (a)     Except as provided by Subsection (b) or permitted under a   proclamation issued by the commission under this chapter, no person   may hunt, catch, or possess a game bird or game animal, fish, marine   animal, or other aquatic life at any time or in any place covered by   this chapter.          (b)  A documented member of the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of   Texas who holds a license under Section 42.002 may hunt antlerless   white-tailed deer for religious ceremonial purposes on any day of   the year between one-half hour before sunrise and one-half hour   after sunset. A documented member of the Kickapoo Traditional   Tribe of Texas hunting antlerless white-tailed deer under this   subsection:                (1)  shall comply with all other provisions of this   code and proclamations adopted under this code;                (2)  shall notify:                      (A)  a local game warden, deputy game warden, or   special game warden at least 24 hours before hunting antlerless   white-tailed deer at a time of the year when a person who holds a   license under Section 42.002 but who is not a documented member of   the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas may not hunt antlerless   white-tailed deer; and                      (B)  the department not later than September 1 of   each year of the member's intent to hunt antlerless white-tailed   deer for the following calendar year;                (3)  may not hunt antlerless white-tailed deer outside   an open hunting season in a chronic wasting disease containment or   surveillance zone, as determined by the department; and                (4)  may not receive a pecuniary gain from an action   taken under this subsection.            (c)  Subsection (b) applies only to hunting on land that is:                (1)  owned or leased by the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe   of Texas; and                (2)  located in a county that:                      (A)  borders the United Mexican States and has a   population of more than 50,000 but less than 70,000; or                      (B)  is adjacent to a county described by   Paragraph (A) and has a population of less than 9,000.          SECTION 3.  Section 61.057(a), Parks and Wildlife Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (a)  Except as provided by Section 61.021 and [in] Subsection   (c) [of this section], no person may hunt an antlerless deer or   antelope in this state without first having acquired an antlerless   deer or antelope permit issued by the department on a form provided   by the department.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2017.