Here is the current text of the bill
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80R13114 ABC-D
By: Homer H.B. No. 1334
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of crossbows by certain individuals.
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, 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. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.
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PLEASE contact your Senator and voice your opposition to this bill. Here is a link to each Senator, which has a place for you to complete an email form. Also, the phone number to their Senate office, as well as their District Offices are included here. Please contact your Senator IMMEDIATELY and let them know where you stand on this issue.
If you do not know who represents you, click on this link and type in your address
http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/Se...embers.htm#FYI
Lt. Governor--David Dewhurst
http://www.ltgov.state.tx.us/Contact...8e98828aa35472
Austin--(512) 463-0001; 512-463-0677 (FAX)
District 1--Kevin Eltife
http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/Se...ist1/dist1.htm
Austin--(512) 463-0101
Tyler--(903) 596-9122; (903) 596-9189 (Fax)
Longview--(903) 753-8137; (903) 753-8568 (fax)
Texarkana--(903) 223-7931; (903) 223-7963 (fax)
District 2--Bob Deuell
http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/Se...ist2/dist2.htm
Austin--(512) 463-0102; (512) 463-7202 fax
Mesquite--(972) 279-1800; fax (972) 279-1065
Greenville--(903) 450-9797; Fax (903) 450-9796
District 3--Robert Nichols
http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/Se...ist3/dist3.htm
Austin--(512) 463-0103
Conroe--(936) 756-5168; Fax: (936) 756-5170
Lufkin--(936) 699-4988
Nacogdoches--(936) 564-4252; (936) 564-4276 fax
Jacksonville--(903) 589-3003; (903) 894-9918 fax
District 4--Tommy Williams
http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/Se...ist4/dist4.htm
Austin--(512) 463-0104; (512) 463-6373 fax
Beaumont--(409) 896-2350; (409) 896-2454 fax
The Woodlands--(281) 364-9426; (281) 364-9473 fax
District 5--Steve Ogden
http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/Se...ist5/dist5.htm
Austin--(512) 463-0105; (512) 463-5713 (fax)
Bryan--(979) 776-0521; (979) 776-8951 (fax
Round Rock--(512) 828-5224; (512) 828-5229 (fax)
District 6--Mario Gallegos, Jr.
http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/Se...ist6/dist6.htm
Austin--(512) 463-0106; fax: (512) 463-0346
Galena Park--(713) 678-8600; fax: (713) 678-7080
Houston--(713) 923-7575; fax: (713) 923-7676
Houston--(713) 742-5000; (713) 742-5016 fax
District 7--Dan Patrick
http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/Se...ist7/dist7.htm
Austin--(512) 463-0107; (512) 463-8810 (Fax)
Houston--(713) 464-0282; (713) 461-0108 (Fax)
District 8--Florence Shapiro
http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/Se...ist8/dist8.htm
Austin--(512) 463-0108; Fax (512) 463-7579
Plano--(972) 403-3404; Fax (972) 403-3405
District 9--Chris Harris
http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/Se...ist9/dist9.htm
Austin--(512) 463-0109; (512) 463-7003 fax
Arlington--(817) 461-9109; 1-866-724-0109; (817) 469-9652 (fax)
Lewisville--(972) 436-1001; Fax: (972) 436-9829
District 10-Kim Brimer
http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/Se...t10/dist10.htm
Austin--(512) 463-0110; Fax: (512) 475-3745
Ft. Worth--(817) 332-8269; Fax: (817) 332-876
District 11- Mike Jackson
http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/Se...t11/dist11.htm
Austin--(512) 463-0111; (512) 475-3727 Fax
Pasadena--(713) 948-0111; (713) 948-0004 Fax
League City--(281) 334-0011; (281) 334-3043 Fax
District 12-Jane Nelson
http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/Se...t12/dist12.htm
Austin--(512) 463-0112; fax: (512) 463-0923
Grapevine--(817) 424-3446
District 13-Rodney Ellis
http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/Se...t13/dist13.htm
Austin--(512) 463-0113; (512) 463-0006 (fax)
Houston--(713) 236-0306; (713) 236-0604 (fax)
Houston--(281) 564-2228; (281) 564-0999 (fax)
Missouri City--(281) 261-2360; (281) 261-4726 (fax)
District 14-Kirk Watson
http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/Se...t14/dist14.htm
Austin--(512) 463-0114; (512) 463-5949 (Fax)
District 15-John Whitmire
http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/Se...t15/dist15.htm
Austin--(512) 463-0115
Houston--(713) 864-8701; (713) 864-5287 (fax)
District 16-John Carona
http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/Se...t16/dist16.htm
Austin--(512) 463-0116; Fax: (512) 463-3135
Dallas--(214) 378-5751; FAX: (214) 378-5739
District 17-Kyle Janek
http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/Se...t17/dist17.htm
Austin--(512) 463-0117; (800) 445-2635; (512) 463-0639 Fax
Lake Jackson--(979) 297-5261; (979) 297-7996 Fax
Houston--(713) 272-8929; (713) 272-8956 Fax
District 18-Glenn Hegar
http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/Se...t18/dist18.htm
Austin--(512) 463-0118; (512) 475-3736 (Fax)
Katy--(281) 391-8883; (281) 391-8818 Fax
District 19-Carlos Uresti
http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/Se...t19/dist19.htm
Austin--(512) 463-0119; (512) 463-1017 Fax
San Antonio--(210) 932-2568; (210) 932-2572 Fax
District 20-Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa
http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/Se...t20/dist20.htm
Austin--(512) 463-0120; (512) 463-0229 fax
McAllen--(956) 972-1841; (956) 664-0602
Corpus Christi--(361) 225-1200; (361) 225-3576; (361) 225-0119 Fax
District 21-Judith Zaffirini
http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/Se...t21/dist21.htm
Austin--(512) 463-0121
Laredo--(956) 722-2293; (956) 722-8586 (fax)
San Antonio--(210) 657-0095
District 22-Kip Averitt
http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/Se...t22/dist22.htm
Austin--(512) 463-0122 (phone); (512) 475-3729 (fax)
Waco--(254) 772-6225 (phone); (254) 776-2843 (fax)
Granbury--(817) 573-9622 (phone); (817) 579-7172 (fax)
District 23-Royce West
http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/Se...t23/dist23.htm
Austin--(512) 463-0123; (512) 463-0299 fax
Dallas--(214) 467-0123 (tel); (214) 467-0050 (fax)
District 24-Troy Fraser
http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/Se...t24/dist24.htm
Austin--(512) 463-0124
Belton--(254) 939-3562; fax: (254) 939-7611
Marble Falls--(830) 693-9900; fax: (830) 693-9603
Abilene--(325) 676-7404; fax: (325) 676-8060
District 25-Jeff Wentworth
http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/Se...t25/dist25.htm
Austin--(512) 463-0125; (512) 463-7794 FAX
San Antonio--(210) 826-7800; (210) 826-0571 FAX
District 26-Leticia Van de Putte
http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/Se...t26/dist26.htm
Austin--(512) 463-0126; (512) 463-2114 Fax; 1 (888) 279-0648 Toll Free
San Antonio--(210) 733-6604; (210) 733-6605 Fax
District 27-Eddie Lucio, Jr.
http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/Se...t27/dist27.htm
Austin--(512) 463-0127; (512) 463-0061 Fax
Brownsville--(956) 548-0227; (956) 548-0440 Fax
Weslaco--(956) 968-9927; (956) 447-0583 Fax
District 28-Robert Duncan
http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/Se...t28/dist28.htm
Austin--(512) 463-0128; Toll Free (800) 322-9538; Fax: (512) 463-2424
Lubbock--(806) 762-1122; (806) 749-2828 FAX; Toll Free (800) 546-9928
San Angelo--(325) 481-0028; Fax: (325) 655-2541; Toll Free (800) 558-9928
Childress--(940) 937-0909; Fax: (940) 937-6994; Toll Free (888) 887-7027
District 29-Eliot Shapleigh
http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/Se...t29/dist29.htm
Austin--(512) 463-0129
El Paso--(915) 544-1990 (tel); (915) 544-1998 (fax)
El Paso--(915) 857-4800 (tel); (915) 857-4854 (fax)
District 30-Craig Estes
http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/Se...t30/dist30.htm
Austin--(512) 463-0130; (512) 463-8874 Fax
Wichita Falls--(940) 689-0191; (940) 689-0194 Fax
Sherman--(903)868-2347; fax: (903)868-9666
Denton--(940)898-0331; fax: (940)898-0926
District 31-Kel Seliger
http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/Se...t31/dist31.htm
Austin--(512) 463-0131; (512) 475-3733 fax
Amarillo--(806) 374-8994; (806) 374-4607 fax
Midland--(432) 563-0031; (432) 563-0653 fax
Big Spring--(432) 268-9909; (432) 268-9899 fax