31 TAC §53.3
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department proposes an amendment
to §53.3, concerning Other Recreational Hunting and Fishing Licenses,
Stamps, and Tags. The amendment creates a new subsection (h) to establish
a fee for the purchase of a bonus white-tailed deer tag. The amendment is
necessary for the department to recover the cost of administering and enforcing
the new tag.
Robert Macdonald, Wildlife Division regulations coordinator, has determined
that for each of the first five years that the proposed amendment is in effect,
there will be fiscal implications to the department. The department estimates
that sales of the bonus deer tag will generate revenues of less than $40,000
per year. There will be no fiscal implications to local governments or other
units of state government as a result of enforcing or administering the proposed
amendment.
Mr. Macdonald also has determined that for each of the first five years
the proposed amendment is in effect, the public benefit anticipated as a result
of enforcing the amendment as proposed will be the direct recovery of the
administrative cost of providing the bonus tag from the affected user group.
There will be no effect on small businesses. There are no economic costs
to persons required to comply with the amendment as proposed, as the bonus
tag is not mandatory.
The department has not filed a local impact statement with the Texas Workforce
Commission as required by Government Code, §2001.022, as this agency
has determined that the amendment as proposed will not impact local economies.
The department has determined that there will not be a taking of private
real property, as defined by Government Code, Chapter 2007, as a result of
the proposed amendment.
Comments on the proposed repeal may be submitted to Robert Macdonald, Texas
Parks and Wildlife Department, 4200 Smith School Road, Austin, Texas 78744;
(512) 389-4775 or 1-800-792-1112.
The amendment is proposed under the provisions of Parks and Wildlife
Code, Chapter 42, §42.010, which authorizes the commission to establish
fees for tags.
The amendment affects Parks and Wildlife Code, Chapter 42.
§53.3.Other Recreational Hunting and Fishing Licenses, Stamps, and Tags.
(a)-(g)
(No change.)
(h)
Bonus white-tailed deer tag
(type 104) - $10.00.
This agency hereby certifies that the proposal has been reviewed
by legal counsel and found to be within the agency's legal authority to adopt.
Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on March
1, 1999.
TRD-9901247
Gene McCarty
Chief of Staff
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Earliest possible date of adoption: April 11, 1999
For further information, please call: (512) 389-4775