&nbsp; <font style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><b>Legislative Session</b>: 80(R)</font><br><br>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a name=start></a>House Bill 308 amends the
Parks and Wildlife Code to provide an exception to the prohibition against
hunting with light for hunting with a laser sighting device by a legally blind
hunter.&nbsp; The bill authorizes such a hunter to use the device under certain
conditions and requires the hunter to carry proof of being legally blind.&nbsp; The
Parks and Wildlife Commission is required to adopt rules not later than
September 1, 2007, to prescribe what is acceptable as proof of being legally
blind, and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is prohibited from enforcing
this act until those rules take effect.</span></p>

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