TITLE: Relating to municipal control of coyotes.

SUMMARY: Relating to municipal control of coyotes.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to municipal control of coyotes. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Chapter 825, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Subchapter Dto read as follows: SUBCHAPTER D. CONTROL OF PREDATORY ANIMALS Sec. 825.051. MUNICIPAL CONTROL OF COYOTES. A municipality with a population density of more than 2,500 persons per square mile may capture, relocate, or euthanize a coyote located within the municipality or the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction. The municipality may request assistance from Texas Wildlife Services to capture, relocate, or euthanize a coyote. SECTION 2. 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.