Sec. 42.0211.  TAKING OF UNBANDED PEN-REARED PHEASANT OR QUAIL BY CERTAIN LANDOWNERS.  (a)  This section applies only to:
(1)  noncommercial activity; and
(2)  the taking of pheasant or quail on a property of at least five contiguous acres.
(b)  Notwithstanding any other law requiring the banding of a bird, a person, or the person's guest when accompanied by the person, may take on the person's property unbanded pen-reared pheasant or quail.
(c)  Nothing in this section:
(1)  affects the requirement to acquire a license under Section 45.001 for the propagation of game birds; or
(2)  authorizes a person to:
(A)  exceed a bag limit for pheasant or quail; or
(B)  take pheasant or quail during a closed season.
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 67 (H.B. 1699), Sec. 1, eff. May 19, 2021.