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               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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               AN ACT
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            relating to the use of certain weapons in or on the bed or bank of a  | 
         
         
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            navigable river or stream in certain counties. | 
         
         
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                   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 1.  The heading to Chapter 284, Parks and Wildlife  | 
         
         
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            Code, is amended to read as follows: | 
         
         
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            CHAPTER 284.  DIMMIT, EDWARDS, FRIO, HALL, KENEDY, LAMPASAS, LLANO,  | 
         
         
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            MAVERICK, REAL, UVALDE, AND ZAVALA COUNTIES | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 2.  The heading to Section 284.001, Parks and  | 
         
         
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            Wildlife Code, is amended to read as follows: | 
         
         
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                   Sec. 284.001.  USE OF CERTAIN WEAPONS IN OR ON BED OR BANK OF  | 
         
         
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            NAVIGABLE RIVER OR STREAM [DISCHARGE OF FIREARM] PROHIBITED. | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 3.  Section 284.001(b), Parks and Wildlife Code, is  | 
         
         
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            amended to read as follows: | 
         
         
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                   (b)  This section applies only to a navigable river or stream  | 
         
         
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            located wholly or partly in Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Hall, Kenedy,  | 
         
         
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            Lampasas, Llano, Maverick, Real, Uvalde, or Zavala County. | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |