S.B. No. 1245         AN ACT   relating to the taking of aoudad sheep by using a helicopter.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 43.1075, Parks and Wildlife Code, is   amended to read as follows:          Sec. 43.1075.  USING HELICOPTERS TO TAKE CERTAIN ANIMALS.     Under the authority of a permit issued under this subchapter, a [A]   qualified landowner or landowner's agent, as determined by   commission rule, may contract to participate as a hunter or   observer in using a helicopter to take depredating:                (1)  feral hogs;                (2)  [or] coyotes; or                (3)  aoudad sheep [under the authority of a permit   issued under this subchapter].          SECTION 2.  As soon as practicable after the effective date   of this Act, the Parks and Wildlife Commission shall adopt or amend   rules as necessary to implement the change in law made by this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.             ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                 I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1245 passed the Senate on   April 10, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0; and that   the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 12, 2025, by the   following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.       ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate                I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1245 passed the House, with   amendment, on May 7, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 140,   Nays 1, four present not voting.       ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House            Approved:     ______________________________                Date       ______________________________              Governor