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lawmakers around the country seeking to lead their
constituencies out of economic woe may want to make note of a
new Texas law that’s having very positive financial effects for
the state. The law allows landowners to sell permits for taking
invasive and destructive feral hogs via helicopter and is being
lauded as a huge success. The writer of the bill, Representative
Sid Miller (R – Stephenville), said the law is a “win-win-win,”
because of the positive results it is producing for all
stakeholders.  “Farmers and ranchers are going from having the
expense themselves to making income from it,” said Miller in an
interview with The Dallas Morning News.  Since the bill was
signed into law in September 2011, Texas Parks and Wildlife
Department (TPWD) has issued 97 aerial-take permits, according
to Harmony Garcia, who is in charge of issuing permits for the
department. Twenty three of the 97 permits were to new holders.
The permits are officially termed “Aer