Texas will soon allow residents to kill wild boars without a license.

Under a measure Gov. Greg Abbott (R-Texas) signed into law on Friday, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Code will be amended to allow residents in the state to kill wild boars, or feral hogs, without having acquired a hunting license.

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The legislation, Senate Bill 317, states that a “resident landowner or any person, with the consent of the landowner, [the landowner's agent or lessee] may take feral hogs [causing depredation] on the resident landowner's land without having acquired a hunting license.”

Abbot’s signature comes after the bill sailed through the state Senate by an unanimous margin earlier this year, according to a local NBC station. The bill was also reportedly passed overwhelmingly by the state’s House of Representatives in a 141-9 vote.

The legislation is slated to take effect in September.