Bill Text: TX HB1100 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the issuance of a permit to host a charity hunt outside the regular hunting season; authorizing the imposition of a fee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-21 - Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism [HB1100 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1100-Introduced.html
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By: Canales | H.B. No. 1100 |
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relating to the issuance of a permit to host a charity hunt outside | ||
the regular hunting season; authorizing the imposition of a fee. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 43, Parks and Wildlife Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subchapter Y to read as follows: | ||
SUBCHAPTER Y. CHARITY HUNT PERMIT | ||
Sec. 43.961. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "charitable | ||
nonprofit organization" means an organization that is exempt from | ||
federal income taxation under Section 501(a), Internal Revenue Code | ||
of 1986, by being listed as an exempt organization in Section | ||
501(c)(3) of that code. | ||
Sec. 43.962. APPLICATION FOR PERMIT. (a) A landowner may | ||
apply to the department for a permit to host a charity hunt | ||
occurring within two weeks after the end of an open hunting season | ||
to raise money for a charitable nonprofit organization. | ||
(b) The application for a permit to host a charity hunt must | ||
include: | ||
(1) the specific date of the hunt; | ||
(2) the event name, if applicable; and | ||
(3) the charitable nonprofit organization to which the | ||
money derived from the hunt will be donated. | ||
Sec. 43.963. PERMIT REQUIRED. No person may host a charity | ||
hunt under this subchapter unless the person holds a valid permit to | ||
host a charity hunt and a hunting license under Chapter 42. | ||
Sec. 43.964. ISSUANCE OF PERMIT; FEE. (a) The department | ||
may issue a permit to host a charity hunt under this subchapter. | ||
(b) The fee for filing an application for a permit to host a | ||
charity hunt is $100. If the department denies the application and | ||
the applicant elects not to proceed further, the department may | ||
order any part of the fee submitted with the application returned to | ||
the applicant. | ||
Sec. 43.965. DONATION OF PROCEEDS. (a) The landowner shall | ||
donate any proceeds the landowner receives from the charity hunt to | ||
the charitable nonprofit organization. | ||
(b) The department shall prescribe a form to be completed by | ||
the charitable nonprofit organization to prove the organization's | ||
status as a charitable nonprofit organization. | ||
Sec. 43.966. RULES. The commission may adopt any rules | ||
necessary to administer this subchapter. | ||
SECTION 2. Not later than October 1, 2017, the Parks and | ||
Wildlife Commission shall adopt any rules necessary to implement | ||
Subchapter Y, Chapter 43, Parks and Wildlife Code, as added by this | ||
Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |