Bill Text: TX HB263 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to combination resident hunting and fishing licenses for military personnel.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-08 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB263 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB263-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Flynn, King of Parker | H.B. No. 263 |
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relating to combination resident hunting and fishing licenses for | ||
military personnel. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 50.001, Parks and Wildlife Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: | ||
(c-1) The commission shall waive the fee for a combination | ||
resident hunting and fishing license for a qualified disabled | ||
veteran as defined by Section 42.012 or a resident who holds a valid | ||
military identification card and is on active duty in the United | ||
States military forces or is actively participating in the Texas | ||
Army National Guard, the Texas Air National Guard, or the Texas | ||
State Guard under the rules established by the adjutant general of | ||
the state military forces. For the purposes of this section, a | ||
valid military identification card issued by the Texas Army | ||
National Guard, the Texas Air National Guard, or the Texas State | ||
Guard is sufficient to establish residency in this state. This | ||
subsection does not apply to a person who is retired from the | ||
military or the dependent of military personnel unless the person | ||
otherwise qualifies as provided by this subsection. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |