Bill Text: TX HB3745 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to a fishing license fee waiver for certain residents.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-03 - Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism [HB3745 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB3745-Introduced.html
  85R2808 SLB-D
 
  By: Goldman H.B. No. 3745
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a fishing license fee waiver for certain residents.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 46.004(b) and (c), Parks and Wildlife
  Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (b)  The commission may establish a lower fee or waive the
  fee or license requirement for:
               (1)  a resident who has a general commercial
  fisherman's license of this state;
               (2)  a resident who is blind as defined by Section
  355.001 [94.001], Labor [Human Resources] Code;
               (3)  a resident or nonresident who is under 17 years
  old; or
               (4)  a [resident or] nonresident who is 65 years old or
  over.
         (c)  The commission shall waive the fee for:
               (1)  a qualified disabled veteran as defined by Section
  42.012 and for a resident on active duty as a member of the United
  States military forces, the Texas Army National Guard, the Texas
  Air National Guard, or the Texas State Guard; and
               (2)  a resident who is 65 years old or over.
         SECTION 2.  (a)  The change in law made by this Act applies
  only to a fee charged for a fishing license issued on or after the
  effective date of this Act.
         (b)  A fishing license issued before the effective date of
  this Act is covered by the law in effect when the license was
  issued, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.  
  The Parks and Wildlife Department is not required to issue a refund
  for any license issued before the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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