Bill Text: TX HB721 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the hunting or fishing license fee waiver for certain disabled veterans.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-01 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB721 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB721-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 721 |
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relating to the hunting or fishing license fee waiver for certain | ||
disabled veterans. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 42.012(c), Parks and Wildlife Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) "Qualified disabled veteran" means a veteran with a | ||
service connected disability, as defined by the United States | ||
Department of Veterans Affairs [ |
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consisting of the loss of the use of a lower extremity or of a | ||
disability rating of 50 [ |
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compensation from the United States for the disability. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 721 was passed by the House on May 4, | ||
2015, by the following vote: Yeas 135, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 721 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
21, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |