Bill Text: TX HB721 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to the hunting or fishing license fee waiver for certain disabled veterans.

Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2015-06-01 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB721 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB721-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 721

AN ACT
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 [Veterans' Administration],
consisting of the loss of the use of a lower extremity or of a
disability rating of 50 [60] percent or more and who is receiving
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