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

Texas House Bill 721 (Prior Session Legislation)

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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]

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	By: Farias, Minjarez (Senate Sponsor - Campbell)	H.B. No. 721
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2015;
	May 6, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Veteran
	Affairs and Military Installations; May 15, 2015, reported
	favorably by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 15, 2015, sent
	to printer.)


	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	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.

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