Bill Text: TX HB821 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the requirements of certain minors applying for a hunting or fishing license.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-05-28 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB821 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB821-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the requirements of certain minors applying for a hunting or fishing license.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-05-28 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB821 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB821-Introduced.html
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By: Sheets | H.B. No. 821 |
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relating to the requirements of certain minors applying for a | ||
hunting or fishing license. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 231.302, Family Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (c-2) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(c) Except as provided by Subsection (c-1) or (c-2), to | ||
assist in the administration of laws relating to child support | ||
enforcement under Parts A and D of Title IV of the federal Social | ||
Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 601 et seq. [ |
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42 U.S.C. Section 651 et seq. [ |
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(1) each licensing authority shall request and each | ||
applicant for a license shall provide the applicant's social | ||
security number; | ||
(2) each agency administering a contract that provides | ||
for a payment of state funds shall request and each individual or | ||
entity bidding on a state contract shall provide the individual's | ||
or entity's social security number as required by Section 231.006; | ||
and | ||
(3) each agency administering a state-funded grant or | ||
loan program shall request and each applicant for a grant or loan | ||
shall provide the applicant's social security number as required by | ||
Section 231.006. | ||
(c-2) For purposes of issuing a fishing or hunting license, | ||
the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is not required to request, | ||
and an applicant is not required to provide, the applicant's social | ||
security number if the applicant is 13 years of age or younger. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 11, Parks and Wildlife | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 11.005 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 11.005. SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS OF CERTAIN MINORS. | ||
(a) The commission may not adopt rules that require a person 13 | ||
years of age or younger who applies for a license under Chapter 42, | ||
46, or 50 to provide the applicant's social security number. | ||
(b) The commission may adopt a rule requiring an applicant | ||
described by Subsection (a) or the applicant's parent or guardian | ||
to sign a statement that the applicant is not an obligor subject to | ||
a child support order. | ||
SECTION 3. Not later than December 1, 2015, the Texas Parks | ||
and Wildlife Commission shall adopt any necessary rules to | ||
implement this Act. | ||
SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to an application for a hunting or fishing license that is submitted | ||
on or after January 1, 2016. An application submitted before that | ||
date is governed by the law in effect immediately before the | ||
effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in | ||
effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |