Bill Text: TX HB83 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a fee waiver for a combination resident hunting and fishing license for certain military personnel.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-25 - No action taken in committee [HB83 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB83-Introduced.html
85R3082 SLB-D | ||
By: Flynn | H.B. No. 83 |
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relating to a fee waiver for a combination resident hunting and | ||
fishing license for certain military personnel. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 50.002, Parks and Wildlife Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
(c) The commission shall waive the fee for a combination | ||
resident hunting and fishing license for a qualified disabled | ||
veteran as defined by Section 42.012 or a resident who holds a valid | ||
military identification card and is on active duty in the United | ||
States military forces or is actively participating in the Texas | ||
Army National Guard, the Texas Air National Guard, or the Texas | ||
State Guard under the rules established by the adjutant general of | ||
the state military forces. For the purposes of this section, a | ||
valid military identification card issued by the Texas Army | ||
National Guard, the Texas Air National Guard, or the Texas State | ||
Guard is sufficient to establish residency in this state. This | ||
subsection does not apply to a person who is retired from the | ||
military or the dependent of military personnel unless the person | ||
otherwise qualifies as provided by this subsection. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |