Bill Text: TX SB1956 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the expiration date of hunting and fishing licenses.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-27 - Referred to Agriculture, Water, & Rural Affairs [SB1956 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1956-Introduced.html
85R8860 SLB-D | ||
By: Lucio | S.B. No. 1956 |
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relating to the expiration date of hunting and fishing licenses. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 42.0175(a), Parks and Wildlife Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) A license issued under this chapter, other than a | ||
lifetime resident hunting license or a nonresident five-day special | ||
hunting license, is valid for one year from the last day of the | ||
month in which the license is issued [ |
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SECTION 2. Sections 42.022(a) and (d), Parks and Wildlife | ||
Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) No person may acquire or possess more than one hunting | ||
license during a license period [ |
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(d) For purposes of this section, a license period [ |
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begins on the date the license is issued [ |
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SECTION 3. Sections 46.007(a) and (b), Parks and Wildlife | ||
Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Except as provided by Subsections (b), (c), [ |
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and (f) of this section, a license required or authorized by this | ||
subchapter is valid for one year from the last day of the month in | ||
which the license is issued [ |
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(b) A license issued under Section 46.005 or 46.0051 [ |
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the license [ |
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SECTION 4. Section 50.0021(a), Parks and Wildlife Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Except as provided by Subsection [ |
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(c) of this section, a license required or authorized by this | ||
chapter is valid for one year from the last day of the month in which | ||
the license is issued [ |
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SECTION 5. The following provisions of the Parks and | ||
Wildlife Code are repealed: | ||
(1) Section 46.007(d); and | ||
(2) Section 50.0021(b). | ||
SECTION 6. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
a license issued by the Parks and Wildlife Department on or after | ||
the effective date of this Act. A license issued by the Parks and | ||
Wildlife Department before the effective date of this Act is | ||
covered by the law in effect when the license was issued, and the | ||
former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |