Bill Text: TX SB373 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to indexing fees charged for certain nonresident hunting and fishing licenses to fees charged for certain resident hunting and fishing licenses.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-11 - Referred to Natural Resources [SB373 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-SB373-Introduced.html

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83R4269 SGA-D
By: Lucio S.B. No. 373

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to indexing fees charged for certain nonresident hunting
and fishing licenses to fees charged for certain resident hunting
and fishing licenses.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 42.0141, Parks and Wildlife Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 42.0141. GENERAL NONRESIDENT HUNTING LICENSE FEE. The
amount set by the commission for the general nonresident hunting
license fee may not be greater than two times the amount set for the
resident hunting license fee under Section 42.012(a). [The fee for
a general nonresident hunting license is $100.75 or an amount set by
the commission, whichever amount is more.]
SECTION 2. Section 46.004(e), Parks and Wildlife Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(e) The amount set by the commission for the nonresident
fishing license fee may not exceed by more than $10 the amount set
for the resident fishing license fee under Subsection (a). [The
nonresident fishing license fee is $15 or an amount set by the
commission, whichever amount is more.]
SECTION 3. The commission shall adopt fees for nonresident
hunting and fishing licenses that comply with the fee amounts
required by this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2014.