Bill Text: TX SB428 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

Texas Senate Bill 428 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the waiver of state park, museum, and other state-operated facility entrance fees for persons with certain disabilities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-06 - Referred to Agriculture, Water, & Rural Affairs [SB428 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-SB428-Introduced.html

	85R1757 AAF-D

	By: Rodríguez	S.B. No. 428



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the waiver of state park, museum, and other
	state-operated facility entrance fees for persons with certain
	disabilities.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 442, Government Code, is
	amended by adding Section 442.033 to read as follows:
	Sec. 442.033. FEES WAIVED FOR PERSONS WITH CERTAIN
	DISABILITIES. (a) The commission shall waive the individual
	entrance fees or any vehicle entrance fee to museums and other
	facilities under the control of the commission for a person with a
	physical, mental, intellectual, or developmental disability and a
	paid personal attendant present to assist that person.
	(b) The commission, in consultation with the Health and
	Human Services Commission, shall by rule establish eligibility
	requirements and procedures to implement this section.
	SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 13, Parks and Wildlife
	Code, is amended by adding Section 13.023 to read as follows:
	Sec. 13.023. FEES WAIVED FOR PERSONS WITH CERTAIN
	DISABILITIES. (a) The department shall waive the individual
	entrance fees or any vehicle entrance fee to state parks,
	recreational areas, and other facilities under the control of the
	department for a person with a physical, mental, intellectual, or
	developmental disability and a paid personal attendant present to
	assist that person.
	(b) The commission, in consultation with the Health and
	Human Services Commission, shall by rule establish eligibility
	requirements and procedures to implement this section.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.