Bill Text: TX SB982 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to hunting and fishing license fee exemptions for certain veterans.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-12 - Referred to Natural Resources [SB982 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-SB982-Introduced.html

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83R3218 SLB-D
By: Schwertner S.B. No. 982

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to hunting and fishing license fee exemptions for certain
veterans.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 42.012(c), Parks and Wildlife Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) "Qualified disabled veteran" means a veteran with a
service connected disability, as defined by the Veterans'
Administration, consisting of the loss of the use of an upper or [a]
lower extremity or of a disability rating of 60 percent or more and
who is receiving compensation from the United States for the
disability.
SECTION 2. Section 50.001(a), Parks and Wildlife Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The department may issue to residents of this state and
nonresident qualified disabled veterans a combination hunting and
fishing license.
SECTION 3. Section 50.0011, Parks and Wildlife Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 50.0011. DEFINITIONS [DEFINITION]. In this chapter:
(1) "Qualified disabled veteran" has the meaning
assigned by Section 42.012(c).
(2) "Resident"[, "resident"] means:
(A) [(1)] an individual who has resided
continuously in this state for more than six months immediately
before applying for a license issued under this chapter;
(B) [(2)] a member of the United States armed
forces on active duty;
(C) [(3)] a dependent of a member of the United
States armed forces on active duty; or
(D) [(4)] a member of any other category of
individuals that the commission by regulation designates as
residents.
SECTION 4. Section 50.002, Parks and Wildlife Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) The commission shall waive the fee under Subsection (a)
for a qualified disabled veteran who is a resident or nonresident.
SECTION 5. Section 50.003, Parks and Wildlife Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 50.003. OTHER LICENSES NOT REQUIRED. A holder of
[resident who has acquired] a combination hunting and fishing
license is not required to obtain the hunting license required by
Chapter 42 [of this code] or the fishing license required by Chapter
46 [of this code].
SECTION 6. (a) The changes in law made by this Act apply
only to a fee charged for a hunting or fishing license issued on or
after the effective date of this Act.
(b) A hunting or fishing license issued 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.
The Parks and Wildlife Department is not required to issue a refund
for any license issued before the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.