By Zbranek H.B. No. 621 74R3161 MI-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to an exemption for senior citizens from the red drum tag 1-3 requirement. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 46.002, Parks and Wildlife Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: 1-7 (c) A red drum tag issued under this chapter is not required 1-8 of a person 65 years old or older if the person is a resident or, 1-9 if a nonresident, if the person's state of residence grants a 1-10 similar exemption to Texas residents. 1-11 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 1-12 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-13 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-14 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-15 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 1-16 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 1-17 passage, and it is so enacted.