PUC C.S.H.B. 827 75(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


STATE RECREATIONAL RESOURCES
C.S.H.B. 827
By: Turner, Bob
4-24-97
Committee Report (Substituted)



BACKGROUND 

Under current statute, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission has the
authority to set a lower fee or waive a fee for a hunting or fishing
license for a qualified disabled veteran, if they so choose. 

PURPOSE

As proposed, CSHB 827 will require the commission to waive hunting or
fishing license fees for qualified disabled veterans. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any
additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency or
institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1: Amends Section 42.012 (b), Parks and Wildlife Code, by striking
the language pertaining to qualified disabled veterans in the section
which describes the Commission's discretion in waiving or lowering hunting
and fishing license fees and adding a sentence which requires the
commission to waive the fee. 

SECTION 2: Amends Section 46.004, Parks and Wildlife Code,  by deleting
language in (b) (3) relating to qualified disabled veterans and adding a
new subsection (c), to requires the Parks and Wildlife Commission to waive
the fee for a qualified disabled veteran. 

SECTION 3: Effective date:  September 1, 1997.

SECTION 4: Emergency Clause.


COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL TO SUBSTITUTE

The caption in the committee substitute is amended to delete the reference
to certain military personnel. 

CSHB 827 deletes SECTION 1 from the original bill and renumbers the
following sections appropriately.