75R10694 GJH-D
By Merritt H.B. No. 1523
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1523:
By Merritt C.S.H.B. No. 1523
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the fee for a fishing license for individuals with
1-3 certain mental impairments.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 46.004, Parks and Wildlife Code, is
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 46.004. LICENSE FEES. (a) The resident fishing
1-8 license fee is $8 or an amount set by the commission, whichever
1-9 amount is more.
1-10 (b) The commission may establish a lower fee or waive the
1-11 fee or license requirement for:
1-12 (1) a resident who has a general commercial
1-13 fisherman's license of this state;
1-14 (2) a resident who is blind as defined by Section
1-15 94.001, Human Resources Code;
1-16 (3) a resident who is a qualified disabled veteran as
1-17 defined by Section 42.012(c) of this code;
1-18 (4) a resident or nonresident who is under 17 years
1-19 old; [or]
1-20 (5) a resident or nonresident who is 65 years old or
1-21 over; or
1-22 (6) a resident who has a mental or physical impairment
1-23 that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities
1-24 of the resident.
2-1 (c) The commission by rule shall define "mental or physical
2-2 impairment that substantially limits one or more major life
2-3 activities" for purposes of Subsection (b).
2-4 (d) The department may issue a lifetime resident fishing
2-5 license to residents of this state. The fee for this license is
2-6 $300 or an amount set by the commission, whichever amount is more.
2-7 (e) [(d)] The nonresident fishing license fee is $15 or an
2-8 amount set by the commission, whichever amount is more.
2-9 (f) [(e)] The commission may establish collection and
2-10 issuance fees for licenses and tags issued under this chapter.
2-11 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the
2-12 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-13 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-14 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-15 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
2-16 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
2-17 passage, and it is so enacted.