By Bosse, Crabb, Zbranek, Telford, et al. H.B. No. 687
76R4048 MI-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the application of the fishing license requirement to a
1-3 person who is at least 65 years of age.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 46.002(a), Parks and Wildlife Code, is
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 (a) A license issued under this chapter is not required of a
1-8 person:
1-9 (1) who is a resident and whose birth date is before
1-10 September 1, 1930;
1-11 (2) who is a resident at least 65 years of age and is
1-12 fishing in that person's county of residence or an adjacent county;
1-13 (3) who is a nonresident, if the person's birth date
1-14 is before September 1, 1930, and the person's state of residence
1-15 grants a similar age exemption to Texas residents;
1-16 (4) [(3)] who is mentally disabled and who is engaging
1-17 in recreational fishing as part of medically approved therapy, and
1-18 who is fishing under the immediate supervision of personnel
1-19 approved or employed by a hospital, residence, or school for
1-20 mentally disabled persons; or
1-21 (5) [(4)] who is participating in an event that is
1-22 sponsored or co-sponsored by the Texas Parks and Wildlife
1-23 Department with the approval of the Executive Director.
1-24 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the
2-1 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-2 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-3 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-4 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
2-5 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
2-6 passage, and it is so enacted.