By Deshotel H.B. No. 1596
76R4760 MI-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to certain exemptions from hunting or fishing license fee
1-3 requirements.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 42.012(b), Parks and Wildlife Code, is
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 (b) The commission may set a lower fee or waive the fee or
1-8 license requirement for a resident who is [under 17 years old, 65
1-9 years old or older, or] participating in an event that is sponsored
1-10 or co-sponsored by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department with the
1-11 approval of the executive director. The commission shall waive the
1-12 fee for:
1-13 (1) a resident who is under 17 years old or 65 years
1-14 old or older; and
1-15 (2) a qualified disabled veteran.
1-16 SECTION 2. Sections 46.004(b) and (c), Parks and Wildlife
1-17 Code, are amended to read as follows:
1-18 (b) The commission may establish a lower fee or waive the
1-19 fee or license requirement for:
1-20 (1) a resident who has a general commercial
1-21 fisherman's license of this state;
1-22 (2) a resident who is blind as defined by Section
1-23 94.001, Human Resources Code;
1-24 (3) a [resident or] nonresident who is under 17 years
2-1 old; or
2-2 (4) a [resident or] nonresident who is 65 years old or
2-3 over.
2-4 (c) The commission shall waive the fee for:
2-5 (1) a resident who is under 17 years old;
2-6 (2) a resident who is 65 years old or older; and
2-7 (3) a qualified disabled veteran as defined by Section
2-8 42.012.
2-9 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-10 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-11 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-12 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-13 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
2-14 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
2-15 passage, and it is so enacted.