SRC-MWN S.B. 953 77(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 953
77R5908 SGA-DBy: Lucio
Natural Resources
3/14/2001
As Filed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Current law provides that hunting and fishing licenses, stamps, tags, and
permits, are valid only during the yearly period for which the license is
issued, currently September 1 through August 31, without regard to the date
on which the license is acquired. As proposed, S.B. 953 provides that
annual hunting and fishing licenses, stamps, tags, and permits are valid
from the date of issuance through the day before the first anniversary of
the date of issuance. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a
state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Section 42.0175(a), Parks and Wildlife Code, to provide
that a license issued under this chapter, other than a lifetime resident
hunting license or a nonresident five-day special hunting license, is valid
from the date of issuance through the day before the first anniversary of
the date of issuance. Deletes text regarding each yearly period beginning
on September 1. 

SECTION 2. Amends Section 43.012(d), Parks and Wildlife Code, to make
conforming changes. 

SECTION 3. Amends Section 43.045, Parks and Wildlife Code, to make
conforming changes. 

SECTION 4. Amends Section 43.0722(f), Parks and Wildlife Code, to make
conforming changes. 

SECTION 5. Amends Section 43.201(e), Parks and Wildlife Code, to make
conforming changes. 

SECTION 6. Amends Section 43.252(e), Parks and Wildlife Code, to make
conforming changes. 

SECTION 7. Amends Section 43.303(e), Parks and Wildlife Code, to make
conforming changes. 

SECTION 8. Amends Section 43.4035, Parks and Wildlife Code, to make
conforming changes. 

SECTION 9. Amends Section 43.508, Parks and Wildlife Code, to make
conforming changes.  

SECTION 10. Amends Section 43.582(c), Parks and Wildlife Code, to make
conforming changes. 

SECTION 11. Amends Sections 46.007(a), (d), (e), and (f), Parks and
Wildlife Code, to make conforming changes. 

SECTION 12. Amends Section 46.104(a), Parks and Wildlife Code, to make a
conforming change. 

SECTION 13. Amends Section 47.031(a), Parks and Wildlife Code, to make
conforming changes. 

 SECTION 14. Amends Section 47.078, Parks and Wildlife Code, to make
conforming changes. 

SECTION 15. Amends Section 50.0021, Parks and Wildlife Code, to make
conforming changes. 

SECTION 16. Amends Section 65.0071, Parks and Wildlife Code, to make
conforming changes. 

SECTION 17. Amends Section 66.017(a), Parks and Wildlife Code, to make
conforming changes. 

SECTION 18. Amends Section 71.010, Parks and Wildlife Code, to make
conforming changes. 

SECTION 19. Amends Section 76.1031(a), Parks and Wildlife Code, to make
conforming changes. 

SECTION 20. Amends Section 77.0361(a), Parks and Wildlife Code, to make
conforming changes. 

SECTION 21. Amends Section 78.002(b), Parks and Wildlife Code, to make
conforming changes. 

SECTION 22. Amends Section 78.108, Parks and Wildlife Code, to make
conforming changes. 

SECTION 23. Effective date: September 1, 2001. 
                        Makes application of this Act prospective.