By Deshotel                                           H.B. No. 1482
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to certain exemptions from fishing license fee
 1-3     requirements.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Sections 46.004(b) and (c), Parks and Wildlife
 1-6     Code, are amended to read as follows:
 1-7           (b)  The commission may establish a lower fee or waive the
 1-8     fee or license requirement for:
 1-9                 (1)  a resident who has a general commercial
1-10     fisherman's license of this state;
1-11                 (2)  a resident who is blind as defined by Section
1-12     94.001, Human Resources Code;
1-13                 (3)  a [resident or] nonresident who is under 17 years
1-14     old; or
1-15                 (4)  a [resident or] nonresident who is 65 years old or
1-16     over.
1-17           (c)  The commission shall waive the fee for:
1-18                 (1)  a resident who is under 17 years old;
1-19                 (2)  a resident who is 65 years old or older; and
1-20                 (3)  a qualified disabled veteran as defined by Section
1-21     42.012.
1-22           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately.