By Madla S.B. No. 1402
77R56 MI-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to permitting certain state parklands passport holders to
1-3 bring a guest into a park.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 13.018, Parks and Wildlife Code, is
1-6 amended by adding Subsection (d) and relettering original
1-7 Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows:
1-8 (d) The holder of a state parklands passport issued on or
1-9 before August 31, 1995, a person whose birth date is before
1-10 September 1, 1930, or a veteran described by Subsection (a)(2) is
1-11 entitled to bring one guest into any state park without payment of
1-12 an entrance or admission fee for the guest.
1-13 (e) The department may discount or waive a park entrance fee
1-14 for a resident of this state issued an initial state parklands
1-15 passport after August 31, 1995. When a fee is charged by the
1-16 department for entrance of a vehicle into a state park, the vehicle
1-17 of the holder of an initial state parklands passport may enter any
1-18 state park on payment of a lower vehicle entrance fee. The
1-19 department may waive vehicle entrance fees for any state park for
1-20 the holder of an initial state parklands passport.
1-21 (f) [(e)] The commission by rule shall establish eligibility
1-22 requirements and privileges available to the holder of a state
1-23 parklands passport described by Subsection (a)(3).