78R7566 KCR-F

By:  Garza                                                        H.B. No. 2159



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the creation of a Kickapoo deer hunting license.                  
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 42.001(1), Parks and Wildlife Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
		(1)  "Resident" means:                                                        
			(A)  an individual who has resided continuously in 
this state for more than six months immediately before applying for 
a hunting license;
			(B)  a member of the United States armed forces on 
active duty;            
			(C)  a dependent of a member of the United States 
armed forces on active duty;  [or]
			(D)  a member of any other category of individuals 
that the commission by regulation designates as residents; or
			(E)  a member of the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of 
Texas.           
	SECTION 2.  Chapter 42, Parks and Wildlife Code, is amended 
by adding Sections 42.015 and 42.016 to read as follows:
	Sec. 42.015.  KICKAPOO DEER HUNTING LICENSE.  (a)  The 
department shall issue a member of the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe 
of Texas a hunting license that permits the license holder to hunt 
deer in this state at any time of the year.
	(b)  The acquisition of a Kickapoo deer hunting license does 
not authorize a member of the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas to 
hunt deer by any means not authorized by this code.
	(c)  The acquisition of a Kickapoo deer hunting license does 
not authorize a member of the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas to 
hunt any animal, other than deer:
		(1)  without having acquired a license or other permit 
required by this code; or
		(2)  at any time or by any means not otherwise 
authorized by this code.
	Sec. 42.016.  KICKAPOO DEER HUNTING LICENSE FEE.  The fee for 
a Kickapoo hunting license is $8 or an amount set by the commission, 
whichever amount is greater, but not to exceed $75.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.