BILL ANALYSIS

H.B. 552

                                                                                                                                          By: Phillips

Culture, Recreation, & Tourism

Committee Report (Unamended)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

Any person at least twelve years old who hunts in Texas must successfully complete a mandatory hunter education training course if the person was born on or after Sept. 2, 1971.  H.B. 552 would exempt a person from the hunter education requirement if the person is an active duty member of the United States military forces or was honorably discharged from the United States military forces.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. 

ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.   Amends Section 62.014, Parks and Wildlife Code by adding subsection (n) to exempt active military personnel and those honorably discharged from the United States military forces from the mandatory hunter education program. 

SECTION 2.   Effective date.  September 1, 2005.

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2005