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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an optional checkoff fee on fishing licenses for the |
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benefit of the Texas Water Trust. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 46, Parks and Wildlife |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 46.0087 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 46.0087. OPTIONAL FEE FOR BENEFIT OF TEXAS WATER |
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TRUST. (a) Each person to whom a license or tag is to be issued |
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under this chapter may pay an optional fee for the benefit of the |
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Texas Water Trust created by Section 15.7031, Water Code, at the |
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time the person pays the fees required to be paid before the license |
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or tag is issued. |
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(b) The minimum amount that may be paid by a person as an |
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optional fee under this section is $5. A person may pay more than |
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the minimum amount. |
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(c) The commission's forms shall provide: |
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(1) spaces for a person to indicate the amount of the |
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optional fee the person desires to pay under this section, with |
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spaces for the amounts of $5, $10, or "other amount"; and |
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(2) a short explanation of the purpose of the optional |
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fee. |
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(d) The optional fee paid by a person under this section |
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shall be deposited in the general revenue fund to the credit of the |
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Texas Water Development Board. |
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(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the fees |
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paid under this section may be used only for the purpose of |
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acquiring water rights from willing sellers to be held by the Texas |
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Water Trust. In the event of a conflict between this section and |
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any provision of an appropriations act, this section prevails. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |