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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an exemption for active duty personnel and certain |
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veterans from the requirement to complete a hunter education |
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program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 62.014, Parks and Wildlife Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (n) to read as follows: |
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(n) The following persons are exempt from any requirement to |
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complete a hunter education course under this section: |
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(1) an honorably discharged veteran of the United |
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States armed forces; or |
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(2) a person who is on active duty as a member of the |
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United States military forces, the Texas Army National Guard, the |
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Texas Air National Guard, or the Texas State Guard. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |