By: Guillen (Senate Sponsor - Estes) H.B. No. 1718
         (In the Senate - Received from the House April 15, 2013;
  April 17, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on
  Natural Resources; May 8, 2013, reported favorably by the
  following vote:  Yeas 10, Nays 0; May 8, 2013, sent to printer.)
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the eligibility of certain terminally ill individuals
  to purchase a resident 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;
                     (D)  if approved by the director, a terminally ill
  individual who is participating in an event sponsored by a
  charitable nonprofit organization; or
                     (E) [(D)]  a member of any other category of
  individuals that the commission by regulation designates as
  residents.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
 
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