84R5461 JSC-D
 
  By: Sheets, Larson H.B. No. 821
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the requirements of certain minors applying for a
  hunting or fishing license.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 231.302, Family Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (c-2) to read as
  follows:
         (c)  Except as provided by Subsection (c-1) or (c-2), to
  assist in the administration of laws relating to child support
  enforcement under Parts A and D of Title IV of the federal Social
  Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 601 et seq. [Sections 601-617] and
  42 U.S.C. Section 651 et seq. [651-669]):
               (1)  each licensing authority shall request and each
  applicant for a license shall provide the applicant's social
  security number;
               (2)  each agency administering a contract that provides
  for a payment of state funds shall request and each individual or
  entity bidding on a state contract shall provide the individual's
  or entity's social security number as required by Section 231.006;
  and
               (3)  each agency administering a state-funded grant or
  loan program shall request and each applicant for a grant or loan
  shall provide the applicant's social security number as required by
  Section 231.006.
         (c-2)  For purposes of issuing a fishing or hunting license,
  the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is not required to request,
  and an applicant is not required to provide, the applicant's social
  security number if the applicant is 13 years of age or younger. 
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter A, Chapter 11, Parks and Wildlife
  Code, is amended by adding Section 11.005 to read as follows:
         Sec. 11.005.  SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS OF CERTAIN MINORS.
  (a) The commission may not adopt rules that require a person 13
  years of age or younger who applies for a license under Chapter 42,
  46, or 50 to provide the applicant's social security number.
         (b)  The commission may adopt a rule requiring an applicant
  described by Subsection (a) or the applicant's parent or guardian
  to sign a statement that the applicant is not an obligor subject to
  a child support order.
         SECTION 3.  Not later than December 1, 2015, the Texas Parks
  and Wildlife Commission shall adopt any necessary rules to
  implement this Act.
         SECTION 4.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to an application for a hunting or fishing license that is submitted
  on or after January 1, 2016. An application submitted before that
  date is governed by the law in effect immediately before the
  effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in
  effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.