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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to waiving a Parks and Wildlife Department fee for certain |
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veterans and other military personnel taking the hunter education |
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course. |
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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 (e-1) to read as follows: |
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(e-1) For purposes of this subsection, "qualified disabled |
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veteran" has the meaning assigned by Section 42.012. The department |
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shall waive the fee authorized under Subsection (e) for a person |
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exempt from completing the live firing portion of a hunter |
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education course under Subsection (n) or a qualified disabled |
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veteran if the exempt person or disabled veteran takes an online |
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version of the hunter education course. A provider of the online |
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course may not collect the fee from an exempt person or a qualified |
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disabled veteran. |
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SECTION 2. The Parks and Wildlife Commission shall adopt |
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any rules necessary to implement Section 62.014(e-1), Parks and |
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Wildlife Code, as added by this Act, not later than August 1, 2016. |
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SECTION 3. Section 1 of this Act takes effect September 1, |
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2016. |
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SECTION 4. Except as provided by Section 3 of this Act, this |
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Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of |
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all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, |
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Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the |
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vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect |
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September 1, 2015. |