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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a lifetime hunting license for certain nonresidents; |
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authorizing a fee. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 42.0021, Parks and Wildlife Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 42.0021. LIFETIME [RESIDENT] HUNTING LICENSE. The |
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department may issue to residents of this state and nonresident |
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landowners as provided by Section 42.0121 a lifetime [resident] |
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hunting license. |
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SECTION 2. Section 42.0121, Parks and Wildlife Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 42.0121. LIFETIME [RESIDENT] HUNTING LICENSE FEE. (a) |
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A nonresident landowner may purchase a lifetime hunting license if |
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a person related to the landowner within the first degree by |
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consanguinity has owned property in this state for at least 15 years |
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before the date of the purchase of the license. A license purchased |
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under this subsection may be revoked in accordance with commission |
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rule if the landowner ceases to own property in this state. |
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(b) The fee for a lifetime [resident] hunting license is |
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$300 or an amount set by the commission, whichever amount is more. |
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SECTION 3. Section 42.0175(a), Parks and Wildlife Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A license issued under this chapter, other than a |
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lifetime [resident] hunting license or a nonresident five-day |
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special hunting license is valid only during the yearly period for |
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which the license is issued without regard to the date on which a |
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license is acquired. Each yearly period begins on September 1 or on |
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another date set by the commission and extends through August 31 of |
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the next year or another date set by the commission. A license |
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issued under this chapter other than a nonresident five-day special |
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hunting license that is issued before September 1 or another date |
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set by the commission and does not expire until August 31 of the |
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next year or another date set by the commission is valid from the |
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date of issuance through August 31 of the following year or another |
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date set by the commission. The commission by rule may set the |
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amount of a license fee for a license issued during a transition |
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period at an amount lower than prescribed in this chapter and |
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provide for a license term for a transition period that is shorter |
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or longer than a year. |
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SECTION 4. (a) The changes in law made by this Act apply |
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only to a fee charged for a hunting license issued on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. |
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(b) A hunting license issued before the effective date of |
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this Act is covered by the law in effect when the license was |
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issued, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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The Parks and Wildlife Department is not required to issue a refund |
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for any license issued before the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |