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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the waiver of state park entrance, admission, and |
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vehicle entrance fees for certain holders of state parklands |
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passports and their immediate family members. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 13.018(a) and (c), Parks and Wildlife |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The following people may apply to the department for a |
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state parklands passport: |
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(1) a resident of this state who is 65 years old or |
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over who has resided in the state for six consecutive months |
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preceding the date of application for a parklands passport or any |
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other individual in a category that the commission by rule |
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designates as a resident of this state who is 65 years old or over; |
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(2) an honorably discharged veteran of the United |
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States armed services; |
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(3) an active duty [a] member of the United States |
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armed services or the Texas military forces as defined by Section |
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437.001, Government Code [on active duty]; |
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(4) a surviving spouse, parent, child, or sibling of a |
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person who died while serving in the United States armed forces; and |
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(5) an individual who has a physical or mental |
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impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life |
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activities of the individual. |
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(c) The holder of a state parklands passport issued on or |
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before August 31, 1995, a person whose birth date is before |
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September 1, 1930, or a person described by Subsection (a)(2), (3), |
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or (4) is entitled to enter any state park without payment of an |
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entrance or admission fee. Each immediate family member |
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accompanying the holder of a state parklands passport described by |
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this subsection may enter the state park without payment of an |
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entrance or admission fee. When a fee is charged by the department |
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for entrance of a vehicle into a state park, the vehicle of the |
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holder of a state parklands passport described by this subsection |
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or an immediate family member of the holder is exempt from the fee |
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when accompanying the holder [is present]. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |