Bill Text: TX HB1718 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility of certain terminally ill individuals to purchase a resident hunting license.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [HB1718 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1718-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1718 |
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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 | ||
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individuals that the commission by regulation designates as | ||
residents. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1718 was passed by the House on April | ||
11, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1718 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
15, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |