Bill Text: TX SB384 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to making a donation to the operation game thief fund when applying for a hunting or fishing license.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-15 - Filed [SB384 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-SB384-Introduced.html
| 89R4303 MP-F | ||
| By: Flores | S.B. No. 384 | |
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| relating to making a donation to the operation game thief fund when | ||
| applying for a hunting or fishing license. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 12, Parks and Wildlife | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 12.207 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 12.207. DONATION TO FUND BY HUNTING OR FISHING LICENSE | ||
| APPLICANT. (a) An applicant for a hunting or fishing license of | ||
| any type under this code, including a combination hunting and | ||
| fishing license, may make a donation of $1, $5, $10, or $20 to the | ||
| operation game thief fund when applying for the license. | ||
| (b) The department shall: | ||
| (1) include space on the first page of each | ||
| application for a hunting or fishing license that allows an | ||
| applicant to indicate that the applicant is donating $1, $5, $10, or | ||
| $20 to the operation game thief fund; and | ||
| (2) provide an opportunity for an applicant for a | ||
| hunting or fishing license to donate $1, $5, $10, or $20 to the | ||
| operation game thief fund through the department's Internet | ||
| website. | ||
| (c) The department shall deposit a donation made under this | ||
| section in the operation game thief fund not later than the 14th day | ||
| of each month. Before depositing the money, the department may | ||
| deduct money equal to the amount of reasonable expenses for | ||
| developing and administering this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
