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| 5 | 4 | | HOUSE BILL 918 |
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| 6 | 5 | | By Slater |
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| 9 | 8 | | HB0918 |
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| 10 | 9 | | 001569 |
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| 11 | 10 | | - 1 - |
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| 13 | 12 | | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 58 |
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| 14 | 13 | | and Title 70, relative to hunting licenses for |
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| 15 | 14 | | disabled veterans participating in hunts sponsored |
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| 16 | 15 | | by not-for-profit organizations. |
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| 18 | 17 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: |
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| 19 | 18 | | SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 70-2-104, is amended by adding the |
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| 20 | 19 | | following as a new subsection: |
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| 21 | 20 | | ( ) The executive director, or the executive director's designee, shall, upon |
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| 22 | 21 | | request, issue a temporary hunting license at no cost to a veteran with any percentage |
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| 23 | 22 | | of service-connected disability for the limited purpose of participating in a hunting |
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| 24 | 23 | | experience that is sponsored and paid for by a not-for-profit organization. A temporary |
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| 25 | 24 | | hunting license issued pursuant to this subsection ( ) must be for a duration that is no |
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| 26 | 25 | | longer than the duration of the hunting experience for which the license is issued, but in |
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| 27 | 26 | | no event may the license be valid for more than seven (7) days. The executive director, |
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| 28 | 27 | | or the executive director's designee, shall accept as evidence of service-connected |
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| 29 | 28 | | disability for the purposes of this subsection ( ) a certification from the veterans' |
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| 30 | 29 | | administration. |
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| 31 | 30 | | SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it. |
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