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| 2 | 2 | HOUSE BILL 918 | |
| 3 | 3 | By Slater | |
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| 5 | 5 | SENATE BILL 1140 | |
| 6 | 6 | By Crowe | |
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| 8 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 9 | SB1140 | |
| 10 | 10 | 001569 | |
| 11 | 11 | - 1 - | |
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| 13 | 13 | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 58 | |
| 14 | 14 | and Title 70, relative to hunting licenses for | |
| 15 | 15 | disabled veterans participating in hunts sponsored | |
| 16 | 16 | by not-for-profit organizations. | |
| 17 | 17 | ||
| 18 | 18 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 70-2-104, is amended by adding the | |
| 20 | 20 | following as a new subsection: | |
| 21 | 21 | ( ) The executive director, or the executive director's designee, shall, upon | |
| 22 | 22 | request, issue a temporary hunting license at no cost to a veteran with any percentage | |
| 23 | 23 | of service-connected disability for the limited purpose of participating in a hunting | |
| 24 | 24 | experience that is sponsored and paid for by a not-for-profit organization. A temporary | |
| 25 | 25 | hunting license issued pursuant to this subsection ( ) must be for a duration that is no | |
| 26 | 26 | longer than the duration of the hunting experience for which the license is issued, but in | |
| 27 | 27 | no event may the license be valid for more than seven (7) days. The executive director, | |
| 28 | 28 | or the executive director's designee, shall accept as evidence of service-connected | |
| 29 | 29 | disability for the purposes of this subsection ( ) a certification from the veterans' | |
| 30 | 30 | administration. | |
| 31 | 31 | SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it. |