BILL ANALYSIS C.S.H.B. 2321 By: Homer Culture, Recreation & Tourism Committee Report (Substituted) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Under current law, a native Texan who resides outside of Texas must purchase a nonresident license to hunt in Texas, even when hunting on his or her own property. C.S.H.B. 2321 allows nonresidents who were born in Texas to purchase a lifetime hunting, fishing, or combination hunting and fishing license. The bill increases the minimum amount of the lifetime hunting and fishing license fees from $300 to $800 and the lifetime combination hunting and fishing license fee from $500 to $1500. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. ANALYSIS C.S.H.B. 2321 amends the Parks and Wildlife Code to authorize the Parks and Wildlife Department to issue a lifetime hunting license to a resident of Texas or a nonresident who was born in Texas, rather than to a resident only, and increases the minimum amount of the fee for the license from $300 to $800. C.S.H.B. 2321 authorizes the department to issue a lifetime fishing license to a resident of Texas or a nonresident who was born in Texas, rather than to a resident only, and increases the amount of the fee for the license from $300 to $800. C.S.H.B. 2321 authorizes the department to issue a lifetime combination hunting and fishing license to a resident of Texas or a nonresident who was born in Texas, rather than to a resident only, and increases the minimum amount of the fee for the license from $500 to $1500. EFFECTIVE DATE September 1, 2009. COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE C.S.H.B. 2321 differs from the original by increasing the minimum amount of the lifetime hunting and fishing license fees from $300 to $800, and increasing the minimum amount of the lifetime combination hunting and fishing license fee from $500 to $1500.
BILL ANALYSIS
# BILL ANALYSIS
C.S.H.B. 2321
By: Homer
Culture, Recreation & Tourism
Committee Report (Substituted)
C.S.H.B. 2321
By: Homer
Culture, Recreation & Tourism
Committee Report (Substituted)
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Under current law, a native Texan who resides outside of Texas must purchase a nonresident license to hunt in Texas, even when hunting on his or her own property. C.S.H.B. 2321 allows nonresidents who were born in Texas to purchase a lifetime hunting, fishing, or combination hunting and fishing license. The bill increases the minimum amount of the lifetime hunting and fishing license fees from $300 to $800 and the lifetime combination hunting and fishing license fee from $500 to $1500.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
ANALYSIS C.S.H.B. 2321 amends the Parks and Wildlife Code to authorize the Parks and Wildlife Department to issue a lifetime hunting license to a resident of Texas or a nonresident who was born in Texas, rather than to a resident only, and increases the minimum amount of the fee for the license from $300 to $800. C.S.H.B. 2321 authorizes the department to issue a lifetime fishing license to a resident of Texas or a nonresident who was born in Texas, rather than to a resident only, and increases the amount of the fee for the license from $300 to $800. C.S.H.B. 2321 authorizes the department to issue a lifetime combination hunting and fishing license to a resident of Texas or a nonresident who was born in Texas, rather than to a resident only, and increases the minimum amount of the fee for the license from $500 to $1500.
EFFECTIVE DATE September 1, 2009.
COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE
C.S.H.B. 2321 differs from the original by increasing the minimum amount of the lifetime hunting and fishing license fees from $300 to $800, and increasing the minimum amount of the lifetime combination hunting and fishing license fee from $500 to $1500.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Under current law, a native Texan who resides outside of Texas must purchase a nonresident license to hunt in Texas, even when hunting on his or her own property.
C.S.H.B. 2321 allows nonresidents who were born in Texas to purchase a lifetime hunting, fishing, or combination hunting and fishing license. The bill increases the minimum amount of the lifetime hunting and fishing license fees from $300 to $800 and the lifetime combination hunting and fishing license fee from $500 to $1500.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
ANALYSIS
C.S.H.B. 2321 amends the Parks and Wildlife Code to authorize the Parks and Wildlife Department to issue a lifetime hunting license to a resident of Texas or a nonresident who was born in Texas, rather than to a resident only, and increases the minimum amount of the fee for the license from $300 to $800.
C.S.H.B. 2321 authorizes the department to issue a lifetime fishing license to a resident of Texas or a nonresident who was born in Texas, rather than to a resident only, and increases the amount of the fee for the license from $300 to $800.
C.S.H.B. 2321 authorizes the department to issue a lifetime combination hunting and fishing license to a resident of Texas or a nonresident who was born in Texas, rather than to a resident only, and increases the minimum amount of the fee for the license from $500 to $1500.
EFFECTIVE DATE
September 1, 2009.
COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE
C.S.H.B. 2321 differs from the original by increasing the minimum amount of the lifetime hunting and fishing license fees from $300 to $800, and increasing the minimum amount of the lifetime combination hunting and fishing license fee from $500 to $1500.