84R10322 SGA-D
By: Keffer H.B. No. 2178
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to waiving a Parks and Wildlife Department fee for certain
veterans and other military personnel taking the hunter education
course.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 62.014, Parks and Wildlife Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (e-1) to read as follows:
(e-1) For purposes of this subsection, "qualified disabled
veteran" has the meaning assigned by Section 42.012. The department
shall waive the fee authorized under Subsection (e) for a person
exempt from completing the live firing portion of a hunter
education course under Subsection (n) or a qualified disabled
veteran if the exempt person or disabled veteran takes an online
version of the hunter education course. A provider of the online
course may not collect the fee from an exempt person or a qualified
disabled veteran.
SECTION 2. The Parks and Wildlife Commission shall adopt
any rules necessary to implement Section 62.014(e-1), Parks and
Wildlife Code, as added by this Act, not later than August 1, 2016.
SECTION 3. Section 1 of this Act takes effect September 1,
2016.
SECTION 4. Except as provided by Section 3 of this Act, this
Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of
all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39,
Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the
vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect
September 1, 2015.