84R26123 SLB-D
By: Smith H.B. No. 3649
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3649:
By: Larson C.S.H.B. No. 3649
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a lifetime hunting license for certain nonresidents;
authorizing a fee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 42.0021, Parks and Wildlife Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 42.0021. LIFETIME [RESIDENT] HUNTING LICENSE. The
department may issue to residents of this state and nonresident
landowners as provided by Section 42.0121 a lifetime [resident]
hunting license.
SECTION 2. Section 42.0121, Parks and Wildlife Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 42.0121. LIFETIME [RESIDENT] HUNTING LICENSE FEE. (a)
A nonresident landowner may purchase a lifetime hunting license if
a person related to the landowner within the first degree by
consanguinity has owned property in this state for at least 15 years
before the date of the purchase of the license. A license purchased
under this subsection may be revoked in accordance with commission
rule if the landowner ceases to own property in this state.
(b) The fee for a lifetime [resident] hunting license is
$300 or an amount set by the commission, whichever amount is more.
SECTION 3. Section 42.0175(a), Parks and Wildlife Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) A license issued under this chapter, other than a
lifetime [resident] hunting license or a nonresident five-day
special hunting license is valid only during the yearly period for
which the license is issued without regard to the date on which a
license is acquired. Each yearly period begins on September 1 or on
another date set by the commission and extends through August 31 of
the next year or another date set by the commission. A license
issued under this chapter other than a nonresident five-day special
hunting license that is issued before September 1 or another date
set by the commission and does not expire until August 31 of the
next year or another date set by the commission is valid from the
date of issuance through August 31 of the following year or another
date set by the commission. The commission by rule may set the
amount of a license fee for a license issued during a transition
period at an amount lower than prescribed in this chapter and
provide for a license term for a transition period that is shorter
or longer than a year.
SECTION 4. (a) The changes in law made by this Act apply
only to a fee charged for a hunting license issued on or after the
effective date of this Act.
(b) A hunting license issued before the effective date of
this Act is covered by the law in effect when the license was
issued, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
The Parks and Wildlife Department is not required to issue a refund
for any license issued before the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.