| 1 | 1 | | 84R21714 SLB-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Raney, Keffer H.B. No. 508 |
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| 3 | 3 | | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 508: |
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| 4 | 4 | | By: Murr C.S.H.B. No. 508 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to an exemption for certain law enforcement and military |
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| 10 | 10 | | personnel from the requirement to complete a hunter education |
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| 11 | 11 | | program; authorizing a fee. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Section 62.014, Parks and Wildlife Code, is |
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| 14 | 14 | | amended by amending Subsection (n) and adding Subsection (o) to |
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| 15 | 15 | | read as follows: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (n) The following persons are exempt from any requirement to |
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| 17 | 17 | | complete [the live firing portion of] a hunter education course |
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| 18 | 18 | | under this section: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (1) an honorably discharged veteran of the United |
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| 20 | 20 | | States armed forces who has achieved a basic rifle qualification or |
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| 21 | 21 | | higher[;] or |
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| 22 | 22 | | [(2)] a person who is on active duty as a member of the |
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| 23 | 23 | | United States armed [military] forces and has achieved a basic |
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| 24 | 24 | | rifle qualification or higher; |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2) [, the Texas Army National Guard, the Texas Air |
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| 26 | 26 | | National Guard, or the Texas State Guard] a person who is on active |
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| 27 | 27 | | duty or has previously served as a member of the Texas Army National |
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| 28 | 28 | | Guard, the Texas Air National Guard, or the Texas State Guard and |
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| 29 | 29 | | has achieved a basic rifle qualification or higher; or |
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| 30 | 30 | | (3) a person who is serving or has previously served as |
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| 31 | 31 | | a municipal police officer, sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, |
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| 32 | 32 | | deputy constable, marshal, deputy marshal, or member of the Texas |
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| 33 | 33 | | Rangers or the Texas Highway Patrol. |
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| 34 | 34 | | (o) In addition to any administrative fee collected under |
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| 35 | 35 | | Subsection (e), the commission may charge a reasonable fee to cover |
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| 36 | 36 | | the administrative costs of processing the application for a |
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| 37 | 37 | | license submitted by a person described by Subsection (n). Fees |
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| 38 | 38 | | collected under this subsection shall be deposited to the credit of |
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| 39 | 39 | | the game, fish, and water safety account. |
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| 40 | 40 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 41 | 41 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 42 | 42 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 43 | 43 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 44 | 44 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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