84R5463 SGA-D
By: Farias H.B. No. 721
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the hunting or fishing license fee waiver for certain
disabled veterans.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 42.012(c), Parks and Wildlife Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) "Qualified disabled veteran" means a veteran with a
service connected disability, as defined by the United States
Department of Veterans Affairs [Veterans' Administration],
consisting of the loss of the use of a lower extremity or of a
disability rating of 50 [60] percent or more and who is receiving
compensation from the United States for the disability.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.