By: Farias, Minjarez (Senate Sponsor - Campbell) H.B. No. 721
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2015;
May 6, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Veteran
Affairs and Military Installations; May 15, 2015, reported
favorably by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 15, 2015, sent
to printer.)
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.
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