By: Sheets, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Creighton) H.B. No. 821
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 4, 2015;
May 5, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
Agriculture, Water, and Rural Affairs; May 12, 2015, reported
favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 12, 2015, sent
to printer.)
COMMITTEE VOTE
YeaNayAbsentPNV
PerryX
ZaffiriniX
CreightonX
HallX
HinojosaX
KolkhorstX
RodrÃguezX
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the requirements of certain minors applying for a
hunting or fishing license.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 231.302, Family Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (c-2) to read as
follows:
(c) Except as provided by Subsection (c-1) or (c-2), to
assist in the administration of laws relating to child support
enforcement under Parts A and D of Title IV of the federal Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 601 et seq. [Sections 601-617] and
42 U.S.C. Section 651 et seq. [651-669]):
(1) each licensing authority shall request and each
applicant for a license shall provide the applicant's social
security number;
(2) each agency administering a contract that provides
for a payment of state funds shall request and each individual or
entity bidding on a state contract shall provide the individual's
or entity's social security number as required by Section 231.006;
and
(3) each agency administering a state-funded grant or
loan program shall request and each applicant for a grant or loan
shall provide the applicant's social security number as required by
Section 231.006.
(c-2) For purposes of issuing a fishing or hunting license,
the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is not required to request,
and an applicant is not required to provide, the applicant's social
security number if the applicant is 13 years of age or younger.
SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 11, Parks and Wildlife
Code, is amended by adding Section 11.005 to read as follows:
Sec. 11.005. SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS OF CERTAIN MINORS.
(a) The commission may not adopt rules that require a person 13
years of age or younger who applies for a license under Chapter 42,
46, or 50 to provide the applicant's social security number.
(b) The commission may adopt a rule requiring an applicant
described by Subsection (a) or the applicant's parent or guardian
to sign a statement that the applicant is not an obligor subject to
a child support order.
SECTION 3. Not later than December 1, 2015, the Texas Parks
and Wildlife Commission shall adopt any necessary rules to
implement this Act.
SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an application for a hunting or fishing license that is submitted
on or after January 1, 2016. An application submitted before that
date is governed by the law in effect immediately before the
effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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