H.B. No. 2009
AN ACT
relating to an exemption for certain law enforcement and military
personnel from the requirement to complete a hunter education
program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 62.014, Parks and Wildlife Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (n) to read as follows:
(n) The following persons are exempt from any requirement to
complete [the live firing portion of] a hunter education course
under this section:
(1) an honorably discharged veteran of the United
States armed forces[;] or
[(2)] a person who is on active duty as a member of the
United States armed [military] forces;
(2) a person who is on active duty or has previously
served as a member of the Texas Army National Guard, the Texas Air
National Guard, or the Texas State Guard; or
(3) a person who is serving or has previously served as
a peace officer described by Subdivision (1), (2), (3), or (4),
Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure[, the Texas Army National
Guard, the Texas Air National Guard, or the Texas State Guard].
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2009 was passed by the House on May 9,
2017, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2009 was passed by the Senate on May
24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor