85R2432 AAF-D
By: González of El Paso H.B. No. 203
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a waiver of certain state park fees for United States
veterans.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 13.018(a), Parks and Wildlife Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The following people may apply to the department for a
state parklands passport:
(1) a resident of this state who is 65 years old or
over who has resided in the state for six consecutive months
preceding the date of application for a parklands passport, a
member of the United States armed forces on active duty who is 65
years old or over, or any other individual in a category that the
commission by rule designates as a resident of this state who is 65
years old or over;
(2) a veteran of the armed services of the United
States, the Texas Army National Guard, the Texas Air National
Guard, or the Texas State Guard [who, as a result of military
service, has a service-connected disability, as defined by the
Veterans' Administration, consisting of the loss of the use of a
lower extremity or of a 60 percent disability rating and who is
receiving compensation from the United States because of the
disability]; and
(3) an individual who has a physical or mental
impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life
activities of the individual.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.