By: Price, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 406
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 2, 2019;
May 3, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Water &
Rural Affairs; May 19, 2019, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 19, 2019, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to organ donor registration information when applying for
a hunting or fishing license on the Internet.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 12, Parks and Wildlife
Code, is amended by adding Section 12.0075 to read as follows:
Sec. 12.0075. ORGAN DONOR REGISTRY INFORMATION. The
department shall add on the department's Internet website a link to
the Glenda Dawson Donate Life-Texas Registry operated under Chapter
692A, Health and Safety Code, for persons to access when applying on
the department's Internet website for a hunting or fishing license,
including a combination hunting and fishing license.
SECTION 2. The Parks and Wildlife Commission may adopt
rules as necessary to implement Section 12.0075, Parks and Wildlife
Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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