86R5980 SLB-D
By: Raney H.B. No. 4522
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an exemption for certain law enforcement and military
personnel from the requirement to complete a hunter education
program; authorizing a fee.
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) and adding Subsection (o) to
read as follows:
(n) The following persons are exempt from any requirement to
complete a hunter education course under this section:
(1) an honorably discharged veteran of the United
States armed forces who has achieved a basic rifle qualification or
higher;
(2) [or] a person who is on active duty as a member of
the United States armed forces and has achieved a basic rifle
qualification or higher;
(3) [(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 and has achieved
a basic rifle qualification or higher; or
(4) [(3)] a person who is serving or has previously
served as a:
(A) municipal police officer;
(B) sheriff or deputy sheriff;
(C) constable or deputy constable;
(D) marshal or deputy marshal;
(E) member of the Texas Rangers; or
(F) member of the Texas Highway Patrol [peace
officer described by Subdivision (1), (2), (3), or (4), Article
2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure].
(o) In addition to any administrative fee collected under
Subsection (e), the commission may charge a reasonable fee to cover
the administrative costs of processing the application for a
license submitted by a person described by Subsection (n). Fees
collected under this subsection shall be deposited to the credit of
the game, fish, and water safety account.
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, 2019.