| 1 | | - | By: Flores, Eckhardt, West S.B. No. 384 |
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| 1 | + | By: Flores S.B. No. 384 |
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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Filed November 15, 2024; February 3, 2025, |
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| 3 | + | read first time and referred to Committee on Water, Agriculture and |
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| 4 | + | Rural Affairs; February 25, 2025, reported favorably by the |
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| 5 | + | following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; February 25, 2025, sent to |
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| 6 | + | printer.) |
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| 7 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 6 | 10 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 7 | 11 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 12 | | relating to making a donation to the operation game thief fund when |
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| 9 | 13 | | applying for a hunting or fishing license. |
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| 10 | 14 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 15 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 12, Parks and Wildlife |
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| 12 | 16 | | Code, is amended by adding Section 12.207 to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 17 | | Sec. 12.207. DONATION TO FUND BY HUNTING OR FISHING LICENSE |
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| 14 | 18 | | APPLICANT. (a) An applicant for a hunting or fishing license of |
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| 15 | 19 | | any type under this code, including a combination hunting and |
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| 16 | 20 | | fishing license, may make a donation of $1, $5, $10, or $20 to the |
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| 17 | 21 | | operation game thief fund when applying for the license. |
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| 18 | 22 | | (b) The department shall: |
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| 19 | 23 | | (1) include space on the first page of each |
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| 20 | 24 | | application for a hunting or fishing license that allows an |
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| 21 | 25 | | applicant to indicate that the applicant is donating $1, $5, $10, or |
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| 22 | 26 | | $20 to the operation game thief fund; and |
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| 23 | 27 | | (2) provide an opportunity for an applicant for a |
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| 24 | 28 | | hunting or fishing license to donate $1, $5, $10, or $20 to the |
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| 25 | 29 | | operation game thief fund through the department's Internet |
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| 26 | 30 | | website. |
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| 27 | 31 | | (c) The department shall deposit a donation made under this |
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| 28 | 32 | | section in the operation game thief fund not later than the 14th day |
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| 29 | 33 | | of each month. Before depositing the money, the department may |
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| 30 | 34 | | deduct money equal to the amount of reasonable expenses for |
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