HBA-BSM H.B. 1789 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 1789
By: Chavez
State Recreational Resources
3/4/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Current law requires persons who apply for a lifetime combination hunting
and fishing license to pay a fee of $500.  Certain veterans may not have
the finances to purchase the lifetime license, and may have disabilities
that make it difficult to renew an expired yearly license.  House Bill 1789
requires the Parks and Wildlife Commission to waive the lifetime
combination license fee for certain disabled veterans. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

ANALYSIS

House Bill 1789 amends the Parks and Wildlife Code to require the Parks and
Wildlife Commission to waive the fee for a lifetime combination hunting and
fishing license for a disabled veteran who applies for the license, whose
disability rating is 90 percent or more, and who is a qualified disabled
veteran under this code. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

On passage, or if the Act does not receive the necessary vote, the Act
takes effect September 1, 2001.