TITLE: Relating to residency requirements for a hunting license.

SUMMARY: Relating to residency requirements for a hunting license.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to residency requirements for a hunting license. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 42.001(1), Parks and Wildlife Code, is amended to read as follows: (1) "Resident" means: (A) an individual who has resided continuously in this state for more than six months immediately before applying for a hunting license; (B) an individual who has resided continuously in this state for more than 14 days immediately before applying for a hunting license and presents an identification card issued to the person by any other state and one of the following items with a Texas address and a name matching the name on the identification card: (i) a utility bill; (ii) a rental contract; (iii) a paycheck stub; (iv) a library card; (v) a notarized letter declaring the entry date into this state by the individual applying for the license; or (vi) a letter addressed to the individual applying for the license from a sitting member of the Texas Legislature; (C) a member of the United States armed forces on active duty; (D) [(C)] a dependent of a member of the United States armed forces on active duty; or (E) [(D)] a member of any other category of individuals that the commission by regulation designates as residents. 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.