85R25236 SLB-D
 
  By: Bonnen of Galveston, Bonnen of Brazoria H.B. No. 2009
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2009:
 
  By:  Bonnen of Brazoria C.S.H.B. No. 2009
 
 
 
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.
         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) to read as follows:
         (n)  The following persons are exempt from any requirement to
  complete [the live firing portion of] a hunter education course
  under this section:
               (1)  an honorably discharged veteran of the United
  States armed forces[;] or
               [(2)]  a person who is on active duty as a member of the
  United States armed [military] forces;
               (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; or
               (3)  a person who is serving or has previously served as
  a peace officer described by Subdivision (1), (2), (3), or (4),
  Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure[, the Texas Army National
  Guard, the Texas Air National Guard, or the Texas State Guard].
         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, 2017.