HB2541 - Relating to the waiver of state park entrance, admission, and vehicle entrance fees for certain holders of state parklands passports and their immediate family members.

  89R7668 MP-F     By: Bell of Montgomery H.B. No. 2541       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the waiver of state park entrance, admission, and   vehicle entrance fees for certain holders of state parklands   passports and their immediate family members.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Sections 13.018(a) and (c), Parks and Wildlife   Code, are amended to read as follows:          (a)  The following people may apply to the department for a   state parklands passport:                (1)  a resident of this state who is 65 years old or   over who has resided in the state for six consecutive months   preceding the date of application for a parklands passport or any   other individual in a category that the commission by rule   designates as a resident of this state who is 65 years old or over;                (2)  an honorably discharged veteran of the United   States armed services;                (3)   an active duty [ a ] member of the United States   armed services or the Texas military forces as defined by Section   437.001, Government Code [ on active duty ];                (4)  a surviving spouse, parent, child, or sibling of a   person who died while serving in the United States armed forces; and                (5)  an individual who has a physical or mental   impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life   activities of the individual.          (c)  The holder of a state parklands passport issued on or   before August 31, 1995, a person whose birth date is before   September 1, 1930, or a person described by Subsection (a)(2), (3),   or (4) is entitled to enter any state park without payment of an   entrance or admission fee.   Each immediate family member   accompanying the holder of a state parklands passport described by   this subsection may enter the state park without payment of an   entrance or admission fee.  When a fee is charged by the department   for entrance of a vehicle into a state park, the vehicle of the   holder of a state parklands passport described by this subsection   or an immediate family member of the holder is exempt from the fee   when accompanying the holder [ is present ].          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.