By: Bonnen of Galveston, Bonnen of Brazoria H.B. No. 2009         (Senate Sponsor - Taylor of Galveston)          (In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2017;   May 10, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on   Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs; May 19, 2017, reported   favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 19, 2017, sent   to printer.)     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.     * * * * *