HB 2541

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
(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
(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
(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.