Bill Text: TX HB1322 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the possession of fish in the tidal water of this state.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-21 - Effective immediately [HB1322 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB1322-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1322 |
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relating to the possession of fish in the tidal water of this state. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 46.001, Parks and Wildlife Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 46.001. PROHIBITED ACTS. (a) No person may fish in the | ||
public water of this state, or unload in this state fish or other | ||
aquatic life taken for sporting purposes from waters managed by the | ||
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council established under the | ||
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act [ |
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(16 U.S.C. Section 1801 et seq.), unless the person [ |
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acquired a fishing license issued under this subchapter, except as | ||
provided by Sections 46.0012 and 46.002. The commission by rule may | ||
prescribe requirements relating to possessing a license required by | ||
this subchapter. | ||
(b) A person in a vessel on tidal water may not possess fish | ||
taken for sporting purposes unless the person holds a fishing | ||
license issued under this subchapter, except as provided by | ||
Sections 46.0012 and 46.002. In this subsection, "tidal water" has | ||
the meaning assigned by Section 47.001. | ||
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, 2011. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1322 was passed by the House on April | ||
14, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 1, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1322 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
10, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0 | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |