Bill Text: TX HB1322 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Comm Sub

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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-Comm_Sub.html

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By: Scott (Senate Sponsor - Lucio) H.B. No. 1322
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 18, 2011;
April 20, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on
Agriculture and Rural Affairs; May 3, 2011, reported favorably by
the following vote: Yeas 3, Nays 0; May 3, 2011, sent to printer.)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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 [of
1976] (16 U.S.C. Section 1801 et seq.), unless the person [he] has
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.
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