Bill Text: TX HB2189 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the regulation of handfishing.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB2189 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2189-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2189 | ||
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| relating to the regulation of handfishing. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 66, Parks and Wildlife | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 66.115 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 66.115. HANDFISHING. (a) In this section, | ||
| "handfishing" means fishing for catfish by the use of hands only and | ||
| without any other fishing device such as a gaff, pole hook, trap, or | ||
| spear. | ||
| (b) A person holding the required fishing license and | ||
| freshwater fishing stamp issued to the person by the department may | ||
| engage in handfishing in the public fresh water of this state. | ||
| (c) The commission may adopt rules related to handfishing. | ||
| 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. 2189 was passed by the House on May 3, | ||
| 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 3, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2189 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 19, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
