BILL ANALYSIS


                                                        H.B. 1384
                                        By: Saunders (Armbrister)
                                                Natural Resources
                                                         05-19-95
                              Senate Committee Report (Unamended)
BACKGROUND

Currently, state law allows for the sale of channel and blue
catfish taken by legal methods from public freshwater in 36
counties.  These two catfish are the only listed game fish or game
animal that can be taken from public water or lands and
commercially sold.

PURPOSE

As proposed, H.B. 1384 authorizes the purchase and sale of channel
and blue catfish more than 14 inches in length taken from the
Colorado River in Bastrop, Colorado, Fayette, Matagorda, or Wharton
County.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not grant any
additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or
agency.

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Section 66.111(b), Parks and Wildlife Code, to
provide that this section does not apply to, among other fish,
channel catfish or blue catfish of more than 14 inches in length
taken from the public fresh water of the Colorado River in Bastrop,
Colorado, Fayette, Matagorda, or Wharton County.

SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 1995.

SECTION 3. Emergency clause.