By Kuempel H.B. No. 2102
74R7253 PAM-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the use of numbered tags on certain fishing lines used
1-3 in public waters.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 66.206, Parks and Wildlife Code, is
1-6 transferred to Subchapter A, Chapter 66, Parks and Wildlife Code,
1-7 redesignated as Section 66.010, and amended to read as follows:
1-8 Sec. 66.010 <66.206>. TROTLINE, THROWLINE, AND JUGLINE TAGS.
1-9 (a) The department shall issue numbered tags for trotlines,
1-10 throwlines, and juglines used in state <public salt> water.
1-11 (b) The commission may make regulations for the safe use of
1-12 trotlines, throwlines, and juglines and to carry out the provisions
1-13 of this section.
1-14 (c) A trotline, throwline, or jugline tag shall be attached
1-15 to each 300 feet of line <trotline> or fractional part of 300 feet.
1-16 (d) The department shall collect the following fees <a fee
1-17 of $2> for each tag issued or an amount set by the commission,
1-18 whichever amount is more:
1-19 (1) $1.50 for each tag for a throwline or jugline; and
1-20 (2) $7 for each tag for a trotline that is not a
1-21 throwline or jugline.
1-22 (e) <(d)> No person may use a trotline, throwline, or
1-23 jugline in state <public salt> water unless the line <trotline> has
1-24 attached to it the proper number of <trotline> tags.
2-1 (f) Fees collected under this section and fines collected
2-2 for violations of this section shall be deposited in the state
2-3 treasury to the credit of the game, fish, and water safety account
2-4 and may be used only for enforcing this code.
2-5 SECTION 2. Section 11.032(b), Parks and Wildlife Code, is
2-6 amended to read as follows:
2-7 (b) The department shall deposit to the credit of the game,
2-8 fish, and water safety account all revenue, less allowable costs,
2-9 from the following sources:
2-10 (1) all types of fishing licenses and stamps and
2-11 shrimping licenses;
2-12 (2) all types of hunting licenses and stamps;
2-13 (3) trapping licenses and other licenses relating to
2-14 the taking, propagation, and sale of fur-bearing animals or their
2-15 pelts;
2-16 (4) sale of marl, sand, gravel, shell, and mudshell;
2-17 (5) oyster bed rentals and permits;
2-18 (6) federal funds received for fish and wildlife
2-19 research, management, development and conservation, resource
2-20 protection, and law enforcement;
2-21 (7) sale of property, less advertising costs,
2-22 purchased from this account or a special fund or account that is
2-23 now part of this account;
2-24 (8) fines and penalties collected for violations of a
2-25 law pertaining to the protection and conservation of wild birds,
2-26 wild fowl, wild animals, fish, shrimp, oysters, game birds and
2-27 animals, fur-bearing animals, alligators, and any other wildlife
3-1 resources of this state;
3-2 (9) sale of rough fish by the department;
3-3 (10) fees for importation permits;
3-4 (11) fees from supplying fish for or placing fish in
3-5 water located on private property;
3-6 (12) sale of seized pelts;
3-7 (13) sale or lease of grazing rights to and the
3-8 products from game preserves, sanctuaries, and management areas;
3-9 (14) contracts for the removal of fur-bearing animals
3-10 and reptiles from wildlife management areas;
3-11 (15) motorboat registration fees;
3-12 (16) motorboat manufacturer or dealer registration
3-13 fee;
3-14 (17) fines or penalties imposed by a court for
3-15 violation of water safety laws contained in Chapter 31 of this
3-16 code;
3-17 (18) alligator hunter's or alligator buyer's licenses;
3-18 (19) sale of alligators or any part of an alligator by
3-19 the department;
3-20 (20) fees and revenue collected under Section
3-21 11.027(b) or (c) of this code that are associated with the
3-22 conservation of fish and wildlife; <and>
3-23 (21) fees collected under Section 66.010 of this code
3-24 and fines and penalties collected for violations of Section 66.010
3-25 of this code; and
3-26 (22) any other source provided by law.
3-27 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
4-1 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
4-2 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
4-3 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
4-4 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
4-5 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.