By Lewis of Orange H.B. No. 3166
77R3608 MXM-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to recreational fishing limits for certain species on the
1-3 Toledo Bend Reservoir and Sabine River; providing a penalty.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 66, Parks and Wildlife Code,
1-6 is amended by adding Section 66.112 to read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 66.112. RECREATIONAL FISHING LIMITS IN TOLEDO BEND
1-8 RESERVOIR AND SABINE RIVER. (a) This section applies only to
1-9 recreational fishing in:
1-10 (1) the Toledo Bend Reservoir; and
1-11 (2) that part of the Sabine River between Louisiana
1-12 and Texas.
1-13 (b) A person may take in one day not more than:
1-14 (1) eight bass of the genus Micropterus of 14 inches
1-15 or more in length;
1-16 (2) 25 white bass;
1-17 (3) five striped bass and hybrids of striped bass, of
1-18 which not more than two may exceed 36 inches in length;
1-19 (4) 50 freshwater crappie or their hybrids, also known
1-20 as white perch or sac-a-lait;
1-21 (5) 25 blue catfish of 12 inches or more in length;
1-22 (6) 25 channel catfish of 11 inches or more in length;
1-23 or
1-24 (7) 25 flathead catfish of 14 inches or more in
2-1 length.
2-2 (c) A person may not possess more than twice the number of
2-3 fish provided in any subdivision of Subsection (b).
2-4 SECTION 2. Section 66.121, Parks and Wildlife Code, is
2-5 amended to read as follows:
2-6 Sec. 66.121. PENALTY. A person who violates Section 66.109,
2-7 66.110, 66.111, or 66.112 [66.117(b) of this code or a regulation
2-8 adopted under Section 66.115 of this code] commits an offense that
2-9 is a Class C Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor.
2-10 SECTION 3. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies
2-11 only to an offense or other violation committed on or after the
2-12 effective date of this Act. For purposes of this section, an
2-13 offense or violation is committed before the effective date of this
2-14 Act if any element of the offense or violation occurs before that
2-15 date.
2-16 (b) An offense or other violation committed before the
2-17 effective date of this Act is covered by the law in effect when the
2-18 offense or violation was committed, and the former law is continued
2-19 in effect for that purpose.
2-20 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-21 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-22 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
2-23 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-24 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.