78R4049 KCR-F

By:  Janek                                                        S.B. No. 608



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the creation of resident and nonresident fishing guide 
licenses.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 47.001(6), Parks and Wildlife Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
		(6)  "Fishing guide" means a person who, [operates a 
boat] for compensation, accompanies, assists, or transports [to 
accompany or to transport] a person or persons engaged in fishing in 
the water of this state.
	SECTION 2.  Section 47.004, Parks and Wildlife Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 47.004.  RESIDENT FISHING GUIDE LICENSE.  (a)  No 
resident [person] may engage in business as a fishing guide unless 
the resident [person] has obtained a resident fishing guide 
license.
	(b)  The license fee for a resident fishing guide license is 
$50 or an amount set by the commission, whichever amount is more.
	(c)  The commission may adopt rules governing the issuance 
and use of a resident fishing guide license, including rules 
creating separate resident fishing guide licenses for use in 
saltwater and freshwater.
	SECTION 3.  Subchapter A, Chapter 47, Parks and Wildlife 
Code, is amended by adding Section 47.005 to read as follows:
	Sec. 47.005.  NONRESIDENT FISHING GUIDE LICENSE.  (a)  No 
nonresident may engage in business as a fishing guide unless the 
nonresident has obtained a nonresident fishing guide license.
	(b)  The license fee for a nonresident fishing guide license 
is $500 or an amount set by the commission, whichever amount is 
more.
	(c)  The commission may adopt rules governing the issuance 
and use of a nonresident fishing guide license, including rules 
creating separate nonresident fishing guide licenses for use in 
saltwater and freshwater.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.