Bill Text: TX HB1181 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the regulation of commercial catfish fishing on Falcon Lake.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB1181 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1181-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 1181 | ||
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| relating to the regulation of commercial catfish fishing on Falcon | ||
| Lake. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 66.111(b), Parks and Wildlife Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (b) Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to: | ||
| (1) a fish, other than a bass of the genus Micropterus, | ||
| reared in private water under a fish farmer's license; | ||
| (2) a fish possessed legally outside this state and | ||
| transported into this state; | ||
| (3) bass of the genus Micropterus reared in private | ||
| water under a fish farmer's license and marketed for the purpose of | ||
| stocking the water of this state; | ||
| (4) nongame fish regulated under Chapter 67 of this | ||
| code; | ||
| (5) channel catfish of more than 14 inches in length or | ||
| blue catfish of more than 14 inches in length taken from the public | ||
| fresh water of Angelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Chambers, Franklin, | ||
| Freestone, Gregg, Hardin, Harris, Harrison, Jasper, Jefferson, | ||
| Lamar, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Marion, Montgomery, Morris, | ||
| Nacogdoches, Navarro, Newton, Orange, Panola, Polk, Red River, | ||
| Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, Shelby, Titus, Trinity, Tyler, | ||
| Upshur, or Walker County, the public fresh water of the Neches or | ||
| Trinity River in Houston County, [ |
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| Colorado River in Bastrop, Colorado, Fayette, Matagorda, or Wharton | ||
| County, or the public fresh water of Falcon Lake in Starr or Zapata | ||
| County. | ||
| SECTION 2. Title 7, Parks and Wildlife Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Chapter 351 to read as follows: | ||
| CHAPTER 351. STARR AND ZAPATA COUNTIES | ||
| SUBCHAPTER A. FALCON LAKE | ||
| Sec. 351.001. COMMERCIAL CATFISH FISHING. (a) | ||
| Notwithstanding any other law and except as provided by Subsection | ||
| (b), a person may engage in commercial catfish fishing in the | ||
| portion of Falcon Lake in this state that borders Starr and Zapata | ||
| Counties if the person: | ||
| (1) holds the required commercial fishing license | ||
| issued by the department; and | ||
| (2) engages in the commercial fishing on a vessel | ||
| licensed as a commercial fishing boat by the department. | ||
| (b) The department may regulate the amount of catfish taken | ||
| from the portion of Falcon Lake described by Subsection (a) if the | ||
| department determines that regulation is necessary to protect the | ||
| catfish population in Falcon Lake from depletion or waste. | ||
| (c) The commission may adopt rules related to commercial | ||
| catfish fishing in Falcon Lake. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 1181 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 12, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 1181 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
