H.B. No. 1322

	AN ACT
	relating to the possession of fish in the tidal water of this state.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 46.001, Parks and Wildlife Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 46.001.  PROHIBITED ACTS. (a) No person may fish in the
	public water of this state, or unload in this state fish or other
	aquatic life taken for sporting purposes from waters managed by the
	Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council established under the
	Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act [of 1976]
	(16 U.S.C. Section 1801 et seq.), unless the person [he] has
	acquired a fishing license issued under this subchapter, except as
	provided by Sections 46.0012 and 46.002. The commission by rule may
	prescribe requirements relating to possessing a license required by
	this subchapter.
	(b)  A person in a vessel on tidal water may not possess fish
	taken for sporting purposes unless the person holds a fishing
	license issued under this subchapter, except as provided by
	Sections 46.0012 and 46.002. In this subsection, "tidal water" has
	the meaning assigned by Section 47.001.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 1322 was passed by the House on April
	14, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 141, Nays 1, 1 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 1322 was passed by the Senate on May
	10, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0
	.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
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	Governor