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1		-	H.B. No. 1181
	1	+	By: Guillen (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 1181
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 15, 2019;
	3	+	April 16, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Water &
	4	+	Rural Affairs; May 19, 2019, reported favorably by the following
	5	+	vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 19, 2019, sent to printer.)
	6	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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	9	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	10		AN ACT
5	11		relating to the regulation of commercial catfish fishing on Falcon
6	12		Lake.
7	13		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	14		SECTION 1. Section 66.111(b), Parks and Wildlife Code, is
9	15		amended to read as follows:
10	16		(b) Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to:
11	17		(1) a fish, other than a bass of the genus Micropterus,
12	18		reared in private water under a fish farmer's license;
13	19		(2) a fish possessed legally outside this state and
14	20		transported into this state;
15	21		(3) bass of the genus Micropterus reared in private
16	22		water under a fish farmer's license and marketed for the purpose of
17	23		stocking the water of this state;
18	24		(4) nongame fish regulated under Chapter 67 of this
19	25		code;
20	26		(5) channel catfish of more than 14 inches in length or
21	27		blue catfish of more than 14 inches in length taken from the public
22	28		fresh water of Angelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Chambers, Franklin,
23	29		Freestone, Gregg, Hardin, Harris, Harrison, Jasper, Jefferson,
24	30		Lamar, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Marion, Montgomery, Morris,
25	31		Nacogdoches, Navarro, Newton, Orange, Panola, Polk, Red River,
26	32		Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, Shelby, Titus, Trinity, Tyler,
27	33		Upshur, or Walker County, the public fresh water of the Neches or
28	34		Trinity River in Houston County, [or] the public fresh water of the
29	35		Colorado River in Bastrop, Colorado, Fayette, Matagorda, or Wharton
30	36		County, or the public fresh water of Falcon Lake in Starr or Zapata
31	37		County.
32	38		SECTION 2. Title 7, Parks and Wildlife Code, is amended by
33	39		adding Chapter 351 to read as follows:
34	40		CHAPTER 351. STARR AND ZAPATA COUNTIES
35	41		SUBCHAPTER A. FALCON LAKE
36	42		Sec. 351.001. COMMERCIAL CATFISH FISHING. (a)
37	43		Notwithstanding any other law and except as provided by Subsection
38	44		(b), a person may engage in commercial catfish fishing in the
39	45		portion of Falcon Lake in this state that borders Starr and Zapata
40	46		Counties if the person:
41	47		(1) holds the required commercial fishing license
42	48		issued by the department; and
43	49		(2) engages in the commercial fishing on a vessel
44	50		licensed as a commercial fishing boat by the department.
45	51		(b) The department may regulate the amount of catfish taken
46	52		from the portion of Falcon Lake described by Subsection (a) if the
47	53		department determines that regulation is necessary to protect the
48	54		catfish population in Falcon Lake from depletion or waste.
49	55		(c) The commission may adopt rules related to commercial
50	56		catfish fishing in Falcon Lake.
51	57		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
52		-	______________________________ ______________________________
53		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
54		-	I certify that H.B. No. 1181 was passed by the House on April
55		-	12, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not
56		-	voting.
57		-	______________________________
58		-	Chief Clerk of the House
59		-	I certify that H.B. No. 1181 was passed by the Senate on May
60		-	22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
61		-	______________________________
62		-	Secretary of the Senate
63		-	APPROVED: _____________________
64		-	Date
65		-	_____________________
66		-	Governor
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