Texas Parks and Wildlife Code

§ 12.001 — GENERAL DUTIES

PW § 12.001Title 2. PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT · Ch. 12. POWERS AND DUTIES CONCERNING WILDLIFE · Art. A. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES

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(a)The department shall administer the laws relating to game, fish, oysters, and marine life, as set out in this code.

(b)The department may:

(1)collect and enforce the payment of all taxes, licenses, fines, and forfeitures due to the department;

(2)inspect all products required to be taxed by the laws relating to game, fish, oysters, and marine life and verify the weights and measures of the products;

(3)examine on request all streams, lakes, and ponds for the purpose of stocking with fish best suited to the locations;

(4)manage the propagation and distribution of fish in state fish hatcheries; and

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Legislative history

Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975.