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Texas Parks and Wildlife Code

§ 66.206 — TROTLINE TAGS

PW § 66.206Title 5. WILDLIFE AND PLANT CONSERVATION · Part B. HUNTING AND FISHING · Ch. 66. FISH AND AQUATIC PLANTS · Art. C. SALTWATER FISHING

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(a)The department shall issue numbered tags for trotlines used in public salt water.
(b)The commission may make regulations for the safe use of trotlines and to carry out the provisions of this section.
(c)A trotline tag shall be attached to each 300 feet of trotline or fractional part of 300 feet. The department shall collect a fee of $2 for each tag issued or an amount set by the commission, whichever amount is more.
(d)No person may use a trotline in public salt water unless the trotline has attached to it the proper number of trotline tags.
(e)This section does not apply to a person fishing trotlines under a commercial finfish fisherman's license.
(f)Repealed by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 382, ch. 190, Sec. 5(2), eff. May 20, 1977.

Legislative history

Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975. Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 382, ch. 190, Sec. 5(2), eff. May 20, 1977; Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 1337, ch. 277, Sec. 44, eff. Sept. 1, 1983; Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 267, art. 2, Sec. 61, art. 3, Sec. 110, eff. Sept. 1, 1985; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 455, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 2000.

Source: Texas Parks and Wildlife Code § 66.206 from the Texas Constitution and Statutes (Texas Legislature) (public record). DecisionDepot is for informational use only and is not legal advice — verify against the official source before relying on this text.