Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 66.215 · Subchapter C. SALTWATER FISHING
TAGS FOR NONCOMMERCIAL NETS AND SEINES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as provided in Subsection (b) of this section, no person may place or use in the coastal water of this state a net or seine unless there is attached to the net or seine a tag that discloses the name and address of the owner of the net or seine.
(b) This section does not apply to a person who holds a commercial fishing license under Chapter 47 of this code or to a net or seine on which there is attached the license required by Section 47.015 of this code.
(c) Authorized employees of the department may seize a net or seine in coastal water in violation of this section and retain the net or seine as evidence. If the owner of the net or seine seized under this subsection is not identified before the expiration of 90 days after its seizure, the net or seine may be disposed of under Section 12.011 of this code or as provided by other law.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 1166, ch. 565, Sec. 1, eff. July 1, 1980. Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 267, art. 3, Sec. 72, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.
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