Texas Parks And Wildlife Code Title 5, Chapter 46 - Fishing Licenses

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL FISHING LICENSE

• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 46.0011 - Resident And Nonresident Defined
  (1) "Resident" means: (A) an individual who has resided continuously in this state for more than six months immediately before applying for a fishing license...
• Texas Section 46.0012 - Free Sportfishing Day
  On the first Saturday in June of each year, a fishing license is not required of any person fishing for sporting purposes in public water....
• Texas Section 46.002 - Exemptions
  (a) A license issued under this chapter is not required of a person: (1) who is a resident and whose birth date is before January...
• Texas Section 46.004 - License Fees
  (a) The resident fishing license fee is $8 or an amount set by the commission, whichever amount is more. (b) The commission may establish a...
• Texas Section 46.0045 - Tag Fees
  The commission by rule may establish fees for initial and duplicate tags issued under this subchapter. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 457, Sec....
• Texas Section 46.005 - Temporary Sportfishing Licenses
  (a) Any person who is a Texas resident or other person designated by the commission is entitled to receive from the department a license allowing...
• Texas Section 46.0051 - Temporary Nonresident Licenses
  (a) A nonresident or other person designated by the commission is entitled to receive from the department a license allowing fishing for sporting purposes in...
• Texas Section 46.006 - Duplicate License Or Tag
  (a) If a license issued under this subchapter is lost or destroyed, a license deputy may issue a duplicate license on application of the license...
• Texas Section 46.007 - Expiration Of Licenses And Tags
  (a) Except as provided by Subsections (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f) of this section, a license required or authorized by this subchapter is valid...
• Texas Section 46.008 - License Information
  A license issued under this subchapter must contain information determined by the commission to be necessary. Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec....
• Texas Section 46.0085 - Form And Issuance Of Licenses And Tags
  (a) The department shall issue and prescribe the form and manner of issuance of the licenses and tags authorized by this chapter. The commission by...
• Texas Section 46.0086 - Finfish Tags: Prohibited Acts
  (a) No person may purchase or use more finfish tags during a license year than the number and type authorized for the year by the...
• Texas Section 46.013 - Issuance Or Acceptance Of License
  No person may issue or accept a license or tag required by this subchapter except on a form provided by the department. Acts 1975, 64th...
• Texas Section 46.014 - Fishing Under The License Of Another
  No person may fish under a license issued to another or allow another person to fish under a license issued to him. Acts 1975, 64th...

SUBCHAPTER B LAKE TEXOMA FISHING LICENSE

• Texas Section 46.015 - Penalty
  (a) A person who violates a provision of this subchapter or, except as provided by Subsection (b) of this section, who fails or refuses to...
• Texas Section 46.101 - Lake Texoma
  This subchapter applies only to Lake Texoma, which is the portion of this state inundated by the water impounded by a dam across the channel...
• Texas Section 46.102 - Fishing License Required
  Except as provided in this subchapter, no person may catch fish in Lake Texoma unless he has acquired a license issued under this subchapter. The...
• Texas Section 46.103 - Exemptions
  Residents of this state engaged in fishing within the territorial boundaries of this state are not required to obtain a license issued under this subchapter....
• Texas Section 46.104 - License: Period Of Validity And Fee
  (a) A Lake Texoma fishing license is valid until December 31 following its date of issuance. (b) The fee for the license is $5.75 or...
• Texas Section 46.105 - Lake Texoma 10-day Fishing License
  (a) A Lake Texoma 10-day fishing license is valid for 10 consecutive days including the date of issuance. (b) The fee for the license is...
• Texas Section 46.106 - Form Of License
  Licenses issued under this subchapter shall be on the form prescribed by the department and must contain information necessary for enforcement of this subchapter as...
• Texas Section 46.108 - Division Of Fees
  The department shall keep separate and strict account of the revenue received from licenses issued under this subchapter for annual division between this state and...
• Texas Section 46.109 - Payment By Comptroller
  On February 1 of each year the comptroller shall pay to the state of Oklahoma 70 percent of the revenue collected from licenses issued under...
• Texas Section 46.110 - Penalty
  A person who violates a provision of this subchapter commits an offense that is a Class C Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor. Acts 1975, 64th...
• Texas Section 46.111 - Effective Date Of Subchapter
  This subchapter does not become effective until: (1) the State of Oklahoma makes provision for the sale of licenses in Oklahoma that are parallel to...

Last modified: September 28, 2016