Texas § PW.66.206 - TROTLINE TAGS
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§ PW.66.206. TROTLINE TAGS
TROTLINE TAGS. (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 (f) Repealed by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 382, ch. 190, Sec. 5(2), eff.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. 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.
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Section PW.66.206 ("TROTLINE TAGS") is part of the The Texas Constitution, the codified statutory law of Texas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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