Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 11.033

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.

Section 11.033 - Use of Game, Fish, and Water Safety Account

(a) To the extent allowed by federal law, money in the game, fish, and water safety account may be used for the following purposes:

(1) enforcement of fish, shrimp, and oyster laws, game laws, and laws pertaining to sand, shell, and gravel;

(2) dissemination of information pertaining to marine life, wild animal life, wildlife values, and wildlife management;

(3) scientific investigation and survey of marine life for the better protection and conservation of marine life;

(4) establishment and maintenance of fish hatcheries, fish sanctuaries, tidal water fish passes, wildlife management areas, and public hunting grounds;

(5) propagation and distribution of marine life, game animals, and wild birds;

(6) protection of wild birds, fish, and game;

(7) purchase, repair, and operation of boats and dredges;

(8) research, management, and protection of the fish and wildlife resources of this state, including alligators and fur-bearing animals;

(9) salaries of employees and other expenses necessary to carry out the duties of the department under laws relating to fish, shrimp, oysters, game, water safety, and sand, shell, and gravel;

(10) expansion and development of additional opportunities of hunting and fishing in state-owned land and water;

(11) removing rough fish from public water;

(12) administration and enforcement of the water safety laws as set out in Chapter 31, including administration of the boater education program established under Section 31.108;

(13) purchasing all necessary forms and supplies, including reimbursement of the department for any material produced by its existing facilities or work performed by other divisions of the department;

(14) purchase, construction, and maintenance of boat ramps on or near public waters as provided in Chapter 31;

(15) resource protection activities;

(16) the cleanup of illegal or abandoned cultivated oyster mariculture equipment and related debris in public water; and

(17) any other use provided by law.

(b) The department may use money from license fees paid by hunters and fishermen only for those functions required to manage the fish and wildlife resources of this state.

Tex. Parks and Wild. § 11.033

Amended by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 235,Sec. 2, eff. 9/1/2023.

Amended by Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 174,Sec. 2, eff. 9/1/2019.

Amended By Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 968, Sec. 23, eff. 9/1/2001.

Amended By Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1256, Sec. 7, eff. 9/1/1997

Amended By Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 679, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1993

Amended By Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 267, art. 1, Sec. 19, eff. 9/1/1985

Amended By Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 1157, ch. 261, Sec. 1, eff. 8/29/1983

Amended by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 547, ch. 260, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1979

Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1975.