Sec. 12.001. GENERAL DUTIES. (a) The department shall administer the laws relating to game, fish, oysters, and marine life, as set out in this code.
(b) The department may:
(1) collect and enforce the payment of all taxes, licenses, fines, and forfeitures due to the department;
(2) inspect all products required to be taxed by the laws relating to game, fish, oysters, and marine life and verify the weights and measures of the products;
(3) examine on request all streams, lakes, and ponds for the purpose of stocking with fish best suited to the locations;
(4) manage the propagation and distribution of fish in state fish hatcheries; and
(5) manage the propagation and distribution of birds and game in state reservations.
Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 2 - Parks and Wildlife Department
Chapter 12 - Powers and Duties Concerning Wildlife
Subchapter A. General Powers and Duties
Section 12.001. General Duties
Section 12.0011. Resource Protection
Section 12.004. List of Fees and Fines
Section 12.005. Funds in Lieu of Taxes
Section 12.006. Publications on Wildlife Values and Management
Section 12.007. Voluntary Contribution to Fund for Veterans' Assistance
Section 12.0075. Organ Donor Registry Information
Section 12.008. Leasing of Grazing or Farming Rights: Sale of Products
Section 12.010. Nuisance or Noxious Aquatic Vegetation Program
Section 12.011. Teaching Equipment
Section 12.012. Recreational Water Safety Video
Section 12.013. Power to Take Wildlife; Fish
Section 12.015. Regulation of Fish, Shellfish, and Aquatic Plants
Section 12.017. Damaging Markers
Section 12.018. Acceptance and Disposition of Gifts
Section 12.024. Water Permit Responsibilities
Section 12.025. Technical Guidance to Landowners
Section 12.0251. Disclosure of Information Collected During Technical Guidance to Private Landowner
Section 12.026. Multiple Use of Land
Section 12.027. Adoption of Emergency Rules
Section 12.028. Powers and Duties Regarding Texas Water Trust