Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 41.003
This is the official text of Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 41.003, part of Texas’s Parks and Wildlife Code — governs state parks, hunting, and fishing.
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§ 41.003.
Official statutory text
Sec. 41.003. RECIPROCAL LICENSE AGREEMENTS: BORDER STATES. (a) The director shall negotiate for the commission with the proper representatives of each state having a common border with Texas to allow reciprocal fishing and migratory waterfowl hunting on rivers and lakes on the common boundary between Texas and the border state.
(b) An agreement must provide that a resident of the border state who has a sport fishing license or a hunting license issued by the border state may fish or hunt migratory waterfowl on rivers and lakes of the common border, and a Texas resident holding a Texas license is extended equal privileges. A person who holds a nonresident sport fishing license or a nonresident general hunting license issued by this state or a border state may be extended the same privileges as those extended a resident license holder under this subsection.
(b) An agreement must provide that a resident of the border state who has a sport fishing license or a hunting license issued by the border state may fish or hunt migratory waterfowl on rivers and lakes of the common border, and a Texas resident holding a Texas license is extended equal privileges. A person who holds a nonresident sport fishing license or a nonresident general hunting license issued by this state or a border state may be extended the same privileges as those extended a resident license holder under this subsection.
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