Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 47.037
This is the official text of Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 47.037, part of Texas’s Parks and Wildlife Code — governs state parks, hunting, and fishing.
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§ 47.037. INSPECTION.
Official statutory text
(a) No person who possesses or handles aquatic products for commercial purposes may refuse to allow an authorized employee of the department to inspect the aquatic products at the dealer's or handler's place of business during normal business hours.
(b) No commercial fisherman may refuse to allow an authorized employee of the department to inspect aquatic products handled by or in the possession of the commercial fisherman while the commercial fisherman is pursuing his trade or at a reasonable hour.
(c) This section does not authorize the search of a residence without a search warrant.
(b) No commercial fisherman may refuse to allow an authorized employee of the department to inspect aquatic products handled by or in the possession of the commercial fisherman while the commercial fisherman is pursuing his trade or at a reasonable hour.
(c) This section does not authorize the search of a residence without a search warrant.
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