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Chapter 114
H.B. No. 1806
1 AN ACT
2 relating to fishing tournament fraud; providing penalties.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
4 SECTION 1. Section 66.119, Parks and Wildlife Code, is
5 transferred to Subchapter A, Chapter 66, Parks and Wildlife Code,
6 redesignated as Section 66.023, Parks and wildlife Code, and
7 amended to read as follows:
8 Sec. 66.023 [66.194]. FRAUD IN [ REHWAEp R] FISHING
9 TOURNAMENTS. (a) In this section, "fishing tournament" means a
10 contest in which a prize is to be awarded to one or more
11 participants in the contest based on the weight, length, number, or
12 type of [frechwate-r] fish caught by the participants or based on any
13 other criteria applicable to the fish caught.
14 (b) A person commits an offense if, with intent to affect
15 the outcome of a fishing tournament:
16 (1) the person provides, offers to provide, sells, or
17 offers to sell a fish to a participant in the tournament for the
18 purpose of representing that the fish was caught by the participant
19 in the course of the tournament;
20 (2) the person, as a participant in the tournament,
21 accepts or agrees to accept a fish from another person for the
22 purpose of representing that the fish was caught by the participant
23 in the course of the tournament; [.]
24 (3) the person, as a participant in the tournament,
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