Section 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.Tex. Parks and Wild. § 12.001
Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1975.