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.