(a) A person commits an offense if the person possesses a fish described by Subsection 66.020(a) of this code under Subsection 66.020(b) of this code and:
- (1) fails to keep with the fish a document or documents that verify the place of origin of the fish; or
- (2) fails, on the request of a game warden, to present to the game warden without delay a document or documents that verify the place of origin of the fish.
- (b) Documents that verify the place of origin of any fish described by Subsection 66.020(a) of this code include tags, labels, or invoices required by this code, a regulation of the commission, Chapter 134 of the Agriculture Code, or a regulation of the commissioner of agriculture.
- (c) To commit an offense under Subsection (a) of this section, a person is not required to have a culpable mental state.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 723, Sec. 13, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.