Texas Administrative Code

Texas Administrative Code

TITLE 31	NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION
PART 2	TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT
CHAPTER 53	FINANCE
SUBCHAPTER A	FEES
DIVISION 1	LICENSE, PERMIT, AND BOAT AND MOTOR FEES
RULE §53.4	Lifetime Licenses

(a) Fees.

(1) lifetime resident super combination hunting and "all water" fishing package--$1,800.

(2) lifetime resident hunting--$1,000;

(3) lifetime resident fishing--$1,000;

(4) upgrade of lifetime resident hunting/fishing license to resident lifetime super combination hunting and "all-water" fishing package--$800; and

(5) replacement lifetime licenses--$10.

(b) Special provision. A nonresident designated by proclamation of the governor to be an Honorary Citizen for the purpose of buying a lifetime license is a resident for the purpose of purchasing a lifetime license.

(c) Special resident lifetime super combination hunting and "all water" fishing license package with one-year subscription to Texas Parks and Wildlife Magazine. The non-refundable application fee for an individual applying for a computer-selected drawing for a special resident lifetime super combination hunting and "all water" fishing package with one-year subscription to Texas Parks and Wildlife Magazine is $5 per entry in the drawing. Persons 16 years of age or younger are not eligible to purchase entries in the drawing created by this subsection. A person who wins a special resident lifetime super combination hunting and "all water" fishing package may transfer the license to another person within 30 days of being notified by the department of winning. A license under this subsection is transferable only to a Texas resident and such a transfer is permanent and final.

(d) The licenses listed in this section are available with a digital tag option that does not require the license log or the physical license tags found on the physical license.

(1) The digital tag option is available beginning the year after the year of purchase of the license (and each year thereafter); and

(2) the provisions of §53.3(a)(12)(B) - (D) of this title (relating to Combination Hunting and Fishing License Packages) apply.

Source Note: The provisions of this §53.4 adopted to be effective July 7, 2004, 29 TexReg 6309; amended to be effective September 1, 2009, 34 TexReg 5381; amended to be effective January 18, 2022, 47 TexReg 88; amended to be effective August 15, 2023, 48 TexReg 4119