Texas Parks & Wildlife Department v. Texas Ass'n of Bass Clubs

SHANNON, Justice.

Pursuant to its Rule 127.30.08.001-007, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department issued a permit to Texas A & M University and others which granted the permittees the right to transport 240,000 grass carp fish into Texas to be placed in Lake Conroe, effective October 1,1980. Appellees, Texas Association of Bass Clubs and Edward I. Parten, filed a declaratory judgment suit in Travis County pursuant to § 12 of the Administrative Procedure and Texas Register Act, Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 6252-13a, seeking a declaration that the rule and the permit issued pursuant thereto were…