The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has updated the requirements for buying hunting and fishing licenses in the state of Texas. The purpose is to curtail fraud by out-of-state residents trying to get Texan benefits. “The intention of this change is aimed at preventing fraud and misrepresentation for Texas residency status by ensuring that individuals do not unlawfully obtain resident-prices, licenses, or benefits at the point-of-sale,” said a Texas Parks and Wildlife Press Release. Now, anyone buying a Texas hunting or fishing license will have to provide an unexpired ID with proof of residency at the point of sale to purchase them. “Residents of the District of Columbia and 19 other states including California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, Virginia and Washington, will need to present an unexpired driver’s license or personal identification certificate that complies with the federal REAL ID Act of 2005, or an unexpired non-REAL ID compliant driver’s license or state identification certificate plus an unexpired United States of America passport or passport card, U.S. military identification card, Texas license to carry a handgun, or an original birth certificate, or original U.S. government issued document of a child born abroad to U.S.