Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 201.042 · Subchapter C. PROHIBITIONS
SALE OF SPELEOTHEMS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person may not sell or offer for sale any speleothems in this state, or export them for sale outside the state, without written permission from the owner of the cave from which the speleothems were removed.
(b) A person who violates this section is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor, unless the person has previously been convicted of violating this section, in which case the person is guilty of a state jail felony.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 2003, ch. 785, Sec. 5, eff. June 13, 1979.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 993 (S.B. 1524), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2007.
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1107 (H.B. 3502), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2007.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/NR/htm/NR.201.htm
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