Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 12.027 · Subchapter A. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES
ADOPTION OF EMERGENCY RULES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
If the commission or the executive director finds that there is an immediate danger to a species authorized to be regulated by the department, or that strict compliance with existing department rules would in any way prevent, hinder, or delay necessary action in coping with a disaster declared by the governor, the commission or the executive director may adopt emergency rules as provided by Chapter 2001, Government Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 924, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1989. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.95(49), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 952 (H.B. 3391), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2009.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PW/htm/PW.12.htm
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