Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 31.111 · Subchapter D. BOATING REGULATIONS
OPERATING VESSEL LIVERY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A vessel livery must purchase liability insurance from an insurer licensed to do business in this state.
(b) Before releasing possession of a rented vessel, a vessel livery shall provide each operator of the rented vessel instruction relating to:
(1) the provisions of this chapter;
(2) operational characteristics of the rented vessel; and
(3) boating regulations that apply in the area of operation of the vessel.
(c) After providing the instruction required by Subsection (b) and before releasing possession of the rented vessel, the vessel livery shall require each operator to sign an acknowledgment form indicating that the operator has received the required instruction. The vessel livery shall retain the form for at least six months.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1363, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PW/htm/PW.31.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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