Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 31.131 · Subchapter E. ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES
BOATER EDUCATION COURSE REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN VIOLATIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A justice shall require a person who is adjudged guilty of an offense resulting from the violation of a provision of Sections 31.094-31.103 or 31.106 to:
(1) pay any fine imposed for the violation; and
(2) successfully complete a boater education course approved by the department not later than the 90th day after the date the person is adjudged guilty.
(b) If the person fails to successfully complete the boater education course, the person commits an offense that is a Class A Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1363, Sec. 11, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PW/htm/PW.31.htm
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