Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 31.179 · Subchapter G. PARTY BOATS
ENFORCEMENT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In addition to a game warden, any peace officer of a municipality or other political subdivision of this state who is certified as a marine safety enforcement officer under Section 31.121 may enforce this subchapter:
(1) in the area of a navigable body of water that is in the jurisdiction of the municipality or other political subdivision; or
(2) in any part of a lake that is partly or wholly inside the boundaries of:
(A) the municipality or its extraterritorial jurisdiction; or
(B) the political subdivision.
(b) A party boat is subject to enforcement inspections conducted under Section 31.124.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1159 (H.B. 12), Sec. 19A(a), eff. June 15, 2007.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PW/htm/PW.31.htm
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