Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 62.003 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
HUNTING FROM VEHICLES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as provided in Subsection (b), no person may hunt any wild bird or wild animal, other than an alligator, frog, or turtle, from any type of aircraft or airborne device, motor vehicle, powerboat, or sailboat, or from any other floating device.
(b) Animals and birds not classified as migratory may be hunted from a motor vehicle, powerboat, or sailboat, or from any other floating device within the boundaries of private property or upon private water by a person who is legally on the property or water for the purpose of hunting if no attempt is made to hunt any wild bird or wild animal on any part of the road system of this state.
(c), (d) Repealed by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 267, art. 3, Sec. 110, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975. Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 2698, ch. 735, Sec. 3, eff. Aug. 31, 1981; Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 267, art. 3, Sec. 110, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 992 (H.B. 2026), Sec. 23, eff. June 18, 2005.
Source of truth
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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.62.htm
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Cited by 6 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 62.003. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Parks and Wildlife Code
- Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 12.101DEFINITIONS.Printed as Section 61.022, 62.003, 62.004, or 62.005
- Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 12.1106SEIZURE AND DISPOSITION OF CONTRABAND; IMMUNITY.Printed as Section 61.022, 62.003, 62.004, or 62.005
- Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 12.5015AUTOMATIC REVOCATION OF HUNTING OR FISHING LICENSE OR PERMIT.Printed as Section 61.022, 62.003, 62.004, 62.005, 62.0065, 62.011(c), 66.004(a), or 66.004(c) | Section 61.022, 62.003, 62.004, 62.005, 62.0065, 62.011, 66.004(a), or 66.004(c)
- Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 62.011RETRIEVAL AND WASTE OF GAME.Printed as Section 61.022, 62.003, 62.0031, 62.004, or 62.005
- Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 62.013PENALTIES.Printed as Section 62.003, 62.004, 62.005, 62.0065, 62.011(c), or 350.001
- Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 62.017DISPOSITION OF SEIZED PROPERTY.Printed as Section 61.022, 62.003, 62.004, 62.005, 62.0065, or 62.011(c)
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