Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 62.005 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
HUNTING WITH LIGHT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Except as provided by Section 62.0055 or 62.0056, no person may hunt a game animal or bird protected by this code with the aid of an artificial light that casts or reflects a beam of light onto or otherwise illuminates the game animal or bird, including the headlights of a motor vehicle.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975. Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 267, art. 3, Sec. 110, eff. Sept. 1, 1985; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1256, Sec. 83, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 603 (H.B. 308), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 111 (H.B. 1805), Sec. 1, eff. May 23, 2009.
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Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 62.005. 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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