Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 66.008 · Subchapter A. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO FRESHWATER AND SALTWATER FISHING AND AQUATIC PLANTS
FISHING FROM BRIDGE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) No person may fish from the deck or road surface of any bridge or causeway on a road maintained by the Texas Department of Transportation.
(b) No person may deposit or leave any dead fish, crab, or bait on the deck or road surface of any bridge or causeway on a road maintained by the Texas Department of Transportation.
(c) The Texas Department of Transportation shall post appropriate signs on all bridges and causeways affected by this section.
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 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 22(66), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
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.66.htm
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