Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 66.012 · Subchapter A. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO FRESHWATER AND SALTWATER FISHING AND AQUATIC PLANTS
PENALTIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a person who violates a provision of this subchapter or a rule adopted by the commission under this subchapter commits an offense that is a Class C Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor.
(b) A person who violates Section 66.003, 66.004, 66.005, 66.006(c), 66.009, 66.015, 66.021, or 66.0091 of this code commits an offense that is a Class B Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor.
(c) An offense under Section 66.004, 66.006(c), or 66.015 is a Class A Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor if it is shown at the trial of a person for the offense that the person has been previously convicted one time of a violation of the same section.
(d) An offense under Section 66.004 or 66.015 is a Parks and Wildlife Code felony if it is shown at the trial of a person for the offense that the person has been previously convicted two or more times of a violation of the same section.
(e) An offense under Section 66.007, 66.0072, 66.020(f), or 66.020(g) or a proclamation adopted by the commission under those sections is a Class B Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor if it is shown at the trial of a person for the offense that the person has been previously convicted one time of a violation of the same section.
(f) An offense under Section 66.007, 66.0072, 66.020(f), or 66.020(g) or a proclamation adopted by the commission under those sections is a Class A Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor if it is shown at the trial of a person for the offense that the person has been previously convicted two or more times of a violation of the same section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 267, art. 3, Sec. 61, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 635, Sec. 2, eff. June 19, 1987; Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 637, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 738, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 723, Sec. 11, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 661 (S.B. 1480), Sec. 7, eff. June 17, 2011.
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Parks and Wildlife Code
- Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 66.003PLACING EXPLOSIVES OR HARMFUL SUBSTANCES IN WATER.Printed as Section 66.003, 66.004, 66.005, 66.006(c), 66.009, 66.015, 66.021, or 66.0091
- Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 66.004TAKING OF FISH BY ELECTRIC SHOCK PROHIBITED; EXCEPTION.Printed as Section 66.003, 66.004, 66.005, 66.006(c), 66.009, 66.015, 66.021, or 66.0091 | Section 66.004 or 66.015 | Section 66.004, 66.006(c), or 66.015
- Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 66.005WILFUL DESTRUCTION OF BOAT, SEINE, OR NET.Printed as Section 66.003, 66.004, 66.005, 66.006(c), 66.009, 66.015, 66.021, or 66.0091
- Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 66.006POSSESSION OF ILLEGAL FISHING DEVICES.Printed as Section 66.003, 66.004, 66.005, 66.006(c), 66.009, 66.015, 66.021, or 66.0091 | Section 66.004, 66.006(c), or 66.015
- Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 66.007EXOTIC HARMFUL OR POTENTIALLY HARMFUL FISH AND SHELLFISH.Printed as Section 66.007, 66.0072, 66.020(f), or 66.020(g)
- Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 66.0072EXOTIC HARMFUL OR POTENTIALLY HARMFUL AQUATIC PLANTS.Printed as Section 66.007, 66.0072, 66.020(f), or 66.020(g)
- Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 66.009NAVIGATION DISTRICTS.Printed as Section 66.003, 66.004, 66.005, 66.006(c), 66.009, 66.015, 66.021, or 66.0091
- Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 66.0091FISHING IN CERTAIN MAN-MADE WATERWAYS.Printed as Section 66.003, 66.004, 66.005, 66.006(c), 66.009, 66.015, 66.021, or 66.0091
- Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 66.015INTRODUCTION OF FISH, SHELLFISH, AND AQUATIC PLANTS.Printed as Section 66.003, 66.004, 66.005, 66.006(c), 66.009, 66.015, 66.021, or 66.0091 | Section 66.004 or 66.015 | Section 66.004, 66.006(c), or 66.015
- Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 66.020SALE AND PURCHASE OF PROTECTED FISH.Printed as Section 66.007, 66.0072, 66.020(f), or 66.020(g)
- Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 66.021PROTECTED FISH: DISPLAY OF DOCUMENTS.Printed as Section 66.003, 66.004, 66.005, 66.006(c), 66.009, 66.015, 66.021, or 66.0091
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