Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 66.015 · Subchapter A. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO FRESHWATER AND SALTWATER FISHING AND AQUATIC PLANTS
INTRODUCTION OF FISH, SHELLFISH, AND AQUATIC PLANTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In this section, "public water" means the bays, estuaries, and water of the Gulf of Mexico within the jurisdiction of the state, and the rivers, streams, creeks, bayous, reservoirs, lakes, and portions of those waters where public access is available without discrimination.
(b) No person may place any species of fish, shellfish, or aquatic plant into the public water of the state without a permit issued by the department.
(c) The department shall establish rules and regulations governing the issuance of permits under this section.
(d) Subsection (b) of this section does not apply to native, nongame fish as defined by the commission, except in waters designated by the commission where threatened or endangered fish are present.
(e) A person violates this section if fish, shellfish, or aquatic plants the person possesses or has placed in nonpublic water escape into the public water of the state and the person does not hold a permit issued under this section.
(f) An employee of the department acting at the direction of the commission is exempt from this section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 637, Sec. 11, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1256, Sec. 105, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PW/htm/PW.66.htm
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Cited by 5 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 66.015. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Parks and Wildlife Code
- Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 66.007EXOTIC HARMFUL OR POTENTIALLY HARMFUL FISH AND SHELLFISH.Printed as Section 66.015
- Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 66.0072EXOTIC HARMFUL OR POTENTIALLY HARMFUL AQUATIC PLANTS.Printed as Section 66.015
- Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 66.0073RULES REQUIRING WATER TO BE DRAINED.Printed as Section 66.015
- Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 66.012PENALTIES.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 66.015(b)
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