Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 68.021 · Chapter 68. ENDANGERED SPECIES
PENALTY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person who violates any provision of this chapter commits an offense that is a Class C Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor.
(b) A person who violates any provision of this chapter and who has been convicted on one previous occasion of a violation of this chapter commits an offense that is a Class B Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor.
(c) A person who violates any provision of this chapter and who has been convicted on two or more previous occasions of a violation of this chapter commits an offense that is a Class A Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor.
(d) A violation of a regulation of the department issued under the authority of this chapter is a violation of this chapter.
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. 78, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PW/htm/PW.68.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 ef47c14c470c500e20e010212c5cd9c769307dbf8b3f88e8b027ad22e0d0810a
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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