Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 71.015 · Chapter 71. LICENSES AND REGULATIONS
PENALTIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as provided in another subsection of this section, a person who violates any provision of this chapter or proclamation under this chapter commits an offense that is a Class C Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor.
(b) If it is shown at the trial of the defendant that he has been convicted once within the preceding 36 months of a violation of this chapter or a proclamation under this chapter, on conviction he shall be punished for a Class B Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor.
(c) If it is shown at the trial of the defendant that he has been convicted two or more times within the preceding 60 months of a violation of this chapter or a proclamation under this chapter, on conviction he shall be punished for a Class A Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975. Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 2737, ch. 748, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981; Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 267, art. 3, Sec. 79, 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.71.htm
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- 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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