Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 89.023 · Subchapter B. STATE ARTIFICIAL REEF PLAN
STANDARDS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
An artificial reef located in water covered under this chapter must be sited, constructed, maintained, monitored, and managed in a manner that:
(1) enhances and conserves fishery resources to the maximum extent practicable;
(2) facilitates access and use by Texas recreational and commercial fishermen;
(3) minimizes conflicts among competing uses of water and water resources;
(4) minimizes environmental risks and risks to personal and public health and property;
(5) is consistent with generally accepted principles of international law and national fishing law and does not create any unreasonable obstruction to navigation;
(6) uses the best scientific information available; and
(7) conforms to the state artificial reef plan.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 47, Sec. 1, eff. May 1, 1989.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PW/htm/PW.89.htm
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- 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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