Tex. Transp. Code § 60.001 · Chapter 60. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
THROWING BALLAST.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A master or officer in charge of a vessel commits an offense if any part of the ballast of the vessel is thrown from the vessel into the sea within six miles of a bar or harbor in this state.
(b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $100 or more than $200.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 19.001(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.60.htm
- Text hash
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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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