Tex.
Parks & Wild. Code Section 66.012
Penalties
(a)
Except as otherwise provided by this section, a person who violates a provision of this subchapter or a rule adopted by the commission under this subchapter commits an offense that is a Class C Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor.(b)
A person who violates Section 66.003 (Placing Explosives or Harmful Substances in Water), 66.004 (Taking of Fish by Electric Shock Prohibited; Exception), 66.005 (Wilful Destruction of Boat, Seine, or Net), 66.006 (Possession of Illegal Fishing Devices)(c), 66.009 (Navigation Districts), 66.015 (Introduction of Fish, Shellfish, and Aquatic Plants), 66.021 (Protected Fish: Display of Documents), or 66.0091 (Fishing in Certain Man-made Waterways) of this code commits an offense that is a Class B Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor.(c)
An offense under Section 66.004 (Taking of Fish by Electric Shock Prohibited; Exception), 66.006 (Possession of Illegal Fishing Devices)(c), or 66.015 (Introduction of Fish, Shellfish, and Aquatic Plants) is a Class A Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor if it is shown at the trial of a person for the offense that the person has been previously convicted one time of a violation of the same section.(d)
An offense under Section 66.004 (Taking of Fish by Electric Shock Prohibited; Exception) or 66.015 (Introduction of Fish, Shellfish, and Aquatic Plants) is a Parks and Wildlife Code felony if it is shown at the trial of a person for the offense that the person has been previously convicted two or more times of a violation of the same section.(e)
An offense under Section 66.007 (Exotic Harmful or Potentially Harmful Fish and Shellfish), 66.0072 (Exotic Harmful or Potentially Harmful Aquatic Plants), 66.020 (Sale and Purchase of Protected Fish)(f), or 66.020 (Sale and Purchase of Protected Fish)(g) or a proclamation adopted by the commission under those sections is a Class B Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor if it is shown at the trial of a person for the offense that the person has been previously convicted one time of a violation of the same section.(f)
An offense under Section 66.007 (Exotic Harmful or Potentially Harmful Fish and Shellfish), 66.0072 (Exotic Harmful or Potentially Harmful Aquatic Plants), 66.020 (Sale and Purchase of Protected Fish)(f), or 66.020 (Sale and Purchase of Protected Fish)(g) or a proclamation adopted by the commission under those sections is a Class A Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor if it is shown at the trial of a person for the offense that the person has been previously convicted two or more times of a violation of the same section.
Source:
Section 66.012 — Penalties, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PW/htm/PW.66.htm#66.012 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).
