Tex. Parks & Wild. Code Section 88.011
Penalties

(a)

Except as otherwise provided by this section, a person who violates any provision of 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 within the preceding 36 months of a violation of 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, on conviction he shall be punished for a Class A Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor.

(d)

A person who hires or pays another person to take, possess, or transport for commercial sale or sell an endangered, threatened, or protected plant in violation of Subsection (d) of Section 88.008 (Prohibited Acts) of this code commits an offense. An offense under this section is a Class B Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor.

(e)

Each endangered, threatened, or protected plant taken, possessed, transported, or sold in violation of this chapter constitutes a separate offense.
Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 2461, ch. 637, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 267, art. 3, Sec. 108, eff. Sept. 1, 1985; Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 426, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1985; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 15.04, eff. Aug. 26, 1991.

Source: Section 88.011 — Penalties, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/PW/htm/PW.­88.­htm#88.­011 (accessed May 18, 2024).

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