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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 66.003: PLACING EXPLOSIVES OR HARMFUL SUBSTANCES IN WATER.

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  1. PARKS AND WILDLIFE CODE
  2. TITLE 5. WILDLIFE AND PLANT CONSERVATION
  3. SUBTITLE B. HUNTING AND FISHING
  4. CHAPTER 66. FISH AND AQUATIC PLANTS
  5. SUBCHAPTER A. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO FRESHWATER AND SALTWATER FISHING AND AQUATIC PLANTS

(a) No person may place in the water of this state an explosive, poison, or other substance or thing deleterious to fish.

(b) Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to the use of explosives necessary for construction purposes when the use is authorized in writing by the department.

(c) Repealed by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 267, art. 3, Sec. 110, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.

Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975. Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 267, art. 3, Sec. 110, eff. Sept. 1, 1985; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1256, Sec. 103, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

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