{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-1.012","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 1.012","heading":"PUBLIC FRESH WATER.","body":"Any public freshwater lake, river, creek, or bayou in this state contained in any survey of private land may not be sold but shall remain open to the public. The Parks and Wildlife Department is authorized to protect the fish in public waters under rules as it may prescribe.\nActs 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1256, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["PARKS AND WILDLIFE CODE","TITLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS","SUBCHAPTER B. PROPERTY OF THE STATE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PW/htm/PW.1.htm#1.012","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:32Z","sha256":"c0a6291da78595ab6f9467d43e93343590be840a905be08b656dc5e4519cd6e4","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-1.011","next":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-1.013"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}