{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-12.019","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 12.019","heading":"PENALTIES.","body":"(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this section, a person who violates Section 12.015, 12.017, or 12.504 of this code or a regulation adopted under Section 12.015 of this code commits an offense that is a Class C Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor.\n(b) If it is shown at the trial of the defendant for a violation of Section 12.017 of this code that he has been convicted within five years before the trial date of a violation of that section, on conviction he shall be punished for a Class B Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor.\n(c) A person who violates Section 12.505 of this code commits an offense that is a Class A Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor.\nAdded by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 267, art. 3, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.","path":["PARKS AND WILDLIFE CODE","TITLE 2. PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT","CHAPTER 12. POWERS AND DUTIES CONCERNING WILDLIFE","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PW/htm/PW.12.htm#12.019","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:32Z","sha256":"973dd86695d1126521c288cb2819bf71eb6f966d766a0108e9d5dcfc32329652","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-12.018","next":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-12.023"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}