{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-12.205","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 12.205","heading":"POWERS OF THE DEPARTMENT.","body":"The department may:\n(1) provide a toll-free telephone number for use of the public in reporting violations of the game and fish laws to an office of the department that has employees on duty 24 hours a day; and\n(2) establish procedures for voluntary donations to the operation game thief fund to be collected and sent to the department.\nAdded by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 3316, ch. 868, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 31, 1981.","path":["PARKS AND WILDLIFE CODE","TITLE 2. PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT","CHAPTER 12. POWERS AND DUTIES CONCERNING WILDLIFE","SUBCHAPTER C. OPERATION GAME THIEF"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PW/htm/PW.12.htm#12.205","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:32Z","sha256":"c14481f7333494941e6984e96a003c60d42aae35ab419130b88189de7835a450","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-12.204","next":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-12.206"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}