{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-12.308","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 12.308","heading":"CERTAIN COSTS RECOVERABLE.","body":"(a) The actual cost of investigation, reasonable attorney's fees, and reasonable expert witness fees incurred by the department in a civil suit under this subchapter may be recovered in addition to damages for the value of any fish, shellfish, reptile, amphibian, bird, or animal unlawfully killed, caught, taken, possessed, or injured.\n(b) Any amounts recovered under this section shall be credited to the same operating accounts from which the expenditures occurred.\nAdded by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 992 (H.B. 2026), Sec. 4, eff. June 18, 2005.","path":["PARKS AND WILDLIFE CODE","TITLE 2. PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT","CHAPTER 12. POWERS AND DUTIES CONCERNING WILDLIFE","SUBCHAPTER D. RECOVERY BY THE STATE FOR VALUE OF FISH, SHELLFISH, REPTILE, AMPHIBIAN, BIRD, OR ANIMAL"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PW/htm/PW.12.htm#12.308","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:32Z","sha256":"454eab6bc48c70be92faed88196616cd40c065846f26b73d1767f5323eb0041a","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-12.307","next":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-12.401"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}