{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-12.403","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 12.403","heading":"CLASSIFICATION OF OFFENSES.","body":"(a) Offenses are designated as Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanors or Parks and Wildlife Code felonies.\n(b) Misdemeanors are classified according to the relative seriousness of the offense into three categories:\n(1) Class A Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanors;\n(2) Class B Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanors; and\n(3) Class C Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanors.\n(c) Section 12.41, Penal Code, does not apply to classifications of offenses under this code.\nAdded by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 267, art. 3, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.","path":["PARKS AND WILDLIFE CODE","TITLE 2. PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT","CHAPTER 12. POWERS AND DUTIES CONCERNING WILDLIFE","SUBCHAPTER E. PUNISHMENTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PW/htm/PW.12.htm#12.403","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:32Z","sha256":"8059eb6a4795f096a4eee42f9f23a0da67453cef4b8ff5725da9c528c7cbc2a1","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-12.402","next":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-12.404"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}