{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-31.028","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 31.028","heading":"CERTIFICATE OF NUMBER.","body":"Text of section effective until January 01, 2028\nThe certificate of number shall be pocket-size. The certificate or a facsimile of it shall be carried on board the vessel at all times. It does not have to be on the person of the operator if prior to trial the operator can produce for examination a valid certificate of number.\nActs 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975.\nAmended by:\nActs 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 185 (S.B. 1267), Sec. 3, eff. January 1, 2028.","path":["PARKS AND WILDLIFE CODE","TITLE 4. WATER SAFETY","CHAPTER 31. WATER SAFETY","SUBCHAPTER B. IDENTIFICATION OF VESSELS; REQUIRED NUMBERING"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PW/htm/PW.31.htm#31.028","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:32Z","sha256":"b52995d8274f1e2018fc9ca26c193ddd640bf721838457580a9bff64ba5227c6","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-31.026","next":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-31.028-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}