{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-31.096","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 31.096","heading":"RECKLESS OPERATION AND EXCESSIVE SPEED.","body":"No person may operate a vessel or manipulate water skis, an aquaplane, or a similar device on the water of this state in wilful or wanton disregard of the rights or safety of others or without due caution or circumspection, and at a speed or in a manner that endangers, or is likely to endanger, a person or property.\nActs 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975. Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 267, art. 3, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.","path":["PARKS AND WILDLIFE CODE","TITLE 4. WATER SAFETY","CHAPTER 31. WATER SAFETY","SUBCHAPTER D. BOATING REGULATIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PW/htm/PW.31.htm#31.096","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:32Z","sha256":"e952377ab9e61802fd9d9611c2993664209f12d7f878806302ccf5e86e9d9aa9","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-31.095","next":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-31.098"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}