{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-66.218","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 66.218","heading":"PENALTIES.","body":"(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a person who violates a provision of this subchapter or a proclamation adopted under this subchapter commits an offense that is a Class C Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor.\n(b) If it is shown at the trial for a violation of Section 66.2011, 66.2012, 66.2014, or 66.208 of this code or a proclamation adopted under those sections that the defendant has been convicted within five years before the trial date of a violation of the section for which the defendant is being prosecuted, on conviction the defendant shall be punished for a Class B Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor.\n(c) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 101 (S.B. 1839), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.\n(d) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 101 (S.B. 1839), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.\nAdded by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 267, art. 3, Sec. 74, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 723, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1254 (H.B. 1579), Sec. 3, eff. July 1, 2016.\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 101 (S.B. 1839), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.","path":["PARKS AND WILDLIFE CODE","TITLE 5. WILDLIFE AND PLANT CONSERVATION","SUBTITLE B. HUNTING AND FISHING","CHAPTER 66. FISH AND AQUATIC PLANTS","SUBCHAPTER C. SALTWATER FISHING"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PW/htm/PW.66.htm#66.218","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:32Z","sha256":"3ad6f3cc95001290bb26b36938c58de1121bd01f69992163a52769a8593d7a0d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-66.217","next":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-66.301"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}