Texas Parks and Wildlife Code - Section 62.002. Hunting On Or Over Certain Submerged Land
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§ 62.002. HUNTING ON OR OVER CERTAIN SUBMERGED LAND.
Text of section added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 1002, § 1
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a person may not
hunt or take any wild animal or wild bird when the person is on or
over privately owned land that is:
(1) submerged under:
(A) public fresh water due to seasonal or
occasional innundation; or
(B) public salt water and located above the mean
high tide line of the Gulf of Mexico and its bays and estuaries; and
(2) conspicuously marked as privately owned by a sign
or signs that are substantially similar to the following:
POSTED. PRIVATE PROPERTY. NO HUNTING.
(b) This section does not apply to:
(1) fishing or to fish and other aquatic life;
(2) a person who:
(A) owns the submerged land; or
(B) obtains the landowner's consent;
(3) land that is dedicated to the permanent school
fund and that is located within:
(A) the tidewater limits of this state; or
(B) the gradient boundaries of a navigable river
or stream in this state; or
(4) land that is:
(A) submerged by public water; and
(B) located below the mean high tide line of the
Gulf of Mexico and its bays and estuaries.
(c) This section does not authorize a person to fish by any
means or method or at any time or place that is otherwise prohibited
by this code.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 1002, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2005.
For text of section as added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 992, §
22, see § 62.002, ante.
Section: 61.201 61.204 61.205 61.206 61.901 62.001 62.002 62.002 62.003 62.004 62.005 62.006 62.0065 62.007 62.008
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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