Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 66.012 - Penalties(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a person who violates a provision of this subchapter or a rule adopted by the commission under this subchapter commits an offense that is a Class C Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor.(b) A person who violates Section 66.003, 66.004, 66.005, 66.006(c), 66.009, 66.015, 66.021, or 66.0091 of this code commits an offense that is a Class B Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor.(c) An offense under Section 66.004, 66.006(c), or 66.015 is a Class A Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor if it is shown at the trial of a person for the offense that the person has been previously convicted one time of a violation of the same section.(d) An offense under Section 66.004 or 66.015 is a Parks and Wildlife Code felony if it is shown at the trial of a person for the offense that the person has been previously convicted two or more times of a violation of the same section.(e) An offense under Section 66.007, 66.0072, 66.020(f), or 66.020(g) or a proclamation adopted by the commission under those sections is a Class B Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor if it is shown at the trial of a person for the offense that the person has been previously convicted one time of a violation of the same section.(f) An offense under Section 66.007, 66.0072, 66.020(f), or 66.020(g) or a proclamation adopted by the commission under those sections is a Class A Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor if it is shown at the trial of a person for the offense that the person has been previously convicted two or more times of a violation of the same section.Tex. Parks and Wild. § 66.012
Amended By Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 661, Sec. 7, eff. 6/17/2011.Amended By Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 723, Sec. 11, eff. 9/1/1991.Amended By Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 637, Sec. 9, eff. 9/1/1989Amended By Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 738, Sec. 3, eff. 9/1/1989Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 635, Sec. 2, eff. 6/19/1987Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 267, art. 3, Sec. 61, eff. 9/1/1985.