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Texas Parks and Wildlife Code - PARKS & WILD § 62.0061. Hunting on or Over Certain Submerged Land

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(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  1; 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.

1 So in enrolled bill.
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