Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 12.010
This is the official text of Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 12.010, part of Texas’s Parks and Wildlife Code — governs state parks, hunting, and fishing.
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§ 12.010. NUISANCE OR NOXIOUS AQUATIC VEGETATION PROGRAM.
Official statutory text
(a) The department may implement a program to control or eradicate nuisance aquatic vegetation, including hydrilla and giant sylvania, from public water in this state.
(b) To implement the program under this section, the department may use money from unclaimed refunds of the tax on fuel used in motorboats appropriated to the department under Section 162.502(c), Tax Code.
(c) The department may contract with a person not employed by the department or use the services of department personnel for the control or eradication of nuisance or noxious vegetation in the water of this state.
(b) To implement the program under this section, the department may use money from unclaimed refunds of the tax on fuel used in motorboats appropriated to the department under Section 162.502(c), Tax Code.
(c) The department may contract with a person not employed by the department or use the services of department personnel for the control or eradication of nuisance or noxious vegetation in the water of this state.
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