Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 12.012

This is the official text of Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 12.012, part of Texas’s Parks and Wildlife Code — governs state parks, hunting, and fishing.

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§ 12.012. RECREATIONAL WATER SAFETY VIDEO.

Official statutory text

(a) The department shall produce a video suitable for use with high school students on recreational water safety. The video must include instruction on safe participation in recreational activities in, on, or around the lakes, rivers, and coastal waters of this state.

(b) The department shall notify the Texas Education Agency in writing when the recreational water safety video is available for the agency's use.

(c) The department may edit the content of the recreational water safety video to produce a boater education video that complies with federal standards for boating education courses published by the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators.

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