Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 23.011
This is the official text of Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 23.011, part of Texas’s Parks and Wildlife Code — governs state parks, hunting, and fishing.
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§ 23.011. LIMITED JURISDICTION RETAINED.
Official statutory text
The state retains jurisdiction in the Padre Island National Seashore, concurrently with the United States, as though cession had not occurred, for:
(1) the service of criminal and civil process, issued under the authority of the state, on any person amenable to service; and
(2) the assessment and collection of taxes on the sales and use, or the gross receipts from the sales, of products and commodities and on franchises, properties, and incomes.
(1) the service of criminal and civil process, issued under the authority of the state, on any person amenable to service; and
(2) the assessment and collection of taxes on the sales and use, or the gross receipts from the sales, of products and commodities and on franchises, properties, and incomes.
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