Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 31.074
This is the official text of Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 31.074, part of Texas’s Parks and Wildlife Code — governs state parks, hunting, and fishing.
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§ 31.074. VISUAL DISTRESS SIGNAL.
Official statutory text
(a) In this section:
(1) "Coastal waters" means the water that lies within nine nautical miles from the coastline of this state.
(2) "Uninspected passenger vessel" has the meaning assigned by 46 C.F.R. Section 24.10-1.
(3) "Visual distress signal" means a device that is approved and required by the commandant of the United States Coast Guard for the purpose of indicating a vessel in distress, including flares, smoke signals, and non-pyrotechnic signals.
(b) No person may operate on the coastal waters a vessel that is 16 feet or more in length, or any vessel operating as an uninspected passenger vessel, unless the vessel is equipped with readily accessible visual distress signals approved for day and night use in the number required by the commandant of the United States Coast Guard.
(c) Between sunset and sunrise, no person may operate on the coastal waters a vessel less than 16 feet in length unless the vessel is equipped with readily accessible visual distress signals approved for night use in the number required by the commandant of the United States Coast Guard.
(d) No person may operate a vessel on coastal waters unless each visual distress signal required under this section is in serviceable condition and the service life of the signal, if indicated by a date marked on the signal, has not expired.
(1) "Coastal waters" means the water that lies within nine nautical miles from the coastline of this state.
(2) "Uninspected passenger vessel" has the meaning assigned by 46 C.F.R. Section 24.10-1.
(3) "Visual distress signal" means a device that is approved and required by the commandant of the United States Coast Guard for the purpose of indicating a vessel in distress, including flares, smoke signals, and non-pyrotechnic signals.
(b) No person may operate on the coastal waters a vessel that is 16 feet or more in length, or any vessel operating as an uninspected passenger vessel, unless the vessel is equipped with readily accessible visual distress signals approved for day and night use in the number required by the commandant of the United States Coast Guard.
(c) Between sunset and sunrise, no person may operate on the coastal waters a vessel less than 16 feet in length unless the vessel is equipped with readily accessible visual distress signals approved for night use in the number required by the commandant of the United States Coast Guard.
(d) No person may operate a vessel on coastal waters unless each visual distress signal required under this section is in serviceable condition and the service life of the signal, if indicated by a date marked on the signal, has not expired.
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