Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 31.100
This is the official text of Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 31.100, part of Texas’s Parks and Wildlife Code — governs state parks, hunting, and fishing.
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§ 31.100. INTERFERENCE WITH MARKERS OR RAMPS.
Official statutory text
(a) No person may moor or attach a boat to a buoy, beacon, light marker, stake, flag, or other aid to safe operation placed upon the public water of this state by or under the authority of the United States or the State of Texas. No person may move, remove, displace, tamper with, damage, or destroy the markers or aids to safe operation.
(b) No person may moor or attach a vessel to a state-owned boat launching ramp except in connection with the launching or retrieving of a boat from the water.
(b) No person may moor or attach a vessel to a state-owned boat launching ramp except in connection with the launching or retrieving of a boat from the water.
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