Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 43.525
This is the official text of Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 43.525, part of Texas’s Parks and Wildlife Code — governs state parks, hunting, and fishing.
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§ 43.525. FAILURE OR REFUSAL TO SHOW CONSERVATION PERMIT; PENALTY.
Official statutory text
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a person commits an offense if the person is using land under the department's control and fails or refuses to show a conservation permit issued to the person on the demand of a game warden, peace officer, or department employee.
(b) It is not an offense under Subsection (a) if a person who is using land under the department's control fails to show a conservation permit on the demand of a game warden, peace officer, or department employee, and that person:
(1) entered land under the department's control as an occupant of a privately owned, noncommercial vehicle in which at least one other occupant possesses and is able to show a conservation permit issued to that other occupant; or
(2) is a member of a group of individuals that the department has exempted from the requirement for a conservation permit.
(c) An offense under this section is a Class C Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor.
(b) It is not an offense under Subsection (a) if a person who is using land under the department's control fails to show a conservation permit on the demand of a game warden, peace officer, or department employee, and that person:
(1) entered land under the department's control as an occupant of a privately owned, noncommercial vehicle in which at least one other occupant possesses and is able to show a conservation permit issued to that other occupant; or
(2) is a member of a group of individuals that the department has exempted from the requirement for a conservation permit.
(c) An offense under this section is a Class C Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor.
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