Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 43.906
This is the official text of Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 43.906, part of Texas’s Parks and Wildlife Code — governs state parks, hunting, and fishing.
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§ 43.906. PENALTY.
Official statutory text
(a) A person who violates Section 43.901 commits an offense that is a Class C Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor.
(b) A person, other than a person described by Section 43.905, in an area described by Section 43.901 who is engaged in capturing by nonlethal means a species covered by this subchapter and fails or refuses on the demand of any game warden or other peace officer to show a reptile and amphibian stamp is presumed to be in violation of Section 43.901.
(b) A person, other than a person described by Section 43.905, in an area described by Section 43.901 who is engaged in capturing by nonlethal means a species covered by this subchapter and fails or refuses on the demand of any game warden or other peace officer to show a reptile and amphibian stamp is presumed to be in violation of Section 43.901.
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