Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 86.018
This is the official text of Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 86.018, part of Texas’s Parks and Wildlife Code — governs state parks, hunting, and fishing.
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§ 86.018. TAKING FROM CERTAIN AREAS PROHIBITED.
Official statutory text
No person may take marl, sand, gravel, shell, or other material from any place between a seawall and the water's edge, from a beach or shoreline within 300 feet of the mean low tide, or within one-half mile of the end of any seawall, for any purpose other than that necessary or incidental to navigation or dredging under state or federal authority.
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