Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 90.007
This is the official text of Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 90.007, part of Texas’s Parks and Wildlife Code — governs state parks, hunting, and fishing.
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§ 90.007. LANDOWNER RIGHTS.
Official statutory text
(a) A prescriptive easement over private property cannot be created by recreational use of a protected freshwater area, including by portage over or around barriers, scouting of obstructions, or crossing of private property to or from a protected freshwater area.
(b) Nothing in this section shall limit the right of a person to navigate in, on, or around a protected freshwater area.
(b) Nothing in this section shall limit the right of a person to navigate in, on, or around a protected freshwater area.
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