Texas Parks and Wildlife Code
§ 1.012 — PUBLIC FRESH WATER
PW § 1.012Title 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS · Ch. 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS · Art. B. PROPERTY OF THE STATE
Statute text
View on sourceAny public freshwater lake, river, creek, or bayou in this state contained in any survey of private land may not be sold but shall remain open to the public. The Parks and Wildlife Department is authorized to protect the fish in public waters under rules as it may prescribe.
Legislative history
Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1256, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.