Texas Parks and Wildlife Code
§ 66.0072 — EXOTIC HARMFUL OR POTENTIALLY HARMFUL AQUATIC PLANTS
PW § 66.0072Title 5. WILDLIFE AND PLANT CONSERVATION · Part B. HUNTING AND FISHING · Ch. 66. FISH AND AQUATIC PLANTS · Art. A. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO FRESHWATER AND SALTWATER FISHING AND AQUATIC PLANTS
Statute text
View on source(a)In this section:
(1)"Exotic aquatic plant" means a nonindigenous aquatic plant that is not normally found in the public water of this state.
(2)"Public water" has the meaning assigned by Section 66.015.
(b)A person may not import, possess, sell, or place into the public water of this state an exotic harmful or potentially harmful aquatic plant except as authorized by commission rule or a permit issued by the department.
(c)The commission by rule shall adopt a list of exotic aquatic plants that may not be imported into or possessed in this state without a permit.
(d)The commission may enact an emergency rule as provided by Chapter 2001, Government Code, to add an exotic aquatic plant to the list of prohibited plants if the plant is determined to be harmful or potentially harmful.
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Legislative history
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1048 (H.B. 1919), Sec. 2, eff. June 19, 2015.