Texas Transportation Code
§ 60.001 — THROWING BALLAST
TN § 60.001Title 4. NAVIGATION · Part A. WATERWAYS AND PORTS · Ch. 60. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Statute text
View on source(a)A master or officer in charge of a vessel commits an offense if any part of the ballast of the vessel is thrown from the vessel into the sea within six miles of a bar or harbor in this state.
(b)An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $100 or more than $200.
Legislative history
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 19.001(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.