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Parks and Wildlife Code §86.002

In force on Nov 09, 2026 · this text took effect Sep 01, 1985 · same as today's text

PERMIT REQUIRED; PENALTY

(a) No person may disturb or take marl, sand, gravel, shell, or mudshell under the management and protection of the commission or operate in or disturb any oyster bed or fishing water for any purpose other than that necessary or incidental to navigation or dredging under state or federal authority without first having acquired from the commission a permit authorizing the activity. (b) Each day's operation in violation of this section constitutes a separate offense.

History: Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975. Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 267, art. 3, Sec. 105, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.

Source: the Legislature's file server, seen Nov 08, 2026.

Every version on file

Effective Sep 01, 1985 · seen Nov 2026–Nov 2026

Attorney General opinions that cite it

JM-0366: Whether the Parks and Wildlife Columisslon may delegate certain permitting authority to the execu- tive director of the department
JM-1190: Exemption of lessees of the General band Office from the permitting requirements for removal of sand, shell, gravel, or marl within state tidewater limits

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