Texas § PW.66.012 - PENALTIES
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§ PW.66.012. PENALTIES
PENALTIES. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a person who violates a provision of this subchapter or a rule adopted by the commission under this subchapter commits an offense that is a Class C Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor. (b) A person who violates Section 66.003 , 66.004 , 66.005 , 66.006 (c), 66.009 , 66.015 , 66.021 , or 66.0091 of this code commits an offense that is a Class B Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor. (c) An offense under Section 66.004 , 66.006 (c), or 66.015 is a Class A Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor if it is shown at the trial of a person for the offense that the person has been previously convicted one time of a violation of the same section. (d) An offense under Section 66.004 or 66.015 is a Parks and Wildlife Code felony if it is shown at the trial of a person for the offense that the person has been previously convicted two or more times of a violation of the same section. (e) An offense under Section 66.007 , 66.0072 , 66.020 (f), or 66.020 (g) or a proclamation adopted by the commission under those sections is a Class B Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor if it is shown at the trial of a person for the offense that the person has been previously convicted one time of a violation of the same section. (f) An offense under Section 66.007 , 66.0072 , 66.020 (f), or 66.020 (g) or a proclamation adopted by the commission under those sections is a Class A Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor if it is shown at the trial of a person for the offense that the person has been previously convicted two or more times of a violation of the same section. Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 267, art. 3, Sec. 61, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 635, Sec. 2, eff. June 19, 1987; Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 637, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 738, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 723, Sec. 11, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 661 (S.B. 1480 ), Sec. 7, eff. June 17, 2011.
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