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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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PARKS AND WILDLIFE CODE |
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Title 2. PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT |
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Chapter 12. POWERS AND DUTIES CONCERNING WILDLIFE |
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Subchapter A. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES |
Sec. 12.010. NUISANCE OR NOXIOUS AQUATIC VEGETATION PROGRAM
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(a) The department may implement a program to control or eradicate nuisance aquatic vegetation, including hydrilla and giant sylvania, from public water in this state.
(b) To implement the program under this section, the department may use money from unclaimed refunds of the tax on fuel used in motorboats appropriated to the department under Section 162.502(c), Tax Code.
(c) The department may contract with a person not employed by the department or use the services of department personnel for the control or eradication of nuisance or noxious vegetation in the water of this state.
Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1256, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1159 , Sec. 19, eff. June 15, 2007.