Sec. 12.010. NUISANCE OR NOXIOUS AQUATIC VEGETATION PROGRAM. (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 (H.B. 12), Sec. 19, eff. June 15, 2007.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 2 - Parks and Wildlife Department
Chapter 12 - Powers and Duties Concerning Wildlife
Subchapter A. General Powers and Duties
Section 12.001. General Duties
Section 12.0011. Resource Protection
Section 12.004. List of Fees and Fines
Section 12.005. Funds in Lieu of Taxes
Section 12.006. Publications on Wildlife Values and Management
Section 12.007. Voluntary Contribution to Fund for Veterans' Assistance
Section 12.0075. Organ Donor Registry Information
Section 12.008. Leasing of Grazing or Farming Rights: Sale of Products
Section 12.010. Nuisance or Noxious Aquatic Vegetation Program
Section 12.011. Teaching Equipment
Section 12.012. Recreational Water Safety Video
Section 12.013. Power to Take Wildlife; Fish
Section 12.015. Regulation of Fish, Shellfish, and Aquatic Plants
Section 12.017. Damaging Markers
Section 12.018. Acceptance and Disposition of Gifts
Section 12.024. Water Permit Responsibilities
Section 12.025. Technical Guidance to Landowners
Section 12.0251. Disclosure of Information Collected During Technical Guidance to Private Landowner
Section 12.026. Multiple Use of Land
Section 12.027. Adoption of Emergency Rules
Section 12.028. Powers and Duties Regarding Texas Water Trust