Sec. 12.308. CERTAIN COSTS RECOVERABLE. (a) The actual cost of investigation, reasonable attorney's fees, and reasonable expert witness fees incurred by the department in a civil suit under this subchapter may be recovered in addition to damages for the value of any fish, shellfish, reptile, amphibian, bird, or animal unlawfully killed, caught, taken, possessed, or injured.
(b) Any amounts recovered under this section shall be credited to the same operating accounts from which the expenditures occurred.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 992 (H.B. 2026), Sec. 4, eff. June 18, 2005.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 2 - Parks and Wildlife Department
Chapter 12 - Powers and Duties Concerning Wildlife
Section 12.301. Liability for Value of Fish, Shellfish, Reptile, Amphibian, Bird, or Animal
Section 12.302. Value of Fish, Shellfish, Reptile, Amphibian, Bird, or Animal
Section 12.303. Civil Suit for Recovery of Value
Section 12.304. More Than One Defendant
Section 12.305. Recovery of Value in Addition to Fine
Section 12.306. Both Civil Suit and Criminal Prosecution Permissible