Sec. 134.023. PENALTIES. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), (c), or (d) of this section, a person who violates any provision of this chapter or rule adopted under this chapter commits an offense that is a Class C misdemeanor.
(b) A person who violates Section 134.020 commits an offense that is a Class B misdemeanor.
(c) A person who violates Section 134.022(b) of this code by taking cultured species of a value of $200 or more but less than $750 commits an offense that is a Class A misdemeanor.
(d) A person who violates Section 134.022(b) of this code by taking cultured species of a value of $750 or more commits an offense that is a felony of the third degree.
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 637, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 491, Sec. 11, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1239, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 848 (S.B. 703), Sec. 34, eff. September 1, 2021.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 6 - Production, Processing, and Sale of Animal Products
Subtitle A - Bees and Nonlivestock Animal Industry
Chapter 134 - Regulation of Aquaculture
Subchapter B. Aquaculture Requirements
Section 134.013. Additional Requirements for Shrimp Production Within the Coastal Zone
Section 134.017. Culture and Sale of Cultured Species
Section 134.018. Sale of Certain Fish
Section 134.020. Exotic Species
Section 134.021. Federal Grants