Parks And Wildlife
Summaries
Greg Abbott
Fishing crab traps in public waters privately owned submerged lands; licensed crab fishermen need not obtain permission from owner of submerged land|Public water, tidal waters which flow over privately owned submerged land are public waters and may be used by the public for fishing, navigation, and recreational use
Greg Abbott
Civil Practice and Remedies Code section 75.002, subsection (f) and (g) do not apply to the state, a county, or a municipality that owns, operates, or maintains its premises for bicycle-related recreational activities|Civil Practice and Remedies Code section 75.002, subsections (f) and (g) do not apply to the state, a county, or a municipality that owns, operates, or maintains its premises for bicycle-related recreational activities
Greg Abbott
Parkland, lease or sale of to an independent school district|Parkland, lease or sale of home-rule municipality's parkland to an independent school district|Lease or purchase of municipal parkland for school-district purposes, a school district's authority to|Notice and publication requirement
Greg Abbott
Adjudication of a charge of violating the Parks and Wildlife Code and impose a special expense without assessing a fine, justice of the peace may defer|Special expense imposed under article 45.051, Code of Criminal Procedure, is not a fine under section 12.107, Parks and Wildlife Code, to be remitted to the to the Parks and Wildlife Department|Parks and Wildlife Department, special expense imposed under article 45.051 of Code of Criminal Procedure is not a fine under section 12.107 of Parks and Wildlife Code to be remitted to the
Dan Morales
Park land, authority to convey to hospital district|Park land, conveyance by municipality to hospital district
Dan Morales
Consideration, state university's commitment to build campus on land conveyed by municipality would satisfy constitutional constraints on municipality's use of public funds|Municipal park land, municipality may not convey to University of Texas for less than fair market value|Municipal park land, authority of municipality to convey to University of Texas|Park land, authority of municipality to convey to University of Texas
John Cornyn
Killing of feral pigeons, a city may not by ordinance forbid but "pigeon shoot" may constitute cruelty to animals|Prohibition by ordinance of organized pigeon shoot may be, but is not necessarily preempted by Penal Code preemption provision unless ordinance is in conflict with cruelty to animals statute|Killing of feral pigeons explicitly authorized by Parks and Wildlife Code
John Cornyn
Oyster-bed leases, terms and conditions|Control
John Cornyn
Municipal park board, authority to authorize tourist hotel under its management and control to offer fitness center memberships to local residents|Park board, authority to authorize tourist hotel under its management and control to offer fitness center memberships to local residents
Jim Mattox
Finfish harvested by licensed commercial shrimpers, licensed shrimper need not obtain commercial finfish license in addition to general commercial fisherman's license in order to sell
Jim Mattox
Bond|Word or phrase used in different parts of a statute, clear meaning attached to in one instance will attach to other instances|Park, district may use revenue notes to finance acquisition of|Municipal utility district may use revenue notes to finance acquisition of park
Ken Paxton
Addressing whether a city may exercise control over HOT funds allocated to a park board pursuant to Tax Code subsection 351.105(f) or impose other limitations on a park board’s authority under Local Government Code chapter 306.