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Parks And Wildlife

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GA-0181
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

GA-0338
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

GA-0558
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

GA-0745
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

DM-0232
Dan Morales

Park land, authority to convey to hospital district|Park land, conveyance by municipality to hospital district

DM-0441
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

JC-0048
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

JC-0237
John Cornyn

Oyster-bed leases, terms and conditions|Control

JC-0252
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

JM-1206
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

JM-1259
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

KP-0446
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.