CHAMBERS COUNTY

Tex. PARKS & WILD Code ch. 136

in effect

Tex. PARKS & WILD Code § 136.012. SHOOTING IN CERTAIN PLACES.

(a) No person may shoot a pistol or rifle in, on, along, or across the water of the Trinity River, Wallisville Reservoir, and Lake Anahuac in Chambers County. (b) No person may shoot a pistol, crossbow, bow and arrow, shotgun, or rifle in, on, along, or across the water of Oyster Bayou in Chambers County from State Highway 65 south to the mouth of Oyster Bayou in East Bay. (c) The water described in Subsections (a) and (b) of this section are part of the public fresh water of this state suited and adapted to the preservation, protection, and propagation of game and fish, and this section is to aid in the preservation, protection, and propagation of game and fish.

Tex. PARKS & WILD Code § 136.013. ENFORCEMENT; PENALTIES.

(a) Section 136.012 of this code does not apply to a person hunting migratory waterfowl with a shotgun during a prescribed open season in and on the Trinity River and the Wallisville Reservoir. (b) Sections 136.011 and 136.012 of this code do not apply to peace officers, or representatives of the department in the lawful discharge of their duties. (c) It is the duty of the department to enforce the provisions of this subchapter, and enforcement officers may arrest without a warrant a person violating a provision in his presence. (d) Repealed by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 267, art. 4, Sec. 16, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.

Source: TX Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Fetched: 6/29/2026