Title PW, Parks and Wildlife Code

Sec. 11.104. LAND AND WATER RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECREATION PLAN. (a) Using the inventory prepared under Section 11.103, the department shall: (1) analyze the state's existing and future land and water conservation and recreation needs; (2) identify threatened land and wate…

Sec. 11.105. COORDINATION OF CONSERVATION AND RECREATION OPERATIONS. The department shall: (1) consider all resources listed in the inventory prepared under Section 11.103 in conjunction with each other; (2) coordinate department activities related to those resources internally a…

Sec. 11.106. EXEMPTIONS. Section 11.104 does not apply to: (1) property that is part of a fund created or specifically authorized by the constitution of this state that is administered by or with the assistance of the School Land Board or the General Land Office; or (2) land, wat…

Sec. 11.151. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "statewide commercial project" means a commercial venture undertaken by the department throughout the state, including promotions, sales, or other activities to raise money for the department. The term does not include a promotion or s…

Sec. 11.152. BUSINESS PLANS. Each business plan developed under this subchapter must include: (1) a description of the product or service provided; (2) an analysis of the information necessary for persons to make decisions on the project; (3) an analysis of the personnel necessar…

Sec. 11.153. DEPARTMENT PLAN: OPERATIONAL STRATEGIES. (a) The department shall develop an agency-wide business plan to guide its overall operational strategies for statewide commercial projects. The plan must: (1) use the plans prepared under Section 11.154 for each project; (2) …

Sec. 11.154. INDIVIDUAL PROJECT PLANS. (a) The department shall develop a business plan for each statewide commercial project. The plan must contain: (1) an accurate accounting for all project costs, including personnel and overhead costs; and (2) reasonable projections of projec…

Sec. 11.155. ADJUSTMENT OR TERMINATION OF PROJECT FOR FAILURE TO MEET FINANCIAL OBJECTIVES. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the department shall adjust or terminate a statewide commercial project that fails to meet the financial objectives stated in the project's plan. …

Sec. 11.156. CONTRACT WITH PRIVATE SECTOR. The department shall consider contracting out all or part of a statewide commercial project to a private entity or individual, including a nonprofit entity or individual. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 968, Sec. 26, eff. Sept. 1, 200…

Sec. 11.201. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Nonprofit partner" means a nonpolitical legal entity that: (A) is incorporated under the laws of this state; (B) has been granted an exemption from federal income tax under Section 501(c), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amende…

Sec. 11.202. GENERAL DUTIES. (a) The department may select and cooperate with nonprofit partners to serve department goals. (b) The department must obtain commission approval for each nonprofit partner selected under Subsection (a). (c) The commission by rule shall establish best…

Sec. 11.203. ACCOUNTABILITY OF NONPROFIT PARTNERS; INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS. (a) The commission by rule shall require a nonprofit partner to comply with specified state standards and safeguards for accounting for state assets held by the nonprofit partner. (b) Chapter 2256, Govern…

Sec. 11.204. PLAN. The department shall provide to each nonprofit partner a copy of the plan developed under Section 11.104. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 968, Sec. 27, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

Sec. 11.205. OFFICIAL NONPROFIT PARTNER. (a) The commission shall designate a single nonprofit partner as the official nonprofit partner of the department, unless the commission determines in writing that no nonprofit partner is capable of effectively implementing the goals of th…

Sec. 11.206. AUDIT OF OFFICIAL NONPROFIT PARTNER. (a) The official nonprofit partner shall be audited annually by an independent auditor. The partner shall file the audit with the commission. (b) The official nonprofit partner's financial transactions involving and financial reco…

Sec. 11.207. EXPENDITURES; LIMITS. (a) The department shall direct, by the terms of the contract or grant, how a nonprofit partner may spend any state money it receives. (b) A state employee may not directly spend or obligate a nonprofit partner's money. (c) A nonprofit partner m…

Sec. 11.208. PARTNERSHIP WITH NONPROFIT SERVING VETERANS. (a) In this section, "veteran" means a person who has served in the United States armed forces. (b) The department may select and cooperate with one or more nonprofit partners that exclusively serve veterans to promote hun…

Sec. 11.221. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Official corporate partner" means a for-profit entity that: (A) is designated an official corporate partner by the department; (B) works with the department to raise funds for state site operations and maintenance or other priori…

Sec. 11.222. SELECTION; CONTRACT. (a) Subject to commission approval, the department may select a for-profit entity as an official corporate partner. (b) The department may contract with one or more official corporate partners to raise funds for state site operations and maintena…

Sec. 11.223. GIFTS AND GRANTS; FUND-RAISING. (a) To raise funds for state site operations and maintenance or other priority projects or programs, an official corporate partner may accept contributions, gifts, grants, and promotional campaign proceeds on behalf of the department o…

Sec. 11.224. USE OF FUNDS. Money received by the department under this subchapter, including money received under a contract or licensing or other agreement or as a gift or grant, may be used only for state site operations and maintenance or other priority projects or programs. A…

Sec. 11.225. RULES. The commission shall adopt rules to implement this subchapter, including rules that establish guidelines or best practices for official corporate partners. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 152 (H.B. 1300), Sec. 1, eff. May 28, 2011.

Sec. 11.226. OTHER DONATION AUTHORITY NOT LIMITED. This subchapter does not limit the department's authority to accept donations that are otherwise authorized. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 152 (H.B. 1300), Sec. 1, eff. May 28, 2011. SUBCHAPTER K. MANAGEMENT AND EFFICI…

Sec. 11.251. MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT REVIEW SYSTEM. (a) In this section: (1) "Maintenance equipment" means personal property owned by the department that is used to administer, operate, preserve, repair, expand, or otherwise maintain real property, including improvements and fixtur…

Sec. 11.252. MAINTENANCE PROVIDER REVIEW SYSTEM. (a) In this section "maintenance" includes the administration, operation, preservation, repair, and expansion of personal property owned by the department and real property owned or operated by the department. (b) The commission by…

Sec. 11.253. MANAGEMENT PLAN AND PRIORITIES LIST. Not later than January 15 of each odd-numbered year the department shall submit to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the lieutenant governor, and the chair of each house and senate standing committee havin…

Sec. 11.301. EASEMENTS. (a) The commission may grant, lease, or renew permanent or temporary right-of-way easements on department land for: (1) public highways, roads and streets, and ditches; (2) electric lines and pipelines, including necessary wires, pipes, poles, and other eq…

Sec. 11.302. CARBON SEQUESTRATION AND SIMILAR ECOSYSTEM SERVICES PROJECTS. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, the department may enter into an agreement with a public or private entity for the purpose of developing a nature-based carbon sequestration or similar …

Sec. 11.351. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Landowner" includes any person who owns, has a property interest in, or leases a parcel of privately owned land or improvements on the land. (2) "Utility infrastructure" means any facility owned by: (A) an electric utility as "el…

Sec. 11.352. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter applies only to prescribed burns conducted by the department on state land managed by the department. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 345 (H.B. 801), Sec. 1, eff. June 9, 2015.

Sec. 11.353. GENERAL AND SPECIFIC PLAN REQUIREMENTS. (a) The commission by rule shall adopt and shall require the department to implement a general plan for the use of beneficial prescribed burns in the management of department land. The general plan must include standards that m…

Sec. 11.354. NOTICE REQUIREMENTS. (a) The department shall provide adequate advance notice of the department's intent to conduct a prescribed burn to each neighboring landowner and appropriate local officials in the vicinity of the designated burn area, including water utility of…

Sec. 11.355. INSURANCE. The department shall purchase liability insurance or establish a self-insurance fund as provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 2259, Government Code, for liability coverage for money damages in the amounts specified by Section 153.082, Natural Resources Code, t…

Sec. 11.356. LIABILITY. The department is liable for actual damages for: (1) injury to or destruction of property, bodily injury, or death proximately caused by the wrongful act or omission or the negligence of an employee acting within the scope of employment if: (A) the injury …

Sec. 11.357. LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF LIABILITY. Liability of the department under this subchapter is limited to money damages in an amount not to exceed the amount paid by the insurance provider described by Section 11.355 to the claimant. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch.…

Sec. 11.358. APPLICATION OF TORT CLAIMS ACT. (a) A claim asserted under this subchapter may not also be asserted against the department under Subchapter B, Chapter 101, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, or against a department employee. (b) Subchapter D, Chapter 101, Civil Practi…

Sec. 11.359. WAIVER OF GOVERNMENTAL IMMUNITY; PERMISSION TO SUE. (a) Sovereign immunity to suit is waived and abolished to the extent of liability created by this subchapter. (b) A person having a claim under this subchapter may sue the department for damages allowed by this subc…

Sec. 11.401. PROTECTION AND USE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. (a) The department may: (1) apply for, register, secure, hold, and protect under the laws of the United States, any state, or any nation: (A) a patent for an invention or discovery of, or improvement to, any process, machi…

Sec. 12.001. GENERAL DUTIES. (a) The department shall administer the laws relating to game, fish, oysters, and marine life, as set out in this code. (b) The department may: (1) collect and enforce the payment of all taxes, licenses, fines, and forfeitures due to the department; (…

Sec. 12.0011. RESOURCE PROTECTION. (a) The department is the state agency with primary responsibility for protecting the state's fish and wildlife resources. (b) The department's resource protection activities include: (1) investigating fish kills and any type of pollution that m…

Sec. 12.003. RECORDS. (a) The department shall keep a record containing the following information: (1) the amount of all special taxes collected; (2) a list of all licenses issued and the amount of license fees collected; (3) a list of all certificates issued for location of priv…

Sec. 12.004. LIST OF FEES AND FINES. (a) Repealed by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1256, Sec. 130, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. (b) The department shall file at the end of each calendar month a written report with the comptroller showing fines, licenses, and other fees collected, their dispos…

Sec. 12.005. FUNDS IN LIEU OF TAXES. (a) The department shall expend funds to counties and school districts for assessments in lieu of property taxes on wildlife management areas purchased from federal funds or grants authorized by the Pittman-Robertson Act or Dingell-Johnson Act…

Sec. 12.006. PUBLICATIONS ON WILDLIFE VALUES AND MANAGEMENT. (a) The department may provide or sell information, including books, magazines, photographs, prints, and bulletins, to the public about wildlife values and management. (b) The department may receive royalties on departm…

Sec. 12.007. VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION TO FUND FOR VETERANS' ASSISTANCE. (a) In this section, "veterans fund" means the fund for veterans' assistance established under Section 434.017, Government Code. (b) When a person applies for a hunting or fishing license of any type, including…

Sec. 12.0075. ORGAN DONOR REGISTRY INFORMATION. The department shall add on the department's Internet website a link to the Glenda Dawson Donate Life-Texas Registry operated under Chapter 692A, Health and Safety Code, for persons to access when applying on the department's Intern…