It is the duty of this state to promote recreational water safety for persons and property in and connected with the use of all recreational water facilities in the state, to promote safety in the operation and equipment of facilities, and to promote uniformity of laws relating to water safety.
Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 31.002
STATE POLICY
Known as the Water Safety Act
The act spans §§ 31–31 (123 sections).
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Elliott v. State (1991)
Most recently applied in Schenekl v. State (August 1999)
Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff
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Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.