No person may operate a boat within a water area that has been clearly marked, by buoys or some other distinguishing device, as a bathing, fishing, swimming, or otherwise restricted area by the department or by a political subdivision of the state. This section does not apply to a patrol or rescue craft or in the case of an emergency.
Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 31.102
OPERATING BOATS IN RESTRICTED AREAS
Known as the Water Safety Act
The act spans §§ 31–31 (123 sections).
Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.