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Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 31.104

ACCIDENTS: DUTY OF OPERATORS

Known as the Water Safety Act

The act spans §§ 31–31 (123 sections).

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Winston K. Wood v. State of Indiana (2013)

Most recently applied in Winston K. Wood v. State of Indiana (December 2013)

Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff

The operator of a vessel involved in a collision, accident, or casualty shall:

(1) render to other persons affected such assistance as may be practicable and necessary in order to save them from or minimize any danger insofar as he can do so without serious danger to his own vessel, crew, and passengers; and

(2) give his name, address, and identification of his vessel in writing to any person injured and to the owner of any property damaged in the collision, accident, or other casualty.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.