Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 62.0121 - Discharge of Firearm Across Property Line(a) In this section, "firearm" has the meaning assigned by Section 62.014(a).(b) A person commits an offense if: (1) the person, while hunting or engaging in recreational shooting, knowingly discharges a firearm; and(2) the projectile from the firearm travels across a property line.(c) It is a defense to prosecution under this section that the person:(1) owns the property on both sides of each property line crossed by the projectile; or(2) has a written agreement with any person who owns property on either side of each property line crossed by the projectile that allows the person to discharge a firearm on, over, or across the property or property line.(d) The written agreement required under Subsection (c)(2) must:(1) contain the name of the person allowed to hunt or engage in recreational shooting in a manner described by Subsection (b);(2) identify the property on either side of the property line crossed by the projectile; and(3) be signed by any person who owns the property on either side of the line crossed by the projectile.(e) An offense under this section is a Class C Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor.(f) If conduct constituting an offense under this section constitutes an offense under a section of the Penal Code, the person may be prosecuted under either section or both sections.Tex. Parks and Wild. § 62.0121
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 270, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2005.