US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

TRANSPORTATION CODE

CHAPTER 60. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS


	§ 60.001. THROWING BALLAST.  (a) A master or officer in 
charge of a vessel commits an offense if any part of the ballast of 
the vessel is thrown from the vessel into the sea within six miles 
of a bar or harbor in this state.
	(b)  An offense under this section is a misdemeanor 
punishable by a fine of not less than $100 or more than $200.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, § 19.001(a), eff. Sept. 
1, 2001.