Sec. 134.023. PENALTIES. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), (c), or (d) of this section, a person who violates any provision of this chapter or rule adopted under this chapter commits an offense that is a Class C misdemeanor.

(b) A person who violates Section 134.019 or 134.020 commits an offense that is a Class B misdemeanor.

(c) A person who violates Section 134.022(b) of this code by taking cultured species of a value of $200 or more but less than $750 commits an offense that is a Class A misdemeanor.

(d) A person who violates Section 134.022(b) of this code by taking cultured species of a value of $750 or more commits an offense that is a felony of the third degree.

Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 637, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 491, Sec. 11, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1239, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.