Terms Used In Texas Parks and Wildlife Code 66.301

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

In this subchapter, “coastal water” means all of the salt water of this state, including that portion of the Gulf of Mexico within the jurisdiction of this state.