Sec. 12.204.  REWARDS;  PAYMENTS.  No amount in excess of that on deposit in the operation game thief fund is payable as a reward under this section or as a death benefit payment under Section 12.206 of this code.  No reward may be granted to a person, or an immediate family member of a person, who is a peace officer, deputy game warden, prosecutor, employee of the department, or member of the judiciary.
Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 3316, ch. 868, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 31, 1981.  Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 123, ch. 29, Sec. 4, eff. April 19, 1983;  Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 245, Sec. 4, eff. May 28, 1987;  Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 631, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.