Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 11.0305
This is the official text of Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 11.0305, part of Texas’s Parks and Wildlife Code — governs state parks, hunting, and fishing.
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§ 11.0305. DISCLOSURE OF HARVEST REPORT INFORMATION.
Official statutory text
(a) Information from a report submitted to the department relating to the recreational harvest authorized by Chapter 42, 46, 50, or 71 of game animals, game birds, fur-bearing animals, nongame animals, alligators, or fish or other aquatic life, including the specific location of harvested wildlife, may not be disclosed except as authorized by this section or Section 12.014.
(b) Chapter 552, Government Code, does not apply to information from a report described by Subsection (a).
(c) The commission or the department may disclose information from a report described by Subsection (a) to a federal or state law enforcement agency if the agency provides a lawfully issued subpoena.
(d) The department may disclose statistical data and compilations of information from a report described by Subsection (a) in a manner that does not identify:
(1) any person who:
(A) submitted the report; or
(B) harvested wildlife as described in the report; or
(2) any specific location information, including a photograph, that could be used to identify the location where the harvest of wildlife described in the report occurred.
(e) The department may disclose information from a report described by Subsection (a) only to:
(1) an individual identified in the report or that individual's representative;
(2) another governmental body, including a law enforcement entity, as needed to carry out a governmental purpose; or
(3) an entity contracted with the department that has signed a nondisclosure agreement prohibiting the entity from disclosing information from the report, if necessary for research, analysis, or another activity the department determines to be appropriate.
(f) This section does not authorize the department to disclose information the department is prohibited from disclosing by other law.
(g) The department and its officers and employees are immune from civil liability for an unintentional violation of this section.
(h) In this section, a reference to the department includes a reference to an agent of the department.
(b) Chapter 552, Government Code, does not apply to information from a report described by Subsection (a).
(c) The commission or the department may disclose information from a report described by Subsection (a) to a federal or state law enforcement agency if the agency provides a lawfully issued subpoena.
(d) The department may disclose statistical data and compilations of information from a report described by Subsection (a) in a manner that does not identify:
(1) any person who:
(A) submitted the report; or
(B) harvested wildlife as described in the report; or
(2) any specific location information, including a photograph, that could be used to identify the location where the harvest of wildlife described in the report occurred.
(e) The department may disclose information from a report described by Subsection (a) only to:
(1) an individual identified in the report or that individual's representative;
(2) another governmental body, including a law enforcement entity, as needed to carry out a governmental purpose; or
(3) an entity contracted with the department that has signed a nondisclosure agreement prohibiting the entity from disclosing information from the report, if necessary for research, analysis, or another activity the department determines to be appropriate.
(f) This section does not authorize the department to disclose information the department is prohibited from disclosing by other law.
(g) The department and its officers and employees are immune from civil liability for an unintentional violation of this section.
(h) In this section, a reference to the department includes a reference to an agent of the department.
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