Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 42.010
This is the official text of Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 42.010, part of Texas’s Parks and Wildlife Code — governs state parks, hunting, and fishing.
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§ 42.010. ISSUANCE AND FORM OF LICENSES AND TAGS.
Official statutory text
(a) The department shall prescribe the form of and issue the licenses and tags authorized by this chapter.
(b) The department may issue tags for animals or birds allowed by law to be killed during each year or season to holders of licenses authorizing the killing of animals or birds. The commission may establish fees for the tags.
(c) A person commits an offense if the person does not enter the required information on a license or tag before hunting or if the person possesses a tag without a name entered on the tag.
(d) No person may issue or receive a license or tag authorized by this chapter except on the form provided by the department.
(e) The commission by regulation shall determine the number of tags that may be issued to an individual for taking animals or birds.
(b) The department may issue tags for animals or birds allowed by law to be killed during each year or season to holders of licenses authorizing the killing of animals or birds. The commission may establish fees for the tags.
(c) A person commits an offense if the person does not enter the required information on a license or tag before hunting or if the person possesses a tag without a name entered on the tag.
(d) No person may issue or receive a license or tag authorized by this chapter except on the form provided by the department.
(e) The commission by regulation shall determine the number of tags that may be issued to an individual for taking animals or birds.
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