Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 42.020
This is the official text of Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 42.020, part of Texas’s Parks and Wildlife Code — governs state parks, hunting, and fishing.
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§ 42.020.
Official statutory text
Sec. 42.020. BIRD OR ANIMAL TAGS: PROHIBITED ACTS. (a) No person may purchase or use more bird or animal tags during a license year than the number and type authorized for the year by the commission, excluding duplicate licenses issued under Section 42.017 of this code.
(b) No person may:
(1) use the same bird or animal tag on more than one bird or animal;
(2) use a bird or animal tag issued in the name of another;
(3) use a tag on a bird or animal for which another tag is specifically required;
(4) kill a bird or animal required to be tagged and fail to immediately attach a properly executed tag to the carcass; or
(5) hunt a bird or animal that requires a tag without having in his immediate possession the tag required to be attached to the carcass of the bird or animal being hunted.
(b) No person may:
(1) use the same bird or animal tag on more than one bird or animal;
(2) use a bird or animal tag issued in the name of another;
(3) use a tag on a bird or animal for which another tag is specifically required;
(4) kill a bird or animal required to be tagged and fail to immediately attach a properly executed tag to the carcass; or
(5) hunt a bird or animal that requires a tag without having in his immediate possession the tag required to be attached to the carcass of the bird or animal being hunted.
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