Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 43.351
This is the official text of Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 43.351, part of Texas’s Parks and Wildlife Code — governs state parks, hunting, and fishing.
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§ 43.351. DEFINITIONS.
Official statutory text
In this subchapter:
(1) "Breeder deer" means a white-tailed deer or mule deer legally held under a permit authorized by this subchapter.
(2) "Deer breeder" means a person holding a valid deer breeder's permit.
(3) "Captivity" means the keeping of a breeder deer in an enclosure suitable for and capable of retaining the breeder deer it is designed to retain at all times under reasonable and ordinary circumstances and to prevent entry by another deer. The term includes the temporary keeping of a breeder deer in a vehicle or trailer.
(4) "Deer" means a white-tailed deer or mule deer.
(5) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 603 (S.B. 810), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.
(6) "Immediate locality" means land that is contiguous and that is owned by the same person. For purposes of this subdivision, land divided or separated only by a public road or a public waterway is contiguous.
(7) "Transfer" means any movement of breeder deer from a breeder facility, a nursing facility, or a deer management permit facility other than to an accredited veterinarian for medical purposes.
(1) "Breeder deer" means a white-tailed deer or mule deer legally held under a permit authorized by this subchapter.
(2) "Deer breeder" means a person holding a valid deer breeder's permit.
(3) "Captivity" means the keeping of a breeder deer in an enclosure suitable for and capable of retaining the breeder deer it is designed to retain at all times under reasonable and ordinary circumstances and to prevent entry by another deer. The term includes the temporary keeping of a breeder deer in a vehicle or trailer.
(4) "Deer" means a white-tailed deer or mule deer.
(5) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 603 (S.B. 810), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.
(6) "Immediate locality" means land that is contiguous and that is owned by the same person. For purposes of this subdivision, land divided or separated only by a public road or a public waterway is contiguous.
(7) "Transfer" means any movement of breeder deer from a breeder facility, a nursing facility, or a deer management permit facility other than to an accredited veterinarian for medical purposes.
Status: repealed · Read it on the official government site
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