Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 43.851
This is the official text of Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 43.851, part of Texas’s Parks and Wildlife Code — governs state parks, hunting, and fishing.
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§ 43.851. PERMIT.
Official statutory text
(a) The commission by rule shall establish permits that allow permit holders to possess or transport in this state a live nonindigenous snake, including a hybrid of any kind, that is:
(1) venomous; or
(2) a constrictor that is one of the following:
(A) African rock python, Python sebae;
(B) Asiatic rock python, Python molurus;
(C) Burmese python, Python bivittatus;
(D) green anaconda, Eunectes murinus;
(E) reticulated python, Python reticulatus; or
(F) southern African python, Python natalensis.
(b) The commission shall establish separate permits for recreational and commercial purposes.
(c) A permit under this subchapter is not required for:
(1) a state or county official performing an official duty;
(2) a licensed zoo that possesses or transports a snake for exhibition or scientific purposes;
(3) a research facility, including a university, licensed under the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. Section 2131 et seq.) that possesses or transports a snake for scientific purposes; or
(4) a person who assists a department employee in the handling or transport of a snake under this subchapter.
(d) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a person may not possess or transport in this state a snake described by Subsection (a) without a permit issued by the department under this subchapter.
(e) A person convicted of a violation of this subchapter or a rule adopted under this subchapter may not obtain a permit before the fifth anniversary of the date of the conviction.
(1) venomous; or
(2) a constrictor that is one of the following:
(A) African rock python, Python sebae;
(B) Asiatic rock python, Python molurus;
(C) Burmese python, Python bivittatus;
(D) green anaconda, Eunectes murinus;
(E) reticulated python, Python reticulatus; or
(F) southern African python, Python natalensis.
(b) The commission shall establish separate permits for recreational and commercial purposes.
(c) A permit under this subchapter is not required for:
(1) a state or county official performing an official duty;
(2) a licensed zoo that possesses or transports a snake for exhibition or scientific purposes;
(3) a research facility, including a university, licensed under the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. Section 2131 et seq.) that possesses or transports a snake for scientific purposes; or
(4) a person who assists a department employee in the handling or transport of a snake under this subchapter.
(d) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a person may not possess or transport in this state a snake described by Subsection (a) without a permit issued by the department under this subchapter.
(e) A person convicted of a violation of this subchapter or a rule adopted under this subchapter may not obtain a permit before the fifth anniversary of the date of the conviction.
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