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Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 61.002

This is the official text of Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 61.002, part of Texas’s Parks and Wildlife Code — governs state parks, hunting, and fishing.

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§ 61.002. PURPOSE.

Official statutory text

The purpose of this chapter is to provide a comprehensive method for the conservation of an ample supply of wildlife resources on a statewide basis to insure reasonable and equitable enjoyment of the privileges of ownership and pursuit of wildlife resources. This chapter provides a flexible law to enable the commission to deal effectively with changing conditions to prevent depletion and waste of wildlife resources.

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