Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 65.001
This is the official text of Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 65.001, part of Texas’s Parks and Wildlife Code — governs state parks, hunting, and fishing.
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§ 65.001. DEFINITIONS.
Official statutory text
In this chapter:
(1) "Alligator" means a living or dead American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis).
(2) "Alligator hunter" means a person who takes an alligator, an alligator egg, or any part of an alligator.
(3) "Possess" means the act of having in possession or control, keeping, detaining, restraining, or holding as owner or as agent, bailee, or custodian for another.
(4) "Take" means the act of hooking, netting, snaring, trapping, pursuing, shooting, killing, capturing, or collecting by any means or device and includes the attempt to take by the use of any method.
(5) "Resident" means an individual who has resided continuously in this state during the six months preceding the individual's application for any license or permit issued under this chapter.
(6) "Nonresident" means an individual who is not a resident.
(1) "Alligator" means a living or dead American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis).
(2) "Alligator hunter" means a person who takes an alligator, an alligator egg, or any part of an alligator.
(3) "Possess" means the act of having in possession or control, keeping, detaining, restraining, or holding as owner or as agent, bailee, or custodian for another.
(4) "Take" means the act of hooking, netting, snaring, trapping, pursuing, shooting, killing, capturing, or collecting by any means or device and includes the attempt to take by the use of any method.
(5) "Resident" means an individual who has resided continuously in this state during the six months preceding the individual's application for any license or permit issued under this chapter.
(6) "Nonresident" means an individual who is not a resident.
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