Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 65.006
This is the official text of Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 65.006, part of Texas’s Parks and Wildlife Code — governs state parks, hunting, and fishing.
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§ 65.006. PERMIT REQUIRED.
Official statutory text
No person for any purpose may possess, purchase, or possess after purchase an alligator, an alligator hide, an alligator egg, or any part of an alligator taken in this state unless:
(1) the person has acquired and possesses a permit issued by the department for that purpose; or
(2) a regulation of the commission otherwise allows the possession or purchase without a permit.
(1) the person has acquired and possesses a permit issued by the department for that purpose; or
(2) a regulation of the commission otherwise allows the possession or purchase without a permit.
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