Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 71.001
This is the official text of Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 71.001, part of Texas’s Parks and Wildlife Code — governs state parks, hunting, and fishing.
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§ 71.001. DEFINITIONS.
Official statutory text
In this subtitle:
(1) "Fur-bearing animal" means wild beaver, otter, mink, ring-tailed cat, badger, skunk, raccoon, muskrat, opossum, fox, or nutria.
(2) "Trapper" means a person who takes a fur-bearing animal or the pelt of a fur-bearing animal.
(3) "Retail fur buyer" means a person who purchases a fur-bearing animal or the pelt of a fur-bearing animal of this state from trappers only.
(4) "Wholesale fur dealer" means a person who purchases for himself or for another person a fur-bearing animal or the pelt of a fur-bearing animal of this state from a trapper, a retail fur buyer, a fur-bearing animal propagator, or another wholesale fur dealer.
(5) "Resident" means an individual who has resided continuously in this state for more than six months immediately before applying for a license issued under this chapter.
(6) "Nonresident" means an individual who is not a resident.
(7) "Sale" includes barter and other transfers of ownership for consideration.
(8) "Take" means the act of snaring, trapping, shooting, killing, or capturing by any means and includes an attempt to take.
(9) "Carcass" means the body of a dead fur-bearing animal, with or without the hide attached.
(10) "Depredation" means the loss of or damage to agricultural crops, livestock, poultry, wildlife, or personal property.
(11) "Pelt" means the untanned, green or dried hide or skin of a fur-bearing animal, whether or not the hide or skin is attached to the carcass.
(12) "Place of business" means a place where fur-bearing animals or their pelts are sold, received, transported, possessed, or purchased, and includes a vehicle used by a trapper, retail fur buyer, wholesale fur dealer, or fur-bearing animal propagator.
(13) "Fur-bearing animal propagator" means a person who takes or possesses a living fur-bearing animal and holds it for the purpose of propagation or sale.
(1) "Fur-bearing animal" means wild beaver, otter, mink, ring-tailed cat, badger, skunk, raccoon, muskrat, opossum, fox, or nutria.
(2) "Trapper" means a person who takes a fur-bearing animal or the pelt of a fur-bearing animal.
(3) "Retail fur buyer" means a person who purchases a fur-bearing animal or the pelt of a fur-bearing animal of this state from trappers only.
(4) "Wholesale fur dealer" means a person who purchases for himself or for another person a fur-bearing animal or the pelt of a fur-bearing animal of this state from a trapper, a retail fur buyer, a fur-bearing animal propagator, or another wholesale fur dealer.
(5) "Resident" means an individual who has resided continuously in this state for more than six months immediately before applying for a license issued under this chapter.
(6) "Nonresident" means an individual who is not a resident.
(7) "Sale" includes barter and other transfers of ownership for consideration.
(8) "Take" means the act of snaring, trapping, shooting, killing, or capturing by any means and includes an attempt to take.
(9) "Carcass" means the body of a dead fur-bearing animal, with or without the hide attached.
(10) "Depredation" means the loss of or damage to agricultural crops, livestock, poultry, wildlife, or personal property.
(11) "Pelt" means the untanned, green or dried hide or skin of a fur-bearing animal, whether or not the hide or skin is attached to the carcass.
(12) "Place of business" means a place where fur-bearing animals or their pelts are sold, received, transported, possessed, or purchased, and includes a vehicle used by a trapper, retail fur buyer, wholesale fur dealer, or fur-bearing animal propagator.
(13) "Fur-bearing animal propagator" means a person who takes or possesses a living fur-bearing animal and holds it for the purpose of propagation or sale.
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