Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 71.002
This is the official text of Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 71.002, part of Texas’s Parks and Wildlife Code — governs state parks, hunting, and fishing.
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§ 71.002. PROCLAMATIONS.
Official statutory text
(a) The commission by proclamation may regulate the taking, possession, propagation, transportation, exportation, importation, sale, and offering for sale of fur-bearing animals, pelts, and carcasses as the commission considers necessary to manage fur-bearing animals or to protect human health or property.
(b) A proclamation of the commission under this chapter may also provide for:
(1) permit application forms, fees, procedures, and reports;
(2) hearing procedures;
(3) the periods of time when it is lawful to take, possess, sell, purchase, or transport fur-bearing animals, pelts, and carcasses;
(4) catch and possession limits for fur-bearing animals and pelts; and
(5) the means, methods, and manner that are, and places in which it is, lawful to take or possess fur-bearing animals, pelts, or carcasses.
(b) A proclamation of the commission under this chapter may also provide for:
(1) permit application forms, fees, procedures, and reports;
(2) hearing procedures;
(3) the periods of time when it is lawful to take, possess, sell, purchase, or transport fur-bearing animals, pelts, and carcasses;
(4) catch and possession limits for fur-bearing animals and pelts; and
(5) the means, methods, and manner that are, and places in which it is, lawful to take or possess fur-bearing animals, pelts, or carcasses.
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