Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 88.009
This is the official text of Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 88.009, part of Texas’s Parks and Wildlife Code — governs state parks, hunting, and fishing.
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§ 88.009. EXCEPTIONS.
Official statutory text
(a) This chapter does not apply to the taking, possession, or sale of endangered, threatened, or protected plants if the taking, possession, or sale is incidental to:
(1) the possession or sale of the real property on which the plant is growing;
(2) the possession or acquisition of easements or leases on which the plant is growing; or
(3) the harvest or sale of an agricultural crop if the endangered, threatened, or protected plant grows among that crop.
(b) This chapter does not apply to the possession, transportation, or sale of an endangered, threatened, or protected plant if:
(1) the plant originates in another state; and
(2) the person possessing, transporting, or selling the plant complies with the terms of any required federal permit or with the terms of a state permit required by the laws of the originating state.
(1) the possession or sale of the real property on which the plant is growing;
(2) the possession or acquisition of easements or leases on which the plant is growing; or
(3) the harvest or sale of an agricultural crop if the endangered, threatened, or protected plant grows among that crop.
(b) This chapter does not apply to the possession, transportation, or sale of an endangered, threatened, or protected plant if:
(1) the plant originates in another state; and
(2) the person possessing, transporting, or selling the plant complies with the terms of any required federal permit or with the terms of a state permit required by the laws of the originating state.
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