Texas Parks and Wildlife Code
§ 43.022 — PERMIT REQUIREMENT
PW § 43.022Title 5. WILDLIFE AND PLANT CONSERVATION · Part A. HUNTING AND FISHING LICENSES · Ch. 43. SPECIAL LICENSES AND PERMITS · Art. C. PERMITS FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, ZOOLOGICAL COLLECTION, REHABILITATION, AND EDUCATIONAL DISPLAY
Statute text
View on source(a)No person may collect, hold, possess, display, transport, release, or propagate protected wildlife for the purposes of this subchapter without a permit issued under this subchapter.
(b)A permit under this subchapter is not required for an activity that may be lawfully conducted under the authority of another license or permit issued under this code or in accordance with another provision of this code.
(c)No other license is required for an activity conducted under the authority of a permit issued under this subchapter.
(d)A permit under this subchapter is not required to hold, transport, propagate, or display a marine mammal held under the authority of the federal Marine Mammal Protection Act (16 U.S.C. Section 1361 et seq.) unless the marine mammal is:
(1)a marine mammal for which the department has been delegated management authority under Section 1379 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (16 U.S.C. Section 1379); or
(2)a marine mammal listed under the federal Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. Section 1531 et seq.).
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Legislative history
Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 704, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 927, Sec. 3, eff. Dec. 1, 1995.