Texas Parks and Wildlife Code
§ 43.0612 — TRAPPING AND TRANSPORTING SURPLUS WHITE-TAILED DEER; PERMIT REQUIRED
PW § 43.0612Title 5. WILDLIFE AND PLANT CONSERVATION · Part A. HUNTING AND FISHING LICENSES · Ch. 43. SPECIAL LICENSES AND PERMITS · Art. E. PERMITS FOR TRAPPING, TRANSPORTING, AND TRANSPLANTING GAME ANIMALS AND GAME BIRDS
Statute text
View on source(a)In this section:
(1)"Property owners' association" has the meaning assigned by Section 202.001, Property Code.
(2)"Qualified individual" means an individual who has a wildlife management plan approved by the department.
(b)The department may issue to a qualified individual, a political subdivision, or a property owners' association a permit authorizing the trapping and transporting of surplus white-tailed deer found on the property owned by the qualified individual or within the boundaries of the political subdivision or the geographic area in which property subject to the property owners' association is located.
(c)Not later than the 30th day before the date of the first planned trapping and transporting of white-tailed deer, a qualified individual, a political subdivision, or a property owners' association shall file with the department an application showing that an overpopulation of white-tailed deer exists on the property owned by the qualified individual or within the boundaries of the political subdivision or the geographic area in which property subject to the property owners' association is located. If the department issues a permit to a requesting qualified individual, political subdivision, or property owners' association, the permit shall contain specific instructions detailing the location to which the trapped white-tailed deer are to be transported or transplanted.
(d)After receipt of an application, the department may issue to the qualified individual, political subdivision, or property owners' association a permit specifying:
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Legislative history
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1220 (S.B. 498), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.