Texas Parks and Wildlife Code

§ 43.953 — DESTRUCTION OF DEER

PW § 43.953Title 5. WILDLIFE AND PLANT CONSERVATION · Part A. HUNTING AND FISHING LICENSES · Ch. 43. SPECIAL LICENSES AND PERMITS · Art. X. DEER DISPOSITION PROTOCOL

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(a)Before any deer may be destroyed under this subchapter:

(1)an agent of the animal health commission may conduct an epidemiological assessment:

(A)if the assessment can be conducted in a timely manner; and

(B)contingent on the availability of funding; and

(2)the department must consider the results of an assessment, if conducted, under Subdivision (1).

(b)To control or prevent the spread of disease, deer to which this subchapter applies may be destroyed only if the department determines that the deer pose a threat to the health of other deer or other species, including humans.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 99 (S.B. 820), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2013.