Texas Parks and Wildlife Code

§ 61.902 — DISMISSAL OF CERTAIN CHARGES RELATED TO PROHIBITED HUNTING ON COMPLETION OF HUNTER EDUCATION COURSE

PW § 61.902Title 5. WILDLIFE AND PLANT CONSERVATION · Part B. HUNTING AND FISHING · Ch. 61. UNIFORM WILDLIFE REGULATORY ACT · Art. F. PENALTIES

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(a)In this section, "hunter education course" means a hunter education course established under Section 62.014.

(b)This section applies only to an alleged offense for the violation of a provision of this code, or a proclamation or regulation of the commission issued under the authority of this code, that prohibits the hunting of certain mule deer or white-tailed deer based on the inside or outside spread measurement of the deer's antlers, where the violation is based on a difference of one inch or less from the spread measurement prescribed by the provision.

(c)A court having proper jurisdiction of an offense to which this section applies may, without entering an adjudication of guilt, defer proceedings against a defendant for a period not to exceed 180 days if the defendant:

(1)reported the defendant's commission of the offense to a game warden before the defendant left the location where the conduct occurred and was subsequently charged with the offense;

(2)did not retain possession of the deer carcass or otherwise disposed of the carcass in the manner prescribed by the department;

(3)has not previously:

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 722 (H.B. 654), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2025.