Texas Parks and Wildlife Code

§ 63.103 — SALE OF CERTAIN LIVE ANIMALS

PW § 63.103Title 5. WILDLIFE AND PLANT CONSERVATION · Part B. HUNTING AND FISHING · Ch. 63. GAME AND NONGAME ANIMALS · Art. B. NONGAME ANIMALS

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(a)No person may sell or possess for the purpose of sale in this state a living armadillo.

(b)This section does not apply to:

(1)the sale of an animal by or to a zoo;

(2)the sale of an animal to an educational institution or a medical or research center for scientific purposes as authorized by a permit issued under Subchapter C, Chapter 43, of this code; or

(3)the sale to a commercial dealer who in turn resells for purposes authorized in Subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection.

(c)In this section, "zoo" means a publicly or privately owned establishment that has a permanent place of business open to the public and that displays 15 or more different species of wildlife.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 386, ch. 177, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 27, 1979. Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 2741, ch. 748, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1981; Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 267, art. 3, Sec. 51, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.