Title PW, Parks and Wildlife Code

Sec. 44.005. SERIAL NUMBER. (a) The department shall issue a serial number to the applicant at the time of the first issuance of a game breeder's license to the applicant. The same serial number shall be assigned to the licensee whenever he holds a game breeder's license. (b) The…

Sec. 44.006. LICENSE PRIVILEGES. The holder of a valid game breeder's license may: (1) engage in the business of game breeding in the immediate locality for which the license was issued; or (2) sell or hold in captivity for the purpose of propagation or sale a game animal. Acts 1…

Sec. 44.007. RECORDS. (a) Each game breeder shall keep a written record in a suitably bound book for the period from August 1 until the following July 31 or another yearly period established by the commission containing: (1) the number and source of each kind of game animal on ha…

Sec. 44.008. ENCLOSURE SIZE. A single enclosure for any game animal may not contain more than 320 acres. Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975.

Sec. 44.009. INSPECTION. An authorized employee of the department may inspect at any time and without warrant any pen, coop, or enclosure holding a game animal. Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975.

Sec. 44.010. SHIPMENT OF GAME ANIMALS. (a) A common carrier may not accept a live game animal unless the game animal is one listed in Section 44.006(2) of this code and the shipment is made by a game breeder. (b) No person, except a game breeder or his authorized agent, may trans…

Sec. 44.011. PURCHASE AND SALE OF LIVE GAME ANIMALS. (a) Only game animals that are in a healthy condition may be sold, bartered, or exchanged, or offered for sale, barter, or exchange by a game breeder. (b) No person may purchase or accept in this state a live game animal unless…

Sec. 44.012. SALE DURING OPEN SEASON. A game animal held under the authority of a license issued under this subchapter may not be sold, traded, transferred, or shipped to any person in any county during an open season in the county of destination for taking the game animal or dur…

Sec. 44.0125. PROHIBITED ACTS. It is an offense if: (1) a licensed game breeder takes, traps, or captures or attempts to take or capture game animals from the wild; (2) a licensed game breeder allows the hunting or killing of a game animal held in captivity under the provisions o…

Sec. 44.013. USE OF PURCHASED GAME ANIMALS. (a) Except as provided in Subsection (b) of this section, game animals listed in Subdivision (2) of Section 44.006 of this code may be purchased or received in this state only for the purpose of liberation for stocking purposes or holdi…

Sec. 44.014. APPLICATION OF GENERAL LAWS. In order that native game species may be preserved, game animals held under a game breeder's license are subject to all laws and regulations of this state pertaining to wild game animals except as specifically provided in this chapter. Ac…

Sec. 44.015. RIGHT OF DEPARTMENT. The department or an authorized employee of the department may take, possess, hold, transport, or propagate any game animal of this state for public purposes. Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975.

Sec. 44.016. PENALTIES. A person who violates a provision of this chapter commits an offense that is a Class C Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor. Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975. Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 267, art. 3, Sec. 29, eff. …