Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 42.001 · Chapter 42. GENERAL HUNTING LICENSE
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this chapter:
(1) "Resident" means:
(A) an individual who has resided continuously in this state for more than six months immediately before applying for a hunting license;
(B) a member of the United States armed forces on active duty;
(C) a dependent of a member of the United States armed forces on active duty;
(D) if approved by the director, a terminally ill individual who is participating in an event sponsored by a charitable nonprofit organization;
(E) a member of the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas who possesses documentation of membership sanctioned by the Bureau of Indian Affairs; or
(F) a member of any other category of individuals that the commission by regulation designates as residents.
(2) "Nonresident" means an individual who is not a resident.
(3) "Carcass" means the body of a dead deer or antelope, as listed in Section 63.001(a), that has not been processed more than by quartering.
(4) "Final destination," for a carcass or wild turkey or any part of a carcass or wild turkey, means:
(A) the permanent residence of the hunter;
(B) the permanent residence of any other person receiving the carcass or wild turkey or the part of a carcass or wild turkey; or
(C) a cold storage or processing facility.
(5) "Final processing," for a carcass or wild turkey, means the cleaning of the dead animal for cooking or storage purposes. For a carcass, the term also includes the processing of the animal more than by quartering.
(6) "Cold storage or processing facility" means a stationary facility designed and constructed to store or process game animals and game birds.
(7) "Wildlife resource document" means a document prescribed by the department, other than a tag or permit, that allows a person to give, leave, receive, or possess any species of legally taken game bird or game animal, or part of a legally taken game bird or game animal, if the game bird or game animal is otherwise required to have a tag or permit attached or is protected by a bag or possession limit.
(8) "Quartering" means the processing of an animal into not more than two hindquarters each having the leg bone (femur) attached down to the knee and two front shoulders each having the leg bones (scapula and humerus) attached down to the elbow. The term also includes removal of two back straps.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975. Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 612, ch. 223, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 301, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 838, Sec. 1, eff. July 15, 1993; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1256, Sec. 28, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 218 (S.B. 1122), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 317 (H.B. 1718), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 830 (H.B. 1891), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2017.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PW/htm/PW.42.htm
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- Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 12.114DRIVER'S LICENSE OR PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION CERTIFICATE REQUIRED.Printed as Section 42.001
- Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 42.0177BIRD OR ANIMAL CARCASSES: COMMISSION RULES.Printed as Section 42.001, 42.018, 42.0185, 42.019, or 42.020
- Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 62.011RETRIEVAL AND WASTE OF GAME.Printed as Section 42.001(8)
- Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 62.029RECORDS OF GAME IN COLD STORAGE OR PROCESSING FACILITY.Printed as Section 42.001
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