Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 42.022 · Chapter 42. GENERAL HUNTING LICENSE
ONE LICENSE FOR EACH YEAR.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) No person may acquire or possess more than one hunting license during a license year. For purposes of this section, a violation does not occur unless a person acquires or possesses more than one license having the same expiration date.
(b) This section does not apply to the acquisition and possession of a duplicate hunting license acquired as provided in this chapter.
(c) This section does not apply to the acquisition and possession by a nonresident of more than one nonresident hunting license if the nonresident does not acquire or possess during a license year more than one nonresident general hunting license.
(d) For purposes of this section, a license year begins on September 1 or another date set by the commission and extends through August 31 of the next year or another date set by the commission.
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. 317, ch. 150, Sec. 4, eff. Aug. 29, 1977; Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 609, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1987; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 635, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 931, Sec. 16, eff. June 16, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 312 (S.B. 1247), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2025.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PW/htm/PW.42.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 71edbf32d4d4eb80de78daccb5d35b2f64afb6630a2541498e40604b59ac9c02
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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