Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 65.003 · Chapter 65. ALLIGATORS
REGULATIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commission may regulate by proclamation the taking, possession, propagation, transportation, exportation, importation, sale, and offering for sale of alligators, alligator eggs, or any part of an alligator that the commission considers necessary to manage this species.
(b) The regulations of the commission under this chapter may provide for:
(1) permit application forms, fees, and procedures;
(2) hearing procedures;
(3) the periods of time when it is lawful to take, possess, sell, or purchase alligators, alligator hides, alligator eggs, or any part of an alligator;
(4) limits, size, means, methods, and places in which it is lawful to take or possess alligators, alligator hides, alligator eggs, or any part of an alligator; and
(5) control of nuisance alligators.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 437, ch. 184, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 31, 1981. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1256, Sec. 98, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PW/htm/PW.65.htm
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