Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 65.006 · Chapter 65. ALLIGATORS
PERMIT REQUIRED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
No person for any purpose may possess, purchase, or possess after purchase an alligator, an alligator hide, an alligator egg, or any part of an alligator taken in this state unless:
(1) the person has acquired and possesses a permit issued by the department for that purpose; or
(2) a regulation of the commission otherwise allows the possession or purchase without a permit.
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 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 190, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1256, Sec. 100, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 992 (H.B. 2026), Sec. 26, eff. June 18, 2005.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PW/htm/PW.65.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 2b0190ebad1d50fa4267254bb5e43e6d6f77b927d4292642301797a541be6522
- 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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