Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 68.020 · Chapter 68. ENDANGERED SPECIES
EXCEPTIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This chapter does not apply to:
(1) coyotes (prairie wolves);
(2) cougars;
(3) bobcats;
(4) prairie dogs; or
(5) red foxes.
(b) This chapter does not apply to the possession of mounted or preserved endangered fish or wildlife acquired before August 31, 1973, by public or private nonprofit educational, zoological, or research institutions. The department may require an institution to furnish a list of mounted or preserved fish or wildlife possessed and proof of the time of acquisition.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 607, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PW/htm/PW.68.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 c5443b06fc78ecde310a6cecb89253f002e18a2fa05c88d9e428117f90bb0a3e
- 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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