Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 81.401 · Subchapter E. WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS AND PUBLIC HUNTING LANDS
ACQUISITION AND MANAGEMENT OF AREAS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The department may acquire by donation, purchase, lease, or otherwise, and develop, maintain, and operate, wildlife management areas and public hunting lands.
(b) The department may manage, along sound biological lines, wildlife and fish found on any land the department has or may acquire as a wildlife management area.
(c) The department may use money from the game, fish, and water safety account to accomplish the purposes of this section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975. Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 267, art. 1, Sec. 69, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 571 (S.B. 1669), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.
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.81.htm
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- 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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