Texas § PW.62.021 - SALE OR PURCHASE OF CERTAIN GAME
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§ PW.62.021. SALE OR PURCHASE OF CERTAIN GAME
SALE OR PURCHASE OF CERTAIN GAME. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), no person may sell, offer for sale, purchase, offer to purchase, or possess after purchase a wild bird, game bird, or game animal, dead or alive, or part of the bird or animal. (b) This section applies only to a bird or animal protected by this code without regard to whether the bird or animal is taken or killed in this state. (c) This section does not prohibit the sale of: (1) a live game animal, a dead or live game bird, or the feathers of a game bird if the sale is conducted under authority of a license or permit issued under this code; or (2) the following inedible parts: (A) an inedible part, including the feathers, bones, or feet, of a game bird other than a migratory game bird that was lawfully taken or is lawfully possessed; (B) the hair, hide, antlers, bones, horns, skull, hooves, or sinew, as applicable, of a deer, pronghorn antelope, desert bighorn sheep, collared peccary or javelina, red squirrel, or gray squirrel; or (C) the feathers of a migratory game bird in accordance with federal law. Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975. Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 2699, ch. 735, Sec. 5, eff. Aug. 31, 1981; Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 267, art. 3, Sec. 44, eff. Sept. 1, 1985; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1256, Sec. 86, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 952 (H.B. 3391 ), Sec. 12, eff. September 1, 2009.
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Section PW.62.021 ("SALE OR PURCHASE OF CERTAIN GAME") is part of the The Texas Constitution, the codified statutory law of Texas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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