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2022 Texas Statutes
Parks and Wildlife Code
Title 5 - Wildlife and Plant Conservation
Subtitle B - Hunting and Fishing
Chapter 65 - Alligators
Section 65.001. Definitions

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TX Pks & Wildlife Code § 65.001 (2022)
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Sec. 65.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:

(1) "Alligator" means a living or dead American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis).

(2) "Alligator hunter" means a person who takes an alligator, an alligator egg, or any part of an alligator.

(3) "Possess" means the act of having in possession or control, keeping, detaining, restraining, or holding as owner or as agent, bailee, or custodian for another.

(4) "Take" means the act of hooking, netting, snaring, trapping, pursuing, shooting, killing, capturing, or collecting by any means or device and includes the attempt to take by the use of any method.

(5) "Resident" means an individual who has resided continuously in this state during the six months preceding the individual's application for any license or permit issued under this chapter.

(6) "Nonresident" means an individual who is not a resident.

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. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 301, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1256, Sec. 97, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

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