The purpose of this chapter is to provide a comprehensive method for the conservation of an ample supply of wildlife resources on a statewide basis to insure reasonable and equitable enjoyment of the privileges of ownership and pursuit of wildlife resources. This chapter provides a flexible law to enable the commission to deal effectively with changing conditions to prevent depletion and waste of wildlife resources.
Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 61.002
PURPOSE
Known as the Wildlife Conservation Act
The act spans §§ 61.001 to 61.902 (30 sections).
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case State v. Bartee (1995)
Most recently applied in McCarty v. Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (April 1996)
Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.