Texas § 43.075 GAME BIRDS IN CAPTIVITY; BANDING.

Texas Statutes

§ 43.075 — GAME BIRDS IN CAPTIVITY; BANDING.

Texas § 43.075

Code PWParks and Wildlife Code

This text of Texas § 43.075 (GAME BIRDS IN CAPTIVITY; BANDING.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Texas primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code Code Ann. § 43.075 (2026).

Text

Sec. 43.075. GAME BIRDS IN CAPTIVITY; BANDING.

(a)A licensee may hold pen-reared birds in captivity on the private bird hunting area only for release to provide hunting.

(b)All pen-reared birds released on a private bird hunting area shall be banded with a metal or plastic band before release.

(c)Each band must show the identification number of the licensee.

(d)The band must remain on each bird killed until the bird is taken to the permanent residence of the hunter, the permanent residence of another person receiving the bird, or a cold storage or processing facility unless the name and identification number of the licensee has been stamped or printed on the box, wrapping, or package containing the carcass of a bird that has been processed and possessed, shipped, or transported without

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

Sec. 43.075. GAME BIRDS IN CAPTIVITY; BANDING. (a) A licensee may hold pen-reared birds in captivity on the private bird hunting area only for release to provide hunting.
(b) All pen-reared birds released on a private bird hunting area shall be banded with a metal or plastic band before release.
(c) Each band must show the identification number of the licensee.
(d) The band must remain on each bird killed until the bird is taken to the permanent residence of the hunter, the permanent residence of another person receiving the bird, or a cold storage or processing facility unless the name and identification number of the licensee has been stamped or printed on the box, wrapping, or package containing the carcass of a bird that has been processed and possessed, shipped, or transported without the band attached.
(e) This subchapter may not be construed to exempt the holder of a private bird hunting area license from the requirement of a commercial game bird breeder's license if the pen-reared birds are propagated on the licensed area.

Legislative History

Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 512, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1256, Sec. 33, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.