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Texas Parks and Wildlife Code - Chapter 81 Management Areas And Preserves: General AuthorityLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Parks and Wildlife Code > Texas Parks and Wildlife Code - Chapter 81 Management Areas And Preserves: General Authority No person may take, injure, or kill any fish kept by the state in its hatcheries, or any bird or animal kept by the state ... No person may enter without the permission of the department on the grounds of a state fish hatchery or on grounds set apart by the ... No person may fish or attempt to take fish from a fish sanctuary designated under Subchapter C of this chapter. Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. ... No person may take or attempt to take or possess any wildlife or fish from a wildlife management area except in the manner and during ... A person who violates a provision of this subchapter commits an offense that is a Class C Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor. Added by Acts ... The commission may construct and maintain saltwater hatcheries and propagation farms for fish, oysters, and game on islands owned by the state in coastal water. ... The department may purchase land for the construction, maintenance, enlargement, and operation of freshwater fish hatcheries, and for the construction and maintenance of passes leading ... The department may enter on, condemn, and appropriate land, easements, rights-of-way, and property of any person or corporation in the state for the purpose of ... Condemnation suits under this subchapter shall be brought in the name of the State of Texas by the attorney general at the request of the ... (a) Sanctuaries shall be set aside and designated by proclamation of the commission signed by the presiding officer. (b) The proclamation must contain: (1) the ... The department shall give notice of the creation of a sanctuary by each of the following methods: (1) by posting copies of the proclamation on ... The proclamation takes effect on the day of the last publication of the notice required by Section 81.207(2) of this code. Acts 1975, 64th Leg., ... This subchapter does not apply to Wichita, Clay, Baylor, and Wilbarger counties. Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, ... (a) The department may designate two or more contiguous or proximate tracts of land as a wildlife management association area if: (1) each owner of ... (a) Before the department may approve an application for designation of a wildlife management association area under this subchapter, the applicants must prepare a wildlife ... The commission may adopt rules necessary to implement this subchapter. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 418, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts ... The department may acquire, develop, maintain, and operate wildlife management areas and may manage, along sound biological lines, wildlife and fish found on any land ... (a) The executive director may prohibit hunting and fishing in wildlife management areas or public hunting lands to protect any species of wildlife or fish. ... (a) Except as provided in Subsections (b) and (e), permits for hunting of wildlife or for any other use in wildlife management areas shall be ... (a) The department may contract for the removal of fur-bearing animals and reptiles in wildlife management areas under the control of the department. The removal ... The commission may adopt rules governing recreational activities in wildlife management areas. Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 267, art. 1, § 71, eff. ... The department may promote and establish a state system of scientific areas for the purposes of education, scientific research, and preservation of flora and fauna ... To the extent necessary to carry out the purposes of this subchapter, the department may: (1) determine the acceptance or rejection of state scientific areas ... All public entities and their agencies are authorized and urged to acquire, administer, and dedicate land as state scientific areas within the system under the ... Inclusion of a state or local park, preserve, wildlife refuge, or other area within the system established under this subchapter does not cancel, supersede, or ... Neither the designation of an area as a scientific area within the state system nor an intrusion, easement, or taking allowed by the commission under ... The commission may not use any funds for the acquisition of scientific areas other than those specifically appropriated for use under this subchapter. Acts 1975, ... Last modified: August 10, 2007 |