Texas Health And Safety Code Title 10, Chapter 825 - Predatory Animals And Animal Pests

SUBCHAPTER A COOPERATION BETWEEN STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES IN CONTROLLING PREDATORY ANIMALS AND RODENTS

• Texas Section 825.001 - Cooperation Between State And Federal Agencies In Controlling Predatory Animals And Rodents
  The state shall cooperate through The Texas A&M University System with the appropriate federal officers and agencies in controlling coyotes, mountain lions, bobcats, Russian boars,...
• Texas Section 825.002 - Cooperative Agreement
  The director of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service shall execute a cooperative agreement with the appropriate federal officers or agencies to perform the cooperative work...
• Texas Section 825.003 - Expenditure Of Appropriations
  The state funds appropriated to administer this subchapter shall be spent in amounts as authorized by the Board of Regents of The Texas A&M University...
• Texas Section 825.004 - Appropriations By Local Governments
  The commissioners court of a county or the governing body of a municipality may appropriate funds to perform predatory animal and rodent control work described...
• Texas Section 825.005 - Sale Of Furs, Skins, And Specimens
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), all furs, skins, and specimens of value taken by hunters or trappers paid from state funds under this...
• Texas Section 825.006 - Bounties Prohibited
  (a) A hunter or trapper acting under this subchapter may not collect a bounty from a county or any other source for an animal taken...
• Texas Section 825.007 - Construction With Parks And Wildlife Code
  Section 71.004(b), Parks and Wildlife Code, does not apply to a hunter or trapper while performing duties under this subchapter. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch....
• Texas Section 825.008 - Tampering With Traps; Criminal Penalty
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person maliciously or wilfully tampers with all or any part of a trap set under this subchapter...
• Texas Section 825.009 - Stealing Traps; Criminal Penalty
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person steals or fraudulently takes a trap belonging to the state or the United States Department of...

SUBCHAPTER B PURCHASE OF POISON TO DESTROY CERTAIN ANIMAL PESTS

• Texas Section 825.010 - Stealing Animals From Traps; Criminal Penalty
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person steals an animal listed in Section 825.001 from a trap set under this subchapter or takes...
• Texas Section 825.021 - Commissioners Court May Purchase Poison
  (a) The commissioners court of a county may purchase poisons and related accessories required by citizens of the county to destroy prairie dogs, wildcats, gophers,...
• Texas Section 825.022 - Notice Concerning Poison
  (a) The commissioners court of a county acting under this subchapter shall determine the days on which the poison will be put out and shall...

SUBCHAPTER C BOUNTIES FOR PREDATORY ANIMALS

• Texas Section 825.024 - Duties Of Land Holders, Lessees, And Tenants
  (a) Each land holder whose premises are infested with any pests listed in Section 825.021 shall obtain and apply the poison as provided in the...
• Texas Section 825.031 - Bounties For Predatory Animals
  (a) The commissioners court of a county may pay bounties for killing predatory animals not listed on any state or federal protected species list. (b)...
• Texas Section 825.032 - Angelina, Henderson, Or Trinity County: Wolves And Other Predatory Animals
  (a) The Commissioners Court of Angelina, Henderson, or Trinity County may pay bounties for the destruction of wolves and other predatory animals in the county....
• Texas Section 825.033 - Aransas, Bee, Refugio, Or San Patricio County: Rattlesnakes, Wolves, Coyotes, Panthers, Bobcats, And Other Predatory Animals
  (a) The Commissioners Court of Aransas, Bee, Refugio, or San Patricio County may pay bounties for the destruction of rattlesnakes, wolves, coyotes, panthers, bobcats, and...
• Texas Section 825.034 - Panola County: Wolves
  (a) The Commissioners Court of Panola County may pay bounties on wolves in order to preserve game. (b) The commissioners court may set the bounty...
• Texas Section 825.035 - Borden County: Rabbits
  (a) The Commissioners Court of Borden County may pay bounties for lawfully killing wild rabbits in the county to prevent property damage. (b) The bounty...
• Texas Section 825.036 - Prairie Dogs
  Prairie dogs are a public nuisance. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
• Texas Section 825.037 - Effect Of Other Laws
  This subchapter does not authorize: (1) the killing of an animal if the killing is prohibited by federal or state law or rule; or (2)...

Last modified: September 28, 2016