| (a) Permit Required. Any person may obtain a bobcat
dealer permit. A person who buys or trades for untagged bobcat pelts
must hold a dealer permit (PWD 410). A dealer permit may be obtained
by completing and signing a Bobcat Pelt Dealer Permit and Tag Voucher
(PWD 410). Upon any issuance of pelt tags, a dealer shall acknowledge
receipt of the tags by signing the tag issuance voucher section of
PWD 410.
(b) Reporting Requirements.
(1) The reporting period for dealers begins May 1 and
ends April 30 of the following year. By no later than the 30th day
following the end of a reporting period, a dealer shall submit a completed
and signed PWD 406 to department headquarters in Austin. The report
required by this paragraph shall account for each pelt tag used by
the dealer during the reporting period.
(2) All pelt tags in a dealer's possession at the end
of the reporting period, and a signed list of unused tag numbers,
must be returned to the department with the annual report.
(3) A dealer shall immediately notify the department
in writing upon discovery that a pelt tag has been lost, stolen, destroyed
or mutilated.
(c) Inspection. All pelts, pelt tag inventory, and
associated records shall be available for inspection by any game warden.
(d) Unlawful acts. It is unlawful for any dealer to:
(1) refuse to tag a bobcat pelt presented as being
legally taken in this state during the tagging period; or
(2) transfer tags issued to that dealer to any other
dealer, or to use tags issued to another dealer.
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