Texas Administrative Code

Texas Administrative Code

TITLE 31	NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION
PART 2	TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT
CHAPTER 65	WILDLIFE
SUBCHAPTER B	DISEASE DETECTION AND RESPONSE
DIVISION 1	CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE (CWD)
RULE §65.85	Check Stations

(a) The department may establish mandatory or voluntary check stations or procedures in or for any CZ or SZ or portion of a CZ or SZ for the purpose of collecting biological information on susceptible species taken within a CZ or SZ.

(b) When a mandatory check station requirement or procedure is in effect, the intact, unfrozen head of any susceptible species that has been killed in a CZ or SZ must be presented to a check station or other location designated by the department for the CZ or SZ in which the susceptible species was taken within 48 hours of take by the person or representative of the person who killed the susceptible species, unless otherwise authorized in writing by department personnel.

(c) The department will issue documentation for each specimen of a susceptible species that is presented at a check station. The department-issued documentation must remain with the specimen until it reaches the possessor's final destination.

(d) A person who fails or refuses to comply with mandatory check station requirements or procedures established under this section commits an offense.

Source Note: The provisions of this §65.85 adopted to be effective January 2, 2013, 37 TexReg 10231; amended to be effective September 29, 2016, 41 TexReg 7501; amended to be effective July 24, 2017, 42 TexReg 3643; amended to be effective July 4, 2023, 48 TexReg 3513; amended to be effective July 4, 2024, 49 TexReg 4779