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TITLE 31NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION
PART 2TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT
CHAPTER 69RESOURCE PROTECTION
SUBCHAPTER JSCIENTIFIC, EDUCATIONAL, AND ZOOLOGICAL PERMITS
RULE §69.307Final Disposition of Specimens

(a) All wildlife held under this subchapter shall be disposed of by one or more of the following methods:

  (1) examination, experimentation, necropsy, or disposing of as waste in accordance with state, county, or city regulations relating to the disposal of waste materials;

  (2) retaining specimens for scientific, zoological or educational purposes;

  (3) release to the wild as specifically authorized in the conditions of a permit;

  (4) edible portions of game species shall only be disposed of by donation to charitable organizations, public hospitals, orphanages, or indigent persons, and such donations shall be accompanied by donation-receipt forms supplied by the department;

  (5) transfer or donation to other persons authorized to receive such specimens under a permit issued pursuant to this subchapter; or

  (6) special disposition as prescribed in writing by the department.

(b) Deceased specimens and parts of specimens may be donated by a permittee to accredited educational institutions or museums, provided the permittee furnishes the institution with a copy of the permit under which each specimen was taken or possessed.


Source Note: The provisions of this §69.307 adopted to be effective August 26, 1997, 22 TexReg 7901.

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