The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter,
shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
otherwise. All other words and terms shall have the meanings assigned
by Parks and Wildlife Code.
(1) Aggregate acreage--Contiguous tracts of land, to,
from, and between which game animals and game birds have complete
and unrestricted access, combined by multiple landowners to create
an area of land for the purpose of trapping or releasing game animals
or game birds under a permit issued under this subchapter.
(2) Amendment--A specific alteration or revision of
currently permitted activities, the effect of which does not constitute,
as determined by the department, a new trapping, transporting and
transplanting operation.
(3) Certified Wildlife Trapper--An individual who receives
a department-issued permit pursuant to this section.
(4) Georeferenced map--A map image incorporating a
system of geographic ground coordinates, such as latitude/longitude
or Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) coordinates.
(5) Landowner--Any person who has an ownership interest
in a tract of land, and includes a person authorized by the landowner
to act on behalf of the landowner as the landowner's agent or manager
of an aggregate acreage.
(6) Natural Habitat--The type of site where a game
animal or game bird normally occurs and existing game populations
are not dependent on manufactured feed, agricultural products, feeding
devices or cover for sustenance.
(7) Nuisance Squirrel--A squirrel that is causing damage
to personal property.
(8) Overpopulation--A condition where the habitat is
being detrimentally affected by high animal densities, or where such
condition is imminent.
(9) Permittee--Any person authorized by a permit to
perform activities governed by this subchapter.
(10) Processing facility--The specific destination
of white-tailed deer trapped and transported pursuant to a permit
to trap, transport, and process surplus white-tailed deer where deer
will be processed for consumption.
(11) Qualified individual--An individual who has a
wildlife management plan approved by the department.
(12) Release Site--The specific destination of game
animals or game birds to be relocated pursuant to a permit issued
under this subchapter.
(13) Supervisory permittee--A person who supervises
the activities of permittees authorized to conduct activities.
(14) Trap Site--The specific source of game animals
or game birds to be relocated pursuant to a permit issued under this
subchapter.
(15) Trapping year--The period of time between September
1 of one year and August 31 of the immediately following year.
(16) Wildlife Stocking Plans--The stocking plan for:
(A) a trap site consists of the biological information
about the trap site required by the department on the application
for a permit under this subchapter; and
(B) a release site consists of:
(i) the biological information about the release site
required by the department on the application for a permit under this
subchapter; or
(ii) if the prospective activities involve deer or
javelina, a wildlife management plan (WMP) prepared under the provisions
of §65.25 of this title (relating to Wildlife Management Plan).
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §65.101 adopted to be effective December 1, 1995, 20 TexReg 9569; amended to be effective November 7, 2000, 25 TexReg 10922; amended to be effective August 15, 2001, 26 TexReg 6024; amended to be effective October 21, 2003, 28 TexReg 9079; amended to be effective August 30, 2005, 30 TexReg 4998; amended to be effective May 3, 2012, 37 TexReg 3170; amended to be effective March 14, 2021, 46 TexReg 1496 |
