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TITLE 31NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION
PART 2TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT
CHAPTER 65WILDLIFE
SUBCHAPTER PALLIGATOR PROCLAMATION
RULE §65.360Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements

(a) A Nuisance Alligator Hide Tag Report shall be completed by a control hunter on a form supplied or approved by the department immediately upon take and shall be submitted to the department within seven days. A dealer or person possessing the alligator hide shall retain a copy of the report until the hide is shipped or sold out of state, at which time the copy shall be forwarded to the department.

(b) A person receiving hide tags from the department shall complete and submit an Annual Hide Target Report on a form supplied or approved by the department accounting for all tags by October 10 following the end of the open season for which tags were issued. Unused tags shall be returned with this report.

(c) A wholesale dealer shall complete and submit an Alligator Transaction Report on a form supplied or approved by the department by October 31 and by the last day of every third month thereafter detailing purchase and sale transactions during the license year. A wholesale dealer shall retain a copy of each report required by this subsection for a minimum of two years and shall produce such records upon the request of a department employee acting in the discharge of official duties.

(d) A retail dealer shall retain records of all purchases from wholesale dealers for a minimum of two years.

(e) An alligator import permit holder shall complete and submit an Alligator Import Report on a form supplied or provided by the department within 30 days following permit period termination.

(f) Except for farmers operating an incubation-only facility under §65.361(e) of this title (relating to Alligator Farm Facility Requirements), a farmer shall submit quarterly reports on a form supplied or approved by the department within 15 days of the end of each quarterly period (February, May, August, and November).

(g) A farmer operating an incubation-only facility under the provisions of §65.361(e) of this title shall file an Incubation Summary on a form supplied or approved by the department no later than October 1 of each year.

(h) An alligator egg collector shall complete and submit an Annual Egg Collection Report provided or approved by the department and return all unused nest stamps by October 1 of each year.

(i) All persons to whom hide tags or nest stamps have been issued shall notify the department in writing within 15 days in the event that any tags or stamps are lost, stolen, mutilated, or destroyed. The department will not replace tags or stamps so reported.


Source Note: The provisions of this §65.360 adopted to be effective September 19, 1996, 21 TexReg 8732; amended to be effective October 21, 2003, 28 TexReg 9081; amended to be effective September 1, 2006, 31 TexReg 5362; amended to be effective August 24, 2020, 45 TexReg 5923

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