Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 43.601 - Permit for Deer Management(a) The department may issue a permit for the management of the wild white-tailed deer population on acreage enclosed by a fence capable of retaining white-tailed deer (under reasonable and ordinary circumstances) and capable of preventing entry by a white-tailed deer.(b) The deer managed under the permit remain the property of the people of the state, and the holder of the permit is considered to be managing the population on behalf of the state.(c) If a special season with a special bag limit is established by the commission for holders of a deer management permit, the holder of the permit may not receive compensation for granting any other person permission to kill a wild deer during that special season on the acreage covered by the permit.Tex. Parks and Wild. § 43.601
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1256, Sec. 47, eff. 9/1/1997; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1265, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1997.