Sec. 43.351. DEFINITIONS    


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  • In this subchapter:

    (1) "Breeder deer" means a white-tailed deer or mule deer legally held under a permit authorized by this subchapter.

    (2) "Deer breeder" means a person holding a valid deer breeder's permit.

    (3) "Captivity" means the keeping of a breeder deer in an enclosure suitable for and capable of retaining the breeder deer it is designed to retain at all times under reasonable and ordinary circumstances and to prevent entry by another deer. The term includes the temporary keeping of a breeder deer in a vehicle or trailer.

    (4) "Deer" means a white-tailed deer or mule deer.

    (5) "Durable identification tag" means a single tag not easily dislodged or removed and made of a material that is not likely to disintegrate or decompose. The term includes, but is not limited to, newly developed technologies, including radio frequency identification tags.

    (6) "Immediate locality" means land that is contiguous and that is owned by the same person. For purposes of this subdivision, land divided or separated only by a public road or a public waterway is contiguous.

    (7) "Transfer" means any movement of breeder deer from a breeder facility, a nursing facility, or a deer management permit facility other than to an accredited veterinarian for medical purposes.

Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 267, art. 1, Sec. 49, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 79 , Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2007.