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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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PARKS AND WILDLIFE CODE |
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Title 5. WILDLIFE AND PLANT CONSERVATION |
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Subtitle A. HUNTING AND FISHING LICENSES |
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Chapter 43. SPECIAL LICENSES AND PERMITS |
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Subchapter S. MIGRATORY AND UPLAND GAME BIRD STAMPS |
Sec. 43.654. DESIGN AND ISSUANCE OF STAMPS
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(a) The department may issue a migratory or upland game bird stamp to any person on payment to the department of $7 per stamp.
(b) The commission may issue and sell a collector's edition of the migratory or upland game bird stamps that does not authorize hunting. The commission shall set the fee for a stamp issued under this subsection.
(c) The department may authorize the use of the image of a stamp issued under this subchapter for products offered to the public for sale and not for the purpose of authorizing hunting. The department shall receive a reasonable royalty payment for the sale of any stamp products sold under this subsection.
(d) The commission by rule shall prescribe the form, design, and manner of issuance of a stamp under this subchapter. The department retains all rights to the design.
(e) The commission may contract with and pay a person for designing, producing, and marketing a stamp.
(f) The commission by rule may prescribe alternate requirements for identifying the purchaser of a stamp issued in an automated manner.
(g) A stamp issued under this subchapter is valid for hunting only during the yearly period for which the stamp is issued, without regard to the date on which the stamp is acquired. Each yearly period begins on September 1 of the year in which the stamp is issued or another date set by the commission and extends through August 31 of the next year or another date set by the commission.