Texas Administrative Code › Title 31 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION › Part 2 - TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT › Chapter 65 - WILDLIFE › Subchapter P - ALLIGATOR PROCLAMATION › Section 65.352 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
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
					 in Subchapter A of this chapter (relating to the Statewide Hunting and Fishing
					 Proclamation) and in the Parks and Wildlife Code.
(1) Alligator--For the purposes of this
				  subchapter, alligator means any American alligator (Alligator
				  mississippiensis), living or dead, or any part of an alligator, including
				  eggs.
(2) Clutch--The number of
				  alligator eggs, both fertile and infertile, in a single alligator
				  nest.
(3) Control hunter--A person
				  authorized by the department to take nuisance alligators.
(4) Consumer--A person who purchases
				  alligators, alligator parts, or products made from alligators for personal use
				  or consumption and who does not sell, resell, trade, or barter the alligators,
				  alligator parts, or products made from alligators in exchange for anything of
				  value.
(5) Egg--An alligator
				  egg.
(6) Egg collection
				  activities--Nest disturbance, removal of eggs, or possession of eggs removed
				  from wild nests.
(7) Egg
				  collector--A person authorized by the department to collect, possess, or
				  transport alligator eggs.
(8)
				  Export--The physical transportation of an alligator to any point outside the
				  state of Texas.
(9) Farm--A
				  premises where alligators are bred or raised under department-sanctioned
				  conditions.
(10) Farmer--A person
				  who possesses a valid alligator farming permit issued under this
				  subchapter.
(11) Hatchling
				  alligator--Any alligator less than 12 inches in length.
(12) Import--The physical transportation of
				  an alligator from outside of Texas across the state line into Texas.
(13) Nest disturbance--The act of physically
				  manipulating, handling, or tampering with an alligator nest in any way.
(14) Incubation-only facility--An
				  alligator farm where operations are restricted to the incubation and hatching
				  of alligators
(15) Nuisance
				  alligator--An alligator that is depredating or a threat to human health or
				  safety.
(16) Partially processed
				  alligator--A whole alligator that has been skinned except for the head, or a
				  whole alligator that has been skinned except for the head and feet.
(17) Processed product--Any alligator part
				  (and its resulting products, including meat that has been removed from the
				  skeleton) that has been treated to prevent decomposition and/or packaged for
				  sale.
(18) Retail dealer--A person
				  possessing a valid retail dealer permit issued under this subchapter.
(19) Wholesale dealer--A person possessing a
				  valid wholesale dealer permit issued under this subchapter.
(20) Skull length--the distance from the
				  anterior edge of the premaxilla to the posterior edge of the parietal, measured
				  along the mid-line of the skull.