Section 65.101 - DefinitionsThe 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 by Parks and Wildlife Code.
(1) Aggregate acreage--Contiguous tracts of land, to, from, and between which game animals and game birds have complete and unrestricted access, combined by multiple landowners to create an area of land for the purpose of trapping or releasing game animals or game birds under a permit issued under this subchapter.(2) Amendment--A specific alteration or revision of currently permitted activities, the effect of which does not constitute, as determined by the department, a new trapping, transporting and transplanting operation.(3) Certified Wildlife Trapper--An individual who receives a department-issued permit pursuant to this section.(4) Georeferenced map--A map image incorporating a system of geographic ground coordinates, such as latitude/longitude or Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) coordinates. (5) Landowner--Any person who has an ownership interest in a tract of land, and includes a person authorized by the landowner to act on behalf of the landowner as the landowner's agent or manager of an aggregate acreage.(6) Natural Habitat--The type of site where a game animal or game bird normally occurs and existing game populations are not dependent on manufactured feed or feeding devices for sustenance.(7) Nuisance Squirrel--A squirrel that is causing damage to personal property.(8) Overpopulation--A condition where the habitat is being detrimentally affected by high animal densities, or where such condition is imminent.(9) Permittee--Any person authorized by a permit to perform activities governed by this subchapter.(10) Processing facility--The specific destination of white-tailed deer trapped and transported pursuant to a permit to trap, transport, and process surplus white-tailed deer where deer will be processed for consumption.(11) Qualified individual--An individual who has a wildlife management plan approved by the department.(12) Release Site--The specific destination of game animals or game birds to be relocated pursuant to a permit issued under this subchapter.(13) Supervisory permittee--A person who supervises the activities of permittees authorized to conduct activities.(14) Trap Site--The specific source of game animals or game birds to be relocated pursuant to a permit issued under this subchapter.(15) Trapping year--The period of time between September 1 of one year and August 31 of the immediately following year.(16) Wildlife Stocking Plans--The stocking plan for :(A) a trap site consists of the biological information about the trap site required by the department on the application for a permit under this subchapter; and(B) a release site consists of: (i) the biological information about the release site required by the department on the application for a permit under this subchapter; or(ii) if the prospective activities involve deer or javelina, a wildlife management plan (WMP) prepared under the provisions of § 65.25 of this title (relating to Wildlife Management Plan).31 Tex. Admin. Code § 65.101
The provisions of this §65.101 adopted to be effective December 1, 1995, 20 TexReg 9569; amended to be effective November 7, 2000, 25 TexReg 10922; amended to be effective August 15, 2001, 26 TexReg 6024; amended to be effective October 21, 2003, 28 TexReg 9079; amended to be effective August 30, 2005, 30 TexReg 4998; amended to be effective May 3, 2012, 37 TexReg 3170; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 46, Number 10, March 5, 2021, TexReg 1496, eff. 3/14/2021; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 47, Number 18, May 6, 2022, TexReg 2619, eff. 4/22/2022 and expired 8/19/2022