Sec. 42.020. BIRD OR ANIMAL TAGS: PROHIBITED ACTS. (a) No person may purchase or use more bird or animal tags during a license year than the number and type authorized for the year by the commission, excluding duplicate licenses issued under Section 42.017 of this code.
(b) No person may:
(1) use the same bird or animal tag on more than one bird or animal;
(2) use a bird or animal tag issued in the name of another;
(3) use a tag on a bird or animal for which another tag is specifically required;
(4) kill a bird or animal required to be tagged and fail to immediately attach a properly executed tag to the carcass; or
(5) hunt a bird or animal that requires a tag without having in his immediate possession the tag required to be attached to the carcass of the bird or animal being hunted.
Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975. Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 613, ch. 223, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1977; Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 267, art. 2, Sec. 18, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 5 - Wildlife and Plant Conservation
Subtitle A - Hunting and Fishing Licenses
Chapter 42 - General Hunting License
Section 42.002. Resident License Required; Exemptions
Section 42.0021. Lifetime Resident Hunting License
Section 42.005. Nonresident License Required
Section 42.006. Possession of License; Rules
Section 42.010. Issuance and Form of Licenses and Tags
Section 42.0101. Digital Tags; Rules
Section 42.011. Voluntary Contribution to Help Feed Hungry Texans
Section 42.012. Resident License Fee
Section 42.0121. Lifetime Resident Hunting License Fee
Section 42.014. Nonresident Special Hunting License Fee
Section 42.0141. General Nonresident Hunting License Fee
Section 42.0142. Nonresident Banded Bird Hunting License for Hunting on a Private Bird Hunting Area
Section 42.0143. Nonresident Five-Day Special Hunting License
Section 42.0144. Nonresident Spring Turkey Hunting License Fee
Section 42.017. Duplicate License and Tags
Section 42.0175. Expiration Date
Section 42.0177. Bird or Animal Carcasses: Commission Rules
Section 42.018. Tag to Be Attached to Deer
Section 42.0185. Tag to Be Attached to Turkey
Section 42.019. Possession of Certain Parts of Antelope
Section 42.020. Bird or Animal Tags: Prohibited Acts
Section 42.021. Bag Limits and Season Not Affected
Section 42.0211. Taking of Unbanded Pen-Reared Pheasant or Quail by Certain Landowners
Section 42.022. One License for Each Year
Section 42.023. Hunting Under License of Another