31 Tex. Admin. Code § 55.113 - Reporting Violations; Eligibility of Applicant
(a) No person other than a person furnishing
information to the department that leads to the arrest and conviction of a
person for committing a violation of a statute listed in Parks and Wildlife
Code, §
12.203, or a
regulation adopted under any of those statutes may be eligible for receiving a
reward.
(b) A person shall be
eligible for receiving a reward if information required in subsection (a) of
this section is forwarded to a designated office established by the department
for the reporting of such information, or to a game warden employed by the
department, provided the person seeking eligibility for a reward thereafter
forwards the information, as soon as practicable, to the designated office
established by the department for the reporting of such information.
(c) The designated office defined in
subsection (b) of this section shall provide:
(1) employees on duty 24 hours a
day;
(2) a toll-free telephone
number for use by the public for reporting violations; and
(3) assignment of a specific operation game
thief report code number for persons reporting a violation.
(d) A person furnishing
information required by subsection (a) of this section to a game warden
employed by the department, but who does not as soon as is practicable
thereafter report the information to the office established by the department
for the reporting of such information, may apply in writing to the committee
for a reward to be paid from the Operation Game Thief Fund. The request may
then be considered in the same manner as other applications for
award.
(e) The director shall
prescribe the documentation to be furnished to substantiate the information
provided.
(f) Informants may be
identified either by name, address and telephone number or may request an
anonymous code number which shall be used in lieu of applicant's name in all
subsequent transactions with the informant.
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