31 Tex. Admin. Code § 65.191 - Definitions
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 § 65.3 of this title (relating to Statewide Hunting and Fishing Proclamation).
(1) Adult--A person 17 years of age or
older.
(2) Airboat--A boat
propelled mechanically by movement of air, including, but not limited to a fan,
propeller, or jet.
(3) All terrain
vehicle (ATV)--Any vehicle meeting the definition of an ATV under
Transportation Code, §
663.001.
(4) Annual Public Hunting (APH) Permit--A
permit, valid from issuance date through the following August 31, which allows
entry to designated public hunting lands at designated times and the taking of
wildlife resources as designated.
(5) Application fee--A non-refundable fee
that may be required to accompany and validate an individual's application for
a special permit.
(6) Authorized
supervising adult--A parent, legal guardian, or individual at least 18 years of
age who assumes liability responsibility for a youth.
(7) Blind--Any structure assembled of
man-made or natural materials for the purpose or having the effect of promoting
concealment or increasing the field of vision of a person.
(8) Buckshot--Lead pellets ranging in size
from .24-inch to .36-inch in diameter normally loaded in a shotgun (includes,
but is not limited to 0 and 00 buckshot).
(9) Camping--The use of public hunting lands
for overnight accommodation, which includes sleeping, the storage of unattended
personal possessions, or the use of a motor vehicle as a lodging.
(10) Competitive hunting dog event (field
trial)--A department-sanctioned contest in which the skills of hunting dogs are
tested.
(11) Concurrent hunt--A
hunt that maintains the same permit requirements, hunt dates, means and
methods, or shooting hours or combinations thereof for more than one species of
animal, as designated and subject to any special provisions.
(12) Consumptive user--A person who takes or
attempts to take wildlife resources.
(13) Designated campsite--A designated area
where camping and camping activities are authorized.
(14) Designated days--Specific days within an
established season or period of time as designated by the executive
director.
(15) Designated road--A
constructed roadway indicated as being open to the public by either signs
posted to that effect or by current maps and leaflets distributed at the area.
Roads closed to the public may additionally be identified by on-site signing,
barricades at entrances, or informational literature made available to the
public. Designated roads do not include county or state roads or
highways.
(16) Designated target
practice area--An area designated by on-site signing or by order of the
executive director within which the discharge of firearms for target practice
is authorized.
(17) Designated
units of the state park system--Specific units of the state park system
approved by the commission for application of provisions of this
subchapter.
(18) Disabled person--A
person who possesses a placard, license plate, or other documentation issued to
that person by the State of Texas under the provisions of Transportation Code,
Chapter 681.
(19) General Season--A
specified time period, or designated days within a specified time period,
during which more than one means or methods (as designated) may be used to take
designated species.
(20)
Headwear--Garment or item of apparel worn on or about the head.
(21) Immediate supervision--Control of a
youth by an authorized supervising adult issuing verbal instructions in a
normal voice level.
(22) Lands
within a desert bighorn sheep cooperative--An aggregation of lands for which
the concerned landowners and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department have
agreed to coordinate efforts to restore, manage, and harvest desert bighorn
sheep.
(23) Limited Public Use
(LPU) Permit--A permit, valid from issuance date through the following August
31, which allows access to designated wildlife management areas and public
hunting lands at the same times that access is provided by an APH
permit.
(24) Limited use zone--An
area designated by order of the executive director and/or by boundary signs on
the area, within which public use is prohibited or restricted to specified
activities.
(25) Loaded firearm--A
firearm containing:
(A) a live round of
ammunition within the chamber and/or the magazine; or
(B) a round in the muzzle and a propellant
charge or propellant cartridge in the breech; or
(C) if the firearm is a muzzleloader, a cap
on the nipple, a priming charge in the pan, or a primer charge in the primer
well.
(26) Mentored
Hunting Permit--A permit authorizing access to public hunting lands for the
purpose of attending a department-sponsored workshop, including participation
in a designated hunting opportunity subsequent to the workshop.
(27) Motorboat--Any vessel being propelled by
machinery, but does not include a boat being propelled solely by paddle, pole,
oar, or wind.
(28) Motor
vehicle--As defined by Transportation Code, Chapter 541.
(29) Off-road vehicle--An ATV, a utility
vehicle, a vehicle that may not lawfully be operated on a public roadway, or
any vehicle that is manufactured or adapted for off-road use.
(30) On-site registration--The requirement
for public users to register at designated places upon entry to and exit from
specified public hunting lands, but does not constitute a permit.
(31) Permit--Documentation authorizing
specified access and public use privileges on public hunting lands.
(32) Predatory animals--Coyotes and
bobcats.
(33) Loyalty point
system--A method of special permit distribution in which the probability of
selection is progressively enhanced by prior unsuccessful applications within a
given hunt category by individuals or groups.
(34) Public hunting area--A portion of public
hunting lands designated as being open to the activity of hunting, and may
include all or only a portion of a certain unit of public hunting
land.
(35) Public hunting
compartment--A defined portion of a public hunting area to which hunters are
assigned and authorized to perform public hunting activity.
(36) Public hunting lands (PHL)--Lands
identified in §
65.190 of this title (relating to
Application) or by order of the executive director on which provisions of this
subchapter apply.
(37) Recreational
use--Any use or activity other than hunting or fishing.
(38) Regular Permit--A permit issued on a
first-come-first-served basis, on-site, at the time of the hunt that allows the
taking of designated species of wildlife on the issuing area.
(39) Restricted area--All or portions of
public hunting lands identified by boundary signs as being closed to public
entry or use.
(40) Sanctuary--All
or a portion of public hunting lands identified by boundary sign as being
closed to the hunting of specified wildlife resources.
(41) Slug--A metallic object designed for
being fired as a single projectile by discharge of a shotgun.
(42) Special Access Permit--A
department-issued permit that allows access to a non-hunting person on public
lands during authorized activities.
(43) Special Permit--A permit, issued
pursuant to a selection procedure, which allows the taking of designated
species of wildlife.
(44) Special
package hunt--A public hunt conducted for promotional or fund raising purposes
and offering the selected applicant(s) a high quality experience with enhanced
provisions for food, lodging, transportation, and guide services.
(45) Tagging fee--A fee which may be assessed
in addition to the special permit fee for the harvest of alligators for
commercial sale or prior to the attempted harvest of desert bighorn sheep or
designated exotic mammals.
(46)
Wildlife management area (WMA)--A unit of public hunting lands which is
intensively managed for the conservation, enhancement, and public use of
wildlife resources and supporting habitats.
(47) Wildlife resources--Game animals, game
birds, furbearing animals, alligators, marine mammals, frogs, fish, crayfish,
other aquatic life, exotic animals, predatory animals, rabbits and hares, and
other wild fauna.
(48) Wounded
exotic mammal--An exotic mammal leaving a blood trail.
(49) Youth--A person less than 17 years of
age.
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