31 Tex. Admin. Code § 65.193 - Access Permit Required and Fees
(a) It
is an offense for a person without a valid access permit to enter public
hunting lands, except:
(1) on areas or for
activities where no permit is required;
(2) persons who are authorized by, and acting
in an official capacity for the department or the landowners of public hunting
lands;
(3) persons participating in
educational programs, management demonstrations, or other scheduled activities
sponsored or sanctioned by the department with written approval;
(4) persons owning or leasing land within the
boundaries of public hunting lands, while traveling directly to or from their
property;
(5) for a non-hunting or
non-fishing adult who is assisting a permitted disabled person; or
(6) for youth under the supervision of an
authorized supervising adult possessing an APH permit or a LPU
permit.
(b) Annual
Public Hunting (APH) Permit and Limited Public Use (LPU) Permit.
(1) It is an offense for a person 17 years of
age or older to enter public hunting lands or take or attempt to take wildlife
resources on public hunting lands at times when an APH permit is required
without possessing an APH permit or to fail to display the APH permit, upon
request, to a department employee or other official authorized to enforce
regulations on public hunting lands.
(2) A person possessing a LPU permit may
enter public hunting lands at times that access is allowed under the APH
permit, and is authorized to fish but may not hunt.
(3) Persons possessing an APH permit or an
LPU permit may use public hunting lands to access adjacent public waters, and
may fish in adjacent public waters from riverbanks on public hunting
lands.
(4) The permits required
under paragraphs (1) - (3) of this subsection are not required for:
(A) persons who enter Caddo Lake Wildlife
Management Area and do not hunt or enter upon the land;
(B) persons who enter and hunt waterfowl
within the Bayside Marsh Unit of Matagorda Island Wildlife Management Area;
or
(C) persons who enter Zone C of
the Guadalupe River Unit of the Guadalupe Delta Wildlife Management Area and do
not hunt or fish.
(5)
The permit required by paragraphs (1) - (3) of this subsection is not valid
unless the signature of the holder appears on the permit.
(6) A person, by signature of the permit and
by payment of a permit fee waives all liability towards the landowner
(licensor) and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (licensee).
(c) Mentored Hunting
Permit--Permits issued under this subsection shall be available on a
first-come, first-served basis for use on designated units of public hunting
lands at designated times. A person may participate in a designated hunt under
a mentored hunting permit only if the person has completed the mandatory
mentored hunter workshop and has been authorized by the department to
participate in hunt activities. A person who participates in a mentored hunt
under a mentored hunting permit must be accompanied by a designated
mentor.
(d) Permits for hunting
wildlife resources on public hunting lands shall be issued by the department to
applicants by means of a fair method of distribution subject to limitations on
the maximum number of permits to be issued.
(e) The department may implement a system of
issuing special permits that gives preference to those applicants who have
applied previously but were not selected to receive a permit.
(f) Application fees.
(1) The department may charge a
non-refundable fee, which may be required to accompany and validate an
individual's application in a drawing for a special permit.
(2) The application fee for a special permit
is waived for a person under 17 years of age; however, the youth must apply in
conjunction with an authorized supervising adult to whom an application fee is
assessed, except as provided in paragraphs (3) and (4) of this
subsection.
(3) The application fee
for a special permit is waived for an adult who is making application to serve
as a non-hunting authorized supervising adult for a youth in a youth-only drawn
hunt category.
(4) Persons under 17
years of age may be disqualified from applying for special package hunts or may
be assessed the application fee.
(5) The application fee for a special permit
is waived for on-site applications made under standby procedures at the time of
a hunt.
(6) Incomplete or
incorrectly completed applications will be disqualified.
(g) Legal animals to be taken by special or
regular permit shall be stipulated on the permit.
(h) Only one special or regular permit fee
will be assessed in the event of concurrent hunts for multiple species, and the
fee for the legal species having the most expensive permit will
prevail.
(i) Any applicable special
or regular permit fees will be waived for youth under the supervision of a duly
permitted authorized supervising adult.
(j) Any applicable regular permit fees will
be waived for persons possessing an APH permit.
(k) Certain hunts may be conducted totally or
in part by regular permit. It is an offense to fail to comply with established
permit requirements specifying whether a regular permit is required of all
participants or required only of adult participants who do not possess an APH
permit.
(l) Any applicable regular
permit fees for authorized activities other than hunting or fishing will be
waived for persons possessing an APH permit or an LPU permit.
(m) An access permit applies only to the
individual to whom the permit is issued, and neither the permit nor the rights
granted thereunder are transferable to another person.
(n) A person who fails to obey the conditions
of a permit issued under this subchapter commits an offense.
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