31 Tex. Admin. Code § 65.352 - 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 Subchapter A of this chapter (relating to the Statewide Hunting and Fishing Proclamation) and in the Parks and Wildlife Code.
(1) Alligator--For the purposes of this
subchapter, alligator means any American alligator (Alligator
mississippiensis), living or dead, or any part of an alligator, including
eggs.
(2) Clutch--The number of
alligator eggs, both fertile and infertile, in a single alligator
nest.
(3) Control hunter--A person
authorized by the department to take nuisance alligators.
(4) Consumer--A person who purchases
alligators, alligator parts, or products made from alligators for personal use
or consumption and who does not sell, resell, trade, or barter the alligators,
alligator parts, or products made from alligators in exchange for anything of
value.
(5) Egg--An alligator
egg.
(6) Egg collection
activities--Nest disturbance, removal of eggs, or possession of eggs removed
from wild nests.
(7) Egg
collector--A person authorized by the department to collect, possess, or
transport alligator eggs.
(8)
Export--The physical transportation of an alligator to any point outside the
state of Texas.
(9) Farm--A
premises where alligators are bred or raised under department-sanctioned
conditions.
(10) Farmer--A person
who possesses a valid alligator farming permit issued under this
subchapter.
(11) Hatchling
alligator--Any alligator less than 12 inches in length.
(12) Import--The physical transportation of
an alligator from outside of Texas across the state line into Texas.
(13) Nest disturbance--The act of physically
manipulating, handling, or tampering with an alligator nest in any way.
(14) Incubation-only facility--An
alligator farm where operations are restricted to the incubation and hatching
of alligators
(15) Nuisance
alligator--An alligator that is depredating or a threat to human health or
safety.
(16) Partially processed
alligator--A whole alligator that has been skinned except for the head, or a
whole alligator that has been skinned except for the head and feet.
(17) Processed product--Any alligator part
(and its resulting products, including meat that has been removed from the
skeleton) that has been treated to prevent decomposition and/or packaged for
sale.
(18) Retail dealer--A person
possessing a valid retail dealer permit issued under this subchapter.
(19) Wholesale dealer--A person possessing a
valid wholesale dealer permit issued under this subchapter.
(20) Skull length--the distance from the
anterior edge of the premaxilla to the posterior edge of the parietal, measured
along the mid-line of the skull.
Notes
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