{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-61.060","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 61.060","heading":"DEFENSE TO PROSECUTION: HUMANE DISPATCH OF CERTAIN GAME ANIMALS AND BIRDS.","body":"(a) In this section:\n(1) \"Dispatch\" means to kill by any humane method.\n(2) \"Game animal\" has the meaning assigned by Section 63.001.\n(3) \"Game bird\" has the meaning assigned by Section 64.001.\n(b) It is a defense to prosecution for a violation of this chapter or of a regulation adopted or proclamation issued under the authority of this chapter by the commission that the actor dispatched a game animal or game bird that:\n(1) was mortally wounded, not through the actor's conduct; or\n(2) behaved in a manner that:\n(A) is inconsistent with the manner in which a game animal or game bird that is not diseased typically behaves; and\n(B) leads a reasonable person to believe that the game animal or game bird poses a substantial risk of serious harm to itself, a person, or other wildlife.\n(c) The commission may adopt rules, including rules concerning the disposition of a game animal or a game bird that has been dispatched under this section, to implement this section.\nAdded by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 157 (H.B. 2555), Sec. 1, eff. May 24, 2005.","path":["PARKS AND WILDLIFE CODE","TITLE 5. WILDLIFE AND PLANT CONSERVATION","SUBTITLE B. HUNTING AND FISHING","CHAPTER 61. UNIFORM WILDLIFE REGULATORY ACT","SUBCHAPTER C. REGULATORY DUTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PW/htm/PW.61.htm#61.060","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:32Z","sha256":"47f2778f8ebf305ec6757434ee5b337ad019f25fb4436712a568ad398408fd1a","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-61.059","next":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-61.101"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}