{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-68.020","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 68.020","heading":"EXCEPTIONS.","body":"(a) This chapter does not apply to:\n(1) coyotes (prairie wolves);\n(2) cougars;\n(3) bobcats;\n(4) prairie dogs; or\n(5) red foxes.\n(b) This chapter does not apply to the possession of mounted or preserved endangered fish or wildlife acquired before August 31, 1973, by public or private nonprofit educational, zoological, or research institutions. The department may require an institution to furnish a list of mounted or preserved fish or wildlife possessed and proof of the time of acquisition.\nActs 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 607, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.","path":["PARKS AND WILDLIFE CODE","TITLE 5. WILDLIFE AND PLANT CONSERVATION","SUBTITLE B. HUNTING AND FISHING","CHAPTER 68. ENDANGERED SPECIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PW/htm/PW.68.htm#68.020","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:32Z","sha256":"897d242c99694040effe9a23d228ec080d4b5b510b977d380033527932af6541","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-68.019","next":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-68.021"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}