{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-71.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 71.003","heading":"SCIENTIFIC STUDIES AND INVESTIGATIONS.","body":"The department shall conduct scientific studies and investigations of fur-bearing animals as necessary to develop information on populations, distribution, habitat needs, and limiting factors, to acquire any other biological or ecological data, and to determine appropriate management policies for public safety.\nActs 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975. Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 2737, ch. 748, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.","path":["PARKS AND WILDLIFE CODE","TITLE 5. WILDLIFE AND PLANT CONSERVATION","SUBTITLE C. FUR-BEARING ANIMALS","CHAPTER 71. LICENSES AND REGULATIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PW/htm/PW.71.htm#71.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:32Z","sha256":"3452151f972cc477f5185d6fdf05c84440b1c1714ef1640d9a44d3fa0eaadc57","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-71.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-71.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}