Sections
Subchapter A Purpose and Policy 1.001 – 1.002
Subchapter B Property of the State 1.011 – 1.014
Subchapter C Definitions 1.101

Terms Used In Texas Parks and Wildlife Code Chapter 1 - General Provisions

  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Rule: includes regulation. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Take: except as otherwise provided by this code, means collect, hook, hunt, net, shoot, or snare, by any means or device, and includes an attempt to take or to pursue in order to take. See Texas Parks and Wildlife Code 1.101
  • Wild: when used in reference to an animal, means a species, including each individual of a species, that normally lives in a state of nature and is not ordinarily domesticated. See Texas Parks and Wildlife Code 1.101