- (a) The commission by rule may prescribe the proof required to demonstrate residency in this state for the purpose of obtaining a license or permit issued by the department.
- (b) In addition to any other rules adopted under Subsection (a), the commission may adopt rules relating to residency for the purposes of hunting or catching any animal in this state through the use of any device that remotely controls another device used to hunt or catch the animal.
- (c) A rule described by Subsection (b) may prohibit a class or classes of persons from hunting or catching an animal in the manner described by Subsection (b) if the rule treats a class of persons in a substantially similar manner regardless of whether a person in the class is a resident or nonresident. A person who violates a rule adopted under Subsection (b) commits an offense that is a Class A Parks and Wildlife misdemeanor, and each animal the person hunts or catches in violation of the rule is a separate offense.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 961 (H.B. 1636), Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2005.