- (a) The commission by rule may develop and implement a program for the issuance of digital tags for animals, including birds, to holders of hunting licenses authorizing the taking of those animals.
(b) A program developed under this section may include:
- (1) providing for the issuance of digital tags to the holder of a hunting license;
- (2) allowing a person using a digital tag to create a digital record at the time of the taking of an animal that includes information required by the department;
- (3) requiring a person using a digital tag to create the digital record described by Subdivision (2) as soon as possible after the taking of the animal; and
- (4) requiring a person using a digital tag to retain in the person's possession documentation of the digital record described by Subdivision (2) at all times before the carcass is finally processed.
- (c) Unless the context requires otherwise, a reference under this code to a tag includes a digital tag issued under a program developed under this section.
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 485 (H.B. 3081), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2021.