- (a) The department must provide written notice of an order to destroy deer to a permit holder before the department may destroy any of the deer covered by the permit holder's permit.
(b) A notice provided under this section must be sent by certified mail to the last known address of the permit holder and must contain:
- (1) the date of destruction, which may not be sooner than the 10th day after the date of the notice;
- (2) an explanation of any access restrictions imposed on the facility or acreage covered by the permit during the destruction of the deer; and
- (3) an explanation of the reasons for the destruction, including the results of any epidemiological assessment conducted under Section 43.953(a) applicable to the deer that are the subject of the notice.
- (c) The permit holder may waive the notice requirements of this section.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 99 (S.B. 820), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2013.