No person for any purpose may possess, purchase, or possess after purchase an alligator, an alligator hide, an alligator egg, or any part of an alligator taken in this state unless:

1. (1) the person has acquired and possesses a permit issued by the department for that purpose; or
2. (2) a regulation of the commission otherwise allows the possession or purchase without a permit.

Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 437, ch. 184, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 31, 1981.

Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 190, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1991;

Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1256, Sec. 100, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 992 (H.B. 2026), Sec. 26, eff. June 18, 2005.