1. (a) No person may possess a live deer in this state unless that person possesses a valid permit issued by the department under the provisions of Parks and Wildlife Code, Chapter 43, Subchapters C, E, L, or R.

2. (b) Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, a person who possesses a valid scientific breeder's permit may:

   1. (1) engage in the business of breeding legally possessed deer within the facility for which the permit was issued;
   2. (2) purchase or otherwise lawfully take possession of deer lawfully possessed by another scientific breeder;
   3. (3) sell or transfer deer that are in the legal possession of the permittee;
   4. (4) release deer from a permitted facility into the wild as provided in this subchapter;
   5. (5) recapture lawfully possessed deer that have been marked in accordance §65.607 of this title (relating to Marking of Deer) that have escaped from a permitted facility;
   6. (6) temporarily relocate and hold deer in accordance with the applicable provisions of §65.610 of this title (relating to Transfer Permit); and
   7. (7) temporarily relocate and recapture buck deer under the provisions of Subchapter D of this chapter (relating to Deer Management Permit).
3. (c) The provisions of this subsection are effective until March 31, 2007. No person may release a deer obtained or possessed under this subchapter to the wild unless the person can prove that the deer came directly from a facility enrolled in a current, valid herd health plan for cervidae approved by Texas Animal Health Commission.

Source Note:The provisions of this §65.602 adopted to be effective December 1, 1995, 20 TexReg 9571; amended to be effective March 10, 1998, 23 TexReg 2329; amended to be effective August 15, 2001, 26 TexReg 6028; amended to be effective October 7, 2002, 27 TexReg 9381; amended to be effective May 7, 2003, 28 TexReg 3731; amended to be effective June 21, 2005, 30 TexReg 3595; amended to be effective May 23, 2006, 31 TexReg 4227.