1. (a) The department may prohibit any person from acting as an agent of any permittee if the person has a final conviction or has been assessed an administrative penalty for a violation of:

   1. (1) Parks and Wildlife Code, Chapter 43, Subchapter C, E, L, R, or R-1;

   2. (2) a provision of the Parks and Wildlife Code that is not described by paragraph (1) of this subsection that is punishable as a Parks and Wildlife Code:

      1. (A) Class A or B misdemeanor;
      2. (B) state jail felony; or
      3. (C) felony;
   3. (3) Parks and Wildlife Code, §63.002; or
   4. (4) the Lacey Act (16 U.S.C. §§3371-3378).
2. (b) The department may refuse to issue a permit to any person the department has evidence is acting on behalf of or as a surrogate for another person who is prohibited by the provisions of this subchapter from engaging in permitted activities.

Source Note:The provisions of this §65.703 adopted to be effective November 17, 2014, 39 TexReg 9044.