SECTION 65.703. Proscription of Certain Agents and Surrogates

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

(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:

(A) Class A or B misdemeanor;

(B) state jail felony; or

(C) felony;

(3) Parks and Wildlife Code, §63.002; or

(4) the Lacey Act (16 U.S.C. §§3371-3378).

(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