Parks and Wildlife Code § 43.103

Sec. 43.103. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Aircraft" means a mechanical or other device used for flight in the air. (2) "Depredating animals" means bobcats, feral hogs, red foxes, coyotes, and crossbreeds between coyotes and dogs but does not include birds or fowl. (3) "Exotic animals" includes exotic livestock and exotic fowl as defined by Section 161.001(a), Agriculture Code, wild animals that are nonindigenous to Texas, aoudad sheep, and elk. (4) "Harass" means to disturb, worry, molest, harry, torment, rally, concentrate, drive, or herd. (5) "Management by the use of aircraft" means counting, photographing, relocating, capturing, or hunting by the use of aircraft. (6) "Wildlife" means any vertebrate species or their hybrids that normally live in a state of nature and are not ordinarily domesticated. This definition includes depredating animals. Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1990, 71st Leg., 6th C.S., ch. 22, Sec. 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1990. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 424, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 969, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 863, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.