Sec. 42.0101.  DIGITAL TAGS; RULES.  (a)  The commission by rule may develop and implement a program for the issuance of digital tags for animals, including birds, to holders of hunting licenses authorizing the taking of those animals.
(b)  A program developed under this section may include:
(1)  providing for the issuance of digital tags to the holder of a hunting license;
(2)  allowing a person using a digital tag to create a digital record at the time of the taking of an animal that includes information required by the department;
(3)  requiring a person using a digital tag to create the digital record described by Subdivision (2) as soon as possible after the taking of the animal; and
(4)  requiring a person using a digital tag to retain in the person's possession documentation of the digital record described by Subdivision (2) at all times before the carcass is finally processed.
(c)  Unless the context requires otherwise, a reference under this code to a tag includes a digital tag issued under a program developed under this section.
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 485 (H.B. 3081), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2021.