(a) A commercial controlled exotic snake permit is required for each permanent place of business where controlled exotic snakes are sold or held in commercial possession.
(b) An employee of a commercial controlled exotic snake permit holder may buy and sell controlled exotic snakes under the authority of that permit only at a permanent place of business operated by the permittee, provided that the employer's permit or a legible photocopy of the permit is maintained at the place of business during all activities governed by this subchapter.
(c) In the event that the holder of a commercial controlled exotic snake permit conducts an activity regulated under this subchapter at a place other than the permittee's permanent place of business, that person shall possess on their person the original or a legible photocopy of a valid commercial controlled exotic snake permit.

Source Note: The provisions of this §55.654 adopted to be effective March 23, 2008, 33 TexReg 2543