Sec. 65.006.  PERMIT REQUIRED.  No person for any purpose may possess, purchase, or possess after purchase an alligator, an alligator hide, an alligator egg, or any part of an alligator taken in this state unless:
(1)  the person has acquired and possesses a permit issued by the department for that purpose;  or
(2)  a regulation of the commission otherwise allows the possession or purchase without a permit.
Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 437, ch. 184, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 31, 1981.  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 190, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1991;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1256, Sec. 100, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by: 
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 992 (H.B. 2026), Sec. 26, eff. June 18, 2005.