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9:00ish on Wed. Nov. 7th for: Non-indigenous Snake Permit Rules – Implementation of Legislation (H.B. 12) – Permission to Publish
Staff: David Sinclair (We should all ask for his reseignation as his is unfit to serve Texas sportsman)

Who Will be the Next Dirctor of TPWD?

hursday, November 8, 2007
9:00 am – Commission Meeting
· Approval of Previous Meeting minutes
· Acceptance of Donations – TPWD Donations over $500
· Service Awards and Special Recognition
o Shikar-Safari International Wildlife Officer of the Year Award
1. ACTION – Approval of Agenda
2. ACTION – Selection of New Executive Director
Presenter: Chairman Holt
Commission Agenda Item No. 2
Action
Selection of New Executive Director
November 2007
I. Executive Summary: The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission will consider and possibly vote on the selection of a new TPWD executive director.

We must make sure that Represtative Havey Hilderbran will not be condisered for this positionl. He must also to be defeated in the November 2008 election.

These meeting are not open to public comment. After the notice is published in the Texas Register we will have 30 days to comment via letters and e-mails to the Commissioners.
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Tim Cole
www.Designeratrox.com/
www.AustinReptileService.net
www.AustinReptileExpo.com/
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Conservation through Education

>>These meeting are not open to public comment. After the notice is published in the Texas Register we will have 30 days to comment via letters and e-mails to the Commissioners.
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>>Tim Cole
>>www.Designeratrox.com/
>>www.AustinReptileService.net
>>www.AustinReptileExpo.com/
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>>Conservation through Education

Time to shake off the writers block then... If a few hundred herpers write in it would not hurt...

Lance
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Herp Conservation Unlimited

That's the message I was given from TP&W. Lots of letters to the Commissioners should/could make the difference. It did work recently with turtle issues.
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Tim Cole
www.Designeratrox.com/
www.AustinReptileService.net
www.AustinReptileExpo.com/
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Conservation through Education

Please keep us posted about what happens at the meeting and when and where we should send letters.

Can someone post a link to the new regulation? I can find the white and black lists below, but the main link is no longer valid. Thanks.

>>Can someone post a link to the new regulation? I can find the white and black lists below, but the main link is no longer valid. Thanks.

Texas administration code

TITLE 31 NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION
PART 2 TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT
CHAPTER 65 WILDLIFE
SUBCHAPTER O COMMERCIAL NONGAME PERMITS
RULE §65.331 Commercial Activity
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PHWyvern

Yes, it appears to be; however, I thought there was a possession limit of 6 for species on the black list. I don't see that. Is the limit per species or for all species taken together?

>>Yes, it appears to be; however, I thought there was a possession limit of 6 for species on the black list. I don't see that. Is the limit per species or for all species taken together?

If you read, in a round-about way they tell you that you have to go back to the subchapter and then go to a different section covering the permits

(e) No person shall engage in commercial activity involving any nongame species not listed in subsection (d) of this section, except as provided in §65.327(e) of this title (relating to Permit Required) ....

Subchapter page

§65.327 Permit Required

(3) A person without a nongame or nongame dealer's permit may:

(A) possess six or fewer specimens of a species of nongame wildlife listed in §65.331(e)of this title, provided the person does not engage in commercial activity involving the nongame wildlife; and

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PHWyvern

A couple of questions.

1) Who at TPWD came up with the white and black lists?
2) Any idea what data sources were used?

Thanks.