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Comercialization of Corn Snakes in Texas Banned

What kind of sick ******* would do such a thing? What the ****? The legal system is ****'d up. They talk in all those stupid*** little terms and it makes them feel important. I doubt any of those zombies of the gravedust have ever had a pet. Would it be illegal for a minor to own one of these? Would I be sent to juvy for it? Better get my spiked club ready for when the reaper of pets comes knocking at my door.
 
If anyone could, please tell how to contact the undead zombies in government. e-mail addresses would be great.
 
The only info posted on the other site is the fax (I don't even own a fax machine!) and the address (much too slow)
 
KJ...

Do you know of something written to prove that corns are ok in Tx? Something that can be printed out and look official to take to the show? Is it possible some overzealous game warden will be at the NARBC show with some outdated black (or other) list?

In my experience, state and federal wildlife (or tax, or any other agency) agents can't even agree with each other on what is legal or not. And levels of enforcement vary from nonexistent to total craziness. I don't feel very confident going to the show with the info I have seen so far.

Of course, the "your tax dollars at work" comment is TOTALLY facetious, as you probably guessed!
 
THANKS!

I thought I had heard or read something like that a while back, but couldn't remember.

The NARBC info says vendors have to get their own sales tax #s (too bad they can't just collect everyone under the show's #, and just have one!), but it is supposed to be easy to get online.

So I will just have to reread the info to see if Tx. is requiring a general permit to sell non-native wildlife, and I will be good to go!

There shows can get really time consuming before you even make the trip, lol! And by next year, it could all be changed again!

Thanks again!
 
My favorite part about the whole thing is that they are willing to ban just about every snake and even a freaking mouse, but keeping 4 or 5 pitbulls is no big deal :) The government is always making sense :laugh01:
 
Kathy & others:

Here's a little more info. TPWD has NO AUTHORITY to regulate exotic snakes, and cornsnakes are not considered native to Texas. It would take legislative action for them to be able to outlaw cornsnakes (or regulate them in any manner). They outlawed them "accidentally" in violation of their own legal authority. Of course, who wants to spend thousands of dollars to fight an "illegal" law? It should be done, but who WILL??? If cornsnakes are no longer on the "black list," then that loophole has been fixed. Me? I was ready to fight it in court if they tried enforcing it.

It will NOT be on the "white list" because they are not native. Only natives are legally able to go on the white lists. Exotics are, legally, unable to be white listed or black listed. No TPWD regulation is "legal" on them. I have been told they have been removed from the black list, but never bothered to check. It didn't matter because I know they exceeded their authority on that one. I just made the stink because it was WRONG and someone WOULD have to fight it if the stink wasn't made!

Anyway, leave anything native to Texas at home, and you'll be fine with TPWD. Oh, yeah. The new LEGISLATED laws (not TPWD regulations, but TPWD can make regs based on those NEW las, of course) on the "Big 5" and exotic venomous are a different story, of course. To be safe (the laws aren't being enforced yet....supposedly), but I'd leave the Big 5 at home, too.....

If anyone else reading this as an interested party misunderstands the difference between regulations and laws, look it up for clarification.

On the sales tax deal, that obviously isn't TPWD. It has nothing to do with TPWD. In Texas, and I'm WAY over-simplifying here, anyone selling anything HAS to have a Sales Tax and Use Permit. That's been the law at least since I got here in 2000, and I don't see it changing soon. heck, you need one to legally sale a squash out of your garden - or ANYTHING - to over-simplify the matter. I asked if I needed it to sale one snake per year that I was tired of owning, and I was told YES. This has nothing to do with snakes, exotics, natives, or anything. It is JUST a sales tax thing. It's not a problem once you get it to keep it - just pay the sales tax you were supposed to have collected, anyway. Face it: anyone selling an item in Texas (or another state) and not turning over sales tax to the state has been breaking the law, anyway,. The state has just been "nice" enough to not enforce those laws.

I'm NOT defending it, but I won't come on a forum and suggest to ANYONE to break the law. I do have one, and I send off my annual sales tax check for any/all snakes sold that aren't shipped to an out-of-state recipient or sold to an in-state licensed dealer for resale.

It is an EASY process. I already had one for snakes, but I just got a new one for firearms, and it took me a 2 minute phone call to get it. Easy.

KJ
 
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