Texas Parks and Wildlife Code

§ 47.080 — LICENSE SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION

PW § 47.080Title 5. WILDLIFE AND PLANT CONSERVATION · Part A. HUNTING AND FISHING LICENSES · Ch. 47. COMMERCIAL FISHING LICENSES · Art. D. FINFISH LICENSE MANAGEMENT

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(a)The executive director, after notice to a license holder and the opportunity for a hearing, may suspend a commercial finfish fisherman's license if:

(1)the license holder or any other authorized operator of the licensed vessel is convicted of one or more flagrant offenses totaling three flagrant offenses involving the licensed vessel; or

(2)the license holder is convicted of theft of fishing gear or product associated with this subchapter.

(b)A suspension under this section may be for:

(1)six months, if:

(A)each of the three flagrant offenses occurred within a 24-consecutive-month period beginning not earlier than September 1, 2000; and

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 455, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.