Texas Parks and Wildlife Code

§ 76.402 — ISSUANCE AND RENEWAL OF COMMERCIAL OYSTER BOAT LICENSES

PW § 76.402Title 5. WILDLIFE AND PLANT CONSERVATION · Part D. CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSKS · Ch. 76. OYSTERS · Art. F. OYSTER LICENSE MORATORIUM

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(a)After August 31, 2005, the department may not issue or renew a commercial oyster boat license unless the person seeking to obtain or renew the license documents to the satisfaction of the department that the vessel for which the license is sought:

(1)is owned by the person;

(2)was licensed as a commercial oyster boat on the day the renewal was sought or at the end of the licensing period immediately preceding the period for which the license is sought; and

(3)is intended to be licensed and used as a commercial oyster boat.

(b)An applicant for a new or renewed commercial oyster boat license for a vessel must submit to the department with the license application:

(1)the United States Coast Guard certificate of documentation for the vessel, if the vessel is required by United States Coast Guard rules to be documented; and

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 104 (S.B. 272), Sec. 1, eff. May 20, 2005.