Texas Parks and Wildlife Code
§ 77.113 — LICENSE TRANSFER
PW § 77.113Title 5. WILDLIFE AND PLANT CONSERVATION · Part D. CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSKS · Ch. 77. SHRIMP · Art. F. BAY SHRIMP LICENSE MANAGEMENT
Statute text
View on source(a)Except as provided by this section, a commercial bay or bait shrimp boat license may not be transferred from one person to another before September 1, 1999.
(b)A commercial bay or bait shrimp boat license may be transferred at any time, by sale or otherwise:
(1)between holders of a commercial bay or bait shrimp boat license;
(2)between a holder of a commercial bay or bait shrimp boat license and a historical shrimp boat captain as defined by the shrimp license management review board and approved by the executive director; or
(3)to an heir or devisee of the deceased holder of the commercial bay or bait shrimp boat license, but only if the heir or devisee is a person who in the absence of a will would be entitled to all or a portion of the deceased's property.
Legislative history
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 339, Sec. 1, eff. June 8, 1995.