Bill Text: TX SB1434 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the requirement that certain persons taking oysters on a licensed commercial oyster boat obtain a commercial fisherman's license.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-16 - Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs [SB1434 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1434-Introduced.html
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| By: Hinojosa | S.B. No. 1434 | |
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| relating to the requirement that certain persons taking oysters on | ||
| a licensed commercial oyster boat obtain a commercial fisherman's | ||
| license. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 47.002(f), Parks and Wildlife Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (f) A person who takes or assists in taking oysters on a | ||
| vessel licensed as a commercial oyster boat under Chapter 76 is | ||
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| fisherman's license unless the person holds a commercial oyster | ||
| boat captain's license. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 76.101(d), Parks and Wildlife Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (d) Each member of the crew of a licensed commercial oyster | ||
| boat is required to have a general commercial fisherman's license | ||
| to take oysters while they are on a licensed boat that is being used | ||
| to take oysters. This subsection does not apply to the captain of a | ||
| licensed commercial oyster boat. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
