2011 California Code
Fish and Game Code
DIVISION 6. FISH [5500 - 9101]
ARTICLE 9.7. Market Squid
Section 8427

(a) A commercial market squid vessel permit issued pursuant to Section 8422 or a commercial squid light boat owner s permit issued pursuant to Section 8423 may be transferred to another vessel owned by the permitholder, if the vessel is of comparable capacity as determined by United States Coast Guard documentation papers, and only if the permitted vessel was lost, stolen, destroyed, or suffered a major mechanical breakdown.

(b) The department shall not issue a permit for a replacement vessel if the permitted vessel was reported as lost, stolen, destroyed, or damaged for fraudulent purposes.

(c) Only the permitholder at the time of the loss, theft, destruction, or mechanical breakdown of the vessel may apply for the transfer of the vessel permit. Proof that a vessel is lost, stolen, or destroyed shall be in the form of a copy of the report filed with the United States Coast Guard or any other law enforcement agency or fire department investigating the loss.

(d) The vessel owner shall submit an application for the transfer to the department on a form provided by the department and shall pay a nonrefundable transfer fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for each transfer of a market squid vessel permit or a commercial squid light boat owner s permit.

(e) The permit for the permitted vessel shall be current, and the owner of the permitted vessel shall make assurances in the transfer application that any renewal of the permit which becomes due during the application processing period will be made.

(f) The owner of the permitted vessel shall submit evidence with the transfer application sufficient to establish that he or she is the owner of the permitted vessel and the owner of the replacement vessel at the time of the application for transfer.

(g) The vessel owner shall sign the transfer application under penalty of perjury and shall certify that the information included in the application is true to the best of his or her knowledge and belief.

(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 785, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1998. Conditionally inoperative as provided in Section 8429.7. Repealed as of date prescribed by Section 8429.7.)