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2023 Texas Statutes
Parks and Wildlife Code
Title 5 - Wildlife and Plant Conservation
Subtitle A - Hunting and Fishing Licenses
Chapter 47 - Commercial Fishing Licenses
Subchapter A. Licenses
Section 47.009. Wholesale Fish Dealer's License

Universal Citation:
TX Pks & Wildlife Code § 47.009 (2023)
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Sec. 47.009. WHOLESALE FISH DEALER'S LICENSE. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c) of this section, no person may engage in business as a wholesale fish dealer unless he has obtained a wholesale fish dealer's license.

(b) The license fee for a wholesale fish dealer's license is $400 for each place of business or an amount set by the commission, whichever amount is more.

(c) An operator of a Texas commercial aquaculture facility as defined by Section 134.001, Agriculture Code, is not required to obtain or possess a wholesale fish dealer's license if the operator's business activities with regard to the sale of aquatic products involve aquatic products raised on the operator's commercial aquaculture facility only.

Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975. Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 1334, ch. 277, Sec. 28, eff. Sept. 1, 1983; Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 267, art. 2, Sec. 42, eff. Sept. 1, 1985; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 491, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1256, Sec. 57, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Amended by:

Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 848 (S.B. 703), Sec. 45, eff. September 1, 2021.

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