Tex. Parks & Wild. Code Section 47.0111
Purchase of Aquatic Products by Retail Fish Dealers


No retail fish dealer may purchase for resale or receive for sale, barter, exchange, or any other commercial purposes any aquatic products from any person or entity in this state unless the dealer purchases the product from the operator of a commercial aquaculture facility as defined by Section 134.001 (Definitions), Agriculture Code, or the holder of:

(1)

a wholesale fish dealer’s license; or

(2)

a general commercial fisherman’s license, a commercial shrimp boat license, a commercial shrimp boat captain’s license, a commercial gulf shrimp unloading license, a commercial crab fisherman’s license, or a commercial finfish fisherman’s license when the retail fish dealer has given written notification to the director or the director’s designee of the dealer’s intent to purchase aquatic products from the holder of a general commercial fisherman’s license, a commercial shrimp boat license, a commercial shrimp boat captain’s license, a commercial crab fisherman’s license, or a commercial finfish fisherman’s license.
Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 2384, ch. 595, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 31, 1981. Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 827, Sec. 2, eff. Aug. 26, 1985; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 491, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 586, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 723, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 365, Sec. 12, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 457, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 862, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 455, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1151 (H.B. 1260), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2017.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 848 (S.B. 703), Sec. 49, eff. September 1, 2021.

Source: Section 47.0111 — Purchase of Aquatic Products by Retail Fish Dealers, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/PW/htm/PW.­47.­htm#47.­0111 (accessed Mar. 23, 2024).

47.001
Definitions
47.002
General Commercial Fisherman’s License
47.004
Resident Fishing Guide License
47.005
Nonresident Fishing Guide License
47.006
License Fee
47.007
Commercial Fishing Boat License
47.008
Menhaden Boat Licenses
47.009
Wholesale Fish Dealer’s License
47.010
Wholesale Truck Dealer’s Fish License
47.011
Retail Fish Dealer’s License
47.012
Purchase of Aquatic Products by Restaurant Owner, Operator, or Employee
47.013
Retail Dealer’s Truck License
47.014
Bait Dealer’s License
47.016
Menhaden Fish Plant License
47.017
Renewal of Fish Plant License
47.018
Interstate Transportation
47.019
Exclusive Economic Zone
47.031
Expiration of Licenses
47.032
Refusal of License
47.033
Display of License
47.034
Aquatic Product Size
47.035
Prima Facie Evidence
47.037
Inspection
47.038
Seines or Nets for Menhaden
47.039
Seasons
47.040
Refusal to Show License
47.041
Commercial License Buyback Subaccount
47.051
Penalty
47.052
Penalty
47.053
Penalty
47.055
Disposition of Funds
47.071
Finfish License Management Program
47.072
Definition
47.073
Finfish License Management Review Board
47.074
Licensing
47.075
License Fee
47.076
License Renewal
47.077
Limit on Number of Licenses Held
47.078
Expiration of License
47.079
License Transfer
47.080
License Suspension and Revocation
47.081
License Buyback
47.082
Line Limits
47.083
Crab Traps
47.084
Program Administration
47.085
Disposition of Funds
47.086
Proclamation
47.0091
Purchase of Aquatic Products by Wholesale Fish Dealers
47.0111
Purchase of Aquatic Products by Retail Fish Dealers
47.0121
Unlawful Commercial Sale or Purchase of Aquatic Products
47.0181
Aquatic Product Transportation Invoices
47.0182
Aquatic Product Shipping Requirements
47.0183
Transportation of Aquatic Products

Accessed:
Mar. 23, 2024

§ 47.0111’s source at texas​.gov