Tex. Parks & Wild. Code Section 77.152
Issuance and Renewal of Commercial Gulf Shrimp Boat Licenses


(a)

After August 31, 2005, the department may not issue or renew a commercial gulf shrimp boat license unless the person seeking to obtain or renew the license documents to the satisfaction of the department that the vessel for which the license is sought:

(1)

is owned by the person;

(2)

was licensed as a gulf shrimp boat on the day the renewal was sought or at the end of the licensing period immediately preceding the period for which the license is sought; and

(3)

is intended to be licensed and used as a commercial gulf shrimp boat.

(b)

An applicant for a new or renewed commercial gulf shrimp boat license for a vessel must submit to the department with the license application:

(1)

the United States Coast Guard certificate of documentation for the vessel, if the vessel is required by United States Coast Guard rules to be documented; and

(2)

the certificate of number for the vessel as required by Chapter 31 (Water Safety).
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 107 (S.B. 454), Sec. 3, eff. May 20, 2005.

Source: Section 77.152 — Issuance and Renewal of Commercial Gulf Shrimp Boat Licenses, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/PW/htm/PW.­77.­htm#77.­152 (accessed Mar. 23, 2024).

77.001
Definitions
77.002
License Fees
77.003
Disposition of Funds
77.004
Research Program
77.005
Study and Report on Shrimp Industry and Resources
77.007
Regulation of Catching, Possession, Purchase, and Sale of Shrimp
77.011
License Requirement
77.014
Method of Taking Count
77.015
Gradation and Processing
77.020
Penalty
77.021
Separate Offense
77.022
Responsibility for Violation
77.024
Operation Without License
77.025
Period of Limitation
77.031
Commercial Bay Shrimp Boat License
77.033
Commercial Bait-shrimp Boat License
77.034
Commercial Gulf Shrimp Unloading License
77.035
Commercial Gulf Shrimp Boat License
77.036
Official Registration
77.037
Transfer of License
77.039
License Design
77.040
Other Licenses Required
77.043
Bait-shrimp Dealer License
77.044
Issuance of Bait-shrimp Dealer’s License
77.045
Rights and Duties of Bait-shrimp Dealer
77.046
Exemptions from Bait-shrimp Dealer’s License
77.048
Individual Bait-shrimp Trawl License
77.061
General Closed Season
77.062
Change in General Closed Season
77.063
General Limitation on Nets
77.071
Regulations in Contiguous Zone
77.072
Shrimp Size Exception
77.111
Shrimp License Management Program
77.112
Issuance and Renewal of Commercial Bay and Bait Shrimp Boat Licenses
77.113
License Transfer
77.114
Limit on Number of Licenses Held
77.115
Transfer Fee
77.116
Length and Engine Limits
77.117
License Suspension and Revocation
77.118
Shrimp License Management Review Board
77.119
License Buyback Program
77.121
Program Administration
77.122
Report to Legislature
77.123
Prevailing Authority
77.151
Gulf Shrimp License Moratorium Program
77.152
Issuance and Renewal of Commercial Gulf Shrimp Boat Licenses
77.153
Gulf Shrimp License Moratorium Review Board
77.154
Program Administration
77.0191
Retention of Redfish, Speckled Sea Trout, and Lightning Whelks
77.0351
Commercial Shrimp Boat Captain’s License
77.0352
Sale of Catch
77.0361
License Expirations and Transfers

Accessed:
Mar. 23, 2024

§ 77.152’s source at texas​.gov