HBA-BSM H.B. 3209 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 3209
By: Uher
State Recreational Resources
4/1/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Under current Texas law, if a person does not hold a commercial gulf shrimp
boat license (license) issued from the Parks and Wildlife Department
(department),  that person is subject to having their catch automatically
confiscated by the department.  House Bill 3209 provides for  the creation
of a provisional license to be issued by the department to cover persons
who do not have the commercial gulf shrimp boat license if the criteria for
a license is met. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

ANALYSIS

House Bill 3209 amends the Parks and Wildlife Code to authorize a person
who does not hold a commercial gulf shrimp boat license to apply for a
provisional license no later than the third day after the date on which the
person is notified by the Parks and Wildlife Department (department) that
the person does not hold the license.  The bill requires the department to
issue the license if the person pays a fee for the license two times higher
than the regular license fee and complies with all other eligibility
requirements. The bill provides that a person who obtains a license after
notification from the department is not subject to penalties for commercial
gulf shrimp boat license violations.  

EFFECTIVE DATE

On passage, or if the Act does not receive the necessary vote, the Act
takes effect September 1, 2001.