1-1     By:  Uher (Senate Sponsor - Brown)                    H.B. No. 3209
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House May 9, 2001;
 1-3     May 10, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural
 1-4     Resources; May 11, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:
 1-5     Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 11, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to a provisional commercial gulf shrimp boat license.
 1-9           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-10           SECTION 1. Section 77.020, Parks and Wildlife Code, is
1-11     amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
1-12           (d)  Section 12.109 and Subchapter D, Chapter 12, do not
1-13     apply to a violation of a rule adopted under this chapter related
1-14     to the display of a commercial shrimp boat license or a commercial
1-15     shrimp boat's documentation or registration number if another
1-16     violation of this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter does
1-17     not exist at the time of the violation.
1-18           SECTION 2.  Section 77.0351, Parks and Wildlife Code, is
1-19     amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
1-20           (e)  Subchapter D, Chapter 12, does not apply to a violation
1-21     of this section if another violation of this chapter or a rule
1-22     adopted under this chapter does not exist at the time of the
1-23     violation.
1-24           SECTION 3.  Subchapter C, Chapter 77, Parks and Wildlife
1-25     Code, is amended by adding Section 77.038 to read as follows:
1-26           Sec. 77.038.  PROVISIONAL COMMERCIAL GULF SHRIMP BOAT
1-27     LICENSE; RULES. (a)  The commission by rule may establish a
1-28     provisional commercial gulf shrimp boat license to be issued under
1-29     this section to a person who does not hold a license issued under
1-30     Section 77.035 but who is in compliance with:
1-31                 (1)  this chapter;
1-32                 (2)  a proclamation issued under this chapter; and
1-33                 (3)  all other requirements for holding a license under
1-34     Section 77.035, including Section 77.0352.
1-35           (b)  The rules adopted under Subsection (a) may prescribe the
1-36     requirements and circumstances under which a person may be issued
1-37     the license.
1-38           (c)  If the commission decides to issue a provisional
1-39     commercial gulf shrimp boat license under this section, the fee for
1-40     the license is two times what the person would pay for a license
1-41     issued under Section 77.035.
1-42           SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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