79R15786 SGA-F


By:  Cook of Navarro                                              H.B. No. 3024

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3024:                                   

By:  Hilderbran                                               C.S.H.B. No. 3024



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the sale of fish collected from certain private 
property.       
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 134, Agriculture Code, is 
amended by adding Section 134.018 to read as follows:
	Sec. 134.018.  LICENSE NOT REQUIRED FOR SALE OF CERTAIN 
FISH.  (a)  An aquaculture license is not required for the sale of 
fish:
		(1)  that are not on the Parks and Wildlife Department's 
list of exotic fish, shellfish, and aquatic plants;
		(2)  collected from a private facility on private land 
by a person who holds an aquaculture license;
		(3)  by the owner of the private facility from which the 
fish were collected;
		(4)  to manage the fish population in the private 
facility; and      
		(5)  to a person who holds an aquaculture license.                     
	(b)  Sections 66.020 and 66.111, Parks and Wildlife Code, do 
not apply to a sale under this section.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.