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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to license, stamp, tag, and permit provisions administered |
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by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 12.703(a), Parks and Wildlife Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The department may issue a license, stamp, tag, permit, |
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or another similar item authorized by this code or federal law |
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through the use of automated equipment and a point-of-sale system. |
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SECTION 2. Section 50.001, Parks and Wildlife Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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(d) Notwithstanding Sections 43.204, 43.405, and 43.805, |
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the commission shall allocate net revenue to individual stamp funds |
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from the sale of stamps that are included in a combination license |
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package according to a methodology the commission establishes. The |
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methodology must incorporate: |
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(1) the proportionate discounted price of each stamp; |
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(2) the estimated utilization of each stamp; or |
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(3) a combination of the methods described by |
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Subdivisions (1) and (2). |
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SECTION 3. Section 77.120(c), Parks and Wildlife Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(c) In addition to fee increases the department is |
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authorized to make under this code, the department shall increase |
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by 15 percent, but not by an amount that exceeds $25, the fee for the |
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following licenses and shall deposit the amount of the increase to |
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the credit of the shrimp license buyback account: |
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(1) a bait-shrimp dealer's license issued under |
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Section 77.043; |
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(2) a wholesale fish dealer's license issued under |
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Section 47.009; |
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(3) a wholesale truck dealer's fish license issued |
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under Section 47.010; |
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(4) a retail fish dealer's license issued under |
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Section 47.011; |
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(5) a retail dealer's truck license issued under |
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Section 47.013; |
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(6) [a shrimp house operator license issued under
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Section 77.042;
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[(7)] a commercial bait-shrimp boat license issued |
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under Section 77.033; |
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(7) [(8)] a commercial bay shrimp boat license issued |
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under Section 77.031; and |
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(8) [(9)] a commercial gulf shrimp boat license issued |
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under Section 77.035[; and
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[(10) an individual bait-shrimp trawl license issued
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under Section 77.048]. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |