Amend HB 1260 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  (a) Section 77.034, Parks and Wildlife Code, as added by this Act, expires on September 1, 2019.

(b)  Effective September 1, 2019, Section 47.0091, Parks and Wildlife Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 47.0091.  PURCHASE OF AQUATIC PRODUCTS BY WHOLESALE FISH DEALERS. No wholesale fish dealer may purchase for resale or receive for sale, barter, exchange, or any other commercial purpose any aquatic product from any person or entity in this state unless he purchases the product from the holder of:

(1)  a general commercial fisherman's license;

(2)  a commercial oyster fisherman's license;

(3)  a commercial oyster boat license;

(4)  a wholesale fish dealer's license;

(5)  a fish farmer's license;

(6)  a commercial shrimp boat license;

(7)  a commercial oyster boat captain's license;

(8)  a commercial shrimp boat captain's license;

(9)  a commercial crab fisherman's license; or

(10)  a commercial finfish fisherman's license.

(c)  Effective September 1, 2019, Section 47.0111, Parks and Wildlife Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 47.0111.  PURCHASE OF AQUATIC PRODUCTS BY RETAIL FISH DEALERS. No retail fish dealer may purchase for resale or receive for sale, barter, exchange, or any other commercial purposes any aquatic products from any person or entity in this state unless he purchases the product from the holder of:

(1)  a wholesale fish dealer's license;

(2)  a general commercial fisherman's license, a commercial shrimp boat license, a commercial shrimp boat captain's license, a commercial crab fisherman's license, or a commercial finfish fisherman's license when the retail fish dealer has given written notification to the director or his designee of the dealer's intent to purchase aquatic products from the holder of a general commercial fisherman's license, a commercial shrimp boat license, a commercial shrimp boat captain's license, a commercial crab fisherman's license, or a commercial finfish fisherman's license; or

(3)  a fish farmer's license.

(d)  Effective September 1, 2019, Section 47.012, Parks and Wildlife Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 47.012.  PURCHASE OF AQUATIC PRODUCTS BY RESTAURANT OWNER, OPERATOR, OR EMPLOYEE. No restaurant owner, operator, or employee may purchase for consumption by the restaurant's patrons on the restaurant's premises any aquatic product from any person or entity in this state unless the person purchases the aquatic product from the holder of:

(1)  a wholesale fish dealer's license;

(2)  a general commercial fisherman's license;

(3)  a fish farmer's license;

(4)  a commercial shrimp boat license;

(5)  a commercial shrimp boat captain's license;

(6)  a commercial crab fisherman's license; or

(7)  a commercial finfish fisherman's license.

(e)  Effective September 1, 2019, Section 77.035(a), Parks and Wildlife Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a)  No person may operate a commercial gulf shrimp boat for catching or assisting in catching shrimp and other edible aquatic products from the outside water, or have on board a boat, or unload, or allow to be unloaded at a port or point in this state, shrimp and other edible aquatic products caught or taken from the outside water or from salt water outside the state without having been previously unloaded in some other state or foreign country, unless the owner of the boat has obtained a commercial gulf shrimp boat license.

(f)  Effective September 1, 2019, Sections 77.0352(a) and (b), Parks and Wildlife Code, are amended to read as follows:

(a)  The holder of a commercial shrimp boat license may sell only the catch of shrimp from the vessel to which the commercial shrimp boat license applies.

(b)  The holder of a commercial shrimp boat license may sell aquatic products other than shrimp if those aquatic products:

(1)  were taken incidental to lawful shrimping on the vessel to which the commercial shrimp boat license applies; and

(2)  comply with all applicable provisions of this code or commission regulations.

(g)  Effective September 1, 2019, Section 77.039(a), Parks and Wildlife Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a)  A commercial shrimp boat license issued under this subchapter must be a sign or emblem at least 32 square inches in size and be constructed of a durable material.