86R15598 AAF-D
By: Lozano H.B. No. 2218
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2218:
By: Cyrier C.S.H.B. No. 2218
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to creating a Class C menhaden boat license; imposing a
fee; requiring a license.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 47.008, Parks and Wildlife Code, is
amended by amending Subsections (a) and (d) and adding Subsection
(a-1) to read as follows:
(a) A boat may not be used for the purpose of catching,
storing, and transporting menhaden in tidal water unless the owner
of the boat has acquired:
(1) a Class A menhaden boat license; or
(2) a Class C menhaden boat license.
(a-1) The holder of a Class C menhaden boat license may not
take or harvest from the public water of the state more than 300
pounds a day of menhaden or an amount set by the department.
(d) The commission shall set the license fee for each [Class
B] menhaden boat for each yearly period:
(1) in an amount not less than $2,000 for a Class A
menhaden boat license;
(2) in an amount not to exceed $50 for a Class B
menhaden boat license; and
(3) at $420 for a Class C menhaden boat license.
SECTION 2. Section 47.038, Parks and Wildlife Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to
read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), nets [Nets] or
purse seines used for catching menhaden may not be:
(1) less than one and one-half inch stretched mesh,
excluding the bag;
(2) used in any bay, river, pass, or tributary, nor
within one mile of any barrier, jetty, island, or pass, nor within
one-half mile offshore in the Gulf of Mexico; or
(3) used for the purpose of taking edible aquatic
products for the purpose of barter, sale, or exchange.
(a-1) The holder of a Class C menhaden boat license issued
under Section 47.008 may use a cast net, as defined by the
commission, to catch menhaden.
SECTION 3. Section 47.008(c), Parks and Wildlife Code, is
repealed.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.