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1		-	H.B. No. 2218
	1	+	By: Lozano (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 2218
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 15, 2019;
	3	+	April 17, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Water &
	4	+	Rural Affairs; May 20, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable
	5	+	Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0;
	6	+	May 20, 2019, sent to printer.)
	7	+	Click here to see the committee vote
	8	+	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 2218 By: Creighton
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	11	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	12		AN ACT
5	13		relating to creating a Class C menhaden boat license; imposing a
6	14		fee; requiring a license.
7	15		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	16		SECTION 1. Section 47.008, Parks and Wildlife Code, is
9	17		amended by amending Subsections (a) and (d) and adding Subsection
10	18		(a-1) to read as follows:
11	19		(a) A boat may not be used for the purpose of catching,
12	20		storing, and transporting menhaden in tidal water unless the owner
13	21		of the boat has acquired:
14	22		(1) a Class A menhaden boat license; or
15	23		(2) a Class C menhaden boat license.
16	24		(a-1) The holder of a Class C menhaden boat license may not
17	25		take or harvest from the public water of the state more than 300
18	26		pounds a day of menhaden or an amount set by the department.
19	27		(d) The commission shall set the license fee for each [Class
20	28		B] menhaden boat for each yearly period:
21	29		(1) in an amount not less than $2,000 for a Class A
22	30		menhaden boat license;
23	31		(2) in an amount not to exceed $50 for a Class B
24	32		menhaden boat license; and
25	33		(3) at $420 for a Class C menhaden boat license.
26	34		SECTION 2. Section 47.038, Parks and Wildlife Code, is
27	35		amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to
28	36		read as follows:
29	37		(a) Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), nets [Nets] or
30	38		purse seines used for catching menhaden may not be:
31	39		(1) less than one and one-half inch stretched mesh,
32	40		excluding the bag;
33	41		(2) used in any bay, river, pass, or tributary, nor
34	42		within one mile of any barrier, jetty, island, or pass, nor within
35	43		one-half mile offshore in the Gulf of Mexico; or
36	44		(3) used for the purpose of taking edible aquatic
37	45		products for the purpose of barter, sale, or exchange.
38	46		(a-1) The holder of a Class C menhaden boat license issued
39	47		under Section 47.008 may use a cast net, as defined by the
40	48		commission, to catch menhaden in any coastal bay, river, or
41	49		tributary landward from the shoreline of the state along the coast
42	50		of the Gulf of Mexico.
43	51		SECTION 3. Section 47.008(c), Parks and Wildlife Code, is
44	52		repealed.
45	53		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
46		-	______________________________ ______________________________
47		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
48		-	I certify that H.B. No. 2218 was passed by the House on April
49		-	12, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 1, 2 present, not
50		-	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
51		-	No. 2218 on May 24, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 3,
52		-	2 present, not voting.
53		-	______________________________
54		-	Chief Clerk of the House
55		-	I certify that H.B. No. 2218 was passed by the Senate, with
56		-	amendments, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
57		-	0.
58		-	______________________________
59		-	Secretary of the Senate
60		-	APPROVED: __________________
61		-	Date
62		-	__________________
63		-	Governor
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