Sec. 77.113. LICENSE TRANSFER    


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  • (a) Except as provided by this section, a commercial bay or bait shrimp boat license may not be transferred from one person to another before September 1, 1999.

    (b) A commercial bay or bait shrimp boat license may be transferred at any time, by sale or otherwise:

    (1) between holders of a commercial bay or bait shrimp boat license;

    (2) between a holder of a commercial bay or bait shrimp boat license and a historical shrimp boat captain as defined by the shrimp license management review board and approved by the executive director; or

    (3) to an heir or devisee of the deceased holder of the commercial bay or bait shrimp boat license, but only if the heir or devisee is a person who in the absence of a will would be entitled to all or a portion of the deceased's property.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 339, Sec. 1, eff. June 8, 1995.