Sec. 47.011.  RETAIL FISH DEALER'S LICENSE.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (c) of this section, no person may engage in business as a retail fish dealer unless he has obtained a retail fish dealer's license.
(b)  The license fee for a retail fish dealer's license is $30 for each place of business or an amount set by the commission, whichever amount is more.
(c)  An operator of a Texas commercial aquaculture facility as defined by Section 134.001, Agriculture Code, is not required to obtain or possess a retail fish dealer's license if the operator's business activities with regard to the sale of aquatic products involve aquatic products raised on the operator's commercial aquaculture facility only.
Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975.  Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 1334, ch. 277, Sec. 30, eff. Sept. 1, 1983;  Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 267, art. 2, Sec. 44, eff. Sept. 1, 1985;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 491, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1991;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 586, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1991;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1256, Sec. 59, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by: 
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 848 (S.B. 703), Sec. 48, eff. September 1, 2021.