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 the dealer purchases the product from the operator of a commercial aquaculture facility as defined by Section 134.001, Agriculture Code, or the holder of:
(1)  a wholesale fish dealer's license; or
(2)  a general commercial fisherman's license, a commercial shrimp boat license, a commercial shrimp boat captain's license, a commercial gulf shrimp unloading 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 the director's 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.
Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 2384, ch. 595, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 31, 1981.  Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 827, Sec. 2, eff. Aug. 26, 1985;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 491, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1991;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 586, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1991;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 723, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1991;  Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 365, Sec. 12, eff. Sept. 1, 1993;  Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 457, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1993;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 862, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 455, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by: 
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1151 (H.B. 1260), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2017.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 848 (S.B. 703), Sec. 49, eff. September 1, 2021.