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TITLE 31NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION
PART 2TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT
CHAPTER 53FINANCE
SUBCHAPTER AFEES
DIVISION 1LICENSE, PERMIT, AND BOAT AND MOTOR FEES
RULE §53.13Business License and Permits (Fishing)

(a) Licenses. The fee amounts prescribed in paragraphs (1) - (4) of this subsection reflect the total fee paid by the purchaser and include the surcharges established in subsection (b) of this section.

  (1) retail fish dealer's--$92.40;

  (2) retail fish dealer's truck--$171.60;

  (3) wholesale fish dealer's--$825;

  (4) wholesale fish dealer's truck--$590;

  (5) bait dealer's--individual--$38;

  (6) bait dealer-place of business/building--$38;

  (7) bait dealer-place of business/motor vehicle--$38;

  (8) bait shrimp dealer's--$215;

  (9) finfish import--$95;

  (10) freshwater fishing guide (required for residents or nonresidents who operate a boat for anything of value in transporting or accompanying anyone who is fishing in freshwater of this state)--$132;

  (11) resident all-water fishing guide--$210;

  (12) resident paddle craft all-water fishing guide--$210;

  (13) non-resident all-water fishing guide--$1,050; and

  (14) non-resident paddle craft all-water fishing guide--$1,050.

(b) Business license surcharge for shrimp marketing assistance account.

  (1) retail fish dealer's--$8.40;

  (2) retail fish dealer's truck--$15.60;

  (3) wholesale fish dealer's--$75; and

  (4) wholesale fish dealer's truck--$51.

(c) License transfers.

  (1) retail fish dealer's license transfer--$25;

  (2) retail fish dealer's truck license transfer--$25;

  (3) wholesale fish dealer's license transfer--$25;

  (4) wholesale fish dealer's truck license transfer--$25;

  (5) bait dealer's license transfer--$25;

  (6) bait dealer's-place of business/building license transfer--$25;

  (7) bait dealer's-place of business/motor vehicle license transfer--$25;

  (8) bait shrimp dealer's license transfer--$25;

  (9) finfish import license transfer--$25.

(d) Cultivated Oyster Mariculture Fees.

  (1) Application fee--$200.

  (2) Cultivated Oyster Mariculture Permit (COMP).

    (A) For a COMP located in public water--$450 per acre per year.

    (B) For a COMP located on private property--$170 per acre per year.

  (3) Cultivated Oyster Mariculture Permit - Nursery Only (nursery permit)--$170 per acre per year, $0.010 per square foot per year, if the nursery facility is located in public water.


Source Note: The provisions of this §53.13 adopted to be effective July 7, 2004, 29 TexReg 6309; amended to be effective May 14, 2007, 32 TexReg 2659; amended to be effective August 15, 2009, 34 TexReg 5381; amended to be effective January 17, 2010, 35 TexReg 246; amended to be effective August 24, 2020, 45 TexReg 5913

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