Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 77.045
This is the official text of Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 77.045, part of Texas’s Parks and Wildlife Code — governs state parks, hunting, and fishing.
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§ 77.045. RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF BAIT-SHRIMP DEALER.
Official statutory text
(a) The holder of a bait-shrimp dealer's license may sell, purchase, and handle shrimp, minnows, fish, and other forms of aquatic life for sale or resale for fish bait purposes in the coastal counties of this state.
(b) The holder of a bait-shrimp dealer's license is not required to obtain a bait dealer's license issued under Section 47.014 of this code unless he engages in the business in a county other than a coastal county.
(c) Repealed by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 2693, ch. 730, Sec. 2, eff. Aug. 31, 1981.
(b) The holder of a bait-shrimp dealer's license is not required to obtain a bait dealer's license issued under Section 47.014 of this code unless he engages in the business in a county other than a coastal county.
(c) Repealed by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 2693, ch. 730, Sec. 2, eff. Aug. 31, 1981.
Status: repealed · Read it on the official government site
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