Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 77.046
This is the official text of Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 77.046, part of Texas’s Parks and Wildlife Code — governs state parks, hunting, and fishing.
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§ 77.046. EXEMPTIONS FROM BAIT-SHRIMP DEALER'S LICENSE.
Official statutory text
A bait-shrimp dealer's license is not required for:
(1) grocery stores in coastal counties which do not unload or purchase shrimp directly from commercial bait-shrimp boats;
(2) bait dealers in coastal counties who do not sell or offer for sale or handle shrimp for sale or resale for bait purposes, but these dealers must have a bait-dealer's license issued under Section 47.014 of this code.
(1) grocery stores in coastal counties which do not unload or purchase shrimp directly from commercial bait-shrimp boats;
(2) bait dealers in coastal counties who do not sell or offer for sale or handle shrimp for sale or resale for bait purposes, but these dealers must have a bait-dealer's license issued under Section 47.014 of this code.
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