Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 47.013: RETAIL DEALER'S TRUCK LICENSE.

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c) of this section, a person may engage in the business of selling edible aquatic products from a motor vehicle to consumers only if he obtains a retail dealer's truck license.
(b) The license fee for a retail dealer's truck license is $50 for each truck or an amount set by the commission, whichever amount is more.
(c) A resident who operates a vehicle used to transport cultured species from a private facility, as those terms are defined by Section 134.001, Agriculture Code, and sells cultured species from the vehicle is not required to obtain a license for the vehicle under this section when the vehicle is used with regard to the sale or transportation of only aquatic products raised on a Texas commercial aquaculture facility belonging to the operator of the vehicle.
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. 31, eff. Sept. 1, 1983; Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 267, art. 2, Sec. 45, eff. Sept. 1, 1985; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 491, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 586, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1256, Sec. 60, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 848 (S.B. 703), Sec. 51, eff. September 1, 2021.

Where this section sits in the code

PARKS AND WILDLIFE CODE
TITLE 5. WILDLIFE AND PLANT CONSERVATION
SUBTITLE A. HUNTING AND FISHING LICENSES
CHAPTER 47. COMMERCIAL FISHING LICENSES
SUBCHAPTER A. LICENSES

(b) The license fee for a retail dealer's truck license is $50 for each truck or an amount set by the commission, whichever amount is more.

(c) A resident who operates a vehicle used to transport cultured species from a private facility, as those terms are defined by Section 134.001, Agriculture Code, and sells cultured species from the vehicle is not required to obtain a license for the vehicle under this section when the vehicle is used with regard to the sale or transportation of only aquatic products raised on a Texas commercial aquaculture facility belonging to the operator of the vehicle.

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. 31, eff. Sept. 1, 1983; Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 267, art. 2, Sec. 45, eff. Sept. 1, 1985; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 491, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 586, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1256, Sec. 60, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Amended by:

Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 848 (S.B. 703), Sec. 51, eff. September 1, 2021.

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