{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-47.080","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 47.080","heading":"LICENSE SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION.","body":"(a) The executive director, after notice to a license holder and the opportunity for a hearing, may suspend a commercial finfish fisherman's license if:\n(1) the license holder or any other authorized operator of the licensed vessel is convicted of one or more flagrant offenses totaling three flagrant offenses involving the licensed vessel; or\n(2) the license holder is convicted of theft of fishing gear or product associated with this subchapter.\n(b) A suspension under this section may be for:\n(1) six months, if:\n(A) each of the three flagrant offenses occurred within a 24-consecutive-month period beginning not earlier than September 1, 2000; and\n(B) the license holder has not previously had a license suspended under this section;\n(2) 12 months, if each of the three flagrant offenses occurred within a 24-consecutive-month period and the license holder has previously had a license suspended under this section; or\n(3) six months, if the license holder is convicted of theft of fishing gear or product associated with this subchapter.\n(c) The executive director, after notice and the opportunity for a hearing, may permanently revoke a license issued under this subchapter if:\n(1) the license holder has previously had a license suspended twice under this section, and the license holder or any other authorized operator of the licensed vessel is convicted of three flagrant offenses involving the licensed vessel in a 24-consecutive-month period; or\n(2) the license holder is convicted of theft of fishing gear or product associated with this subchapter, and the license holder has had a license suspended previously under this section.\n(d) The same flagrant offense may not be counted for more than one suspension under this section.\n(e) For purposes of this section, a flagrant offense includes:\n(1) theft of trotlines or finfish, or any other fishing gear or product associated with this subchapter;\n(2) exceeding daily bag and possession limits in violation of this code or of a proclamation of the commission issued under this code;\n(3) exceeding trotline length limits by a length greater than 10 percent in violation of this code or of a proclamation of the commission issued under this code;\n(4) selling crabs in violation of this code;\n(5) exceeding the number of trotlines the holder of a commercial finfish fisherman's license may use in violation of this code or of a proclamation of the commission issued under this code; or\n(6) taking, attempting to take, or possessing fish caught in public waters of this state by any device, means, or method other than as authorized under this code or by a proclamation of the commission issued under this code.\nAdded by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 455, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.","path":["PARKS AND WILDLIFE CODE","TITLE 5. WILDLIFE AND PLANT CONSERVATION","SUBTITLE A. HUNTING AND FISHING LICENSES","CHAPTER 47. COMMERCIAL FISHING LICENSES","SUBCHAPTER D. FINFISH LICENSE MANAGEMENT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PW/htm/PW.47.htm#47.080","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:32Z","sha256":"795bf5bf0b753682421e38bee0ea44c0ac9adc4f8e8121f0e7e7d52006a93eaf","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-47.079","next":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-47.081"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}