Mr. B. T. Qrahm 

### Opinion No. W-332

Criminal Dlstriot Attorney Brownevi11e, Tepexse Re: 10 the operator of a ~hrlmp boat, whoee boat ha0 double-rig trawle, required to pay two #15.00 lioenrres under Par, 5(b) or 

### Seotlon 3 of Artlole Dear Mr. 

### Clrahamr 934a 02’the Penal Code?

Youhave rrquerted an opinion from thie offioe oon

### orrnlng the abbve oaptloned 

### duertlon,

The rhrlmp trawl llornoee are governed by 

### Paragraph 5, of Srotlon

### 3 of Artlolr 934a, 

### Vernon’s Penal Oodr of Toxae, and whioh paragraph rrrdr 

### LIYfollower

“5, (a) Shrimp h?awl Lloen8e, for 

### e&oh boat operating

### or towing a trawl not more 

### than ten 

### (10) fret In 

### width at the .mouth, and not 

### more than 

### bent (20) teet 

### In length, fee TwoDollars ($23, LioenBe, for eaoh a trawl more 

### th at 

### itr mouth or more 

### &n length, fee Fifteen raid lioenae shall permit 

### the uee of a ‘try 

### net’ an auxlllary 

### to raid trawl. ‘I (Emphaaia added), You rtate that it

### ban been the praotloe 

### in the pant tor 

### raoh trawler to have L "oingle trawl" 

### urually about 

### ninety (90) fret In 

### length, and operated Proma 

### single boom. However, come of the boat0 

### are now being, or 

### hrve alresdy been, 

### rigged 00 

### that two trawla,

### one about hall the size of the single trswl 

### end the other perha e a little shorter, that is to say, forty-five (45) and forty (fi0) feet long respeotively, are rigged to two booms, 

### but the two trawls, or double trawl rigging, are operated more or less elmultaneously In conjunction with a “bridle”, special 

### blooks, etc.Mr. P. T. Graham,page 2

Theproblem that trawl license isbased on carries, or on each boat. (w-332)

concernsyou iswhether the shrimp the number of trawls each boat

As previously stated,the ShrimpTrawl License Is governedby Paragraph 5 of Section 3 of Article 934a,Vernon's Penal Code of Texas. It Is clearly set out in that Article that each boat operating a trawlmore than twenty feet long must have a ShrimpTrawl License coating FifteenDollars. The Article furtherprovided that such ShrimpTrawl License shallpermit the use of a "trynet" or auxiliaryto the .trawl. The statute itself authorizes two trawls, a regular trawl and a "trynet" as auxiliary to the trawl. Therefore, Itwas clearly the intent of the Legislature that the Shrimp Trawl License shouldbe determinedby each boat and not by the number of trawls each boat carries.

It is the opinion of this office that the conclusion you reached is correct in regard to the ShrimpTrawl License. That is to say, that each boat operating or towing a trawl more than twenty feet in lengthmust pay $15.00 for a Shrimp Trawl License. The licensepermit is for each boat and not the number of Trawls each boat carries.

The brief submittedwith your request has been of material aid to the department inpreparing the opinion and we are grateful for your efforts in this connection.
SUMMARY The Shrimp Trawl License is based on each boat operating or towing a trawl or trawls and not the number of trawls each boat carries.
Yoursvery truly,
WILL WILSON Attorney General of Texas

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Linward Shivers Assistant APPROVED: OPINION COMMITTEE Geo. P. Blackburn,Chairman W. V. Geppert J. C. Davis, Jr. Leonard Passmore REVIEWED FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL BY: James N. Ludlum