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? 

You have rrquerted an opinion from thie offioe oonorrnlng 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 LIY follower 

“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 Two Dollars ($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 Prom a 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 ( fi 0) 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 

The problem that 

trawl license is based on 

carries, or on each boat. 

(w-332) 

concerns you is whether the shrimp 

the number of trawls each boat 

As previously stated, the Shrimp Trawl License Is 

governed by 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 trawl more than twenty feet long 

must have a Shrimp Trawl License coating Fifteen Dollars. 

The Article further provided that such Shrimp Trawl License 

shall permit the use of a "try net" or auxiliary to the .trawl. 

The statute itself authorizes two trawls, a regular trawl and 

a "try net" as auxiliary to the trawl. Therefore, It was clearly the intent of the Legislature that the Shrimp Trawl License 

should be determined by 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 Shrimp Trawl License. 

That is to say, that each boat operating or towing a trawl 

more than twenty feet in length must pay $15.00 for a Shrimp 

Trawl License. The license permit is for each boat and not 

the number of Trawls each boat carries. 

The brief submitted with your request has been of 

material aid to the department in preparing 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. 

Yours very truly, 

WILL WILSON 

Attorney General of Texas 

LS:zt 

By&w\GF J$f(*!, !&-& 

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