***Adopted***

AMENDMENT No. 1 PROPOSED TO

House Bill NO. 734

By Senator(s) Committee

Amend by striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

SECTION 1. Section 49-15-86, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

49-15-86. (1) Each person catching or taking any saltwater crabs in the waters of the State of Mississippi for commercial purposes shall obtain a license from the commission and shall pay the following annual * * * license fees:

(a) Resident fee of Seventy Dollars ($70.00)for each boat: * * *

(b) Nonresident * * * fee of One Hundred Sixty Dollars ($160.00) for each boat * * *;

(c) At least one (1) person on each boat must have a crab fishermen captain's license or be named as an alternate on the captain's license. The resident captain's license fee is Five Dollars ($5.00). The nonresident captain's license fee is Forty Dollars ($40.00); and

(d) If applicable, the commission shall establish reciprocal nonresident fees according to Section 49-15-30.

(2) The commission may require a recreational crabber's license for an administrative fee not to exceed Five Dollars ($5.00).

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2001.

Further, amend by striking the title in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 49-15-86, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR THE LICENSING OF INDIVIDUAL COMMERCIAL CRABBERS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.