MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2001 Regular Session

To: Conservation and Water Resources

By: Representative Ellington

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 49-15-86, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE FEES FOR CERTAIN CRABBING LICENSES AND TO PROVIDE FEES FOR A CAPTAIN'S LICENSE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

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 an annual resident license fee of Seventy Dollars ($70.00) for a crab vessel license or an annual nonresident license fee of One Hundred Sixty Dollars ($160.00). If the applicant's domicile state charges a greater fee than the nonresident fee for residents of Mississippi, then the applicant must pay the same fee that the applicant's domicile state charges a resident of Mississippi on each boat used therefor. The fee is Five Dollars ($5.00) for an annual resident crab fishermen captain's license or Forty Dollars ($40.00) for an annual nonresident crab fishermen captain's license. If the applicant's domicile state charges a greater fee than the nonresident fee for residents of Mississippi, then the applicant must pay the same fee that the applicant's domicile state charges a resident of Mississippi. At least one (1) individual must have a crab fishermen captain's license or be named as an alternate on the license.

(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.