SB462 Alabama 2013 Session

Under existing law, a net or seine permit issued by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, or the commissioner's authorized agent, is not transferable under any circumstances, including physical hardship

This bill would require the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to transfer the permit upon physical hardship, retirement, or death of the permittee

This bill would require the department to transfer the permit to an immediate family member or an administrator or executor of the permittee's estate

This bill would allow an immediate family member who receives a permit from a deceased permittee to transfer the permit to any third party purchaser of the permittee's fishing vessel

To amend Section 9-12-113, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to net or seine permits; to require a net or seine permit to be transferred upon physical hardship, retirement, or death of the permittee.