HB311 Alabama 2017 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Tommy Hanes

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2017

Title

Conservation and Natural Resources Department, commercial fishing, net and seine permits, renewal without regard to certain income requirements for license year 2016, Sec. 9-12-113 am'd.

Summary

HB311 would remove the income-verification requirement for renewing Alabama net and seine commercial fishing permits.

What This Bill Does

The bill amends Section 9-12-113 to delete the provision that renewal applicants must prove income under Alabama tax law. As a result, permit renewals would no longer require income documentation or proof that income comes from seafood, making renewal easier for current permit holders. Other rules about fees, permit transferability, expiration, and enforcement stay in place, and the act takes effect immediately after passage.

Who It Affects

• Net and Seine permit renewal applicants/holders (both residents and nonresidents) in Alabama, who would no longer need to provide income proof to renew permits.
• State agencies administering the program (Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and, to the extent relevant, the Department of Revenue), whose renewal verification processes would be simplified as income-verification is removed.

Key Provisions

• Deletes the income-proof renewal requirement for net and seine permits (removes the Alabama income-tax proof or income-derived-from-seafood criteria for renewal).
• Maintains the existing fee structure for licenses and permits (resident and nonresident commercial fishing licenses, net/seine permits, purse seine licenses, and related species fees) and reciprocal arrangements.
• Preserves existing transferability rules for net/seine permits (limited or non-transferability with hardship exceptions and a future transfer system to be established by regulation) and keeps the one-permit-per-individual rule, with related tagging and vessel requirements.
• Effective date: becomes law immediately after passage and governor's approval.

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 24, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.

Subjects

Conservation and Natural Resources Department