Section 9-12-54.2

Expiration date and purchase of license; nonresident license fee.

(a) All licenses required herein shall expire on the 30th day of September of each year and shall be renewed or purchased from October 1 to December 31, inclusive, of each year. All receipts shall be deposited to the Marine Resources Fund. Nonresidents transporting and/or selling live or dead saltwater bait shall pay a license fee equal to that charged Alabama residents to conduct the same activity in the state of residence of the applicant and in no event less than double that of citizens of the State of Alabama.

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), from January 1 to September 30, inclusive, of each year, a live saltwater bait dealer license may be purchased by any person, firm, or corporation building or establishing a new place of business for the sale of live saltwater bait. The license shall entitle the licensee to sell live and dead saltwater bait from the place of business of the licensee. The license, if purchased in the time frame other than October 1 to December 31, shall not entitle the licensee to operate a boat or truck until the license is renewed the following license year. Licensees under this subsection shall only sell live saltwater bait purchased from live saltwater bait dealers.

(Acts 1981, No. 81-853, p. 1531, §2; Acts 1994, No. 94-618, p. 1150, §1; Act 2000-737, p. 1613, §1.)