(a) Notwithstanding Sections 12000, 12001, and 12002, a commercial boat registration may be revoked or suspended by the commission, when requested by the department, for a period not to exceed one year, upon conviction of the registrant, or the registrant’s agent, servant, employee, or any other person acting under the registrant’s direction or control, for a violation of Section 7121 or the regulations adopted pursuant thereto, if the violation in question involved a vessel licensed pursuant to Section 7920.
(b) Notwithstanding Sections 12000, 12001, and 12002, a commercial boat registration of a vessel licensed pursuant to Section 7920 may be revoked or suspended by the commission, when requested by the department, for a period not to exceed one year, upon conviction of any other person for a violation of Section 7121, if the fish or amphibia involved in the violation were taken from the vessel and that person committed a prior violation of Section 7121 within three years on the vessel.
(c) The commercial boat registration shall not be revoked under this section for a violation which is unrelated to the vessel for which the commercial boat registration is to be revoked. Any violation committed without the knowledge of the master, or an agent or employee of the registrant, is unrelated to the vessel.
(Added by renumbering Section 12002.3 (as added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1360) by Stats. 1991, Ch. 485, Sec. 6. Effective October 4, 1991.)