By: Williams S.B. No. 387
(In the Senate - Filed January 20, 2011; February 2, 2011,
read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture and Rural
Affairs; March 17, 2011, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 3, Nays 0; March 17, 2011, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the sale and consumption in this state of raw oysters
harvested from Texas waters.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 76, Parks and Wildlife
Code, is amended by adding Section 76.303 to read as follows:
Sec. 76.303. SALE OF RAW OYSTERS FOR CONSUMPTION WITHIN
THIS STATE. Any federal regulations that prohibit the interstate
transport and sale of oysters that have not been postharvest
treated do not apply to oysters harvested from waters of this state
and sold and consumed in this state.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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