By: Taylor S.B. No. 1438 (In the Senate - Filed March 4, 2019; March 14, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Water & Rural Affairs; April 4, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; April 4, 2019, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1438 By: Taylor A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to prohibitions on the disposition of property interests by navigation districts for certain purposes. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 60.038, Water Code, is amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: (d) A district may not convey or exchange an interest in real property to an individual or private entity for the purpose of bedding or harvesting oysters, regardless of whether the bedding or harvesting is to be done directly by the individual or private entity or the heirs, successors, or assigns of the individual or private entity. 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, 2019. * * * * *