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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Filed February 11, 2025; |
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| 3 | + | February 28, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | + | Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs; March 17, 2025, reported |
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| 5 | + | favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; March 17, 2025, |
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| 6 | + | sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 6 | 10 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 7 | 11 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 12 | | relating to the placement of a cultivated oyster in a natural oyster |
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| 9 | 13 | | bed, a private oyster bed, or coastal waters. |
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| 10 | 14 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 15 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 75, Parks and Wildlife Code, is amended |
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| 12 | 16 | | by adding Section 75.01045 to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 17 | | Sec. 75.01045. PLACEMENT OF CULTIVATED OYSTERS IN CERTAIN |
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| 14 | 18 | | LOCATIONS WITH DEPARTMENT APPROVAL. (a) A person may place a |
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| 15 | 19 | | cultivated oyster in a natural oyster bed, a private oyster bed, or |
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| 16 | 20 | | coastal waters if the department authorizes the placement in |
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| 17 | 21 | | writing. |
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| 18 | 22 | | (b) The department shall adopt best management practices |
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| 19 | 23 | | for authorizing the placement of cultivated oysters under this |
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| 20 | 24 | | section. |
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| 21 | 25 | | SECTION 2. Section 75.0106(b), Parks and Wildlife Code, is |
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| 22 | 26 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 23 | 27 | | (b) No person may place a cultivated oyster in a natural |
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| 24 | 28 | | oyster bed, a [or] private oyster bed, or coastal waters, except as |
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| 25 | 29 | | authorized by Section 75.01045. |
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| 26 | 30 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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