Tex. Agric. Code § 47.055 · Chapter 47. TEXAS SHRIMP MARKETING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
PROMOTION, MARKETING, AND EDUCATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The program shall promote and advertise the Texas wild-caught shrimping industry by:
(1) developing and maintaining a database of Texas shrimp wholesalers that sell Texas-produced shrimp;
(2) operating a toll-free telephone number to:
(A) receive inquiries from persons who wish to purchase a particular type of Texas-produced shrimp; and
(B) make information about the Texas wild-caught shrimping industry available to the public;
(3) developing a wild-caught shrimping industry marketing plan to increase the consumption of Texas-produced shrimp;
(4) educating the public about Texas-produced shrimp by providing publicity about the information in the program's database to the public and making the information available to the public through the department's toll-free telephone number and electronically through the Internet;
(5) promoting the Texas wild-caught shrimping industry; and
(6) promoting and marketing, and educating consumers about, Texas-produced shrimp using any other method the commissioner determines appropriate.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 265, Sec. 6, eff. June 18, 2003; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 677, Sec. 4, eff. June 20, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1052 (H.B. 4593), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2009.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.47.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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