Tex. Health & Safety Code § 436.102 · Subchapter H. MOLLUSCAN SHELLFISH
DEPURATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The department may allow depuration by artificial means of molluscan shellfish taken from a restricted or conditionally restricted area, subject to department rules and under the supervision the department considers necessary to protect public health.
(b) A molluscan shellfish plant operator may employ an off-duty peace officer to monitor the gathering of shellfish for depuration from a restricted or conditionally restricted area as provided by the rules adopted under Subsection (a). In this subsection, "peace officer" includes those persons listed in Article 2A.001, Code of Criminal Procedure.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 336, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1112, eff. April 2, 2015.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 765 (H.B. 4504), Sec. 2.123, eff. January 1, 2025.
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