Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 76.003 · Subchapter A. PUBLIC AND PRIVATE OYSTER BEDS
BEDS SUBJECT TO LOCATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) and Section 76.004, an oyster bed or reef, other than a natural oyster bed, is subject to location by the department.
(b) The department may subject a natural oyster bed to location if the department determines that the bed is degraded. In determining whether a natural oyster bed is degraded, the department may consider:
(1) the relative abundance of oysters in the area;
(2) the availability of natural cultch material in the area;
(3) sediment overburden in the area;
(4) the amount of time that the area has been exhausted, if the area is exhausted; and
(5) any other criteria the department considers indicative of a degraded oyster bed.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 250 (S.B. 1032), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PW/htm/PW.76.htm
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