Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 76.018 · Subchapter A. PUBLIC AND PRIVATE OYSTER BEDS
LOCATION RENTAL TERM; RENEWAL; AUCTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The term of a rental lease for a location under this subchapter is 15 years.
(b) The commission shall determine renewal procedures to follow at the end of each lease term. The procedures must include:
(1) a determination that the lease renewal will be based on considerations specified in the oyster management plan;
(2) payment of a $200 fee due on renewal of the lease;
(3) a condition that the current leaseholder has the right to renew if the lease is renewed under this chapter; and
(4) any other conditions for the lease renewal that do not conflict with this chapter.
(c) The commission shall determine auction procedures for the issuance of a lease that is not renewed by the previous leaseholder under Subsection (b).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 968, Sec. 43, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 250 (S.B. 1032), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2023.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PW/htm/PW.76.htm
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