Tex. Water Code § 11.1421 · Subchapter D. PERMITS TO USE STATE WATER
PERMIT EXEMPTION FOR MARICULTURE ACTIVITIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In this section, "mariculture" means the propagation and rearing of aquatic species, including shrimp, other crustaceans, finfish, mollusks, and other similar creatures in a controlled environment using brackish or marine water.
(b) Without obtaining a permit and subject to the requirements and limitations provided by Subsections (c) through (e) of this section, a person who is engaged in mariculture operations on land may take for that purpose state water from the Gulf of Mexico and adjacent bays and arms of the Gulf of Mexico in an amount appropriate to those mariculture activities.
(c) Before a person first takes water under Subsection (b) of this section, the person must give notice to the commission of the proposed appropriation.
(d) Each appropriation of water made under Subsection (b) of this section shall be reported to the commission in the manner provided by the commission's rules.
(e) After notice and hearing, if the commission determines that as a result of low freshwater inflows appropriation of water under Subsection (b) of this section would interfere with natural productivity of bays and estuaries, the commission shall issue an order requiring interruption or reduction of the appropriation.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 544, Sec. 2, eff. Aug. 31, 1987.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.11.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 48de9c6f08312a67934eadf33676cb1d513d9e5d1d2efb94a7a084cba12e5718
- Composed by
- 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
Cited by 1 provision
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Water Code § 11.1421. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.