Bill Text: TX HB1958 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to notice provided by food service establishments serving shrimp imported from outside of this state.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-22 - Filed [HB1958 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB1958-Introduced.html
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| By: Lopez of Cameron | H.B. No. 1958 | |
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| relating to notice provided by food service establishments serving | ||
| shrimp imported from outside of this state. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 437, Health and Safety Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Section 437.029 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 437.029. IMPORTED SHRIMP NOTICE. (a) For purposes of | ||
| this section, a shrimp caught in the Gulf of Mexico is considered to | ||
| be imported from outside of this state if the shrimp is caught | ||
| outside of the state-owned submerged lands described by Section | ||
| 11.012, Natural Resources Code. | ||
| (b) A food service establishment serving shrimp imported | ||
| from outside of this state shall provide to customers of the | ||
| establishment notice of the shrimp's importation. The | ||
| establishment must provide the notice by: | ||
| (1) posting the notice in a conspicuous place in an | ||
| area of the establishment accessible to the customers; or | ||
| (2) placing the notice on the establishment's food | ||
| menu. | ||
| (c) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary | ||
| to implement this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. Notwithstanding Section 437.029, Health and | ||
| Safety Code, as added by this Act, a food service establishment is | ||
| not required to comply with that section before March 1, 2026. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
