Bill Text: TX HB757 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the sale and consumption in this state of raw oysters harvested from Texas waters.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-13 - Left pending in committee [HB757 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB757-Introduced.html
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| By: Eiland | H.B. No. 757 | |
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| relating to the sale and consumption in this state of raw oysters | ||
| harvested from Texas waters. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 76, Parks and Wildlife | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 76.303 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 76.303. SALE OF RAW OYSTERS FOR CONSUMPTION WITHIN | ||
| THIS STATE. Any federal regulations that prohibit the interstate | ||
| transport and sale of oysters that have not been post-harvest | ||
| treated do not apply to oysters harvested from waters of this state | ||
| and sold and consumed in this state. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
