Bill Text: TX SB1241 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the terms and renewal of oyster certificates of location.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-18 - Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs [SB1241 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1241-Introduced.html
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By: Buckingham | S.B. No. 1241 |
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relating to the terms and renewal of oyster certificates of | ||
location. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 76.018(b) and (c), Parks and Wildlife | ||
Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) The commission shall determine renewal procedures to | ||
follow at the end of each lease term. The procedures: | ||
(1) must include: | ||
(A) [ |
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will be based on the need for depuration of polluted oysters and | ||
other considerations specified in the oyster management plan; | ||
(B) [ |
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set by the commission, due on execution [ |
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(C) [ |
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leaseholder will be offered a first right of refusal at the cost of | ||
the highest bid at a public auction [ |
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(2) may include [ |
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(c) The commission shall determine public auction | ||
procedures for the issuance of a lease [ |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act to Section | ||
76.018, Parks and Wildlife Code, apply only to the lease of an | ||
oyster certificate of location executed on or after the effective | ||
date of this Act. A lease for an oyster certificate of location | ||
executed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the | ||
law in effect on the date the lease was executed, and the former law | ||
is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |