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House Bill 1903 |
House Author: Eiland et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-13 |
Senate Sponsor: Williams |
House Bill 1903 amends the Health and Safety Code to include among the oyster-related activities for which certain amounts collected from the fee on oyster sales and related penalties are allocated the analysis of organisms that may be associated with human illness and that can be transmitted through the consumption of oysters. The bill includes among those oyster-related activities contributions to the support of the Parks and Wildlife Commission's oyster shell recovery and replacement program and removes from the activities the promotion and advertising of the Texas oyster industry by the Department of Agriculture.
House Bill 1903 requires the comptroller of public accounts to annually allocate $100,000 of the unencumbered balance deposited to the credit of the oyster sales account in the general revenue fund to Texas A&M University at Galveston for use in performing certain oyster-related activities and revises the allocation of the remainder of the money in the account.
House Bill 1903 repeals Agriculture Code provisions establishing the Texas oyster program and abolishes the oyster advisory committee.