73R5059 SRD-D
          By Oliveira                                           H.C.R. No. 59
                              HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
    1-1        WHEREAS, Subsection (b), Section 47.0182, of the Parks and
    1-2  Wildlife Code, enacted in 1991, provides that no person may ship
    1-3  finfish in individual packages that contain more than one species
    1-4  of aquatic life; and
    1-5        WHEREAS, The implementation of this requirement has proven an
    1-6  unanticipated hardship for wholesale seafood and trucking companies
    1-7  in South Texas, particularly with regard to the importation and
    1-8  distribution of fish caught in Mexico; and
    1-9        WHEREAS, The situation warrants a need for the Texas
   1-10  Legislature to thoroughly examine the ramifications of continued
   1-11  enforcement of this law and to study other possible regulatory
   1-12  alternatives governing the shipping of aquatic products; now,
   1-13  therefore, be it
   1-14        RESOLVED, That the 73rd Legislature of the State of Texas
   1-15  hereby request the Parks and Wildlife Department to refrain from
   1-16  enforcement of Subsection (b), Section 47.0182, of the Parks and
   1-17  Wildlife Code in Cameron County until this legislature has had an
   1-18  opportunity to conduct hearings on the subject; and, be it further
   1-19        RESOLVED, That official copies of this resolution be
   1-20  forwarded to the executive director of the Parks and Wildlife
   1-21  Department and to the chair and members of the Parks and Wildlife
   1-22  Commission.