By:  Lucio                                             S.B. No. 920
                                 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                                        AN ACT
    1-1  relating to the creation of the Texas Seafood Marketing Program and
    1-2  to the dedication of certain revenue.
    1-3        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-4        SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 12, Parks and Wildlife
    1-5  Code, is amended by adding Section 12.009 to read as follows:
    1-6        Sec. 12.009.  TEXAS SEAFOOD MARKETING PROGRAM.  (a)  The
    1-7  department shall develop and administer a market promotion program
    1-8  to:
    1-9              (1)  foster increased consumption of seafood by the
   1-10  public;
   1-11              (2)  improve the quality and safety of seafood in
   1-12  retail businesses; and
   1-13              (3)  develop business analyses and research that
   1-14  support long-term industry viability and competitiveness.
   1-15        (b)  The Texas seafood marketing advisory committee shall
   1-16  advise and assist the department in the development and
   1-17  administration of the seafood marketing program.  The advisory
   1-18  committee consists of 14 members appointed by the governor to
   1-19  represent wholesale and retail seafood marketers, as follows:
   1-20              (1)  one representative appointed from a list of
   1-21  candidates recommended by the Texas retail food industry;
   1-22              (2)  one representative appointed from a list of
   1-23  candidates recommended by the specialty retail seafood industry;
   1-24              (3)  one representative appointed from a list of
    2-1  candidates recommended by the Texas Restaurant Association;
    2-2              (4)  one representative appointed from a list of
    2-3  candidates recommended by the seafood processing industry;
    2-4              (5)  six representatives from the seafood production
    2-5  industry, including:
    2-6                    (A)  two representatives appointed from a list of
    2-7  candidates recommended by the Texas Shrimp Association;
    2-8                    (B)  one representative appointed from a list of
    2-9  candidates recommended by the Texas oyster industry;
   2-10                    (C)  one representative appointed from a list of
   2-11  candidates recommended by the Texas bay shrimp industry;
   2-12                    (D)  one representative appointed from a list of
   2-13  candidates recommended by the Texas crab industry; and
   2-14                    (E)  one representative appointed from a list of
   2-15  candidates recommended by the Texas finfish industry;
   2-16              (6)  one representative of The Texas A&M University Sea
   2-17  Grant Program;
   2-18              (7)  one representative of the Texas Agricultural
   2-19  Extension Service;
   2-20              (8)  one representative of the Texas Department of
   2-21  Health; and
   2-22              (9)  one representative of the department.
   2-23        SECTION 2.  The importance of this legislation and the
   2-24  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
   2-25  emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
   2-26  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
   2-27  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
    3-1  and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
    3-2  passage, and it is so enacted.