Amend CSHB 2719 by adding new SECTIONS to the bill,
appropriately numbered, to read as follows:
      SECTION     . Title 3, Agriculture Code, is amended by adding
Chapter 47 to read as follows:
                 CHAPTER 47. TEXAS OYSTER PROGRAM.
      Sec. 47.001. PROMOTION AND ADVERTISEMENT. (a) The department
may promote and advertise the Texas oyster industry by:
            (1)  using current market research to develop an oyster
marketing plan to increase consumption of Texas oysters;
            (2)  conducting a public relations campaign to create a
responsible and accurate image of the Texas oyster industry;
            (3)  providing information, education, and training to
consumers on safe and proper handling of oysters, and
            (4)  using other methods the department considers
approriate.
      (b)  The department, following guidance of the oyster
advisory committee established under Section 47.002, may use a
portion of the oyster sales fee funds provided for administrative
purposes.
      Sec. 47.002. OYSTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (a)  The commissioner
shall appoint an oyster advisory committee to provide guidance and
direction on the programs and activities established under this
chapter and expenditures of the funds appropriated for the purposes
of this chapter.
      (b)  Members of the advisory committee serve without
compensation or reimbursement of expenses.
      (c)  The advisory committee shall meet and elect a
chairperson from its members and shall conduct other meetings it
considers necessary to provide guidance and direction to the
department.
      (d)  The advisory committee consists of the following nine
members:
            (1)  six members appointed by the commissioner from a
list of nominations submitted individually by oyster dealers who
have been certified in Texas for a least twelve months of each year
of the three years preceding the nomination;
            (2)  two members appointed by the commissioner from a
list of nominations submitted individually by oyster dealers who
have been certified in Texas for at least six months of each year
of the three years preceding the nomination; and
            (3)  one member appointed by the commissioner
representing consumer interests.
      (e)  The advisory committee shall develop its own by-laws
under which it shall operate. The by-laws shall stipulate that five
members constitute a quorum sufficient to conduct meetings and
business of the advisory committee.
      (f)  An advisory committee member serves a three-year term,
with the terms of three members expiring August 31 of each year.
      (f)  A member of the advisory committee may be reappointed to
the advisory committee.
      SECTION     .  For the first appointment to the oyster
advisory committee created under Chapter 47, Agriculture Code, as
added by this Act, the commissioner shall appoint two members from
the list submitted under Section 47.002(d)(1), Agriculture Code, as
added by this Act, and one member from the list submitted under
Section 47.002(e)(2), Agriculture Code, as added by this Act, or
the consumer representative, to serve terms of one year, two years,
and three years, respectively, to establish the rotation.