Amend SB 1685 as follows:
      (1)  Strike SECTION 4 of the bill and substitute the
following:
      SECTION 1.  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
appropriate.
      (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 at least 12 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 bylaws
under which it shall operate.  The bylaws 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.
      (g)  A member of the advisory committee may be reappointed to
the advisory committee.
      (2)  Strike SECTION 6 of the bill and substitute the
following:
      SECTION 6.  In making the initial appointments of the Oyster
Advisory Committee members under Section 47.002, Agriculture Code,
as added by this Act, the commissioner of agriculture shall
appoint:
            (1)  two members from the list submitted under
Subdivision (1), Subsection (d), Section 47.002, Agriculture Code,
as added by this Act, and one member from the list submitted under
Subdivision (2), Subsection (d), Section 47.002, Agriculture Code,
as added by this Act, to serve a term expiring August 31, 2000;
            (2)  two members from the list submitted under
Subdivision (1), Subsection (d), Section 47.002, Agriculture Code,
as added by this Act, and one member from the list submitted under
Subdivision (2), Subsection (d), Section 47.002, Agriculture Code,
as added by this Act, to serve a term expiring August 31, 2001; and
            (3)  two members from the list submitted under
Subdivision (1), Subsection (d), Section 47.002, Agriculture Code,
as added by this Act, and the public member appointed under
Subdivision (3), Subsection (d), Section 47.002, Agriculture Code,
as added by this Act, to serve a term expiring August 31, 2002.