By Solis                                              H.B. No. 3302
         77R4095 SGA-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to a moratorium on the regulation of shrimping by the
 1-3     Parks and Wildlife Department.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  RULES RELATED TO SHRIMPING.  (a)  On the
 1-6     effective date of this Act, all rules adopted and proclamations
 1-7     issued by the Parks and Wildlife Commission on or after July 1,
 1-8     2000, that relate to the regulation of the shrimping industry along
 1-9     the Texas Gulf Coast and in the Gulf of Mexico are repealed.
1-10           (b)  On the effective date of this Act, the Parks and
1-11     Wildlife Commission shall adopt the rules and proclamations
1-12     relating to the regulation of the shrimping industry that were in
1-13     effect on June 30, 2000, as emergency rules for the regulation of
1-14     the shrimping industry.  Before the emergency rules expire, the
1-15     commission shall adopt those rules as the rules relating to the
1-16     regulation of the shrimping industry.
1-17           (c)  The Parks and Wildlife Commission may not adopt any new
1-18     rules, issue new proclamations, or amend existing regulations that
1-19     relate to the shrimping industry except as authorized by the
1-20     legislature or as required for compliance with federal law.
1-21           SECTION 2.  ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS.  The Parks and Wildlife
1-22     Department shall conduct a comprehensive economic impact analysis
1-23     of all current state and federal regulations on the shrimping
1-24     industry.  The analysis must include input from representatives of
 2-1     the shrimping industry and all other interested persons.  The
 2-2     analysis must estimate the economic impact that regulations passed
 2-3     on or after July 1, 2000, would have had if those regulations had
 2-4     remained in effect after the effective date of this Act.  The Parks
 2-5     and Wildlife Commission shall deliver the analysis to the
 2-6     legislature, the lieutenant governor, and the governor on or before
 2-7     September 1, 2002.
 2-8           SECTION 3.  STUDY OF SHRIMPING INDUSTRY.  The Parks and
 2-9     Wildlife Department shall prepare a comprehensive study of the
2-10     economic and biological health of the shrimping industry.  The
2-11     study must include input from representatives of the shrimping
2-12     industry and all other interested persons.  The Parks and Wildlife
2-13     Commission shall deliver the report to the legislature, the
2-14     lieutenant governor, and the governor on or before September 1,
2-15     2002.
2-16           SECTION 4.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act takes effect
2-17     immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members
2-18     elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III,
2-19     Texas Constitution.  If this Act does not receive the vote
2-20     necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1,
2-21     2001.