- (a) No person may sell or barter, or offer to sell or barter, a cultivated oyster, except as authorized by this chapter.
- (b) No person may place a cultivated oyster in a natural oyster bed, a private oyster bed, or coastal waters, except as authorized by Section 75.01045.
- (c) In this subsection, "coastal public land" has the meaning assigned by Section 33.004, Natural Resources Code. Regardless of whether a person holds a permit under this chapter, no person may place a structure related to cultivated oyster mariculture on coastal public land unless the person first obtains a lease or easement under Chapter 33 or 51, Natural Resources Code.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 174 (H.B. 1300), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2019.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 30 (S.B. 1215), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2025.