1. (a) No person may construct or attempt to construct an artificial reef in the coastal waters of this state unless the person has entered into a Public Reefing Agreement (PRA) with the department as described in §57.954 of this title (relating to Terms of Public Reefing Agreement (PRA)) for that purpose.
2. (b) A PRA is not valid unless it has been signed by the applicant and an employee of the department authorized to approve a PRA.

3. (c) The department may:

   1. (1) inspect and approve any reef units (on land or at sea) identified in a PRA;
   2. (2) verify the location and composition of any deployed reef unit; and
   3. (3) come aboard or accompany any vessel while the vessel is being used to deploy reef materials under a PRA.
4. (d) Only units approved by the department may be deployed.
5. (e) The deployment locations for artificial reefs shall be determined by the department.
6. (f) Deployment activities are to be conducted only during daylight hours.
7. (g) Transport vessel must monitor VHF channel 16 throughout transport and deployment activities.

Source Note:The provisions of this §57.950 adopted to be effective January 4, 2007, 31 TexReg 10800.