Section 47.055 - Promotion, Marketing, and Education The program shall promote and advertise the Texas wild-caught shrimping industry by:
(1) developing and maintaining a database of Texas shrimp wholesalers that sell Texas-produced shrimp;(2) operating a toll-free telephone number to:(A) receive inquiries from persons who wish to purchase a particular type of Texas-produced shrimp; and(B) make information about the Texas wild-caught shrimping industry available to the public;(3) developing a wild-caught shrimping industry marketing plan to increase the consumption of Texas-produced shrimp;(4) educating the public about Texas-produced shrimp by providing publicity about the information in the program's database to the public and making the information available to the public through the department's toll-free telephone number and electronically through the Internet;(5) promoting the Texas wild-caught shrimping industry; and(6) promoting and marketing, and educating consumers about, Texas-produced shrimp using any other method the commissioner determines appropriate.Tex. Agric. Code § 47.055
Amended by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1052, Sec. 5, eff. 9/1/2009.Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 265, Sec. 6, eff. 6/18/2003; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 677, Sec. 4, eff. 6/20/2003.