Section 76.003 - Beds Subject To Location(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) and Section 76.004 , an oyster bed or reef, other than a natural oyster bed, is subject to location by the department. (b) The department may subject a natural oyster bed to location if the department determines that the bed is degraded. In determining whether a natural oyster bed is degraded, the department may consider: (1) the relative abundance of oysters in the area; (2) the availability of natural cultch material in the area; (3) sediment overburden in the area; (4) the amount of time that the area has been exhausted, if the area is exhausted; and (5) any other criteria the department considers indicative of a degraded oyster bed. Tex. Parks and Wild. § 76.003
Amended by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 250,Sec. 2, eff. 9/1/2023. Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1975.