Tex. Agric. Code 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.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 265, Sec. 6, eff. June 18, 2003; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 677, Sec. 4, eff. June 20, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1052 (H.B. 4593), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2009.

Source: Section 47.055 — Promotion, Marketing, and Education, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.­47.­htm#47.­055 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

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