Created in General Revenue to receive all fees and penalties collected from certified shellfish dealers who harvest, purchase, handle, store, pack, label, unload at dockside or hold oysters taken from waters of this state. Also receives related penalties. Fees and penalties used for oyster related activities including: collecting baywater and shellfish meat samples, contracting for water sample analysis, marking boundaries designated as open or closed, studying oyster diseases and other concerns, studying organisms associated with human illness, promotion and advertising the Texas oyster industry, and other oyster related activities. Money in the account shall first be allocated to fund baywater and shellfish meat sample collection and analysis and wholesale, retail, and consumer education.

Exempt from loss of dedication (§ 403.094, Government Code) by H.B. 3050, 74th Leg., R.S.
Amended by S.B. 1685, 76th Leg., R.S.
Transferred to Agency 537 by H.B. 2292, 78th Leg., R.S.