Authority To Acquire Or Construct Fish Market

Sec. 1505.152. AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE OR CONSTRUCT FISH MARKET. (a) A municipality may: (1) acquire or construct a municipal fish market to encourage, develop, and standardize the fishing and shrimping industry; and (2) acquire any real property necessary for the site of the fish market. (b) The fish market must provide sanitary facilities and equipment for cleaning, packing, shucking, canning, and cold storage of shrimp, oysters, and other seafood. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.