Promotion, Marketing, and Education

Sec. 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.