Section 76.018. Location Rental Term; Renewal; Auction

TX Pks & Wildlife Code § 76.018 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 76.018. LOCATION RENTAL TERM; RENEWAL; AUCTION. (a) The term of a rental lease for a location under this subchapter is 15 years.

(b) The commission shall determine renewal procedures to follow at the end of each lease term. The procedures must include:

(1) a determination that the lease renewal will be based on the need for depuration of polluted oysters and other considerations specified in the oyster management plan;

(2) payment of a $200 fee due on renewal of the lease;

(3) a condition that the current leaseholder will be offered a first right of refusal if the lease is renewed under this chapter; and

(4) any other conditions for the lease renewal that do not conflict with this chapter.

(c) The commission shall determine auction procedures for the issuance of a lease that is not renewed by the previous leaseholder under Subsection (b).

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 968, Sec. 43, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.