{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-76.018","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 76.018","heading":"LOCATION RENTAL TERM; RENEWAL; AUCTION.","body":"(a) The term of a rental lease for a location under this subchapter is 15 years.\n(b) The commission shall determine renewal procedures to follow at the end of each lease term. The procedures must include:\n(1) a determination that the lease renewal will be based on considerations specified in the oyster management plan;\n(2) payment of a $200 fee due on renewal of the lease;\n(3) a condition that the current leaseholder has the right to renew if the lease is renewed under this chapter; and\n(4) any other conditions for the lease renewal that do not conflict with this chapter.\n(c) The commission shall determine auction procedures for the issuance of a lease that is not renewed by the previous leaseholder under Subsection (b).\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 968, Sec. 43, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.\nAmended by:\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 250 (S.B. 1032), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2023.","path":["PARKS AND WILDLIFE CODE","TITLE 5. WILDLIFE AND PLANT CONSERVATION","SUBTITLE D. CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSKS","CHAPTER 76. OYSTERS","SUBCHAPTER A. PUBLIC AND PRIVATE OYSTER BEDS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PW/htm/PW.76.htm#76.018","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:32Z","sha256":"3688276a2f62a30b66bd9f31093ff941b4f29df68a485fa8fe75e07af2d99121","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-76.017","next":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-76.019"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}