{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-78.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 78.001","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this chapter:\n(1) \"Commercial purposes\" includes sale, barter, or exchange, or any other commercial use.\n(2) \"Mussels and clams\" includes all freshwater and marine bivalve mollusks except species covered under other chapters of this code.\n(3) \"Nonresident\" has the meaning assigned under Section 47.001 of this code.\n(4) \"Soft tissue\" means mussel and clam body parts, exclusive of the shell, and pearls.\n(5) \"Resident\" has the meaning assigned under Section 47.001 of this code.\nAdded by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 741, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.","path":["PARKS AND WILDLIFE CODE","TITLE 5. WILDLIFE AND PLANT CONSERVATION","SUBTITLE D. CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSKS","CHAPTER 78. MUSSELS, CLAMS, AND CRABS","SUBCHAPTER A. MUSSELS AND CLAMS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PW/htm/PW.78.htm#78.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:32Z","sha256":"fdb455a60a4052fcaadfe259e1d2cc44f78f1c27bae6b3755d9c53f288d115de","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-77.154","next":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-78.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}