OYSTER SIZE LIMITS
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Waddell v. State (1983)
Most recently applied in Lambright v. State (January 1987)
Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff
(a) Repealed by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1256, Sec. 130, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
(b) A cargo of undersized oysters shall be determined by taking at random five percent of the total cargo of oysters as a sample, of which not more than five percent may measure less than three inches along an imaginary straight line through the long axis of the shell.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.