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House Bill 2073 |
House Author: Bonnen |
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Effective: 9-1-09 |
Senate Sponsor: Hegar |
House Bill 2073 amends the Natural Resources Code to require the commissioner of the General Land Office to consider the plan for reducing public expenditures for erosion and storm damage losses prepared by a local government in determining whether to approve an expenditure from the coastal erosion response account for a study or project conducted on a site located within the jurisdiction of the local government. The bill requires a local government to use the coastal erosion response plan published by the commissioner to prepare a plan for reducing public expenditures for erosion and storm damage losses to public and private property, including public beaches. The bill authorizes the adoption of rules by the commissioner for the preparation and implementation by a local government of a local plan for reducing public expenditures for erosion and storm damage losses to public and private property.