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House Bill 2074 |
House Author: Bonnen et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-09 |
Senate Sponsor: Hegar |
House Bill 2074 amends the Natural Resources Code to authorize the commissioner of the General Land Office, in order to determine which areas should be designated as critical coastal erosion areas and guide the allocation of resources, to conduct a coast-wide analysis of the costs and benefits of coastal erosion avoidance, remediation, and planning. The bill authorizes the analysis to consider the historical erosion rates in an area, the elevation of an area adjacent to the shoreline, the presence of critical infrastructure in an area adjacent to the shoreline, the population density of an area adjacent to the shoreline, the presence of economic activity conducted in an area adjacent to the shoreline, the presence of critical natural resources in an area adjacent to the shoreline, anthropogenic contributions to erosion, and any other factor identified as relevant by the commissioner.