Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 917 amends Local Government Code provisions relating to counties and municipalities that border the Gulf of Mexico. It authorizes them, for purposes of implementing the General Land Office (GLO) program to combat coastal erosion, to participate as qualified project partners in erosion response projects and to undertake or contribute to the funding of beach renourishment projects on public beaches or any other erosion response project on waterways, bays, and bay shorelines. A county or municipality may incur debt for either purpose.