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Senate Bill 1044 |
Senate Author: Janek |
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Effective: 6-17-05 |
House Sponsor: Eiland |
Senate Bill 1044 creates the coastal protection and improvement fund administered by the commissioner of the General Land Office in the Natural Resources Code for use by counties to finance coastal improvement and protection projects. The bill requires each coastal county to create and administer a county coastal protection and improvement fund. The bill sets out provisions relating to the use of the coastal protection and improvement fund, projects that qualify for funding, agreements between the land office and a county relating to a project and payment of its costs, the general powers of a coastal county, the authority to contract, funds available for qualified projects, and bond eligibility for purchase by the Texas Water Development Board. Provisions of the bill that are applicable to a coastal county also apply to certain municipalities. The bill also requires private landowners to restore certain bay-front erosion sites using private resources.