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Senate Bill 2043 |
Senate Author: Williams |
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Effective: 9-1-09 |
House Sponsor: Bonnen |
Senate Bill 2043 amends the Natural Resources Code to authorize the commissioner of the General Land Office (GLO) to undertake the closure or modification of certain man-made passes or their environs between the Gulf of Mexico and an inland bay if the commissioner determines that the pass causes or contributes to significant erosion of the shoreline of the adjacent beach, the pass is not a public navigational channel constructed or maintained by the federal government, and the GLO receives legislative appropriations or other funding for that purpose. If the closing of a man-made pass results in a loss of public recreational opportunities, the commissioner is required to develop and approve, in consultation with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the county or municipality in which the pass is located, a plan to mitigate the loss.