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Senate Bill 517 |
Senate Author: Armbrister |
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Effective: 9-1-05 |
House Sponsor: Eiland |
Senate Bill 517 amends the Natural Resources Code to expand the issues the General Land Office must address in its coastal erosion management studies and projects to include structural shoreline protection projects that use innovative technologies designed or engineered to minimize beach scour. The bill also sets out construction and funding allowances for certain hard structure projects on or landward of a public beach.
Senate Bill 517 authorizes the commissioner to fund erosion response demonstration projects each biennium, within certain funding constraints. The bill also provides for cost sharing with project partners for removal or relocation of debris or structures from a public beach and prohibits money from being used to purchase real property or to reimburse a property owner for real property.