By Lucio S.B. No. 456 74R1432 SMH-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the registration of certain structures located on 1-3 coastal public land. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 33, Natural Resources Code, 1-6 is amended by adding Section 33.1325 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 33.1325. REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN STRUCTURES. (a) A 1-8 structure is considered to have been registered as required by 1-9 Section 11, Chapter 185, Acts of the 63rd Legislature, Regular 1-10 Session, 1973 (Article 5415e-1, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), on 1-11 or before December 31, 1973, if the structure: 1-12 (1) was in existence on January 1, 1955; and 1-13 (2) is located on coastal public land bordered by or 1-14 contiguous to a barrier island in a county with a population of 1-15 more than 250,000. 1-16 (b) A person claiming a right in a structure described by 1-17 Subsection (a) shall comply with rules of the board governing a 1-18 person who claims a right in a structure registered on or before 1-19 December 31, 1973. The board may not require a person claiming a 1-20 right in a structure described by Subsection (a) to pay a 1-21 registration fee. 1-22 (c) An easement or lease entered into, or permit issued, 1-23 under this chapter before September 1, 1995, that purports to apply 1-24 to a structure described by Subsection (a) is void. This 2-1 subsection does not entitle a person claiming a right in a 2-2 structure described by Subsection (a) to recover a payment made 2-3 under an easement, lease, or permit before September 1, 1995. 2-4 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995. 2-5 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-6 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-7 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-8 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-9 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.