HBA-CBW H.B. 2857 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 2857
By: Seaman
Land & Resource Management
4/4/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Under current law, counties have the ability to delegate dune protection
authority to one or more municipalities in the county. Within city limits
and extraterritorial jurisdictions, cities already have building
inspection, permitting, and beachfront construction certificate authority.
However, these same municipalities do not have dune protection within the
city limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction unless a county specifically
delegates the authority.  House Bill 2857 requires a county to allow a
municipality to establish a dune protection line within its corporate
limits and extraterritorial jurisdiction. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

ANALYSIS

House Bill 2857 amends the Natural Resources Code to require a county, at
the request of the governing body of a municipality, rather than at the
county's discretion, to allow a municipality within the county to establish
a dune protection line within its corporate limits and extraterritorial
jurisdiction. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.