By Eiland H.B. No. 2794 77R3019 QS-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the placement of dredged material on beaches adjacent 1-3 to navigation inlets and channels. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 33.602, Natural Resources Code, is amended 1-6 by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: 1-7 (d) The commissioner shall adopt rules requiring that 1-8 beach-quality sand dredged in constructing and maintaining 1-9 navigation inlets and channels of the state be placed on eroding 1-10 beaches adjacent to the navigation inlets and channels wherever 1-11 practicable. 1-12 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.