1-1     By:  Eiland (Senate Sponsor - Jackson)                H.B. No. 2794
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House April 30, 2001;
 1-3     April 30, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
 1-4     Natural Resources; May 11, 2001, reported favorably, as amended, by
 1-5     the following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 11, 2001, sent to
 1-6     printer.)
 1-7     COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1                                By:  Lucio
 1-8     Amend HB 2794 as follows:
 1-9           (d)  The commissioner shall adopt rules requiring that
1-10     beach-quality sand dredged in constructing and maintaining
1-11     navigation inlets and channels of the state be placed on eroding
1-12     beaches [adjacent to the navigation inlets and channels] or to
1-13     restore eroding wetlands wherever practicable.
1-14                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-15                                   AN ACT
1-16     relating to the placement of dredged material on beaches adjacent
1-17     to navigation inlets and channels.
1-18           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-19           SECTION 1. Section 33.602, Natural Resources Code, is amended
1-20     by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
1-21           (d)  The commissioner shall adopt rules requiring that
1-22     beach-quality sand dredged in constructing and maintaining
1-23     navigation inlets and channels of the state be placed on eroding
1-24     beaches adjacent to the navigation inlets and channels wherever
1-25     practicable.
1-26           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.   
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