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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