By Seaman H.B. No. 2857
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 Relating to the delegation of dune protection permitting authority
1-3 to municipalities.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 63.011 of the Natural Resources Code is
1-6 amended by revising subsection (b) to read as follows:
1-7 (b) [A county may] At the request of the governing body, a
1-8 county shall allow a municipality within the county to administer
1-9 this chapter within its corporate limits and extraterritorial
1-10 jurisdiction. On delegation by a county, a municipality may adopt
1-11 and apply any appropriate ordinances within its extraterritorial
1-12 jurisdiction to effect the purposes of this chapter.
1-13 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.