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.