1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the authority of certain counties to prohibit traffic
 1-3     on certain areas of public beaches.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 61.122, Natural Resources
 1-6     Code, is amended to read as follows:
 1-7           (a)  The commissioners court of a county bordering on the
 1-8     Gulf of Mexico or its tidewater limits, by order, may regulate
 1-9     motor vehicle traffic on any beach within the boundaries of the
1-10     county, including prohibiting motor vehicle traffic on any natural
1-11     or man-made sand dune or other form of shoreline protection, and
1-12     may prohibit the littering of the beach and may define the term
1-13     "littering."
1-14           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-15     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-16     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-17     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-18     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House
               I hereby certify that S.B. No. 632 passed the Senate on
         March 15, 2001, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0, one
         present, not voting.
                                             _______________________________
                                                 Secretary of the Senate
               I hereby certify that S.B. No. 632 passed the House on
         May 8, 2001, by the following vote:  Yeas 147, Nays 0, two present,
         not voting.
                                             _______________________________
                                                Chief Clerk of the House
         Approved:
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                      Date
         _______________________________
                    Governor