By Bernsen S.B. No. 632 77R5172 JMG-F A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 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. Section 61.122(a), Natural Resources Code, is 1-6 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.