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.