By: Bernsen S.B. No. 634
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the authority of certain counties to prohibit glass
1-3 products on public beaches.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. The heading of Subchapter D, Chapter 61, Natural
1-6 Resources Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-7 SUBCHAPTER D. COUNTY REGULATION OF PUBLIC USE OF BEACHES
1-8 [TRAFFIC AND LITTER]
1-9 SECTION 2. The heading of Section 61.122, Natural Resources
1-10 Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-11 Sec. 61.122. COUNTY REGULATORY AUTHORITY [REGULATION OF
1-12 TRAFFIC, PROHIBITION OF LITTER, POSSESSION OF ANIMALS ON BEACHES,
1-13 AND SWIMMING IN PASSES TO AND FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO].
1-14 SECTION 3. Section 61.122, Natural Resources Code, is
1-15 amended by redesignating current Subsection (d) as Subsection (e)
1-16 and adding a new Subsection (d) to read as follows:
1-17 (d) The commissioners court of a county bordering on the
1-18 Gulf of Mexico or its tidewater limits, by order, may prohibit the
1-19 use and possession of all glass containers and products on a beach
1-20 in the unincorporated area of the county. The commissioners court
1-21 shall not prohibit any one or several glass products to the
1-22 exclusion of any others.
1-23 (e) Regulation under Subsection (a) of this section that
1-24 prohibits vehicles from an area of public beach is subject to
1-25 Section 61.022 of this code.
2-1 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-2 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-3 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
2-4 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-5 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.