By Bernsen                                             S.B. No. 634
         77R5170 JMG-F                           
                                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 amended
1-15     by redesignating current Subsection (d) as Subsection (e) and
1-16     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 or possession of any glass container or other glass product on
1-20     a beach in the unincorporated area of the county.
1-21           (e)  Regulation under Subsection (a) of this section that
1-22     prohibits vehicles from an area of public beach is subject to
1-23     Section 61.022 of this code.
1-24           SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
 2-1     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
 2-2     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
 2-3     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
 2-4     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.