SRC-TAG C.S.S.B. 442 78(R) BILL ANALYSIS Senate Research CenterC.S.S.B. 442 78R7680 SMH-FBy: Janek Natural Resources 3/5/2003 Committee Report (Substituted) DIGEST AND PURPOSE Currently, Section 61.022 of the Natural Resource Code allows any municipal utility district, water district, or political subdivision to conduct beach front projects which aid navigation and the protection of the shoreline. C.S.S.B 442 provides that a coastal public works project must be partnered with a city or county government as an instrument for such coastal public works projects. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 61.022(a), Natural Resources Code, as follows: (a) Provides that the provisions of this subchapter do not prevent the following governmental entities, from erecting or maintaining certain beach front projects: a federal or state agency, department, institution, or instrumentality; a county; a municipality; or certain state subdivisions acting in partnership with the county or municipality in which the structure is located. Makes nonsubstantive changes. SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 2003. SUMMARY OF COMMITTEE CHANGES SECTION 1. Differs from original by altering the placement of proposed new text in Section 61.022(a), Natural Resources Code, and by describing the final listed governmental entity which may erect or maintain certain coastal projects as "a subdivision of this state, other than a county or municipality, acting in partnership with the county or municipality in which the structure is located." rather than, as in the original, "a subdivision or instrumentality of this state acting in partnership with a county or municipality."