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By:  Janek                                                        S.B. No. 442


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the applicability of the law governing access to public 
beaches to coastal public works constructed by certain governmental 
entities.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 61.022, Natural 
Resources Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The provisions of this subchapter do not prevent any of 
the following governmental entities [agency, department, 
institution, subdivision, or instrumentality of this state or of 
the federal government] from erecting or maintaining any groin, 
seawall, barrier, pass, channel, jetty, or other structure as an 
aid to navigation, protection of the shore, fishing, safety, or 
other lawful purpose authorized by the constitution or laws of this 
state or the United States:
		(1)  an agency, department, institution, subdivision, 
or instrumentality of the federal government;
		(2)  an agency, department, institution, or 
instrumentality of this state;
		(3)  a county;                                                         
		(4)  a municipality; or                                                
		(5)  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.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.