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78R4982 SMH-F

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.  Section 61.022(a), Natural Resources Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The provisions of this subchapter do not prevent an
[any] agency, department, institution, subdivision, or 
instrumentality of [this state or of] the federal government, an 
agency, department, or institution of this state, a county, a 
municipality, or a subdivision or instrumentality of this state 
acting in partnership with a county or municipality 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.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.