By: Janek S.B. No. 442
(In the Senate - Filed February 11, 2003; February 17, 2003,
read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources;
March 10, 2003, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0; March 10, 2003,
sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 442 By: Jackson
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.
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