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78R5550 MXM-D

By:  Janek                                                        S.B. No. 694



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the authority of certain counties to prohibit open 
fires on public beaches.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.   Section 61.122, Natural Resources Code, is 
amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
	(f)  The commissioners court of a county bordering on the 
Gulf of Mexico or its tidewater limits, by order, may prohibit open 
fires on a beach in the unincorporated area of the county.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.