By:  Jackson                                                      S.B. No. 373
	(In the Senate - Filed February 7, 2005; February 15, 2005, 
read first time and referred to Subcommittee on Agriculture and 
Coastal Resources; March 1, 2005, reported favorably to Committee 
on Natural Resources by the following vote:  Yeas 3, Nays 0; 
March 14, 2005, reported adversely with favorable Committee 
Substitute from Committee on Natural Resources by the following 
vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0; March 14, 2005, sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 373                                    By:  Jackson


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to the permitting of structures adjacent to littoral 
property.   
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 33.124, Natural Resources Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 33.124.  PERMITS PROHIBITED FOR CERTAIN STRUCTURES.  
The board may not grant a permit which authorizes the continued use 
of a structure located within 1,000 feet of[:
		[(1)]  privately owned littoral residential property, 
without written consent of the littoral owner[;
		[(2)  any federal or state wildlife sanctuary or 
refuge; or
		[(3)  any federal, state, county, or city park 
bordering on coastal public land].
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.                           



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