TO: | Honorable Joe Deshotel, Chair, House Committee on Land & Resource Management |
FROM: | Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB2623 by Oliveira (Relating to the authority of certain counties and the General Land Office to temporarily close a beach or a beach access point.), As Introduced |
The bill would restrict launches of space flights in certain counties, including the requirement that the date launch dates be approved by a county commissioners court which, in turn, would seek approval from the General Land Office. The bill would also authorize the commissioners court to temporarily close a beach in reasonable proximity to a launch site.
The bill would only apply to a county bordering the Gulf of Mexico in which the Federal Aviation Administration has approved a launch site for space flight activities.
The General Land Office reports that passage of the bill would not have a significant fiscal impact on the agency.
Source Agencies: | 305 General Land Office and Veterans' Land Board
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LBB Staff: | UP, SZ, TL
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