84R11532 JXC-F
 
  By: Faircloth H.B. No. 2784
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the authority of certain counties to regulate camping
  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 (d-1) to read as follows:
         (d-1)  The commissioners court of a county bordering on the
  Gulf of Mexico or its tidewater limits, by order, may regulate
  camping on a beach within the boundaries of the county. The county
  may define "camping" and restrict the length of time for which a
  person may camp on the beach.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.