By: Phelan H.B. No. 3749
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to structures or facilities on land owned by the state.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter G, Chapter 51, Natural Resources
  Code, is amended by adding Section 51.302(h) to read as follows:
         (h)  For the purposes of this section and Section 51.3021 of
 
  this code, "structure or facility" means any structure, work,
  fixture, or improvement constructed on, affixed to, or worked on
  state land or located in or on coastal waters, including, without
  limitation, fixed or floating piers, wharves, docks, ramps, weirs,
  jetties, groins, breakwaters, bulkheads, mooring or anchoring
  areas or structures, retaining walls, levees, pilings, permanently
  moored barges, cabins, houses, houseboats, shelters, roads,
  fences, posts, landfills, excavations, utility transmission lines,
  pipelines, and equipment for exploration, production, storage, or
  processing of oil, gas, or other minerals.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.