By: Middleton S.B. No. 2551
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the use of appropriated money for nonprofit
  organizations advocating for governmental adoption of a policy of
  managed retreat.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 2113, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Subchapter F to read as follows:
  SUBCHAPTER F. RESTRICTIONS REGARDING CERTAIN POLICIES
         Sec. 2113.401.  MANAGED RETREAT. (a) In this section,
  "managed retreat" means the mandated removal of population,
  buildings, infrastructure, or other assets from lands adjacent to
  the Gulf of Mexico through government action and forced
  resettlement. The term does not include the renourishment of
  beaches or engaging in property buyouts under Chapter 61, Natural
  Resources Code, following natural disasters.
         (b)  A state agency or political subdivision of this state
  shall not adopt or enforce a policy of managed retreat as defined by
  this section.
         (c)  A state agency may not use appropriated money to
  contract with, award a grant to, or otherwise provide financial
  support to a nonprofit organization that has made a public
  statement calling for or has otherwise advocated for the adoption
  by this state or a political subdivision of this state of a policy
  of managed retreat.
         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, 2023.