83rd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2623, Chapter 152 Page: 1 of 3
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CHAPTER 152
H.B. No. 2623
1 AN ACT
2 relating to the authority of certain counties and the General Land
3 Office to temporarily close a beach or beach access point.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
5 SECTION 1. Section 61.001, Natural Resources Code, is
6 amended by adding Subdivision (4-a) to read as follows:
7 (4-a) "Launch" and "space flight activities" have the
8 meanings assigned by Section 100A.001, Civil Practice and Remedies
9 Code.
10 SECTION 2. Section 61.011(d), Natural Resources Code, is
11 amended to read as follows:
12 (d) The commissioner shall promulgate rules, consistent
13 with the policies established in this section, on the following
14 matters only:
15 (1) acquisition by local governments or other
16 appropriate entities or public dedication of access ways sufficient
17 to provide adequate public ingress and egress to and from the beach
18 within the area described in Subdivision (6);
19 (2) protection of the public easement from erosion or
20 reduction caused by development or other activities on adjacent
21 land and beach cleanup and maintenance;
22 (3) local government prohibitions of vehicular
23 traffic on public beaches, provision of off-beach parking, the use
24 on a public beach of a golf cart, as defined by Section 502.001,
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. 83rd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2623, Chapter 152, legislative document, May 24, 2013; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth439101/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.