Bill Text: TX HB2784 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to the authority of certain counties to regulate camping on public beaches; adding a provision that may be subject to a criminal penalty.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-08 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB2784 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB2784-Comm_Sub.html

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84R21890 JXC-F
By: Faircloth H.B. No. 2784
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2784:
By: Deshotel C.S.H.B. No. 2784

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of certain counties to regulate camping
on public beaches; adding a provision that may be subject to a
criminal penalty.
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 that is not
in a public park under the jurisdiction of another governmental
entity. 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.