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