Bill Text: TX HB3807 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the use of lifeguards and informational signs to improve safety on public beaches.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/21 [HB3807 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3807-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the use of lifeguards and informational signs to improve safety on public beaches.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/21 [HB3807 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3807-Introduced.html
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By: Hunter | H.B. No. 3807 |
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relating to the use of lifeguards and informational signs to | ||
improve safety on public beaches. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 61.065, Natural Resources Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
(c) As part of the duty under this section to clean and | ||
maintain the condition of public beaches, a municipality shall: | ||
(1) during reasonable daylight hours for the months of | ||
March through November, provide occupied lifeguard towers on each | ||
side of each pier, jetty, or other structure that protrudes into the | ||
Gulf of Mexico that is located within the corporate boundaries; and | ||
(2) post within 100 yards of each side of each | ||
structure described by Subdivision (1) signs clearly describing the | ||
dangerous water conditions that may occur near the structure. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 61.066, Natural Resources Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 61.066. DUTY OF COUNTY. (a) It is the duty and | ||
responsibility of the commissioners court of any county located or | ||
bordering on the Gulf of Mexico to clean and maintain the condition | ||
of all public beaches located inside the county but outside the | ||
boundaries of any incorporated city located or bordering on the | ||
Gulf of Mexico and all public beaches owned by the county and | ||
located inside the boundaries of an incorporated city, town, or | ||
village. | ||
(b) As part of the duty under this section to clean and | ||
maintain the condition of public beaches, a county shall: | ||
(1) during reasonable daylight hours for the months of | ||
March through November, provide occupied lifeguard towers on each | ||
side of each pier, jetty, or other structure that protrudes into the | ||
Gulf of Mexico that is located on a public beach described by | ||
Subsection (a); and | ||
(2) post within 100 yards of each side of each | ||
structure described by Subdivision (1) signs clearly describing the | ||
dangerous water conditions that may occur near the structure. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 61.067, Natural Resources Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (a-2) to read as follows: | ||
(a-2) As part of the duty under this section to clean and | ||
maintain the condition of public beaches located within state | ||
parks, the department shall: | ||
(1) during reasonable daylight hours for the months of | ||
March through November, provide occupied lifeguard towers on each | ||
side of each pier, jetty, or other structure that protrudes into the | ||
Gulf of Mexico that is located within a state park; and | ||
(2) post within 100 yards of each side of each | ||
structure described by Subdivision (1) signs clearly describing the | ||
dangerous water conditions that may occur near the structure. | ||
SECTION 4. Subchapter A, Chapter 13, Parks and Wildlife | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 13.023 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 13.023. LIFEGUARDS AND SIGNAGE IN CERTAIN AREAS. The | ||
department shall: | ||
(1) during reasonable daylight hours for the months of | ||
March through November, provide occupied lifeguard towers on each | ||
side of each pier, jetty, or other structure that protrudes into the | ||
Gulf of Mexico that is located within a state park; and | ||
(2) post within 100 yards of each side of each | ||
structure described by Subdivision (1) signs clearly describing the | ||
dangerous water conditions that may occur near the structure. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |