Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 571.002 · Subchapter A. AUTHORITY OF COUNTY OR MUNICIPALITY BORDERING GULF
AUTHORIZED PROJECTS; DEBT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commissioners court of the county or the municipal authority of the municipality may:
(1) establish, construct, extend, maintain, or improve a seawall, breakwater, levee, floodway, or drainway;
(2) improve, maintain, or beautify a boulevard erected in connection with the seawall, breakwater, levee, floodway, or drainway; and
(3) for purposes of implementing Subchapter H, Chapter 33, Natural Resources Code:
(A) participate as a qualified project partner for an erosion response project undertaken by the General Land Office, as those terms are defined by Section 33.601, Natural Resources Code; and
(B) undertake or contribute to the funding of:
(i) beach renourishment on public beaches, as defined by Section 61.012, Natural Resources Code; or
(ii) any other erosion response project as defined by Section 33.601, Natural Resources Code, on waterways, bays, and bay shorelines.
(b) The commissioners court or municipal authority may incur debt for a purpose authorized under Subsection (a).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 16, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 485, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2003.
Renumbered from Local Government Code, Section 421.002 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 3.76(c)(1), eff. April 1, 2009.
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