Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 61.069 · Subchapter C. MAINTENANCE OF THE PUBLIC BEACHES
CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
To be approved, the application must provide:
(1) for the administration or supervision of the public beaches of the city or county by a beach park board of trustees, county parks board, commissioners court, or other administrative body that the legislature may from time to time authorize, and provide that the board or agency will have adequate authority to administer an effective program of keeping clean the public beaches within its jurisdiction;
(2) for the receipt by the city or county treasurer or other officer exercising similar functions, if there is no city or county treasurer, of all funds paid to the city or county under this subchapter and provide for the proper safeguarding of the funds by the officer, provide that the funds will be spent solely for the purposes for which they are paid, and provide for the repayment by the city or county of any funds lost or diverted from the purposes for which paid;
(3) that the governing body of the city or county will make reports as to amounts and categories of expenditures that the land office may from time to time require;
(4) that entrance to all public beaches under the jurisdiction of the governing body of the city or county is free of charge; and
(5) for the establishment, maintenance, and administration of at least one beach park by the city or county which meets the minimum requirements of size and facilities available to the public as determined by the land office.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2481, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 114, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/NR/htm/NR.61.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
Cited by 4 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 61.069. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Natural Resources Code
- Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 61.070PARKING AND USE FEES.Printed as Section 61.069
- Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 61.071COMPLIANCE BEFORE APPROVAL.Printed as Section 61.069
- Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 61.080PUBLIC BEACHES IN INELIGIBLE CITY.Printed as Section 61.069
- Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 61.081PUBLIC BEACHES IN INELIGIBLE COUNTY.Printed as Section 61.069
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