Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 61.252 · Subchapter G. PERMITS FOR MASS GATHERINGS
PERMIT REQUIREMENTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) To protect the public health, safety, and welfare, the commissioners court of a county bordering on the Gulf of Mexico or its tidewater limits, by order, may regulate mass gatherings of individuals on any beach in the unincorporated area of the county by requiring a person to obtain a permit and pay a permit fee set by the commissioners court before the person may hold a mass gathering.
(b) A commissioners court that requires a permit under this subchapter must adopt procedures governing the application for and issuance of a permit under this subchapter. The commissioners court may require the holder of the permit to take reasonable specified actions to protect the public health, safety, and welfare.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1109, Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2001.
Source of truth
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- 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
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