Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 63.011 · Subchapter B. DUNE PROTECTION LINE
ESTABLISHING DUNE PROTECTION LINE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) After notice and hearing, the commissioners court of each county that has within its boundaries mainland shoreline, a barrier island, or a peninsula located on the seaward shore of the Gulf of Mexico shall establish a dune protection line on any such shoreline, island, or peninsula within its boundaries for the purpose of preserving sand dunes.
(b) A county may allow a municipality within the county to administer this chapter within its corporate limits and extraterritorial jurisdiction. On delegation by a county, a municipality may adopt and apply any appropriate ordinances within its extraterritorial jurisdiction to effect the purposes of this chapter.
(c) Municipalities and counties may enter into interlocal cooperation contracts for the administration of dune permit programs under The Interlocal Cooperation Act (Article 4413(32c), Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes).
(d) The land office may assist and advise counties and municipalities in establishing or altering dune protection lines.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2500, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 814, Sec. 3, eff. Aug. 26, 1985; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 295, Sec. 19, eff. June 7, 1991.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/NR/htm/NR.63.htm
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