Bill Text: TX HB1628 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of coastal counties to adopt certain rules for island parks, beach parks, and public beaches; creating a criminal offense.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-25 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB1628 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1628-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1628 |
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relating to the authority of coastal counties to adopt certain | ||
rules for island parks, beach parks, and public beaches; creating a | ||
criminal offense. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 321, Local Government Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subchapter E to read as follows: | ||
SUBCHAPTER E. COASTAL COUNTY ISLAND PARK, BEACH PARK, AND PUBLIC | ||
BEACH RULES | ||
Sec. 321.101. APPLICABILITY. Notwithstanding Section | ||
321.001, this subchapter applies only to: | ||
(1) a county described by Section 321.001; and | ||
(2) a county that borders on the Gulf of Mexico and has | ||
within its boundaries a beach that: | ||
(A) is wholly or partly operated by the county as | ||
a park; or | ||
(B) is otherwise controlled or maintained by the | ||
county. | ||
Sec. 321.102. RULES. The commissioners court of a county by | ||
order may adopt reasonable rules on camping, access, litter, | ||
resource protection, or waste disposal if the rules: | ||
(1) are consistent with Chapter 352 of this code, | ||
Chapters 61 and 63, Natural Resources Code, and rules adopted under | ||
those chapters; and | ||
(2) apply only in the following locations controlled | ||
or maintained by the county: | ||
(A) an island park; | ||
(B) a beach park; or | ||
(C) any part of a public beach. | ||
Sec. 321.103. OFFENSE. (a) A person commits an offense if | ||
the person violates a rule adopted under Section 321.102. | ||
(b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor. | ||
SECTION 2. The heading to Chapter 321, Local Government | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 321. [ |
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PARKS, AND PUBLIC BEACHES OF COASTAL COUNTIES | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1628 was passed by the House on April | ||
5, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 1, 1 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 1628 on May 14, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 0, | ||
2 present, not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1628 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |