Bill Text: TX HJR54 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing the boundaries of public beaches and declaring that the state holds public beaches in trust for the use of the public.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-03 - Reported favorably as substituted [HJR54 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HJR54-Introduced.html
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By: Dutton | H.J.R. No. 54 |
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proposing a constitutional amendment establishing the boundaries | ||
of public beaches and declaring that the state holds public beaches | ||
in trust for the use of the public. | ||
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 33, Article I, Texas Constitution, is | ||
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) In this section, "public beach" means a state-owned | ||
beach bordering on the seaward shore of the Gulf of Mexico, | ||
extending from mean low tide to the landward boundary of | ||
state-owned submerged land, and any larger area extending from the | ||
line of mean low tide to the line of vegetation bordering on the | ||
Gulf of Mexico, as the line of vegetation may shift over time as a | ||
result of avulsive events or other natural forces [ |
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(a-1) In accordance with longstanding custom, the state | ||
holds public beaches in trust for the free and unrestricted use of | ||
the public. | ||
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 5, 2013. | ||
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | ||
proposition: "The constitutional amendment establishing the | ||
boundaries of public beaches and declaring that the state holds | ||
public beaches in trust for the use of the public." |