84R21890 JXC-F
By: Faircloth H.B. No. 2784
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2784:
By: Deshotel C.S.H.B. No. 2784
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of certain counties to regulate camping
on public beaches; adding a provision that may be subject to a
criminal penalty.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 61.122, Natural Resources Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows:
(d-1) The commissioners court of a county bordering on the
Gulf of Mexico or its tidewater limits, by order, may regulate
camping on a beach within the boundaries of the county that is not
in a public park under the jurisdiction of another governmental
entity. The county may define "camping" and restrict the length of
time for which a person may camp on the beach.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.