Texas Natural Resources Code
§ 33.234 — DUTIES AND AUTHORITY OF ACQUIRING AGENCY
NR § 33.234Title 2. PUBLIC DOMAIN · Part C. ADMINISTRATION · Ch. 33. MANAGEMENT OF COASTAL PUBLIC LAND · Art. G. COASTAL WETLAND ACQUISITION
Statute text
View on source(a)The acquiring agency shall do the following:
(1)accept gifts, grants, or devises of interests in land;
(2)acquire, by purchase or condemnation, fee and lesser interests in the surface estate in coastal wetland certified as most essential to protection of the public interest, provided that in each instance in which an interest in land is acquired by the acquiring agency pursuant to this section, a sufficient interest shall be acquired to preserve and protect the productivity and integrity of such land as coastal wetland; and
(3)manage interests in land acquired pursuant to this section in a manner that will preserve and protect the productivity and integrity of the land as coastal wetland.
(b)This subchapter shall not be construed to authorize the condemnation of any interest in the mineral estate in any coastal wetland.
(c)The acquiring agency shall promulgate reasonable rules and regulations necessary to preserve and protect the productivity and integrity of the land as coastal wetland acquired pursuant to this subchapter. The rules and regulations shall include regulations governing activities conducted on the land in conjunction with mineral exploration, development, and production.
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 1993, ch. 785, Sec. 2, eff. June 13, 1979. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 265, Sec. 5, eff. June 5, 1991.