Texas Natural Resources Code

§ 33.237 — MOST ESSENTIAL COASTAL WETLAND CERTIFICATION

NR § 33.237Title 2. PUBLIC DOMAIN · Part C. ADMINISTRATION · Ch. 33. MANAGEMENT OF COASTAL PUBLIC LAND · Art. G. COASTAL WETLAND ACQUISITION

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(a)In selecting and certifying coastal wetland most essential to the public interest, and in assigning priorities of acquisition to coastal wetland, the land office and the acquiring agency shall consider the following criteria:

(1)whether the land is coastal wetland within the definition, intent, and purpose of this subchapter;

(2)whether the state owns the coastal wetland or claims title to it, which title can be validated by bringing an appropriate action in a court of law;

(3)whether the biological, geological, or physical characteristics of the coastal wetland, including the interrelationship of the coastal wetland with other coastal wetland, is essential to the public interest;

(4)the degree to which the coastal wetland is in danger of being altered, damaged, or destroyed, and the imminence of that danger; and

(5)the cost of acquiring the coastal wetland.

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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. 8, eff. June 5, 1991.