Texas Natural Resources Code

§ 33.607 — COASTAL EROSION PUBLIC AWARENESS AND EDUCATION; LOCAL GOVERNMENT PLANNING AND REGULATION

NR § 33.607Title 2. PUBLIC DOMAIN · Part C. ADMINISTRATION · Ch. 33. MANAGEMENT OF COASTAL PUBLIC LAND · Art. H. COASTAL EROSION

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(a)The land office shall be responsible for and shall coordinate with other agencies to increase public awareness through public education concerning:

(1)the causes of erosion;

(2)the consequences of erosion;

(3)the importance of barrier islands, dunes, and bays as a natural defense against storms and hurricanes; and

(4)erosion avoidance techniques.

(b)On an ongoing basis, the commissioner, in consultation with the Bureau of Economic Geology of The University of Texas at Austin and coastal county and municipal governments, shall monitor historical erosion rates at each location along the shore of the Gulf of Mexico.

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Legislative history

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1256 (H.B. 2819), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2007. Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1256 (H.B. 2819), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2007. Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 14 (H.B. 2073), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2009.