Texas Natural Resources Code

§ 33.659 — GENERAL POWERS OF COASTAL COUNTIES

NR § 33.659Title 2. PUBLIC DOMAIN · Part C. ADMINISTRATION · Ch. 33. MANAGEMENT OF COASTAL PUBLIC LAND · Art. I. COASTAL PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT

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(a)In addition to all other powers that a coastal county has under general law, a coastal county has the rights, powers, privileges, authority, and functions that are necessary or convenient to:

(1)the designing, engineering, acquiring, constructing, improving, maintaining, extending, repairing, replacing, monitoring, removing, administering, and financing of a qualified project located in a coastal county;

(2)the funding of a reserve or other fund relating to bonds; and

(3)the establishment and implementation of a building set-back line under Section 33.607.

(b)A coastal county may issue bonds to pay the project costs of a qualified project. For purposes of this subchapter, a coastal county is an issuer and a qualified project is an eligible project within the meaning of Chapter 1371, Government Code, and the provisions of Chapter 1371, Government Code, are applicable to bonds issued by a coastal county.

(c)A coastal county may:

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Legislative history

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1256 (H.B. 2819), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2007.