Texas Natural Resources Code

§ 63.001 — FINDINGS OF FACT

NR § 63.001Title 2. PUBLIC DOMAIN · Part E. BEACHES AND DUNES · Ch. 63. DUNES · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Statute text

The legislature finds and declares:

(1)that the mainland gulf shoreline, barrier islands, and peninsulas of this state contain a significant portion of the state's human, natural, and recreational resources;

(2)that these areas are and historically have been wholly or in part protected from the action of the water of the Gulf of Mexico and storms on the Gulf by a system of vegetated and unvegetated sand dunes that provide a protective barrier for adjacent land and inland water and land against the action of sand, wind, and water;

(3)that certain persons have from time to time modified or destroyed the effectiveness of the protective barriers and caused environmental damage in the process of developing the shoreline for various purposes;

(4)that the operation of recreational vehicles and other activities over these dunes have destroyed the natural vegetation on them;

(5)that these practices constitute serious threats to the safety of adjacent properties, to public highways, to the taxable basis of adjacent property and constitute a real danger to natural resources and to the health, safety, and welfare of persons living, visiting, or sojourning in the area;

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Legislative history

Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2499, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 814, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 26, 1985; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 295, Sec. 18, eff. June 7, 1991.