Texas Natural Resources Code - Section 33.053. Elements Of Coastal Management Program
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§ 33.053. ELEMENTS OF COASTAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. (a)
The coastal management program, in compliance with the Coastal Zone
Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. Section 1451 et seq.), shall
include the following elements:
(1) an identification of the boundaries of the coastal
zone subject to the coastal management program as provided by
Section 33.2053(k);
(2) a continuous analysis of the potential uses for
the land and water within the coastal zone, including
recommendations as to which configurations of uses consonant with
the policies of this chapter maximize the benefits conferred on the
present and future citizens of Texas;
(3) guidelines on the priority of uses within the
coastal zone, including specifically those uses of lowest priority;
(4) a list of the uses of the land and water within the
coastal zone that are permissible under state law and under agency
or subdivision actions described by Sections 33.2051 and 33.2053
and that would have a direct and significant impact on the coastal
waters;
(5) recommendations as to increments of jurisdiction
or authority necessary to protect land and water within the coastal
zone from direct and significant detrimental consequences flowing
from the uses of adjacent land;
(6) an inventory of designated coastal natural
resource areas, as defined by Section 33.203, in the coastal zone;
(7) a description of the organizational structure by
which the coastal management program is implemented and
administered;
(8) a compilation of state constitutional provisions,
laws, rules, and judicial decisions under which the state proposes
to exercise control over the uses of land and water described by
Subdivision (4);
(9) a list of each agency or subdivision action, as
described by Sections 33.2051 and 33.2053, that may have a direct
and significant detrimental impact on coastal natural resource
areas;
(10) a list of each federal agency action or activity
and each outer continental shelf plan that may have a direct and
significant detrimental impact on coastal natural resource areas;
(11) a procedure, as described under Sections 33.205,
33.2051, 33.2052, 33.2053, 33.206, 33.208, and 33.209, for
determining the consistency of an agency or subdivision action or a
federal agency action or activity or outer continental shelf plan
with the goals and policies of the coastal management program;
(12) a definition of "gulf beach," as defined by
Section 33.203, and a description of the statutory planning process
or program for protection of and access to public beaches and other
public coastal areas of environmental, recreational, historical,
aesthetic, ecological, or cultural value;
(13) a description of the statutory planning process
or program for energy facilities likely to be located in, or that
may directly and significantly affect, the coastal zone;
(14) a description of the statutory planning process
or program for:
(A) assessing the effects of shoreline erosion;
(B) studying and evaluating ways to control or
reduce the impact of shoreline erosion; and
(C) restoring areas detrimentally affected by
shoreline erosion;
(15) a description of the state's statutory program
regulating nonpoint source water pollution, as it relates to the
coastal zone; and
(16) an explanation of the relationship of specific
policies of the coastal management program to:
(A) protection of resources;
(B) management of coastal development; and
(C) simplification of governmental procedures.
(b) For purposes of Subsections (a)(9) and (a)(11), "agency
or subdivision action" has the meaning assigned by Section 33.203.
(c) For purposes of Subsections (a)(10) and (a)(11),
"federal agency action," "federal agency activity," and "outer
continental shelf plan" have the meanings assigned by Section
33.203.
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2385, ch. 871, art. I, § 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1977. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 416, § 2, eff. June 8,
1995.
Section: 33.012 33.013 33.014 33.015 33.016 33.051 33.052 33.053 33.054 33.055 33.056 33.057 33.058 33.059 33.060
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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