Texas Transportation Code Title 4, Chapter 51 - Texas Coastal Waterway Act

• Texas Section 51.001 - Short Title
  This chapter may be cited as the Texas Coastal Waterway Act. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
• Texas Section 51.002 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Coastal marshes" means those soft, low-lying watery or wet lands and drainage areas in the coastal areas of the state that...
• Texas Section 51.003 - Purpose
  In recognition of the economic benefit to the state of the Gulf Coast Intracoastal Waterway, this state shall act as the nonfederal sponsor of the...
• Texas Section 51.004 - Cooperation With Other Entities
  (a) The commission shall cooperate with the Department of the Army, other federal and state agencies, navigation districts, port authorities, counties, and other appropriate persons...
• Texas Section 51.005 - Land Acquisition
  (a) The commission may acquire by gift, purchase, or condemnation property or an interest in property that the commission considers necessary to enable it to...
• Texas Section 51.006 - Hearing Required Before Acquisition Of Property
  (a) Before the commission approves or implements a plan or project to acquire property or an interest in property under Section 51.005 for a dredge...
• Texas Section 51.007 - Evaluation And Report
  (a) In cooperation with appropriate persons, the commission shall continually evaluate the impact of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway on the state. The evaluation shall include:...
• Texas Section 51.008 - School Land Board Power
  This chapter does not diminish the duty or power of the School Land Board to manage the coastal public land of the state. Acts 1995,...
• Texas Section 51.009 - Beneficial Use Of Dredge Material
  (a) The commission, through the department, may enter into an agreement with the Department of the Army to participate in the cost of a project...
• Texas Section 51.010 - Property Acquisition
  The commission, through the department, may acquire an interest in property required for a project to beneficially use dredge material in the manner provided by...
• Texas Section 51.011 - Hearing Required Before Participation In Project
  (a) Before the department agrees to participate in the cost of a project to beneficially use dredge material that requires the acquisition of an interest...
• Texas Section 51.012 - Contracts With Landowners
  The commission may contract with a landowner for the use of land as a disposal site for dredged material. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg.,...
• Texas Section 51.013 - Dredged Material Disposal
  (a) The department shall condemn land for disposal of dredged material for the Laguna Madre section of the Gulf Coast Intracoastal Waterway only in accordance...
• Texas Section 51.014 - Substantive Changes To Dredged Material Disposal Plan
  The department shall seek approval of the legislature for any substantive changes to dredged material disposal management made in the final Laguna Madre GIWW Dredged...

Last modified: September 28, 2016