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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Local Government Code § 240.902: CLOSING OF GULF BEACHES.

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  1. LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE
  2. TITLE 7. REGULATION OF LAND USE, STRUCTURES, BUSINESSES, AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
  3. SUBTITLE B. COUNTY REGULATORY AUTHORITY
  4. CHAPTER 240. MISCELLANEOUS REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF COUNTIES
  5. SUBCHAPTER Z. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

(a) The commissioners court of a county in which a public beach is located may by order close a part of the beach for a maximum of three days each year to allow a nonprofit organization to hold an event on the beach to which the public is invited and to which the organization charges no more than a nominal admission fee.

(b) In this section, "public beach" means a beach located on a bay or inlet of the Gulf of Mexico to which the general public or a substantial part of the general public has free access.

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:27Z. Source file · JSON

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