{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-33.232","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Natural Resources Code § 33.232","heading":"POLICY.","body":"It is the declared policy of the state:\n(1) to protect the property rights of those who sell interests in land to the state by fairly compensating the sellers;\n(2) to protect that coastal wetland which is most essential to the public interest by acquiring fee and lesser interests in the coastal wetland and managing it in a manner that will preserve and protect the productivity and integrity of the land as coastal wetland; and\n(3) to assure that the state does not expend funds to acquire any coastal wetland to which it already holds a valid title at the time of the expenditure.\nAdded by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 1993, ch. 785, Sec. 2, eff. June 13, 1979.","path":["NATURAL RESOURCES CODE","TITLE 2. PUBLIC DOMAIN","SUBTITLE C. ADMINISTRATION","CHAPTER 33. MANAGEMENT OF COASTAL PUBLIC LAND","SUBCHAPTER G. COASTAL WETLAND ACQUISITION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/NR/htm/NR.33.htm#33.232","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:28Z","sha256":"d6cc59abfa95b6ae80ba0d4fae0c7790b7a5f791047d31fc47c369738010a8fa","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-33.231","next":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-33.233"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}