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2025 Texas Statutes
Natural Resources Code
Title 2 - Public Domain
Subtitle E - Beaches and Dunes
Chapter 61 - Use and Maintenance of Public Beaches
Subchapter G. Permits for Mass Gatherings
Section 61.252. Permit Requirements

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TX Nat Res Code § 61.252 (2025)
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Sec. 61.252. PERMIT REQUIREMENTS. (a) To protect the public health, safety, and welfare, the commissioners court of a county bordering on the Gulf of Mexico or its tidewater limits, by order, may regulate mass gatherings of individuals on any beach in the unincorporated area of the county by requiring a person to obtain a permit and pay a permit fee set by the commissioners court before the person may hold a mass gathering.

(b) A commissioners court that requires a permit under this subchapter must adopt procedures governing the application for and issuance of a permit under this subchapter. The commissioners court may require the holder of the permit to take reasonable specified actions to protect the public health, safety, and welfare.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1109, Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2001.

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