- Texas Open Beaches Act
The Texas Open Beaches Act is a
U.S. state ofTexas law, passed in 1959 and amended in 1991, which guarantees free public access to beaches on theGulf of Mexico . [ cite web
url = http://www.texasep.org/html/lnd/lnd_7bch_legis.html
title = Land: Coastal Legislation
work
publisher = Texas Environmental Profiles
accessdate = 2008-09-23 ]"The public... shall have the free and unrestricted right of ingress and egress to and from the state-owned beaches bordering on the seaward shore of the
Gulf of Mexico ... extending from the line of mean low tide to the line of vegetation bordering on the Gulf of Mexico." [ cite web
url = http://www.texasopenbeaches.org/act.htm
title = Excerpts from the Texas Open Beaches Act
publisher = Texas Open Beach Advocates
accessdate = 2008-09-23 ]After major storms, news headlines often suggest that beachfront residents may not be allowed to rebuild their homes due to the act. [ cite web
url = http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080918/ap_on_re_us/ike_beach_houses
title = Some Ike victims may not be allowed to rebuild
author = Michael Graczyk and Cain Burdeau, Associated Press
date =September 18 ,2008
work = Yahoo News
accessdate = 2008-09-23 ]References
External links
* [http://tlo2.tlc.state.tx.us/statutes/docs/NR/content/pdf/nr.002.00.000061.00.pdf Chapter 61] Texas law
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