Tex. Local Government Code § 240.902
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 240.902, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 240.902. CLOSING OF GULF BEACHES.
Official statutory text
(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.
(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.
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