Sec. 51.009. BENEFICIAL USE OF DREDGE MATERIAL. (a) The commission, through the department, may enter into an agreement with the Department of the Army to participate in the cost of a project to beneficially use material dredged from the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway.
(b) The commission by rule shall establish eligibility criteria for a project to beneficially use the dredge material.
(c) In this section and Sections 51.010 and 51.011, beneficial use of dredge material means any productive and positive use of dredge material and includes broad use categories such as fish and wildlife habitat development, human recreation, and industrial and commercial uses.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.06(b), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle A - Waterways and Ports
Chapter 51 - Texas Coastal Waterway Act
Section 51.004. Cooperation With Other Entities
Section 51.005. Land Acquisition
Section 51.006. Hearing Required Before Acquisition of Property
Section 51.007. Evaluation and Report
Section 51.008. School Land Board Power
Section 51.009. Beneficial Use of Dredge Material
Section 51.010. Property Acquisition
Section 51.011. Hearing Required Before Participation in Project
Section 51.012. Contracts With Landowners
Section 51.013. Dredged Material Disposal
Section 51.014. Substantive Changes to Dredged Material Disposal Plan