Any city applying for state financial assistance under the Natural Resources Code, §§61.068-61.070, must meet the following requirements:
(1) be an incorporated city, town, or village which borders upon the Gulf of Mexico;
(2) have within its boundaries public beaches as defined in §25.1 of this title (relating to Definitions);
(3) provide for the administration of the public beaches of such city by a beach park board of trustees or other administrative body, which administrative body must have adequate authority to administer an effective program for keeping the public beaches within its jurisdiction clean;
(4) provide for the receipt by the city treasurer, or other officer exercising similar functions if there is no city treasurer, of all funds paid to such city under this program;
(5) charge no entrance fee to public beaches under the jurisdiction of the governingbody of such city except the assessment of a reasonable fee for off-beach parking or for the use of facilities provided for the use and convenience of the public;
(6) provide for the establishment, maintenance, and administration of at least one beach park by such city which shall meet the following minimum requirements of size and facilities: (7) have not less than $20,000 budgeted for thepurpose of cleaning and maintaining public beaches within its jurisdiction for the state fiscal year for which state assistance is sought; and (8) have budgeted for the purpose of cleaning and maintaining public beaches within its jurisdiction for the state fiscal year for which state assistance is sought not less than the total funds expended by such city for the purpose of cleaning public beaches within its jurisdiction during the state fiscal year ending August 31, 1969.
Source Note: The provisions of this §25.7 adopted to be effective April 14, 1992, 17 TexReg 2241.