Sec. 283.002.  APPLICABILITY.  This chapter applies only to a county that:
(1)  borders on the Gulf of Mexico;  and
(2)  has a population of at least 20,000 as determined before the issuance of bonds under this chapter.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.