Sec. 5.602.  RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE OF ESTUARIES OF TEXAS COAST.  The state recognizes the state and national significance of estuaries on the Texas coast and that the cooperative efforts created by the National Estuary Program serve a public and state purpose.  By virtue of that state purpose, an approved implementation program established under the National Estuary Program is eligible to receive state funds through a grant program administered by the commission.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 287, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1999.  Renumbered from Sec. 5.552 by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 21.001(114), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.