Title TN, Transportation Code

Sec. 51.005. LAND ACQUISITION. (a) The commission may acquire by gift, purchase, or condemnation property or an interest in property that the commission considers necessary to enable it to meet its responsibilities under this chapter, including, except as provided by Subsection (…

Sec. 51.006. HEARING REQUIRED BEFORE ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY. (a) Before the commission approves or implements a plan or project to acquire property or an interest in property under Section 51.005 for a dredge material disposal site or for an alteration of the Gulf Intracoastal W…

Sec. 51.007. EVALUATION AND REPORT. (a) In cooperation with appropriate persons, the commission shall continually evaluate the impact of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway on the state. The evaluation shall include: (1) an assessment of the importance of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterwa…

Sec. 51.008. SCHOOL LAND BOARD POWER. This chapter does not diminish the duty or power of the School Land Board to manage the coastal public land of the state. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

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 commis…

Sec. 51.010. PROPERTY ACQUISITION. The commission, through the department, may acquire an interest in property required for a project to beneficially use dredge material in the manner provided by Section 51.005. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.06(b), eff. Sept. 1,…

Sec. 51.011. HEARING REQUIRED BEFORE PARTICIPATION IN PROJECT. (a) Before the department agrees to participate in the cost of a project to beneficially use dredge material that requires the acquisition of an interest in property, the commission shall hold a public hearing on the …

Sec. 51.012. CONTRACTS WITH LANDOWNERS. The commission may contract with a landowner for the use of land as a disposal site for dredged material. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 191, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

Sec. 51.013. DREDGED MATERIAL DISPOSAL. (a) The department shall condemn land for disposal of dredged material for the Laguna Madre section of the Gulf Coast Intracoastal Waterway only in accordance with the Draft Laguna Madre GIWW Dredged Material Management Plan prepared by the…

Sec. 51.014. SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES TO DREDGED MATERIAL DISPOSAL PLAN. The department shall seek approval of the legislature for any substantive changes to dredged material disposal management made in the final Laguna Madre GIWW Dredged Material Management Plan once the plan is publ…