Texas Natural Resources Code
§ 40.108 — DERELICT VESSELS AND STRUCTURES
NR § 40.108Title 2. PUBLIC DOMAIN · Part C. ADMINISTRATION · Ch. 40. OIL SPILL PREVENTION AND RESPONSE ACT OF 1991 · Art. C. OIL SPILL PREVENTION AND RESPONSE
Statute text
View on source(a)A person may not, without the consent of the commissioner, leave, abandon, or maintain any structure or vessel in or on coastal waters, on public or private lands or at a public or private port or dock if the structure or vessel is in a wrecked, derelict, or substantially dismantled condition and the commissioner finds the structure or vessel to be:
(1)involved in an actual or threatened unauthorized discharge of oil;
(2)a threat to public health, safety, or welfare;
(3)a threat to the environment; or
(4)a navigation hazard.
(b)The commissioner may remove and dispose of or contract for the removal and disposal of any vessel or structure described in Subsection (a) and may recover the costs of removal, storage, and disposal from the owner or operator of the vessel or structure. Except as provided by Subsection (d-1), the recovered costs shall be deposited to the credit of the coastal protection fund established by Section 40.151.
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Legislative history
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 216 (H.B. 2096), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005. Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1324 (H.B. 3306), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2009. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 259 (H.B. 1625), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.