Tex. Nat. Resources Code Section 191.002
Declaration of Public Policy

It is the public policy and in the public interest of the State of Texas to locate, protect, and preserve all sites, objects, buildings, pre-twentieth century shipwrecks, and locations of historical, archeological, educational, or scientific interest, including but not limited to prehistoric and historical American Indian or aboriginal campsites, dwellings, and habitation sites, archeological sites of every character, treasure imbedded in the earth, sunken or abandoned ships and wrecks of the sea or any part of their contents, maps, records, documents, books, artifacts, and implements of culture in any way related to the inhabitants, pre-history, history, natural history, government, or culture in, on, or under any of the land in the State of Texas, including the tidelands, submerged land, and the bed of the sea within the jurisdiction of the State of Texas.

Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2683, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.

Source: Section 191.002 — Declaration of Public Policy, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/NR/htm/NR.191.htm#191.002 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

191.001
Title 191.002
Declaration of Public Policy 191.003
Definitions 191.004
Certain Records Not Public Information 191.021
Compliance with Open Meetings Act and Administrative Procedure and Texas Register Act 191.051
In General 191.052
Rules 191.053
Contract for Discovery and Scientific Investigation 191.054
Permit for Survey and Discovery, Excavation, Restoration, Demolition, or Study 191.055
Supervision 191.056
Acceptance of Gifts 191.057
Survey, Excavation, or Restoration for Private Parties 191.058
Curation of Artifacts 191.059
Complaints 191.091
Ships, Wrecks of the Sea, and Treasure Imbedded in Earth 191.092
Other Sites, Artifacts, or Articles 191.093
Prerequisites to Removal, Altering, Damaging, Destroying, Salvaging, or Excavating Certain Landmarks 191.094
Designating a Landmark on Private Land 191.095
Permit for Landmark on Private Land 191.096
Marking Landmark on Private Land 191.097
Removing Designation as Landmark 191.098
Notification of Alteration or Demolition of Possible Landmark 191.131
Contract or Permit Requirement 191.132
Damage or Destruction 191.133
Entry Without Consent 191.171
Criminal Penalty 191.172
Civil Action by Attorney General 191.173
Civil Action by Citizen 191.174
Assistance from State Agencies, Political Subdivisions, and Law Enforcement Officers 191.0525
Notice Required

Accessed:
Jun. 5, 2024

§ 191.002’s source at texas.gov

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Original Source: Section 191.002 — Declaration of Public Policy, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/NR/htm/NR.191.htm#191.002 (last accessed Jun. 5, 2024).