Tex. Transp. Code Section 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 commission by rule shall establish eligibility criteria for a project to beneficially use the dredge material.

(c)

In this section and Sections 51.010 (Property Acquisition) and 51.011 (Hearing Required Before Participation in Project), beneficial use of dredge material means any productive and positive use of dredge material and includes broad use categories such as fish and wildlife habitat development, human recreation, and industrial and commercial uses.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.06(b), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Source: Section 51.009 — Beneficial Use of Dredge Material, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.­51.­htm#51.­009 (accessed May 26, 2025).

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