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Seo. 21. For the purposes of administering this act the department may enter 

 into contracts with, or receive funds from, the State of Washington or any of 

 its agencies or subdivisions, from the Federal Government, or from any other 

 public or private agency, person, or organization. 



Sec. 22. The commission may acquire property or any interest therein, by 

 purchase or eminent domain, if it determines that such property is needed, and 

 otherwise unavailable, to achieve the purposes of this act. Title to property 

 acquired pursuant to this section and Section 16 shall be taken in the name 

 of the State, and the property itself shall be managed and administered by the 

 appropriate state agency. 



Sec. 23. All appropriate state agencies, local governments, and other public 

 bodies shall review administrative and management policies, regulations, con- 

 tracts, and plans affecting lands or resources under their respective jurisdictions 

 that may in any way involve the seacoast subject to this act and shall work 

 individually, with each other, and with the department to achieve the purposes 

 of this act. Particular attention shall be given to scheduled timber harvesting, 

 road construction, water impoundments, diversions, dredgings and similar ac- 

 tivities which may be contrary to the purposes of this act. Nothing in this section 

 shall be construed to abrogate any existing rights, privileges, or contracts affect- 

 ing state lands held by any private party without the consent of such party or 

 without compensation being paid to such party. 



Sec. 24. Neither the State nor any of the agencies shall sell any fee interest 

 they have in any seacoast lands or property, whether or not subject to the 

 other provisions of this act, except that the department may grant approval 

 for the sale or excange of such lands or property in order to block up and con- 

 solidate the state's seacoast holdings, or in order to carry out the purposes of 

 this act. 



Sec. 25. The department is authorized to work with the United States, the 

 Dominion of Canada, the State of Oregon, the Province of British Columbia, 

 and other interested governments, organizations, and individuals, as the official 

 representatives of the State of Washington in the field of seacoast development 

 and policies. 



Sec. 26. All easements, rights-of-way. and similar interests in those public 

 lands subject to this act, heretofore generally granted, by statute, to those 

 who would use the land in a specified way, and not yet exercised by them, are 

 hereby limited to the extent that they shall not be exercised in any way not 

 consistent with the guidelines or regulations adopted under this act. 



Sec 27. This act is exempted from the rule of strict construction, and it shall 

 be liberally construed to give full effect to the objectives and purposes for 

 which it was enacted. 



Sec. 28. If any provision of this act, or its application to any person or cir- 

 cumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of the act, or the application of the 

 provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected. 



Sec. 29. If the department of environmental quality is not created by the legis- 

 lature, the powers and functions given to the department by this act shall 

 temporarily vest in such agency as is designated by the Governor. 



State of Texas Coastal Resources Plan, Ogtobek 27, 1969 



The objective of the comprehensive Coastal Resources Plan is to provide fnr 

 the management and development of the human and natural resources of the 

 urbanizing Texas Gulf Coast Region. 



Attached to this statement is a copy of each of the following : 



(1) Program Guideline: Policy framework for the Texas coastal planning 



program. 



(2) S.C.R. No. 38: Authorizes the Interagency Natural Resources Council of 



Texas to undertake the coastal effort. 



(3) S.B. No. 20: Declares a four-year moratorium on the sale or lease of State- 



owned beaches, islands, and submerged tidelands. 



(4) S.B. No. 16: Provides State grants for maintenance of public beaches. 



(5) S.B. No. 19: Creates beach park boards in coastal counties. 



(6) S.B. No. 17: Stipulates criminal penalties for denial of access to public 



beaches. 



(7) S.B. No. 18 : Requires permits for all coastal mineral and earth excavations. 

 The 61st Texas Legislature appropriated $200,000 to the Governor's Office 



