Environmental
The Texas Open Beaches Act provides that:
AAll Texas beaches are open to commercial development
BThe public has a right to access and use the wet beach area regardless of private ownership of the dry beach✓ Correct
COnly residents of coastal counties can access public beaches
DBeach properties in Texas are publicly owned to the high water mark
Explanation
The Texas Open Beaches Act guarantees public access to the wet beach (the area between mean low tide and the line of mean high tide, and sometimes extending to the vegetation line) regardless of private ownership of adjacent dry beach property.
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