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RESOLUTION NO. 78-01
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A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING SENATE BI"LL NO. 381.
WHEREAS, the property along the waterfront is being
severely damaged because of the sinking of the land; and
WHEREAS, this area is suffering an unnatural phenomenon
due to the sinking of the land; and
WHEREAS, this phenomenon is not a direct result of
neglect by the waterfront property owners and they should
not lose their property because of the sinking land; and
WHEREAS, many owners of waterfront property are denied
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its use because they cannot reclaim eroded or sinking land
by using bulkheads and filling behind them; and
WHEREAS, the enforcement of this law amounts to confis-
cation of property without due process of law; and
WHEREAS, Public Law 92-500 will result in unwarranted
intrusion by the Federal Government on property owner's rights,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS
THAT, the City supports the theory that land erosion and
submerging due to subsidence was never intended to come under
the laws which deal with nature's ordinary erosion and sub-
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merging of land; and
THAT, the City of La Porte supports Senate Bill 381
which would amend Public Law 92-500 and which would return
to the owner that property which has been damaged due to
subsidence and erosion and allow reclamation of same.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 9th day of January, 1978.
CITY OF LA PORTE
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J. J. Meza, M~or
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