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HB1089

HB1089 creates the Gulf Coast Protection Account, a dedicated account within Texas's General Revenue Fund administered by the General Land Office.

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Official caption: Relating to creation of the gulf coast protection account to be administered by the General Land Office.

Signed by governorSource-checked explanation published

Official report lists House author(s): Paul, Leo Wilson. This does not identify sponsors or amendment drafters.

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What does it do?

HB1089 creates the Gulf Coast Protection Account, a dedicated account within Texas’s General Revenue Fund administered by the General Land Office. It can receive gifts, donations, grants and money the Legislature appropriates, credits or transfers. The law took effect May 24, 2025, when Governor Abbott signed it after the required two-thirds votes. Final law · History

Money may be spent only when all three conditions are met:

  • The expenditure is necessary to meet nonfederal sponsor obligations under Army Corps of Engineers agreements for projects in the recommended plan in the specified August 2021 Coastal Texas protection-and-restoration report and environmental impact statement.
  • It complies with the local cooperation agreement between the Land Office and the Gulf Coast Protection District.
  • The project either protects the Gulf Coast within the district’s territory, or benefits the district and is designated a Coastal Storm Risk Management Project in the Coastal Texas Study.

The Legislature declares these qualifying expenditures a public purpose, and spending is subject to the state auditor. This is an account and spending-eligibility law—not a promise that a particular project is funded, completed or sufficient to prevent flooding. It does not itself appropriate a dollar amount or impose a new tax.

The referenced district law names Chambers, Galveston, Harris, Jefferson and Orange counties, plus territory annexed through its statutory process. This briefing does not assume those five counties are an exhaustive current annexation list. District territory, Section 9502.0104

What changed along the way?

The introduced, House committee, engrossed, Senate committee and enrolled versions have identical operative provisions. Both committees reported the bill without amendments, and the official amendment index states that the bill has no amendments. There is no rejected or adopted floor proposal to attribute to this bill. The House passed it 123–20, with two present but not voting; the Senate passed it 28–3. Text-version index · Introduced · House committee · Engrossed · Senate committee · Amendment index

For the full amendment record, open the official amendment index.

Official bill versions

Compare the published text versions in the official text index. A change is not attributed to a specific amendment here without a verified record.

Who could benefit—and who could bear the costs?

Coastal residents, businesses and infrastructure could benefit if qualifying protection projects receive money and reduce storm risks. The district and Land Office gain a dedicated way to handle eligible nonfederal project costs. Actual benefits depend on funding and project performance; this law supplies neither an individual benefit payment nor a guaranteed level of protection.

Both indexed Legislative Budget Board notes say the fiscal impact cannot be determined, because the amounts and timing of future appropriations, gifts, grants and donations are unknown. Neither supplies a quantified two-year or five-year total. They assume administrative costs can be absorbed with existing resources and anticipate no significant local-government fiscal impact. The account remains subject to the Legislature’s funds-consolidation review. These are estimates and qualifications, not evidence of money deposited or construction spending. Introduced fiscal note, March 18 · Engrossed fiscal note, May 7

The fiscal narrative lists the project conditions somewhat loosely. The controlling enacted text connects its three numbered conditions with “and”; only the two project categories within the third condition are alternatives. The account is not open to any coastal expenditure merely because it benefits the district.

Official sources

Catalog report retrieved 2026-10-25. Check the official record for corrections or later changes.