TABLE OF CONTENTS: TEXAS STREAM NAVIGATION LAW

(marked sections modified September 1,1999 to reflect changes in the law)

• THE NAVIGATION RIGHT
• NAVIGABILITY
  • NAVIGABLE IN FACT
  • NAVIGABLE BY STATUTE
  • MEASUREMENT OF STREAM WIDTH FOR NAVIGABILITY BY STATUTE
  • NAVIGABILITY OF LAKES
• PUBLIC ACCESS TO NAVIGABLE STREAMS
• REGULATION OF WATER SAFETY
• LAWFUL ACTIVITIES ALONG NAVIGABLE STREAMS
• PRIVATE USES, OBSTRUCTIONS, BRIDGES, AND DAMS
  • OBSTRUCTIONS
  • PERMIT FOR DISTURBING OR TAKING OF MARL, SAND, GRAVEL, ETC
  • PERMITTING OF BRIDGES
  • PERMITTING OF DAMS BY TEXAS NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION COMMISSION
• OWNERSHIP OF BEDS OF NAVIGABLE STREAMS
• THE GRADIENT BOUNDARY
• CRIMINAL TRESPASS *(Updated Septemeber, 1999)
• USE OF STREAM BANK TO SCOUT AND PORTAGE HAZARDS

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