Beckendorff v. Harris-Galveston Coastal Subsidence District

We approve the opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals in this case. 558 S.W.2d 75. Among the principal holdings are that the act creating the Harris-Galveston Coastal Subsidence District, 1975 Tex. Gen.Laws, ch. 284 at 672, is constitutional; that it is within the grant of authority of Article XVI, § 59 of the Constitution of this State; and that the Legislature passed said Act pursuant to constitutionally mandated procedures. There is no denial of the equal protection of the law in either the geographic scope of the District or in its operation. The court below also held that the permit fees…