2020-02-182020-02-1820079 Tex. Tech. Admin. L.J. 115https://hdl.handle.net/2346/85628Provides an overview of the Open Beaches Act in Texas. It addresses whether the removal of houses from the public beach as authorized by the OBA constitutes a taking without just compensation. It analyzes how the OBA does not transfer physical control of the property to Texas and that the OBA does not interfere with the Homeowner’s Investment-Backed expectation. Further, it describes how the OBA is a valid exercise of Texas’s Police Power; it uses reasonable means to abate the nuisance on beaches; it enforces the public’s right of easement; it enforces a statewide policy.engAdministrative lawOpen Beaches ActTakingsTexas Gulf CoastTexas General Land OfficeCoastal Erosion Planning and Response ActEasementHomeowner’s Investment-backed expectationOBAPenn Central Transp. Co. v. City of New YorkArticle