Sunset Commission Meeting

The agenda for the Sunset Commission meeting scheduled for November 14, 2024, is now available.

Coastal Coordination Council

Previous Sunset reports on this agency

  • 2000-2001 Review Cycle, 77th Legislative Session

  • 1984-1985 Review Cycle, 69th Legislative Session

This agency is currently inactive. An agency can be labeled inactive if it has been abolished, had a title change, was merged into a different agency or split into different agencies. See Agency History on the right for further information.

Next Review Date: None

  • Last Review Cycle: 2010-2011 Review Cycle - 82nd Legislative Session

Sunset Documents for 2010-2011 Review Cycle, 82nd Legislative Session

Legislative Documents

Final Results of Last Sunset Review

The Coastal Coordination Council (Council) is a 12-member interagency board that administers Texas’ federally approved Coastal Management Program (CMP). The Council’s mission is to coordinate Texas’ approach to managing its coastal resources and responding to coastal issues. The Council is housed within and staffed by the General Land Office (GLO). The Council awards about $2.5 million per year in federal coastal management grant funds to local entities for coastal improvement projects; reviews state and federal agency decisions that affect the Texas coast to ensure they are consistent with the State’s CMP; and provides information and assistance regarding permits in the coastal region.

In Senate Bill 656, the Legislature adopted all of the Sunset Commission’s recommendations regarding the Council, including abolishing the Council and transferring its functions to GLO, and added other statutory provisions. A list of the bill’s major provisions follows.

  • Abolish the Coastal Coordination Council and transfer its functions to the General Land Office.
  • Ensure the current Council-member agencies and citizen members continue to have input into the state and federal consistency review processes.
  • Remove unnecessary statutory language detailing the federal consistency review process.
  • Require the Attorney General rather than the Land Commissioner to review consistency determinations made by GLO, the Land Commissioner, or the School Land Board.