Texas Natural Resources Code - NAT RES § 33.236. Duties and Authority to Certify

(1) certify coastal wetlands which are most essential to the public interest in accordance with criteria developed by the land office and the acquiring agency under Chapter 14, Parks and Wildlife Code, and this subchapter, assign priorities for acquisition of interests in the coastal wetland, and revoke certification made pursuant to this section when it is in the public interest to do so;  and

(2) publicize the importance to the public interest of coastal wetland in general, and of designated coastal wetland in particular.