Sec. 54.001. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. This chapter applies only to a municipality that:

(1) is located on:

(A) the Gulf of Mexico; or

(B) a channel, canal, bay, or inlet connected to that gulf; and

(2) has a population of more than 5,000.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 20, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.