# Tex. Natural Resources Code § 191.002: DECLARATION OF PUBLIC POLICY

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cnr_C191_S191.002

## Section

- **Citation:** Tex. Natural Resources Code § 191.002
- **Heading:** DECLARATION OF PUBLIC POLICY
- **Jurisdiction:** Texas
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 191 / Section 191.002

## Text

It is the public policy and in the public interest of the State of Texas to locate, protect, and preserve all sites, objects, buildings, pre-twentieth century shipwrecks, and locations of historical, archeological, educational, or scientific interest, including but not limited to prehistoric and historical American Indian or aboriginal campsites, dwellings, and habitation sites, archeological sites of every character, treasure imbedded in the earth, sunken or abandoned ships and wrecks of the sea or any part of their contents, maps, records, documents, books, artifacts, and implements of culture in any way related to the inhabitants, pre-history, history, natural history, government, or culture in, on, or under any of the land in the State of Texas, including the tidelands, submerged land, and the bed of the sea within the jurisdiction of the State of Texas.

## Nearby sections

- [Tex. Natural Resources Code § 191.001 § 191.001. TITLE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cnr_C191_S191.001.md)
- [Tex. Natural Resources Code § 191.002 § 191.002. DECLARATION OF PUBLIC POLICY.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cnr_C191_S191.002.md)
- [Tex. Natural Resources Code § 191.003 § 191.003. DEFINITIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cnr_C191_S191.003.md)
- [Tex. Natural Resources Code § 191.004 § 191.004. CERTAIN RECORDS NOT PUBLIC INFORMATION.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cnr_C191_S191.004.md)
- [Tex. Natural Resources Code § 191.021 § 191.021. COMPLIANCE WITH OPEN MEETINGS ACT AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE AND TEXAS REGISTER ACT.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cnr_C191_S191.021.md)
- [Tex. Natural Resources Code § 191.051 § 191.051. IN GENERAL.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cnr_C191_S191.051.md)
- [Tex. Natural Resources Code § 191.052 § 191.052. RULES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cnr_C191_S191.052.md)
- [Tex. Natural Resources Code § 191.053 § 191.053. CONTRACT FOR DISCOVERY AND SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cnr_C191_S191.053.md)
- [Tex. Natural Resources Code § 191.054 § 191.054. PERMIT FOR SURVEY AND DISCOVERY, EXCAVATION, RESTORATION, DEMOLITION, OR STUDY.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cnr_C191_S191.054.md)
- [Tex. Natural Resources Code § 191.055 § 191.055. SUPERVISION.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cnr_C191_S191.055.md)
- [Tex. Natural Resources Code § 191.056 § 191.056. ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cnr_C191_S191.056.md)
- [Tex. Natural Resources Code § 191.057 § 191.057. SURVEY, EXCAVATION, OR RESTORATION FOR PRIVATE PARTIES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cnr_C191_S191.057.md)
- [Tex. Natural Resources Code § 191.058 § 191.058. CURATION OF ARTIFACTS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cnr_C191_S191.058.md)
- [Tex. Natural Resources Code § 191.059 § 191.059. COMPLAINTS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cnr_C191_S191.059.md)

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