Open Beaches Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Open Beaches Act - Title I: - Provides that no one shall construct or maintain any barrier of any nature which interferes with the right of the public to enter, leave, cross or use as a common the public beaches. Permits the Attorney General to bring action in the Federal district courts to establish and protect the public right to beaches; determine the existing status of title, ownership and control; and condemn such easements as may reasonably be necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Act. Provides that a showing in court that an area is a beach is prima facie evidence that there is imposed upon the beach a prescriptive right to use it as a common. Declares that nothing in this Act shall interfere with a State's right to protect, preserve and control beaches for the public good. Provides that all interest in land recovered under authority of the Act shall be treated as subject to State control as if the State had acted to recover such interest. Requires the States to put up 25 percent of the land value to recover such interest through condemnation. Title II: Encourages the States and the Federal Government to act in concert to protect the rights of the public in the use of…