Eric Gay | AP Texas lawmakers voted against giving SpaceX more control over public beach access near its launch facility in Boca Chica, Texas on Monday. Elon Musk's rocket maker is vying to turn its Starbase facility into an incorporated Texas municipality with an election scheduled to conclude on Saturday. Environmental advocates opposed the beach access bill and are also against the formation of an incorporated city for Starbase. As SpaceX awaits the results of a critical election that would turn the location of its Starbase launch site into an incorporated Texas city, lawmakers have declined to give Elon Musk's aerospace company greater control over a main highway and public beach. Starbase, where the Musk-led company builds and launches its rockets, is located in Boca Chica, Texas, on the Gulf Coast. Residents of the area are voting on whether to turn the small community into a city, with the election scheduled to conclude on Saturday. Watch NBC 4 free wherever you are WATCH HERE On Monday, the Texas House State Affairs Committee voted against a bill that would have given SpaceX greater control over a highway and public beach access in the likely event the company is victorious in its effort to make Starbase into Texas' newest city. Around 500 people live in the community today, including SpaceX employees and about 120 children, according to the Texas Tribune. SpaceX has historically needed to close roads and beaches around Starbase in order to conduct test flights and launches, including for its massive Starship rockets, which Musk sees as a prelude to an eventual Mars mission. Closing off access to beaches in the area has required SpaceX to inform and attain permission from authorities in Cameron County, the southernmost county in Texas. Get Tri-state area news delivered to your inbox with NBC New York's News Headlines newsletter. SIGN UP The frequent closures have contributed to legal complaints against SpaceX, and have drawn protests from local residents and activists, including the Carrizo Comecrudo Tribe of Texas, the South Texas Environmental Justice Network and Border Workers United. Activists in the Rio Grande Valley area, where Starbase is located, protested and formally lobbied against the bills for weeks. Related proposals could be introduced before the legislature meets again next month. Money Report