Bill Text: TX SB28 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the financing of ports in the state.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-3)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-26 - Effective immediately [SB28 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB28-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the financing of ports in the state.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-3)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-26 - Effective immediately [SB28 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB28-Introduced.html
2017S0375-T 03/03/17 | ||
By: Creighton | S.B. No. 28 |
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relating to the financing of ports in the state. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 55.001, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subdivision (6) to read as follows: | ||
(6) "Port access improvement project" means the | ||
construction or improvement of public roadways that will enhance | ||
connectivity to ports. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 55.002(e), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(e) The commission may use money from the Texas Mobility | ||
Fund to provide funding for a port access improvement project[ |
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SECTION 3. Subtitle A, Title 4, Transportation Code, is | ||
amended by adding Chapter 56 to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 56. FUNDING OF SHIP CHANNEL IMPROVEMENTS | ||
Sec. 56.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: | ||
(1) "Commission" means the Texas Transportation | ||
Commission. | ||
(2) "Department" means the Texas Department of | ||
Transportation. | ||
(3) "Fund" means the ship channel improvement | ||
revolving fund. | ||
(4) "Navigation district" means a navigation district | ||
created under Section 52, Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, | ||
Texas Constitution, and operating under Chapter 60, 61, 62, or 63, | ||
Water Code. | ||
Sec. 56.002. SHIP CHANNEL IMPROVEMENT REVOLVING FUND. The | ||
ship channel improvement revolving fund is an account in the | ||
general revenue fund. The fund is administered by the department. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |