Sec. 61.151. AUTHORITY TO OPERATE AND DEVELOP PORT FACILITIES. (a) A district created for the development of deep-water navigation which includes a city with a population of more than 100,000, according to the last preceding federal census, may operate and develop ports and waterways inside the district and extending to the Gulf of Mexico.
(b) The district may acquire, purchase, take over, construct, maintain, operate, develop, and regulate wharves, docks, warehouses, grain elevators, bunkering facilities, belt railroads, floating plants, lighterage, land, towing facilities, and other facilities or aids incident to or necessary to the operation or development of ports and waterways.
Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 4 - General Law Districts
Chapter 61 - Article Iii, Section 52, Navigation Districts
Section 61.151. Authority to Operate and Develop Port Facilities
Section 61.153. Hearing: Testimony
Section 61.154. Election Order
Section 61.156. Election Expense
Section 61.157. Declaration of Results
Section 61.158. Appointment of Commissioners
Section 61.159. Term of Office: Removal: Succession
Section 61.160. Qualifications; Compensation; Authority
Section 61.161. Eminent Domain
Section 61.162. Lease and Rental of Facilities
Section 61.163. Unimproved Land
Section 61.165. Franchise Election
Section 61.167. Election Result
Section 61.168. Petition Protesting Franchise
Section 61.170. Authority to Incur Debt
Section 61.172. Financing Purchases
Section 61.173. Election on the Purchase of Facilities
Section 61.174. Employees; County Auditor, Duties and Compensation