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Chapter 51 - Texas Coastal Waterway Act
Section 51.001. Short Title - Sec. 51.001. SHORT TITLE. This chapter may be cited as...
Section 51.002. Definitions - Sec. 51.002. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Coastal marshes" means...
Section 51.003. Purpose - Sec. 51.003. PURPOSE. In recognition of the economic benefit to...
Section 51.004. Cooperation With Other Entities - Sec. 51.004. COOPERATION WITH OTHER ENTITIES. (a) The commission shall...
Section 51.005. Land Acquisition - Sec. 51.005. LAND ACQUISITION. (a) The commission may acquire by...
Section 51.006. Hearing Required Before Acquisition of Property - Sec. 51.006. HEARING REQUIRED BEFORE ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY. (a) Before...
Section 51.007. Evaluation and Report - Sec. 51.007. EVALUATION AND REPORT. (a) In cooperation with appropriate...
Section 51.008. School Land Board Power - Sec. 51.008. SCHOOL LAND BOARD POWER. This chapter does not...
Section 51.009. Beneficial Use of Dredge Material - Sec. 51.009. BENEFICIAL USE OF DREDGE MATERIAL. (a) The commission,...
Section 51.010. Property Acquisition - Sec. 51.010. PROPERTY ACQUISITION. The commission, through the department, may...
Section 51.011. Hearing Required Before Participation in Project - Sec. 51.011. HEARING REQUIRED BEFORE PARTICIPATION IN PROJECT. (a) Before...
Section 51.012. Contracts With Landowners - Sec. 51.012. CONTRACTS WITH LANDOWNERS. The commission may contract with...
Section 51.013. Dredged Material Disposal - Sec. 51.013. DREDGED MATERIAL DISPOSAL. (a) The department shall condemn...
Section 51.014. Substantive Changes to Dredged Material Disposal Plan - Sec. 51.014. SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES TO DREDGED MATERIAL DISPOSAL PLAN. The...
Chapter 52 - Texas Deepwater Port Procedures Act
Section 52.001. Short Title - Sec. 52.001. SHORT TITLE. This chapter may be cited as...
Section 52.002. Definitions - Sec. 52.002. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Adjacent coastal county"...
Section 52.003. General Administration - Sec. 52.003. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION. (a) The governor shall approve or...
Section 52.004. Application: Governor's Duties - Sec. 52.004. APPLICATION: GOVERNOR'S DUTIES. (a) On receipt of a...
Section 52.005. Application to Be Filed; Fee for Duplication and Mailing - Sec. 52.005. APPLICATION TO BE FILED; FEE FOR DUPLICATION AND...
Section 52.006. Duties of Attorney General and Commissioner; Fee for Duplication and Mailing - Sec. 52.006. DUTIES OF ATTORNEY GENERAL AND COMMISSIONER; FEE FOR...
Section 52.007. Publication of Notice - Sec. 52.007. PUBLICATION OF NOTICE. Not later than the 15th...
Section 52.008. Report by Agencies - Sec. 52.008. REPORT BY AGENCIES. (a) Not later than the...
Section 52.009. Hearings - Sec. 52.009. HEARINGS. (a) The commissioner may hold a public...
Section 52.010. Report by Commissioner - Sec. 52.010. REPORT BY COMMISSIONER. (a) Notwithstanding Section 52.009(f), not...
Section 52.011. Approval by Governor - Sec. 52.011. APPROVAL BY GOVERNOR. (a) On receipt of the...
Section 52.012. Effect on Other Laws - Sec. 52.012. EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS. This chapter does not...
Chapter 54 - Harbor and Port Facilities in Certain Municipalities
Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 54.001. Applicability of Chapter - Sec. 54.001. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. This chapter applies only to...
Section 54.002. Definitions - Sec. 54.002. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Board" means a...
Section 54.003. Authority Regarding Port Improvements and Facilities - Sec. 54.003. AUTHORITY REGARDING PORT IMPROVEMENTS AND FACILITIES. (a) A...
Section 54.004. Authority to Impose Tax; Election - Sec. 54.004. AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE TAX; ELECTION. (a) Notwithstanding any...
Section 54.005. Applicability of Other Law - Sec. 54.005. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW. Except to the extent...
Subchapter B. Management and Control of Port Improvements and Facilities; Board of Trustees
Section 54.051. Management and Control by Governing Body or Board - Sec. 54.051. MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL BY GOVERNING BODY OR BOARD....
Section 54.052. Organization and Duties of Board - Sec. 54.052. ORGANIZATION AND DUTIES OF BOARD. (a) An ordinance...
Section 54.053. Character of Board; General Powers - Sec. 54.053. CHARACTER OF BOARD; GENERAL POWERS. (a) A board...
Section 54.054. Competitive Bidding - Sec. 54.054. COMPETITIVE BIDDING. (a) Except as otherwise provided by...
Section 54.055. Approval by Ordinance Required for Sale of Real Property - Sec. 54.055. APPROVAL BY ORDINANCE REQUIRED FOR SALE OF REAL...
Section 54.056. Board Act or Proceeding Presumed Valid - Sec. 54.056. BOARD ACT OR PROCEEDING PRESUMED VALID. (a) A...
Subchapter C. Obligations
Section 54.101. Definition - Sec. 54.101. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "net revenue" means the...
Section 54.102. Authority of Municipality to Issue Obligations - Sec. 54.102. AUTHORITY OF MUNICIPALITY TO ISSUE OBLIGATIONS. The governing...
Section 54.103. Election - Sec. 54.103. ELECTION. (a) Obligations payable from ad valorem taxes,...
Section 54.104. Authority of Board to Issue Obligations - Sec. 54.104. AUTHORITY OF BOARD TO ISSUE OBLIGATIONS. (a) A...
Section 54.105. Limitation on Aggregate Amount of Expense Warrants - Sec. 54.105. LIMITATION ON AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF EXPENSE WARRANTS. The...
Section 54.106. Maturity of Obligation - Sec. 54.106. MATURITY OF OBLIGATION. An obligation issued under this...
Section 54.107. Signatures - Sec. 54.107. SIGNATURES. (a) An obligation issued by a municipality...
Section 54.108. Sale of Obligations - Sec. 54.108. SALE OF OBLIGATIONS. (a) Obligations issued under this...
Section 54.109. Contents of Ordinance or Resolution Authorizing Issuance of Obligations Payable From Revenue - Sec. 54.109. CONTENTS OF ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ISSUANCE OF...
Section 54.110. Review and Approval of Contracts Relating to Revenue Obligations - Sec. 54.110. REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF CONTRACTS RELATING TO REVENUE...
Section 54.111. Security for and Payment of Obligations Payable From Revenue - Sec. 54.111. SECURITY FOR AND PAYMENT OF OBLIGATIONS PAYABLE FROM...
Section 54.112. Use of Certain Proceeds - Sec. 54.112. USE OF CERTAIN PROCEEDS. From the proceeds from...
Section 54.113. Lease or Sale of Port Improvements and Facilities - Sec. 54.113. LEASE OR SALE OF PORT IMPROVEMENTS AND FACILITIES....
Section 54.114. Encumbrance of Port Improvements or Facilities Financed by Obligations Payable From Ad Valorem Taxes - Sec. 54.114. ENCUMBRANCE OF PORT IMPROVEMENTS OR FACILITIES FINANCED BY...
Subchapter D. Refunding Obligations
Section 54.151. Applicability of Law Relating to Original Obligations - Sec. 54.151. APPLICABILITY OF LAW RELATING TO ORIGINAL OBLIGATIONS. The...
Section 54.152. Authority to Issue Tax Refunding Obligations - Sec. 54.152. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE TAX REFUNDING OBLIGATIONS. The governing...
Section 54.153. Authority to Issue Revenue Refunding Obligations - Sec. 54.153. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE REVENUE REFUNDING OBLIGATIONS. The governing...
Section 54.154. Terms of Issuance of Revenue Refunding Obligations - Sec. 54.154. TERMS OF ISSUANCE OF REVENUE REFUNDING OBLIGATIONS. (a)...
Section 54.155. Registration of Refunding Obligations by Comptroller - Sec. 54.155. REGISTRATION OF REFUNDING OBLIGATIONS BY COMPTROLLER. (a) Except...
Section 54.156. Escrow Agreement - Sec. 54.156. ESCROW AGREEMENT. (a) The proceeds from revenue refunding...
Chapter 55 - Funding of Port Security, Projects, and Studies
Section 55.001. Definitions - Sec. 55.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Commission" means the...
Section 55.002. Port Development Funding - Sec. 55.002. PORT DEVELOPMENT FUNDING. (a) From money in the...
Section 55.003. Gifts and Grants - Sec. 55.003. GIFTS AND GRANTS. The department may accept gifts,...
Section 55.004. Audit - Sec. 55.004. AUDIT. The department may subject a project that...
Section 55.005. Port Access Account Fund - Sec. 55.005. PORT ACCESS ACCOUNT FUND. (a) The port access...
Section 55.006. Port Authority Advisory Committee - Sec. 55.006. PORT AUTHORITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (a) The committee consists...
Section 55.007. Duties of Committee - Sec. 55.007. DUTIES OF COMMITTEE. (a) The committee shall: (1)...
Section 55.008. Maritime Port Mission Plan - Sec. 55.008. MARITIME PORT MISSION PLAN. (a) The committee shall...
Section 55.009. Rules - Sec. 55.009. RULES. The commission shall adopt rules to implement...
Chapter 56 - Funding of Ship Channel Improvements
Section 56.001. Definitions - Sec. 56.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Commission" means the...
Section 56.002. Ship Channel Improvement Revolving Fund - Sec. 56.002. SHIP CHANNEL IMPROVEMENT REVOLVING FUND. (a) The ship...
Section 56.003. Revolving Loan Program - Sec. 56.003. REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM. (a) The commission by rule...
Section 56.004. Revenue Bonds - Sec. 56.004. REVENUE BONDS. The commission may issue revenue bonds...
Chapter 60 - Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 60.001. Throwing Ballast - Sec. 60.001. THROWING BALLAST. (a) A master or officer in...