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Senate Bill 1836 |
Senate Author: Jackson, Mike |
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Effective: 9-1-07 |
House Sponsor: Eiland |
Senate Bill 1836 amends provisions of the Transportation Code relating to a harbor or port facility in a municipality that is located on the Gulf of Mexico, or a channel, canal, bay, or inlet connected to that gulf, and has a population of more than 5,000. The bill authorizes the board of such a facility to construct, lease, improve, enlarge, extend, repair, maintain, replace, develop, or operate a port improvement or facility and to exercise all powers of a municipality relating to the creation of an economic development program for making grants and loans of public money to stimulate business and commercial activity. The bill grants to the board the power to construct a port improvement or facility on land it acquires and authorizes the board to convey the land, interest in the land, or the port improvement or facility. The bill also creates a presumption of validity, with certain exceptions, of an act or proceeding of the board after three years if the act or proceeding is not the subject of a legal challenge.