By Noriega                                            H.B. No. 2573
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to advertising effecting a port authority.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1. Chapter 60.203, Water Code, is amended to read as
 1-5     follows:
 1-6           Sec. 60.203.  Expenditure of Fund. Money in the promotion and
 1-7     development fund shall be spent by the commission or as the
 1-8     commission may direct to pay any expenses connected with:
 1-9                 (1)  any activity or matter incidental to the
1-10     advertising, development, or promotion of the district or its
1-11     ports, waterways, harbors, or terminals; except advertising and
1-12     promotion 90 days before the date of any election effecting the
1-13     operation of a port authority.
1-14                 (2)  furthering the general welfare of the district and
1-15     its facilities; or
1-16                 (3)  the betterment of the district's relations with
1-17     steamship and rail lines, shippers, consignees of freight,
1-18     governmental officials, or others interested or sought to be
1-19     interested in the ports, waterways, harbors, or terminals.
1-20           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-21     a vote of two-thirds of all members elected to each house, as
1-22     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
 2-1     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
 2-2     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.