2003S0071-1 01/14/03


By:  Janek                                                        S.B. No. 203


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to fees charged for certain transportation services to and 
from cruise ship terminals.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  The heading to Subtitle A, Title 14, Local 
Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

SUBTITLE A.  MUNICIPAL PARKING AND TRANSPORTATION

PROVISIONS
	SECTION 2.  Subtitle A, Title 14, Local Government Code, is 
amended by adding Chapter 440 to read as follows:

CHAPTER 440.  MISCELLANEOUS PARKING AND TRANSPORTATION

PROVISIONS AFFECTING MUNICIPALITIES
	Sec. 440.001.  CERTAIN TRANSIT FEES PROHIBITED. (a)  A 
municipality or port authority located in a county that contains a 
port with a cruise ship terminal and that is adjacent to a county 
with a population of 3.3 million or more may not impose a fee on 
shuttle, limousine, or taxi service to or from the cruise ship 
terminal.
	(b)  This section does not affect the authority of a 
municipality to license and regulate the use of motor vehicles for 
compensation within the municipality's municipal limits.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.