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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the use of Texas Department of Transportation |
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facilities or property to serve a project aiding security in a ship |
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channel security district. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 68, Water Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 68.053 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 68.053. USE OF CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION |
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PROPERTY FOR SHIP CHANNEL SECURITY. (a) In this section, |
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"department" means the Texas Department of Transportation. |
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(b) Use of the department's facilities or property to serve |
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a project aiding security in a ship channel security district |
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created under this chapter serves a transportation purpose. A ship |
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channel security district or a county whose commissioners court has |
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created a ship channel security district may enter into an |
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agreement with the department to provide for use of the |
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department's facilities or property to aid security in the |
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district. |
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(c) A county that has entered into an agreement with the |
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department for use of the department's fiber optic network for |
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transportation purposes may use the fiber optic network to serve a |
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project aiding security in a ship channel security district created |
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under this chapter in the same manner as other transportation |
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purposes unless the agreement precludes the use of the fiber optic |
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network for that purpose. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |