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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to pilotage rates in Galveston County. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 67, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Sections 67.0611 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 67.0611. LIMIT ON PILOTAGE RATE INCREASE. (a) In this |
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section: |
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(1) "Consumer price index" means the index that the |
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comptroller considers to most accurately report changes in the |
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purchasing power of the dollar for consumers in this state. |
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(2) "Inflation rate" means the amount, expressed in |
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decimal form rounded to the nearest thousandth, computed by |
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determining the percentage change in the consumer price index for |
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the most recent 12-month period for which the index can be |
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determined as compared to the consumer price index for the 12-month |
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period preceding that period. |
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(3) "Population growth rate" means the annual rate of |
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growth of a county's or municipality's population, as applicable, |
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as determined in accordance with the most recent annual population |
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estimates provided by the state demographer under Section 468.004, |
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Government Code, expressed in decimal form rounded to the nearest |
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thousandth. |
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(b) By July 1 or as soon thereafter as practicable, the |
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comptroller shall determine the inflation rate in this state and |
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publish that rate in the Texas Register. |
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(c) The board may not increase a pilotage rate by a rate that |
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exceeds the sum of: |
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(1) the inflation rate in this state; and |
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(2) the population growth rate of Galveston County. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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