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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to navigation districts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 5007.001, Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 5007.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: |
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(1) "Authority" means the Port of Houston Authority of |
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Harris County, Texas. |
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(2) "Executive director" means the executive director of |
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the authority. |
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(3) "Port commission" means the navigation and canal |
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commission of the authority. |
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(4) "Port commissioner" means a member of the port |
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commission. |
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(5) "Harbormaster" means an official who supervises |
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operations in the Houston Ship Channel and administers its rules. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 60, Water Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 60.005 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 60.005. WIDENING AND DEEPENING. A district may |
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solicit and accept gifts, grants, and donations from any public or |
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private source for the purposes of widening and deepening navigable |
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channels of the district. |
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SECTION 3. Section 66.002, Transportation Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 66.002. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: |
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(1) "Board" means the board of pilot commissioners for |
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Harris County ports. |
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(2) "Consignee" means a person, including a master, owner, |
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agent, subagent, firm, or corporation or any combination of those |
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persons, who enters or clears a vessel at the office of the |
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collector of customs. |
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(3) "Harbormaster" means an official who supervises |
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operations in a Harris County port and administers its rules. |
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(4) "Harris County port" means a place in Harris County into |
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which a vessel enters or from which a vessel departs and the |
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waterway leading to that place from the Gulf of Mexico. |
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(5) "Pilot" means a person who is licensed as a branch pilot |
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or certified as a deputy branch pilot under this chapter. |
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(6) "Pilotage rate" means the remuneration a pilot may |
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lawfully charge a vessel for pilot services. |
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(7) "Pilot services" means acts of a pilot in conducting a |
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vessel through the navigable water in this state and the ports in |
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which the pilot is licensed or certified as a pilot. |
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(8) "Vessel" means an oceangoing, self-propelled vessel. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |