81R9006 GCB-F
By: Smith of Harris H.B. No. 1871
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of Texas Department of Transportation
facilities or property to serve a project aiding security in a ship
channel security district.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 68, Water Code, is amended
by adding Section 68.053 to read as follows:
Sec. 68.053. USE OF CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
PROPERTY FOR SHIP CHANNEL SECURITY. (a) In this section,
"department" means the Texas Department of Transportation.
(b) Use of the department's facilities or property to serve
a project aiding security in a ship channel security district
created under this chapter serves a transportation purpose. A ship
channel security district or a county whose commissioners court has
created a ship channel security district may enter into an
agreement with the department to provide for use of the
department's facilities or property to aid security in the
district.
(c) A county that has entered into an agreement with the
department for use of the department's fiber optic network for
transportation purposes may use the fiber optic network to serve a
project aiding security in a ship channel security district created
under this chapter in the same manner as other transportation
purposes unless the agreement precludes the use of the fiber optic
network for that purpose.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.