81R23731 SLB-D
By: Taylor H.B. No. 4408
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4408:
By: Pickett C.S.H.B. No. 4408
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to contracts for the disposal of dredged material from a
portion of the Gulf Coast Intracoastal Waterway.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 51.013, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 51.013. DREDGED MATERIAL DISPOSAL. (a) The
department shall condemn land for disposal of dredged material for
the Laguna Madre section of the Gulf Coast Intracoastal Waterway
only in accordance with the Draft Laguna Madre GIWW Dredged
Material Management Plan prepared by the Army Corps of Engineers
and the Interagency Coordination Team dated October 11, 2002.
(b) On request by a political subdivision, the commission
may enter into a contract with a political subdivision to dispose of
dredged material from the Highland Bayou Diversionary Canal on
Placement Area 58A of the Gulf Coast Intracoastal Waterway.
(c) The commission may not charge a fee for disposal under
Subsection (b).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.