87R895 BEE-D
By: Middleton, et al. H.B. No. 1507
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an entity responsible for the local share of qualified
project costs under the ship channel improvement revolving fund.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 56.003, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) An entity responsible for the local share of qualified
project costs under Subsection (a) must be:
(1) a navigation district created under Section 52,
Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and
operating under Chapter 60, 61, 62, or 63, Water Code; or
(2) a municipality or board of trustees under Chapter
54.
SECTION 2. Section 56.001(3), Transportation Code, is
repealed.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.