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1	1	2025S0174-1 03/05/25
2	2	By: Alvarado S.B. No. 2080
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the records, management, and taxation of navigation
10	10	districts and certain port and harbor facilities.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Subchapter J, Chapter 441, Government Code, is
13	13	amended by adding Section 441.1681 to read as follows:
14	14	Sec. 441.1681. ELECTRONIC STORAGE OF CERTAIN LOCAL
15	15	GOVERNMENT RECORDS. (a) The governing body of a navigation
16	16	district or port authority, or a board of trustees described by
17	17	Chapter 54, Transportation Code, may establish alternative storage
18	18	and retention standards and procedures for records of a navigation
19	19	district, port authority, or board of trustees. The rules must
20	20	establish:
21	21	(1) a process for the port commission of a navigation
22	22	district or port authority, or a board of trustees described by
23	23	Chapter 54, Transportation Code, to use the alternative storage
24	24	standards and procedures;
25	25	(2) procedures for the conversion of hard copy
26	26	documents retained by the custodian of the navigation district,
27	27	port authority, or board of trustees described by Chapter 54,
28	28	Transportation Code, to an electronic form and the destruction of
29	29	the hard copy documents; and
30	30	(3) standards for electronic record management and
31	31	preservation of documents retained by the custodian of the
32	32	navigation district, port authority, or board of trustees described
33	33	by Chapter 54, Transportation Code.
34	34	(b) The standards and procedures under this section may not
35	35	establish a retention period that is shorter than a retention
36	36	period prescribed by a state or federal law, regulation, or rule of
37	37	court.
38	38	SECTION 2. Subchapter Q, Chapter 60, Water Code, is amended
39	39	by adding Section 60.503 to read as follows:
40	40	Sec. 60.503. CLOSED MEETINGS. Notwithstanding Section
41	41	551.103, Government Code, a port commission is not required to make
42	42	a recording of the proceedings of a closed meeting to deliberate
43	43	security measures, including cybersecurity measures, related to
44	44	the navigation district or port authority.
45	45	SECTION 3. Section 60.403(a), Water Code, is amended to
46	46	read as follows:
47	47	(a) A port commission, an authorized designated officer of
48	48	the port commission, the executive director of the district or the
49	49	port authority, or an authorized representative of the executive
50	50	director may make routine purchases or contracts in an amount not to
51	51	exceed $50,000. A port commission may delegate authority to an
52	52	authorized designated officer of the port commission, the executive
53	53	director of the district or the port authority, or an authorized
54	54	representative of the executive director to make routine purchases
55	55	or contracts in an amount not to exceed $500,000, which shall be
56	56	deemed the amount provided for under this chapter for routine
57	57	purchases or contracts authorized for the district or port
58	58	authority [$100,000].
59	59	SECTION 4. Section 2252.909(a), Government Code, as added
60	60	by Chapter 1008 (H.B. 2518), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular
61	61	Session, 2023, is amended to read as follows:
62	62	(a) In this section, "governmental entity" has the meaning
63	63	assigned by Section 2253.001, except that the term does not include
64	64	a:
65	65	(1) navigation district;
66	66	(2) port authority; or
67	67	(3) board of trustees described by Chapter 54,
68	68	Transportation Code.
69	69	SECTION 5. Section 54.054, Transportation Code, is amended
70	70	by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
71	71	follows:
72	72	(a) Except for routine purchases and contracts and except as
73	73	otherwise provided by this chapter, the board may award a contract
74	74	involving the expenditure of funds in excess of the amount
75	75	applicable to an expenditure of funds by a municipality under
76	76	Section 252.021(a), Local Government Code, only by competitive
77	77	bidding.
78	78	(c) The board, authorized designated officers of the board,
79	79	the general manager or port director, or authorized representatives
80	80	of the general manager or port director may make routine purchases
81	81	or contracts in an amount not to exceed $50,000. A board may
82	82	delegate authority to authorized designated officers of the board,
83	83	the general manager or port director, and authorized
84	84	representatives of the general manager or port director to make
85	85	routine purchases or contracts in an amount not to exceed $500,000,
86	86	which shall be deemed the amount provided for under this section for
87	87	routine purchases or contracts.
88	88	SECTION 6. Section 25.07(e), Tax Code, is amended to read as
89	89	follows:
90	90	(e) In this section, "navigation-related commerce" includes
91	91	the following if engaged in by a person:
92	92	(1) an activity that requires the person to hold a
93	93	maritime-related license or permit issued by a navigation district,
94	94	including providing stevedoring, steamship agency, towing,
95	95	tugboat, or line handling services;
96	96	(2) an activity that requires the person to hold a
97	97	franchise issued by a navigation district;
98	98	(3) possessing a leasehold interest in property [owned
99	99	by a navigation district] that:
100	100	(A) connects infrastructure to a public dock; and
101	101	(B) is:
102	102	(i) owned by a navigation district; or
103	103	(ii) managed and controlled by a board of
104	104	trustees described by Chapter 54, Transportation Code;
105	105	(4) hauling cargo into or across a public dock;
106	106	(5) commercial fishing;
107	107	(6) constructing, fabricating, cleaning, repairing,
108	108	dismantling, or recycling vessels;
109	109	(7) pilotage; [or]
110	110	(8) an activity described by Section 60.101, 61.162,
111	111	or 63.153, Water Code;
112	112	(9) operating a cruise ship terminal facility; or
113	113	(10) an activity described by Section 54.003 or
114	114	54.053, Transportation Code.
115	115	SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.