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Tex. Transp. Code § 54.003

AUTHORITY REGARDING PORT IMPROVEMENTS AND FACILITIES

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case LAKE CHARLES HARBOR v. Board of Trustees of Galveston Wharves (2001)

Most recently applied in LAKE CHARLES HARBOR v. Board of Trustees of Galveston Wharves (October 2001)

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 20, eff

(a) A municipality that owns and operates a port may construct, acquire, lease, improve, enlarge, extend, repair, maintain, replace, develop, or operate a port improvement or facility.

(b) A port improvement or facility may be constructed on land acquired by purchase, lease, or otherwise, and the land, interest in the land, or port improvement or facility may be conveyed by lease, sublease, or sale by installment or otherwise on the terms the municipality determines to be advantageous.

(c) Each power provided by this section is a public and governmental function, is exercised for a public purpose, and is a matter of public necessity.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.