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TX Water Code § 60.0726 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 60 - Navigation Districts--General Provisions|Subchapter D. Regulatory Powers|Section 60.0726. Fires, Explosions, and Hazardous Materials Incidents

Sec. 60.0726.  FIRES, EXPLOSIONS, AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INCIDENTS.  A district may respond to and fight a fire, explosion,  or hazardous material incident that occurs on or adjacent to a waterway, channel, or turning basin that is located in the district's territory, regardless of whether the waterway, channel, or turning basin is located in the corporate limits of a municipality.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 440 (S.B. 1642), Sec. 1, eff. June 8, 2021.|
TX Water Code § 60.073 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 60 - Navigation Districts--General Provisions|Subchapter D. Regulatory Powers|Section 60.073. Enforcement

Sec. 60.073.  ENFORCEMENT.  The commission may provide by ordinance for the enforcement of the provisions of this subchapter and of any ordinance, rule, or regulation made under this subchapter.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 60.074 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 60 - Navigation Districts--General Provisions|Subchapter D. Regulatory Powers|Section 60.074. Style of Ordinances

Sec. 60.074.  STYLE OF ORDINANCES.  The style of an ordinance enacted by the commission shall be:  "Be it ordained by the navigation and canal commissioners of the __________" (inserting the name of the navigation district).|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 60.075 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 60 - Navigation Districts--General Provisions|Subchapter D. Regulatory Powers|Section 60.075. Publication of Ordinance, Rule, or Regulation; Proof of Publication

Sec. 60.075.  PUBLICATION OF ORDINANCE, RULE, OR REGULATION;  PROOF OF PUBLICATION.  (a)  Each ordinance, rule, or regulation enacted by the commission under this subchapter which imposes a fine or other penalty shall be published in every issue of a newspaper of general circulation published in the district for the 10-day period immediately following its adoption.  If the only newspaper published in the district is published weekly, the publication shall be made in two consecutive issues of the newspaper.(b)  Proof of publication under Subsection (a) of this section shall be made by the printer or publisher of the newspaper by affidavit filed with the secretary of the commission and shall be prima facie evidence of publication and adoption of the ordinance, rule, or regulation in all courts of this state.(c)  In lieu of the publication of the entire ordinance, rule, or regulation, the commission may provide for the publication of a descriptive caption or title, stating in summary the purpose of the ordinance, rule, or regulation and the penalty for violation.(d)  An ordinance, rule, or regulation shall take effect and be in force from and after publication under Subsection (a) of this section unless otherwise provided.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 60.076 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 60 - Navigation Districts--General Provisions|Subchapter D. Regulatory Powers|Section 60.076. Conflict With Law

Sec. 60.076.  CONFLICT WITH LAW.  No ordinance, rule or regulation adopted by a district under this subchapter may conflict with any law, statute, rule, or regulation of this state.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 60.077 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 60 - Navigation Districts--General Provisions|Subchapter D. Regulatory Powers|Section 60.077. Authority of Peace Officers

Sec. 60.077.  AUTHORITY OF PEACE OFFICERS.  (a)  In prosecutions involving the enforcement of the provisions of this subchapter or the enforcement of any ordinance, rule, or regulation of the district, any sheriff, constable, or other duly constituted peace officer of the State of Texas or any peace officer employed or appointed by the commission may make arrests, serve criminal warrants, subpoenas, or writs, and perform any other service or duty which may be performed by any sheriff, constable, or other duly constituted peace officer of the State of Texas in enforcing other laws of this state.(b)  A peace officer employed or appointed by the commission has the same powers and duties as a peace officer described by Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 933 (H.B. 3435), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1330 (S.B. 1531), Sec. 2, eff. June 15, 2007.|
TX Water Code § 60.078 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 60 - Navigation Districts--General Provisions|Subchapter D. Regulatory Powers|Section 60.078. Penalties

Sec. 60.078.  PENALTIES.  A violation of this subchapter or of an ordinance, rule, or regulation adopted by a district under this subchapter is a misdemeanor, and the commission may provide for the punishment of the misdemeanor by a fine of not more than $500 for each offense or violation.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 758 (H.B. 2966), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Water Code § 60.079 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 60 - Navigation Districts--General Provisions|Subchapter D. Regulatory Powers|Section 60.079. Jurisdiction of Violations

Sec. 60.079.  JURISDICTION OF VIOLATIONS.  Any justice court in the justice precinct in which an offense under this subchapter is alleged to have been committed or in any county court at law in the county where an offense is alleged to have been committed, which county court at law has concurrent original jurisdiction with the justice court, shall have original jurisdiction of any misdemeanor or violation under this subchapter and original jurisdiction of any violation of an ordinance, rule, or regulation made under this subchapter.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 60.101 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 60 - Navigation Districts--General Provisions|Subchapter E. Powers of Districts for Improvement of Port Facilities|Section 60.101. Acquisition and Maintenance of Port Facilities

Sec. 60.101.  ACQUISITION AND MAINTENANCE OF PORT FACILITIES.  (a)  Any district may acquire land or interests in land by purchase, lease, or otherwise, may convey the land or interest in the land by lease, installment sale, or otherwise, and may purchase, construct, enlarge, extend, repair, maintain, operate, develop, sell by installment sale, or otherwise, and lease as lessor or as lessee:(1)  wharves and docks;(2)  warehouses, grain elevators, other storage facilities, and bunkering facilities;(3)  port-related railroads and bridges;(4)  floating plants and facilities;(5)  lightering, cargo-handling, and towing facilities;(6)  everything appurtenant to these facilities;  and(7)  all other facilities or aids incidental to or useful in the operation or development of the district's ports and waterways or in aid of navigation and navigation-related commerce in the ports and on the waterways.(a-1)  A district may acquire, purchase, lease, maintain, repair, and operate facilities and equipment for the purposes of protecting life and property by detecting, responding to, and fighting fires, explosions, and hazardous materials incidents described by Section 60.0726.(b)  To the extent that the district incurs indebtedness, bonded or otherwise, for purposes of financing the above facilities which in turn are sold by installment sale or otherwise, the indebtedness, principal and interest, may be paid only from the loan or bond sale proceeds and from revenues generated from the project financed by the indebtedness, and security for payment of the principal of and interest on indebtedness shall be limited to a pledge of the project's revenues and the project's facilities including enlargements and additions.(c)  An installment sale or a lease under this section is not a loan of the district's credit or a grant of public money.  The acquisition and leasing of land and facilities for the purposes included in this section and the operation and industrial and business development of ports and waterways are a public purpose and a matter of public necessity.(d)  A district may contract with a broker to sell or lease a tract of land in the same manner as the commissioners court of a county under Section 263.008, Local Government Code.(e)  A lease that requires the lessee to construct improvements on land owned by the district is not a public work contract for purposes of Chapter 2253, Government Code.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.  Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 411, ch. 84, Sec. 1, eff. May 10, 1983.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1027 (H.B. 2770), Sec. 8, eff. June 17, 2011.Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 427 (S.B. 1395), Sec. 6, eff. June 1, 2017.Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 440 (S.B. 1642), Sec. 2, eff. June 8, 2021.|
TX Water Code § 60.102 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 60 - Navigation Districts--General Provisions|Subchapter E. Powers of Districts for Improvement of Port Facilities|Section 60.102. Utility Relocation

Sec. 60.102.  UTILITY RELOCATION.  (a)  If a district in the exercise of the powers conferred by this subchapter or in the exercise of the power of eminent domain or the police power requires the relocating, raising, lowering, rerouting, or changing in grade, or altering in the construction of any railroad, electric transmission line, telegraph or telephone line, conduit, pole, properties or facilities, or pipeline, the relocating, raising, lowering, rerouting, changing in grade, or altering of construction shall be done at the sole expense of the district.(b)  "Sole expense" means the actual cost of the relocation, raising, lowering, rerouting, change in grade, or alteration of construction in providing comparable replacement without enhancement of the facilities, after deducting the net salvage value derived from the old facility.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 60.103 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 60 - Navigation Districts--General Provisions|Subchapter E. Powers of Districts for Improvement of Port Facilities|Section 60.103. Prescribing Fees and Charges

Sec. 60.103.  PRESCRIBING FEES AND CHARGES.  The district shall prescribe fees and charges to be collected for the use of the land, improvements, and facilities of the district and for the use of any land, improvements, or facilities acquired under the provisions of this subchapter.  The fees and charges shall be reasonable, equitable, and sufficient to produce revenue necessary to exercise the powers described by Section 60.101 and adequate to pay the expenses described by Section 60.105.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 440 (S.B. 1642), Sec. 3, eff. June 8, 2021.|
TX Water Code § 60.104 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 60 - Navigation Districts--General Provisions|Subchapter E. Powers of Districts for Improvement of Port Facilities|Section 60.104. Power to Borrow Money

Sec. 60.104.  POWER TO BORROW MONEY.  (a)  The commission, for the purposes stated in Subsection (b) of this section, may borrow money from the United States or from any other source and may evidence the debt by issuing notes, warrants, certificates of indebtedness, negotiable bonds, or other forms of obligation of the district payable solely out of the revenue to be derived from land, improvements, and facilities.(b)  The commission may use the money to acquire land and waterways and all improvements on or to the land and waterways and to acquire, purchase, construct, enlarge, extend, repair, maintain, operate, or develop wharves, docks, warehouses, grain elevators, bunkering facilities, belt railroads, floating plants and facilities, lightering and towing facilities, everything appurtenant to them, and all other facilities or aids incidental to or useful in the operation or development of the district's ports and waterways or in the aid of navigation and commerce in the ports and waterways.(c)  Obligations issued under this subchapter shall not constitute an indebtedness or pledge of credit of the district and may not be paid in whole or in part from any funds raised or to be raised by taxation.  Each obligation shall contain a recital to this effect.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 60.105 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 60 - Navigation Districts--General Provisions|Subchapter E. Powers of Districts for Improvement of Port Facilities|Section 60.105. Expenses to Be Paid From Current Revenues

Sec. 60.105.  EXPENSES TO BE PAID FROM CURRENT REVENUES.  (a)  The commission shall pay from revenue raised under Section 60.103 of this code:(1)  all expenses necessary to the operation and maintenance of the improvements and facilities, including the cost of the acquisition of properties and materials necessary to maintain the improvements and facilities in good condition and operate them efficiently, the wages and salaries paid to the employees of the district, and other expenses necessary to the efficient operation of the improvements and facilities;(2)  the annual or semiannual interest on any obligations issued under this subchapter and payable out of the revenue of the improvements and facilities;  and(3)  the amount required to be paid annually into the sinking fund for the payment of any obligations issued under this subchapter and payable out of the revenue of the improvements and facilities.(b)  No expenses other than those authorized by Subsection (a) of this section may be paid from the revenue of the improvements and facilities as long as the principal and interest on any obligations issued under this subchapter remain outstanding and unpaid.  Any revenue received in excess of that required for the purposes stated in Subsection (a) of this section may be used by the commission to pay the cost of improvements and replacements which are not listed and may establish a depreciation fund.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 60.106 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 60 - Navigation Districts--General Provisions|Subchapter E. Powers of Districts for Improvement of Port Facilities|Section 60.106. Pledge of Revenue for Payment of Obligations

Sec. 60.106.  PLEDGE OF REVENUE FOR PAYMENT OF OBLIGATIONS.  (a)  In proceedings to authorize the issuance of obligations under this subchapter, the district may make the obligations payable from and secured by the pledge of all or part of the revenue derived from the ownership or operation of the land, improvements, facilities, or other properties of the district, exclusive of revenue derived from taxation or assessments, or payable from and secured by the pledge of only revenue which may be derived from the ownership or operation of the land, improvements, facilities, or properties acquired with the proceeds of the sale of the obligations.(b)  The obligations may be issued in more than one series and at any time at which they may be required for carrying out the purposes of the district.(c)  Any pledge of revenue may reserve the right under conditions, specified in the pledge, to issue additional obligations which will be on a parity with, senior to, or subordinate to the obligations then being issued.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 60.107 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 60 - Navigation Districts--General Provisions|Subchapter E. Powers of Districts for Improvement of Port Facilities|Section 60.107. Mortgage as Additional Security

Sec. 60.107.  MORTGAGE AS ADDITIONAL SECURITY.  (a)  As additional security for the payment of any obligations issued under this subchapter, the commission may execute in favor of the holders of the obligations an indenture, mortgaging and encumbering the improvements, facilities, and properties acquired with the proceeds of the sale of the obligations.  The commission may provide in the indenture for a grant to any purchaser, at a foreclosure sale under the indenture, a franchise to operate the improvements, facilities, and properties for a term of not more than 50 years from the date of purchase, subject to all regulatory laws.(b)  The indenture may contain the terms and provisions the commission considers proper and shall be enforceable in the manner provided by the laws of this state for the enforcement of other mortgages and encumbrances.(c)  Under any sale ordered pursuant to the provisions of an indenture, the purchaser and his successors or assigns shall be vested with a permit and franchise to maintain and operate the improvements, facilities, and properties purchased at the sale and shall have the same powers and privileges as could previously have been exercised by the district in the operation of the improvements, facilities, and properties.  The purchaser or his successors and assigns may remove all or part of the improvements, facilities, and properties for diversion to other purposes.(d)  Any laws of this state relating to the granting of franchises are not applicable to either the granting of any franchise or authorizing or executing of any mortgage or encumbrance entered into pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 60.108 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 60 - Navigation Districts--General Provisions|Subchapter E. Powers of Districts for Improvement of Port Facilities|Section 60.108. Issuance of Obligations

Sec. 60.108.  ISSUANCE OF OBLIGATIONS.  (a)  The commission may provide that obligations issued under this subchapter are payable annually or semiannually and may issue the obligations in any denominations and may have them mature serially or at one time not more than 40 years from their date.(b)  The obligations shall be signed by the chairman and secretary of the commission, and the interest coupons attached to the obligations may be executed with the facsimile signatures of these officers.  The obligations shall be valid and sufficient for all purposes even though the officers whose signatures are on the obligations or coupons cease to be officers before delivery to the purchaser.(c)  Any obligations issued under this subchapter shall be in registered or coupon form, and if the obligations are in coupon form, they may be registered with relation to principal only or with relation to both principal and interest.(d)  The commission may sell the obligations in the manner and at the time which it considers expedient and necessary to the interests of the district.(e)  The commission may make principal and interest on the obligations payable at any place or places inside or outside the State of Texas and may make the obligations redeemable before maturity at the premium determined by the commission.(f)  Each issue of obligations authorized under this subchapter shall constitute a separate series which shall be appropriately designated.  These obligations constitute negotiable instruments within the meaning of the negotiable instruments law.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 60.109 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 60 - Navigation Districts--General Provisions|Subchapter E. Powers of Districts for Improvement of Port Facilities|Section 60.109. Sinking Fund

Sec. 60.109.  SINKING FUND.  (a)  A resolution or an order authorizing the issuance of obligations under this subchapter shall provide for the creation of a sinking fund which shall include sums fully sufficient to pay principal of and interest on the obligations.  Money deposited in the sinking fund shall be taken from revenue pledged for the payment of the obligations and shall be deposited in the fund as the revenue is collected.(b)  The money in the sinking fund shall be applied solely to the payment of interest on the obligations for the payment of which the fund is created and for the retirement of the obligations at or before maturity in the manner provided by this subchapter.(c)  The commission, at the time obligations are authorized under this subchapter, may provide that all money in the sinking fund which is in excess of the amount required for the payment of the principal of and interest on the outstanding obligations, for a period of time it may determine, shall be spent once each year pursuant to the commission's orders for the purchase of obligations, if any can be purchased at a price the commission finds reasonable, for the account of which the sinking fund has been accumulated.(d)  If the obligations contain an option permitting retirement before maturity, the commission may provide that the excess sums shall be paid out as authorized by Subsection (b) of this section for the purchase of the obligations, but if the commission is unable to purchase sufficient obligations of the issue to absorb all the surplus, it shall call a sufficient amount of the obligations for redemption to absorb insofar as practicable the entire surplus remaining in the sinking fund.(e)  The commission may provide that any excess in the sinking fund which cannot be applied to the purchase or redemption of obligations shall remain in the sinking fund for payment of principal and interest and for subsequent call for purchase or redemption.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 60.110 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 60 - Navigation Districts--General Provisions|Subchapter E. Powers of Districts for Improvement of Port Facilities|Section 60.110. Revenue Set Aside for Sinking Fund

Sec. 60.110.  REVENUE SET ASIDE FOR SINKING FUND.  (a)  A resolution or an order authorizing the issuance of obligations under this subchapter shall provide that the revenue from which the obligations are to be paid shall, from month to month as it accrues and is received, be placed in a sinking fund and disbursed in the manner provided in Section 60.109 of this code.(b)  In determining the amount of revenue to be set aside, the commission shall provide that the amount to be set aside and paid into the fund in any year shall not be less than a fixed sum which shall be at least sufficient to provide for the payment of the principal of and interest on all obligations which mature and become payable each year and shall include a surplus or margin of 10 percent in excess of that amount.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|