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TX Spec Dist Code § 5004.206 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 5 - Transportation|Subtitle A - Navigation Districts and Port Authorities|Chapter 5004 - Cypress Valley Navigation District|Subchapter E. Bonds|Section 5004.206. Use of Bond Proceeds

Sec. 5004.206.  USE OF BOND PROCEEDS.  The board may appropriate or set aside an amount of proceeds from the sale of any district bonds for:(1)  the payment of interest expected to accrue during construction of the improvements or facilities;(2)  reserve funds; and(3)  expenses incurred and to be incurred in the issuance, sale, and delivery of the bonds.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.04, eff. April 1, 2009.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 5004.207 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 5 - Transportation|Subtitle A - Navigation Districts and Port Authorities|Chapter 5004 - Cypress Valley Navigation District|Subchapter E. Bonds|Section 5004.207. Refunding Bonds

Sec. 5004.207.  REFUNDING BONDS.  (a)  The board may issue refunding bonds of the district to refund any outstanding district bonds and accrued interest on those bonds.(b)  Refunding bonds may:(1)  be issued to refund more than one series or issue of the outstanding bonds;(2)  combine the pledges for the outstanding bonds for the security of the refunding bonds; and(3)  be secured by other or additional revenue.(c)  Refunding under this section may not impair the contract rights of the holders of any of the outstanding bonds that are not to be refunded.(d)  Refunding bonds must be authorized by board resolution or order and be executed and mature as provided by this chapter for original bonds.(e)  The comptroller shall register the refunding bonds on surrender and cancellation of the bonds to be refunded.(f)  Instead of issuing bonds to be registered on the surrender and cancellation of the bonds to be refunded, the district, in the resolution or order authorizing the issuance of the refunding bonds, may provide for the sale of the refunding bonds and the deposit of the proceeds in the place or places at which the bonds to be refunded are payable.  In that case, the refunding bonds may be issued in an amount sufficient to pay the interest on the bonds to be refunded to their option date or maturity date, and the comptroller shall register the refunding bonds without the surrender and cancellation of the bonds to be refunded.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.04, eff. April 1, 2009.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 5005.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 5 - Transportation|Subtitle A - Navigation Districts and Port Authorities|Chapter 5005 - Victoria County Navigation District|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 5005.001. Definitions

Sec. 5005.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "Board" means the board of navigation and canal commissioners of the Victoria County Navigation District.(2)  "District" means the Victoria County Navigation District.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1066 (H.B. 2368), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 5005.051 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 5 - Transportation|Subtitle A - Navigation Districts and Port Authorities|Chapter 5005 - Victoria County Navigation District|Subchapter B. Board|Section 5005.051. Composition of Board

Sec. 5005.051.  COMPOSITION OF BOARD.  The district is governed by a board of five navigation and canal commissioners appointed by the Commissioners Court of Victoria County.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1066 (H.B. 2368), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 5006.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 5 - Transportation|Subtitle A - Navigation Districts and Port Authorities|Chapter 5006 - Matagorda County Navigation District No. 1|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 5006.001. Definitions

Sec. 5006.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "Board" means the board of navigation and canal commissioners of the district.(2)  "Commissioner" means a member of the board.(3)  "District" means the Matagorda County Navigation District No. 1.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 589 (S.B. 2480), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 5006.051 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 5 - Transportation|Subtitle A - Navigation Districts and Port Authorities|Chapter 5006 - Matagorda County Navigation District No. 1|Subchapter B. District Administration|Section 5006.051. Board of Commissioners; Term; Election

Sec. 5006.051.  BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS; TERM; ELECTION.  (a)  The district is governed by a board consisting of five commissioners elected at large.(b)  Commissioners serve staggered six-year terms, with the terms of one or two commissioners expiring on November 30 of each even-numbered year.(c)  An election shall be held in the district every two years on the uniform election date in November to elect one or two commissioners.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 589 (S.B. 2480), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 5007.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 5 - Transportation|Subtitle A - Navigation Districts and Port Authorities|Chapter 5007 - Port of Houston Authority of Harris County, Texas|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 5007.001. Definitions

Sec. 5007.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "Authority" means the Port of Houston Authority of Harris County, Texas.(2)  "Executive director" means the executive director of the authority.(3)  "Port commission" means the navigation and canal commission of the authority.(4)  "Port commissioner" means a member of the port commission.|Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 139 (H.B. 1642), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 5007.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 5 - Transportation|Subtitle A - Navigation Districts and Port Authorities|Chapter 5007 - Port of Houston Authority of Harris County, Texas|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 5007.002. Creation of District; Validation; Territory

Sec. 5007.002.  CREATION OF DISTRICT; VALIDATION; TERRITORY.  (a)  That, effective June 6, 1927, the Harris County Houston Ship Channel Navigation District of Harris County, Texas, in Harris County, as hereinafter described by metes and bounds, is hereby created and established under authority of Article 3, Section 52, of the Constitution of the State of Texas, for the purpose of the development of deep water navigation and the improvement of rivers, bays, creeks, streams, and canals within or adjacent to the authority, including the Houston Ship Channel and dredge material management areas, and to construct and maintain canals or waterways to permit navigation or in aid thereof and for the purpose of and authority to acquire, purchase, undertake, construct, maintain, operate, develop, and regulate wharves, docks, warehouses, grain elevators, bunkering facilities, belt railroads, floating plants, lighterage, lands, dredge material management areas, towing facilities, and all other facilities or aids incident to or necessary to the operation or development of ports or waterways within the authority, including the Houston Ship Channel and dredge material management areas, as provided in Chapter 9 of the Revised Statutes of 1925; and all orders of the Commissioners' Court of Harris County, Texas, and of the Navigation Commissioners, heretofore made in respect to the creation of such authority and the authorization and issuance of the bonds of said authority are hereby in all things ratified, confirmed, and validated.(b)  The authority herenow created and established after consideration of the benefits to the property therein located, is described by metes and bounds as follows, to-wit:-Beginning at the entrance to Clear Creek into Galveston Bay; thence running up said creek with the line of Galveston and Brazoria Counties to a point on S. G. Haynie's survey 372 varas S. 62 degrees 32 minutes E. from its west line; thence N. 62 degrees 32 minutes W. 12 miles 318 varas to the head of Brays Bayou; thence N. 56 degrees 30 minutes W. 15 miles 1455 1/2 varas to the old crossing of Buffalo Bayou; thence with the line of Waller County in a straight line to the head of creek; thence down the same with its meanders to the San Jacinto River; thence N. 50 degrees east to the western line of Liberty County; thence with said line to the head of Cedar Bayou; thence down said bayou to its mouth; thence following the boundary line of Harris County to the mouth of Clear Creek, the place of beginning.|Transferred, redesignated and amended from Local Water Laws, Section 1, Chapter 97, 40S1 by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 139 (H.B. 1642), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2013.Amended by: Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 758 (S.B. 1864), Sec. 1, eff. June 12, 2017.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 5007.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 5 - Transportation|Subtitle A - Navigation Districts and Port Authorities|Chapter 5007 - Port of Houston Authority of Harris County, Texas|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 5007.003. Authority to Issue Bonds

Sec. 5007.003.  AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS. The authority is authorized and empowered to issue in direct conformity with the Constitution and the laws of this State as and when necessary such bonds as may be voted from time to time by the voters voting at any election when called and conducted in direct conformity with the Constitution and laws of Texas and to issue and sell the same subject to such provisions of the Constitution and laws of this State as may be in effect at the time, and subject to the approval of the Attorney General.|Transferred, redesignated and amended from Local Water Laws, Section 7, Chapter 97, 40S1 by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 139 (H.B. 1642), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2013.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 5007.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 5 - Transportation|Subtitle A - Navigation Districts and Port Authorities|Chapter 5007 - Port of Houston Authority of Harris County, Texas|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 5007.005. Rights of Way; Easements

Sec. 5007.005.  RIGHTS OF WAY; EASEMENTS.  Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit the authority or its successors from granting to the United States of America such rights-of-way or easements as may be required by it for the construction of channels, basins, dumping grounds, or other allied purposes in connection with any work voluntarily undertaken by the Federal Government, or at the request of the authority or its successors.|Transferred, redesignated and amended from Local Water Laws, Section 8, Chapter 292, 40R by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 139 (H.B. 1642), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2013.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 5007.008 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 5 - Transportation|Subtitle A - Navigation Districts and Port Authorities|Chapter 5007 - Port of Houston Authority of Harris County, Texas|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 5007.008. Refunding of Bonds Heretofore Voted

Sec. 5007.008.  REFUNDING OF BONDS HERETOFORE VOTED.  The Commissioners Court shall have the power to issue bonds of the authority to refund bonds of the authority which have heretofore been voted and which are outstanding at the time of the adoption of the refunding bond order, and no election therefor shall be necessary.  Such refunding bonds shall mature serially or otherwise in not to exceed forty (40) years from their date, and shall bear interest at the same or lower rate than the bonds to be refunded unless it is shown mathematically that a saving will result in the total amount of interest to be paid.  Such refunding bonds shall be approved by the Attorney General of Texas, and shall be registered by the Comptroller of Public Accounts of Texas upon surrender and cancellation of the bonds to be refunded, but in lieu thereof, the order authorizing their issuance may provide that they shall be sold and the proceeds thereof deposited in the place or places where the bonds to be refunded are payable, in which case the refunding bonds may be issued in an amount sufficient to pay the principal of the bonds to be refunded and the interest on such bonds to their option or maturity date, and the Comptroller shall register them without the surrender and cancellation of the bonds to be refunded.  All such refunding bonds, after they have been approved by the Attorney General and registered by the Comptroller, shall be incontestable for any cause except for forgery or fraud.|Transferred, redesignated and amended from Local Water Laws, Section 3, Chapter 117, 55R by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 139 (H.B. 1642), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2013.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 5007.009 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 5 - Transportation|Subtitle A - Navigation Districts and Port Authorities|Chapter 5007 - Port of Houston Authority of Harris County, Texas|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 5007.009. Construction of Chapter

Sec. 5007.009.  CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER.  This chapter shall be cumulative of other laws, and shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes set forth herein.  It is hereby found and declared that all property in the authority, both real and personal, is benefited by the authority and by the improvements and facilities constructed or acquired under this chapter.  It is expressly provided that nothing in this chapter shall be construed to amend, repeal, or affect the laws relating to pilots, pilotage, their appointment, or their remuneration.|Transferred, redesignated and amended from Local Water Laws, Section 4, Chapter 117, 55R by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 139 (H.B. 1642), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2013.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 5007.010 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 5 - Transportation|Subtitle A - Navigation Districts and Port Authorities|Chapter 5007 - Port of Houston Authority of Harris County, Texas|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 5007.010. Name and Title Changes

Sec. 5007.010.  NAME AND TITLE CHANGES.  (a)  Effective August 30, 1971, the name of the Harris County Houston Ship Channel Navigation District of Harris County, Texas, is changed to the Port of Houston Authority of Harris County, Texas.(b)  Effective August 30, 1971, the name of the Board of Navigation and the Canal Commissioners of the authority is changed to the port commission, and the title of each member is port commissioner.(c)  Effective August 30, 1971, the title of general manager of the authority is changed to executive director.|Transferred, redesignated and amended from Local Water Laws, Section 5A, Chapter 117, 55R by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 139 (H.B. 1642), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2013.Amended by: Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 758 (S.B. 1864), Sec. 6, eff. June 12, 2017.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 5007.201 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 5 - Transportation|Subtitle A - Navigation Districts and Port Authorities|Chapter 5007 - Port of Houston Authority of Harris County, Texas|Subchapter B. Administration and Planning|Section 5007.201. Conflict of Laws

Sec. 5007.201.  CONFLICT OF LAWS.  To the extent of a conflict between this subchapter and any other law, including Subchapter A, this subchapter prevails.|Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 139 (H.B. 1642), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2013.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 5007.202 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 5 - Transportation|Subtitle A - Navigation Districts and Port Authorities|Chapter 5007 - Port of Houston Authority of Harris County, Texas|Subchapter B. Administration and Planning|Section 5007.202. Provisions Not Applicable to Authority

Sec. 5007.202.  PROVISIONS NOT APPLICABLE TO AUTHORITY.  Chapter 90, Acts of the 49th Legislature, Regular Session, 1945, and Chapter 211, Acts of the 54th Legislature, Regular Session, 1955, do not apply to the authority.|Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 139 (H.B. 1642), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2013.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 5007.205 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 5 - Transportation|Subtitle A - Navigation Districts and Port Authorities|Chapter 5007 - Port of Houston Authority of Harris County, Texas|Subchapter B. Administration and Planning|Section 5007.205. Appointment of Chair; Term

Sec. 5007.205.  APPOINTMENT OF CHAIR; TERM.  (a)  The City of Houston mayor and city council and the Harris County Commissioners Court shall jointly appoint the chair of the port commission in January of odd-numbered years.  The term of the chair expires on February 1 of each odd-numbered year.(b)  If the mayor, city council, and commissioners court do not make an appointment within the period specified by this section, the governor shall appoint the chair of the port commission with the advice and consent of the senate.  The governor may appoint the chair only if the original appointing entities fail to make an appointment within the period described by this section, and any subsequent appointment must be made by the appointing entities.(c)  The person appointed as the chair of the port commission must comply with the qualifications described by Section 61.160, Water Code.(d)  On the second Monday of January in each odd-numbered year, the City of Houston mayor and city council, the Harris County commissioners, and the Harris County judge shall hold a joint meeting to appoint the chair of the port commission at the headquarters of the authority.(e)  In the meeting held under Subsection (d):(1)  each city council member and the mayor shall have one vote; and(2)  each county commissioner and the county judge shall have the mixed-fraction number of votes equal to the sum of the number of city council members plus the mayor divided by the sum of the number of county commissioners plus the county judge.(f)  The presence of individuals with a majority of the total potential votes is required to establish a quorum at the meeting.  A separate quorum from each group, representing the city and the county, is not required.  The chair must be appointed by at least a majority of the total potential votes, in any combination.(g)  In the event of a tie, the city council, mayor, county commissioners, and county judge have three calendar days to deliberate, convene a meeting, and revote.  The period may be extended to allow for compliance with Chapter 551, Government Code, as it applies to the notice requirement for an open meeting.  If a second vote results in a tie:(1)  the office of the chair of the port commission is considered an open position and the person serving as the chair is not eligible for reappointment to fill the position; and(2)  the governor shall appoint the chair as provided by Subsection (b).|Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 139 (H.B. 1642), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2013.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 5007.206 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 5 - Transportation|Subtitle A - Navigation Districts and Port Authorities|Chapter 5007 - Port of Houston Authority of Harris County, Texas|Subchapter B. Administration and Planning|Section 5007.206. Navigation Board

Sec. 5007.206.  NAVIGATION BOARD.  The navigation board of the authority is composed of the county judge and county commissioners of Harris County, the mayor and city council members of the City of Houston, and the members of the Harris County Mayors' and Councils' Association.|Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 139 (H.B. 1642), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2013.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 5007.2065 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 5 - Transportation|Subtitle A - Navigation Districts and Port Authorities|Chapter 5007 - Port of Houston Authority of Harris County, Texas|Subchapter B. Administration and Planning|Section 5007.2065. Service on Freight Rail District Board

Sec. 5007.2065.  SERVICE ON FREIGHT RAIL DISTRICT BOARD.  The chair of the port commission may designate an officer or employee of the authority to serve on behalf of the chair as a director of a freight rail district created under Section 171.052, Transportation Code.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 758 (S.B. 1864), Sec. 7, eff. June 12, 2017.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 5007.207 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 5 - Transportation|Subtitle A - Navigation Districts and Port Authorities|Chapter 5007 - Port of Houston Authority of Harris County, Texas|Subchapter B. Administration and Planning|Section 5007.207. Conflict of Interest

Sec. 5007.207.  CONFLICT OF INTEREST.  (a) In this section, "Texas trade association" means a cooperative and voluntarily joined statewide association of business or professional competitors in this state designed to assist its members and its industry or profession in dealing with mutual business or professional problems and in promoting their common interest.(b)  A person may not be a port commissioner and may not be an authority employee employed in a "bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity," as that phrase is used for purposes of establishing an exemption to the overtime provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 201 et seq.), if:(1)  the person is an officer, employee, or paid consultant of a Texas trade association in a field relating to maritime commerce, the members of which are regulated by the authority; or(2)  the person's spouse is an officer, manager, or paid consultant of a Texas trade association in a field relating to maritime commerce, the members of which are regulated by the authority.(c)  A person may not be a port commissioner or act as the general counsel to the port commission or the authority if the person is required to register as a lobbyist under Chapter 305, Government Code, because of the person's activities for compensation on behalf of a profession related to the operation of the authority.(d)  A person may not be a port commissioner if the person or an individual related to the person in the first degree of consanguinity or affinity, as determined under Chapter 573, Government Code:(1)  is employed by or participates in the management of a business entity or other organization regulated by or receiving money from the authority; or(2)  uses or receives a substantial amount of tangible goods, services, or money from the authority other than compensation or reimbursement authorized by law for port commission membership, attendance, or expenses.|Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 139 (H.B. 1642), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2013.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 5007.208 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 5 - Transportation|Subtitle A - Navigation Districts and Port Authorities|Chapter 5007 - Port of Houston Authority of Harris County, Texas|Subchapter B. Administration and Planning|Section 5007.208. Filing of Financial Statement by Port Commissioners

Sec. 5007.208.  FILING OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT BY PORT COMMISSIONERS.  (a)  A port commissioner shall file the financial statement required of state officers under Subchapter B, Chapter 572, Government Code, with:(1)  the authority; and(2)  the Texas Ethics Commission.(b)  Subchapter B, Chapter 572, Government Code:(1)  applies to a port commissioner subject to this section as if the port commissioner were a state officer; and(2)  governs the contents of, timeliness of filing, public inspection of, and civil and criminal penalties relating to a statement filed under this section.|Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 139 (H.B. 1642), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2013.|