Bill Text: TX HB4088 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the sunset review of navigation districts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-04 - Referred to Texas Ports, Innovation & Infrastructure, Select [HB4088 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB4088-Introduced.html
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By: Faircloth | H.B. No. 4088 |
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relating to the sunset review of navigation districts. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 325, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Section 325.026 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 325.026. NAVIGATION DISTRICTS SUBJECT TO REVIEW. (a) | ||
A navigation district listed in Subsection (b) is subject to a | ||
limited review under this chapter as if it were a state agency. | ||
(b) This section applies to the: | ||
(1) Aransas County Navigation District; | ||
(2) Brownsville Navigation District; | ||
(3) Calhoun Port Authority; | ||
(4) Cedar Bayou Navigation District; | ||
(5) Chambers-Liberty Counties Navigation District; | ||
(6) Cypress Valley Navigation District; | ||
(7) Galveston County Navigation District No. 1; | ||
(8) Jackson County Navigation District; | ||
(9) Jefferson County Navigation District; | ||
(10) Matagorda County Navigation District No. 1; | ||
(11) Orange County Navigation and Port District; | ||
(12) Port Freeport; | ||
(13) Port Isabel San Benito Navigation District; | ||
(14) Port of Bay City Authority; | ||
(15) Port of Beaumont Navigation District; | ||
(16) Port of Corpus Christi Authority; | ||
(17) Port of Harlingen Authority; | ||
(18) Port of Houston Authority of Harris County; | ||
(19) Port of Port Arthur Navigation District; | ||
(20) Refugio County Navigation District; | ||
(21) Sabine Neches Navigation District of Jefferson | ||
County, Texas; | ||
(22) Sabine Pass Port Authority; | ||
(23) San Patricio County Navigation District No. 1; | ||
(24) Victoria County Navigation District; | ||
(25) West Side Calhoun County Navigation District; and | ||
(26) Willacy County Navigation District. | ||
(c) The limited review under this chapter must assess each | ||
navigation district's: | ||
(1) governance; | ||
(2) management; | ||
(3) operating structure; and | ||
(4) compliance with legislative requirements and the | ||
Texas Constitution. | ||
(d) A navigation district shall pay the cost incurred by the | ||
commission in performing the review. The commission shall | ||
determine the cost, and the district shall pay the amount promptly | ||
on receipt of a statement from the commission detailing the cost. | ||
(e) The commission shall establish a schedule for reviewing | ||
navigation districts under this section so that the first review of | ||
each district is completed not later than January 1, 2023. | ||
(f) Each district shall be reviewed every 12th year after | ||
the first review. | ||
(g) A navigation district is abolished on September 1 of the | ||
year in which the district's review is put before the legislature | ||
unless the district is continued by an act of the legislature. | ||
(h) Together with the commission's report on each | ||
navigation district reviewed under this section, the commission | ||
shall include recommendations regarding issues raised by the | ||
abolishment of the district if the district is not continued by an | ||
act of the legislature, including recommendations for legislation | ||
concerning wrapping up the business of the district. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |