Texas § SD.5012.0102 - POWERS REGARDING PORTS, WATERWAYS, AND FACILITIES
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§ SD.5012.0102. POWERS REGARDING PORTS, WATERWAYS, AND FACILITIES
POWERS REGARDING PORTS, WATERWAYS, AND FACILITIES. The authority may: (1) acquire, take over, construct, maintain, repair, operate, develop, and regulate wharves, docks, warehouses, grain elevators, ship repair facilities, belt railways, lands, and all other facilities or aids consistent with or necessary for the operation or development of ports, waterways, or maritime commerce inside or outside the authority's boundaries; and (2) construct, extend, improve, repair, maintain, reconstruct, own, use, and operate any facility necessary or convenient to the exercise of such powers, rights, privileges, and functions granted by this chapter. Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 468 (H.B. 4172 ), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2021.
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Section SD.5012.0102 ("POWERS REGARDING PORTS, WATERWAYS, AND FACILITIES") is part of the The Texas Constitution, the codified statutory law of Texas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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