HB2989 - Relating to the name, rights, powers, and privileges of the Cedar Port Navigation and Improvement District.

  89R20109 JXC-F     By: Metcalf, Leo Wilson, et al. H.B. No. 2989     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2989:     By:  Little C.S.H.B. No. 2989       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the name, rights, powers, and privileges of the Cedar   Port Navigation and Improvement District.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  The heading to Chapter 3854, Special District   Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows:   CHAPTER 3854. CEDAR PORT NAVIGATION AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT     [ CHAMBERS COUNTY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 1 ]          SECTION 2.  Section 3854.001(3), Special District Local Laws   Code, is amended to read as follows:                (3)  "District" means the Cedar Port Navigation and   Improvement District [ Chambers County Improvement District No. 1 ].          SECTION 3.  Section 3854.002, Special District Local Laws   Code, is amended to read as follows:          Sec. 3854.002.  NATURE OF DISTRICT. A special district   known as the "Cedar Port Navigation and Improvement District"   [ "Chambers County Improvement District No. 1" ] is a political   subdivision of this state.          SECTION 4.  Section 3854.151, Special District Local Laws   Code, is amended to read as follows:          Sec. 3854.151.  GENERAL POWERS.  The district has:                (1)  all the rights, powers, and privileges conferred   by the general law of this state applicable to districts created   under:                      (A)  Chapter 375, Local Government Code;                      (B)  Chapter 172, Transportation Code, or Chapter   623, Acts of the 67th Legislature, Regular Session, 1981 (former   Article 6550c, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes);                      (C)  Chapter 441, Transportation Code; and                      (D)   Chapters 49 and [ Chapter ] 54, Water Code;                (2)  the rights, powers, and privileges granted to   districts by:                      (A)  [ Subchapters E and M, ] Chapter 60, Water   Code; and                      (B)   Sections [ Section ] 61.116 and 62.118 , Water   Code; and                (3)  all the powers granted to municipal management   districts under Sections 375.092 and 375.111, Local Government   Code, to provide any services or for any project the district is   authorized to acquire, construct, or improve under this chapter.          SECTION 5.  Subchapter D, Chapter 3854, Special District   Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 3854.1515 to read as   follows:           Sec.   3854.1515.     ACTING AS NONFEDERAL SPONSOR. If authorized   by the United States, notwithstanding Section 60.033, Water Code,   or any other state law, the district may exercise all rights,   powers, and privileges necessary to allow the district to act as a   nonfederal sponsor under a federal project partnership agreement,   including by operating barges, engaging in dredging, and engaging   in related maritime operations on water that is not in the territory   of the district.          SECTION 6.  Section 3854.153, Special District Local Laws   Code, is amended to read as follows:          Sec. 3854.153.  AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE INTEREST IN LAND. The   district may acquire any interest in land in accordance with   Chapter 49, [ Chapter ] 54, or 60, Water Code.          SECTION 7.  (a)  The legal notice of the intention to   introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this   Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a   copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,   officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished   under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,   Government Code.          (b)  The governor, one of the required recipients, has   submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on   Environmental Quality.          (c)  The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed   its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the   lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of   representatives within the required time.          (d)  All requirements of the constitution and laws of this   state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect   to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled   and accomplished.          SECTION 8.  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, 2025.