Relating to the management and operation of the Gulf Coast Protection District, the official text

H.B. No. 2970

AN ACT

relating to the management and operation of the Gulf Coast

Protection District.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 9502.0201(i), Special District Local

Laws Code, is amended to read as follows:

(i) The governor [board] shall appoint [elect] a presiding

officer from among the directors to serve in that position for two

years. A director may serve as the presiding officer for not more

than two consecutive terms.

SECTION 2. Section 9502.0301, Special District Local Laws

Code, is amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:

(f) Implementation of a project described by Subsection (a)

may not disrupt navigation safety or two-way traffic, as defined by

Section 66.0172, Transportation Code, in a manner that violates a

rule adopted by the board of pilot commissioners for the ports of

Harris County under Chapter 66, Transportation Code.

SECTION 3. 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.

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President of the Senate
Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 2970 was passed by the House on April

30, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, 1 present, not

voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.

No. 2970 on May 20, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 110, Nays 8,

1 present, not voting.

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Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 2970 was passed by the Senate, with

amendments, on May 14, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays

0.

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Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: __________________

Date

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Governor