Relating to the name, rights, powers, and privileges of the Cedar Port Navigation and Improvement District, the official text

S.B. No. 1745

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.

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President of the Senate
Speaker of the House

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1745 passed the Senate on

April 24, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

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Secretary of the Senate

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1745 passed the House on

May 2, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 123, Nays 0, two present

not voting.

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Chief Clerk of the House

Approved:

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Date

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Governor