HB 5597
AN ACT relating to the definition of a Galveston County Port.
House Bill
89th Regular Session
Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended
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Bill filed, pending referral to House committee
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What This Bill Does
relating to the definition of a Galveston County Port.
Bill Text
relating to the definition of a Galveston County Port. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 66.002(3), Transportation Code, is (3) "Galveston County port" means a place in Galveston or Chambers County into which a vessel enters or from which a vessel departs and the waterway leading to that place from the Gulf of SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
Bill History
filed
Bill filed: AN ACT relating to the definition of a Galveston County Port.
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