Section 1505.076 - Commissioners of Navigation District(a) A municipality may not construct, maintain, or operate a bridge over or across an entrance channel to a deepwater port operated by a navigation district without a permit issued by the commissioners of the district. Plans and specifications for the bridge must be jointly approved by the commissioners and the governing body of the municipality.(b) If a bridge over or across the entrance channel to the port is constructed, maintained, or operated under this subchapter, the commissioners of the navigation district: (1) may prescribe reasonable rules for the operation of the bridge in aid of navigation;(2) shall exercise direct control over the maintenance and operation of the mechanical facilities of the bridge that provide clearance of the channel for vessels to enter or leave the port;(3) may employ and direct all agencies in the management and operation of those facilities; and(4) may appropriate and use any available revenue of the district to defray the cost of maintaining or operating the bridge.(c) A municipality may not construct, maintain, or operate a bridge over or across an entrance channel to a deepwater port operated by a navigation district except as provided by this section.(d) This section does not apply after land or a facility mortgaged by a municipality is sold on foreclosure.Tex. Gov't. Code § 1505.076
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1999.