H.B. No. 1871
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the use of Texas Department of Transportation
  facilities or property to serve a project aiding security in a ship
  channel security district.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 68, Water Code, is amended
  by adding Section 68.053 to read as follows:
         Sec. 68.053.  USE OF CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
  PROPERTY FOR SHIP CHANNEL SECURITY. (a) In this section,
  "department" means the Texas Department of Transportation.
         (b)  Use of the department's facilities or property to serve
  a project aiding security in a ship channel security district
  created under this chapter serves a transportation purpose.  A ship
  channel security district or a county whose commissioners court has
  created a ship channel security district may enter into an
  agreement with the department to provide for use of the
  department's facilities or property to aid security in the
  district.
         (c)  A county that has entered into an agreement with the
  department for use of the department's fiber optic network for
  transportation purposes may use the fiber optic network to serve a
  project aiding security in a ship channel security district created
  under this chapter in the same manner as other transportation
  purposes unless the agreement precludes the use of the fiber optic
  network for that purpose.
         SECTION 2.  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, 2009.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1871 was passed by the House on March
  31, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1871 was passed by the Senate on April
  21, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor