Go to Previous Versions of this Section
  1. 2025 Texas Stat. (here)
  2. 2024 Texas Stat.
  3. 2023 Texas Stat.
  4. View All Versions

2025 Texas Statutes
Water Code
Title 4 - General Law Districts
Chapter 61 - Article Iii, Section 52, Navigation Districts
Subchapter E. Port Facilities
Section 61.151. Authority to Operate and Develop Port Facilities

Universal Citation:
TX Water Code § 61.151 (2025)
Learn more This media-neutral citation is based on the American Association of Law Libraries Universal Citation Guide and is not necessarily the official citation.
Next

Sec. 61.151. AUTHORITY TO OPERATE AND DEVELOP PORT FACILITIES. (a) A district created for the development of deep-water navigation which includes a city with a population of more than 100,000, according to the last preceding federal census, may operate and develop ports and waterways inside the district and extending to the Gulf of Mexico.

(b) The district may acquire, purchase, take over, construct, maintain, operate, develop, and regulate wharves, docks, warehouses, grain elevators, bunkering facilities, belt railroads, floating plants, lighterage, land, towing facilities, and other facilities or aids incident to or necessary to the operation or development of ports and waterways.

Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.

Next
Disclaimer: These codes may not be the most recent version. Texas may have more current or accurate information. We make no warranties or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the information contained on this site or the information linked to on the state site. Please check official sources.