Tex. Transportation Code § 51.004: COOPERATION WITH OTHER ENTITIES.

(a) The commission shall cooperate with the Department of the Army, other federal and state agencies, navigation districts, port authorities, counties, and other appropriate persons to determine the state's federal local sponsorship requirements relating to the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, shall fulfill those requirements, and shall satisfy the responsibilities of the nonfederal sponsor as determined by federal law.

(b) The commission shall coordinate actions taken under this chapter that may have a significant environmental impact or effect on coastal public land, coastal marshes, wildlife, and fisheries with appropriate federal and state agencies that have environmental, wildlife, and fisheries responsibilities.

(c) Within its authority and available resources, an agency or political subdivision of the state shall assist the commission in performing its duties under this chapter.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.