{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-1505.076","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 1505.076","heading":"COMMISSIONERS OF NAVIGATION DISTRICT.","body":"(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.\n(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:\n(1) may prescribe reasonable rules for the operation of the bridge in aid of navigation;\n(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;\n(3) may employ and direct all agencies in the management and operation of those facilities; and\n(4) may appropriate and use any available revenue of the district to defray the cost of maintaining or operating the bridge.\n(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.\n(d) This section does not apply after land or a facility mortgaged by a municipality is sold on foreclosure.\nAdded by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 9. PUBLIC SECURITIES","SUBTITLE J. SPECIFIC AUTHORITY FOR MUNICIPALITIES TO ISSUE SECURITIES","CHAPTER 1505. OBLIGATIONS FOR COASTAL MUNICIPALITIES FOR COASTAL MATTERS","SUBCHAPTER B. BONDS FOR NAVIGATIONAL FACILITIES IN CERTAIN COASTAL MUNICIPALITIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.1505.htm#1505.076","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"054fb69621ef9e4d90528effe770634e483c40dc113564029b4f9376f0826cfd","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-1505.075","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-1505.077"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}