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CHAPTER 197 H.B. No. 1097
1 AN ACT
2 relating to the validation of any act, governmental proceeding,
3 official, bond, or obligation of a navigation district or port
4 authority or a corporation of the district or authority.
5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
6 SECTION 1. DEFINITION. In this Act, "district" means a
7 navigation district or port authority created under Section 52,
8 Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, a
9 local government corporation or port development corporation of a
10 district or port authority, or other public port authority.
11 SECTION 2. VALIDATION. The following are validated and
12 confirmed in all respects:
13 (1) any act or governmental proceeding of a district
14 not excepted in this Act taken before March 1, 2005, as of the date
15 on which it occurred;
16 (2) any commissioner or other official of a district,
17 whether elected or appointed, who took office before the effective
18 date of this Act; and
19 (3) any bond or other obligation of a district
20 authorized before the effective date of this Act, including any
21 proceeding taken before the effective date of this Act that is
22 related to that bond or other obligation, regardless of whether the
23 bond or obligation is:
24 (A) payable from tax revenue or otherwise; or
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