Texas Transportation Code - Section 54.053. Character Of Board; General Powers
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§ 54.053. CHARACTER OF BOARD; GENERAL POWERS. (a) A
board is a body politic and corporate.
(b) A board may:
(1) manage, control, maintain, and operate each port
improvement or facility constituting a port or harbor of the
municipality;
(2) employ a general manager and any other officer,
employee, or representative the board considers appropriate;
(3) notwithstanding any law or charter provision to
the contrary:
(A) prepare and adopt a budget for the operation
of a port or harbor of the municipality;
(B) set charges for a service or facility;
(C) authorize an expenditure; and
(D) manage and control the income and revenue of
each port or harbor of the municipality;
(4) determine policies and adopt rules and procedures
for the operation of each port or harbor of the municipality;
(5) acquire property or an interest in property for
any purpose set forth in Section 54.003 in the manner provided by
this chapter and construct a port improvement or facility on the
property;
(6) contract in its own name, but not in the name of
the municipality;
(7) sue and be sued in its own name;
(8) adopt, use, and alter a corporate seal;
(9) establish a port security force, employ public
security officers licensed by the Commission on Law Enforcement
Officer Standards and Education, and commission employees of the
force as peace officers;
(10) own, establish, construct, improve, equip,
maintain, operate, regulate, protect, or police any transportation
facility and any necessary appurtenance to that facility; and
(11) exercise any additional power granted by the
ordinance or charter.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, § 20, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Section: 54.001 54.002 54.003 54.004 54.005 54.051 54.052 54.053 54.054 54.055 54.101 54.102 54.103 54.104 54.105
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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