86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4172, Chapter 468 Page: 21 of 192
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H.B. No. 4172
1 Sec. 5016.0103. SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT. (a) The port
2 commission may adopt, amend, repeal, and enforce an ordinance,
3 rule, or police regulation necessary to:
4 (1) protect, secure, and defend the ship channels and
5 waterways in the authority's jurisdiction and facilities served by
6 those ship channels and waterways;
7 (2) promote the health, safety, and general welfare of
8 any person using the ship channels and waterways in the authority's
9 jurisdiction; or
10 (3) comply with a federal law or regulation or
11 implement a directive or standard of the federal government,
12 including the United States Department of Homeland Security and the
13 United States Coast Guard, relating to securing ship channels and
14 waterways and facilities served by ship channels and waterways and
15 preventing terrorist attacks on ship channels, waterways,
16 associated maritime facilities, and other facilities served by ship
17 channels and waterways.
18 (b) In the enforcement of an authority ordinance, rule, or
19 police regulation, a sheriff, constable, or other licensed peace
20 officer or a peace officer employed or appointed by the port
21 commission may make arrests, serve criminal warrants, subpoenas, or
22 writs, and perform any other service or duty that may be performed
23 by any sheriff, constable, or other licensed peace officer in
24 enforcing other laws of this state.
25 (c) In adopting an ordinance, rule, or police regulation
26 under Subsection (a) of this section, the port commission shall
27 comply with the procedures provided by Sections 60.074 and 60.075,21
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. 86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4172, Chapter 468, legislative document, June 7, 2019; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1202018/m1/21/?q=%22~1~1~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.