Sec. 68.053. USE OF CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PROPERTY FOR SHIP CHANNEL SECURITY. (a) In this section, "department" means the Texas Department of Transportation.

(b) Use of the department's facilities or property to serve a project aiding security in a ship channel security district created under this chapter serves a transportation purpose. A ship channel security district or a county whose commissioners court has created a ship channel security district may enter into an agreement with the department to provide for use of the department's facilities or property to aid security in the district.

(c) A county that has entered into an agreement with the department for use of the department's fiber optic network for transportation purposes may use the fiber optic network to serve a project aiding security in a ship channel security district created under this chapter in the same manner as other transportation purposes unless the agreement precludes the use of the fiber optic network for that purpose.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 4 (H.B. 1871), Sec. 1, eff. April 29, 2009.