By: Deshotel H.B. No. 4021       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the financing of ports in the state.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:   SECTION 1.   Section 55.001, Transportation Code, is amended by   adding Subdivision (6) to read as follows:                (6)  "Port access improvement project" means the   construction or improvement of public roadways that will enhance   connectivity to ports.          SECTION 2.  Section 55.002(e), Transportation Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (e)  The commission may use money from the Texas Mobility   Fund to provide funding for a port access improvement project[,   including through a loan, for a port security project, a port   transportation project, or a project eligible for funding under   Subsection (c)].          SECTION 3.  Subtitle A, Title 4, Transportation Code, is   amended by adding Chapter 56 to read as follows:   CHAPTER 56. FUNDING OF SHIP CHANNEL IMPROVEMENTS          Sec. 56.001.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:                (1)  "Commission" means the Texas Transportation   Commission.                (2)  "Department" means the Texas Department of   Transportation.                (3)  "Fund" means the ship channel improvement   revolving fund.                (4)  "Navigation district" means a navigation district   created under Section 52, Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI,   Texas Constitution, and operating under Chapter 60, 61, 62, or 63,   Water Code.          Sec. 56.002.  SHIP CHANNEL IMPROVEMENT REVOLVING FUND. The   ship channel improvement revolving fund is an account in the   general revenue fund.  The fund is administered by the department.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2017.