Massachusetts: Port Security

December 2007

A bill (S.B. 1349) has been introduced that would require the state government to devise regulations for the safe transport of hazardous materials in the state’s ports. The state would also be required to regulate the staffing and safe operation of escort vessels and equipment.

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Officials in Harris County, Texas, home to the Port of Houston, are pursuing a novel approach to fund port-wide security, specifically the local matching funds required by federal Port Security Grant Program awards. The Texas legislature has authorized establishment of a self-governed management district that could levy supplemental property taxes, solely for funding matching requirements.

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