bill adding spaceports to the critical infrastructure list

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89R3015 SCR-D

By: Morales of Maverick
H.B. No. 2973

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the designation of spaceports as critical

infrastructure facilities for purposes of criminal and civil

liability.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 424.001, Government Code, is amended to

read as follows:

Sec. 424.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "critical

infrastructure facility" has the meaning assigned by Section

423.0045(a)(1-a) and also includes:

(1) any pipeline transporting oil or gas or the

products or constituents of oil or gas;

(2) a public or private airport depicted in any

current aeronautical chart published by the Federal Aviation

Administration;

(3) a military installation owned or operated by or

for the federal government, this state, or another governmental

entity; [ and ]

(4) any property or facility that is:

(A) used for the launch, landing, or recovery of

spacecraft, as defined by Section 507.001, Local Government Code;

and

(B) licensed by the Federal Aviation

Administration or operated by a spaceport development corporation

under Chapter 507, Local Government Code; and

(5) a property, facility , or pipeline described by

this section that is under construction and all equipment and

appurtenances used during that construction.

SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only

to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.

An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is

governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,

and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For

purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the

effective date of this Act if any element of the offense was

committed before that date.

SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only

to a cause of action that accrues on or after the effective date of

this Act. A cause of action that accrues before the effective date

of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the cause of

action accrued, and the former law is continued in effect for that

purpose.

SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.