Port of Houston Authority
Self-Evaluation Report
Submitted to Texas Sunset Advisory Commission
September 2011

The Port of Houston Authority looks forward to its upcoming review by the Texas Sunset Advisory Commission.

The Texas Sunset Advisory Commission was created in 1977 by the Texas Legislature to identify and eliminate state agency waste and duplication, and consider changes to improve each agency's operations and activities.

During the 82nd Regular Session, the Texas Legislature passed legislation providing for sunset review of the Port Authority. The Sunset Advisory Commission staff and members will conduct a two-year review to assess the Port Authority's governance, management, and operating structure, and compliance with legislative requirements.

While the Sunset process customarily sets a date on which a state agency will be abolished, unless legislation is passed by state lawmakers to continue its functions, the legislation provides that the Port Authority will not be abolished.

The Port Authority has completed the first step of the review process, the Self Evaluation Report (SER). This report provides the Port Authority's responses to a series of standard questions and requests for specific information. The SER also provided the Port Authority with the opportunity to identify its strengths, weakness, opportunities, and challenges.

The Port Authority's Self Evaluation Report may be downloaded by clicking the link below:

Port of Houston Authority
Self-Evaluation Report
2.2 MB

For more information about the Texas Sunset Advisory Commission and the review process, please see the links below:

Texas Sunset Advisory Commission

What Is Sunset and The Guide to the Sunset Process

How to Participate in the Sunset Process

The government relations department acts as the liaison among the Port Authority and its local, state and federal government stakeholders.

The department's functions include informing and educating elected officials and regulatory agencies on issues that affect the PHA by hosting briefing sessions and guided tours of the port as well as responding to requests.

On-going key issues include appropriations for the Houston Ship Channel deepening and widening project, grants for port security, securing funds for transportation projects important to the port and legislation to improve the PHA's operations and efficiency.

Updated: 09/06/11

Port of Houston Authority
111 East Loop North • Houston, Texas 77029
P.O. Box 2562 • Houston, Texas 77252-2562
Phone: 713-670-2400

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