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What it is

Bill would let cities manage their port spaces

Admitted step 2 of 7 · Unfinished

It is a members’ bill. Introduced by parliamentary groups, the Senate, regional governments or citizens. It was introduced on 14 February 2023. Introduced by: Grupo Parlamentario Plural.

Official title: Private member's bill for the reform of Royal Legislative Decree 2/2011, of 5 September, approving the Consolidated Text of the Law on the Ports of the State and the Merchant Marine.

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Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 122/000306· updated 11 Nov

Automatic summary, not yet reviewed

  1. The bill would allow fishing and nautical-sport docks to be separated from ports of general interest, if they meet conditions such as having independent infrastructure and not affecting port operations. The Government would approve each separation by Royal Decree, with a favorable report from Puertos del Estado.
  2. It creates a procedure for that separation: the Ministry, Puertos del Estado, the Port Authority, the Autonomous Community or the dock manager could start it. It includes reports, one month of public information and a maximum of six months to decide, with negative silence.
  3. It would allow consortia or public bodies to manage the spaces where port and city meet, including fishing or nautical-sport docks. Port fees for those spaces would accrue to those bodies, and La Marina de Valencia would be assigned to them automatically within three months.
  4. It would allow non-port uses, such as cultural or recreational facilities, on unused port land that is not public maritime-terrestrial domain, as long as they do not harm the port's future and follow urban planning rules.
  5. It regulates Port Authority participation in those consortia: it would require a prior favorable report from the National Markets and Competition Commission, separate accounting, and an autonomous body within the Port Authority, whose head the Ministry would appoint for six years with no reappointment.

Who it affects

  • Residents of cities with ports: Could enjoy unused port spaces turned into cultural, recreational or other urban facilities.
  • City councils and Autonomous Communities: Would gain a larger role in managing port-city spaces and could start dock separations.
  • Port Authorities and Puertos del Estado: Would have to follow the new separation procedure, issue reports and adjust their participation in consortia.
  • Managers of sport or fishing docks, such as La Marina de Valencia: Could take over managing those spaces and receive the port fees from them.

Words worth knowing

Zona de servicio
The land and water area the law assigns to each port for its activity.
Segregación
Separating part of the port from its service area so it no longer depends on it.
Dominio público portuario
Port assets that are public and cannot be privately owned.
Autoridad Portuaria
The public body that manages each port of general interest.
Silencio negativo
If there is no answer within the deadline, the request is considered denied.

It summarizes the text as it was introduced. It is written by artificial intelligence and may contain mistakes: the official text is what counts. Read the official text · How we make summaries

Where it stands

How far did it get?

It took 2 of 7 steps. It reached Admitted, and today it is unfinished.

  1. Introduced14 February 2023Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
  2. Admitted21 February 2023The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
  3. Amendmentsnot reachedGroups propose changes.
  4. Committeenot reachedA committee goes through the text in detail.
  5. Plenarynot reachedAll 350 deputies vote.
  6. Senatenot reachedThe Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
  7. BOEnot reachedIt is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.
See the 6 official steps on a timeline
Feb 2023Mar 202311. 14 February 2023: Presentación22. 21 February 2023: Boletín Oficial de las Cortes Generales Publicación desde 21/02/2023 hasta 24/02/202333. 21 February 2023: Calificación44. 24 February 2023: Gobierno Contestación desde 24/02/2023 hasta 03/04/202355. 3 April 2023: Pleno Toma en consideración desde 03/04/2023 hasta 11/04/202366. 11 April 2023: Concluido - (Decaído) desde 11/04/2023 hasta 14/04/2023

Was there a plenary vote?

We have no plenary vote linked to this law in the Congreso’s data.

What happens next

What happens now?

The legislature ended before it finished. To go on, someone would have to introduce it again in the new Cortes.

It has not been presented again yet.

Sources

Where does all this come from?

  • The data comes from the open files of the Congreso, the Senate and the BOE, unaltered.
  • Each deputy’s province is the one of their seat on the day of the vote.
  • We only say “passed” or “rejected” when the majority needed is certain; otherwise we say which side had more votes.

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