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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to special purpose territory of the Port of Beaumont |
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Navigation District of Jefferson County, Texas. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 5010.0104, Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 5010.0104. DISTRICT TERRITORY. The district is |
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composed of the territory: |
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(1) in Jefferson and Orange Counties described by |
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Sections 1 and 1A, Chapter 147, Acts of the 51st Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 1949, as that territory may have been modified |
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under: |
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(A) [(1)] Section 3 or 3a, Chapter 103, Acts of |
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the 41st Legislature, 1st Called Session, 1929 (Article 8263a, |
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Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), before August 30, 1971; |
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(B) [(2)] Subchapter H, Chapter 62, Water Code; |
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or |
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(C) [(3)] other law; and |
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(2) described by Section 3 of the Act enacting |
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Subchapter F. |
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SECTION 2. Chapter 5010, Special District Local Laws Code, |
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is amended by adding Subchapter F to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER F. SPECIAL PURPOSE AREA |
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Sec. 5010.0601. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "special |
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purpose area" means the territory described by Section 3 of the Act |
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enacting this subchapter. |
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Sec. 5010.0602. REPORTING OF CARGO AND VESSEL MOVEMENTS. |
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Waterborne commercial cargo and vessel movements originating in or |
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departing from the special purpose area may be attributed as |
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waterborne commercial cargo or vessel movements originating in or |
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departing from the district for the purpose of reporting to the |
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United States Army Corps of Engineers under applicable federal law. |
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Sec. 5010.0603. EFFECT ON OTHER DISTRICTS. The inclusion |
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of the special purpose area in the district does not affect any |
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powers or duties exercised in the special purpose area by the |
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Sabine-Neches Navigation District or the Orange County Navigation |
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and Port District. |
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Sec. 5010.0604. TAXATION PROHIBITED. The district may not |
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impose a tax in the special purpose area. |
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SECTION 3. The Port of Beaumont Navigation District of |
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Jefferson County, Texas, includes the following two tracts as a |
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special purpose area for the purposes of Subchapter F, Chapter |
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5010, Special District Local Laws Code: |
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TRACT 1 |
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BEING 1875 ± acres of land and water, part of the Neches |
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River, the Burr & Caswell Survey, Section No. 3, Abstract No. 393, |
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the O.W. Keith Survey, Abstract No. 681, the Burr & Caswell Survey, |
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Section Number 5, Abstract No. 406, the John Montez Survey, |
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Abstract No. 175, the William Carroll Survey, Abstract No. 13, and |
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the R.A. Greer Survey, Abstract No. 678, Jefferson County, Texas; |
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said 1875 ± acre tract being more fully described by metes and |
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bounds as follows, to wit: |
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BEGINNING at a point on the intersection of the thread of the |
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Neches River with the East line of the Joseph S. Johnston Survey, |
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Abstract No. 34, same being the West line of the William Carroll |
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Survey, Abstract No. 13, for the Northwest comer of the herein |
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described tract; said point being an easterly comer of the current |
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boundary of the Port of Beaumont Navigation District; |
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THENCE, in a Southeasterly direction, on the meanders of the |
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thread of the Neches River, a distance of 11.3 ± miles to its |
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intersection with the current city limits of the City of Port |
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Arthur, as described in Ordinance No. 2540, dated November 4, 1959, |
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for the Northeast comer of the herein described tract; |
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THENCE, in a Southwesterly direction, on the current city |
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limits of the City of Port Arthur, a distance of 1007' ± to a point |
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on the southwesterly bank of the Neches River where it meets the |
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mouth of Molasses Bayou, for the Southeast comer of the herein |
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described tract; |
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THENCE, in a Northwesterly direction, on the southwesterly |
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bank of the Neches River, and the Southwesterly bank of the Neches |
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River Cut-Offs shown on Volume 9, Page 10, and Volume 6, Pages |
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47-52, Map Records, Jefferson County, Texas, a distance of 9.1 ± |
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miles to a point on the current limits of the Port of Beaumont |
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Navigation District, same being the East line of the Joseph S. |
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Johnston Survey, Abstract No. 34, and the West line of the William |
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Carroll Survey, Abstract No. 13, for the Southwest comer of the |
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herein described tract; |
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THENCE, in Northerly direction, on the current limits of the |
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Port of Beaumont Navigation District, same being the East line of |
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the Joseph S. Johnston Survey, Abstract No. 34, and the West line of |
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the William Carroll Survey, Abstract No. 13, a distance of 4050' ± |
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to the POINT OF BEGINNING, and containing 1875 ± acres of land, more |
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or less. |
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TRACT 2 |
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BEING 265.4 ± acres of land, part of the Neches River, the |
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William Stephenson Survey, Abstract No. 23, and the Gilbert |
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Stevenson Survey, Abstract No. 167, Orange County, Texas; being all |
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of a (Called 250) acre tract of land, known as Tract 12, described |
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in a deed to Port of Beaumont Navigation District, recorded in |
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Volume 123, Page 376, Deed Records, Orange County, Texas, and all of |
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a (Called 108.9935) acre tract, described in a Quitclaim Deed to the |
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Port of Beaumont Navigation District, recorded in Volume 955, Page |
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34, Official Public Records, Orange County, Texas; said 265.4 ± |
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acre tract being more fully described by metes and follows as |
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follows, to wit: |
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BEGINNING at a half-inch steel rod, capped and marked “ |
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SOUTEX”, found on the southeasterly line of a 225’ wide Kansas City |
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Southern Railway Company right of way, formerly Texarkana & Fort |
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Smith Railway Company, and the West line of a (Called 496.00) acre |
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tract of land, known as Parcel 1, described in a deed to Optimus |
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Steel, LLC, recorded in File No. 458665, Official Public Records, |
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Orange County, Texas, for the most northerly corner of the herein |
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described tract; said capped rod having coordinates of N: |
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10052007.85, E: 4274200.44; |
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THENCE, South 05 deg., 58 min., 02 sec., East, on the West |
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line of the (Called 496.00) acre tract, a distance of 1894.32’ to a |
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3” steel pipe found for corner on the common line of the Gilbert |
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Stevenson Survey, Abstract No. 167 and the William Stephenson |
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Survey, Abstract No. 23; said steel pipe having coordinates of N: |
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10050123.79, E: 4274397.37; |
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THENCE, South 06 deg., 06 min., 36 sec., East, continuing on |
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the West line of the (Called 496.00) acre tract, and an extension |
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thereof, at 2271.95’ passing a 1” steel pipe found for reference, |
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and continuing a total distance of 2729.68’± to a point on the |
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thread of the Neches River, for the Southeast corner of the herein |
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described tract; said point for corner being on the current |
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boundary of the Port of Beaumont Navigation District; |
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THENCE, in a northwesterly direction, on the thread of the |
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Neches River and the current limits of the Port of Beaumont |
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Navigation District, a distance of 5143’± to a point on the |
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southeasterly line of the 225’ wide Kansas City Southern Railway |
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Company right of way, for the Southwest corner of the herein |
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described tract; |
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THENCE, North 45 deg. 36 min. 40 sec East, on the |
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southeasterly line of said Kansas City Southern Railway Company |
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right of way, a distance of 386.45’± to a point for corner; |
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THENCE, continuing on the southeasterly line of said Kansas |
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City Southern Railway Company right of way, on the arc of a curve to |
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the right, having a radius of 2785.00’, an arc length of 477.92’, a |
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chord bearing of North 50 deg., 07 min., 07 sec., East, a chord |
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distance of 477.33’ to a point for corner; |
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THENCE, North 55 deg., 02 min., 05 sec., East, continuing on |
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the southeasterly line of said Kansas City Southern Railway right |
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of way, a distance of 4430.21’ to the POINT OF BEGINNING and |
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containing 265.4 ± acres of land and water, more or less. |
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SECTION 4. (a) The legal notice of the intention to |
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introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this |
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Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a |
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copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies, |
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officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished |
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under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313, |
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Government Code. |
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(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has |
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submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on |
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Environmental Quality. |
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(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed |
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its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the |
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lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of |
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representatives within the required time. |
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(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this |
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state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect |
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to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled |
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and accomplished. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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