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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to adding a special purpose territory to the Port of Port |
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Arthur 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. Chapter 197, Acts of the 58th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 1963, is amended by adding Section 1A to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 1A. (a) In this section, "special purpose area" means |
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the territory described by Subsection (e) of this section. |
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(b) Waterborne commercial cargo and vessel movements |
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originating in or departing from the special purpose area may be |
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attributed as waterborne commercial cargo or vessel movements |
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originating in or departing from the district for the purpose of |
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reporting to the United States Army Corps of Engineers under |
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applicable federal law. |
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(c) The inclusion in the district of the special purpose |
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area does not affect any powers or duties exercised in the special |
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purpose area by the Sabine-Neches Navigation District or the Port |
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of Beaumont Navigation District of Jefferson County, Texas. |
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(d) The district may not impose a tax in the special purpose |
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area. |
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(e) In addition to the territory described by Section 1 of |
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this Act, the Port of Port Arthur Navigation District of Jefferson |
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County, Texas, includes the following tract as a special purpose |
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area: |
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BEING 133.8 ± acres of land and water, part of the Neches |
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River in the City of Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas; said |
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133.8 ± acre tract being more fully described by metes and bounds as |
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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 current city limits of the City of Port |
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Arthur, as described in Annexation Ordinance No. 2540, for the most |
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northerly comer of the herein described tract; |
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THENCE, in a southeasterly direction, with the thread of the |
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Neches River, a distance of 7885'± to its intersection with the |
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current boundary of the Port of Port Arthur Navigation District on |
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the centerline of State Highway 87, for the most easterly comer of |
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the herein described tract; |
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THENCE, in a southwesterly direction, on the centerline of |
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State Highway 87, being the current boundary of the Port of Port |
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Arthur Navigation District, a distance of 690'± to a point on the |
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projected southwesterly bank of the Neches River, for the most |
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southerly comer of the herein described tract; |
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THENCE, in a northwesterly direction, on the Southwest bank |
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of the Neches River, a distance of 9000'± to its intersection with |
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the Northwest line of City of Port Arthur Annexation Ordinance |
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No. 2540, same being the southeasterly line of a (Called 16.130) |
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acre tract of land, known as Tract Five, Parcel SE, recorded in File |
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No. 2020000404, Official Public Records, Jefferson County, Texas, |
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for the most westerly comer of the herein described tract; |
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THENCE, in a northeasterly direction, on the Northwest line |
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of City of Port Arthur Annexation Ordinance No. 2540, a distance of |
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1045'± to the POINT OF BEGINNING, and containing 133.8 ± acres of |
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land, more or less. |
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SECTION 2. (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 3. 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. |