By: Bernsen S.B. No. 1691
99S0846/1
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
1-1 relating to the boundaries of the Port of Port Arthur Navigation
1-2 District of Jefferson County, Texas.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 1, Chapter 197, Acts of the 58th
1-5 Legislature, Regular Session, 1963, is amended to read as follows:
1-6 Sec. 1. There is hereby created within the State of Texas,
1-7 in addition to the districts into which the state has heretofore
1-8 been divided, a port district to be known as the Port of Port
1-9 Arthur Navigation District of Jefferson County, Texas, situated in
1-10 Jefferson County, Texas, with boundaries as hereinafter set out
1-11 (hereinafter called the district). Such district shall be and is
1-12 hereby declared to be a governmental agency and body politic and
1-13 corporate with the powers of government and with the authority to
1-14 exercise the rights, privileges and functions hereinafter
1-15 specified, and the creation of such district is hereby determined
1-16 to be essential to the accomplishment of the purposes of Section
1-17 59, of Article 16, of the Constitution of the State of Texas,
1-18 including (to the extent hereinafter authorized) the improvement of
1-19 navigation and the maintenance, development, extension and
1-20 improvement of port facilities, wharf and dock facilities, and the
1-21 development of the Port of Port Arthur within the boundaries
1-22 thereof as hereby established, which is declared to be essential to
1-23 the general welfare of the State of Texas for the development of
1-24 maritime shipping to and from its ports, and in the interest of
2-1 national defense; the Port of Port Arthur being strategically
2-2 located on the Gulf Coast with an inland-protected harbor and in a
2-3 rapidly developing industrial area wherein shipyards and
2-4 shipstoring basins are located, and the creation of said port
2-5 district will result in material benefits and improvements to the
2-6 territory included therein and in the increase of taxable values of
2-7 property included therein, and result in material benefit to that
2-8 section of the state in which same is located.
2-9 The boundaries of said district in Jefferson County, Texas,
2-10 include three tracts of land located in Jefferson County, Texas,
2-11 described [are] as follows:
2-12 (1) FIRST TRACT BEGINNING at a point of the junction of the
2-13 center line of the rights-of-way of State Highway 87 and the city
2-14 limits line of the City of Port Arthur (as it existed on April 20,
2-15 1963) in the Neches River;
2-16 THENCE following the city limit line of the City of Port
2-17 Arthur (as it existed on April 20, 1963) in the Neches River,
2-18 southward and eastward to a point in the geographic middle of the
2-19 Neches River at its entrance into Sabine Lake;
2-20 THENCE continue to follow southward and eastward, the city
2-21 limit line of the City of Port Arthur, (as it existed on January 1,
2-22 1974) to the point of junction with the geographic middle of Sabine
2-23 Lake;
2-24 THENCE southward and westward along the center line of Sabine
2-25 Lake to a point due east [west] of the junction of the center line
2-26 of the Intracoastal Canal and the center line of the Sabine-Neches
3-1 Ship Canal;
3-2 THENCE due west to the center line of the Intracoastal Canal
3-3 at a point of its junction with the center line of the
3-4 Sabine-Neches Ship Canal;
3-5 THENCE westward along the center line of the Intracoastal
3-6 Canal to its junction with the center line of Jefferson County
3-7 Drainage District #7 Outfall Canal;
3-8 THENCE northward along the center line of Jefferson County
3-9 Drainage District #7 Outfall Canal to its junction with the center
3-10 line of Taylor's Bayou;
3-11 THENCE westward and northward along the center line of
3-12 Taylor's Bayou to its junction with the center line of Rodair
3-13 Gully;
3-14 THENCE eastward along the center line of Rodair Gully to the
3-15 center line of the rights-of-way of the Viterbo [Vitterbo] Road;
3-16 THENCE eastward along the center line of the rights-of-way of
3-17 the Viterbo [Vitterbo] Road to the center line of the rights-of-way
3-18 line of State Highway 69;
3-19 THENCE southward along the center line of the rights-of-way
3-20 of State Highway 69 to the center line of the rights-of-way of FM
3-21 Road No. 365;
3-22 THENCE eastward along the center line of the rights-of-way of
3-23 FM Road No. 365 to the center line of the rights-of-way of State
3-24 Highway 347;
3-25 THENCE southward along the center line of the rights-of-way
3-26 of State Highway 347 to the center line of the rights-of-way of
4-1 State Highway 73;
4-2 THENCE [southward and] eastward along the center line of the
4-3 rights-of-way of State Highway 73 to the center line of the
4-4 rights-of-way of State Highway 87;
4-5 THENCE northward and eastward along the center line of the
4-6 rights-of-way of State Highway 87 to its junction with the city
4-7 limit line of the City of Port Arthur (as it existed on April 20,
4-8 1963) in the Neches River, the point of beginning.
4-9 (2) SECOND TRACT BEGINNING at a point in the center line of
4-10 the right-of-way of State Highway 87 in Jefferson County, Texas at
4-11 the intersection of the center line of the right-of-way of State
4-12 Highway 87 with a southerly extension of the easterly right-of-way
4-13 line of Pure Atlantic Highway, also referred to as State FM Road
4-14 366;
4-15 THENCE in a Northerly direction along and with the Easterly
4-16 right-of-way line of Pure Atlantic Highway to a point for corner in
4-17 the Southerly right-of-way line of 32nd Street;
4-18 THENCE East along the Southerly right-of-way line of 32nd
4-19 Street to a point for corner at an intersection with a southerly
4-20 extension of the center line of Grandview Avenue;
4-21 THENCE, North 48 deg. 46 min. 14 sec. West along said
4-22 Grandview Avenue for a distance of 1,719.60 feet to a point for
4-23 corner;
4-24 THENCE, North 48 deg. 48 min. 30 sec. West along said
4-25 Grandview Avenue, for a distance of 918.60 feet to a point for
4-26 corner;
5-1 THENCE, North 41 deg. 13 min. 00 sec. East 209.8 feet to a
5-2 point for corner;
5-3 THENCE, North 83 deg. 39 min. 00 sec. East 334.4 feet to a
5-4 point for corner;
5-5 THENCE, South 85 deg. 38 min. 00 sec. East 305.8 feet to a
5-6 point for corner;
5-7 THENCE, North 62 deg. 22 min. 00 sec. East 112.5 feet to a
5-8 point for corner;
5-9 THENCE, North 78 deg. 20 min. 51 sec. East 677.42 feet to a
5-10 point for corner;
5-11 THENCE, along the old marsh line the following courses and
5-12 distances:
5-13 1. North 78 deg. 21 min. 10 sec. East 120.31 feet to a point
5-14 for corner
5-15 2. North 59 deg. 29 min. 40 sec. East 304.14 feet to a point
5-16 for corner
5-17 3. North 38 deg. 05 min. 04 sec. East 376.45 feet to a point
5-18 for corner
5-19 4. North 13 deg. 48 min. 01 sec. East 216.19 feet to a point
5-20 for corner
5-21 5. North 04 deg. 57 min. 55 sec. East 161.95 feet to a point
5-22 for corner
5-23 6. North 15 deg. 06 min. 30 sec. East 184.10 feet to a point
5-24 for corner
5-25 7. North 84 deg. 21 min. 21 sec. East 186.01 feet to a point
5-26 for corner
6-1 8. South 73 deg. 49 min. 18 sec. East 288.49 feet to a point
6-2 for corner
6-3 9. South 40 deg. 48 min. 47 sec. East 118.85 feet to a point
6-4 for corner
6-5 10. South 32 deg. 59 min. 30 sec. East 312.70 feet to a
6-6 point for corner
6-7 11. South 43 deg. 34 min. 30 sec. East 321.80 feet to a
6-8 point for corner
6-9 12. South 59 deg. 59 min. 17 sec. East 239.24 feet to a
6-10 point for corner
6-11 THENCE, North 17 deg. 33 min. East, a distance of 5,133.00
6-12 feet to a point for corner; said point also being on the West bank
6-13 of the Neches River;
6-14 THENCE, along the West bank of the Neches River, the
6-15 following courses and distances:
6-16 1. South 76 deg. 57 min. 00 sec. East 578.4 feet to a point
6-17 for corner
6-18 2. South 78 deg. 12 min. 00 sec. East 525.0 feet to a point
6-19 for corner
6-20 3. South 79 deg. 13 min. 00 sec. East 1,320.29 feet to a
6-21 point for corner
6-22 4. South 82 deg. 57 min. 00 sec. East 700.0 feet to a point
6-23 for corner
6-24 5. South 78 deg. 51 min. 44 sec. East 1,333.84 feet to a
6-25 point for corner
6-26 THENCE, South 10 deg. 22 min. 00 sec. West for a distance of
7-1 424.50 feet to a point for corner;
7-2 THENCE in a southerly direction to a brass disk in the
7-3 Westerly property line of the Rainbow Haven Addition, an unrecorded
7-4 subdivision being part of a 13.87 acre tract of land conveyed to
7-5 Charles O. Burch by deed recorded in Vol. 1126, Page 219, Deed
7-6 Records of Jefferson County, said brass disk also being South 17
7-7 deg., 05 min., 00 sec., West a distance of 77.63' from the most
7-8 Northeasterly corner of said 13.87 acre tract of land;
7-9 THENCE (Port Arthur Land Company Subdivision Bearing = South
7-10 17 deg., 05 min., 00 sec., West) (Plant Bearing = South 65 deg., 56
7-11 min., 00 sec., West), for a distance of 1,430.00' to a point for
7-12 corner at an iron rod, said point and iron rod being and marking
7-13 the point of beginning of a tract of land conveyed by Fina Oil and
7-14 Chemical Company to Kenneth Ray Kleypas by deed recorded in Film
7-15 Code No. 95 -9530239 of the Official Public Records of Real
7-16 Property of Jefferson County, Texas;
7-17 THENCE (Port Arthur Land Company Subdivision Bearing = North
7-18 82 deg., 19 min., 14 sec., West) (Plant Bearing = North 33 deg., 29
7-19 min., 14 sec., West) for a distance of 11.65' to an iron rod for
7-20 corner;
7-21 THENCE (Port Arthur Land Company Subdivision Bearing = North
7-22 89 deg., 27 min., 47 sec., West) (Plant Bearing = North 40 deg., 36
7-23 min., 47 sec., West) for a distance of 19.75' to an iron rod for
7-24 corner;
7-25 THENCE (Port Arthur Land Company Subdivision Bearing = South
7-26 78 deg., 43 min., 15 sec., West) (Plant Bearing = North 53 deg., 01
8-1 min., 45 sec., West) for a distance of 19.12' to an iron rod for
8-2 corner;
8-3 THENCE (Port Arthur Land Company Subdivision Bearing = South
8-4 57 deg., 48 min., 28 sec., West) (Plant Bearing = North 73 deg., 20
8-5 min., 32 sec., West) for a distance of 9.32' to an iron rod for
8-6 corner;
8-7 THENCE (Port Arthur Land Company Subdivision Bearing = South
8-8 47 deg., 31 min., 09 sec., West) (Plant Bearing = North 83 deg., 37
8-9 min., 51 sec., West) for a distance of 9.98' to an iron rod for
8-10 corner;
8-11 THENCE (Port Arthur Land Company Subdivision Bearing = South
8-12 18 deg., 21 min., 00 sec., West) (Plant Bearing = South 67 deg., 12
8-13 min., 00 sec., West) for a distance of 198.67' to an iron rod for
8-14 corner;
8-15 THENCE (Port Arthur Land Company Subdivision Bearing = South
8-16 11 deg., 23 min., 43 sec., West) (Plant Bearing = South 60 deg., 14
8-17 min., 43 sec., West) for a distance of 47.23' to an iron rod for
8-18 corner;
8-19 THENCE (Port Arthur Land Company Subdivision Bearing = South
8-20 78 deg., 42 min., 18 sec., East) (Plant Bearing = South 29 deg., 51
8-21 min., 18 sec., East) for a distance of 58.40' to an iron rod for
8-22 corner, said point also being on the Westerly property line of the
8-23 13.87 acre tract of land identified above and also being 1702.00'
8-24 from the brass disk identified above as being located in the
8-25 Westerly property line of the Rainbow Haven Addition;
8-26 THENCE (Port Arthur Land Company Subdivision Bearing = South
9-1 17 deg., 05 min., 00 sec., West) (Plant Bearing = South 65 deg., 56
9-2 min., 00 sec., West) to a point for corner at a distance of
9-3 2410.00' from said brass disk, said point also being the most
9-4 Northerly point of a 1.304 acre tract of land conveyed by Fina Oil
9-5 and Chemical Company to John M. Benoit by a Quitclaim Deed recorded
9-6 under Film Code No. 95-9530237 in the Official Public Records of
9-7 Real Property of Jefferson County, Texas;
9-8 THENCE (Port Arthur Land Company Subdivision Bearing = North
9-9 72 deg., 55 min., 00 sec., West) (Plant Bearing = North 24 deg., 04
9-10 min., 00 sec., West) for a distance of 44.50' to an iron rod for
9-11 corner;
9-12 THENCE (Port Arthur Land Company Subdivision Bearing = South
9-13 21 deg., 01 min., 19 sec., West) (Plant Bearing = South 69 deg., 52
9-14 min., 19 sec., West) for a distance of 288.04' to an iron rod for
9-15 corner;
9-16 THENCE (Port Arthur Land Company Subdivision Bearing = South
9-17 16 deg., 09 min., 25 sec., West) (Plant Bearing = South 65 deg., 00
9-18 min., 25 sec., West) for a distance of 297.90' to an iron rod for
9-19 corner;
9-20 THENCE (Port Arthur Land Company Subdivision Bearing = South
9-21 14 deg., 34 min., 31 sec., West) (Plant Bearing = South 63 deg., 25
9-22 min., 31 sec., West) for a distance of 119.35' to an iron rod for
9-23 corner;
9-24 THENCE (Port Arthur Land Company Subdivision Bearing = South
9-25 16 deg., 47 min., 03 sec., West) (Plant Bearing = South 65 deg., 38
9-26 min., 03 sec., West) for a distance of 299.22' to an iron rod for
10-1 corner;
10-2 THENCE (Port Arthur Land Company Subdivision Bearing = South
10-3 72 deg., 55 min., 00 sec., East) (Plant Bearing = South 24 deg., 04
10-4 min., 00 sec., East) for a distance of 52.68' to an iron rod for
10-5 corner in the Westerly property line of the 13.87 acre tract of
10-6 land identified above;
10-7 THENCE (Port Arthur Land Company Subdivision Bearing = South
10-8 17 deg., 05 min., 00 sec., West) (Plant Bearing = South 65 deg., 56
10-9 min., 00 sec., West) in a line to a point for corner in the center
10-10 line of the right-of-way of State Highway 87;
10-11 THENCE in a southwesterly direction with the center line of
10-12 the right-of-way of State Highway 87 to the PLACE OF BEGINNING.
10-13 (3) THIRD TRACT BEGINNING at a point in the geographic middle
10-14 of Sabine Lake due east of the junction of the center line of the
10-15 Intracoastal Canal and the center line of the Sabine-Neches Ship
10-16 Canal;
10-17 THENCE southward and westward along the center line of Sabine
10-18 Lake to its junction with the northeast corner of the Sabine Pass
10-19 Port Authority boundary as it exists as of January 1, 1999;
10-20 THENCE due west along the north boundary line of the Sabine
10-21 Pass Port Authority to its junction with the western bank of the
10-22 Sabine-Neches Ship Canal;
10-23 THENCE northward and westward along the meanders of the
10-24 western bank of the Sabine-Neches Ship Canal to its junction with
10-25 the center line of the Intracoastal Canal.
10-26 SECTION 2. Proof of publication of the constitutional notice
11-1 required in the enactment of this Act under the provisions of
11-2 Section 59(d), Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and the statutory
11-3 notice required by Chapter 313, Government Code, have been made in
11-4 the manner provided therein and a copy of the notice and bill as
11-5 originally introduced have been delivered to the governor of the
11-6 State of Texas, as required in such constitutional provision, and
11-7 to all other persons, agencies, officials, or entities required to
11-8 be furnished by the constitution and other laws of the state, and
11-9 that notice and delivery are found and declared to be proper and
11-10 sufficient to satisfy those requirements. The Texas Natural
11-11 Resource Conservation Commission has filed its recommendations
11-12 relating to this Act with the governor, lieutenant governor, and
11-13 speaker of the house of representatives within the required time.
11-14 All other procedural requirements for the notice, introduction, and
11-15 passage of this Act have been fulfilled and accomplished.
11-16 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
11-17 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
11-18 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
11-19 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
11-20 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
11-21 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
11-22 passage, and it is so enacted.