77R14815 JJT-D
By Gray H.B. No. 3679
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3679:
By Alexander C.S.H.B. No. 3679
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to extending the boundaries of the Galveston County
1-3 Navigation District No. 1.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. DEFINITION. In this Act, "district" means the
1-6 Galveston County Navigation District No. 1.
1-7 SECTION 2. EXTENSION OF BOUNDARIES. Subject to a
1-8 confirmation election held as provided by Section 4 of this Act,
1-9 the boundaries of the district are extended to include all areas
1-10 that, on the effective date of this section, are within the
1-11 geographical boundaries of the city of Galveston, the city of
1-12 Jamaica Beach, and Galveston Island State Park and the
1-13 unincorporated areas within the Galveston County Municipal Utility
1-14 District No. 1 - Pirates Beach.
1-15 SECTION 3. FINDING OF BENEFIT. All of the land and other
1-16 property included within the boundaries of the district as extended
1-17 by this Act will be benefited by the works and projects that are to
1-18 be accomplished by the district under powers conferred by Section
1-19 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution. The district is created to
1-20 serve a public use and benefit.
1-21 SECTION 4. CONFIRMATION ELECTION; ORDER OF ANNEXATION. (a)
1-22 The board of navigation and canal commissioners of the district
1-23 shall call and hold an election to confirm the extension of the
1-24 boundaries of the district under Section 2 of this Act.
2-1 (b) The board of navigation and canal commissioners shall
2-2 conduct the election as provided by Sections 63.376-63.379, Water
2-3 Code, except that:
2-4 (1) the election must be held so as to include all
2-5 voters residing in the district and in the territory described by
2-6 Section 2 of this Act;
2-7 (2) the ballots for the election must be printed to
2-8 allow for voting for or against the proposition: "Annexation to
2-9 Galveston County Navigation District No. 1 of all of the area of
2-10 Galveston Island not presently part of the district"; and
2-11 (3) if a majority of the voters voting in the election
2-12 favor the annexation, the board of navigation and canal
2-13 commissioners shall enter an order in its minutes annexing the
2-14 additional territory to the district.
2-15 (c) The board of navigation and canal commissioners may
2-16 order the election held on the date of the general election of
2-17 state and county officers, jointly with the general election, in
2-18 the manner provided by Section 63.0895, Water Code.
2-19 (d) On and after the entry of the order required by
2-20 Subsection (b)(3) of this section, the annexed territory is a part
2-21 of the district for all purposes.
2-22 (e) Before the entry of the order required by Subsection
2-23 (b)(3) of this section:
2-24 (1) property located outside the boundaries of the
2-25 district, as those boundaries existed immediately before the
2-26 effective date of this section, is not subject to ad valorem taxes
2-27 of the district;
3-1 (2) voters of the territory located outside the
3-2 boundaries of the district, as described by Subdivision (1) of this
3-3 subsection, may not vote in an election for navigation and canal
3-4 commissioners of the district; and
3-5 (3) to qualify as a candidate for election as a
3-6 navigation and canal commissioner, a person must reside inside the
3-7 boundaries of the district, as described by Subdivision (1) of this
3-8 subsection.
3-9 (f) If the order required by Subsection (b)(3) of this
3-10 section is not entered before the fifth anniversary of the
3-11 effective date of this Act, this Act expires.
3-12 SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect immediately
3-13 if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to
3-14 each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas
3-15 Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for
3-16 immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2001.