By Gray                                               H.B. No. 3679
         77R5077 MI-D                           
                                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. EXTENSION OF BOUNDARIES. Subject to a confirmation
 1-6     election held as provided by Section 3 of this Act, the boundaries
 1-7     of the Galveston County Navigation District No. 1 are extended to
 1-8     include all of the land area of Galveston Island.
 1-9           SECTION 2. FINDING OF BENEFIT. All of the land and other
1-10     property included within the boundaries of the district as extended
1-11     by this Act will be benefited by the works and projects that are to
1-12     be accomplished by the district under powers conferred by Section
1-13     59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.  The district is created to
1-14     serve a public use and benefit.
1-15           SECTION 3. CONFIRMATION ELECTION; ORDER OF ANNEXATION. (a)
1-16     The board of navigation and canal commissioners of the Galveston
1-17     County Navigation District No. 1 shall call and hold an election to
1-18     confirm the extension of the boundaries of the district under
1-19     Section 1 of this Act.
1-20           (b)  The board of navigation and canal commissioners shall
1-21     conduct the election as provided by Sections 63.375-63.379, Water
1-22     Code, except that:
1-23                 (1)  the election must be held so as to include all of
1-24     the land territory of Galveston Island;
 2-1                 (2)  the ballots for the election must be printed to
 2-2     allow for voting for or against the proposition:  "Annexation to
 2-3     Galveston County Navigation District No. 1 of all of the land area
 2-4     of Galveston Island not presently part of the district"; and
 2-5                 (3)  if a majority of the voters voting in the election
 2-6     favor the annexation, the board of navigation and canal
 2-7     commissioners shall enter an order in its minutes annexing the
 2-8     additional territory to the district.
 2-9           (c)  On and after the entry of the order required by
2-10     Subsection (b)(3) of this section, the annexed territory is a part
2-11     of the district for all purposes.
2-12           (d)  If the order required by Subsection (b)(3) of this
2-13     section is not entered before the fifth anniversary of the
2-14     effective date of this Act, this Act expires.
2-15           SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect immediately
2-16     if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to
2-17     each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas
2-18     Constitution.  If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for
2-19     immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2001.