78R9798 SGA-D
By: Smith of Harris H.B. No. 3606
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the boundaries of the Baytown Area Water Authority and
the validation of actions taken by the board of directors of the
authority.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 4, Chapter 600, Acts of the 63rd
Legislature, Regular Session, 1973, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 4. The authority shall comprise all of the territory
contained within the following described tracts [area]:
TRACT ONE:
BEGINNING at a point on the South right-of-way line of Interstate
Highway No. 10, said point being at the intersection of the Easterly
shoreline of the San Jacinto River;
THENCE, in a Southerly direction following the Easterly shoreline
of the San Jacinto River to a point of intersection with a line
which is parallel to and 2500 feet from the centerline of the
Houston Ship Channel;
THENCE, in a Southeasterly direction along a line which is parallel
to and 2500 feet from the centerline of the Houston Ship Channel to
a point of intersection with the West shoreline of Burnett Bay;
THENCE, in a Northeasterly direction along the shoreline of Burnett
Bay, and continuing along the shoreline of Burnett Bay to its
juncture with the shoreline of Crystal Bay, and continuing along
the shoreline of Crystal Bay to its juncture with the shoreline of
Scott Bay, and continuing along the shoreline of Scott Bay to a
point of intersection with a line which is parallel to and 2500 feet
from the centerline of the Houston Ship Channel;
THENCE, in a Southeasterly direction along the line which is
parallel to and 2500 feet from the centerline of the Houston Ship
Channel to a point of intersection with the shoreline of Black Duck
Bay;
THENCE, in an Easterly direction along the shoreline of Black Duck
Bay, and continuing along the shoreline of Black Duck Bay to the
mouth of Goose Creek, and continuing across the mouth of Goose Creek
to the shoreline of Tabbs Bay, and then continuing along the
shoreline of Tabbs Bay to a point of intersection with the West line
of Cedar Bayou;
THENCE, in a Northerly direction along the West line of Cedar Bayou
to a point of intersection with the North right-of-way line of State
Farm-Market Highway No. 2354;
THENCE, in a Southeasterly direction, crossing Cedar Bayou along
the Northeasterly right-of-way line of State Farm-Market Highway
No. 2354, and continuing along the Northerly right-of-way line of
State Farm-Market Highway No. 2354 nearly seven miles to a point
approximately 315 feet Southwest of a 5/8 inch iron rod having a
Texas Plane [plane] Coordinate value of x=3,315,954.08,
y=710,156.88;
THENCE, North 74 degrees 10 minutes 00 seconds West a distance of
532.84 feet to a point marked by a 5/8 inch iron rod;
THENCE, North 15 degrees 50 minutes 00 seconds East a distance of
299.96 feet to a point marked by a 5/8 inch iron rod;
THENCE, South 74 degrees 10 minutes 00 seconds East a distance of
629.00 feet to a point marked by a 5/8 inch iron rod, said point
being on the Westerly right-of-way line of State Farm-Market
Highway No. 2354 and said iron rod having a Texas Plane Coordinate
[plane coordinate] value of x=3,315,954.08, y=710,156.88;
THENCE, continuing in a Northerly direction along the Westerly
right-of-way line of State Farm-Market Highway No. 2354 and its
extension across State Farm-Market Highway No. 565 to a point of
intersection with the South right-of-way line of Interstate Highway
No. 10;
THENCE, in a Westerly direction along the South right-of-way line
of Interstate Highway No. 10 to a point of intersection with the
Easterly shoreline of the San Jacinto River, said point of
intersection being the POINT OF BEGINNING.
TRACT TWO:
That area bounded by Interstate Highway No. 10 on the south, State
Farm-Market Highway No. 565 on the east, Barbers Hill Road and its
westerly extension on the north, and the San Jacinto River on the
west.
SECTION 2. (a) The legislature validates and confirms all
governmental acts and proceedings of the Baytown Area Water
Authority and the authority's board of directors that occurred
before the effective date of this Act.
(b) This section does not apply to any matter that on the
effective date of this Act:
(1) is involved in litigation if the litigation
ultimately results in the matter being held invalid by a final
judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction; or
(2) has been held invalid by a court of competent
jurisdiction.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.