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By: Bonnen (Senate Sponsor - Janek) |
H.B. No. 1311 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House March 14, 2007; |
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March 29, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Natural Resources; April 18, 2007, reported favorably by the |
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following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; April 18, 2007, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring certain municipalities to disannex land owned |
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by a navigation district. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 43, Local Government Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 43.083 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 43.083. CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES TO DISANNEX LAND OWNED |
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BY NAVIGATION DISTRICT. (a) A municipality with a population of |
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less than 30,000 that borders the Gulf of Mexico and that, before |
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the effective date of this Act and without the consent of the |
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district, annexed land owned by a navigation district operating |
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under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, shall, not later |
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than January 1, 2008, disannex the land unless the district |
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notifies the municipality in writing that the district elects that |
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the land not be disannexed. |
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(b) This section expires January 1, 2010. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2007. |
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