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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to validating certain acts of the Lower Nueces River Water |
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Supply District transferring real property rights. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. On or before August 1, 1986, in accordance with |
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Chapter 844, Acts of the 69th Legislature, Regular Session, 1985, |
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the board of directors of the Lower Nueces River Water Supply |
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District paid or provided for the payment of all debts and |
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liabilities of the district and transferred all district assets to |
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the City of Corpus Christi, including all district rights to real |
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property. Additionally, the district's enabling legislation, |
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Chapter 159, Acts of the 51st Legislature, Regular Session, 1949, |
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was repealed, and the Lower Nueces River Water Supply District was |
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dissolved in accordance with Chapter 844. |
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SECTION 2. (a) The governmental acts and proceedings of |
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the Lower Nueces River Water Supply District taken to comply with |
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Chapter 844, Acts of the 69th Legislature, Regular Session, 1985, |
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relating to the 1986 transfer to the City of Corpus Christi of |
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district rights to real property included in the 1986 quitclaim |
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deed recordings described by Section 3 of this Act are validated and |
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confirmed as of the dates the transfers occurred. The acts and |
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proceedings may not be held invalid because they were not performed |
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in accordance with Chapter 51, Water Code, or other law. |
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(b) The 1986 transfer of rights to real property included in |
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the 1986 quitclaim deed recordings described by Section 3 of this |
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Act by the Lower Nueces River Water Supply District to the City of |
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Corpus Christi may not be held invalid on the ground that the |
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transfer, in the absence of this Act, was invalid. |
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(c) The City of Corpus Christi is the owner of the rights to |
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real property transferred to the city in accordance with Chapter |
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844, Acts of the 69th Legislature, Regular Session, 1985, and |
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included in the 1986 quitclaim deed recordings described by Section |
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3 of this Act. |
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(d) This section does not apply to any matter that on the |
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effective date of this Act: |
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(1) is involved in litigation if the litigation |
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ultimately results in the matter being held invalid by a final court |
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judgment; or |
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(2) has been held invalid by a final court judgment. |
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SECTION 3. The property transfers made in 1986 as quitclaim |
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deeds in accordance with Section 3, Chapter 844, Acts of the 69th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 1985, transferring property from the |
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Lower Nueces River Water Supply District to the City of Corpus |
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Christi have been filed as follows: |
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(1) in Nueces County on September 26, 2011, as |
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Document 2011034981 filed in the property records of Nueces County; |
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(2) in Atascosa County on September 30, 2011, as |
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recording number 125295 filed in the property records of Atascosa |
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County; |
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(3) in Jim Wells County on September 27, 2011, as |
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recording number 413632 filed in the property records of Jim Wells |
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County; |
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(4) in Live Oak County on September 27, 2011, as |
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recording number 195798 filed in the property records of Live Oak |
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County; and |
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(5) in San Patricio County on September 27, 2011, as |
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recording number 611795 filed in the property records of San |
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Patricio County. |
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SECTION 4. 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, 2013. |