87R9368 SLB-F
 
  By: Creighton, Nichols S.B. No. 1986
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to adding a special purpose territory to the Port of Port
  Arthur Navigation District of Jefferson County, Texas.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 197, Acts of the 58th Legislature,
  Regular Session, 1963, is amended by adding Section 1A to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 1A.  (a)  In this section, "special purpose area" means
  the territory described by Subsection (e) of this section.
         (b)  Waterborne commercial cargo and vessel movements
  originating in or departing from the special purpose area may be
  attributed as waterborne commercial cargo or vessel movements
  originating in or departing from the district for the purpose of
  reporting to the United States Army Corps of Engineers under
  applicable federal law.
         (c)  The inclusion in the district of the special purpose
  area does not affect any powers or duties exercised in the special
  purpose area by the Sabine-Neches Navigation District or the Port
  of Beaumont Navigation District of Jefferson County, Texas.
         (d)  The district may not impose a tax in the special purpose
  area.
         (e)  In addition to the territory described by Section 1 of
  this Act, the Port of Port Arthur Navigation District of Jefferson
  County, Texas, includes the following tract as a special purpose
  area:
         BEING 133.8 ± acres of land and water, part of the Neches
  River in the City of Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas; said
  133.8 ± acre tract being more fully described by metes and bounds as
  follows, to wit:
         BEGINNING at a point on the intersection of the thread of the
  Neches River with the current city limits of the City of Port
  Arthur, as described in Annexation Ordinance No. 2540, for the most
  northerly comer of the herein described tract;
         THENCE, in a southeasterly direction, with the thread of the
  Neches River, a distance of 7885'± to its intersection with the
  current boundary of the Port of Port Arthur Navigation District on
  the centerline of State Highway 87, for the most easterly comer of
  the herein described tract;
         THENCE, in a southwesterly direction, on the centerline of
  State Highway 87, being the current boundary of the Port of Port
  Arthur Navigation District, a distance of 690'± to a point on the
  projected southwesterly bank of the Neches River, for the most
  southerly comer of the herein described tract;
         THENCE, in a northwesterly direction, on the Southwest bank
  of the Neches River, a distance of 9000'± to its intersection with
  the Northwest line of City of Port Arthur Annexation Ordinance
  No. 2540, same being the southeasterly line of a (Called 16.130)
  acre tract of land, known as Tract Five, Parcel SE, recorded in File
  No. 2020000404, Official Public Records, Jefferson County, Texas,
  for the most westerly comer of the herein described tract;
         THENCE, in a northeasterly direction, on the Northwest line
  of City of Port Arthur Annexation Ordinance No. 2540, a distance of
  1045'± to the POINT OF BEGINNING, and containing 133.8 ± acres of
  land, more or less.
         SECTION 2.  (a) The legal notice of the intention to
  introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
  Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
  copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
  officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
  under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
  Government Code.
         (b)  The governor, one of the required recipients, has
  submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
  Environmental Quality.
         (c)  The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
  its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
  lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
  representatives within the required time.
         (d)  All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
  state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
  to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
  and accomplished.
         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, 2021.