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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the name, rights, powers, and privileges of the Cedar |
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Port Navigation and Improvement District. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Chapter 3854, Special District |
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Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 3854. CEDAR PORT NAVIGATION AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT |
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[CHAMBERS COUNTY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 1] |
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SECTION 2. Section 3854.001(3), Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(3) "District" means the Cedar Port Navigation and |
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Improvement District [Chambers County Improvement District No. 1]. |
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SECTION 3. Section 3854.002, Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 3854.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT. A special district |
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known as the "Cedar Port Navigation and Improvement District" |
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["Chambers County Improvement District No. 1"] is a political |
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subdivision of this state. |
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SECTION 4. Section 3854.151, Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 3854.151. GENERAL POWERS. (a) The district has: |
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(1) all the rights, powers, and privileges conferred |
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by the general law of this state applicable to districts created |
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under: |
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(A) Chapter 375, Local Government Code; |
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(B) Chapter 172, Transportation Code, or Chapter |
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623, Acts of the 67th Legislature, Regular Session, 1981 (former |
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Article 6550c, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes); |
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(C) Chapter 441, Transportation Code; and |
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(D) Chapters 49 and [Chapter] 54, Water Code; |
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(2) the rights, powers, and privileges granted to |
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districts by: |
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(A) [Subchapters E and M,] Chapter 60, Water |
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Code; and |
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(B) Sections [Section] 61.116 and 62.118, Water |
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Code; and |
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(3) all the powers granted to municipal management |
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districts under Sections 375.092 and 375.111, Local Government |
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Code, to provide any services or for any project the district is |
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authorized to acquire, construct, or improve under this chapter. |
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(b) Section 60.033, Water Code, does not apply to the |
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district. |
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SECTION 5. Section 3854.153, Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 3854.153. AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE INTEREST IN LAND. The |
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district may acquire any interest in land in accordance with |
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Chapter 49, [Chapter] 54, or 60, Water Code. |
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SECTION 6. (a) The legal notice of the intention to |
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introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this |
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Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a |
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copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies, |
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officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished |
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under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313, |
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Government Code. |
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(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has |
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submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on |
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Environmental Quality. |
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(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed |
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its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the |
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lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of |
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representatives within the required time. |
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(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this |
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state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect |
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to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled |
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and accomplished. |
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SECTION 7. 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, 2025. |