| 1 | 1 | | 81R4086 PMO-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Hunter H.B. No. 2605 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to powers of the Port of Corpus Christi Authority of Nueces |
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| 8 | 8 | | County, Texas, pertaining to land in and adjacent to Naval Station |
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| 9 | 9 | | Ingleside. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 397, Acts of the 68th Legislature, |
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| 12 | 12 | | Regular Session, 1983, is amended by amending Section 1 and adding |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sections 1A and 4B to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 1. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (1) "Adjacent property" means the approximately 433 |
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| 16 | 16 | | acres that the authority owns in San Patricio County that is bounded |
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| 17 | 17 | | on the east by the western boundary of the Naval Station Ingleside, |
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| 18 | 18 | | on the north by Farm-to-Market Road 1069, on the west by the city |
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| 19 | 19 | | limits of the City of Ingleside on the Bay, and on the south by the |
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| 20 | 20 | | city limits of the City of Ingleside on the Bay and the north |
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| 21 | 21 | | shoreline of Corpus Christi Bay. |
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| 22 | 22 | | (2) "Authority" means the Port of Corpus Christi |
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| 23 | 23 | | Authority of Nueces County, Texas. |
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| 24 | 24 | | (3) "Naval property" means: |
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| 25 | 25 | | (A) the approximately 576.615 acres of land and |
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| 26 | 26 | | submerged land in San Patricio and Nueces Counties, improvements, |
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| 27 | 27 | | and personal property, if any, that revert to the authority when |
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| 28 | 28 | | Naval Station Ingleside closes; and |
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| 29 | 29 | | (B) the adjacent property. |
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| 30 | 30 | | (4) "Port commission" means the governing body of the |
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| 31 | 31 | | authority. |
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| 32 | 32 | | Sec. 1A. COMPOSITION OF PORT COMMISSION. The port |
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| 33 | 33 | | commission [of the Port of Corpus Christi Authority of Nueces |
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| 34 | 34 | | County, Texas,] is composed of seven members. |
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| 35 | 35 | | Sec. 4B. USE AND DISPOSITION OF NAVAL PROPERTY. (a) The |
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| 36 | 36 | | authority may use the naval property in ways that replace and |
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| 37 | 37 | | enhance the economic benefits generated by Naval Station Ingleside |
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| 38 | 38 | | through diversified activities, including uses to foster: |
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| 39 | 39 | | (1) the creation of new jobs; |
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| 40 | 40 | | (2) economic development; |
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| 41 | 41 | | (3) industry; |
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| 42 | 42 | | (4) commerce; |
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| 43 | 43 | | (5) manufacturing; |
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| 44 | 44 | | (6) housing; |
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| 45 | 45 | | (7) recreation; and |
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| 46 | 46 | | (8) the installation of infrastructure on the naval |
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| 47 | 47 | | property. |
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| 48 | 48 | | (b) The authority may contract with another person for |
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| 49 | 49 | | assistance in accomplishing the purposes of this section by |
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| 50 | 50 | | competitive bidding or negotiated contract as the port commission |
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| 51 | 51 | | considers appropriate, desirable, and in the best interests of the |
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| 52 | 52 | | authority. |
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| 53 | 53 | | (c) The port commission may declare any portion of the naval |
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| 54 | 54 | | property not needed for a navigation-related project surplus |
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| 55 | 55 | | property and may sell or lease the surplus property on terms the |
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| 56 | 56 | | port commission considers advisable to carry out the purposes of |
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| 57 | 57 | | this Act. |
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| 58 | 58 | | (d) Notwithstanding any other law, and subject to the terms |
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| 59 | 59 | | of this subsection, the authority may sell or lease surplus |
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| 60 | 60 | | property with or without public bidding. Surplus property may not |
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| 61 | 61 | | be sold for less than its fair market value. The authority shall |
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| 62 | 62 | | obtain an appraisal of the surplus property, and the appraisal is |
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| 63 | 63 | | conclusive evidence of the surplus property's fair market value. |
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| 64 | 64 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 65 | 65 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 66 | 66 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 67 | 67 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 68 | 68 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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