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1	1	S.B. No. 835
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4	4	AN ACT
5	5	relating to powers of the Port of Corpus Christi Authority of Nueces
6	6	County, Texas, pertaining to land in and adjacent to Naval Station
7	7	Ingleside.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Chapter 397, Acts of the 68th Legislature,
10	10	Regular Session, 1983, is amended by amending Section 1 and adding
11	11	Sections 1A and 4B to read as follows:
12	12	Sec. 1. DEFINITIONS. In this Act:
13	13	(1) "Adjacent property" means the approximately 433
14	14	acres that the authority owns in San Patricio County that is bounded
15	15	on the east by the western boundary of Naval Station Ingleside, on
16	16	the north by Farm-to-Market Road 1069, on the west by the city
17	17	limits of the City of Ingleside on the Bay, and on the south by the
18	18	city limits of the City of Ingleside on the Bay and the north
19	19	shoreline of Corpus Christi Bay. The term does not include property
20	20	that the authority purchased from this state under Article 8225,
21	21	Revised Statutes, or that was granted to the authority by this state
22	22	under any general or special Act.
23	23	(2) "Authority" means the Port of Corpus Christi
24	24	Authority of Nueces County, Texas.
25	25	(3) "Naval property" means:
26	26	(A) the approximately 576.615 acres of land and
27	27	submerged land in San Patricio and Nueces Counties, improvements,
28	28	and personal property, if any, that revert to the authority when
29	29	Naval Station Ingleside closes, other than property that the
30	30	authority purchased from this state under Article 8225, Revised
31	31	Statutes, or that was granted to the authority by this state under
32	32	any general or special Act; and
33	33	(B) the adjacent property.
34	34	(4) "Port commission" means the governing body of the
35	35	authority.
36	36	Sec. 1A. COMPOSITION OF PORT COMMISSION. The port
37	37	commission [of the Port of Corpus Christi Authority of Nueces
38	38	County, Texas,] is composed of seven members.
39	39	Sec. 4B. USE AND DISPOSITION OF NAVAL PROPERTY. (a) The
40	40	authority may use the naval property in ways that replace and
41	41	enhance the economic benefits generated by Naval Station Ingleside
42	42	through diversified activities, including uses to foster:
43	43	(1) the creation and retention of new jobs;
44	44	(2) economic development;
45	45	(3) industry;
46	46	(4) commerce;
47	47	(5) manufacturing;
48	48	(6) housing;
49	49	(7) recreation; and
50	50	(8) the installation of infrastructure on the naval
51	51	property.
52	52	(b) The authority may contract with another person for
53	53	assistance in accomplishing the purposes of this section by
54	54	competitive bidding or negotiated contract as the port commission
55	55	considers appropriate, desirable, and in the best interests of the
56	56	authority.
57	57	(c) The port commission may declare any portion of the naval
58	58	property not needed for a navigation-related project surplus
59	59	property and may sell or lease the surplus property on terms the
60	60	port commission considers advisable to carry out the purposes of
61	61	this Act.
62	62	(d) Notwithstanding any other law, and subject to the terms
63	63	of this subsection, the authority may sell or lease property
64	64	declared surplus under this section with or without public bidding.
65	65	Naval property declared surplus under this section may not be sold
66	66	in a private sale for less than its fair market value. The
67	67	authority shall obtain an appraisal of the surplus property, and
68	68	the appraisal is conclusive evidence of the surplus property's fair
69	69	market value.
70	70	(e) This section is cumulative of and in addition to other
71	71	law applicable to or affecting the authority. This section does not
72	72	limit the power of the authority to use other law not in conflict
73	73	with this Act to the extent necessary or convenient to carry out a
74	74	power expressly or impliedly granted by this section.
75	75	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
76	76	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
77	77	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
78	78	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
79	79	Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
80	80	______________________________ ______________________________
81	81	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
82	82	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 835 passed the Senate on
83	83	April 17, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 1.
84	84	______________________________
85	85	Secretary of the Senate
86	86	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 835 passed the House on
87	87	May 26, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, two
88	88	present not voting.
89	89	______________________________
90	90	Chief Clerk of the House
91	91	Approved:
92	92	______________________________
93	93	Date
94	94	______________________________
95	95	Governor