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1		-	S.B. No. 1986
	1	+	By: Creighton, et al. S.B. No. 1986
	2	+	(Deshotel)
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	5	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	6		AN ACT
5	7		relating to adding a special purpose territory to the Port of Port
6	8		Arthur Navigation District of Jefferson County, Texas.
7	9		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	10		SECTION 1. Chapter 197, Acts of the 58th Legislature,
9	11		Regular Session, 1963, is amended by adding Section 1A to read as
10	12		follows:
11	13		Sec. 1A. (a) In this section, "special purpose area" means
12	14		the territory described by Subsection (e) of this section.
13	15		(b) Waterborne commercial cargo and vessel movements
14	16		originating in or departing from the special purpose area may be
15	17		attributed as waterborne commercial cargo or vessel movements
16	18		originating in or departing from the district for the purpose of
17	19		reporting to the United States Army Corps of Engineers under
18	20		applicable federal law.
19	21		(c) The inclusion in the district of the special purpose
20	22		area does not affect any powers or duties exercised in the special
21	23		purpose area by the Sabine-Neches Navigation District or the Port
22	24		of Beaumont Navigation District of Jefferson County, Texas.
23	25		(d) The district may not impose a tax in the special purpose
24	26		area.
25	27		(e) In addition to the territory described by Section 1 of
26	28		this Act, the Port of Port Arthur Navigation District of Jefferson
27	29		County, Texas, includes the following tract as a special purpose
28	30		area:
29	31		BEING 133.8 ± acres of land and water, part of the Neches
30	32		River in the City of Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas; said
31	33		133.8 ± acre tract being more fully described by metes and bounds as
32	34		follows, to wit:
33	35		BEGINNING at a point on the intersection of the thread of the
34	36		Neches River with the current city limits of the City of Port
35	37		Arthur, as described in Annexation Ordinance No. 2540, for the most
36	38		northerly comer of the herein described tract;
37	39		THENCE, in a southeasterly direction, with the thread of the
38	40		Neches River, a distance of 7885'± to its intersection with the
39	41		current boundary of the Port of Port Arthur Navigation District on
40	42		the centerline of State Highway 87, for the most easterly comer of
41	43		the herein described tract;
42	44		THENCE, in a southwesterly direction, on the centerline of
43	45		State Highway 87, being the current boundary of the Port of Port
44	46		Arthur Navigation District, a distance of 690'± to a point on the
45	47		projected southwesterly bank of the Neches River, for the most
46	48		southerly comer of the herein described tract;
47	49		THENCE, in a northwesterly direction, on the Southwest bank
48	50		of the Neches River, a distance of 9000'± to its intersection with
49	51		the Northwest line of City of Port Arthur Annexation Ordinance
50	52		No. 2540, same being the southeasterly line of a (Called 16.130)
51	53		acre tract of land, known as Tract Five, Parcel SE, recorded in File
52	54		No. 2020000404, Official Public Records, Jefferson County, Texas,
53	55		for the most westerly comer of the herein described tract;
54	56		THENCE, in a northeasterly direction, on the Northwest line
55	57		of City of Port Arthur Annexation Ordinance No. 2540, a distance of
56	58		1045'± to the POINT OF BEGINNING, and containing 133.8 ± acres of
57	59		land, more or less.
58	60		SECTION 2. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
59	61		introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
60	62		Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
61	63		copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
62	64		officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
63	65		under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
64	66		Government Code.
65	67		(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
66	68		submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
67	69		Environmental Quality.
68	70		(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
69	71		its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
70	72		lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
71	73		representatives within the required time.
72	74		(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
73	75		state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
74	76		to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
75	77		and accomplished.
76	78		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
77	79		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
78	80		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
79	81		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
80	82		Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
81		-	______________________________ ______________________________
82		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
83		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1986 passed the Senate on
84		-	April 19, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
85		-	______________________________
86		-	Secretary of the Senate
87		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1986 passed the House on
88		-	May 8, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 115, Nays 24, two
89		-	present not voting.
90		-	______________________________
91		-	Chief Clerk of the House
92		-	Approved:
93		-	______________________________
94		-	Date
95		-	______________________________
96		-	Governor