S.B. No. 2175
AN ACT
relating to special purpose territory of the Orange County
Navigation and Port District of Orange County, Texas.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 5018, Special District Local Laws Code,
as effective April 1, 2021, is amended by adding Subchapter F to
read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER F. SPECIAL PURPOSE AREA
Sec. 5018.0301. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "special
purpose area" means the territory described by Section 2 of the Act
enacting this subchapter.
Sec. 5018.0302. REPORTING OF CARGO AND VESSEL MOVEMENTS.
(a) 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 Port of Beaumont Navigation District of
Jefferson County, Texas, for the purpose of reporting to the United
States Army Corps of Engineers under applicable federal law.
(b) Waterborne commercial cargo and vessel movements
originating in or departing from the territory of the district not
including 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.
SECTION 2. The following tract is designated as a special
purpose area for the purposes of Subchapter F, Chapter 5018,
Special District Local Laws Code, as added by this Act:
BEING 265.4 ± acres of land, part of the Neches River, the
William Stephenson Survey, Abstract No. 23, and the Gilbert
Stevenson Survey, Abstract No. 167, Orange County, Texas; being all
of a (Called 250) acre tract of land, known as Tract 12, described
in a deed to Port of Beaumont Navigation District, recorded in
Volume 123, Page 376, Deed Records, Orange County, Texas, and all of
a (Called 108.9935) acre tract, described in a Quitclaim Deed to the
Port of Beaumont Navigation District, recorded in Volume 955, Page
34, Official Public Records, Orange County, Texas; said 265.4 ±
acre tract being more fully described by metes and follows as
follows, to wit:
BEGINNING at a half-inch steel rod, capped and marked
"SOUTEX", found on the southeasterly line of a 225' wide Kansas City
Southern Railway Company right of way, formerly Texarkana & Fort
Smith Railway Company, and the West line of a (Called 496.00) acre
tract of land, known as Parcel 1, described in a deed to Optimus
Steel, LLC, recorded in File No. 458665, Official Public Records,
Orange County, Texas, for the most northerly corner of the herein
described tract; said capped rod having coordinates of N:
10052007.85, E: 4274200.44;
THENCE, South 05 deg., 58 min., 02 sec., East, on the West
line of the (Called 496.00) acre tract, a distance of 1894.32' to a
3" steel pipe found for corner on the common line of the Gilbert
Stevenson Survey, Abstract No. 167 and the William Stephenson
Survey, Abstract No. 23; said steel pipe having coordinates of N:
10050123.79, E: 4274397.37;
THENCE, South 06 deg., 06 min., 36 sec., East, continuing on
the West line of the (Called 496.00) acre tract, and an extension
thereof, at 2271.95' passing a 1" steel pipe found for reference,
and continuing a total distance of 2729.68'± to a point on the
thread of the Neches River, for the Southeast corner of the herein
described tract; said point for corner being on the current
boundary of the Port of Beaumont Navigation District;
THENCE, in a northwesterly direction, on the thread of the
Neches River and the current limits of the Port of Beaumont
Navigation District, a distance of 5143'± to a point on the
southeasterly line of the 225' wide Kansas City Southern Railway
Company right of way, for the Southwest corner of the herein
described tract;
THENCE, North 45 deg. 36 min. 40 sec East, on the
southeasterly line of said Kansas City Southern Railway Company
right of way, a distance of 386.45'± to a point for corner;
THENCE, continuing on the southeasterly line of said Kansas
City Southern Railway Company right of way, on the arc of a curve to
the right, having a radius of 2785.00', an arc length of 477.92', a
chord bearing of North 50 deg., 07 min., 07 sec., East, a chord
distance of 477.33' to a point for corner;
THENCE, North 55 deg., 02 min., 05 sec., East, continuing on
the southeasterly line of said Kansas City Southern Railway right
of way, a distance of 4430.21' to the POINT OF BEGINNING and
containing 265.4 ± acres of land and water, more or less.
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.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2175 passed the Senate on
April 19, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2175 passed the House on
May 8, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 113, Nays 26, two
present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor