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AN ACT
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relating to the annexation by certain municipalities of land owned |
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by a navigation district. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 43, Local Government Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 43.082 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 43.082. ANNEXATION BY CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES OF LAND |
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OWNED BY NAVIGATION DISTRICT. A municipality with a population of |
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less than 30,000, that is in a county that borders the Gulf of |
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Mexico and that is adjacent to a county with a population of one |
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million or more, and that seeks to annex land owned by a navigation |
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district operating under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas |
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Constitution, must have the consent of the district to annex the |
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land. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2007. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1312 was passed by the House on March |
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13, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 1, 3 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 1312 on May 8, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 1 |
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present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1312 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on April 30, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 31, |
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Nays 0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |