Bill Text: TX SB2186 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the powers and duties of the Port of Corpus Christi Authority of Nueces County, Texas.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-26 - Recommendations filed with the Senate [SB2186 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB2186-Introduced.html

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87R16669 BRG-F
By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 2186

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the powers and duties of the Port of Corpus Christi
Authority of Nueces County, Texas.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 5016.0001, Special District Local Laws
Code, as effective April 1, 2021, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 5016.0001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) ["Adjacent property" means the approximately 433
acres that the authority owns in San Patricio County that is bounded
on the east by the western boundary of the former Naval Station
Ingleside, on the north by Farm-to-Market Road 1069, on the west by
the corporate limits of the City of Ingleside on the Bay, and on the
south by the corporate limits of the City of Ingleside on the Bay
and the north shoreline of Corpus Christi Bay. The term does not
include property:
[(A) that the authority purchased from this state
under former Article 8225, Revised Statutes; or
[(B) that was granted to the authority by this
state under any general or special law.
[(2)] "Authority" means the Port of Corpus Christi
Authority of Nueces County, Texas.
[(3) "Naval property" means:
[(A) the approximately 576.615 acres of land and
submerged land in San Patricio and Nueces Counties, improvements,
and personal property, if any, that reverted to the authority when
former Naval Station Ingleside closed, other than property that the
authority purchased from this state under former Article 8225,
Revised Statutes, or that was granted to the authority by this state
under any general or special law; and
[(B) the adjacent property.]
(2) [(4)] "Port commission" means the authority's
governing body.
(3) [(5)] "Port commissioner" means a member of the
port commission.
SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 5016, Special District
Local Laws Code, as effective April 1, 2021, is amended by adding
Sections 5016.0003 and 5016.0004 to read as follows:
Sec. 5016.0003. PURPOSE; LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS. The
authority is essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 52-a,
Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and
other public purposes stated in this chapter. By granting the
authority powers under this chapter, the legislature has
established a program to accomplish the public purposes set out in
Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution.
Sec. 5016.0004. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
(a) The authority serves a public use and benefit.
(b) All land and other property included in the authority
will benefit from the improvements and services to be provided by
the authority under powers conferred by Section 52-a, Article III,
and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other powers
granted under this chapter.
SECTION 3. Section 5016.0101, Special District Local Laws
Code, as effective April 1, 2021, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 5016.0101. USE [AND DISPOSITION] OF CERTAIN [NAVAL]
PROPERTY. (a) This section applies only to:
(1) property owned by the authority that is located
in:
(A) the unincorporated areas of Nueces County,
other than lands or flats previously purchased from the State of
Texas under former Article 8225, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas,
1925; or
(B) the corporate limits of the City of Robstown;
or
(2) property owned by Nueces County:
(A) that is leased to the authority or that the
authority has the right to develop or improve; and
(B) that is located in:
(i) the unincorporated areas of Nueces
County; or
(ii) the corporate limits of the City of
Robstown.
(b) The authority may use [naval] property to which this
section applies for [in ways that replace and enhance the economic
benefits generated by the former Naval Station Ingleside through
diversified activities, including uses to foster]:
(1) job creation and retention;
(2) economic development;
(3) industry;
(4) commerce;
(5) manufacturing;
(6) housing;
(7) recreation; [and]
(8) infrastructure installation on the [naval]
property; or
(9) any other activity essential to accomplish the
purposes of Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution.
[(b) The port commission may:
[(1) declare any portion of naval property surplus if
the property is not needed for a navigation-related project; and
[(2) sell or lease the surplus property on terms the
port commission considers advisable to carry out the purposes of
this chapter.]
(c) For the purposes described by Subsection (b), the
authority may:
(1) develop, construct, improve, maintain, equip, and
furnish buildings, equipment, facilities, or improvements on or to
the property; and
(2) lease the property owned by the authority, on
terms as the port commission considers advisable, to allow for the
development, construction, improvement, maintenance, equipping,
and furnishing of buildings, equipment, facilities, or
improvements on or to the property [Notwithstanding any other law
and subject to the terms of this subsection, the authority may sell
or lease property declared surplus under this section with or
without public bidding. The authority may not sell naval property
declared surplus under this section in a private sale for less than
the property's fair market value. The authority shall obtain an
appraisal of the surplus property, which is conclusive evidence of
the surplus property's fair market value].
(d) The authority may contract with another person for
assistance in accomplishing the purposes of this section on terms
[by competitive bidding or negotiated contract as] the port
commission considers appropriate, desirable, and in the
authority's best interests.
(e) The authority may not issue bonds or other obligations
payable from ad valorem taxes to finance a project authorized under
this section.
SECTION 4. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
Government Code.
(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality.
(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
representatives within the required time.
(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
and accomplished.
SECTION 5. 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.