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58TH LEGISLATURE--REGULAR SESSION
PORT MANSFIELD PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
CHAPTER 42
H. B. No. 30
An Act creating a Conservation and Reclamation District under the provisions
of Section 59, Article XVI, Constitution of Texas, to be known as "Port
Mansfield Public Utility District"; prescribing the rights, powers, privileges,
and duties; limiting the power of eminent domain to Willacy County; pro-
viding the District shall bear the sole expense of the relocation of certain
facilities under the provisions of this Act; providing for its governing body;
containing provisions as to its taxes and its tax assessor and collector;
containing provisions relating to addition of land; containing other provi-
sions relating to the subject; providing a severability clause; and declar-
ing an emergency.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas:
Section 1. Under and pursuant to the provisions of Section 59 of
Article XVI, Constitution of Texas, a Conservation and Reclamation
District is hereby created and incorporated in Willacy County, Texas,
to be known as "Port Mansfield Public Utility District," hereinafter re-
ferred to as the "District," and the boundaries of said District shall be
as follows:
STARTING with the U. S. Coastal and Geodetic Survey, permanent
bench Sauz, which is located as latitude 26 degrees, 32 minutes, 16.012
seconds, and longitude 97 degrees, 25 minutes, 13.527 seconds;
THENCE, at an azimuth 202 degrees, 32 minutes, for a distance of
351.4 feet to the point of beginning, said point being at the ordinary high
tide line on the shoreline of Red Fish Bay and being the southeast corner
of said District;
THENCE, west (azimuth 270 degrees, 0 minutes) for a distance of
7,940 feet to a point, said point being the southwest corner of said District;
THENCE, north (azimuth 0 degrees, 0 minutes) for a distance of 11,880
feet to a point, said point being the northwest corner of said District;
THENCE, east (azimuth 90 degrees, 0 minutes) for a distance of 5,280
feet to the ordinary high tide line on the shore line of Red Fish Bay, said
point being the northeast corner of said District;
THENCE, generally southward, following said ordinary high tide line
of Red Fish Bay to the southeast corner of said District and POINT OF
BEGINNING, containing 1,760 acres of land, more or less, and being out
of and a part of the San Juan de Carricitos Grant in Willacy County, Texas.
Sec. 2. The District shall have and exercise, and is hereby vested
with, all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties conferred and im-
posed by the General Laws of the State of Texas now in force or here-
after enacted, applicable to fresh water supply districts created under
authority of Section 59 of Article XVI, Constitution of Texas, but to the
extent that the provisions of such General Laws may be in conflict or in-
consistent with the provisions of this Act, the provisions of this Act shall
prevail. All such General Laws are hereby incorporated by reference
with the same effect as if incorporated in full in this Act. Without in any
way limiting the generalization of the foregoing, it is expressly provided
the District shall have and exercise, and is hereby vested with, all of the
rights, powers, privileges and duties conferred and imposed by Chapter
4 of Title 128, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, 1925, together with all
amendments thereof and additions thereto, including all powers and au-
2. Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. art. 8280-278.
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