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TX Spec Dist Code § 5018.0001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 5 - Transportation|Subtitle A - Navigation Districts and Port Authorities|Chapter 5018 - Orange County Navigation and Port District of Orange County, Texas|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 5018.0001. Definitions

Sec. 5018.0001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "Board" means the district's board of commissioners.(2)  "Commissioner" means a board member.(3)  "District" means the Orange County Navigation and Port District of Orange County, Texas.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 468 (H.B. 4172), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2021.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 5018.0002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 5 - Transportation|Subtitle A - Navigation Districts and Port Authorities|Chapter 5018 - Orange County Navigation and Port District of Orange County, Texas|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 5018.0002. Findings of Benefit and Purpose

Sec. 5018.0002.  FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PURPOSE.  (a)  The creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59,  Article XVI, Texas Constitution, including, to the extent authorized by this chapter:(1)  the supervision, maintenance, development, extension, and improvement of navigation in the district;(2)  the maintenance, development, extension, and improvement of port facilities and dock facilities in the district; and(3)  the development of the Port of Orange in the district.(b)  The district:(1)  is essential to the general welfare of this state for the development of maritime shipping to and from the state's ports;(2)  is in the interest of national defense, the Port of Orange being strategically located on the Gulf Coast with an inland-protected harbor and in a rapidly developing industrial area in which shipyards and ship-storing basins are located; and(3)  will result in:(A)  material benefits and improvements to district territory;(B)  the increase of the taxable value of property in the district; and(C)  material benefit to that part of the state in which the district is located.(c)  All property in the district and in this state will benefit from the district and the improvements and facilities acquired or constructed under this chapter.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 468 (H.B. 4172), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2021.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 5018.0003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 5 - Transportation|Subtitle A - Navigation Districts and Port Authorities|Chapter 5018 - Orange County Navigation and Port District of Orange County, Texas|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 5018.0003. District Territory

Sec. 5018.0003.  DISTRICT TERRITORY.  (a)  The district's boundaries are coextensive with the boundaries of Orange County, unless the district's territory has been modified under:(1)  Section 3 or 3a, Chapter 103, Acts of the 41st Legislature, 1st Called Session, 1929 (Article 8263a, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), before August 30, 1971;(2)  Subchapter H, Chapter 62, Water Code; or(3)  other law.(b)  The district includes all of the property within the district's boundaries.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 468 (H.B. 4172), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2021.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 5018.0004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 5 - Transportation|Subtitle A - Navigation Districts and Port Authorities|Chapter 5018 - Orange County Navigation and Port District of Orange County, Texas|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 5018.0004. Liberal Construction of Chapter

Sec. 5018.0004.  LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER.  This chapter shall be liberally construed to effect its purposes.  |Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 468 (H.B. 4172), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2021.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 5018.0051 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 5 - Transportation|Subtitle A - Navigation Districts and Port Authorities|Chapter 5018 - Orange County Navigation and Port District of Orange County, Texas|Subchapter B. District Administration|Section 5018.0051. Board of Commissioners; Term; Election

Sec. 5018.0051.  BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS; TERM; ELECTION.  (a)  The district is governed by a board composed of five elected commissioners.(b)  Commissioners serve staggered four-year terms.(c)  The district shall hold an election in the district on the uniform election date in May of each even-numbered year to elect commissioners.(d)  The board has the rights and powers conferred and imposed on navigation and canal commissioners and commissioners courts by Chapter 62, Water Code.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 468 (H.B. 4172), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2021.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 5018.0052 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 5 - Transportation|Subtitle A - Navigation Districts and Port Authorities|Chapter 5018 - Orange County Navigation and Port District of Orange County, Texas|Subchapter B. District Administration|Section 5018.0052. Composition of Board; Qualifications

Sec. 5018.0052.  COMPOSITION OF BOARD; QUALIFICATIONS.  (a)  One commissioner must reside in each county commissioners precinct of Orange County and one commissioner must reside in the county at large.(b)  Each commissioner must:(1)  be a qualified voter of the district; and(2)  own taxable real property located in the district.(c)  The candidates receiving the highest number of votes from each county commissioners precinct and the county at large shall be declared elected.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 468 (H.B. 4172), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2021.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 5018.0053 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 5 - Transportation|Subtitle A - Navigation Districts and Port Authorities|Chapter 5018 - Orange County Navigation and Port District of Orange County, Texas|Subchapter B. District Administration|Section 5018.0053. Polling Places

Sec. 5018.0053.  POLLING PLACES.  For all elections held under this chapter, the board, in each election order, shall designate the number and location of polling places, provided that at least one polling place is located in each of the county commissioners precincts.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 468 (H.B. 4172), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2021.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 5018.0054 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 5 - Transportation|Subtitle A - Navigation Districts and Port Authorities|Chapter 5018 - Orange County Navigation and Port District of Orange County, Texas|Subchapter B. District Administration|Section 5018.0054. Commissioner's Oath and Bond

Sec. 5018.0054.  COMMISSIONER'S OATH AND BOND.  Not later than the 10th day after the date of the commissioner's election, each commissioner shall:(1)  take and subscribe an oath of office with conditions in the oath as provided by law for members of the county commissioners court; and(2)  enter into a good and sufficient bond in the amount of $1,000 payable to the district, conditioned on the faithful performance of the commissioner's duties as a commissioner.  |Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 468 (H.B. 4172), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2021.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 5018.0055 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 5 - Transportation|Subtitle A - Navigation Districts and Port Authorities|Chapter 5018 - Orange County Navigation and Port District of Orange County, Texas|Subchapter B. District Administration|Section 5018.0055. Compensation of Commissioners; Expenses

Sec. 5018.0055.  COMPENSATION OF COMMISSIONERS; EXPENSES.  (a)  At the first meeting after each election, the commissioners by order shall set the amount of compensation to be received by a commissioner for each day served, not to exceed $600 per year, plus actual traveling expenses.(b)  Each month or as soon as practicable following each month, each commissioner shall file with the district's secretary a statement showing the amount owed to the commissioner.  A check may not be issued to the commissioner until the commissioner has filed the statement with the secretary.  |Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 468 (H.B. 4172), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2021.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 5018.0056 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 5 - Transportation|Subtitle A - Navigation Districts and Port Authorities|Chapter 5018 - Orange County Navigation and Port District of Orange County, Texas|Subchapter B. District Administration|Section 5018.0056. Vacancies

Sec. 5018.0056.  VACANCIES.  (a)  A vacancy on the board shall be filled by board appointment until the next commissioners' election.  If the vacant position is not regularly scheduled to be filled at that election, the person elected to fill the position serves only for the remainder of the unexpired term.(b)  A person appointed under this section must have the same qualifications as a person elected to the board.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 468 (H.B. 4172), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2021.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 5018.0057 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 5 - Transportation|Subtitle A - Navigation Districts and Port Authorities|Chapter 5018 - Orange County Navigation and Port District of Orange County, Texas|Subchapter B. District Administration|Section 5018.0057. Officers and Employees

Sec. 5018.0057.  OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES.  (a)  As soon as practicable after each election of commissioners, the board shall elect a president, vice president, and secretary and treasurer.(b)  The board may:(1)  employ a port director and other officers as required to manage and operate the district and, subject to the board's orders, delegate that authority;(2)  employ and prescribe the duties of officers, agents, and employees;(3)  set the compensation of officers, agents, and employees; and(4)  remove any employee.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 468 (H.B. 4172), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2021.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 5018.0058 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 5 - Transportation|Subtitle A - Navigation Districts and Port Authorities|Chapter 5018 - Orange County Navigation and Port District of Orange County, Texas|Subchapter B. District Administration|Section 5018.0058. Officer's or Employee's Surety Bond

Sec. 5018.0058.  OFFICER'S OR EMPLOYEE'S SURETY BOND.  (a)  A bond required of a district officer or employee must be executed by a surety company authorized to do business in this state as surety on the bond.(b)  The district may pay the premium on the bond.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 468 (H.B. 4172), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2021.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 5018.0059 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 5 - Transportation|Subtitle A - Navigation Districts and Port Authorities|Chapter 5018 - Orange County Navigation and Port District of Orange County, Texas|Subchapter B. District Administration|Section 5018.0059. District Office

Sec. 5018.0059.  DISTRICT OFFICE.  A regular office shall be established and maintained for conducting district business in the district's territory.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 468 (H.B. 4172), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2021.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 5018.0060 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 5 - Transportation|Subtitle A - Navigation Districts and Port Authorities|Chapter 5018 - Orange County Navigation and Port District of Orange County, Texas|Subchapter B. District Administration|Section 5018.0060. Conflict of Interest; Criminal Penalty

Sec. 5018.0060.  CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CRIMINAL PENALTY.  (a)  A district commissioner, engineer, or employee, personally or as an agent for another person, may not benefit directly or indirectly from a sale, purchase, or contract entered into by the board.(b)  A person commits an offense if the person violates this section.  An offense under this subsection is a misdemeanor punishable by:(1)  a fine not to exceed $1,000;(2)  confinement in the county jail for not less than six months or more than one year; or(3)  both the fine and confinement.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 468 (H.B. 4172), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2021.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 5018.0101 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 5 - Transportation|Subtitle A - Navigation Districts and Port Authorities|Chapter 5018 - Orange County Navigation and Port District of Orange County, Texas|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 5018.0101. General and Navigation District Powers

Sec. 5018.0101.  GENERAL AND NAVIGATION DISTRICT POWERS.  The district has:(1)  the powers of government and the authority to exercise the rights, privileges, and functions specified by this chapter; and(2)  all powers, rights, privileges, and functions conferred by general law, including Chapter 62, Water Code, on any navigation district created or operating under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 468 (H.B. 4172), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2021.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 5018.0102 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 5 - Transportation|Subtitle A - Navigation Districts and Port Authorities|Chapter 5018 - Orange County Navigation and Port District of Orange County, Texas|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 5018.0102. Powers Regarding Wharves, Docks, and Other Facilities

Sec. 5018.0102.  POWERS REGARDING WHARVES, DOCKS, AND OTHER FACILITIES.  The district may:(1)  acquire, take over, construct, maintain, repair, operate, develop, and regulate wharves, docks, warehouses, grain elevators, dumping facilities, belt railways, lands, and other facilities or aids consistent with or necessary to the operation or development of ports or waterways in the district; and(2)  construct, extend, improve, repair, maintain, and reconstruct, cause to be constructed, extended, improved, repaired, maintained, and reconstructed, and own, rent, lease, use, and operate any facility of any kind necessary or convenient to the exercise of the powers, rights, privileges, and functions granted by this chapter.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 468 (H.B. 4172), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2021.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 5018.0103 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 5 - Transportation|Subtitle A - Navigation Districts and Port Authorities|Chapter 5018 - Orange County Navigation and Port District of Orange County, Texas|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 5018.0103. Limitation on Certain Powers

Sec. 5018.0103.  LIMITATION ON CERTAIN POWERS.  This chapter may not be construed as granting the district or the board any power over the appointment, operations, or conduct of:(1)  a branch pilot appointed under Section 69.037, Transportation Code; or(2)  the board of pilot commissioners described by Section 69.011, Transportation Code.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 468 (H.B. 4172), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2021.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 5018.0104 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 5 - Transportation|Subtitle A - Navigation Districts and Port Authorities|Chapter 5018 - Orange County Navigation and Port District of Orange County, Texas|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 5018.0104. Bylaws and Rules

Sec. 5018.0104.  BYLAWS AND RULES.  The district may adopt bylaws and rules to manage and regulate its affairs.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 468 (H.B. 4172), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2021.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 5018.0105 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 5 - Transportation|Subtitle A - Navigation Districts and Port Authorities|Chapter 5018 - Orange County Navigation and Port District of Orange County, Texas|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 5018.0105. Acquisition of Property; Eminent Domain; Damages

Sec. 5018.0105.  ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY; EMINENT DOMAIN; DAMAGES.  (a)  In this section, "property" means property of any kind, including a lighter, a tug, a barge, and other floating equipment of any nature.(b)  If necessary or convenient to exercising a power, right, privilege, or function conferred on the district by this chapter, the district:(1)  by gift or purchase may acquire property or an interest in property that is inside or outside the district's boundaries; or(2)  by exercising the power of eminent domain may acquire property or an interest in property that is inside the district's boundaries.(c)  The district may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire the fee simple title to or an easement or right-of-way over and through any land, water, or land under water, private or public, in the district that the board determines is necessary or convenient to carry out a purpose or power granted to the district by this chapter.(d)  The district must exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided by Chapter 21, Property Code, except that the district is not required to give bond for appeal or bond for costs in any judicial proceeding.(e)  In exercising the power of eminent domain against a person that has the power of eminent domain or a receiver or trustee for that person, the district may acquire an easement only and not the fee simple title.(f)  A condemnation proceeding is under the board's direction and must be in the district's name.(g)  Except as provided by Subsections (h) and (i), the assessment of damages and all procedures with reference to condemnation, appeal, and payment must conform to Chapter 21, Property Code.(h)  If the district's exercise of a power granted by this chapter makes necessary the relocation of a railroad line or right-of-way, the district shall pay the cost of the relocation and any damage incurred in changing and adjusting the railroad lines and grades.(i)  The damages to the owner of public utilities and communication facilities and properties must include the actual loss, costs, and expenses incident to the removal and relocation of the facilities and properties, including:(1)  the costs of installing the facilities in a new location;(2)  the costs of any land or rights or interest in land; and(3)  any other property rights acquired to accomplish the removal and relocation.(j)  The district's authority under this section to exercise the power of eminent domain expired on September 1, 2013, unless the district submitted a letter to the comptroller in accordance with Section 2206.101(b), Government Code, not later than December 31, 2012.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 468 (H.B. 4172), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2021.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 5018.0106 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 5 - Transportation|Subtitle A - Navigation Districts and Port Authorities|Chapter 5018 - Orange County Navigation and Port District of Orange County, Texas|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 5018.0106. Acquisition of Property From City of Orange

Sec. 5018.0106.  ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FROM CITY OF ORANGE.  (a)  The district may acquire from the City of Orange, with the consent of the City of Orange as provided by the city's charter, the city's port properties, lands, assets, liabilities, contracts, improvement plans, money on hand, and facilities acquired by the city for port purposes.(b)  The manner of the acquisition authorized under this section must be determined between the City of Orange's city commission and the board.  |Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 468 (H.B. 4172), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2021.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 5018.0107 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 5 - Transportation|Subtitle A - Navigation Districts and Port Authorities|Chapter 5018 - Orange County Navigation and Port District of Orange County, Texas|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 5018.0107. General Authority to Make Contracts and Execute Instruments

Sec. 5018.0107.  GENERAL AUTHORITY TO MAKE CONTRACTS AND EXECUTE INSTRUMENTS.  The district may make a contract or execute an instrument necessary or convenient to exercise a power, right, privilege, or function granted to the district by this chapter.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 468 (H.B. 4172), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2021.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 5018.0108 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 5 - Transportation|Subtitle A - Navigation Districts and Port Authorities|Chapter 5018 - Orange County Navigation and Port District of Orange County, Texas|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 5018.0108. Authority to Sue and Be Sued

Sec. 5018.0108.  AUTHORITY TO SUE AND BE SUED.  The district may sue and be sued in its corporate name.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 468 (H.B. 4172), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2021.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 5018.0109 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 5 - Transportation|Subtitle A - Navigation Districts and Port Authorities|Chapter 5018 - Orange County Navigation and Port District of Orange County, Texas|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 5018.0109. Seal

Sec. 5018.0109.  SEAL.  The district may adopt and use a corporate seal.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 468 (H.B. 4172), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2021.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 5018.0110 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 5 - Transportation|Subtitle A - Navigation Districts and Port Authorities|Chapter 5018 - Orange County Navigation and Port District of Orange County, Texas|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 5018.0110. Powers and Limitations Regarding Levingston Island in Louisiana

Sec. 5018.0110.  POWERS AND LIMITATIONS REGARDING LEVINGSTON ISLAND IN LOUISIANA.  (a)  On approval by resolution of the board, the district may purchase for the district the following property:  Levingston Island, also known as Harbor Island, located in the bend of the Sabine River, opposite the City of Orange and located in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.(b)  The property purchased under this section is not territory in the district's boundaries.  The authority to purchase the property described in this section and the purchase of that property is not the annexation or attempted annexation of the property to the State of Texas from the State of Louisiana.(c)  The district may:(1)  provide projects and facilities on the property purchased under this section for purposes of economic development to benefit the district; and(2)  issue bonds and other obligations of the district secured by the revenue from the projects and facilities provided on the property purchased under this section for the purposes of constructing, acquiring, and maintaining those projects and facilities.(d)  The district may not impose ad valorem taxes in the district to finance the projects and facilities provided under this section.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 468 (H.B. 4172), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2021.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 5018.0151 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 5 - Transportation|Subtitle A - Navigation Districts and Port Authorities|Chapter 5018 - Orange County Navigation and Port District of Orange County, Texas|Subchapter D. General Financial Provisions|Section 5018.0151. Depository

Sec. 5018.0151.  DEPOSITORY.  The board shall select a depository or depositories for the district in the manner provided by law for the selection of a county depository.  |Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 468 (H.B. 4172), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2021.|