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A RESOLUTION
REAFFIRMING THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI'S LEGISLATIVE
POSITION OPPOSING ANY PROPOSED LEGISLATION PROHIBI-
TING HOME RULE CITIES FROM ANNEXING BEYOND ONE MILE
FROM THE GULF SHORELINE AND OPPOSING ANY PROPOSED
LEGISLATION DEANNEXING ANY PORTION OF ANY HOME RULE
CITY; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, House Bill 411 and Senate Bill 100 introduced in the
1981 Texas Legislature proposed to prohibit annexation by home rule cities
more than one mile seaward of the shoreline of the Gulf of Mexico, and pro-
posed to deannex any existing portions of home rule cities which extended
beyond one mile from the Gulf shoreline; and
WHEREAS, the City Council found such proposed legislation to be
contrary to the public interest and adopted a legislative position opposing
such legislation; and
WHEREAS, the 1981 Texas Legislature did adopt an amended version
of House Bill 411 which prohibits any future annexation by any home rule
city of any State submerged lands Gulfward from the shoreline until
October 1, 1983; and
WHEREAS, the ban on future annexations includes areas more than
one mile from the corporate city boundaries in bays and estuaries such as
Corpus Christi Bay, Nueces Bay, Cayo del Oso, and Laguna Madre; and
WHEREAS, the Texas Senate also passed S. R. No. 719 instructing
the Senate Committee on Natural Resources to conduct an interim study of
the conflict of interest between coastal home rule cities and offshore oil
interests regarding the issue of annexation; and
WHEREAS, the Texas House of Representatives Committee on Energy
Resources has been charged to study requirements for the municipal annexa-
tion of submerged lands to determine if any changes are necessary; and
WHEREAS, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Natural Resources
has requested that the City of Corpus Christi provide testimony at the
October 30, 1981, meeting of the Senate Natural Resources Committee in
Galveston on the direct fiscal impact to Corpus Christi from offshore annexa-
tion and has advised that the offshore oil interests will also be contribu-
ting information to the committee on this issue;
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the City of Corpus Christi's legislative position
opposing any proposed legislation prohibiting home rule cities from annex-
ing beyond one mile from the Gulf shoreline is reaffirmed.
SECTION 2. That the City of Corpus Christi's legislative position
opposing any proposed legislation deannexing any portion of any home rule
city is reaffirmed.
SECTION 3. That the City Council finds that any proposed legis-
lation which would establish any new or additional limitations or restric-
tions on home rule cities as to the annexation of bays and estuaries or as
to the exercise of municipal government authority in bays and estuaries
would be contrary to the public interest, and hereby adopts the City of
Corpus Christi's legislative position opposing any such proposal.
SECTION 4. That upon written request of the Mayor or five Council
members, copy attached, to find and declare an emergency due to the need of
reaffirming the City of Corpus Christi's legislative position of opposing
the aforesaid proposed legislation prior to the October 30, 1981, meeting
of the Senate Natural Resources Committee, such finding of an emergency is
made and declared requiring suspension of the Charter rule as to considera-
tion and voting upon ordinances or resolutions at three regular meetings
so that this ordinance is passed and shall take effect upon first reading
as an emergency this
ATTEST:
day of October, 1981.
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APPROVED: /a DAY OF OCTOBER, 1981
. Bruce Aycock, Cy Attorney
MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
Corpus Christi, Texas
l day of
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance or resolution,
an emergency exists requiring suspension of the Charter rule as to consideration and voting
upon ordinances or resolutions at three regular meetings; I/we, therefore, request that you
suspend said Charter rule and pass this ordinance or resolution finally on the date it is,
introduced, or at the present meeting of the City Council.
Respectfully, Respectfully,
, 1981
Council Members
MAYOR
The above ordinance was passed by the foll
Luther Jones
Betty N. Turner
Jack K. Dumpily
Bob Gulley
Herbert L. Hawkins, Jr.
Dr. Charles W. Kennedy
Cliff Zarsky
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
ng vote:
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