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<br />THE STATE OF TEXAS S
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<br />eOUNTY OF HARRIS
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<br />EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION
<br />SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
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<br />THAT, WHEREAS, by virtue of the Municipal Annexation Act,
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<br />House Bill No. 13, Acts of the 58th Legislature, Regular Session,
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<br />ehapter 160 [compiled by Vernon Law Book eompany, and published
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<br />by it, as Art. 970a, V.A.C.S.], the Legislature' of the State of
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<br />Texas provided for the several incorporated cities of the State of
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<br />Texas to exercise specifie~ extraterritorial jurisdiction over
<br />territory without, but contiguous to, their respective corporate
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<br />limits, the geographical extent.of which is governed by the popu-
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<br />lation of the particular incorporated city; and
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<br />WHEREAS, by virtue of its population, the eity of Shoreacres,
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<br />Texas, has an extraterritorial jurisdiction of all the contiguous,
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<br />unincorporated area, not a part of any other city, within one-half
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<br />(1/2) mile of the corporate limits of the eity of Shoreacres, Texas;
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<br />and,
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<br />WHEREAS, by virtue of its population, the eity of La Porte,
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<br />Texas, has an extraterritorial jurisdiction of all the contiguous
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<br />unincorporated area, not a part of any other city, within one (1)
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<br />mile of the corporate limits of the City of La Porte; and
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<br />WHEREAS, by virtue of the location of the corporate limits
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<br />of the cities of Shoreacres, Texas, and La Porte, Texas, the
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<br />extraterritorial jurisdiction of the two cities overlap; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, by Section 3B, of the said Municipal Annexation
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<br />Act, incorporated cities whose territories so overlap are authorized
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<br />to apportion such overlapped area by mutual agreement of the govern-
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<br />ing bodies of the cities concerned, such agreement to be in writing
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<br />and to be approved by an ordinance or resolution adopted by the
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<br />governing bodies of the cities concerned; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, it is the desire of the cities of Shoreacres, Texas,
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<br />and La Porte, Texas, to so apportion the aforementioned overlapped
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<br />extraterritorial jurisdiction; and,
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