Texas Natural Resources Code - Section 11.016. Land Acquired From Mexico In 1933

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§ 11.016. LAND ACQUIRED FROM MEXICO IN 1933.  (a) The 
State of Texas recognizes the provisions of 54 Stat. 21 (1940) and 
accepts as part of its territory and assumes civil and criminal 
jurisdiction over all of certain parcels or tracts of land lying 
adjacent to the territory of the State of Texas which were acquired 
by the United States under a convention between the United States of 
America and the United Mexican States signed February 1, 1933.
	(b)  The parcels and tracts of land acquired by the state 
constitute a part of the respective counties within whose 
boundaries they are located by extending the county boundaries to 
the Rio Grande and are subject to the civil and criminal 
jurisdiction of these counties.
	(c)  Any parcels or tracts, parts of which are located in two 
separate counties, shall be surveyed by the county surveyors of 
both counties, who shall determine the portion of the land located 
in their respective counties and shall file the field notes of the 
land in their offices together with a map of the parcels or tracts 
in the map records of the county.
	(d)  For the purpose of determining the boundaries, the 
boundary lines of the parcels and tracts established by the 
American Section of the International Boundary Commission, United 
States and Mexico, shall be accepted as the true boundaries.
	(e)  Any parcels or tracts of land that are adjacent to or 
contiguous to a water improvement district or a conservation and 
reclamation district may be included within the district by a 
written contract entered into between the owner of the land and the 
board of directors of the district.  The contract shall 
specifically describe the land to be included in the district, the 
character of water service to be furnished to the land, and the 
terms and conditions on which the land is to be included in the 
district and shall be acknowledged in the manner required for the 
acknowledgment of deeds and recorded in the deed records of the 
county in which the land is located.
	(f)  None of the provisions of this section may be construed 
to affect the ownership of the land.

Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2350, ch. 871, art. I, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 
1977. 

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