Ordinance No. 1,99818
ORDINANCE NO.1998
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,TEXAS,AUTHORIZING
AND APPROVING THE SALE BY HOUSTON NATURAL GAS CORPORA
TION AND PURCHASE BY ENTEX,INC.OF GAS DISTRIBUTION
FACILITIES AND FRANCHISE,AND CANCELING THE GAS DISTRI
BUTION FRANCHISE OF ENTEX,INC.
WHEREAS,a gas distribution franchise covering the
entire City was granted to HoustonNatural Gas Corporation
by Ordinance No.10,passed May 6,1948 (hereinafter called
"Houston Natural Gas franchise");and
WHEREAS,a gas distribution franchise covering only a
limited area of the City was granted to United Gas,Inc.(a
predecessor of Entex,Inc.)by Ordinance No.1198,passed
May 2,1972 (hereinafter called "Entex franchise");and
WHEREAS,Entex,Inc.requests the City Council's
approval for its acquisition of the Baytown properties and
franchise of Houston Natural Gas Corporation;and
WHEREAS,Entex,Inc.will conduct operations in the
City of Baytown under the HoustonNatural Gas franchise;NOW
THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THECITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN:
Section 1:Pursuant to Article XI,Section 117 of the
Charter of the City of Baytown and Section 17 of said Entex
gas distribution franchise,the City Council of the City of
Baytown hereby authorizes and approves the sale by the
Houston Natural Gas Corporation and purchase byEntex,Inc.
of thegas distribution facilities of Houston Natural Gas
Corporation located within the city limits of the City of
Baytown and to the transfer to Entex,Inc.of said Houston
NaturalGas franchise.
Section 2:Inasmuch as said Entex franchise applies
only to a limited area of the City of Baytown,said Entex
franchise is herebycanceled asof the effective date of
this ordinance and Entex will conduct its operations in
Baytown pursuant to the provisions of said Houston Natural
Gas franchise.
INTRODUCED,READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of
the City Council on this 13th day of May ,1976.
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TOM GENTRY,Mayor \7
ATTEST:
EIXEEN P.HALL,City Clerk
APPROVED:
NEEL RICHARDSON;City Attorney
Entex,Inc.hereby consents to the cancellation of the
Entex franchise as set out in Section 2 of the aboveordi-
ance.
ENTEX,INC.
By
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ATTEST:
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THE STATE OF TEXAS 0
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COUNTY OF HARRIS &
I,the duly appointed,qualified and acting CityClerk
of the City of Baytown,Texas,do hereby certify that the
above and foregoing ordinance of the City of Baytown was
read in full and passed and adopted by the affirmative vote
of 7 members of the City Council of the Cityof Baytown
at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 13th
day of Mav »1976;that written notice of the date,
hour,place and subject of such meeting was posted for at
least 72 hours preceding the scheduled time of said meeting
on a bulletin board located in a place in the City Hall
which is convenient and readily accessible to the general
public at all times;that the Mayor and Council members
Ted Kloesei ,Emmet t Hut to »
Jodv Landpr ».Tack Kimmons >
Allen Cannon ,and Mary E.Wilhanks were
present at said meeting and acted as the City Council
throughout;that said ordinance has been authenticated by
the signatures of theMayor and theCity Clerk;that said
ordinance has been systematically recorded in an ordinance
book of the City of Baytown in a manner approved by theCity
Council of the City of Baytown;and that said ordinance or
the caption or title thereof has been recorded in the minutes
or journal of the meetings of said City Council.
Executed under myhand and the official seal of the
City of Baytown,Texas,at said City,this the //day
of ~Zn+~i 1976.
j
City Clerk
of the City of Baytown,Texas
(SEAL)
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