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2 | 2 | | By: Zerwas H.B. No. 1456 |
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4 | 4 | | |
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5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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7 | 7 | | relating to the creation of the Fort Bend-Waller Counties Municipal |
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8 | 8 | | Utility District No. 2; providing authority to impose a tax and |
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9 | 9 | | issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain. |
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10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Subtitle F, Title 6, Special District Local Laws |
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12 | 12 | | Code, is amended by adding Chapter 8329 to read as follows: |
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13 | 13 | | CHAPTER 8329. FORT BEND-WALLER COUNTIES MUNICIPAL UTILITY |
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14 | 14 | | DISTRICT NO. 2 |
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15 | 15 | | SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
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16 | 16 | | Sec. 8329.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: |
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17 | 17 | | (1) "Board" means the district's board of directors. |
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18 | 18 | | (2) "Director" means a board member. |
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19 | 19 | | (3) "District" means the Fort Bend-Waller Counties |
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20 | 20 | | Municipal Utility District No. 2. |
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21 | 21 | | Sec. 8329.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a |
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22 | 22 | | municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, |
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23 | 23 | | Texas Constitution. |
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24 | 24 | | Sec. 8329.003. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTORS' ELECTION |
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25 | 25 | | REQUIRED. The temporary directors shall hold an election to |
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26 | 26 | | confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent |
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27 | 27 | | directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code. |
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28 | 28 | | Sec. 8329.004. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED. The |
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29 | 29 | | temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 8329.003 |
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30 | 30 | | until each municipality in whose corporate limits or |
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31 | 31 | | extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has |
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32 | 32 | | consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the |
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33 | 33 | | district and to the inclusion of land in the district. |
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34 | 34 | | Sec. 8329.005. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT. (a) |
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35 | 35 | | The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit. |
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36 | 36 | | (b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of: |
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37 | 37 | | (1) a municipal utility district as provided by |
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38 | 38 | | general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and |
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39 | 39 | | (2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that |
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40 | 40 | | relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, |
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41 | 41 | | or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or |
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42 | 42 | | improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads. |
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43 | 43 | | Sec. 8329.006. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY. (a) The |
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44 | 44 | | district is initially composed of the territory described by |
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45 | 45 | | Section 2 of the Act creating this chapter. |
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46 | 46 | | (b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of |
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47 | 47 | | the Act creating this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the |
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48 | 48 | | field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process |
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49 | 49 | | does not affect the district's: |
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50 | 50 | | (1) organization, existence, or validity; |
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51 | 51 | | (2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes |
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52 | 52 | | for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and |
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53 | 53 | | interest on a bond; |
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54 | 54 | | (3) right to impose a tax; or |
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55 | 55 | | (4) legality or operation. |
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56 | 56 | | [Sections 8329.007-8329.050 reserved for expansion] |
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57 | 57 | | SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS |
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58 | 58 | | Sec. 8329.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district is |
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59 | 59 | | governed by a board of five elected directors. |
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60 | 60 | | (b) Except as provided by Section 8329.052, directors serve |
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61 | 61 | | staggered four-year terms. |
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62 | 62 | | Sec. 8329.052. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS. (a) The temporary |
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63 | 63 | | board consists of: |
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64 | 64 | | (1) Suzanne Corbin; |
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65 | 65 | | (2) Carolyn Davis; |
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66 | 66 | | (3) Jeff Hayes; |
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67 | 67 | | (4) Sharon Wallingford; and |
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68 | 68 | | (5) Ray Deyoe. |
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69 | 69 | | (b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of: |
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70 | 70 | | (1) the date permanent directors are elected under |
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71 | 71 | | Section 8329.003; or |
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72 | 72 | | (2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of |
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73 | 73 | | the Act creating this chapter. |
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74 | 74 | | (c) If permanent directors have not been elected under |
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75 | 75 | | Section 8329.003 and the terms of the temporary directors have |
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76 | 76 | | expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or |
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77 | 77 | | reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that |
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78 | 78 | | expire on the earlier of: |
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79 | 79 | | (1) the date permanent directors are elected under |
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80 | 80 | | Section 8329.003; or |
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81 | 81 | | (2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the |
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82 | 82 | | appointment or reappointment. |
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83 | 83 | | (d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a |
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84 | 84 | | majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district |
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85 | 85 | | may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the |
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86 | 86 | | commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five |
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87 | 87 | | persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as |
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88 | 88 | | successor temporary directors the five persons named in the |
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89 | 89 | | petition. |
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90 | 90 | | [Sections 8329.053-8329.100 reserved for expansion] |
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91 | 91 | | SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES |
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92 | 92 | | Sec. 8329.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district has |
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93 | 93 | | the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for |
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94 | 94 | | which the district is created. |
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95 | 95 | | Sec. 8329.102. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND |
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96 | 96 | | DUTIES. The district has the powers and duties provided by the |
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97 | 97 | | general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, |
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98 | 98 | | applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59, |
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99 | 99 | | Article XVI, Texas Constitution. |
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100 | 100 | | Sec. 8329.103. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS. Under Section |
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101 | 101 | | 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, |
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102 | 102 | | acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate, |
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103 | 103 | | maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for |
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104 | 104 | | operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or |
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105 | 105 | | improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads. |
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106 | 106 | | Sec. 8329.104. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS. (a) A road |
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107 | 107 | | project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and |
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108 | 108 | | subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in |
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109 | 109 | | whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road |
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110 | 110 | | project is located. |
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111 | 111 | | (b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits |
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112 | 112 | | or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road |
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113 | 113 | | project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and |
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114 | 114 | | subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which |
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115 | 115 | | the road project is located. |
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116 | 116 | | (c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the |
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117 | 117 | | Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and |
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118 | 118 | | specifications of the road project. |
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119 | 119 | | Sec. 8329.105. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCE |
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120 | 120 | | OR RESOLUTION. The district shall comply with all applicable |
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121 | 121 | | requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under |
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122 | 122 | | Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that consents to the |
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123 | 123 | | creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the |
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124 | 124 | | district. |
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125 | 125 | | Sec. 8329.106. LIMITATION ON USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN. The |
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126 | 126 | | district may not exercise the power of eminent domain outside the |
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127 | 127 | | district to acquire a site or easement for: |
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128 | 128 | | (1) a road project authorized by Section 8329.103; or |
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129 | 129 | | (2) a recreational facility as defined by Section |
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130 | 130 | | 49.462, Water Code. |
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131 | 131 | | [Sections 8329.107-8329.150 reserved for expansion] |
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132 | 132 | | SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS |
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133 | 133 | | Sec. 8329.151. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS. (a) The |
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134 | 134 | | district may issue, without an election, bonds and other |
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135 | 135 | | obligations secured by: |
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136 | 136 | | (1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or |
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137 | 137 | | (2) contract payments described by Section 8329.153. |
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138 | 138 | | (b) The district must hold an election in the manner |
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139 | 139 | | provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval |
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140 | 140 | | before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds |
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141 | 141 | | payable from ad valorem taxes. |
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142 | 142 | | (c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem |
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143 | 143 | | taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a |
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144 | 144 | | vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an |
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145 | 145 | | election held for that purpose. |
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146 | 146 | | Sec. 8329.152. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. (a) If |
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147 | 147 | | authorized at an election held under Section 8329.151, the district |
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148 | 148 | | may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in |
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149 | 149 | | the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code. |
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150 | 150 | | (b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not |
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151 | 151 | | exceed the rate approved at the election. |
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152 | 152 | | Sec. 8329.153. CONTRACT TAXES. (a) In accordance with |
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153 | 153 | | Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than |
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154 | 154 | | an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from |
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155 | 155 | | the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of |
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156 | 156 | | the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters |
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157 | 157 | | voting at an election held for that purpose. |
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158 | 158 | | (b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a |
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159 | 159 | | provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by |
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160 | 160 | | the board without further voter approval. |
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161 | 161 | | [Sections 8329.154-8329.200 reserved for expansion] |
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162 | 162 | | SUBCHAPTER E. BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS |
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163 | 163 | | Sec. 8329.201. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER |
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164 | 164 | | OBLIGATIONS. The district may issue bonds or other obligations |
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165 | 165 | | payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, |
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166 | 166 | | revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any |
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167 | 167 | | combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district |
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168 | 168 | | purpose. |
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169 | 169 | | Sec. 8329.202. TAXES FOR BONDS. At the time the district |
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170 | 170 | | issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the |
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171 | 171 | | board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing |
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172 | 172 | | direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all |
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173 | 173 | | or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner |
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174 | 174 | | provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code. |
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175 | 175 | | Sec. 8329.203. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS. At the time of |
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176 | 176 | | issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations |
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177 | 177 | | issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad |
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178 | 178 | | valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the |
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179 | 179 | | real property in the district. |
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180 | 180 | | SECTION 2. The Fort Bend-Waller Counties Municipal Utility |
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181 | 181 | | District No. 2 initially includes all the territory contained in |
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182 | 182 | | the following area: |
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183 | 183 | | FIELD NOTES FOR A 472.573 ACRE TRACT OF LAND IN THE THOMAS |
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184 | 184 | | CRESOP SURVEY, ABSTRACT 405, WALLER COUNTY, TEXAS, ABSTRACT 369, |
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185 | 185 | | FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, AND THE P. M. CUNY SURVEY, ABSTRACT 355, |
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186 | 186 | | WALLER COUNTY, TEXAS, THE ROBERT T. VAN SLYKE SURVEY, ABSTRACT 395, |
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187 | 187 | | WALLER COUNTY, TEXAS, AND THE W. W. BAINS SURVEY, ABSTRACT 385, |
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188 | 188 | | WALLER COUNTY, TEXAS, SAID 472.573 ACRE TRACT BEING COMPRISED OF |
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189 | 189 | | THAT CERTAIN CALLED 137.322 ACRE TRACT RECORDED IN VOLUME 1131, |
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190 | 190 | | PAGE 26, OFFICIAL RECORDS, WALLER COUNTY, TEXAS, THAT CERTAIN |
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191 | 191 | | CALLED 54.00 ACRE TRACT RECORDED IN VOLUME 1130, PAGE 776, OFFICIAL |
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192 | 192 | | RECORDS, WALLER COUNTY, TEXAS, THAT CERTAIN CALLED 136.8 ACRE TRACT |
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193 | 193 | | (TRACT ONE) AND THAT CERTAIN CALLED 135.5 ACRE TRACT (TRACT TWO) |
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194 | 194 | | RECORDED UNDER COUNTY CLERK'S FILE NUMBER 2008102246, OFFICIAL |
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195 | 195 | | PUBLIC RECORD, FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, THAT CERTAIN CALLED 8.429 |
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196 | 196 | | ACRE TRACT RECORDED IN VOLUME 0727, PAGE 840, OFFICIAL RECORDS, |
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197 | 197 | | WALLER COUNTY, TEXAS, AND THAT CERTAIN CALLED 0.506 ACRE TRACT |
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198 | 198 | | RECORDED UNDER COUNTY CLERK'S FILE NUMBER 2002053393, OFFICIAL |
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199 | 199 | | PUBLIC RECORDS, FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, WITH ALL BEARINGS BASED |
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200 | 200 | | UPON THE TEXAS COORDINATE SYSTEM, SOUTH CENTRAL ZONE, NAD83, BASED |
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201 | 201 | | UPON GPS OBSERVATIONS OF NGS TRIANGULATION STATION "BROOKSHIRE". |
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202 | 202 | | BEGINNING at a 3/4 inch iron rod found at the intersection of |
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203 | 203 | | the south right-of-way line U. S. Highway 90 (100-feet wide) with |
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204 | 204 | | the east line of a 40-foot wide private road (marked Alt Lane) for |
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205 | 205 | | the northwest corner of said called 137.322 acre tract, and the most |
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206 | 206 | | westerly northwest corner and Place of Beginning of the herein |
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207 | 207 | | described tract, said point bears North 88 degrees 21 minutes 47 |
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208 | 208 | | seconds East, 39.90 feet from a 5/8 inch iron rod with cap marked |
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209 | 209 | | "Tri-Tech"; |
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210 | 210 | | THENCE North 88 degrees 44 minutes 46 seconds East along the |
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211 | 211 | | north line of the herein described tract and the north line of said |
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212 | 212 | | called 137.322 acre tract, same being the south right-of-way line |
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213 | 213 | | U. S. Highway 90, 2,037.44 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod with cap |
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214 | 214 | | marked "3438" found for the northeast corner of the herein |
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215 | 215 | | described tract, same being the northwest corner of an adjoining |
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216 | 216 | | called 0.0971 acre tract described in deed recorded in Volume 0966, |
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217 | 217 | | Page 132, Official Records, Waller County, Texas; |
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218 | 218 | | THENCE South 04 degrees 55 minutes 35 seconds East along the |
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219 | 219 | | east line of the herein described tract, same being the west line of |
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220 | 220 | | said adjoining called 0.0971 acre tract, 411.10 feet to a 3/4 inch |
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221 | 221 | | iron pipe found for a reentry corner to the herein described tract, |
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222 | 222 | | same being the south corner of said adjoining called 0.0971 acre |
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223 | 223 | | tract, the southwest corner of an adjoining called 5.00 acre tract |
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224 | 224 | | described in deed recorded in Volume 0595, Page 540, Official |
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225 | 225 | | Records, Waller County, Texas, and the northwest corner of the |
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226 | 226 | | aforementioned called 54.00 acre tract, said point also being a |
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227 | 227 | | reentry corner of said W. W. Bains Survey, Abstract 385, same being |
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228 | 228 | | the upper northwest corner of the Robert T. Van Slyke Survey, |
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229 | 229 | | Abstract 395, and an angle point in the east line of said called |
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230 | 230 | | 137.322 acre tract; |
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231 | 231 | | THENCE North 88 degrees 17 minutes 20 seconds East along a |
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232 | 232 | | north line of the herein described tract, the north line of said |
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233 | 233 | | called 54.00 acre tract, the north line of said Robert T. Van Slyke |
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234 | 234 | | Survey, Abstract 395, and the north line of said Thomas Cresop |
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235 | 235 | | Survey, Abstract 405, same being the south line of said W. W. Bains |
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236 | 236 | | Survey, Abstract 385, and the south line of said adjoining called |
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237 | 237 | | 5.00 acre tract, 533.04 feet to a 3/4 inch iron rod found for an |
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238 | 238 | | angle point in the north line of the herein described tract, being |
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239 | 239 | | the southeast corner of said adjoining called 5.00 acre tract, same |
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240 | 240 | | being the southwest corner of an adjoining called 1.417 acre tract |
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241 | 241 | | described in Volume 0609, Page 784, Official Records, Waller |
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242 | 242 | | County, Texas; |
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243 | 243 | | THENCE North 88 degrees 07 minutes 31seconds East along a |
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244 | 244 | | north line of the herein described tract, the north line of said |
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245 | 245 | | called 54.00 acre tract, and the north line of said Thomas Cresop |
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246 | 246 | | Survey, Abstract 405, same being the south line of said W. W. Bains |
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247 | 247 | | Survey, Abstract 385, same being the south line of said adjoining |
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248 | 248 | | called 1.417 acre tract, the south line of an adjoining called 2.0 |
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249 | 249 | | acre tract recorded in Volume 0562, Page 757, Official Records, |
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250 | 250 | | Waller County, Texas, and the south line of an adjoining called 1.0 |
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251 | 251 | | acre tract (Tract 2) and an adjoining called 1.0 acre tract (Tract |
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252 | 252 | | 1) recorded in Volume 0519, Page 703, Official Records, Waller |
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253 | 253 | | County, Texas, at 152.37 feet pass a 3/4 inch iron pipe found on |
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254 | 254 | | said line for the southeast corner of said adjoining called 1.417 |
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255 | 255 | | acre tract, same being the southwest corner of said adjoining |
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256 | 256 | | called 2.0 acre tract, at 410.73 feet pass a 1/2 inch iron pipe with |
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257 | 257 | | cap marked "Kalkomey Surveying" found for the northeast corner of |
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258 | 258 | | said called 54.00 acre tract, same being the lower northwest corner |
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259 | 259 | | of said called 136.8 acre tract, and continuing for a total distance |
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260 | 260 | | of 586.81 feet to a railroad iron found for a reentry corner to the |
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261 | 261 | | herein described tract and a reentry corner to said called 136.8 |
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262 | 262 | | acre tract, being the southeast corner of said adjoining called 1.0 |
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263 | 263 | | acre tract (Tract 1), and the upper southeast corner of said W. W. |
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264 | 264 | | Bains Survey, Abstract 385, same being the southwest corner of the |
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265 | 265 | | aforementioned P. M. Cuny Survey, Abstract 355, said point also |
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266 | 266 | | being in the west right-of-way line of Apache Road (60-feet wide); |
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267 | 267 | | THENCE North 02 degrees 06 minutes 10 seconds West along the |
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268 | 268 | | upper west line of the herein described tract, the upper west line |
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269 | 269 | | of said called 136.8 acre tract, and the west line of said P. M. Cuny |
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270 | 270 | | Survey, Abstract 355, same being the east line of said adjoining |
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271 | 271 | | called 1.0 acre tract (Tract 1), and the upper east line of said W. |
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272 | 272 | | W. Bains Survey, Abstract 385, 399.97 feet to a 1/2 inch iron pipe |
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273 | 273 | | with cap marked "Kalkomey Surveying" found for a northwest corner |
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274 | 274 | | of the herein described tract, and a northwest corner of said called |
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275 | 275 | | 136.8 acre tract, same being the northeast corner of said adjoining |
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276 | 276 | | called 1.0 acre tract (Tract 1), said point also being in the south |
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277 | 277 | | right-of-way line of U. S. Highway 90 (100-feet wide); |
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278 | 278 | | THENCE North 88 degrees 43 minutes 13 seconds East along the |
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279 | 279 | | upper north line of the herein described tract and the north line of |
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280 | 280 | | said called 136.8 acre tract, same being the south right-of-way |
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281 | 281 | | line of U. S. Highway 90, 60.00 feet to a 1-inch iron pipe found for |
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282 | 282 | | the most westerly northeast corner of the herein described tract |
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283 | 283 | | and the upper northeast corner of said called 136.8 acre tract, same |
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284 | 284 | | being the upper northwest corner of the adjoining Katy West |
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285 | 285 | | Business Park, according to map or plat thereof recorded in Volume |
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286 | 286 | | 348, Page 221, Deed Records, Waller County, Texas; |
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287 | 287 | | THENCE South 02 degrees 06 minutes 10 seconds East along the |
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288 | 288 | | common line of the herein described tract and said adjoining Katy |
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289 | 289 | | West Business Park, being the east right-of-way line of Apache |
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290 | 290 | | Road, 395.44 feet to a 1/2 inch iron pipe found for angle point; |
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291 | 291 | | THENCE South 09 degrees 00 minutes 01 second East continuing |
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292 | 292 | | along said common line, 56.44 feet to a 1/2 inch iron pipe found for |
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293 | 293 | | corner, said point being the upper southeast corner of said called |
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294 | 294 | | 136.8 acre tract, same being a reentry corner to said adjoining Katy |
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295 | 295 | | West Business Park; |
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296 | 296 | | THENCE South 80 degrees 59 minutes 59 seconds West continuing |
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297 | 297 | | along said common line, departing said east right-of-way line of |
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298 | 298 | | Apache Road, 60.00 feet to a 1/2 inch iron pipe found for a reentry |
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299 | 299 | | corner to the herein described tract and a reentry corner to said |
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300 | 300 | | called 136.8 acre tract, being the lower northwest corner of said |
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301 | 301 | | adjoining Katy West Business Park, and being in the west |
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302 | 302 | | right-of-way line of Apache Road; |
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303 | 303 | | THENCE South 09 degrees 00 minutes 01 second East continuing |
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304 | 304 | | along said common line, 1,124.04 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod found |
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305 | 305 | | for a reentry corner to the herein described tract and a reentry |
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306 | 306 | | corner to said called 136.8 acre tract, same being the southwest |
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307 | 307 | | corner of said adjoining Katy West Business Park, and being at the |
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308 | 308 | | intersection of the west right-of-way line of Apache Road with the |
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309 | 309 | | south right-of-way line of Comanche Road (60-feet wide); |
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310 | 310 | | THENCE North 88 degrees 03 minutes 14 seconds East continuing |
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311 | 311 | | along said common line, 1,060.64 feet to a 3/4 inch iron rod found |
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312 | 312 | | for a reentry corner to the herein described tract and a reentry |
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313 | 313 | | corner to said called 136.8 acre tract, same being the southeast |
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314 | 314 | | corner of said adjoining Katy West Business Park; |
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315 | 315 | | THENCE North 01 degree 56 minutes 47 seconds West continuing |
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316 | 316 | | along said common line, 1,561.00 feet to a 3/4 inch iron pipe found |
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317 | 317 | | for the most easterly northwest corner of the herein described |
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318 | 318 | | tract and a northwest corner of said called 136.8 acre tract, same |
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319 | 319 | | being the northeast corner of said adjoining Katy West Business |
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320 | 320 | | Park, and being in the south right-of-way line of U. S. Highway 90; |
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321 | 321 | | THENCE North 88 degrees 42 minutes 48 seconds East along the |
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322 | 322 | | most easterly north line of the herein described tract, and the |
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323 | 323 | | north line of said called 136.8 acre tract, same being the south |
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324 | 324 | | right-of-way line of U. S. Highway 90, 1,828.82 feet to a 1/2 inch |
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325 | 325 | | iron rod with cap marked "RPLS 2085" found for the most easterly |
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326 | 326 | | northeast corner of the herein described tract and the most |
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327 | 327 | | easterly northeast corner of said called 136.8 acre tract, same |
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328 | 328 | | being the northwest corner of an adjoining called 1.924 acre tract |
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329 | 329 | | recorded in Volume 0727, Page 844, Official Records, Waller County, |
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330 | 330 | | Texas; |
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331 | 331 | | THENCE South 01 degree 12 minutes 15 seconds East along the |
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332 | 332 | | common line of the herein described tract and said adjoining called |
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333 | 333 | | 1.924 acre tract, 183.46 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod with cap marked |
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334 | 334 | | "RPLS 2085" found for corner; |
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335 | 335 | | THENCE South 62 degrees 41 minutes 42 seconds East continuing |
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336 | 336 | | along said common line, 383.31 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod with cap |
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337 | 337 | | marked "RPLS 2085" found for a reentry corner to the herein |
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338 | 338 | | described tract, being the south corner of said adjoining called |
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339 | 339 | | 1.924 acre tract, and east corner of said called 136.8 acre tract, |
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340 | 340 | | and being in the northwest line of the aforementioned called 8.429 |
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341 | 341 | | acre tract, said point being in a curve to the left; |
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342 | 342 | | THENCE along said curve to the left having a central angle of |
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343 | 343 | | 10 degrees 56 minutes 03 seconds, a radius of 940.00 feet, an arc |
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344 | 344 | | length of 179.39 feet, and a chord bearing North 15 degrees 16 |
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345 | 345 | | minutes 58 seconds East, 179.11 feet to a point in the centerline of |
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346 | 346 | | Snake Creek for corner, being the east corner of said adjoining |
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347 | 347 | | called 1.924 acre tract, and being in the southwest line of an |
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348 | 348 | | adjoining called 5.6687 acre tract recorded in Volume 478, Page |
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349 | 349 | | 631, Deed Records, Waller County, Texas; |
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350 | 350 | | THENCE along the centerline of Snake Creek, being the |
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351 | 351 | | northeast line of the herein described tract, the northeast line of |
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352 | 352 | | said called 8.426 acre tract, and the northeast line of the |
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353 | 353 | | aforementioned called 135.5 acre tract, same being the southwest |
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354 | 354 | | line of said adjoining called 5.6687 acre tract, the southwest line |
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355 | 355 | | of an adjoining called 1.6327 acre tract described in deed recorded |
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356 | 356 | | in Volume 0785, Page 649, Official Records, Waller County, Texas, |
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357 | 357 | | the southwest line of an adjoining called 3.673 acre tract |
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358 | 358 | | described in deed recorded in Volume 0519, Page 75, Official |
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359 | 359 | | Records, Waller County, Texas, and the southwest line of an |
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360 | 360 | | adjoining called 24.356 acre tract recorded in Volume 0970, Page |
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361 | 361 | | 131, Official Records, Waller County, Texas, with the following |
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362 | 362 | | meanders: |
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363 | 363 | | South 55 degrees 05 minutes 56 seconds East, 131.02 |
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364 | 364 | | feet; |
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365 | 365 | | South 54 degrees 20 minutes 06 seconds East, 550.23 feet |
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366 | 366 | | South 64 degrees 50 minutes 22 seconds East, 329.51 feet |
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367 | 367 | | South 55 degrees 03 minutes 33 seconds East, 61.69 feet |
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368 | 368 | | South 45 degrees 08 minutes 57 seconds East, 128.52 feet |
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369 | 369 | | South 46 degrees 52 minutes 01 second East, 1,243.02 |
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370 | 370 | | feet |
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371 | 371 | | South 49 degrees 37 minutes 43 seconds East, 273.13 feet |
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372 | 372 | | to a point in the centerline of Snake Creek for the lower northeast |
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373 | 373 | | corner of the herein described tract and the northeast corner of |
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374 | 374 | | said called 135.5 acre tract, same being the southeast corner of |
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375 | 375 | | said adjoining called 24.356 acre tract, the southwest corner of an |
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376 | 376 | | adjoining called 1.035 acre tract recorded in Volume 251, Page 228, |
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377 | 377 | | Deed Records, Waller County, Texas, and the lower northwest corner |
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378 | 378 | | of the adjoining residue of a called 5.418 acre tract recorded in |
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379 | 379 | | Volume 218, Page 223, Volume 219, Page 327, and Volume 219, Page |
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380 | 380 | | 241, Deed Records, Waller County, Texas, and Volume 539, Page 471, |
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381 | 381 | | Deed Records, Fort Bend County, Texas, from which point a found 1/2 |
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382 | 382 | | inch iron pipe with cap marked "Kalkomey Surveying" bears North 01 |
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383 | 383 | | degree 44 minutes 58 seconds West, 49.62 feet; |
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384 | 384 | | THENCE South 01 degree 45 minutes 28 seconds East along the |
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385 | 385 | | upper east line of the herein described tract and the east line of |
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386 | 386 | | said called 135.5 acre tract, same being the west line of said |
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387 | 387 | | adjoining residue of a called 5.418 acre tract, at 589.52 feet pass |
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388 | 388 | | a 1/2 inch iron rod found on said line, and continuing for a total |
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389 | 389 | | distance of 629.50 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod found for the upper |
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390 | 390 | | southeast corner of the herein described tract and the upper |
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391 | 391 | | southeast corner of said called 135.5 acre tract, same being the |
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392 | 392 | | southwest corner of said adjoining residue of a called 5.418 acre |
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393 | 393 | | tract, the northwest corner of an adjoining called 3.204 acre tract |
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394 | 394 | | recorded in Volume 522, Page 647, Deed Records, Fort Bend County, |
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395 | 395 | | Texas, and the northeast corner of an adjoining called 1.2086 acre |
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396 | 396 | | tract recorded under County Clerk's File Number 2005006745, |
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397 | 397 | | Official Public Records, Fort Bend County, Texas; |
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398 | 398 | | THENCE South 88 degrees 04 minutes 25 seconds West along the |
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399 | 399 | | upper south line of the herein described tract and the upper south |
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400 | 400 | | line of said called 135.5 acre tract, same being the north line of |
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401 | 401 | | said adjoining called 1.2086 acre tract, at 119.83 feet pass a 1-1/4 |
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402 | 402 | | inch iron pipe found on said line for the northwest corner of said |
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403 | 403 | | adjoining called 1.2086 acre tract, same being the northeast corner |
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404 | 404 | | of an adjoining called 5.07 acre tract recorded under County |
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405 | 405 | | Clerk's File Number 2002092170, Official Public Records, Fort Bend |
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406 | 406 | | County, Texas, and continuing for a total distance of 775.68 feet to |
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407 | 407 | | a 1-1/4 inch iron pipe found on said line for a reentry corner to the |
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408 | 408 | | herein described tract and a reentry corner to said called 135.5 |
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409 | 409 | | acre tract, same being the northwest corner of said adjoining |
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410 | 410 | | called 5.07 acre tract; |
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411 | 411 | | THENCE South 01 degree 43 minutes 48 seconds East along the |
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412 | 412 | | lower east line of the herein described tract and the lower east |
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413 | 413 | | line of said called 135.5 acre tract, same being the west line of |
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414 | 414 | | said adjoining called 5.07 acre tract, 338.08 feet to a 1-inch iron |
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415 | 415 | | pipe found on said line at its intersection with the north |
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416 | 416 | | right-of-way line of Interstate Highway 10 (320-feet wide), for the |
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417 | 417 | | lower southeast corner of the herein described tract and the lower |
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418 | 418 | | southeast corner of said called 135.5 acre tract, same being the |
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419 | 419 | | southwest corner of said adjoining called 5.07 acre tract; |
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420 | 420 | | THENCE South 88 degrees 14 minutes 06 seconds West along the |
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421 | 421 | | south line of the herein described tract and the south line of said |
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422 | 422 | | called 135.5 acre tract, being the north right-of-way line of |
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423 | 423 | | Interstate Highway 10, 103.78 feet to a concrete monument found on |
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424 | 424 | | said line for angle point; |
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425 | 425 | | THENCE South 87 degrees 19 minutes 06 seconds West continuing |
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426 | 426 | | along said line, 2,169.25 feet to a concrete monument found on said |
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427 | 427 | | line at the beginning of a curve to the right; |
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428 | 428 | | THENCE along said curve to the right, being the south line of |
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429 | 429 | | the herein described tract, the south line of said called 135.5 acre |
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430 | 430 | | tract, the south line of the aforementioned called 0.506 acre |
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431 | 431 | | tract, the south line of the aforementioned called 8.429 acre |
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432 | 432 | | tract, and the south line of the aforementioned called 136.8 acre |
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433 | 433 | | tract, being the north right-of-way line of Interstate Highway 10, |
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434 | 434 | | having a central angle of 04 degrees 36 minutes 42 seconds, a radius |
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435 | 435 | | of 11,299.16 feet, an arc length of 909.48 feet, and a chord bearing |
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436 | 436 | | South 89 degrees 39 minutes 23 seconds West, 909.24 feet to a |
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437 | 437 | | concrete monument found at the end of said curve; |
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438 | 438 | | THENCE North 88 degrees 02 minutes 16 seconds West continuing |
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439 | 439 | | along the south line of the herein described tract and the south |
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440 | 440 | | line of said called 136.8 acre tract, being the north right-of-way |
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441 | 441 | | line of Interstate Highway 10, 304.68 feet to a 3/4 inch iron pipe |
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442 | 442 | | found on said line for angle point; |
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443 | 443 | | THENCE North 88 degrees 04 minutes 11 seconds West along the |
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444 | 444 | | south line of the herein described tract and the south line of said |
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445 | 445 | | called 136.8 acre tract, being the north right-of-way line of |
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446 | 446 | | Interstate Highway 10, 325.07 feet to a 1/2 inch iron pipe with cap |
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447 | 447 | | marked "Kalkomey Surveying" found on said line at the beginning of a |
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448 | 448 | | curve to the left, from which point a found concrete monument bears |
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449 | 449 | | South 56 degrees 15 minutes 06 seconds East, 0.36 feet; |
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450 | 450 | | THENCE along said curve to the left having a central angle of |
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451 | 451 | | 03 degrees 38 minutes 39 seconds, a radius of 11,619.16 feet, an arc |
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452 | 452 | | length of 739.01 feet, and a chord bearing North 89 degrees 53 |
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453 | 453 | | minutes 30 seconds West, 738.89 feet to a concrete monument found at |
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454 | 454 | | the end of said curve; |
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455 | 455 | | THENCE South 88 degrees 17 minutes 10 seconds West continuing |
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456 | 456 | | along the south line of the herein described tract and the south |
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457 | 457 | | line of said called 136.8 acre tract, being the north right-of-way |
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458 | 458 | | line of Interstate Highway 10, at 319.40 feet pass a 1/2 inch iron |
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459 | 459 | | pipe with cap marked "Kalkomey Surveying" found on said line for the |
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460 | 460 | | southeast corner of the aforementioned called 54.00 acre tract, and |
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461 | 461 | | continuing for a total distance of 1,263.18 feet to a 1/2 inch iron |
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462 | 462 | | rod found for angle point, said point being the southeast corner of |
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463 | 463 | | the aforementioned called 137.322 acre tract, same being the |
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464 | 464 | | southwest corner of said called 54.00 acre tract, and being in the |
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465 | 465 | | west line of the aforementioned Robert T. Van Slyke Survey, |
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466 | 466 | | Abstract 407, same being the east line of the aforementioned W. W. |
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467 | 467 | | Bains Survey, Abstract 385; |
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468 | 468 | | THENCE South 88 degrees 17 minutes 40 seconds West along the |
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469 | 469 | | south line of the herein described tract and the south line of said |
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470 | 470 | | called 137.322 acre tract, same being the north right-of-way line |
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471 | 471 | | of Interstate Highway 10, 2,054.95 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod found |
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472 | 472 | | for the southwest corner of the herein described tract and the |
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473 | 473 | | southwest corner of said called 137.322 acre tract, same being the |
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474 | 474 | | southeast corner of an adjoining called 2.4915 acre tract recorded |
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475 | 475 | | in Volume 0854, Page 039, Official Records, Waller County, Texas, |
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476 | 476 | | described in Volume 424, Page 435, Deed Records, Waller County, |
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477 | 477 | | Texas, from which point a found 1-1/4 inch iron pipe bears South 82 |
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478 | 478 | | degrees 00 minutes 55 seconds West, 10.60 feet; |
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479 | 479 | | THENCE North 02 degrees 01 minute 18 seconds West along the |
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480 | 480 | | west line of the herein described tract and the west line of said |
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481 | 481 | | called 137.322 acre tract, same being the east line of said |
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482 | 482 | | adjoining called 2.4915 acre tract, and along the east line of the |
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483 | 483 | | aforementioned adjoining 40-foot wide private road (marked Alt |
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484 | 484 | | Lane), at 119.02 feet (adjoiner called 120.13 feet) pass a 5/8 inch |
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485 | 485 | | iron rod found 0.23 feet right of said line, and continuing for a |
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486 | 486 | | total distance of 2,918.57 feet to the Place of Beginning and |
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487 | 487 | | containing 472.573 acres of land, more or less, with 95.187 acres |
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488 | 488 | | within Fort Bend County, Texas, and 377.386 acres within Waller |
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489 | 489 | | County, Texas. |
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490 | 490 | | SECTION 3. (a) The legal notice of the intention to |
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491 | 491 | | introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this |
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492 | 492 | | Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a |
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493 | 493 | | copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies, |
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494 | 494 | | officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished |
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495 | 495 | | under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313, |
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496 | 496 | | Government Code. |
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497 | 497 | | (b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has |
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498 | 498 | | submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on |
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499 | 499 | | Environmental Quality. |
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500 | 500 | | (c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed |
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501 | 501 | | its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the |
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502 | 502 | | lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of |
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503 | 503 | | representatives within the required time. |
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504 | 504 | | (d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this |
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505 | 505 | | state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect |
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506 | 506 | | to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled |
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507 | 507 | | and accomplished. |
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508 | 508 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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509 | 509 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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510 | 510 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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511 | 511 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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512 | 512 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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