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22 By: Hegar S.B. No. 1113
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55 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
66 AN ACT
77 relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility
88 District No. 201; providing authority to impose a tax and issue
99 bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.
1010 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1111 SECTION 1. Subtitle F, Title 6, Special District Local Laws
1212 Code, is amended by adding Chapter 8333 to read as follows:
1313 CHAPTER 8333. FORT BEND COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 201
1414 SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
1515 Sec. 8333.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
1616 (1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.
1717 (2) "Director" means a board member.
1818 (3) "District" means the Fort Bend County Municipal
1919 Utility District No. 201.
2020 Sec. 8333.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a
2121 municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI,
2222 Texas Constitution.
2323 Sec. 8333.003. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTORS' ELECTION
2424 REQUIRED. The temporary directors shall hold an election to
2525 confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent
2626 directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
2727 Sec. 8333.004. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT. (a)
2828 The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit.
2929 (b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:
3030 (1) a municipal utility district as provided by
3131 general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and
3232 (2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that
3333 relate to the construction, acquisition, or improvement of
3434 macadamized, graveled, or paved roads described by Section 54.234,
3535 Water Code, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of
3636 those roads.
3737 Sec. 8333.005. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY. (a) The
3838 district is initially composed of the territory described by
3939 Section 2 of the Act creating this chapter.
4040 (b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of
4141 the Act creating this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the
4242 field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process
4343 does not affect the district's:
4444 (1) organization, existence, or validity;
4545 (2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes
4646 for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and
4747 interest on a bond;
4848 (3) right to impose a tax; or
4949 (4) legality or operation.
5050 [Sections 8333.006-8333.050 reserved for expansion]
5151 SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
5252 Sec. 8333.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district is
5353 governed by a board of five elected directors.
5454 (b) Except as provided by Section 8333.052, directors serve
5555 staggered four-year terms.
5656 Sec. 8333.052. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS. (a) On or after the
5757 effective date of the Act creating this chapter, the owner or owners
5858 of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the
5959 district may submit a petition to the Texas Commission on
6060 Environmental Quality requesting that the commission appoint as
6161 temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The
6262 commission shall appoint as temporary directors the five persons
6363 named in the petition.
6464 (b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:
6565 (1) the date permanent directors are elected under
6666 Section 8333.003; or
6767 (2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of
6868 the Act creating this chapter.
6969 (c) If permanent directors have not been elected under
7070 Section 8333.003 and the terms of the temporary directors have
7171 expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or
7272 reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that
7373 expire on the earlier of:
7474 (1) the date permanent directors are elected under
7575 Section 8333.003; or
7676 (2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the
7777 appointment or reappointment.
7878 (d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a
7979 majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district
8080 may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the
8181 commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five
8282 persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as
8383 successor temporary directors the five persons named in the
8484 petition.
8585 [Sections 8333.053-8333.100 reserved for expansion]
8686 SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES
8787 Sec. 8333.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district has
8888 the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
8989 which the district is created.
9090 Sec. 8333.102. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND
9191 DUTIES. The district has the powers and duties provided by the
9292 general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code,
9393 applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59,
9494 Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
9595 Sec. 8333.103. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS. (a) Under
9696 Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may
9797 design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, and
9898 convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for operation and
9999 maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads described by
100100 Section 54.234, Water Code, or improvements, including storm
101101 drainage, in aid of those roads.
102102 (b) The district may exercise the powers provided by this
103103 section without submitting a petition to or obtaining approval from
104104 the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality as required by
105105 Section 54.234, Water Code.
106106 Sec. 8333.104. APPROVAL OF ROAD PROJECT. (a) The district
107107 may not undertake a road project authorized by Section 8333.103
108108 unless:
109109 (1) each municipality or county that will operate and
110110 maintain the road has approved the plans and specifications of the
111111 road project, if a municipality or county will operate and maintain
112112 the road; or
113113 (2) the Texas Transportation Commission has approved
114114 the plans and specifications of the road project, if the state will
115115 operate and maintain the road.
116116 (b) Except as provided by Subsection (a), the district is
117117 not required to obtain approval from the Texas Transportation
118118 Commission to design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for,
119119 improve, or convey a road project.
120120 Sec. 8333.105. LIMITATION ON USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN. The
121121 district may not exercise the power of eminent domain outside the
122122 district to acquire a site or easement for:
123123 (1) a road project authorized by Section 8333.103; or
124124 (2) a recreational facility as defined by Section
125125 49.462, Water Code.
126126 [Sections 8333.106-8333.150 reserved for expansion]
127127 SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
128128 Sec. 8333.151. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS. (a) The
129129 district may issue, without an election, bonds and other
130130 obligations secured by:
131131 (1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or
132132 (2) contract payments described by Section 8333.153.
133133 (b) The district must hold an election in the manner
134134 provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval
135135 before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds
136136 payable from ad valorem taxes.
137137 (c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem
138138 taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a
139139 vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an
140140 election held for that purpose.
141141 Sec. 8333.152. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. (a) If
142142 authorized at an election held under Section 8333.151, the district
143143 may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in
144144 the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.
145145 (b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not
146146 exceed the rate approved at the election.
147147 Sec. 8333.153. CONTRACT TAXES. (a) In accordance with
148148 Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than
149149 an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from
150150 the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of
151151 the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters
152152 voting at an election held for that purpose.
153153 (b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a
154154 provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by
155155 the board without further voter approval.
156156 [Sections 8333.154-8333.200 reserved for expansion]
157157 SUBCHAPTER E. BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS
158158 Sec. 8333.201. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER
159159 OBLIGATIONS. The district may issue bonds or other obligations
160160 payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees,
161161 revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any
162162 combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district
163163 purpose.
164164 Sec. 8333.202. TAXES FOR BONDS. At the time the district
165165 issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the
166166 board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing
167167 direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all
168168 or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner
169169 provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
170170 Sec. 8333.203. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS. At the time of
171171 issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations
172172 issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad
173173 valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the
174174 real property in the district.
175175 SECTION 2. The Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District
176176 No. 201 initially includes all the territory contained in the
177177 following area:
178178 Being 1212.476 acres of land located in the Randolph Foster
179179 League, Abstract 28, the Isaac N. Charles League, Abstract 17 and
180180 the Nathan Brookshire League, Abstract 14, Fort Bend County, Texas,
181181 more particularly being a portion of that certain called 672.719
182182 acre tract conveyed to NBI Properties, Inc., by instruments of
183183 record in Volume 1005, Page 102, Official Public Records, of said
184184 Waller County (W.C.O.P.R.) and File No. 2006149078, Official Public
185185 Records, of Fort Bend County (F.B.C.O.P.R.), being a portion of
186186 that certain called 477.895 acre tract conveyed to NBI Properties,
187187 Inc., by instruments of record in Volume 0998, Page 753,
188188 W.C.O.P.R., and File No. 2006146817, F.B.C.O.P.R., being all of
189189 that certain called 316.9155 acre tract conveyed to NBI Properties,
190190 Inc., by instrument of record in File No. 2006152865, F.B.C.O.P.R.,
191191 being all of those certain called 156.927 (described as Tract One)
192192 and 228.012 (described as Tract Two) acre tracts conveyed to Hunt
193193 Road & Poole Hill Farms, Inc., by instrument of record in File No.
194194 2006140848, F.B.C.O.P.R., being all of that certain called 167.996
195195 acre tract conveyed to Hunt Road & Poole Hill Farms, Inc., by
196196 instrument of record in File No. 2006124567, F.B.C.O.P.R., and
197197 being all being all of that certain called 235.82 acre tract
198198 conveyed to Hunt Road & Poole Hill Farms, Inc., by instrument of
199199 record in File No. 2007106146, F.B.C.O.P.R., said 1212.476 acres
200200 being more particularly described in four (4) parts by metes and
201201 bounds as follows (all bearings are assumed);
202202 PART ONE
203203 BEGINNING at the southeast corner of said 477.895 acre tract,
204204 same being the northeast corner of that certain called 173.5 acre
205205 tract conveyed to North Brookshire Limited, L.P., by instruments of
206206 record in Volume 1322, Page 117 and Volume 1324, Page 589, Official
207207 Records, of said Fort Bend County (F.B.C.O.R.), on the westerly
208208 right-of-way line of F.M. 359 (called 100 feet wide);
209209 Thence, with the common line of said 477.895 and 173.5
210210 acre tracts, South 86 14' 39" West (called South 86 14' 39" West),
211211 4424.53 feet to a point for corner, the northwest corner of said
212212 173.5 acre tract, the northeast corner of said 316.9155 acre tract
213213 and on the common line of said Fort Bend County and said Waller
214214 County;
215215 Thence, with said common county line, North 64 45' 09"
216216 East, 3822.58 feet to a point for corner on the common line of said
217217 477.895 acre tract and said F.M. 359;
218218 Thence, leaving said common county line and with the
219219 common line of said 477.895 acre tract and F.M. 359, the following
220220 three (3) courses:
221221 1) South 35 56' 20" East, 1122.72 feet to a point for
222222 corner, the beginning of a curve;
223223 2) 422.99 feet along the arc of a non-tangent curve to the
224224 right, having a radius of 11680.86 feet, a central angle of 02 04'
225225 29" and a chord which bears South 34 53' 15" East, 422.97 feet to a
226226 point for corner;
227227 3) South 33 49' 22" East, 101.93 feet to the POINT OF
228228 BEGINNING and containing 71.295 acres of land.
229229 PART TWO
230230 BEGINNING at the northeast corner of said 316.9155 acre
231231 tract, the northwest corner of that certain called 173.5 acre tract
232232 conveyed to North Brookshire Limited, L.P., by instruments of
233233 record in Volume 1322, Page 117 and Volume 1324, Page 589,
234234 F.B.C.O.R., on the south line of the William Cooper League,
235235 Abstract 20 and on the common line of said Fort Bend County and said
236236 Waller County;
237237 Thence, with the east line of said 316.9155 acre tract,
238238 the following six (6) courses:
239239 1) South 05 12' 16" East (called South 01 37' 03" East),
240240 840.62 feet to a point for corner;
241241 2) North 89 47' 13" East, 336.48 feet to a point for
242242 corner;
243243 3) South 09 43' 53" East, 467.84 feet to a point for
244244 corner;
245245 4) South 07 30' 55" East, 850.00 feet to a point for
246246 corner;
247247 5) South 05 32' 28" East, 41.16 feet to a point for
248248 corner;
249249 6) South 05 15' 23" East, 278.35 feet to the southeast
250250 corner of said 316.9155 acre tract;
251251 Thence, with the common line of said 316.9155 acre tract
252252 and Pecan Hill Subdivision, an unrecorded subdivision, the
253253 following four (4) courses:
254254 1) South 77 45' 11" West (called South 81 20' 25" West),
255255 724.59 feet to a point for corner;
256256 2) South 78 45' 46" West, 892.00 feet to a point for
257257 corner;
258258 3) South 87 44' 44" West, 1795.20 feet to a point for
259259 corner;
260260 4) North 02 30' 59" West, 806.12 feet to a point for
261261 corner;
262262 Thence, continuing with a south line of said 316.9155
263263 acre tract, North 02 58' 37" West, 513.22 feet to a point for
264264 corner;
265265 Thence, continuing with said south line, South 87 09'
266266 42" West, 1088.25 feet to the most easterly northeast corner of said
267267 672.719 acre tract;
268268 Thence, with the east line of said 672.719 acre tract,
269269 the following six (6) courses:
270270 1) South 02 10' 54" East (called South 02 10' 52" East),
271271 513.74 feet to a point for corner;
272272 2) South 02 13' 19" East, 288.83 feet to a point for corner,
273273 the beginning of a curve;
274274 3) 68.38 feet along the arc of a non-tangent curve to the
275275 left, having a radius of 60.00 feet, a central angle of 65 17' 45"
276276 and a chord which bears South 55 12' 43" West, 64.74 feet to a point
277277 for corner;
278278 4) South 87 45' 09" West, 894.21 feet to a point for
279279 corner;
280280 5) North 03 34' 22" West, 50.00 feet to a point for
281281 corner;
282282 6) South 87 26' 22" West, 281.31 feet to a point for corner
283283 on the centerline of Bessies Creek;
284284 Thence, with the centerline of said Bessies Creek, the
285285 following three (3) courses:
286286 1) North 63 45' 04" West, 311.20 feet to a point for corner;
287287 2) North 72 10' 05" West, 677.66 feet to a point for
288288 corner;
289289 3) North 60 36' 40" West, 445.96 feet to a point for corner
290290 on the common survey line of said Nathan Brookshire League,
291291 Abstract 14 (Fort Bend County) and the Randolph Foster League,
292292 Abstract 27 (Waller County) and on the common line of said Fort Bend
293293 County and said Waller County;
294294 Thence, with said common survey line and said common
295295 county line, North 03 52' 13" West, 1603.64 feet to a point for
296296 corner, the common north corner of said 316.9155 and said 672.719
297297 acre tracts, on the south line of the aforementioned 477.895 acre
298298 tract and on the common line of said Nathan Brookshire League,
299299 Abstract 14 (Fort Bend County) and the William Cooper League,
300300 Abstract 20 (Waller County);
301301 Thence, continuing with said common county line, and
302302 said common survey line, and the common line of said 316.9155 and
303303 477.895 acre tracts, the following three (3) courses:
304304 1) North 87 38' 07" East, 1788.08 feet to a point for
305305 corner;
306306 2) North 87 38' 07" East, 1191.63 feet to a point for
307307 corner;
308308 3) North 87 42' 18" East, 3540.08 feet to the POINT OF
309309 BEGINNING and containing 354.310 acres of land.
310310 PART THREE
311311 BEGINNING at the northeast corner of the aforementioned
312312 167.996 acre tract, same being on the south line of that certain
313313 called 9.2199 acre tract conveyed to Thomas D. Snader, et ux, by
314314 instrument of record in File No. 9612689, F.B.C.O.P.R., and on the
315315 west right-of-way line of Pool Hill Road;
316316 Thence, with the common line of said 167.996 acre tract
317317 and said Pool Hill Road, South 01 15' 01" East (called South 01 15'
318318 01" East), 1121.50 feet to the southeast corner of said 167.996 acre
319319 tract, same being on the north right-of-way line of Hunt Road;
320320 Thence, with the south lines of said 167.996 acre tract
321321 and the aforementioned 228.012 acre tract and the north line of said
322322 Hunt Road, the following five (5) courses:
323323 1) North 67 08' 57" West, 481.38 feet to a point for corner;
324324 2) South 88 44' 54" West, 1206.64 feet to a point for
325325 corner;
326326 3) South 88 35' 09" West, 3373.73 feet to a point for
327327 corner;
328328 4) South 88 37' 31" West, 1554.55 feet to a point for
329329 corner;
330330 5) South 88 42' 59" West, 1068.05 feet to a point for corner
331331 on the centerline of Bessies Creek;
332332 Thence, with the centerline meanders of said Bessies
333333 Creek, the following five (5) courses:
334334 1) North 04 24' 25" East, 500.20 feet to a point for corner;
335335 2) North 17 02' 57" West, 483.52 feet to a point for
336336 corner;
337337 3) North 49 34' 26" West, 1093.06 feet to a point for
338338 corner;
339339 4) North 01 41' 05" West, 209.65 feet to a point for
340340 corner;
341341 5) North 21 10' 25" East, 193.50 feet to a point for corner
342342 on the common line of said Fort Bend County and said Waller County;
343343 Thence, with said common county line, North 87 55' 15"
344344 East, 293.26 feet to a point for corner on the west line of the
345345 aforementioned Isaac N. Charles League and a reentrant corner of
346346 said county line;
347347 Thence, with the common line of said Randolph Foster
348348 League, Abstract 27 (Waller County) and said Isaac N. Charles
349349 Leagues and continuing with said common county line, North 02 07'
350350 05" West, 201.15 feet to a point for corner on the centerline of
351351 said Bessies Creek;
352352 Thence, leaving said common survey line and said common
353353 county and with the centerline meanders of Bessies Creek, the
354354 following three (3) courses:
355355 1) North 64 39' 53" East, 707.60 feet to a point for corner;
356356 2) North 56 39' 01" East, 550.92 feet to a point for
357357 corner;
358358 3) North 34 38' 27" East, 435.63 feet to a point for corner
359359 on the north line of said 228.012 acre tract, same being on the
360360 common line of said Isaac N. Charles League and the aforementioned
361361 Nathan Brookshire League, Abstract 14 (Fort Bend County);
362362 Thence, with the north line of said 228.012 and 167.966
363363 acre tracts and said common survey line, the following three (3)
364364 courses:
365365 1) North 88 36' 23" East (called North 88 36' 23" East),
366366 2740.39 feet to a point for corner;
367367 2) North 88 38' 43" East, 391.42 feet to a point for
368368 corner;
369369 3) North 88 34' 09" East, 234.57 feet to the most northerly
370370 northeast corner of said 167.966 acre tract;
371371 Thence, leaving said common survey line and with an east
372372 line of said 167.996 acre tract, the following five (5) courses:
373373 1) South 00 16' 33" East, 180.00 feet to a point for corner;
374374 2) South 00 43' 08" East, 334.17 feet to a point for
375375 corner;
376376 3) South 01 40' 45" East, 641.05 feet to a point for
377377 corner;
378378 4) South 02 00' 21" East, 192.72 feet to a point for
379379 corner;
380380 5) South 01 10' 30" East, 987.32 feet to a reentrant corner
381381 of said 167.996 acre tract;
382382 Thence, with a north line of said 167.996 acre tract,
383383 the following four (4) courses:
384384 1) North 88 25' 10" East, 1015.89 feet to a point for
385385 corner;
386386 2) North 87 39' 34" East, 395.22 feet to a point for
387387 corner;
388388 3) North 87 30' 41" East, 841.03 feet to a point for
389389 corner;
390390 4) North 87 59' 27" East, 1192.62 feet to the POINT OF
391391 BEGINNING and containing 394.123 acres of land.
392392 PART FOUR
393393 BEGINNING at the northeast corner of the aforementioned
394394 235.82 acre tract, same being the southeast corner of the
395395 aforementioned 156.927 acre tract and on the west right-of-way line
396396 of said Pool Hill Road:
397397 Thence, with the common line of said 235.82 acre tract
398398 and said Pool Hill Road, South 01 46' 06" East (called South 01 51'
399399 06" East), 837.49 feet to the most easterly south east corner of
400400 said 235.82 acre tract;
401401 Thence, with the south line of said 235.82 acre tract,
402402 South 85 12' 35" West, 2933.05 feet to a reentrant corner of said
403403 235.82 acre tract;
404404 Thence, South 03 43' 41" East, 1040.32 feet to the most
405405 southerly southeast corner of said 235.82 acre tract and on the
406406 common line of said Isaac N. Charles League and the Noel F. Roberts
407407 Survey, Abstract 79;
408408 Thence, with the south line of said 235.82 acre tract and said
409409 common survey line, South 88 35' 35" West, 3697.60 feet to the
410410 southwest corner of said 235.82 acre tract, same being on the east
411411 right-of-way line of Hunt Lane;
412412 Thence, leaving said common survey line and with the
413413 common line of said 235.82 acre tract and said Hunt Lane, North 02
414414 09' 17" West, 825.45 feet to a point for corner;
415415 Thence, with the west line of said 235.82 acre tract,
416416 the following three (3) courses;
417417 1) North 85 14' 09" East, 415.86 feet to a point for corner;
418418 2) North 02 22' 29" West, 419.90 feet to a point for
419419 corner;
420420 3) South 87 44' 26" West, 414.27 feet to a point for corner
421421 on the east line of said Hunt Lane;
422422 Thence, with the common line of said 235.82 acre tract
423423 and said Hunt lane, North 02 12' 21" West, 848.23 feet to the common
424424 west corner of said 235.82 and 156.927 acre tracts;
425425 Thence, with the common line of said 156.927 acre tract
426426 and said Hunt Lane, North 02 13' 51" West (called North 02 12' 35"
427427 West), 1016.80 feet to the northwest corner of said 156.927 acre
428428 tract and on the south right-of-way line of the aforementioned Hunt
429429 Road;
430430 Thence, with the common line of said 156.927 acre tract
431431 and said Hunt Road, the following three (3) courses:
432432 1) North 88 40' 10" East, 6067.64 feet to a point for
433433 corner;
434434 2) South 84 45' 30" East, 63.21 feet to a point for
435435 corner;
436436 3) South 67 24' 16" East, 523.06 feet to the northeast
437437 corner of said 156.927 acre tract and on the west line of the
438438 aforementioned Pool Hill Road;
439439 Thence, with the common line of said 156.927 acre tract
440440 and said Pool Hill Road, South 02 18' 03" East, 850.14 feet to the
441441 POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 392.748 acres of land.
442442 Said Part One, Part Two, Part Three and Part Four
443443 containing a total of 1212.476 acres of land.
444444 SECTION 3. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
445445 introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
446446 Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
447447 copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
448448 officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
449449 under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
450450 Government Code.
451451 (b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
452452 submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
453453 Environmental Quality.
454454 (c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
455455 its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
456456 lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
457457 representatives within the required time.
458458 (d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
459459 state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
460460 to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
461461 and accomplished.
462462 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
463463 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
464464 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
465465 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
466466 Act takes effect September 1, 2009.