81R10614 SGA-F
By: Fraser S.B. No. 2458
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the creation of the Clearwater Ranch Municipal Utility
District No. 1; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds;
granting a limited power of eminent domain.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle F, Title 6, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended by adding Chapter 8353 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 8353. CLEARWATER RANCH MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 8353.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.
(2) "Director" means a board member.
(3) "District" means the Clearwater Ranch Municipal
Utility District No. 1.
Sec. 8353.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a
municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI,
Texas Constitution.
Sec. 8353.003. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTORS' ELECTION
REQUIRED. The temporary directors shall hold an election to
confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent
directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
Sec. 8353.004. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED. The
temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 8353.003
until each municipality in whose corporate limits or
extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has
consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the
district and to the inclusion of land in the district.
Sec. 8353.005. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT. (a)
The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit.
(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:
(1) a municipal utility district as provided by
general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and
(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that
relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation,
or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or
improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Sec. 8353.006. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY. (a) The
district is initially composed of the territory described by
Section 2 of the Act creating this chapter.
(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of
the Act creating this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the
field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process
does not affect the district's:
(1) organization, existence, or validity;
(2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes
for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and
interest on a bond;
(3) right to impose a tax; or
(4) legality or operation.
[Sections 8353.007-8353.050 reserved for expansion]
SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Sec. 8353.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district is
governed by a board of five elected directors.
(b) Except as provided by Section 8353.052, directors serve
staggered four-year terms.
Sec. 8353.052. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS. (a) On or after the
effective date of the Act creating this chapter, the owner or owners
of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the
district may submit a petition to the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality requesting that the commission appoint as
temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The
commission shall appoint as temporary directors the five persons
named in the petition.
(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:
(1) the date permanent directors are elected under
Section 8353.003; or
(2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of
the Act creating this chapter.
(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under
Section 8353.003 and the terms of the temporary directors have
expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or
reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that
expire on the earlier of:
(1) the date permanent directors are elected under
Section 8353.003; or
(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the
appointment or reappointment.
(d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a
majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district
may submit a petition to the Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality requesting that the commission appoint as successor
temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The
commission shall appoint as successor temporary directors the five
persons named in the petition.
[Sections 8353.053-8353.100 reserved for expansion]
SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES
Sec. 8353.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district has
the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
which the district is created.
Sec. 8353.102. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND
DUTIES. The district has the powers and duties provided by the
general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code,
applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59,
Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Sec. 8353.103. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS. Under Section
52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design,
acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate,
maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for
operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or
improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Sec. 8353.104. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS. (a) A road
project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and
subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in
whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road
project is located.
(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits
or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road
project must meet all applicable construction standards,
subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which
the road project is located.
(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the
Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and
specifications of the road project.
Sec. 8353.105. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCE
OR RESOLUTION. The district shall comply with all applicable
requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under
Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that consents to the
creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the
district.
Sec. 8353.106. LIMITATION ON USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN. The
district may not exercise the power of eminent domain outside the
district to acquire a site or easement for:
(1) a road project authorized by Section 8353.103; or
(2) a recreational facility as defined by Section
49.462, Water Code.
Sec. 8353.107. DIVISION OF DISTRICT. (a) The district may
be divided into two or more new districts only if the district:
(1) has no outstanding bonded debt; and
(2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes.
(b) This chapter applies to any new district created by the
division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and
duties of the district.
(c) Any new district created by the division of the district
may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land
outside the area described by Section 2 of the Act creating this
chapter.
(d) The board, on its own motion or on receipt of a petition
signed by the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of
the real property in the district, may adopt an order dividing the
district.
(e) The board may adopt an order dividing the district
before or after the date the board holds an election under Section
8353.003 to confirm the district's creation.
(f) An order dividing the district shall:
(1) name each new district;
(2) include the metes and bounds description of the
territory of each new district;
(3) appoint temporary directors for each new district
or provide that the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed
value of the real property in each new district may submit a
petition to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
requesting that the commission appoint as temporary directors the
five persons named in the petition; and
(4) provide for the division of assets and liabilities
between or among the new districts.
(g) On or before the 30th day after the date of adoption of
an order dividing the district, the district shall file the order
with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and record the
order in the real property records of each county in which the
district is located.
(h) Any new district created by the division of the district
shall hold a confirmation and directors' election as required by
Section 8353.003. A new district that is not confirmed is subject
to dissolution under general law.
(i) Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to
the inclusion of land in the district granted under Section
8353.004 acts as municipal consent to the creation of any new
district created by the division of the district and to the
inclusion of land in the new district.
(j) Any new district created by the division of the district
must hold an election as required by this chapter to obtain voter
approval before the district may impose a maintenance tax or issue
bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes.
[Sections 8353.108-8353.150 reserved for expansion]
SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 8353.151. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS. (a) The
district may issue, without an election, bonds and other
obligations secured by:
(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or
(2) contract payments described by Section 8353.153.
(b) The district must hold an election in the manner
provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval
before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds
payable from ad valorem taxes.
(c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem
taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a
vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an
election held for that purpose.
Sec. 8353.152. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. (a) If
authorized at an election held under Section 8353.151, the district
may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in
the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.
(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not
exceed the rate approved at the election.
Sec. 8353.153. CONTRACT TAXES. (a) In accordance with
Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than
an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from
the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of
the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters
voting at an election held for that purpose.
(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a
provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by
the board without further voter approval.
[Sections 8353.154-8353.200 reserved for expansion]
SUBCHAPTER E. BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS
Sec. 8353.201. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER
OBLIGATIONS. The district may issue bonds or other obligations
payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees,
revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any
combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district
purpose.
Sec. 8353.202. TAXES FOR BONDS. At the time the district
issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the
board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing
direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all
or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner
provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
Sec. 8353.203. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS. At the time of
issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations
issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad
valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the
real property in the district.
SECTION 2. The Clearwater Ranch Municipal Utility District
No. 1 initially includes all the territory contained in the
following area:
Being 21304.716 acres of land out of the following surveys in
Burnet County, Texas, and being approximately the following acreage
in each survey:
31.697 acres out of the Daniel Greer Survey No. 1283,
Abstract No. 1231;
1. 20.529 acres out of the Wesley Greer Survey No. 1287,
Abstract No. 1171;
2. 24.625 acres out of the J.P. Burleson Survey No. 1155,
Abstract No. 163;
3. 144.975 acres out of the W.H. Wolf Survey No. 1562,
Abstract No. 1662;
4. 123.092 acres out of the O.P. Wolf Survey No. 1185,
Abstract No. 1204;
5. 69.446 acres out of the William R. Banchman Survey No.
651, Abstract No. 106;
6. 141.577 acres out of the George J. Ashabranner Survey No.
652, Abstract No. 19;
7. 27.347 acres out of the Abel Wilson Survey No. 653,
Abstract No. 977;
8. 84.445 acres out of the A.R. Johnson Survey No. 1346,
Abstract No. 1387;
9. 1255.836 acres out of the Thomas Weston Survey No. 11,
Abstract No. 938;
10. 43.162 acres out of the William Pharass Survey No. 7,
Abstract No. 671;
11. 1691.620 acres out of the Thomas Weston Survey No. 10,
Abstract No. 939;
12. 173.605 acres out of the J. C. Wolf Survey No. 1561,
Abstract No. 1661;
13. 616.291 acres out of the D. R. Holland Survey No. 16,
Abstract No. 1429;
14. 622.947 acres out of the E. Tex. R.R. Co. Survey No. 15,
Abstract No. 1125;
15. 8.788 acres out of the John Burleson Survey No. 4,
Abstract No. 115;
16. 4280.175 acres out of the Frederick Knight Survey No. 9,
Abstract No. 506;
17. 0.510 acres out of the A.M. Wolf Survey No. 810,
Abstract No. 1011;
18. 34.648 acres out of the W. Bartlett Survey No. 941,
Abstract No. 159;
19. 6.217 acres out of the T. H. Davis Survey No. 1310,
Abstract No. 1224;
20. 87.973 acres out of the H. J. Fry Survey No. 985,
Abstract No. 337;
21. 349.639 acres out of the E. Mather Survey No. 859,
Abstract No. 618;
22. 92.565 acres out of the T.A. Galbraith Survey No. 1533,
Abstract No. 1604;
23. 3632.991 acres out of the Jonathan Russell Survey No. 8,
Abstract No. 713;
24. 82.697 acres out of the E. N. Wolf Survey No. 1105,
Abstract No. 1012;
25. 78.124 acres out of the John Wolf Survey No. 1106,
Abstract No. 1013;
26. 13.966 acres out of the Lockey Simpson Survey No. 654,
Abstract No. 814;
27. 231.325 acres out of the W. D. Hargrove Survey No. 7,
Abstract No. 431;
28. 782.592 acres out of the O. H. P. Culbertson Survey No.
16, Abstract No. 1124;
29. 470.469 acres out of the A. R. Johnson Survey No. 1339,
Abstract No. 2988;
30. 319.967 acres out of the S. M. McSween Survey No. 4,
Abstract No. 1138;
31. 696.563 acres out of the T. & N. O. R.R. Co. Survey No.
15, Abstract No. 911;
32. 88.108 acres out of the C. F. Taylor Survey No. 1334,
Abstract No. 1273;
33. 79.110 acres out of the J. P. Taylor Survey No. 1335,
Abstract No. 1274;
34. 113.636 acres out of the Moses Fisher Survey No. 1041,
Abstract No. 332;
35. 72.076 acres out of the D.T. Dromgoole Survey No. 1584,
Abstract No. 1598;
36. 124.042 acres out of the Spring Creek Irr. Co. Survey
No. 22, Abstract No. 1050;
37. 278.424 acres out of the S.F.I.W. Co. Survey No. 1,
Abstract No. 843;
38. 320.827 acres out of the Johannes Braunholz Survey No.
954, Abstract No. 109;
39. 144.727 acres out of the S.F.I.W. Co. Survey No. 3,
Abstract No. 845;
40. 648.296 acres out of the T. & N. O. R.R. Co. Survey No.
17, Abstract No. 916;
41. 655.601 acres out of the L.R. Parks Survey No. 18,
Abstract No. 1639;
42. 499.483 acres out of the E.D. Barker Survey No. 10,
Abstract No. 1743;
43. 159.172 acres out of the R.R. Robarts Survey No. 963,
Abstract No. 765;
44. 138.856 acres out of the Wayne Barton Survey No. 3,
Abstract No. 112;
45. 163.500 acres out of the J. P. McClish Survey No. 1051,
Abstract No. 604;
46. 158.136 acres out of the C. A. Pabst Survey No. 1045,
Abstract No. 689;
47. 12.729 acres out of the W. R. Hampton Survey, SE Quarter
of No. 10, Abstract No. 1699;
48. 13.022 acres out of the W. R. Hampton Survey, SW Quarter
of No. 10, Abstract No. 1700;
49. 638.391 acres out of the W. W. Hanks Survey No. 1032,
Abstract No. 397;
50. 317.430 acres out of the L. R. Parks Survey No. 2,
Abstract No. 1140;
51. 158.440 acres out of the John Hasseldanz Survey No. 959,
Abstract No. 430;
52. 280.307 acres out of the William J. Asher Survey No.
693, Abstract No. 11 and being a portion of that certain 27616.04
acre tract described in Volume 209, Page 403 of the Deed Records of
Burnet County, Texas; Said 21304.716 acre tract being more
particularly described as follows and as surveyed under the
supervision of Watson & Associates of Mason in July and August,
2006:
BEGINNING at an 8-inch cedar fence corner post in the record
west line of the Uriah Sanders Survey No. 1050, Abstract No. 780 and
the east line of said 27616.04 acre tract for the record southeast
corner of the Jonathan Russell Survey No. 8, Abstract No. 713, the
record northeast corner of said Survey No. 1105, the southwest
corner of that certain 953.4 acre tract described in Volume 1033,
Page 957 of the Official Public Records, the northwest corner of
that certain 1000 acre tract described in Volume 157, Page 575 of
said Deed Records;
THENCE along the west line of said Survey No. 1050, the east
line of said Survey No. 1105, the east line of said Survey No. 1336,
the east line of said Survey No. 1335, the east line of said
27616.04 acre tract and the west line of said 1000 acre tract, the
following 2 courses:
1. South 0158'08" East a distance of 6070.55 feet along the
general meanders of a fence to a 14-inch cedar fence post found;
2. South 0155'14" East a distance of 1027.92 feet to a
calculated point for an interior corner of said Survey No. 1335, the
southwest corner of said Survey No. 1050, the southwest corner of
said 1000 acre tract, a corner of said 27616.04 acre tract and a
corner hereof and from which a 2-inch pipe fence corner post bears
North 8803'44" East a distance of 92.36 feet;
THENCE North 8803'44" East a distance of 189.30 feet along
the south line of said Survey No. 1050, a north line of said Survey
No. 1335, the south line of said 1000 acre tract and a north line of
said 27616.04 acre tract to a 1/2 inch iron rod found for the
northwest corner of the Napoleon B. Mitchell Survey No. 600,
Abstract No. 611, the most northerly northwest corner of that
certain 2316.755 acre tract described in Volume 818, Page 703 of
said Official Public Records, a corner of said 27616.04 acre tract
and a corner hereof;
THENCE along the general meanders of a fence for the
northwest line of said 2316.755 acre tract and a southeast line of
said 27616.04 acre tract, the following 15 courses:
1. South 0124'11" East a distance of 6460.89 feet along the
west line of said Survey No. 600, the east line of said Survey No.
1335 and the east line of said Survey No. 10 to a 1/2 inch iron rod
found in the north line of said Survey No. 1051 for a corner of said
Survey No. 10 and the northwest corner of said Survey No. 600;
2. North 8829'30" East a distance of 2255.34 feet along the
north line of said Survey No. 1051 and the south line of said Survey
No. 600 to a 12-inch fence corner post found being on or near the
northeast corner of said Survey No. 1051 a corner of said Abstract
No. 1699;
3. South 0352'34" West a distance of 1897.11 feet to an
8-inch cedar fence post found;
4. South 0042'28" East a distance of 742.18 feet to 10-inch
cedar fence post found;
5. South 8804'30" West a distance of 2405.94 feet to an
8-inch cedar fence post found;
6. South 8935'43" West a distance of 452.49 feet to found to
a 10-inch cedar fence post found;
7. South 5425'57" West a distance of 650.70 feet to an
8-inch cedar fence post found;
8. South 6040'54" West a distance of 500.41 feet to a
10-inch cedar fence post found;
9. South 7506'06" West a distance of 482.39 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod found;
10. South 8440'54" West a distance of 1428.79 feet to a
10-inch cedar fence post founding the west line of said Survey No.
1045 and the east line of said Survey No. 1032;
11. South 0035'36" West a distance of 442.23 feet along the
west line of said Survey No. 1045 and the east line of said Survey
No. 1032 to a 1/2 inch iron rod found;
12. South 0035'18" West a distance of 481.61 feet along the
west line of said Survey No. 1045 and the east line of said Survey
No. 1032 to a 1/2 inch iron rod found for the southwest corner of
said Survey No. 1045 and a corner of said Survey No. 1032;
13. North 8844'35" East a distance of 9.85 feet along the
south line of said Survey No. 1045 and the north line of said Survey
No. 1032 to a 1/2 inch iron rod found for a northwest corner of the
Uriah Harris Survey No. 659, Abstract No. 395 and a corner of said
Survey No. 1032;
14. South 0124'26" East a distance of 2702.44 feet along an
east line of said Survey No. 1032 and the west line of said Survey
No. 659 to a 1/2 inch iron rod found a southeast corner of said
Survey No. 1032 and a corner of said Survey No. 659;
15. South 8835'35" West a distance of 1994.45 feet along a
common line of said Survey No. 1032 and said Survey No. 659 to a 1/2
inch iron rod found for the most easterly northeast corner of that
certain 988.50 acre tract described in Volume 1172, Page 392 of Real
Property Records of said Burnet County, Texas and a northwest
corner of said 2316.755 acre tract;
THENCE continuing along said common line of said Survey No.
1032 and said Survey No. 659 and also along a north line of said
988.50 acre tract and a south line of said 27616.04 acre tract, the
following 5 courses:
1. South 8907'41" West a distance of 200.13 feet to a
calculated point from which a 10-inch cedar fence corner post found
bears South 8907'41" West a distance of 24.77 feet;
2. South 0107'36" East a distance of 1213.03 feet to a
14-inch cedar fence post found;
3. South 8840'34" West a distance of 1388.52 feet to an
8-inch cedar fence post found;
4. South 0127'20" East a distance of 438.39 feet to a
10-inch cedar fence post found;
5. South 8813'46" West a distance of 521.08 feet to a
12-inch cedar fence post found for a corner hereof;
THENCE North 0139'37" West a distance of 7709.34 feet along
an east line of said 988.50 acre tract and a west line of said
27616.04 acre tract to a 14-inch cedar fence post found in the south
line of said Survey No. 18, the north line of said Survey No. 1032
for a northeast corner of said 988.50 acre tract, an interior corner
of said 27616.04 acre tract and a corner hereof;
THENCE South 8851'56" West a distance of 5159.31 feet along
the general meanders of a fence for the north line of said Survey
No. 1032, the south line of said Survey No. 18, the south line of
said Survey No. 17, a north line of said 988.50 acre tract and a
south line of said 27616.04 acre tract to a 3-inch pipe fence post
found for a corner of said Survey No. 1032, a corner of said Survey
No. 17, a corner of said 27616.04 acre tract, the northwest corner
of said 988.50 acre tract and a corner hereof;
THENCE South 0101'31" East a distance of 823.11 feet along
the common line of said Survey No. 1032 and said Survey No. 17, the
west line of said 988.50 acre tract and an east line of said
27616.04 acre tract to a 2-inch pipe fence post found for the
northeast corner of the J. P. Peyton Survey No. 1220, Abstract No.
1095, a southeast corner of said Survey No. 17, the northeast corner
of that certain 80 acre tract, Tract VII, described in said Volume
1172, Page 392, a corner of said 27616.04 acre tract and a corner
hereof;
THENCE North 8822'05" West a distance of 2225.98 feet along
the common line of said Survey No. 1220 and said Survey No. 17, the
common line of said Survey No. 17 and the H. Y. Peyton Survey No.
1219, Abstract No. 1094 the north line of said Tract VII and that
certain 80 acre tract, Tract VIII described in said Volume 1172,
Page 392 to a calculated point for the southwest corner of said
Survey No. 17, the southeast corner of the Peter Seideman Survey No.
955, Abstract No. 825, the southeast corner of that certain 127 acre
tract described in Volume 1172, Page 392 an interior corner of said
27616.04 acre tract and a corner hereof from which a 14-inch live
oak found bears North 0900'00" West a distance of 57.23 feet and a
30-inch live oak found bears North 1146'37" West a distance of
91.68 feet;
THENCE North 0043'57" West a distance of 2507.85 feet along
the common line of said Survey No. 955 and said Survey No. 17, the
east line of said 127 acre tract and a west line of said 27616.04
acre tract to an old stone mound found in the south line of said
Abstract No. 1140 for the northeast corner of said Survey No. 955,
the northeast corner of said 127 acre tract, a corner of said Survey
No. 17, a corner of said 27616.04 acre tract and a corner hereof and
from which a 36-inch live oak found bears South 6557'30" East a
distance of 24.75 feet and a 14-inch live oak found bears South
2037'55" East a distance of 58.67 feet;
THENCE South 8938'19" West a distance of 2318.51 feet along
the common line of said Survey No. 955 and said Abstract No. 1140,
the north line of said 127 acre tract and a line of said 27616.04
acre tract to a 6-inch cedar fence post found in the east line of
said Survey No. 954 for the southwest corner of said Abstract No.
1140, the northwest corner of said Survey No. 955, the northwest
corner of said 127 acre tract, a corner of said 27616.04 acre tract
and a corner hereof;
THENCE South 0043'57" East a distance of 2482.65 feet along
the common line of said Survey No. 954 and said Survey No. 955 and
the common line of said Survey No. 959 and said Survey No. 955, the
west line of said 127 acre tract and a line of said 27616.04 acre
tract to a 10-inch cedar fence post found in the north line of said
Survey No. 693 for the southeast corner of said Survey No. 959, the
southwest corner of said Survey 955, the southwest corner of said
127 acre tract, a corner of said 27616.04 acre tract, the northwest
corner of a 20.25 acre tract described in Volume 54, Page 356 of
said Deed Records, and a corner hereof;
THENCE South 2555'39" East a distance of 2196.15 feet along
the general meanders of a fence for the southwest line of said 20.25
acre tract and crossing said Survey No. 693 and said 27616.04 acre
tract to a 14" wood corner post found in the north line of the E. O
Legrande Survey No. 933, Abstract No. 556 for the southwest corner
of said Survey No. 1219, the southwest corner of that certain 80.00
acre tract, Tract VIII, described in Volume 1172, Page 392 of said
Real Property Records, the south corner of said 20.25 acre tract,
the southeast corner of said Survey No. 693, a corner of said
27616.04 acre tract and a corner hereof;
THENCE along the south line of said Survey No. 693 and a south
line of said 27616.04 acre tract, the following 5 courses:
1. South 8926'42" West a distance of 1914.11 feet along the
north line of said Survey No. 933 to a 6-inch pine fence post found;
2. South 8908'43" West a distance of 748.04 feet along the
north line of said Survey No. 933 to a 1/2 inch iron rod found for
the northwest corner of said Survey No. 933 and the northeast corner
of the J. G. Swisher Survey No. 692, Abstract No. 832;
3. South 8755'45" West a distance of 1130.14 feet along the
north line of said Survey No. 692 to a 1/2 inch iron rod found in the
east line of F. M. Highway No. 2341;
4. North 8958'50" West a distance of 138.73 feet along the
north line of said Survey No. 692 to an 18-inch cedar fence post
found on the west line of said Highway;
5. South 8843'19" West a distance of 1966.32 feet along the
north line of said Survey No. 692 to a 1/2 inch iron rod found for
the northwest corner of said Survey No. 692, an interior corner of
said Survey No. 693, a corner of said 27616.04 acre tract and a
corner hereof;
THENCE South 0000'47" East a distance of 540.91 feet along
the common line of said Survey No. 692 and said Survey No. 693 and a
line of said 27616.04 acre tract to a 1/2 inch iron rod found for the
northeast corner of the G. A. Torbett Survey No. 850, a corner of
said Survey No. 693, a corner of said 27616.04 acre tract and a
corner hereof and from which a 24-inch cedar fence corner post found
bears South 4350'44" East a distance 1.47 feet;
THENCE South 8803'31" West a distance of 1510.53 feet along
the common line of said Survey No. 850 and said Survey No. 693 and a
line of said 27616.04 acre tract to a 1/2 inch iron rod found on the
record 1020 foot contour line of Lake Buchanan;
THENCE along the general meanders of the 1020 foot contour
line of Lake Buchanan the following 77 courses:
1. North 4629'55" East a distance of 637.86 feet;
2. North 6444'13" East a distance of 258.92 feet;
3. North 5323'17" East a distance of 117.03 feet;
4. South 8334'48" East a distance of 54.02 feet;
5. South 0419'09" East a distance of 111.22 feet;
6. South 0841'40" West a distance of 38.84 feet;
7. South 2243'53" East a distance of 41.31 feet;
8. North 6249'16" East a distance of 54.63 feet;
9. North 6031'18" East a distance of 85.09 feet;
10. North 3917'25" East a distance of 85.64 feet;
11. North 1438'43" East a distance of 93.63 feet;
12. North 2648'58" East a distance of 124.75 feet;
13. North 3200'31" East a distance of 172.29 feet;
14. North 2839'34" East a distance of 210.95 feet;
15. North 2506'51" East a distance of 155.56 feet;
16. North 3853'57" East a distance of 127.37 feet;
17. North 6858'39" East a distance of 69.29 feet;
18. South 5659'22" East a distance of 56.19 feet;
19. South 4145'07" East a distance of 82.01 feet;
20. North 7048'34" East a distance of 15.71 feet;
21. North 0012'58" West a distance of 81.42 feet;
22. North 0959'31" West a distance of 133.73 feet;
23. North 1957'24" East a distance of 84.69 feet;
24. North 7415'02" East a distance of 132.60 feet;
25. North 3930'32" East a distance of 104.75 feet;
26. North 6208'58" East a distance of 257.83 feet;
27. North 8148'22" East a distance of 106.37 feet;
28. North 3549'44" East a distance of 51.40 feet;
29. North 7252'40" East a distance of 129.23 feet;
30. North 6544'31" East a distance of 104.43 feet;
31. North 7422'24" East a distance of 60.64 feet;
32. North 4858'40" East a distance of 166.27 feet;
33. North 3723'34" East a distance of 140.36 feet;
34. North 2342'41" East a distance of 304.57 feet;
35. North 3322'43" East a distance of 75.08 feet;
36. North 1904'34" East a distance of 313.98 feet;
37. North 1659'38" West a distance of 64.83 feet;
38. North 2011'16" East a distance of 50.66 feet;
39. North 8716'17" East a distance of 158.53 feet;
40. North 7208'03" East a distance of 80.32 feet;
41. North 5929'17" West a distance of 155.40 feet;
42. North 3034'16" West a distance of 1455.69 feet;
43. North 3738'09" West a distance of 269.46 feet;
44. North 7423'51" West a distance of 65.84 feet;
45. South 3728'46" East a distance of 108.89 feet;
46. South 1644'16" East a distance of 311.64 feet;
47. South 2758'37" East a distance of 456.02 feet;
48. South 1558'33" East a distance of 662.26 feet;
49. South 1209'46" West a distance of 625.79 feet;
50. South 3553'28" West a distance of 151.96 feet;
51. South 5557'49" West a distance of 109.21 feet;
52. South 7526'52" West a distance of 76.39 feet;
53. North 8901'42" West a distance of 107.23 feet;
54. North 3415'53" West a distance of 49.61 feet;
55. North 3931'17" West a distance of 109.25 feet;
56. North 3002'27" West a distance of 67.75 feet;
57. South 8518'47" West a distance of 41.19 feet;
58. South 1900'18" West a distance of 96.93 feet;
59. South 0344'34" West a distance of 116.52 feet;
60. South 4253'24" West a distance of 81.73 feet;
61. South 7105'19" West a distance of 222.63 feet;
62. North 4248'59" West a distance of 145.65 feet;
63. South 2110'17" West a distance of 197.97 feet;
64. South 5010'36" West a distance of 91.96 feet;
65. South 7337'59" West a distance of 88.80 feet;
66. North 7205'19" West a distance of 46.97 feet;
67. North 4648'36" West a distance of 30.88 feet;
68. North 0201'21" West a distance of 271.67 feet;
69. South 7136'05" West a distance of 211.06 feet;
70. South 4156'24" West a distance of 315.57 feet;
71. South 5944'22" West a distance of 407.41 feet;
72. South 5504'35" West a distance of 393.64 feet;
73. South 7758'46" West a distance of 216.79 feet;
74. South 8937'43" West a distance of 96.28 feet;
75. North 4144'38" West a distance of 161.69 feet;
76. South 5250'27" West a distance of 116.54 feet;
77. North 7417'39" West a distance of 94.22 feet to the
extension of a fence found for the east line of Swiss Village Unit
1, recorded in Cabinet 1, Slide 65 C, D, of the Plat Records of
Burnet County, Texas, a corner of said 27616.04 acre tract and a
corner hereof and from which a 5-inch cedar fence post found bears
North 0135'16" West a distance of 11.89 feet;
THENCE along the general meanders of a fence for east line of
said Swiss Village and a west line of said 27616.04 acre tract the
following 5 courses:
1. North 0135'16" West a distance of 219.50 feet to a
10-inch cedar fence post found;
2. North 2733'48" West a distance of 187.71 feet to a
20-inch cedar tree fence corner found;
3. North 0728'09" East a distance of 381.09 feet to a
20-inch mesquite tree fence corner found;
4. North 1936'07" East a distance of 69.77 feet to a 20-inch
live oak tree fence corner found;
5. North 2121'37" East a distance of 89.13 feet to a 10-inch
cedar fence corner post found in the south line of said Survey No.
3, the north line of said Survey No. 693 for the northeast corner of
said Swiss Village, a corner of said 27616.04 acre tract and a
corner hereof;
THENCE North 8732'13" East a distance of 933.07 feet along
the general meanders of a fence for the common line of said Survey
No. 3 and said Survey No. 693, the south line of that certain 425.25
acre tract described in Volume 38, Page 6 of said Deed Records and a
line of said 27616.04 acre tract to an 8-inch cedar fence corner
post found for the southeast corner of 425.25 acre tract, a corner
of said 27616.04 acre tract and a corner hereof;
THENCE North 0144'33" West a distance of 724.45 feet along
the east line of said 425.25 acre tract and a line of said 27616.04
acre tract to a 1/2 inch iron rod set in the north line of said
Highway for a corner of a 1972.333 acre tract out of said 27616.04
acre tract surveyed this same day by Watson & Associates of Mason
and a corner hereof;
THENCE along the north line of said Highway and the south line
of said 1972.333 acre tract, a curve to the right with an arc length
of 81.65 feet, a radius of 1195.10 feet, a chord of South 8440'47"
East a distance of 81.63 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod set for a corner
of said 1972.333 acre tract and a corner hereof;
THENCE along the east line of said 1972.333 acre tract, the
following 5 courses:
1. North 0107'46" West a distance of 1928.52 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
2. South 8818'02" West a distance of 1966.50 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
3. North 0158'03" West a distance of 5180.83 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
4. North 8800'26" East a distance of 1161.15 feet to a metal
T-post found;
5. North 8718'58" East a distance of 347.82 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set for the southwest corner of a 2120.543 acre tract
out of said 27616.04 acre tract surveyed this same day by Watson &
Associates of Mason and the southeast corner of said 1972.333 acre
tract;
THENCE along the general meanders of a new fence for the
south, east, north and west lines of said 2120.543 acre tract, the
following 56 courses:
1. North 8718'56" East a distance of 1018.61 feet to a
T-post found;
2. North 8814'21" East a distance of 1485.39 feet to a
T-post found;
3. South 7725'44" East a distance of 204.78 feet to a T-post
found;
4. South 6102'57" East a distance of 196.93 feet to a T-post
found;
5. South 8547'32" East a distance of 162.77 feet to a T-post
found;
6. South 6128'56" East a distance of 182.89 feet to a T-post
found;
7. South 0338'40" East a distance of 387.97 feet to a
12-inch hackberry tree fence corner found;
8. South 2950'10" East a distance of 372.55 feet to a T-post
found;
9. South 5606'57" East a distance of 129.92 feet to a T-post
found;
10. South 3758'22" East a distance of 101.04 feet to a
T-post found;
11. North 7528'05" East a distance of 140.83 feet to a
T-post found;
12. South 8937'37" East a distance of 132.69 feet to a cedar
fence corner post found;
13. North 3126'53" East a distance of 516.63 feet to a
T-post found;
14. South 5236'15" East a distance of 72.31 feet to a T-post
found;
15. South 5320'10" East a distance of 374.14 feet to a
T-post found;
16. South 5316'09" East a distance of 467.48 feet to a 2.5
inch pipe fence corner post found;
17. North 2922'42" East a distance of 208.41 feet to a 6
inch cedar fence corner post found;
18. North 5102'36" East a distance of 151.27 feet to a 6
inch cedar fence corner post found;
19. North 6433'37" East a distance of 148.51 feet to a 6
inch cedar fence corner post found;
20. North 2841'14" East a distance of 592.04 feet to a 12
inch cedar fence corner post found;
21. North 2735'39" East a distance of 589.09 feet to a 2
inch pipe fence corner post found;
22. North 8738'41" East a distance of 449.14 feet to a 2
inch pipe fence corner post found;
23. South 8905'58" East a distance of 608.99 feet to a 2
inch pipe fence corner post found;
24. North 8724'59" East a distance of 482.01 feet to a
T-post found;
25. North 8745'15" East a distance of 322.13 feet to a 2
inch pipe fence corner post found;
26. North 8621'06" East a distance of 305.14 feet to a pipe
fence corner post found;
27. South 8012'22" East a distance of 420.50 feet to a 12
inch cedar fence corner post found for the southeast corner of said
2120.543 acre tract;
28. North 0156'46" West a distance of 1843.68 feet to a 4
inch cedar fence corner post found;
29. North 0149'20" West a distance of 2305.81 feet to a 12
inch cedar fence corner post found;
30. North 3905'16" West a distance of 1725.22 feet to a 16
inch cedar fence corner post found;
31. North 4456'33" West a distance of 511.02 feet to a 2
inch pipe fence corner post found;
32. North 3014'20" West a distance of 137.86 feet to a 18
inch cedar fence corner post found;
33. North 4150'07" East a distance of 1396.02 feet to a 10
inch cedar fence corner post found;
34. North 2146'23" East a distance of 1252.40 feet to a 10
inch cedar fence corner post found;
35. North 0139'23" West a distance of 2102.44 feet to a 8
inch cedar fence corner post found;
36. North 0158'58" West a distance of 4058.92 feet to a 2
inch cedar fence corner post found;
37. North 0207'42" West a distance of 40.09 feet to a point
in the south line of said Survey No. 9, the north line of said Survey
No. 8 for the northeast corner of said 2120.43 acre tract;
38. South 8849'50" West a distance of 96.48 feet to a 8 inch
cedar fence corner post found;
39. South 8822'59" West a distance of 6192.88 feet to a 10
inch cedar gate fence corner post found for the northwest corner of
said 2120.543 acre tract;
40. South 1154'49" East a distance of 911.73 feet to a 30
inch live oak fence corner found;
41. South 3403'41" East a distance of 286.72 feet to a 6
inch cedar gate fence corner post found;
42. South 3400'06" East a distance of 107.55 feet to a live
oak fence corner found;
43. South 0221'19" East a distance of 483.14 feet to a 14
inch live oak fence corner found;
44. South 2513'29" East a distance of 1280.20 feet to a 4
inch cedar fence corner post found;
45. South 2201'25" East a distance of 301.16 feet to a 4
inch cedar fence corner post found;
46. South 1405'35" East a distance of 225.90 feet to a 2.5
inch pipe fence corner post found;
47. South 0923'56" East a distance of 124.32 feet to a 3
inch pipe fence corner post found;
48. South 0741'26" West a distance of 103.53 feet to a 30
inch live oak fence corner found;
49. North 5840'21" West a distance of 66.47 feet to a 6 inch
cedar fence corner post found;
50. South 1550'16" West a distance of 261.73 feet to a 6
inch cedar gate fence corner post found;
51. South 1832'11" West a distance of 136.79 feet to a 8
inch cedar fence corner post found;
52. South 2525'19" West a distance of 170.63 feet to a 18
inch live oak fence corner found;
53. South 2208'57" West a distance of 245.15 feet to a 30
inch live oak fence corner found;
54. South 1840'18" West a distance of 642.26 feet to a 10
inch cedar fence corner post found;
55. South 2005'00" West a distance of 1629.49 feet to a 8
inch cedar fence corner post found;
56. South 1226'05" West a distance of 535.64 feet to a 8
inch cedar fence corner post found for the northeast corner of said
1972.333 acre tract and a corner hereof;
THENCE along the north line of said 1972.333 acre tract, the
following 18 courses:
1. North 8935'10" West a distance of 852.28 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
2. North 8857'12" West a distance of 1134.18 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
3. South 8627'59" West a distance of 777.82 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
4. South 5146'17" West a distance of 678.33 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
5. North 8757'23" West a distance of 961.08 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
6. North 8904'38" West a distance of 840.39 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
7. South 7245'01" West a distance of 1393.53 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
8. South 8811'08" West a distance of 374.82 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
9. South 5058'46" West a distance of 277.60 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
10. North 6514'27" West a distance of 451.90 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
11. North 8817'38" West a distance of 673.89 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
12. South 1754'34" West a distance of 151.77 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
13. South 5242'36" West a distance of 157.90 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
14. North 8634'12" West a distance of 134.50 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
15. South 6642'35" West a distance of 311.71 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
16. South 8440'58" West a distance of 463.69 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
17. North 5030'41" West a distance of 1956.46 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
18. North 8531'10" West, at a distance of 1760.68 feet pass
a x in rock set, in all a total distance of 1766.25 feet to point in
the 1020 foot contour line of Lake Buchanan for the northwest corner
of said 1972.333 acre tract and a corner hereof;
THENCE along the general meanders of the 1020 foot contour
line of Lake Buchanan the following 146 courses:
1. North 2150'10" West a distance of 56.98 feet;
2. North 2520'55" East a distance of 390.22 feet;
3. North 1641'50" West a distance of 93.10 feet;
4. North 2250'54" East a distance of 99.28 feet;
5. North 5853'52" East a distance of 69.93 feet;
6. South 3424'13" East a distance of 159.60 feet;
7. South 6909'26" East a distance of 158.05 feet;
8. North 6318'21" East a distance of 149.79 feet;
9. South 7555'37" East a distance of 119.32 feet;
10. South 7406'56" East a distance of 232.58 feet;
11. North 3813'01" West a distance of 442.75 feet;
12. North 6950'27" East a distance of 245.42 feet;
13. North 3347'59" East a distance of 254.76 feet;
14. South 4817'40" East a distance of 154.93 feet;
15. North 0323'21" East a distance of 208.89 feet;
16. North 1243'15" East a distance of 219.93 feet;
17. North 2942'34" West a distance of 112.52 feet;
18. South 7333'27" West a distance of 505.97 feet;
19. North 4050'03" West a distance of 60.39 feet;
20. North 4633'36" East a distance of 293.17 feet;
21. North 3857'00" West a distance of 418.54 feet;
22. North 1220'31" East a distance of 444.75 feet;
23. North 1619'22" East a distance of 652.78 feet;
24. North 4210'23" East a distance of 324.07 feet;
25. North 7404'31" East a distance of 157.51 feet;
26. South 7149'41" East a distance of 256.71 feet;
27. North 8927'08" East a distance of 120.14 feet;
28. South 6738'18" East a distance of 139.76 feet;
29. South 4726'32" East a distance of 204.47 feet;
30. South 3658'43" East a distance of 285.13 feet;
31. South 0022'36" West a distance of 263.03 feet;
32. North 2404'40" East a distance of 276.47 feet;
33. North 0442'01" East a distance of 135.48 feet;
34. North 2730'51" East a distance of 98.79 feet;
35. North 4216'37" East a distance of 192.35 feet;
36. North 8525'52" West a distance of 253.06 feet;
37. North 7546'25" West a distance of 202.91 feet;
38. North 4158'39" West a distance of 100.08 feet;
39. North 5352'50" West a distance of 635.60 feet;
40. North 1717'47" West a distance of 85.70 feet;
41. North 3156'16" East a distance of 209.44 feet;
42. North 5437'32" East a distance of 507.84 feet;
43. North 7051'02" East a distance of 508.40 feet;
44. North 7959'01" East a distance of 432.64 feet;
45. North 7706'12" East a distance of 73.19 feet;
46. South 8735'30" East a distance of 158.40 feet;
47. South 3810'10" East a distance of 130.94 feet;
48. South 3203'27" East a distance of 50.00 feet;
49. North 2625'33" East a distance of 58.40 feet;
50. North 1332'55" East a distance of 109.99 feet;
51. North 3139'45" East a distance of 34.30 feet;
52. North 6815'41" East a distance of 78.21 feet;
53. South 8557'17" East a distance of 105.22 feet;
54. South 2818'00" East a distance of 139.58 feet;
55. South 2236'44" East a distance of 202.02 feet;
56. South 4045'59" East a distance of 30.62 feet;
57. North 0012'57" East a distance of 51.50 feet;
58. North 0009'57" West a distance of 50.46 feet;
59. North 0232'37" West a distance of 81.54 feet;
60. North 0608'36" East a distance of 179.83 feet;
61. North 7938'52" East a distance of 179.85 feet;
62. South 8449'07" East a distance of 206.24 feet;
63. South 6015'13" East a distance of 157.34 feet;
64. North 1600'47" East a distance of 93.78 feet;
65. North 8903'47" East a distance of 269.21 feet;
66. South 7858'58" East a distance of 501.07 feet;
67. South 6657'28" East a distance of 240.36 feet;
68. South 7507'42" East a distance of 177.78 feet;
69. South 7359'16" East a distance of 245.83 feet;
70. South 6345'25" East a distance of 309.93 feet;
71. South 2024'17" East a distance of 149.48 feet;
72. South 1544'41" East a distance of 47.67 feet;
73. North 3318'18" East a distance of 70.71 feet;
74. North 6251'39" East a distance of 78.78 feet;
75. South 8816'22" East a distance of 110.38 feet;
76. South 6957'11" East a distance of 432.56 feet;
77. South 7528'26" East a distance of 1188.50 feet;
78. North 7123'35" East a distance of 837.57 feet;
79. North 4502'42" East a distance of 1020.50 feet;
80. North 2329'45" East a distance of 895.00 feet;
81. North 5220'32" East a distance of 118.79 feet;
82. South 7503'45" East a distance of 74.44 feet;
83. South 3113'36" East a distance of 121.46 feet;
84. South 0925'39" East a distance of 575.08 feet;
85. South 2737'06" East a distance of 258.11 feet;
86. South 0705'49" East a distance of 165.58 feet;
87. South 5959'59" East a distance of 100.00 feet;
88. North 0820'25" West a distance of 270.16 feet;
89. North 2720'27" West a distance of 194.42 feet;
90. North 0033'40" West a distance of 360.33 feet;
91. North 1614'16" East a distance of 40.69 feet;
92. North 7826'13" East a distance of 63.53 feet;
93. South 7544'43" East a distance of 515.41 feet;
94. South 5344'05" East a distance of 502.43 feet;
95. South 2741'51" East a distance of 128.77 feet;
96. South 7718'39" East a distance of 99.29 feet;
97. North 3003'36" West a distance of 186.62 feet;
98. North 4017'08" West a distance of 326.53 feet;
99. North 5918'33" West a distance of 278.16 feet;
100. North 6601'59" West a distance of 591.98 feet;
101. North 4611'14" West a distance of 441.25 feet;
102. North 3454'22" West a distance of 67.24 feet;
103. North 0420'54" West a distance of 176.96 feet;
104. North 0930'09" East a distance of 1502.73 feet;
105. North 2035'00" East a distance of 318.22 feet;
106. North 7328'05" East a distance of 156.35 feet;
107. North 3331'40" West a distance of 193.20 feet;
108. North 6500'47" East a distance of 191.40 feet;
109. North 8137'53" East a distance of 316.09 feet;
110. North 8146'06" East a distance of 278.56 feet;
111. South 7450'59" East a distance of 174.78 feet;
112. South 4020'37" East a distance of 158.28 feet;
113. South 6709'29" East a distance of 97.16 feet;
114. South 6914'18" East a distance of 203.03 feet;
115. North 4456'36" West a distance of 515.64 feet;
116. North 8055'30" West a distance of 167.96 feet;
117. South 8614'34" West a distance of 404.74 feet;
118. South 7836'02" West a distance of 426.88 feet;
119. North 0927'17" East a distance of 267.32 feet;'
120. North 2002'08" East a distance of 1773.31 feet;
121. North 2358'02" West a distance of 1308.27 feet;
122. North 2823'26" West a distance of 167.88 feet;
123. North 4848'09" West a distance of 61.79 feet;
124. North 3905'57" West a distance of 153.05 feet;
125. North 4216'12" West a distance of 222.77 feet;
126. North 4732'22" West a distance of 299.95 feet;
127. North 4605'03" West a distance of 146.65 feet;
128. North 3359'14" West a distance of 47.19 feet;
129. North 0601'06" East a distance of 63.34 feet;
130. North 2841'07" East a distance of 202.94 feet;
131. North 1435'16" East a distance of 239.29 feet;
132. North 1946'26" East a distance of 180.93 feet;
133. North 5428'54" East a distance of 182.64 feet;
134. North 3201'23" East a distance of 162.78 feet;
135. North 4117'49" East a distance of 116.63 feet;
136. North 8943'21" East a distance of 76.82 feet;
137. South 5912'10" East a distance of 43.90 feet;
138. South 3156'42" East a distance of 46.13 feet;
139. South 4632'05" East a distance of 96.69 feet;
140. South 8121'14" East a distance of 142.16 feet;
141. South 8937'57" East a distance of 84.86 feet;
142. North 6633'35" West a distance of 47.15 feet;
143. North 5758'06" West a distance of 214.83 feet;
144. North 3033'33" West a distance of 165.50 feet;
145. North 7915'54" West a distance of 121.24 feet;
146. South 7818'53" West a distance of 57.80 feet to a point
for the southeast corner of a 278.462 acre tract out of said
27616.04 acre tract, surveyed this same day by Watson & Associates
of Mason and a corner hereof;
THENCE along the east, north and west lines of said 278.462
acre tract, the following 18 courses:
1. North 2027'36" East a distance of 169.71 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
2. North 2259'06" East a distance of 1829.76 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
3. North 7826'45" East a distance of 750.77 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
4. South 5245'45" East a distance of 1221.66 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
5. North 3641'40" East a distance of 1285.07 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
6. North 0319'44" East a distance of 258.20 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
7. North 7514'00" West a distance of 318.30 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
8. North 7042'46" West a distance of 1431.22 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
9. North 4814'15" West a distance of 471.73 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
10. South 7645'22" West a distance of 455.85 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
11. North 7241'04" West a distance of 641.84 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
12. South 8627'07" West a distance of 2216.17 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
13. South 0021'57" East a distance of 1021.73 feet to a 6
inch cedar fence corner post found;
14. South 2915'06" East a distance of 716.19 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
15. South 2351'39" West a distance of 1269.29 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
16. South 4359'06" East a distance of 826.88 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
17. South 2233'36" West a distance of 232.75 feet to a 60d
nail set;
18. South 2235'09" West a distance of 272.54 feet a point on
the 1020 foot contour line of Lake Buchanan;
THENCE along the general meanders of the 1020 foot contour
line of Lake Buchanan the following 39 courses:
1. North 6505'55" West a distance of 213.28 feet;
2. North 6437'12" West a distance of 296.35 feet;
3. North 7033'45" West a distance of 224.24 feet;
4. North 7459'33" West a distance of 279.87 feet;
5. North 2400'30" West a distance of 391.21 feet;
6. North 4014'26" East a distance of 551.06 feet;
7. North 0316'12" East a distance of 390.48 feet;
8. South 2049'49" West a distance of 250.10 feet;
9. South 3339'15" West a distance of 270.35 feet;
10. South 4840'41" West a distance of 328.05 feet;
11. South 7443'07" West a distance of 323.99 feet;
12. North 6458'26" West a distance of 104.83 feet;
13. South 4148'51" West a distance of 442.46 feet;
14. South 8930'33" West a distance of 331.57 feet;
15. North 8715'57" West a distance of 491.58 feet;
16. North 8811'19" West a distance of 494.04 feet;
17. South 8935'36" West a distance of 524.49 feet;
18. North 8528'56" West a distance of 975.64 feet;
19. North 7055'24" West a distance of 332.43 feet;
20. North 3212'17" West a distance of 75.78 feet;
21. North 4022'04" East a distance of 106.13 feet;
22. North 1630'21" West a distance of 345.74 feet;
23. South 0455'18" East a distance of 136.92 feet;
24. South 1116'46" West a distance of 104.69 feet;
25. South 3125'30" West a distance of 187.35 feet;
26. South 0702'16" East a distance of 160.57 feet;
27. North 8808'15" West a distance of 263.42 feet;
28. North 8018'26" West a distance of 383.71 feet;
29. North 7812'50" West a distance of 232.97 feet;
30. North 8208'29" West a distance of 328.15 feet;'
31. North 7541'20" West a distance of 388.53 feet;
32. North 8222'54" West a distance of 715.95 feet;
33. North 5713'13" West a distance of 788.62 feet;
34. North 2002'09" West a distance of 902.12 feet;
35. North 2355'44" West a distance of 235.97 feet;
36. North 4209'43" West a distance of 57.28 feet;
37. North 1442'11" West a distance of 207.10 feet;
38. North 2508'42" West a distance of 183.38 feet;
39. North 0416'06" West a distance of 96.78 feet to a point
for the southwest corner of a 1593.787 acre tract out of said
27616.04 acre tract, surveyed this same day by Watson & Associates
of Mason and a corner hereof;
THENCE along the south and east lines of said 1593.787 acre
tract, the following 22 courses:
1. North 5906'56" East a distance of 102.32 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
2. North 5909'38" East a distance of 1840.19 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
3. North 8406'57" East a distance of 723.44 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
4. North 8917'29" East a distance of 703.91 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
5. South 8940'29" East a distance of 648.29 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
6. South 8939'03" East a distance of 769.41 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
7. South 8921'12" East a distance of 949.24 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
8. North 7439'26" East a distance of 1405.51 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
9. North 7856'03" East a distance of 809.85 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
10. North 4616'26" East a distance of 376.26 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
11. North 7211'31" East a distance of 640.41 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
12. North 0014'07" West a distance of 265.90 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
13. North 7759'43" East a distance of 647.30 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
14. North 1833'55" East a distance of 281.98 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
15. North 2515'40" East a distance of 208.95 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
16. North 2528'20" East a distance of 144.89 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
17. North 0058'21" West a distance of 702.26 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
18. South 8715'21" West a distance of 221.82 feet to a 6
inch cedar fence corner post found;
19. South 8930'11" West a distance of 314.45 feet to a 13
inch cedar gate fence corner post found;
20. North 8909'29" West a distance of 185.58 feet to a 6
inch cedar fence corner post found;
21. South 8925'12" West a distance of 300.21 feet to a 8
inch cedar fence corner post found;
22. North 0016'38" West a distance of 3731.40 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set for the southwest corner of a 171.566 acre tract
out of said 27616.04 acre tract, surveyed this same day by Watson &
Associates of Mason and a corner hereof;
THENCE along the south line of said 171.566 acre tract, the
following 22 courses:
1. North 7339'08" East a distance of 3097.42 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
2. North 5659'15" East a distance of 721.49 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
3. North 8826'35" East a distance of 5453.49 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
4. South 5636'07" East a distance of 3807.13 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
5. North 8638'54" East a distance of 916.40 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
6. South 5032'30" East a distance of 366.24 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
7. South 0204'34" East a distance of 1527.11 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set
8. South 0533'32" East a distance of 613.57 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set
9. South 4428'33" East a distance of 157.95 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
10. South 0203'04" East a distance of 709.69 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
11. South 5958'00" East a distance of 411.64 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
12. South 2457'47" East a distance of 404.47 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
13. North 8434'23" East a distance of 292.41 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
14. North 7257'07" East a distance of 2316.63 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
15. South 2348'22" East a distance of 454.99 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
16. North 6958'26" East a distance of 4027.88 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
17. South 6111'23" East a distance of 1143.61 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
18. South 6510'39" East a distance of 803.32 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
19. South 6159'47" East a distance of 1099.38 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
20. South 6047'14" East a distance of 1182.39 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set;
21. South 6212'45" East a distance of 2658.68 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod set in the northwest line of a 56.678 acre access
easement surveyed this same day by Watson & Associates of Mason for
the west corner of a 0.203 acre proposed access easement surveyed
this same day by Watson & Associates of Mason;
22. North 2736'29" East a distance of 90.30 feet along the
northwest line of both easements to a 1/2 inch iron rod set in the
northeast line of said 27616.04 acre tract the southwest line of
that certain 654.8 acre tract described in Volume 71, Page 255 of
said Deed Records for the northeast corner of said 171.566 acre
tract and a corner hereof;
THENCE along the southwest line of said 654.8 acre tract and
the northeast line of said 27616.04 acre tract, the following 4
courses:
1. South 5935'48" East a distance of 43.06 feet to a 4 inch
cedar fence corner post found for the southwest corner of County
Road No. 107;
2. South 6048'58" East a distance of 30.95 feet along the
southwest line of said County Road No. 107 to a 10 inch cedar fence
corner post found;
3. South 6013'13" East a distance of 13.22 feet along the
southwest line of said County Road No. 107 to a 10 inch cedar fence
corner post found;
4. South 5801'38" East a distance of 12.88 feet along the
southwest line of said County Road No. 107 to a 3 inch pipe fence
corner post found in the record northwest line of said Survey No. 7,
the northwest line of that certain 125.32 acre tract described in
Volume 765, Page 591 of said Official Public Records for the
southwest corner of said 654.8 acre tract and the northeast corner
of said 27616.04 acre tract and a corner hereof;
THENCE South 2736'29" West a distance of 775.80 feet along
the general meanders of a fence for the record northwest line of
said Survey No. 7, the northwest line of said 125.32 acre tract and
a line of said 27616.04 acre tract to a 9 inch cedar fence corner
post found for the southwest corner of said 125.32 acre tract, a
corner of said 27616.04 acre tract and a corner hereof;
THENCE South 8521'17" East a distance of 2831.97 feet along
the general meanders of a fence for the south line of said 125.32
acre tract and a line of said 27616.04 acre tract to a 12 inch cedar
fence corner post found for the northwest corner of that certain
500.00 acre tract described in Volume 130, Page 369 of said Deed
Records and a corner hereof;
THENCE along the general meanders of a fence for the west line
of said 500.00 acre tract, the following 14 courses:
1. South 1222'40" East a distance of 879.30 feet to a 10
inch cedar fence corner post found;
2. South 1203'39" East a distance of 1682.40 feet to a 6
inch cedar fence corner post found;
3. South 8037'32" West a distance of 58.05 feet to a 8 inch
cedar fence corner post found;
4. South 3813'05" West a distance of 663.65 feet to a 2 inch
pipe fence corner post found;
5. South 1231'38" East a distance of 295.58 feet to a 10
inch cedar fence corner post found;
6. South 1237'04" East a distance of 201.79 feet to a 9 inch
cedar fence corner post found;
7. South 2118'15" West a distance of 711.75 feet to a 8 inch
cedar fence corner post found;
8. South 0529'08" East a distance of 83.53 feet to a 8 inch
cedar fence corner post found;
9. South 4509'30" East a distance of 974.13 feet to a 1/2
inch iron rod found;
10. North 8043'55" East a distance of 391.10 feet to a 12
inch cedar fence corner post found;
11. South 1312'05" East a distance of 206.03 feet to a 10
inch cedar fence corner post found;
12. South 1707'00" East a distance of 309.85 feet to a 8
inch cedar fence corner post found;
13. South 1719'52" East a distance of 300.75 feet to a 7
inch cedar fence corner post found;
14. South 1157'04" East a distance of 1656.13 feet to a 12
inch cedar fence corner post found in the north line of that certain
953.4 acre tract described in Volume 1033, Page 957 of said Official
Public Records and in a south line of said 27616.04 acre tract for
the southwest corner of said 500.00 acre tract and a southeast
corner hereof ;
THENCE along the general meanders of a fence for the north
line of said 953.4 acre tract, a south line of said 27616.04 acre
tract, the following 3 courses:
1. North 7822'00" West a distance of 2397.92 feet to a 16
inch cedar fence corner post found;
2. North 7829'25" West a distance of 974.24 feet to a 10
inch cedar fence corner post found;
3. North 7759'47" West a distance of 765.38 feet to a 10
inch cedar fence corner post found in the record east line of said
Survey No. 9 and the west line of said Survey No. 15 for the
northwest corner of said 953.4 acre tract, a corner of said 27616.04
acre tract and a corner hereof;
THENCE along the general meanders of a fence for the west line
of said 953.4 acre tract and a line of said 27616.04 acre tract, the
following 8 courses:
1. South 0135'21" East a distance of 371.64 feet to a 8 inch
cedar fence corner post found;
2. South 0124'06" West a distance of 2135.88 feet to a 8
inch cedar fence corner post found for the southeast corner of said
Survey No. 9;
3. South 0114'06" East a distance of 430.52 feet to a 12
inch cedar fence corner post found;
4. South 0117'42" East a distance of 929.66 feet to a 6 inch
cedar fence corner post found;
5. South 0232'23" East a distance of 1497.54 feet to a 8
inch cedar fence corner post found;
6. South 0035'44" West a distance of 1280.53 feet to a 8
inch cedar fence corner post found;
7. South 1837'23" West a distance of 575.39 feet to a 8 inch
cedar fence corner post found;
8. South 0158'59" East a distance of 2221.29 feet to the
POINT OF BEGINNING, containing 21304.716 acres, more or less.
SECTION 3. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
Government Code.
(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality.
(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
representatives within the required time.
(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
and accomplished.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.