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11 By: Rodriguez (Senate Sponsor - Watson) H.B. No. 1756
22 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 11, 2011;
33 April 20, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on
44 Intergovernmental Relations; May 20, 2011, reported adversely,
55 with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5,
66 Nays 0; May 20, 2011, sent to printer.)
77 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1756 By: Nichols
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1010 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1111 AN ACT
1212 relating to the creation of the Pilot Knob Municipal Utility
1313 District No. 2; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.
1414 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1515 SECTION 1. Subtitle F, Title 6, Special District Local Laws
1616 Code, is amended by adding Chapter 8376 to read as follows:
1717 CHAPTER 8376. PILOT KNOB MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 2
1818 SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
1919 Sec. 8376.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
2020 (1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.
2121 (2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on
2222 Environmental Quality.
2323 (3) "Director" means a board member.
2424 (4) "District" means the Pilot Knob Municipal Utility
2525 District No. 2.
2626 (5) "Municipality" means a municipality in whose
2727 corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is
2828 located.
2929 Sec. 8376.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a
3030 municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI,
3131 Texas Constitution.
3232 Sec. 8376.003. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTORS' ELECTION
3333 REQUIRED. The temporary directors shall hold an election to
3434 confirm the creation of the district and to elect permanent
3535 directors as provided by Section 8376.051 of this code and Section
3636 49.102, Water Code.
3737 Sec. 8376.004. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED. (a) The
3838 temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 8376.003
3939 until each municipality has consented by ordinance or resolution to
4040 the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the
4141 district.
4242 (b) If a municipality does not consent to the creation of
4343 the district or if the district does not enter into an agreement
4444 required by the terms of the municipal ordinance or resolution
4545 consenting to the creation of the district under this section
4646 before September 1, 2012:
4747 (1) the district is dissolved September 1, 2012,
4848 except that:
4949 (A) any debts incurred shall be paid;
5050 (B) any assets that remain after the payment of
5151 debts shall be transferred to the municipality or another local
5252 governmental entity to be used for a public purpose; and
5353 (C) the organization of the district shall be
5454 maintained until all debts are paid and remaining assets are
5555 transferred; and
5656 (2) this chapter expires September 1, 2012.
5757 Sec. 8376.005. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT. (a)
5858 The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit.
5959 (b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:
6060 (1) a municipal utility district as provided by
6161 general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and
6262 (2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that
6363 relate to the construction, acquisition, or improvement of
6464 macadamized, graveled, or paved roads described by Section 54.234,
6565 Water Code, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of
6666 those roads.
6767 Sec. 8376.006. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY. (a) The
6868 district is initially composed of the territory described by
6969 Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.
7070 (b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of
7171 the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the
7272 field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process
7373 does not affect the district's:
7474 (1) organization, existence, or validity;
7575 (2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes
7676 for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and
7777 interest on a bond;
7878 (3) right to impose a tax; or
7979 (4) legality or operation.
8080 [Sections 8376.007-8376.050 reserved for expansion]
8181 SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
8282 Sec. 8376.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) Except as
8383 provided by Subsection (b), the district is governed by a board of
8484 five elected directors.
8585 (b) If required under the terms of the agreement, ordinance,
8686 or resolution by which a municipality consents to the creation of
8787 the district, the board consists of:
8888 (1) four elected directors; and
8989 (2) one director appointed by the governing body of
9090 the municipality.
9191 (c) A director appointed under Subsection (b)(2) is not
9292 required to be a qualified voter of the district or to own land
9393 subject to taxation in the district.
9494 (d) Except as provided by Section 8376.052, directors serve
9595 staggered four-year terms. A permanent director may not serve more
9696 than two four-year terms.
9797 (e) The common law doctrine of incompatibility does not
9898 disqualify an official or employee of a municipality from being
9999 appointed a director by the governing body of a municipality under
100100 Subsection (b)(2), and a director appointed to the board may
101101 continue to serve in a public office of or be employed by the
102102 municipality.
103103 Sec. 8376.052. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS. (a) On or after the
104104 effective date of the Act enacting this chapter, the owner or owners
105105 of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the
106106 district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that
107107 the commission appoint as temporary directors the five persons
108108 named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as temporary
109109 directors the five persons named in the petition.
110110 (b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:
111111 (1) the date permanent directors are elected under
112112 Section 8376.003; or
113113 (2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of
114114 the Act enacting this chapter.
115115 (c) If permanent directors have not been elected under
116116 Section 8376.003 and the terms of the temporary directors have
117117 expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or
118118 reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that
119119 expire on the earlier of:
120120 (1) the date permanent directors are elected under
121121 Section 8376.003; or
122122 (2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the
123123 appointment or reappointment.
124124 (d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a
125125 majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district
126126 may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the
127127 commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five
128128 persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as
129129 successor temporary directors the five persons named in the
130130 petition.
131131 [Sections 8376.053-8376.100 reserved for expansion]
132132 SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES
133133 Sec. 8376.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district has
134134 the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
135135 which the district is created.
136136 Sec. 8376.102. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND
137137 DUTIES. The district has the powers and duties provided by the
138138 general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code,
139139 applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59,
140140 Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
141141 Sec. 8376.103. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS. (a) Under
142142 Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may
143143 design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, and
144144 convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for operation and
145145 maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads described by
146146 Section 54.234, Water Code, or improvements, including storm
147147 drainage, in aid of those roads.
148148 (b) The district may exercise the powers provided by this
149149 section without submitting a petition to or obtaining approval from
150150 the commission as required by Section 54.234, Water Code.
151151 Sec. 8376.104. APPROVAL OF ROAD PROJECT. (a) The district
152152 may not undertake a road project authorized by Section 8376.103
153153 unless:
154154 (1) each municipality or county that will operate and
155155 maintain the road has approved the plans and specifications of the
156156 road project, if a municipality or county will operate and maintain
157157 the road; or
158158 (2) the Texas Transportation Commission has approved
159159 the plans and specifications of the road project, if the state will
160160 operate and maintain the road.
161161 (b) Except as provided by Subsection (a), the district is
162162 not required to obtain approval from the Texas Transportation
163163 Commission to design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for,
164164 improve, or convey a road project.
165165 Sec. 8376.105. COMPLIANCE WITH AND ENFORCEABILITY OF
166166 MUNICIPAL CONSENT AGREEMENT, ORDINANCE, OR RESOLUTION. (a) The
167167 district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any
168168 ordinance or resolution that is adopted under Section 54.016 or
169169 54.0165, Water Code, and that consents to the creation of the
170170 district or to the inclusion of land in the district.
171171 (b) Any agreement between the district and a municipality
172172 related to the municipality's consent to the creation of the
173173 district is valid and enforceable.
174174 (c) On the issuance of bonds by the district, the district
175175 is considered to have waived sovereign immunity to suit by a
176176 municipality for the purpose of adjudicating a claim for breach of
177177 an agreement described by this section.
178178 Sec. 8376.106. CONTRACT TO FURTHER REGIONAL COOPERATION.
179179 The district and a municipality may contract on terms that the board
180180 and governing body of the municipality agree will further regional
181181 cooperation between the district and the municipality.
182182 Sec. 8376.107. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. The district may
183183 not exercise the power of eminent domain.
184184 [Sections 8376.108-8376.150 reserved for expansion]
185185 SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
186186 Sec. 8376.151. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS. (a) The
187187 district may issue, without an election, bonds and other
188188 obligations secured by:
189189 (1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or
190190 (2) contract payments described by Section 8376.153.
191191 (b) The district must hold an election in the manner
192192 provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval
193193 before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds
194194 payable from ad valorem taxes.
195195 (c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem
196196 taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a
197197 vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an
198198 election held for that purpose.
199199 Sec. 8376.152. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. (a) If
200200 authorized at an election held under Section 8376.151, the district
201201 may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in
202202 the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.
203203 (b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not
204204 exceed the rate approved at the election.
205205 (c) If required by an agreement between the district and a
206206 municipality under Section 8376.105, the total ad valorem tax rate
207207 of the district may not be less than the total ad valorem tax rate of
208208 the municipality.
209209 Sec. 8376.153. CONTRACT TAXES. (a) In accordance with
210210 Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than
211211 an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from
212212 the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of
213213 the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters
214214 voting at an election held for that purpose.
215215 (b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a
216216 provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by
217217 the board without further voter approval.
218218 [Sections 8376.154-8376.200 reserved for expansion]
219219 SUBCHAPTER E. BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS
220220 Sec. 8376.201. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER
221221 OBLIGATIONS. The district may issue bonds or other obligations
222222 payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees,
223223 revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any
224224 combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district
225225 purpose.
226226 Sec. 8376.202. TAXES FOR BONDS. At the time the district
227227 issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the
228228 board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing
229229 direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all
230230 or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner
231231 provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
232232 Sec. 8376.203. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS. At the time of
233233 issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations
234234 issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad
235235 valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the
236236 real property in the district.
237237 [Sections 8376.204-8376.250 reserved for expansion]
238238 SUBCHAPTER F. STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT; MUNICIPAL
239239 ANNEXATION AND NOTICE
240240 Sec. 8376.251. STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP; CONTINUATION OF
241241 DISTRICT AFTER ANNEXATION BY MUNICIPALITY. (a) The district may
242242 continue to exist as a limited district after full-purpose
243243 annexation by a municipality if the district and the annexing
244244 municipality state the terms of the limited district's existence in
245245 a strategic partnership agreement under Section 43.0751, Local
246246 Government Code.
247247 (b) The strategic partnership agreement may provide for a
248248 term of any number of years. The limitation in Section
249249 43.0751(g)(2), Local Government Code, on the length of the term
250250 does not apply to a limited district created under this section.
251251 Sec. 8376.252. MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION; NOTICE. (a) Sections
252252 43.0561 and 43.0562, Local Government Code, do not apply to the
253253 annexation of the district by a municipality that consents to the
254254 creation of the district under Section 8376.004.
255255 (b) Not later than the 30th day after the date a
256256 municipality adopts a resolution or ordinance consenting to the
257257 creation of the district, the municipality shall file, in the real
258258 property records of the county in which the land to be included in
259259 the district is located, a notice to a purchaser of real property in
260260 the district that describes:
261261 (1) the municipality's authority and intention to
262262 annex the district; and
263263 (2) the anticipated date of the annexation.
264264 (c) After the notice is filed, a person who proposes to sell
265265 or otherwise convey real property in the district must include the
266266 information contained in the municipality's notice in the Notice to
267267 Purchasers required by Section 49.452, Water Code.
268268 SECTION 2. The Pilot Knob Municipal Utility District No. 2
269269 initially includes all the territory contained in the following
270270 area:
271271 557.187 acres of land described below:
272272 A DESCRIPTION OF 557.672 ACRES IN THE SANTIAGO DEL VALLE GRANT IN
273273 TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS, BEING A PORTION OF A 138.540 ACRE TRACT
274274 DESCRIBED IN A GENERAL WARRANTY DEED TO JONA ACQUISITION INC.,
275275 DATED MARCH 2, 2007 AND RECORDED IN DOCUMENT NO. 2007038642 OF THE
276276 OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS OF TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS, A PORTION OF A
277277 20.807 ACRE TRACT DESCRIBED IN A SPECIAL WARRANTY DEED TO JONA
278278 ACQUISITION INC., DATED JANUARY 3, 2007 AND RECORDED IN DOCUMENT
279279 NO. 2007003159 OF THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS OF TRAVIS COUNTY,
280280 TEXAS, A PORTION OF AN 81.018 ACRE TRACT DESCRIBED IN A SPECIAL
281281 WARRANTY DEED TO JONA ACQUISITION INC., DATED DECEMBER 12, 2006 AND
282282 RECORDED IN DOCUMENT NO. 2006246454 OF THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS
283283 OF TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS, A PORTION OF A 103.415 ACRE TRACT DESCRIBED
284284 IN A SPECIAL WARRANTY DEED TO JONA ACQUISITION INC., DATED NOVEMBER
285285 20, 2006 AND RECORDED IN DOCUMENT NO. 2006224021 OF THE OFFICIAL
286286 PUBLIC RECORDS OF TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS, A PORTION OF A 167.748 ACRE
287287 TRACT DESCRIBED IN A GENERAL WARRANTY DEED TO JONA ACQUISITION
288288 INC., DATED DECEMBER 13, 2006 AND RECORDED IN DOCUMENT NO.
289289 2006241307 OF THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS OF TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS,
290290 A PORTION OF A 42.558 ACRE TRACT DESCRIBED IN A GENERAL WARRANTY
291291 DEED TO JONA ACQUISITION INC., DATED MAY 16, 2008 AND RECORDED IN
292292 DOCUMENT NO. 2008083861 OF THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS OF TRAVIS
293293 COUNTY, TEXAS, A PORTION OF A 20.005 ACRE TRACT DESCRIBED IN A
294294 WARRANTY DEED WITH VENDOR'S LIEN TO JOHN T. HALDENSTEIN AND JOSHUA
295295 N. HALDENSTEIN, DATED DECEMBER 14, 2000 AND RECORDED IN DOCUMENT
296296 NO. 2000203669 OF THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS OF TRAVIS COUNTY,
297297 TEXAS, A PORTION OF A 198.302 ACRE TRACT DESCRIBED IN A GENERAL
298298 WARRANTY DEED TO JONA ACQUISITION INC., DATED DECEMBER 20, 2006 AND
299299 RECORDED IN DOCUMENT NO. 2006244772 OF THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS
300300 OF TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS, A PORTION OF A 232.233 ACRE TRACT DESCRIBED
301301 IN A SPECIAL WARRANTY DEED WITH VENDOR'S LIEN TO JONA ACQUISITION
302302 INC., DATED JANUARY 8, 2009 AND RECORDED IN DOCUMENT NO. 2009003190
303303 OF THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS OF TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS, A PORTION OF
304304 A 37.390 ACRE TRACT DESCRIBED IN A GENERAL WARRANTY DEED TO JONA
305305 ACQUISITION INC., DATED OCTOBER 30, 2008 AND RECORDED IN DOCUMENT
306306 NO. 2008179828 OF THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS OF TRAVIS COUNTY,
307307 TEXAS, A PORTION OF COLTON BLUFF SPRINGS ROAD (APPARENT
308308 RIGHT-OF-WAY WIDTH VARIES), AND ALL OF A 67.339 ACRE ACRE TRACT
309309 DESCRIBED IN A SPECIAL WARRANTY DEED TO JONA ACQUISITION INC.,
310310 DATED NOVEMBER 7, 2007 AND RECORDED IN DOCUMENT NO. 2007204509 OF
311311 THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS OF TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS; SAID 557.672
312312 ACRE TRACT BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS AS
313313 FOLLOWS:
314314 BEGINNING at a 1/2" iron pipe found for an interior ell corner in
315315 the north line of said 138.540 acre tract, same being an angle point
316316 in the south line of a 380.080 acre tract described in a deed to
317317 Ernest Collins and Floretta Collins, recorded in Volume 12791, Page
318318 11 of the Real Property Records of Travis County, Texas;
319319 THENCE crossing said 138.540 acre tract, said 20.807 acre tract,
320320 Colton Bluff Springs Road, said 81.018 acre tract, said 103.415
321321 acre tract, said 167.748 acre tract, said 42.558 acre tract, said
322322 20.005 acre tract, said 198.302 acre tract, said 232.233 acre
323323 tract, and said 37.390 acre tract, the following thirty (30)
324324 courses and distances:
325325 1. South 27°05'52" West, a distance of 3.20 feet to a
326326 calculated point;
327327 2. South 47°34'32" East, a distance of 42.94 feet to a
328328 calculated point;
329329 3. With a curve to the left, having a radius of 2002.94
330330 feet, a delta angle of 22°31'58", an arc length of 787.70
331331 feet, and a chord which bears South 58°50'31" East, a distance
332332 of 782.64 feet to a calculated point;
333333 4. South 19°53'30" West, a distance of 342.26 feet to a
334334 calculated point;
335335 5. With a curve to the left, having a radius of 499.99
336336 feet, a delta angle of 41°14'55", an arc length of 359.95
337337 feet, and a chord which bears South 00°43'58" East, a distance
338338 of 352.23 feet to a calculated point;
339339 6. South 21°21'01" East, a distance of 1149.03 feet to a
340340 calculated point;
341341 7. With a curve to the right, having a radius of 800.00
342342 feet, a delta angle of 04°05'43", an arc length of 57.18 feet,
343343 and a chord which bears South 19°18'34" East, a distance of
344344 57.17 feet to a calculated point;
345345 8. South 27°06'32" West, a distance of 1006.99 feet to a
346346 calculated point;
347347 9. North 62°55'07" West, a distance of 393.93 feet to a
348348 calculated point;
349349 10. South 27°04'42" West, a distance of 1090.01 feet to
350350 a calculated point;
351351 11. South 62°55'07" East, a distance of 393.35 feet to a
352352 calculated point;
353353 12. South 27°05'07" West, a distance of 1284.12 feet to
354354 a calculated point;
355355 13. South 27°11'27" West, a distance of 450.14 feet to a
356356 calculated point;
357357 14. With a curve to the left, having a radius of 1399.96
358358 feet, a delta angle of 31°05'54", an arc length of 759.86
359359 feet, and a chord which bears North 77°33'02" West, a distance
360360 of 750.56 feet to a calculated point;
361361 15. South 86°54'01" West, a distance of 948.14 feet to a
362362 calculated point;
363363 16. With a curve to the right, having a radius of
364364 1399.96 feet, a delta angle of 31°17'38", an arc length of
365365 764.63 feet, and a chord which bears North 77°27'10" West, a
366366 distance of 755.16 feet to a calculated point;
367367 17. North 61°48'21" West, a distance of 1135.34 feet to
368368 a calculated point;
369369 18. North 28°11'39" East, a distance of 910.01 feet to a
370370 calculated point;
371371 19. With a curve to the right, having a radius of 431.98
372372 feet, a delta angle of 53°14'32", an arc length of 401.42
373373 feet, and a chord which bears North 58°50'30" East, a distance
374374 of 387.13 feet to a calculated point;
375375 20. North 16°01'51" West, a distance of 256.62 feet to a
376376 calculated point;
377377 21. With a curve to the left, having a radius of 606.85
378378 feet, a delta angle of 50°15'23", an arc length of 532.29
379379 feet, and a chord which bears North 37°39'34" West, a distance
380380 of 515.39 feet to a calculated point;
381381 22. North 62°55'18" West, a distance of 292.66 feet to a
382382 calculated point;
383383 23. With a curve to the right, having a radius of
384384 1466.51 feet, a delta angle of 180°00'00", an arc length of
385385 4607.17 feet, and a chord which bears North 27°04'42" East, a
386386 distance of 2933.02 feet to a calculated point;
387387 24. South 62°55'18" East, a distance of 292.66 feet to a
388388 calculated point;
389389 25. With a curve to the left, having a radius of 606.85
390390 feet, a delta angle of 50°15'23", an arc length of 532.29
391391 feet, and a chord which bears South 88°11'02" East, a distance
392392 of 515.39 feet to a calculated point;
393393 26. North 70°11'14" East, a distance of 260.49 feet to a
394394 calculated point;
395395 27. With a curve to the right, having a radius of 428.50
396396 feet, a delta angle of 57°46'46", an arc length of 432.12
397397 feet, and a chord which bears North 02°55'38" West, a distance
398398 of 414.04 feet to a calculated point;
399399 28. North 25°57'45" East, a distance of 891.49 feet to a
400400 calculated point;
401401 29. With a curve to the right, having a radius of 750.00
402402 feet, a delta angle of 16°27'44", an arc length of 215.49
403403 feet, and a chord which bears North 34°11'36" East, a distance
404404 of 214.75 feet to a calculated point;
405405 30. North 42°25'28" East, a distance of 130.83 feet to a
406406 calculated point in the common line of said 138.540 acre
407407 tract and said 380.080 acre tract, from which a 3/4" iron pipe
408408 found for an angle point in said common line bears North
409409 47°34'32" West, a distance of 1131.25 feet;
410410 THENCE South 47°34'32" East, with said common line, a distance of
411411 1475.59 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING, containing 557.672 acres of
412412 land, more or less.
413413 SAVE AND EXCEPT 0.485 ACRES:
414414 BEING ALL OF A 21,064 SQUARE FOOT TRACT DESCRIBED IN A WARRANTY DEED
415415 AND ACCESS EASEMENT TO CREEDMOOR-MAHA WATER SUPPLY CORPORATION,
416416 DATED MAY 24 1999 AND RECORDED IN DOCUMENT NO. 1999070566 OF THE
417417 OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS OF TRAVIS COUNTY TEXAS; SAID 0.485 ACRE
418418 TRACT BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS AS
419419 FOLLOWS:
420420 BEGINNING at a 1/2" rebar found for the south corner of said 21,064
421421 square foot tract, same being an angle point in the southwest line
422422 of said 232.233 acre tract, also being in the northeast line of said
423423 37.390 acre tract;
424424 THENCE North 62°15'58" West, with the southwest line of said 21,064
425425 square foot tract, same being the northeast line of said 37.390 acre
426426 tract, a distance of 84.16 feet to a 1/2" rebar with Chaparral cap
427427 found for the west corner of said 21,064 square foot tract, same
428428 being an angle point in the southwest line of said 232.233 acre
429429 tract;
430430 THENCE with the common line of said 21,064 square foot tract and
431431 said 232.233 acre tract, the following three (3) courses and
432432 distances:
433433 1. North 27°03'32" East, a distance of 251.09 feet to a
434434 1/2" rebar found;
435435 2. South 62°00'51" East, a distance of 84.16 feet to a
436436 1/2" rebar found;
437437 3. South 27°03'32" West, a distance of 250.72 feet to
438438 the POINT OF BEGINNING, containing 0.485 acres of land, more
439439 or less.
440440 SECTION 3. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
441441 introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
442442 Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
443443 copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
444444 officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
445445 under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
446446 Government Code.
447447 (b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
448448 submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
449449 Environmental Quality.
450450 (c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
451451 its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
452452 lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
453453 representatives within the required time.
454454 (d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
455455 state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
456456 to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
457457 and accomplished.
458458 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
459459 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
460460 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
461461 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
462462 Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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