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1	1	By: Farney (Senate Sponsor - Schwertner) H.B. No. 1355
2	2	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2013;
3	3	May 7, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on
4	4	Intergovernmental Relations; May 16, 2013, reported favorably by
5	5	the following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 16, 2013, sent to printer.)
6	6
7	7
8	8	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
9	9	AN ACT
10	10	relating to the creation of the North San Gabriel Municipal Utility
11	11	District of Williamson County; providing authority to issue bonds;
12	12	providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes.
13	13	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
14	14	SECTION 1. Subtitle F, Title 6, Special District Local Laws
15	15	Code, is amended by adding Chapter 8432 to read as follows:
16	16	CHAPTER 8432. NORTH SAN GABRIEL MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT OF
17	17	WILLIAMSON COUNTY
18	18	SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
19	19	Sec. 8432.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
20	20	(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.
21	21	(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on
22	22	Environmental Quality.
23	23	(3) "Director" means a board member.
24	24	(4) "District" means the North San Gabriel Municipal
25	25	Utility District of Williamson County.
26	26	Sec. 8432.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a
27	27	municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI,
28	28	Texas Constitution.
29	29	Sec. 8432.003. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTORS' ELECTION
30	30	REQUIRED. The temporary directors shall hold an election to
31	31	confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent
32	32	directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
33	33	Sec. 8432.004. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT. (a)
34	34	The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit.
35	35	(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:
36	36	(1) a municipal utility district as provided by
37	37	general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and
38	38	(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that
39	39	relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation,
40	40	or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or
41	41	improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
42	42	Sec. 8432.005. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY. (a) The
43	43	district is initially composed of the territory described by
44	44	Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.
45	45	(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of
46	46	the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the
47	47	field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process
48	48	does not affect the district's:
49	49	(1) organization, existence, or validity;
50	50	(2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes
51	51	for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and
52	52	interest on a bond;
53	53	(3) right to impose a tax; or
54	54	(4) legality or operation.
55	55	SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
56	56	Sec. 8432.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district is
57	57	governed by a board of five elected directors.
58	58	(b) Except as provided by Section 8432.052, directors serve
59	59	staggered four-year terms.
60	60	Sec. 8432.052. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS. (a) The temporary
61	61	board consists of:
62	62	(1) Julie Lane;
63	63	(2) Jennifer Johnson;
64	64	(3) Heidi Parker;
65	65	(4) Mary Elizabeth Hix; and
66	66	(5) Mindy Montford.
67	67	(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:
68	68	(1) the date permanent directors are elected under
69	69	Section 8432.003; or
70	70	(2) September 1, 2017.
71	71	(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under
72	72	Section 8432.003 and the terms of the temporary directors have
73	73	expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or
74	74	reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that
75	75	expire on the earlier of:
76	76	(1) the date permanent directors are elected under
77	77	Section 8432.003; or
78	78	(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the
79	79	appointment or reappointment.
80	80	(d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a
81	81	majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district
82	82	may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the
83	83	commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five
84	84	persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as
85	85	successor temporary directors the five persons named in the
86	86	petition.
87	87	SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES
88	88	Sec. 8432.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district has
89	89	the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
90	90	which the district is created.
91	91	Sec. 8432.102. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND
92	92	DUTIES. The district has the powers and duties provided by the
93	93	general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code,
94	94	applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59,
95	95	Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
96	96	Sec. 8432.103. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS. Under Section
97	97	52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design,
98	98	acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate,
99	99	maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for
100	100	operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or
101	101	improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
102	102	Sec. 8432.104. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS. (a) A road
103	103	project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and
104	104	subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in
105	105	whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road
106	106	project is located.
107	107	(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits
108	108	or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road
109	109	project must meet all applicable construction standards,
110	110	subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which
111	111	the road project is located.
112	112	(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the
113	113	Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and
114	114	specifications of the road project.
115	115	(d) After September 1, 2023, the district, at the district's
116	116	expense, shall repair and maintain any streets in the district.
117	117	(e) The district's repair and maintenance of a street under
118	118	this section must comply with all applicable construction standards
119	119	and regulations of Williamson County.
120	120	Sec. 8432.105. DIVISION OF DISTRICT. (a) The district may
121	121	be divided into two or more new districts only if the district:
122	122	(1) has no outstanding bonded debt; and
123	123	(2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes.
124	124	(b) This chapter applies to any new district created by the
125	125	division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and
126	126	duties of the district.
127	127	(c) Any new district created by the division of the district
128	128	may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land
129	129	outside the area described by Section 2 of the Act creating this
130	130	chapter.
131	131	(d) The board, on its own motion or on receipt of a petition
132	132	signed by the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of
133	133	the real property in the district, may adopt an order dividing the
134	134	district.
135	135	(e) The board may adopt an order dividing the district
136	136	before or after the date the board holds an election under Section
137	137	8432.003 to confirm the district's creation.
138	138	(f) An order dividing the district shall:
139	139	(1) name each new district;
140	140	(2) include the metes and bounds of each new district;
141	141	(3) appoint temporary directors for each new district;
142	142	and
143	143	(4) provide for the division of assets and liabilities
144	144	between or among the new districts.
145	145	(g) On or before the 30th day after the date of adoption of
146	146	an order dividing the district, the district shall file the order
147	147	with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and record the
148	148	order in the real property records of each county in which the
149	149	district is located.
150	150	(h) Any new district created by the division of the district
151	151	shall hold a confirmation and directors' election as required by
152	152	Section 8432.003.
153	153	(i) Any new district created by the division of the district
154	154	must hold an election as required by this chapter to obtain voter
155	155	approval before the district may impose a maintenance tax or issue
156	156	bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes.
157	157	Sec. 8432.106. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. The district may
158	158	not exercise the power of eminent domain.
159	159	SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
160	160	Sec. 8432.151. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS. (a) The
161	161	district may issue, without an election, bonds and other
162	162	obligations secured by revenue other than ad valorem taxes.
163	163	(b) The district must hold an election in the manner
164	164	provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval
165	165	before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds
166	166	payable from ad valorem taxes.
167	167	(c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem
168	168	taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a
169	169	vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an
170	170	election held for that purpose.
171	171	Sec. 8432.152. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. (a) If
172	172	authorized at an election held under Section 8432.151, the district
173	173	may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in
174	174	the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.
175	175	(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not
176	176	exceed the rate approved at the election.
177	177	SUBCHAPTER E. BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS
178	178	Sec. 8432.201. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER
179	179	OBLIGATIONS. The district may issue bonds or other obligations
180	180	payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees,
181	181	revenue, contract payments, tax increment payments, grants, or
182	182	other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay
183	183	for any authorized district purpose.
184	184	Sec. 8432.202. TAXES FOR BONDS. At the time the district
185	185	issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the
186	186	board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing
187	187	direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all
188	188	or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner
189	189	provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
190	190	Sec. 8432.203. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS. At the time of
191	191	issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations
192	192	issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad
193	193	valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the
194	194	real property in the district.
195	195	SECTION 2. The North San Gabriel Municipal Utility District
196	196	of Williamson County initially includes all the territory contained
197	197	in the following area:
198	198	TRACT 1
199	199	BEING 846.46 acres which is situated in Williamson County, Texas;
200	200	and including a portion of an existing County Roadway No. 214, which
201	201	is in use as an undedicated public roadway crossing this site. This
202	202	property is situated in the following land grant surveys: Richard
203	203	West A-643, James Hackett A-312, John McDevitt A-415, William H.
204	204	McCullough A-465, J.H. Lee A-835, J.L. Brown A-788, and E. Mather
205	205	A-434. This property includes a tract called 832.52 acres as
206	206	described in a deed to ASC River Oaks Ranch Ltd. by deed filed in
207	207	Doc. 2006063875, Official Records of Williamson County, Texas
208	208	(ORWCT); and encloses a 5.00 acre tract which is subject to the Life
209	209	Estate of H.C. & B.Z. Carothers. Said 5.00 acres being conveyed to
210	210	ASC River Oaks Ranch Ltd. by deed filed in Doc. 2006063874 (ORWCT).
211	211	An Exception Tract which is enclosed by this description (and
212	212	having a separate chain of title) is the 1.00 acre tract (43637
213	213	square feet area) which is described in a deed to Frank Haskell as
214	214	conveyed in Doc. 9862950 (Lot 1 of the Longhorn Sub., a plat filed
215	215	in Cab. G, Slide 96, Plat Records). Also included in this tract and
216	216	being conveyed as a part of this property is the 12.94 acre property
217	217	and associated easement rights which were conveyed to ASC River
218	218	Oaks Ranch Ltd. as described in Doc. 2006063876 (ORWCT). This
219	219	description does not include a separate 20.03 acre tract which was
220	220	conveyed to ASC River Oaks Ranch Ltd. (Doc. 2006063876). It is noted
221	221	that all monumentation found is in agreement with the record
222	222	descriptions except as specifically described hereafter. The
223	223	bearing basis for this survey is the State Plane Coordinate System
224	224	Grid North, Texas Central Zone. Line codes used in this description
225	225	are in agreement with the survey plat prepared in February of 2008
226	226	and revised in August of 2008. This property was surveyed on the
227	227	ground in February of 2008, by William F. Forest, Jr., Registered
228	228	Professional Land Surveyor No. 1847.
229	229	BEGINNING at a 1/2 inch iron pin which was found in the Southeast
230	230	line of County Road 214, at the Southwest corner of the said 20.03
231	231	acre property conveyed to ASC River Oaks Ranch Ltd. and at a corner
232	232	in the East boundary of the said 832.52 acre tract. This corner is
233	233	the record Point of Beginning of the said adjoining properties.
234	234	THENCE with the South line of the said 20.03 acre tract and the
235	235	North line of the 832.52 acre property, N 78 deg. 19 min. 30 sec. E
236	236	476.51 feet to a 3 inch pipe post found; N 80 deg. 18 min. 03 sec. E
237	237	271.33 feet to a 1/2 inch iron pin found; and (L63) N 80 deg. 18
238	238	min. 03 sec. E 176.43 feet to the approximate center of the North
239	239	San Gabriel River.
240	240	THENCE following the East boundary of the said 832.52 acre property
241	241	and its common boundary with the property of Bill D. Warren (10
242	242	10/502), downstream with the approximate center of the river, (L11)
243	243	S 46 deg. 43
244	244	min. 33 sec. E 109.42 feet, S 59 deg. 27 min. 32 sec. E 282.99 feet;
245	245	(L12) S 73 deg. 26 min. 53 sec. E 193.06 feet; S 68 deg. 45 min. 42
246	246	sec. E 657.07 feet; S 52 deg. 49 min. 13 sec. E joining the common
247	247	boundary of the property of Don Hart (681/877), in all 301.0 feet; S
248	248	42 deg. 59 min. 41 sec. E 276.64 feet to a 1/2 inch iron pin found; S
249	249	18 deg. 08 min. 05 sec. E 301.01 feet to a 1/2, inch iron pin found;
250	250	S 35 deg. 58 min. 46 sec. E 475.93 feet; and (L13) S 23 deg. 17 min.
251	251	44 sec. E 171.50 feet to the most Easterly Southeast corner of the
252	252	said property called 832.52 acres as described in the deed to ASC
253	253	River Oaks Ranch Ltd.
254	254	THENCE with the boundary of 40.13 acres conveyed to M.C.
255	255	Huffstutler, Jr. as described in Vol. 2541, Pg. 236; (with the
256	256	centerline of a dry branch) finding 1/2 inch iron pins as follows;
257	257	(L14) S 86 deg. 46 min. 55 sec. W 90.15 feet; (L15) N 51 deg. 39 min.
258	258	52 sec. W 61.91 feet; (L16) S 82 deg. 01 min. 17 sec. W 125.42 feet;
259	259	(L17) N 52 deg. 08 min. 49 sec. W 202.61 feet; N 33 deg. 11 min. 17
260	260	sec. W 243.66 feet; (LI8) N 18 deg. 31 min. 22 sec. W 104.48 feet;
261	261	and (L19) S 61 deg. 41 min. 42 sec. W 181.21 feet.
262	262	THENCE continuing with the Huffstutler boundary, (L20) S 31 deg. 56
263	263	min. 46 sec. E 21.38 feet to a nail found in an 18 inch Liveoak;
264	264	finding 1/2 inch iron pins in a fence as follows; (L21) S 21 deg. 42
265	265	min. 35 sec. E 48.27 feet; (L22) S 13 deg. 23 min. 48 sec. E 96.79
266	266	feet; (L23) S 02 deg. 18 min. 51 sec. E 100.41 feet to a nail found
267	267	in a 36" cedar; (L24) S 08 deg. 11 min. 11 sec. W 129.91 feet; (L25)
268	268	S 36 deg. 39 min. 40 sec. W 198.04 feet; and S 19 deg. 33 min. 23 sec.
269	269	E 831.90 feet.
270	270	THENCE along or near an existing fence, S 19 deg. 36 min. 59 sec. E
271	271	549.98 feet to a nail found in a 30 inch Liveoak at a West corner of
272	272	a 16.68 acre tract conveyed to R. Scott Mokry by Doc. 9706618.
273	273	THENCE with the South line of the John McDevitt Survey and the North
274	274	line of the E.B. Smith Survey, Abstract No. 585, along or near an
275	275	existing fence, finding 1/2 inch iron pins as follows; (with common
276	276	boundary of D.Q. Cardwell Doc. 9721391, and Pamela S. Cardwell Doc.
277	277	9707840) S 70 deg. 24 deg. 03 min. W385.43 feet; S 70 deg. 32 min. 54
278	278	sec. W319.14 feet to the common North corner of David Parker Doc.
279	279	9903918 and Thad Gillespie 6 ac. Doc. 2001025074; S 70 deg. 36 min.
280	280	34 sec. W325.40 feet; S 70 deg. 46 min. 17 sec. W 350.12 feet to the
281	281	common North corner of Thad Gillespie 5.29 ac. Doc. 2000027374 and
282	282	Thad Gillespie 10.12 ac. Doc. 2002029891; S 70 deg. 26 min. 23 sec.
283	283	W 293.45 feet; S 70 deg. 54 min. 05 sec. W572.40 feet to the common
284	284	North corner between properties conveyed to Richard Cox, et. ux.
285	285	Doc. 9831913; S 70 deg. 57 min. 57 sec. W 401.66 feet to a 3 inch
286	286	pipe post found.
287	287	THENCE continuing with the North line of the J.L. Brown Survey,
288	288	Abstract No. 788 and the boundary of the Steve Watson property
289	289	(2692/186); S 70 deg. 57 min. 19 sec. W 2602.47 feet to a 1/2 inch
290	290	capped iron pin set in place of a nail found; S 71 deg. 11 min. 32
291	291	sec. W 262.71 feet to a 3 inch pipe found; finding 1/2 inch iron pins
292	292	as follows S 70 deg. 31 min. 24 sec. W 536.78 feet; S 22 deg. 34 min.
293	293	56 sec. E 224.93 feet; (L26) S 17 deg. 31 min. 43 sec. E 160.30 feet
294	294	to a nail found in an 18 inch Liveoak; S 19 deg. 55 min. 24 sec. E
295	295	294.43 feet to a 1/2 inch capped iron pin set in place of a nail
296	296	found in an 18 inch Liveoak; (L27) S 24 deg. 57 min. 31 sec. E 176.20
297	297	feet to a 3 inch pipe post found; S 30 deg. 52 min. 42 sec. E 527.65
298	298	feet to a 1/2 inch iron pin found; finding 3 inch pipe posts as
299	299	follows; S 30 deg. 57 min. 25 sec. E 330.08 feet; (L28) S 26 deg. 03
300	300	min. 07 sec. E 98.67 feet; (L29) S 19 deg. 41 min. 50 sec. E 124.35
301	301	feet; and S 19 deg. 48 min. 19 sec. E 248.65 feet to a 1/2 inch iron
302	302	pin found
303	303	THENCE along or near the general line of an existing fence with the
304	304	South boundary of the said 832.52 acre tract and its common boundary
305	305	with Lot 10 of Rolling Hills Unit 2 a subdivision of record in Cab.
306	306	G, Slide 308, S 49 deg. 46 min. W 181.28 feet to a 1/2 inch iron pin
307	307	found in the curved East line of a cul-de-sac which is the Northern
308	308	termination of Rolling Hills Road according the plat for Rolling
309	309	Hills Unit 2.
310	310	THENCE departing the existing fence with the curved line of the
311	311	cul-de-sac, 151.61 feet with the arc of the curve to the left having
312	312	a radius of 50 feet, the chord bears S 27 deg. 53 min. 28 sec. W
313	313	99.85 feet to a steel cotton spindle found; continuing with the
314	314	right-of-way line of Rolling Hills Road, (UO) S 01 deg. 01 min. 35
315	315	sec. W 45.55 feet to a 1/2 inch iron pin found.
316	316	THENCE with the boundary of Rolling Hills Unit 2, (finding 1/2 inch
317	317	iron pins as follows); (L31) N 76 deg. 33 min. 45 sec. W 294.62 feet;
318	318	(L32) S 13 deg. 25 min. 29 sec. W 151.80 feet; (L33) S 13 deg. 26
319	319	min. 33 sec. W 152.11 feet; (L34) S 13 deg. 25 min. 13 sec. W 151.95
320	320	feet; (L35) S 13 deg. 26 min. 21 sec. W 152.02 feet; (L36) S 13 deg.
321	321	27 min. 37 sec. W 70.03 feet; (L37) S 54 deg. 17 min. 07 sec. W
322	322	157.77 feet; (L38) S 54 deg. 10 min. 16 sec. W 49.90 feet; S 54 deg.
323	323	11 min. 36 sec. W 294.40 feet; S 65 deg. 31 min. 15 sec. W662.90
324	324	feet; (L39) S 65 deg. 17 min. 23 sec. W 126.78 feet; N 78 deg. 29
325	325	min. 47 sec. W 271.11 feet to a 3 inch pipe post; (L40) N 73 deg. 15
326	326	min. 45 sec. W 50.57 feet to a 3/8 inch iron pin found; (finding 1/2
327	327	inch iron pins as follows); N 73 deg. 25 min. 34 sec. W 198.52 feet;
328	328	(L42) N 73 deg. 40 min. 42 sec. W 153.10 feet; (L43) N 73 deg. 33
329	329	min. 36 sec. W 152.93 feet; (L44) N 73 deg. 29 min. 12 sec. W 152.37
330	330	feet; (L45) N 73 deg. 29 min. 12 sec. W 157.59 feet; N 81 deg. 27
331	331	min. 07 sec. W 285.15 feet to a 5/8 inch iron pin found; and S 81
332	332	deg. 08 min. 08 sec. W 230.99 feet to a 1/2 inch iron pin found.
333	333	THENCE with the boundary of the Mexican Cemetery as marked by 1/2
334	334	inch iron pins found, along or near an existing fence; (L46) N 05
335	335	deg. 24min. 10 sec. W 95.60 feet; and (L47) S 84 deg. 46 min. 22 sec.
336	336	W 138.82 feet to the East line of County Road 214.
337	337	THENCE with the East line of County Road 214, finding 1/2 inch iron
338	338	pins as follows; N 06 deg. 40 min. 53 sec. W608.80 feet (to the
339	339	Southwest corner of the easement described in Doc. 2003028132, as
340	340	formerly providing access to the 12.94 acre property which is now
341	341	interior to this tract); (L67) N 06 deg. 43 min. 49 sec. W 79.97
342	342	feet; and N 06 deg. 16min. 25 sec. W 421.81 feet.
343	343	THENCE with the boundary of the 3.18 acres described in Vol. 629,
344	344	Pg. 362, (L71) N 42 deg. 29 min. 44 sec. E 22.33 feet to a 1/2 inch
345	345	iron pin found; N 69 deg. 33 min. 53 sec. E 346.98 feet to a 1/2 inch
346	346	iron pin found at a fence corner; N 18 deg. 30 min. 21 sec. W 490.07
347	347	feet to a 1/2 inch iron pin found; and N 18 deg. 30 min. 14 sec. W 21
348	348	1.08 feet to a 1/2 inch iron pin found at a fence corner.
349	349	THENCE with the boundary of the 70.2436 acres conveyed to Lookout
350	350	Partners in Doc. 2004087804, finding 1/2 inch iron pins at fence
351	351	corners except as noted as follows; N 35 deg. 17 min. 23 sec. E
352	352	630.33 feet (nail found in 30" Liveoak); S 39 deg. 05 min. 40 sec. E
353	353	263.98 feet; N 28 deg. 35 min. 09 sec. E 836.76 feet; S 77 deg. 05
354	354	min. 53 sec. E 829.57 feet; N 42 deg. 05 min. 13 sec. E 1013.97 feet;
355	355	N 19 deg. 50 min. 49 sec. W 1273.08 feet; and N 21 deg. 44 min. 39
356	356	sec. W 12.65 feet to a nail found in a 30 inch Liveoak.
357	357	THENCE with the boundary of a 7.2865 ac. tract conveyed to Lookout
358	358	Partners Development Group L.P. as described in Doc. 2004078613, N
359	359	33 deg. 10 min. 05 sec. E 488.58 feet to a 1/2, inch pin found at a
360	360	fence corner; and (L54) N 16 deg. 54 min. 31 sec. W 170.32 feet to a
361	361	1/2 inch iron pin found.
362	362	THENCE crossing County Road 214, N 04 deg. 17 min. 39 sec. W (L53) at
363	363	80.53 feet pass the intersection of the East line of San Gabriel
364	364	Ranch Road with the North line of County Road 214, continuing in all
365	365	191.67 feet to an iron pin found at a bend in the fence; continuing
366	366	along the general line of an existing fence with the East line of
367	367	San Gabriel Ranch Road, and the West line of the said 832.52 acre
368	368	property, finding 1/2 inch iron pins as follows; N 18 deg. 50 min.
369	369	37 sec. W 554.52 feet; N 19 deg. 23 min. 57 sec. W591.32 feet; and N
370	370	20 deg. 12 min. 27 sec. W 691.83 feet. This corner exists at the
371	371	Southwest fence corner of the Bart Brown Life Estate (71.657 ac.)
372	372	retained in a deed to Danna G.B. Langston et. al. of record in Doc.
373	373	9611608.
374	374	THENCE along the fenced boundary of the said 71.657 acres, N 70 deg.
375	375	49 min. 59 sec. E 567.13 feet to a 1/2 inch iron pin found; N 70 deg.
376	376	14 min. 48 sec. E 519.63 feet to a nail found in an 18 inch Liveoak;
377	377	N 70 deg. 51min. 58 sec. E 440.53 feet to a 1/2 inch iron pin found
378	378	at a fence corner; (L1) N 17 deg. 55 min. 56 sec. W 166.71 feet to a
379	379	1/2 inch iron pin found; (L2) N 17 deg. 30 min. 30 sec. W 146.58 feet
380	380	to a nail found in a 14 inch Liveoak; (L3) N 18 deg. 12 min. 14 sec. W
381	381	154.94 feet to a 1/2 inch iron pin found; N 17 deg. 39 min. 05 sec. W
382	382	421.57 feet to a 1/2 inch iron pin found; N 17 deg. 38 min. 21 sec.
383	383	W356.03 feet to a 3/4 inch pipe found at a fence corner; finding 1/2
384	384	inch iron pins in remnants of the fence as follows; N 71 deg. 05 min.
385	385	47 sec. E 725.49 feet; N 70 deg. 07 min. 08 sec. E 288.93 feet; N 71
386	386	deg. 17 min. 02 sec. E 446.41 feet; and N 71 deg. 17 min. 02 sec. E
387	387	252.90 feet to the approximate center of the North San Gabriel
388	388	River.
389	389	THENCE downstream with the approximate center of the river, finding
390	390	1/2 inch iron pins in the bed of the river as follows; (L4) S 25 deg.
391	391	36 min. 25 sec. E 16.47 feet; S 70 deg. 24 min. 37 sec. E 565.27
392	392	feet; and N 76 deg. 52 min. 27 sec. E 337.99 feet.
393	393	THENCE with the East line of County Road 214 and with the West line
394	394	of the 20.03 acre tract conveyed to ASC River Oaks Ranch, Ltd.,
395	395	(L55) S 04 deg. 51 min. 34 sec. E 111.48 feet to a 1/2 inch iron pin
396	396	found; finding nails as follows; (L56) S 24 deg. 51 min. 57 sec. E
397	397	54.51 feet (in post); continuing along or near an existing fence as
398	398	follows; (L57) S 49 deg. 34 min. 02 sec. E 85.47 feet (by post); S 51
399	399	deg. 37 min. 44 sec. E 253.37 feet (in a 12 inch Liveoak); S 44 deg.
400	400	21 min. 21 sec. E 486.27 feet (to a capped iron pin set in place of a
401	401	nail found in a cattle guard, called nail by post); finding pipe
402	402	posts as follows; (L58) S 40 deg. 51 min. 46 sec. E 101.23 feet;
403	403	(L59) S 15 deg. 39 min. 39 sec. E 82.86 feet; (L60) S 04 deg. 23 min.
404	404	52 sec. E 88.87 feet; and (L61) S 13 deg. 48 min. W 309.86 feet to
405	405	the POINT OF BEGINNING.
406	406	TRACT 2
407	407	BEING 20.03 acres (872,584 square feet area) of the John McDevitt
408	408	Survey, Abstract No. 415, in Williamson County, Texas. This tract
409	409	is the same 20.03 acre property which was conveyed to ASC River Oaks
410	410	Ranch, Ltd. as described in a deed of record in Doc. 2006063877, of
411	411	the Official Records of Williamson County, Texas. The bearing basis
412	412	for this survey is the State Plane Coordinate System Grid North,
413	413	Texas Central Zone. Line codes used in this description are in
414	414	agreement with the Land Title Survey plat revised this date. This
415	415	tract was surveyed on the ground in February of 2008, by William F.
416	416	Forest, Jr., Registered Professional Land Surveyor No. 1847.
417	417	BEGINNING at an iron pin which was found in the East line of County
418	418	Road 214 at the Southwest corner of the said 20.03 acre property
419	419	conveyed to ASC River Oaks Ranch, Ltd. and at a corner in the East
420	420	boundary of the 832.52 acre property which was conveyed to ASC River
421	421	Oaks Ranch, Ltd. as described in Doc. 2006063875 (ORWCT).
422	422	THENCE with the East line of County Road 214, and a boundary of the
423	423	said 832.52 acre tract, along the general line of an existing fence,
424	424	finding pipe posts as follows; (L61) N 13 deg. 48 min. E 309.86
425	425	feet; (L60) N 04 deg. 23 min. 52 sec. W 88.87 feet; (L59) N 15 deg.
426	426	39 min. 39 sec. W 82.86 feet; (L58) N 40 deg. 51 min. 46 sec. W
427	427	101.23 feet to a capped iron pin set in place of a nail found in a
428	428	cattle guard, called nail by post); and N 44 deg. 21 min. 21 sec. W
429	429	486.27 feet to a nail found in a 12 inch Liveoak.
430	430	THENCE with the East line of County Road 214, N 51 deg. 37 min. 44
431	431	sec. W 253.37 feet to a nail found by a post; (L57) N 49 deg. 34 min.
432	432	02 sec. W 85.47 feet to a nail found by a post; (L56) N 24 deg. 51
433	433	min. 57 sec. W 54.51 feet to a 1/2 inch iron pin found; and (L55) N
434	434	04 deg. 51 min. 34 sec. W 111.48 feet to a 1/2, inch iron pin found
435	435	in a gravel bar, near the center of the channel of the North San
436	436	Gabriel River.
437	437	THENCE downstream with the approximate center of the channel of the
438	438	River, and the common boundary between the said 20.03 acre tract and
439	439	the property conveyed to Bill D. Warren (1010/502) as follows; N 71
440	440	deg. 52 min. 46 sec. E 293.16 feet; (L5) N 87 deg. 04 min. E 119.72
441	441	feet; (L6) S 78 deg. 06 min. 07 sec. E 65.15 feet; (L7) S 64 deg. 07
442	442	min. 30 sec. E 93.18 feet; S 54 deg. 57 min. 49 sec. E 210.41 feet;
443	443	(L8) S 41 deg. 36 min. 49 sec. E 130.55 feet; S 44 deg. 31 min. 58
444	444	sec. E 229.38 feet; S 42 deg. 57 min. 17 sec. E 229.44 feet; (L9) S
445	445	31 deg. 47 min. 19 sec. E 183.70 feet; (LI0) S 35 deg. 42 min. 24
446	446	sec. E 155.03 feet; and S 39 deg. 55 min. 32 sec. E 399.37 feet.
447	447	THENCE with the South line of the said 20.03 ac. tract conveyed to
448	448	ASC River Oaks Ranch, Ltd., and with the lower North line of the
449	449	said 832.52 acre tract, (L63) S 80 deg. 18 min. 03 sec. W 176.43 feet
450	450	to a 1/2 inch iron pin found; S 80 deg. 18 min. 03 sec. W 271.33 feet
451	451	to a 3 inch pipe post; and S 78 deg. 19 min. 30 sec. W 476.51 feet to
452	452	the POINT OF BEGINNING.
453	453	EXCEPTION TRACT
454	454	BEING 1.00 acre (43637 square feet area) in Williamson County,
455	455	Texas, Lot 1 of the Longhorn Subdivision, a plat filed in Cabinet G,
456	456	Slide 96, Plat Records (Retrieval number called Doc. 8522659
457	457	Official Records) of Williamson County, Texas. This tract is the
458	458	same property which is described in a deed to Frank Haskell of
459	459	record in Doc. 9862950, Official Records of Williamson County,
460	460	Texas (ORWCT) and is the same 1 acre Exception tract which is
461	461	described in a deed to ASC River Oaks Ranch, Ltd. of record in Doc.
462	462	2006063875 (ORWCT). The bearing basis for this survey is the State
463	463	Plane Coordinate System Grid North, Texas Central Zone. Lines codes
464	464	used in this description are in agreement with the Land Title Survey
465	465	plat prepared in February of 2008 and revised in August of 2008.
466	466	This tract was surveyed on the ground in February of 2008, by
467	467	William F. Forest, Jr., Registered Professional Land Surveyor No.
468	468	1847.
469	469	BEGINNING at a 1/2 inch iron pin which was found in the North line of
470	470	County Road 214 at the Southwest corner of said Lot 1 of the
471	471	Longhorn Subdivision and at the Southwest corner of the property
472	472	conveyed to Frank Haskell. A 1/2 inch iron pin which was found at a
473	473	corner of the 832.52 property conveyed to ASC River Oaks Ranch, Ltd.
474	474	as described in Doc. 2006063875 which encircles this tract, (said
475	475	corner existing at the intersection of the extension of the East
476	476	line of San Gabriel Ranch Road with the South line of County Road
477	477	214) stands (L52) S 47 deg. 53 min. 13 sec. W 309.03 feet and (L53) S
478	478	04 deg. 17 min. 39 sec. E 80.53 feet.
479	479	THENCE (LSI) N 18 deg. 40 min. 53 sec. W 339.11 feet to a 1/2 inch
480	480	iron pin found.
481	481	THENCE (L48) N 71 deg. 19 min. 07 sec. E 139.43 feet to a 1/2 inch
482	482	iron pin found. THENCE (L49) S 18 deg. 40 min. 53 sec. E 285.73 feet
483	483	to a 1/2 inch iron pin found. THENCE with the North line of County
484	484	Road 214, (L50) S 50 deg. 22 min. 07 sec. W 149.30 feet to the POINT
485	485	OF BEGINNING.
486	486	TRACT 3
487	487	BEING A 77.5254 ACRE TRACT OF LAND OUT OF THE JAMES HACKETT SURVEY
488	488	ABSTRACT NO. 312 AND THE WILLIAM H. McCULLOUGH SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO.
489	489	465 IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS, WHICH INCLUDES A PORTION IN USE AS
490	490	COUNTY ROAD 214 (NO DEDICATING INSTRUMENT FOUND), BEING ALL OF A
491	491	7.2865 ACRE TRACT CONVEYED TO LOOKOUT PARTNERS DEVELOPMENT GROUP LP
492	492	IN DOCUMENT NO. 2004078913, OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS, WILLIAMSON
493	493	COUNTY, TEXAS, AND ALL OF A 70.2436 ACRE TRACT ALSO CONVEYED TO
494	494	LOOKOUT PARTNERS DEVELOPMENT GROUP LP IN DOCUMENT NO. 2004087804,
495	495	OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS, WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS AND BEING MORE
496	496	PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS AS FOLLOWS
497	497	BEGINNING at a 1/2" iron rod found at a fence intersection on the
498	498	South R.O.W. line of County Road No. 214, being the Northerly corner
499	499	of a 3.18 acre tract conveyed to Williamson County in Vol. 629, Pg.
500	500	362, Deed Records, Williamson County, Texas, and the Northwest
501	501	corner of an 865.49 acre tract conveyed to Texas Land Fund No.6, LP,
502	502	in Document No. 2008064005, Official Public Records, Williamson
503	503	County, Texas. Said iron rod also being the Southwest corner of the
504	504	said 70.2436 acre tract, the Southwest corner of this tract, and the
505	505	POINT OF BEGINNING.
506	506	THENCE N 20° 46' 16" W, across County Road 214, 79.51 feet to a 1/2'"
507	507	iron rod found at a fence corner being an angle point in the West
508	508	line of this tract.
509	509	THENCE N 19° 34' 18" W, at 116.44 feet pass the Southeast corner of
510	510	Lot 104, Sundance Ranch North Phase Two, as recorded in Cab. R, Sl.
511	511	7-11, Plat Records, Williamson County, Texas, continuing with the
512	512	East line of Lots 104 and 159 of said Sundance Ranch North Phase
513	513	Two, a total distance of 1213.04 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found on the
514	514	South line of Lot 158 of said subdivision being the Northeast corner
515	515	of said Lot 159, the Northwest corner of the said 70.2436 acre
516	516	tract, and the Northwest corner of this tract.
517	517	THENCE with the South line of Lots 158, 157, and 156 of said
518	518	subdivision, the following two courses and distances:
519	519	1) N 70° 12' 54" E, 584.47 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found.
520	520	2) N 71 ° 04' 10" E, at 697.99 feet pass a 1/2" iron rod found being
521	521	an angle point in the South line of said Lot 156 also being the
522	522	Northeast corner of a 20' strip dedicated for additional
523	523	right-of-way by said Sundance Ranch North Phase Two plat, in all a
524	524	total distance of739.67 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found at a fence
525	525	corner on the North R.O.W. line of County Road No. 214.
526	526	THENCE S 73° 39' 17" E, crossing County Road 214, 71.80 feet to a
527	527	1/2" iron rod found on the fenced South line of County Road 214,
528	528	being the Easternmost corner of the said 7.2865 acre tract.
529	529	THENCE with the fenced South R.O.W. line of County Road No. 214,
530	530	also being the North line of the said 7.2865 acre tract, the
531	531	following six (6) courses and distances.
532	532	1) N 26° 36' 41" E, 344.09 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found for an angle
533	533	point.
534	534	2) N 37° 07' 31" E, 601.88 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found for an angle
535	535	point.
536	536	3) N 48° 23' 19" E, 317.01 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found for an angle
537	537	point.
538	538	4) N 41 ° 44' 47" E, 579.63 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found for an angle
539	539	point.
540	540	5) N 36° 39' 30" E, 282.33 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found for an angle
541	541	point.
542	542	6) N 40° 45' 15" E, 88.37 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found at an angle
543	543	point on the North line of the said Texas Land Fund No.6 LP tract,
544	544	being the Northeast corner of the said 7.2865 acre tract and the
545	545	Northeast corner of this tract.
546	546	THENCE with the North and West line of the said Texas Land Fund No.6
547	547	LP tract, the following nine (9) courses and distances:
548	548	1) S 16° 04' 55" E, 170.29 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found, being the
549	549	Southeast corner of the said 7.2865 acre tract.
550	550	2) S 34° 02' 01" W, 488.61 feet to a 60d nail found at the base of a
551	551	36" live oak, being the Northeast corner of the said 70.2436 acre
552	552	tract.
553	553	3) S 20° 43' 18" E, 12.64 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found.
554	554	4) S 19° 00' 00" E, 1273.16 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found, being the
555	555	Southeast corner of the said 70.2436 acre tract.
556	556	5) S 42° 57' 24" W, 1013.90 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found.
557	557	6) N 76° 14' 43" W, 829.54 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found.
558	558	7) S 29° 26' 44" W, 836.72 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found.
559	559	8) N 38° 11' 05"W, 264.07 feet to a 60d nail found at the base of a
560	560	17' live oak.
561	561	9) S 36° 10' 28" W, 630.29 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING and
562	562	containing 77.5254 acres of land more or less.
563	563	SECTION 3. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
564	564	introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
565	565	Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
566	566	copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
567	567	officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
568	568	under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
569	569	Government Code.
570	570	(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
571	571	submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
572	572	Environmental Quality.
573	573	(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
574	574	its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
575	575	lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
576	576	representatives within the required time.
577	577	(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
578	578	state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
579	579	to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
580	580	and accomplished.
581	581	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
582	582	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
583	583	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
584	584	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
585	585	Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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