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11 By: Patrick S.B. No. 752
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55 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
66 relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility
77 District No. 530; providing authority to impose a tax and issue
88 bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.
99 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1010 SECTION 1. Subtitle F, Title 6, Special District Local Laws
1111 Code, is amended by adding Chapter 8451 to read as follows:
1212 CHAPTER 8451. HARRIS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 530
1313 SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
1414 Sec. 8451.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
1515 (1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.
1616 (2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on
1717 Environmental Quality.
1818 (3) "Director" means a board member.
1919 (4) "District" means the Harris County Municipal
2020 Utility District No. 530.
2121 Sec. 8451.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a
2222 municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI,
2323 Texas Constitution.
2424 Sec. 8451.003. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTORS' ELECTION
2525 REQUIRED. The temporary directors shall hold an election to
2626 confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent
2727 directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
2828 Sec. 8451.004. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED. The
2929 temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 8451.003
3030 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or
3131 extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has
3232 consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the
3333 district and to the inclusion of land in the district.
3434 Sec. 8451.005. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
3535 (a) The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit.
3636 (b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:
3737 (1) a municipal utility district as provided by
3838 general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and
3939 (2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that
4040 relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation,
4141 or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or
4242 improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
4343 Sec. 8451.006. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY. (a) The
4444 district is initially composed of the territory described by
4545 Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.
4646 (b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of
4747 the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the
4848 field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process
4949 does not affect the district's:
5050 (1) organization, existence, or validity;
5151 (2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes
5252 for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and
5353 interest on a bond;
5454 (3) right to impose a tax; or
5555 (4) legality or operation.
5656 SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
5757 Sec. 8451.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district is
5858 governed by a board of five elected directors.
5959 (b) Except as provided by Section 8451.052, directors serve
6060 staggered four-year terms.
6161 Sec. 8451.052. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS. (a) The temporary
6262 board consists of:
6363 (1) Jerry Ashmore;
6464 (2) Bari Pace;
6565 (3) Robert Quarles;
6666 (4) Neal Shudde; and
6767 (5) Jim Thomas.
6868 (b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:
6969 (1) the date permanent directors are elected under
7070 Section 8451.003; or
7171 (2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of
7272 the Act enacting this chapter.
7373 (c) If permanent directors have not been elected under
7474 Section 8451.003 and the terms of the temporary directors have
7575 expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or
7676 reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that
7777 expire on the earlier of:
7878 (1) the date permanent directors are elected under
7979 Section 8451.003; or
8080 (2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the
8181 appointment or reappointment.
8282 (d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a
8383 majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district
8484 may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the
8585 commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five
8686 persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as
8787 successor temporary directors the five persons named in the
8888 petition.
8989 SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES
9090 Sec. 8451.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district has
9191 the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
9292 which the district is created.
9393 Sec. 8451.102. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND
9494 DUTIES. The district has the powers and duties provided by the
9595 general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code,
9696 applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59,
9797 Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
9898 Sec. 8451.103. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS. Under Section
9999 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design,
100100 acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate,
101101 maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for
102102 operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or
103103 improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
104104 Sec. 8451.104. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS. (a) A
105105 road project must meet all applicable construction standards,
106106 zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each
107107 municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial
108108 jurisdiction the road project is located.
109109 (b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits
110110 or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road
111111 project must meet all applicable construction standards,
112112 subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which
113113 the road project is located.
114114 (c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the
115115 Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and
116116 specifications of the road project.
117117 Sec. 8451.105. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCE
118118 OR RESOLUTION. The district shall comply with all applicable
119119 requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under
120120 Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that consents to the
121121 creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the
122122 district.
123123 SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
124124 Sec. 8451.151. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS.
125125 (a) The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other
126126 obligations secured by:
127127 (1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or
128128 (2) contract payments described by Section 8451.153.
129129 (b) The district must hold an election in the manner
130130 provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval
131131 before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds
132132 payable from ad valorem taxes.
133133 (c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem
134134 taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a
135135 vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an
136136 election held for that purpose.
137137 Sec. 8451.152. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. (a) If
138138 authorized at an election held under Section 8451.151, the district
139139 may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in
140140 the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.
141141 (b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not
142142 exceed the rate approved at the election.
143143 Sec. 8451.153. CONTRACT TAXES. (a) In accordance with
144144 Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than
145145 an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from
146146 the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of
147147 the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters
148148 voting at an election held for that purpose.
149149 (b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a
150150 provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by
151151 the board without further voter approval.
152152 SUBCHAPTER E. BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS
153153 Sec. 8451.201. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER
154154 OBLIGATIONS. The district may issue bonds or other obligations
155155 payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees,
156156 revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any
157157 combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district
158158 purpose.
159159 Sec. 8451.202. TAXES FOR BONDS. At the time the district
160160 issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the
161161 board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing
162162 direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all
163163 or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner
164164 provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
165165 Sec. 8451.203. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS. At the time of
166166 issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations
167167 issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad
168168 valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the
169169 real property in the district.
170170 SECTION 2. The Harris County Municipal Utility District
171171 No. 530 initially includes all the territory contained in the
172172 following area:
173173 Being 384.307 acres of land located in the William Hironymus
174174 Survey, Abstract 352, the Thomas Martin Survey, Abstract 552, the
175175 Milton Yates Survey, Abstract 945 and the G. C. & S. F. R.R. Survey,
176176 Abstract 1301, Harris County, Texas, more particularly being all
177177 portion of that certain called 151.830 acre tract conveyed to
178178 District & Urban (Texas), Inc. by an instrument of record under File
179179 Number V839891, of the Official Public Records of Real Property, of
180180 said Harris County, Texas (H.C.O.P.R.R.P.), all of the residue of
181181 that certain called 76.3015 acre tract conveyed to District & Urban
182182 (Texas), Inc. by an instrument of record under File Number U759568,
183183 H.C.O.P.R.R.P., all of that certain called 134.113 acre tract
184184 conveyed to New Light Church World Outreach and Worship Centers,
185185 Inc. by an instrument of record under File Number 20110367407,
186186 H.C.O.P.R.R.P., and a portion of that certain called 48.1306 acre
187187 tract conveyed to New Light Church World Outreach and Worship
188188 Centers, Inc. by an instrument of record under File Number S473526,
189189 H.C.O.P.R.R.P., said 384.307 acre tract being more particularly
190190 described by metes and bounds as follows (all bearings referenced
191191 to the Texas State Plane Coordinate System, South Central Zone,
192192 NAD83, 2001 adjustment);
193193 BEGINNING at a 1/2-inch iron rod found at the northwest
194194 corner of Klein I.S.D. Benignus Elementary School, a subdivision of
195195 record under Film Code 591255, Harris County Map Records,
196196 (H.C.M.R.), same being the northeast corner of said 134.113 acre
197197 tract and being on the southerly right-of-way line of F.M. 2920 (120
198198 feet wide) as recorded in Volume 7182, Pg. 575, Volume 7195, Page
199199 405, and Volume 8040, Page 330, Harris County Deed Records
200200 (H.C.D.R.);
201201 Thence, South 02° 18' 34" East, along the west line of said
202202 Klein I.S.D. Benignus Elementary School, 889.00 feet to a point for
203203 the southwest corner of said School, same being the northwest
204204 corner of Windrose West Sec. 15 Amending Plat No. 1, a subdivision
205205 of record under Film Code 600043, H.C.M.R. and from which a 3/4-inch
206206 iron rod with a cap stamped "COTTON SURVEYING" found bears North 88°
207207 22' 58" West, 2.47 feet;
208208 Thence, South 02° 19' 34" East, along the west line of said
209209 Windrose West Sec. 15, 613.36 feet to an angle point for corner;
210210 Thence, South 02° 15' 50" East, continuing along the west line
211211 of said Windrose West Sec. 15, 421.93 feet to an angle point for
212212 corner;
213213 Thence, South 02° 27' 35" East, continuing along the west line
214214 of said Windrose West Sec. 15, 737.94 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod
215215 with a cap stamped "CARTER & BURGESS" found for the southwest corner
216216 of said Windrose West Sec. 15, same being the northeast corner of
217217 Windrose West Sec. 12, a subdivision of record under Film Code
218218 556244, H.C.M.R.;
219219 Thence, South 02° 24' 52" East, along the west line of said
220220 Windrose West Sec. 12, 574.92 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod with a cap
221221 stamped "CARTER & BURGESS" found for the southwest corner of said
222222 Windrose West Sec. 12;
223223 Thence, North 87° 22' 10" East, along the south line of said
224224 Windrose West Sec. 12, 291.75 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod with a cap
225225 stamped "CARTER & BURGESS" found for the northwest corner of
226226 Windrose West Sec. 14, a subdivision of record under Film Code
227227 576205, H.C.M.R.;
228228 Thence, South 01° 41' 48" East, along the west line of said of
229229 Windrose West Sec. 14, 1,358.62 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod with a
230230 cap stamped "CARTER & BURGESS" found for an interior angle point for
231231 corner on said west line, same being the southeast corner of said
232232 134.113 acre tract, said point being on the common survey line of
233233 the aforementioned Thomas Martin and G.C. & S.F. R.R. Surveys;
234234 Thence, South 87° 53' 49" West, continuing along said west
235235 line and along the south line of said 134.113 acre tract and said
236236 common survey line, passing the most northerly southwest corner of
237237 said Windrose West Sec. 14 at 63.99 feet, same being the northeast
238238 corner of the residue of a called 16.7436 acre tract known as "Tract
239239 2" being conveyed to New Light Church World Outreach and Worship
240240 Centers, Inc. under File Number S473526, H.C.O.P.R.R.P., from which
241241 a 5/8-inch iron rod with cap stamped "CARTER & BURGESS" found bears
242242 South 11° 59' 34" East, 1.08 feet, continuing along said south line,
243243 a total of 1,332.77 feet to a point for corner, said point being on
244244 the north line of the aforementioned 48.1306 acre tract;
245245 Thence, South 34° 56' 11" West, departing the south line of
246246 said 134.113 acre tract, the north line of said 48.1306 acre tract
247247 and said common survey line, over and across said 48.1306 acre
248248 tract, 359.28 feet to a point for corner;
249249 Thence, South 02° 02' 25" East, continuing across said 48.1306
250250 acre tract, 795.30 feet to a point for corner on the south line of
251251 said 48.1306 acre tract;
252252 Thence, South 87° 57' 28" West, along said south line, 857.69
253253 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod with cap stamped "AECOM-INC" found for
254254 corner on the easterly right-of-way line of Stuebner-Airline Road
255255 (called 120 feet wide) as described under File Number 20100437741,
256256 H.C.O.P.R.R.P. and Volume 3042, Page 345, H.C.D.R.;
257257 Thence, North 25° 49' 27" West, along said easterly
258258 right-of-way line, 1,180.95 feet to a point for corner on the north
259259 line of said 48.1306 acre tract and the south line of that certain
260260 called 10.4772 acre tract conveyed to Morris Strack and Helen R.
261261 Strack by an instrument of record under File Number T245825,
262262 H.C.O.P.R.R.P., and the aforementioned common survey line of the
263263 Thomas Martin and G. C. and S.F. R.R. Surveys;
264264 Thence, North 87° 53' 49" East, along the north line of said
265265 48.1306 acre tract, the south line of said 10.4772 acre tract and
266266 along said common survey line, 767.63 feet to a 1/2-inch iron rod
267267 found for the southeast corner of said 10.4722 acre tract and the
268268 southwest corner of the aforementioned 134.113 acre tract;
269269 Thence, North 16° 50' 36" West, departing said common survey
270270 line and along the east line of said 10.4772 acre tract, 763.85 feet
271271 to a 1/2-inch iron rod found for the northeast corner of said
272272 10.4772 acre tract;
273273 Thence, along the northerly line of said 10.4772 acre tract
274274 and a southerly line of said 134.113 acre tract, the following three
275275 (3) courses:
276276 1) South 73° 26' 34" West, 532.31 feet to a 1/2-inch iron rod
277277 found for corner;
278278 2) South 26° 26' 59" East, 233.61 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod
279279 found for corner;
280280 3) South 63° 25' 39" West, 299.22 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod
281281 with cap stamped "AECOM-INC" found for corner on the easterly
282282 right-of-way line of said Stuebner-Airline Road;
283283 Thence, North 25° 49' 27" West, along said easterly
284284 right-of-way line, 751.96 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod with cap
285285 stamped "SURVCON" found for the south corner of that certain called
286286 1.955 acre tract conveyed to Harris County by an instrument of
287287 record under File Number 20100437741, H.C.O.P.R.R.P.;
288288 Thence, along the southeasterly line of said 1.955 acre
289289 tract, the following four (4) courses:
290290 1) North 64° 13' 10" East, 106.29 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod
291291 with cap stamped "SURVCON" found for corner;
292292 2) North 09° 27' 35" East, 62.36 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod
293293 with cap stamped "SURVCON" found for corner;
294294 3) North 22° 59' 23" East, 225.45 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod
295295 with cap stamped "SURVCON" found for corner;
296296 4) North 25° 49' 17" West, 77.74 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod
297297 with cap stamped "SURVCON" found for the northeast corner of said
298298 1.955 acre tract, said point being on the south line of that certain
299299 called 5.000 acre tract conveyed to J.M.C. and Associates, Inc. by
300300 an instrument of record under File Number R457814, H.C.O.P.R.R.P.,
301301 said point being on the north line of said 134.113 acre tract, and
302302 being on the common survey line of the Thomas Martin and Milton
303303 Yates Surveys;
304304 Thence, North 87° 21' 28" East, along said common survey line,
305305 207.75 feet to a point for the southeast corner of said 5.000 acre
306306 tract and a re-entrant corner on the west line of said 134.113 acre
307307 tract, same being the common south corner of said Milton Yates
308308 Survey and the aforementioned Thomas Hironymus Survey;
309309 Thence, North 02° 22' 08" West, along the common survey line
310310 of the Milton Yates and said Thomas Hironymus Surveys and along a
311311 west line of said 134.113 acre tract at 231.67 feet pass a 3/8-inch
312312 iron rod found for the most northerly northwest corner of said
313313 134.113 acre tract, same being the southwest corner of the
314314 aforementioned 151.830 acre tract, continuing along said common
315315 survey line and along the west line of said 151.830 acre tract, in
316316 all a total distance of 1,104.29 feet to a 3/8-inch iron rod found
317317 for the southeast corner of the aforementioned 76.3015 acre tract,
318318 same being the northeast corner of that certain called 4.023 acre
319319 tract conveyed to Sterling Bank by an instrument of record under
320320 File Number 20090503482, H.C.O.P.R.R.P., said 4.023 acre tract
321321 being a portion of that certain called 8.0240 acre tract conveyed to
322322 John Dempsey, Brian Dempsey and Darryl Dempsey by an instrument of
323323 record under File Number X690238, H.C.O.P.R.R.P.;
324324 Thence, along the south line of said 76.3015 acre tract, the
325325 following six (6) courses:
326326 1) South 76° 50' 39" West, along the north line of said
327327 8.0240 acre tract, 440.36 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod with cap
328328 stamped "HOVIS" found for the southeast corner of that certain
329329 called 1.003 acre tract conveyed to Dan A. Hughes by an instrument
330330 of record under File Number T782305, H.C.O.P.R.R.P.;
331331 2) North 13° 09' 21" West, departing the north line of said
332332 8.0240 acre tract and along the east line of said 1.003 acre tract,
333333 235.00 feet to a point for corner;
334334 3) South 76° 50' 39" West, along the north line of said 1.003
335335 acre tract, 186.00 feet to a point for corner;
336336 4) South 13° 09' 21" East, along the west line of said 1.003
337337 acre tract, 235.00 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod with cap stamped
338338 "HOVIS" found for the southwest corner of said 1.003 acre tract,
339339 said point being on the north line of said 8.0240 acre tract;
340340 5) South 76° 44' 34" West, along the north line of said
341341 8.0240 acre tract, 46.98 feet to a 3/8-inch iron rod found for an
342342 angle point on the north line of said 8.0240 acre tract and the
343343 south line of said 76.3015 acre tract;
344344 6) South 62° 27' 26" West, continuing along the north line of
345345 said 8.0240 acre tract, 285.67 feet to a point for corner on the
346346 easterly right-of-way line of Stuebner-Airline Road (called 120
347347 feet wide) as described under File Number 20100319615,
348348 H.C.O.P.R.R.P.;
349349 Thence, North 25° 49' 27" West, along said easterly
350350 right-of-way line, 2,215.66 feet to a point for corner, the
351351 beginning of a curve;
352352 Thence, 392.98 feet continuing along said easterly
353353 right-of-way line (width varies) and the arc of a tangent curve to
354354 the right having a radius of 1,082.00 feet, a central angle of 20°
355355 48' 35", and a chord that bears North 15° 25' 10" West, 390.82 feet
356356 to a point for corner at the end of said curve on the aforementioned
357357 southerly right-of-way line of F.M. 2920, the beginning of a curve;
358358 Thence, 560.99 feet along said southerly right-of-way line of
359359 F.M. 2920 and the arc of a non-tangent curve to the left having a
360360 radius of 3,879.77 feet, a central angle of 08° 17' 05", and a chord
361361 that bears South 88° 23' 15" East, 560.51 feet to a point for corner;
362362 Thence, North 87° 28' 13" East, continuing along said
363363 southerly right-of-way line of F.M. 2920, 3,971.10 feet to the
364364 POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 384.307 acres of land.
365365 SECTION 3. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
366366 introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
367367 Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
368368 copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
369369 officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
370370 under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
371371 Government Code.
372372 (b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
373373 submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
374374 Environmental Quality.
375375 (c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
376376 its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
377377 lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
378378 representatives within the required time.
379379 (d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
380380 state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
381381 to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
382382 and accomplished.
383383 SECTION 4. (a) If this Act does not receive a two-thirds
384384 vote of all the members elected to each house, Subchapter C, Chapter
385385 8451, Special District Local Laws Code, as added by Section 1 of
386386 this Act, is amended by adding Section 8451.106 to read as follows:
387387 Sec. 8451.106. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. The district may
388388 not exercise the power of eminent domain.
389389 (b) This section is not intended to be an expression of a
390390 legislative interpretation of the requirements of Subsection (c),
391391 Section 17, Article I, Texas Constitution.
392392 SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
393393 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
394394 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
395395 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
396396 Act takes effect September 1, 2013.