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1	1	By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 2012
2	2	(In the Senate - Filed March 23, 2015; March 30, 2015, read
3	3	first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
4	4	Relations; April 29, 2015, reported favorably by the following
5	5	vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; April 29, 2015, sent to printer.)
6	6	Click here to see the committee vote
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9	9	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
10	10	AN ACT
11	11	relating to the creation of the Waller County Municipal Utility
12	12	District No. 22; granting a limited power of eminent domain;
13	13	providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose
14	14	assessments, fees, and taxes.
15	15	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
16	16	SECTION 1. Subtitle F, Title 6, Special District Local Laws
17	17	Code, is amended by adding Chapter 7919 to read as follows:
18	18	CHAPTER 7919. WALLER COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 22
19	19	SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
20	20	Sec. 7919.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
21	21	(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.
22	22	(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on
23	23	Environmental Quality.
24	24	(3) "Director" means a board member.
25	25	(4) "District" means the Waller County Municipal
26	26	Utility District No. 22.
27	27	Sec. 7919.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a
28	28	municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI,
29	29	Texas Constitution.
30	30	Sec. 7919.003. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTORS' ELECTION
31	31	REQUIRED. The temporary directors shall hold an election to
32	32	confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent
33	33	directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
34	34	Sec. 7919.004. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED. The
35	35	temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 7919.003
36	36	until each municipality in whose corporate limits or
37	37	extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has
38	38	consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the
39	39	district and to the inclusion of land in the district.
40	40	Sec. 7919.005. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
41	41	(a) The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit.
42	42	(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:
43	43	(1) a municipal utility district as provided by
44	44	general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and
45	45	(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that
46	46	relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation,
47	47	or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or
48	48	improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
49	49	Sec. 7919.006. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY. (a) The
50	50	district is initially composed of the territory described by
51	51	Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.
52	52	(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of
53	53	the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the
54	54	field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process
55	55	does not affect the district's:
56	56	(1) organization, existence, or validity;
57	57	(2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes
58	58	for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and
59	59	interest on a bond;
60	60	(3) right to impose a tax; or
61	61	(4) legality or operation.
62	62	SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
63	63	Sec. 7919.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district is
64	64	governed by a board of five elected directors.
65	65	(b) Except as provided by Section 7919.052, directors serve
66	66	staggered four-year terms.
67	67	Sec. 7919.052. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS. (a) On or after the
68	68	effective date of the Act enacting this chapter, the owner or owners
69	69	of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the
70	70	district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that
71	71	the commission appoint as temporary directors the five persons
72	72	named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as temporary
73	73	directors the five persons named in the petition.
74	74	(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:
75	75	(1) the date permanent directors are elected under
76	76	Section 7919.003; or
77	77	(2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of
78	78	the Act enacting this chapter.
79	79	(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under
80	80	Section 7919.003 and the terms of the temporary directors have
81	81	expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or
82	82	reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that
83	83	expire on the earlier of:
84	84	(1) the date permanent directors are elected under
85	85	Section 7919.003; or
86	86	(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the
87	87	appointment or reappointment.
88	88	(d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a
89	89	majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district
90	90	may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the
91	91	commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five
92	92	persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as
93	93	successor temporary directors the five persons named in the
94	94	petition.
95	95	SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES
96	96	Sec. 7919.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district has
97	97	the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
98	98	which the district is created.
99	99	Sec. 7919.102. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND
100	100	DUTIES. The district has the powers and duties provided by the
101	101	general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code,
102	102	applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59,
103	103	Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
104	104	Sec. 7919.103. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS. Under Section
105	105	52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design,
106	106	acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate,
107	107	maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for
108	108	operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or
109	109	improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
110	110	Sec. 7919.104. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS. (a) A
111	111	road project must meet all applicable construction standards,
112	112	zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each
113	113	municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial
114	114	jurisdiction the road project is located.
115	115	(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits
116	116	or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road
117	117	project must meet all applicable construction standards,
118	118	subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which
119	119	the road project is located.
120	120	(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the
121	121	Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and
122	122	specifications of the road project.
123	123	Sec. 7919.105. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCE
124	124	OR RESOLUTION. The district shall comply with all applicable
125	125	requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under
126	126	Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that consents to the
127	127	creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the
128	128	district.
129	129	SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
130	130	Sec. 7919.151. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS.
131	131	(a) The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other
132	132	obligations secured by:
133	133	(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or
134	134	(2) contract payments described by Section 7919.153.
135	135	(b) The district must hold an election in the manner
136	136	provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval
137	137	before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds
138	138	payable from ad valorem taxes.
139	139	(c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem
140	140	taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a
141	141	vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an
142	142	election held for that purpose.
143	143	Sec. 7919.152. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. (a) If
144	144	authorized at an election held under Section 7919.151, the district
145	145	may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in
146	146	the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.
147	147	(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not
148	148	exceed the rate approved at the election.
149	149	Sec. 7919.153. CONTRACT TAXES. (a) In accordance with
150	150	Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than
151	151	an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from
152	152	the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of
153	153	the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters
154	154	voting at an election held for that purpose.
155	155	(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a
156	156	provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by
157	157	the board without further voter approval.
158	158	SUBCHAPTER E. BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS
159	159	Sec. 7919.201. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER
160	160	OBLIGATIONS. The district may issue bonds or other obligations
161	161	payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees,
162	162	revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any
163	163	combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district
164	164	purpose.
165	165	Sec. 7919.202. TAXES FOR BONDS. At the time the district
166	166	issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the
167	167	board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing
168	168	direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all
169	169	or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner
170	170	provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
171	171	Sec. 7919.203. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS. At the time of
172	172	issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations
173	173	issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad
174	174	valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the
175	175	real property in the district.
176	176	SECTION 2. The Waller County Municipal Utility District No.
177	177	22 initially includes all the territory contained in the following
178	178	area:
179	179	Being a 524.55 acre tract of land in the W. Hillhouse Survey,
180	180	Abstract 136, Waller County, Texas, the F.L. Smith Survey, Abstract
181	181	252, Waller County, Texas, the D. Warren Survey, Abstract 394,
182	182	Waller County, Texas, the W. Rogerson Survey, Abstract 245, Waller
183	183	County, Texas, the R. Watson Survey, Abstract 271, Waller County,
184	184	being out of a called 2023.4232 acre tract of land as recorded under
185	185	Volume 883, Page 590 of the Real Property Records Waller County, and
186	186	Montgomery County Clerk's File No. 2005-063061. Said 524.55 acre
187	187	tract, being more particularly described as follows:
188	188	BEGINNING at a fence corner for the northeasterly corner of a
189	189	called 229.0 acre tract of land as recorded in Volume 72, Page 124
190	190	of the Deed records of Waller County, Texas, also being the
191	191	southerly line of a 300.0 acre tract of land as recorded in Volume
192	192	72, Page 124 of the Deed Records of Waller County, Texas and being a
193	193	northwesterly corner of herein described tract;
194	194	THENCE N 87 deg. 06' 38" E along the southerly line of said
195	195	300.0 acre tract, a distance of 1331.72 feet to a 2" iron pipe for a
196	196	southeasterly corner of said 300.0 acre tract, and being a
197	197	northwesterly corner of herein described tract;
198	198	THENCE N 03 deg. 25' 19" W along the easterly line of said
199	199	300.0 acre tract, a distance of 511.73 feet to a 2" iron pipe found
200	200	on the easterly line of said 300.0 acre tract, also being the
201	201	southwesterly corner of a 20.0 acre tract as recorded in Volume
202	202	1395, Page 146, of the Deed Records of Waller County, Texas and
203	203	being a corner of herein described tract;
204	204	THENCE N 86 deg. 50' 55" E along the southerly line of said
205	205	20.0 acre tract, a distance of 2302.05 feet to a 2" iron pipe for the
206	206	southeasterly corner of said 20.0 acre tract, and being a corner of
207	207	herein described tract;
208	208	THENCE across the said 2023.4232 acre tract of land as
209	209	follows:
210	210	THENCE S 05deg26'33" E, a distance of 897.80' to a point
211	211	for corner
212	212	THENCE S 12deg11'39" E, a distance of 614.73' to a point
213	213	for corner
214	214	THENCE S 37deg13'01" E, a distance of 1044.87' to a
215	215	point for corner
216	216	THENCE S 50deg13'03" W, a distance of 936.60' to a point
217	217	for corner
218	218	THENCE S 01deg42'32" E, a distance of 291.80' to a point
219	219	for corner
220	220	THENCE S 48deg32'01" E, a distance of 1741.71' to a
221	221	point for corner
222	222	THENCE S 48deg32'01" E, a distance of 265.75' to a point
223	223	for corner
224	224	THENCE S 21deg57'56" W, a distance of 516.18' to a point
225	225	for corner
226	226	THENCE S 46deg27'00" W, a distance of 923.73' to a point
227	227	for corner
228	228	THENCE S 12deg09'48" W, a distance of 629.46' to a point
229	229	for corner
230	230	THENCE S 02deg17'52" W, a distance of 899.56' to a point
231	231	for corner
232	232	THENCE S 16deg33'53" W, a distance of 668.46' to a point
233	233	for corner
234	234	THENCE S 41deg36'33" E, a distance of 292.69' to a point
235	235	for corner
236	236	THENCE S 08deg13'31" E, a distance of 417.47' to a point
237	237	for corner
238	238	THENCE S 89deg47'45" W, a distance of 1008.22' to a
239	239	point for corner
240	240	THENCE N 03deg54'50" E, a distance of 607.93' to a point
241	241	for corner
242	242	THENCE with a curve turning to the left with an arc
243	243	length of 2201.68', having a radius of 1400.00', a chord which
244	244	bears N 41deg08'19" W, a chord length of 1981.71';
245	245	THENCE N 86deg11'28" W, a distance of 215.01' to a point
246	246	for corner
247	247	THENCE with a curve turning to the right with an arc
248	248	length of 1228.20', having a radius of 2800.00', a chord which
249	249	bears N 14deg24'14" E, a chord length of 1218.38';
250	250	THENCE N 26deg58'13" E, a distance of 188.08' to a point
251	251	for corner
252	252	THENCE with a curve turning to the right with an arc
253	253	length of 158.92', having a radius of 2000.00', a chord which
254	254	bears N 53deg27'06" W, a chord length of 158.88';
255	255	THENCE N 51deg10'31" W, a distance of 411.07' to a point
256	256	for corner
257	257	THENCE with a curve turning to the left with an arc
258	258	length of 610.49', having a radius of 2000.00', a chord which
259	259	bears N 59deg55'12" W, a chord length of 608.12';
260	260	THENCE N 22deg31'16" E, a distance of 241.81' to a point
261	261	for corner
262	262	THENCE N 11deg24'02" W, a distance of 920.79' to a point
263	263	for corner
264	264	THENCE S 87deg24'30" W, a distance of 976.07' to a point for
265	265	corner in the easterly line of the said 229.0 acre tract, and being
266	266	the southwesterly corner of the herein described tract;
267	267	THENCE N 03deg 02' 22" W along the westerly line of the said
268	268	229.00 acre tract a distance of 2551.74 to the POINT OF BEGINNING,
269	269	and containing 524.55 acres of land, more or less.
270	270	SECTION 3. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
271	271	introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
272	272	Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
273	273	copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
274	274	officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
275	275	under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
276	276	Government Code.
277	277	(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
278	278	submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
279	279	Environmental Quality.
280	280	(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
281	281	its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
282	282	lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
283	283	representatives within the required time.
284	284	(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
285	285	state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
286	286	to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
287	287	and accomplished.
288	288	SECTION 4. (a) If this Act does not receive a two-thirds
289	289	vote of all the members elected to each house, Subchapter C, Chapter
290	290	7919, Special District Local Laws Code, as added by Section 1 of
291	291	this Act, is amended by adding Section 7919.106 to read as follows:
292	292	Sec. 7919.106. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. The district may
293	293	not exercise the power of eminent domain.
294	294	(b) This section is not intended to be an expression of a
295	295	legislative interpretation of the requirements of Section 17(c),
296	296	Article I, Texas Constitution.
297	297	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
298	298	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
299	299	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
300	300	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
301	301	Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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