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2	2		By: Bailes H.B. No. 4317
3		-	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4317:
4		-	By: Perez C.S.H.B. No. 4317
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7	5		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	6		AN ACT
9	7		relating to the creation of River Ranch Improvement District of
10	8		Liberty County; providing authority to issue bonds; providing
11	9		authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes.
12	10		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	11		SECTION 1. Subtitle C, Title 4, Special District Local Laws
14	12		Code, is amended by adding Chapter 3948 to read as follows:
15	13		CHAPTER 3948. RIVER RANCH IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT OF LIBERTY COUNTY
16	14		SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
17	15		Sec. 3948.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
18	16		(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.
19	17		(2) "City" means the City of Dayton.
20	18		(3) "County" means Liberty County.
21	19		(4) "Director" means a board member.
22	20		(5) "District" means the River Ranch Improvement
23	21		District of Liberty County.
24	22		Sec. 3948.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a
25	23		special district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas
26	24		Constitution.
27	25		Sec. 3948.003. PURPOSE; DECLARATION OF INTENT. (a) The
28	26		creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of
29	27		Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI,
30	28		Texas Constitution, and other public purposes stated in this
31	29		chapter. By creating the district and in authorizing the city, the
32	30		county, and other political subdivisions to contract with the
33	31		district, the legislature has established a program to accomplish
34	32		the public purposes set out in Section 52-a, Article III, Texas
35	33		Constitution.
36	34		(b) The creation of the district is necessary to promote,
37	35		develop, encourage, and maintain employment, commerce,
38	36		transportation, housing, tourism, recreation, the arts,
39	37		entertainment, economic development, safety, and the public
40	38		welfare in the district, and to accomplish the redevelopment of
41	39		land in the district.
42	40		(c) This chapter and the creation of the district may not be
43	41		interpreted to relieve the city or the county from providing the
44	42		level of services provided as of the effective date of the Act
45	43		enacting this chapter to the area in the district. The district is
46	44		created to supplement and not to supplant city or county services
47	45		provided in the district.
48	46		Sec. 3948.004. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE. (a)
49	47		The district is created to serve a public use and benefit.
50	48		(b) All land and other property included in the district
51	49		will benefit from the improvements and services to be provided by
52	50		the district under powers conferred by Sections 52 and 52-a,
53	51		Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and
54	52		other powers granted under this chapter.
55	53		(c) The creation of the district is in the public interest
56	54		and is essential to further the public purposes of:
57	55		(1) developing and diversifying the economy of the
58	56		state;
59	57		(2) eliminating unemployment and underemployment; and
60	58		(3) developing or expanding transportation and
61	59		commerce.
62	60		(d) The district will:
63	61		(1) promote the health, safety, and general welfare of
64	62		residents, employers, potential employees, employees, visitors,
65	63		and consumers in the district, and of the public;
66	64		(2) provide needed funding for the district to
67	65		preserve, maintain, and enhance the economic health and vitality of
68	66		the district territory as a community and business center;
69	67		(3) promote the health, safety, welfare, and enjoyment
70	68		of the public by providing pedestrian ways and by landscaping and
71	69		developing certain areas in the district, which are necessary for
72	70		the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of scenic beauty;
73	71		and
74	72		(4) provide for road, transportation, and
75	73		recreational facilities for the district.
76	74		(e) Pedestrian ways along or across a street, whether at
77	75		grade or above or below the surface, and street lighting, street
78	76		landscaping, parking, and street art objects are parts of and
79	77		necessary components of a street and are considered to be a street
80	78		or road improvement.
81	79		(f) The district will not act as the agent or
82	80		instrumentality of any private interest even though the district
83	81		will benefit many private interests as well as the public.
84	82		Sec. 3948.005. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY. (a) The
85	83		district is initially composed of the territory described by
86	84		Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.
87	85		(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of
88	86		the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake in the
89	87		field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process
90	88		does not affect the district's:
91	89		(1) organization, existence, or validity;
92	90		(2) right to issue any type of bonds for the purposes
93	91		for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and
94	92		interest on the bonds;
95	93		(3) right to impose or collect an assessment or tax; or
96	94		(4) legality or operation.
97	95		Sec. 3948.006. ELIGIBILITY FOR INCLUSION IN SPECIAL ZONES.
98	96		All or any part of the area of the district is eligible to be
99	97		included in:
100	98		(1) a tax increment reinvestment zone created under
101	99		Chapter 311, Tax Code;
102	100		(2) a tax abatement reinvestment zone created under
103	101		Chapter 312, Tax Code;
104	102		(3) an enterprise zone created under Chapter 2303,
105	103		Government Code; or
106	104		(4) an industrial district created under Chapter 42,
107	105		Local Government Code.
108	106		Sec. 3948.007. APPLICABILITY OF MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT
109	107		DISTRICTS LAW. Except as otherwise provided by this chapter,
110	108		Chapter 375, Local Government Code, applies to the district.
111	109		Sec. 3948.008. CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER. This chapter shall
112	110		be liberally construed in conformity with the findings and purposes
113	111		stated in this chapter.
114	112		SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
115	113		Sec. 3948.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district is
116		-	governed by a board of ~~five~~ voting directors who serve staggered
117		-	terms of four years, with ~~two~~ or ~~three~~ directors' terms expiring
	114	+	governed by a board of nine voting directors who serve staggered
	115	+	terms of four years, with four or five directors' terms expiring
118	116		June 1 of each odd-numbered year.
119	117		(b) The board by resolution may change the number of voting
120	118		directors on the board if the board determines that the change is in
121	119		the best interest of the district. The board may not consist of
122	120		fewer than 5 or more than 15 directors.
123	121		Sec. 3948.052. APPOINTMENT OF VOTING DIRECTORS. The Texas
124	122		Commission on Environmental Quality shall appoint voting directors
125	123		from persons recommended by the board.
126	124		Sec. 3948.053. NONVOTING DIRECTORS. The board may appoint
127	125		nonvoting directors to serve at the pleasure of the voting
128	126		directors.
129	127		Sec. 3948.054. QUORUM. For purposes of determining the
130	128		requirements for a quorum of the board, the following are not
131	129		counted:
132	130		(1) a board position vacant for any reason, including
133	131		death, resignation, or disqualification;
134	132		(2) a director who is abstaining from participation in
135	133		a vote because of a conflict of interest; or
136	134		(3) a nonvoting director.
137	135		Sec. 3948.055. COMPENSATION. A director is entitled to
138	136		receive fees of office and reimbursement for actual expenses as
139	137		provided by Section 49.060, Water Code. Sections 375.069 and
140	138		375.070, Local Government Code, do not apply to the board.
141	139		Sec. 3948.056. INITIAL VOTING DIRECTORS. (a) The initial
142		-	board consists of the following ~~five~~ directors:
	140	+	board consists of the following directors:
143	141		Pos. No. Name of Director Pos. No. Name of Director
144	142		Pos. No. Name of Director
145		-	1. Wayne Knox 1. Wayne Knox
146		-	1. Wayne Knox
147		-	2. Mary H. Cody 2. Mary H. Cody
148		-	2. Mary H. Cody
149		-	3. Gene Campbell 3. Gene Campbell
150		-	3. Gene Campbell
151		-	4. Bill Gammel 4. Bill Gammel
152		-	4. Bill Gammel
153		-	5. Christopher Brant Elliott 5. Christopher Brant Elliott
154		-	5. Christopher Brant Elliott
	143	+	1. ____________________ 1. ____________________
	144	+	1. ____________________
	145	+	2. ____________________ 2. ____________________
	146	+	2. ____________________
	147	+	3. ____________________ 3. ____________________
	148	+	3. ____________________
	149	+	4. ____________________ 4. ____________________
	150	+	4. ____________________
	151	+	5. ____________________ 5. ____________________
	152	+	5. ____________________
	153	+	6. ____________________ 6. ____________________
	154	+	6. ____________________
	155	+	7. ____________________ 7. ____________________
	156	+	7. ____________________
	157	+	8. ____________________ 8. ____________________
	158	+	8. ____________________
	159	+	9. ____________________ 9. ____________________
	160	+	9. ____________________
155	161		(b) Of the initial directors, the terms of directors
156		-	appointed for positions one through ~~three~~ expire June 1, 2019, and
157		-	the terms of directors appointed for positions ~~four and five expire~~
158		-	June 1, 2021.
	162	+	appointed for positions one through five expire June 1, 2019, and
	163	+	the terms of directors appointed for positions six through nine
	164	+	expire June 1, 2021.
159	165		(c) Section 3948.052 does not apply to this section.
160	166		(d) This section expires September 1, 2021.
161	167		SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES
162	168		Sec. 3948.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district has
163	169		the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
164	170		which the district is created.
165	171		Sec. 3948.102. IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND SERVICES. The
166	172		district may provide, design, construct, acquire, improve,
167	173		relocate, operate, maintain, or finance an improvement project or
168	174		service using any money available to the district, or contract with
169	175		a governmental or private entity to provide, design, construct,
170	176		acquire, improve, relocate, operate, maintain, or finance an
171	177		improvement project or service authorized under this chapter or
172	178		Chapter 375, Local Government Code.
173	179		Sec. 3948.103. DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION POWERS. The
174	180		district, using money available to the district, may exercise the
175	181		powers given to a development corporation under Chapter 505, Local
176	182		Government Code, including the power to own, operate, acquire,
177	183		construct, lease, improve, or maintain a project under that
178	184		chapter.
179	185		Sec. 3948.104. NONPROFIT CORPORATION. (a) The board by
180	186		resolution may authorize the creation of a nonprofit corporation to
181	187		assist and act for the district in implementing a project or
182	188		providing a service authorized by this chapter.
183	189		(b) The nonprofit corporation:
184	190		(1) has each power of and is considered to be a local
185	191		government corporation created under Subchapter D, Chapter 431,
186	192		Transportation Code; and
187	193		(2) may implement any project and provide any service
188	194		authorized by this chapter.
189	195		(c) The board shall appoint the board of directors of the
190	196		nonprofit corporation. The board of directors of the nonprofit
191	197		corporation shall serve in the same manner as the board of directors
192	198		of a local government corporation created under Subchapter D,
193	199		Chapter 431, Transportation Code, except that a board member is not
194	200		required to reside in the district.
195	201		Sec. 3948.105. AGREEMENTS; GRANTS. (a) As provided by
196	202		Chapter 375, Local Government Code, the district may make an
197	203		agreement with or accept a gift, grant, or loan from any person.
198	204		(b) The implementation of a project is a governmental
199	205		function or service for the purposes of Chapter 791, Government
200	206		Code.
201	207		Sec. 3948.106. LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES. To protect the
202	208		public interest, the district may contract with a qualified party,
203	209		including the county or the city, to provide law enforcement
204	210		services in the district for a fee.
205	211		Sec. 3948.107. MEMBERSHIP IN CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS. The
206	212		district may join and pay dues to a charitable or nonprofit
207	213		organization that performs a service or provides an activity
208	214		consistent with the furtherance of a district purpose.
209	215		Sec. 3948.108. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. (a) The district may
210	216		engage in activities that accomplish the economic development
211	217		purposes of the district.
212	218		(b) The district may establish and provide for the
213	219		administration of one or more programs to promote state or local
214	220		economic development and to stimulate business and commercial
215	221		activity in the district, including programs to:
216	222		(1) make loans and grants of public money; and
217	223		(2) provide district personnel and services.
218	224		(c) The district may create economic development programs
219	225		and exercise the economic development powers provided to
220	226		municipalities by:
221	227		(1) Chapter 380, Local Government Code; and
222	228		(2) Subchapter A, Chapter 1509, Government Code.
223	229		Sec. 3948.109. PARKING FACILITIES. (a) The district may
224	230		acquire, lease as lessor or lessee, construct, develop, own,
225	231		operate, and maintain parking facilities or a system of parking
226	232		facilities, including lots, garages, parking terminals, or other
227	233		structures or accommodations for parking motor vehicles off the
228	234		streets and related appurtenances.
229	235		(b) The district's parking facilities serve the public
230	236		purposes of the district and are owned, used, and held for a public
231	237		purpose even if leased or operated by a private entity for a term of
232	238		years.
233	239		(c) The district's parking facilities are parts of and
234	240		necessary components of a street and are considered to be a street
235	241		or road improvement.
236	242		(d) The development and operation of the district's parking
237	243		facilities may be considered an economic development program.
238	244		Sec. 3948.110. ROAD DISTRICT POWERS. The district has the
239	245		powers provided by the general laws relating to road districts and
240	246		road utility districts created under Section 52(b), Article III,
241	247		Texas Constitution, including Chapters 257 and 441, Transportation
242	248		Code.
243	249		Sec. 3948.111. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS. (a) A road
244	250		project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and
245	251		subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in
246	252		whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road
247	253		project is located.
248	254		(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits
249	255		or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road
250	256		project must meet all applicable construction standards,
251	257		subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which
252	258		the road project is located.
253	259		(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the
254	260		Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and
255	261		specifications of the road project.
256	262		Sec. 3948.112. NAVIGATION DISTRICT POWERS. (a) The
257	263		district has the powers provided by the general law of this state
258	264		applicable to navigation districts created under Section 59,
259	265		Article XVI, Texas Constitution, including Chapters 60 and 62,
260	266		Water Code.
261	267		(b) The district may purchase, construct, acquire, own,
262	268		operate, maintain, improve, or extend, inside and outside the
263	269		district, a canal, waterway, bulkhead, dock, or other improvement
264	270		or facility necessary or convenient to accomplish the navigation
265	271		purposes of the district.
266	272		Sec. 3948.113. RAIL FACILITIES. The district may
267	273		construct, acquire, improve, maintain, and operate rail facilities
268	274		and improvements in aid of those facilities.
269	275		Sec. 3948.114. RURAL PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION POWERS. (a)
270	276		The district may provide and coordinate rural public transportation
271	277		in its territory in the manner provided by Sections 458.010 and
272	278		458.011, Transportation Code, for a rural transit district.
273	279		(b) Section 458.012(a), Transportation Code, does not apply
274	280		to the operations of the district under Subsection (a).
275	281		Sec. 3948.115. ANNEXATION OR EXCLUSION OF LAND. (a) The
276	282		district may annex land as provided by Subchapter J, Chapter 49,
277	283		Water Code.
278	284		(b) The district may exclude land as provided by Subchapter
279	285		J, Chapter 49, Water Code. Section 375.044(b), Local Government
280	286		Code, does not apply to the district.
281	287		Sec. 3948.116. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. The district may
282	288		not exercise the power of eminent domain.
283	289		SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS; ASSESSMENTS
284	290		Sec. 3948.151. DISBURSEMENTS AND TRANSFERS OF MONEY. The
285	291		board by resolution shall establish the number of directors'
286	292		signatures and the procedure required for a disbursement or
287	293		transfer of district money.
288	294		Sec. 3948.152. MONEY USED FOR IMPROVEMENTS OR SERVICES.
289	295		The district may acquire, construct, finance, operate, or maintain
290	296		any improvement or service authorized under this chapter or Chapter
291	297		375, Local Government Code, using any money available to the
292	298		district.
293	299		Sec. 3948.153. PETITION REQUIRED FOR FINANCING SERVICES AND
294	300		IMPROVEMENTS WITH ASSESSMENTS. (a) The board may not finance a
295	301		service or improvement project with assessments under this chapter
296	302		unless a written petition requesting that service or improvement
297	303		has been filed with the board.
298	304		(b) A petition filed under Subsection (a) must be signed by
299	305		the owners of a majority of the assessed value of real property in
300	306		the district subject to assessment according to the most recent
301	307		certified tax appraisal roll for the county.
302	308		Sec. 3948.154. ASSESSMENTS; LIENS FOR ASSESSMENTS. (a)
303	309		The board by resolution may impose and collect an assessment for any
304	310		purpose authorized by this chapter in all or any part of the
305	311		district.
306	312		(b) An assessment, a reassessment, or an assessment
307	313		resulting from an addition to or correction of the assessment roll
308	314		by the district, penalties and interest on an assessment or
309	315		reassessment, an expense of collection, and reasonable attorney's
310	316		fees incurred by the district:
311	317		(1) are a first and prior lien against the property
312	318		assessed;
313	319		(2) are superior to any other lien or claim other than
314	320		a lien or claim for county, school district, or municipal ad valorem
315	321		taxes; and
316	322		(3) are the personal liability of and a charge against
317	323		the owners of the property even if the owners are not named in the
318	324		assessment proceedings.
319	325		(c) The lien is effective from the date of the board's
320	326		resolution imposing the assessment until the date the assessment is
321	327		paid. The board may enforce the lien in the same manner that the
322	328		board may enforce an ad valorem tax lien against real property.
323	329		(d) The board may make a correction to or deletion from the
324	330		assessment roll that does not increase the amount of assessment of
325	331		any parcel of land without providing notice and holding a hearing in
326	332		the manner required for additional assessments.
327	333		Sec. 3948.155. RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY NOT EXEMPT. Section
328	334		375.161, Local Government Code, does not apply to a tax authorized
329	335		or approved by the voters of the district or a required payment for
330	336		a service provided by the district, including water and sewer
331	337		services.
332	338		Sec. 3948.156. COMPETITIVE BIDDING. Subchapter I, Chapter
333	339		49, Water Code, applies to the district. Sections 375.221 and
334	340		375.223, Local Government Code, do not apply to the district.
335	341		Sec. 3948.157. TAX AND ASSESSMENT ABATEMENTS. The district
336	342		may designate reinvestment zones and may grant abatements of
337	343		district taxes or assessments on property in the zones.
338	344		SUBCHAPTER E. TAXES AND BONDS
339	345		Sec. 3948.201. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES AND BONDS. (a)
340	346		The district may issue, without an election, bonds, notes, and
341	347		other obligations secured by:
342	348		(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or
343	349		(2) contract payments described by Section 3948.203.
344	350		(b) The district must hold an election in the manner
345	351		provided by Subchapter L, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, to
346	352		obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem
347	353		tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.
348	354		(c) Section 375.243, Local Government Code, does not apply
349	355		to the district.
350	356		(d) All or any part of any facilities or improvements that
351	357		may be acquired by a district by the issuance of its bonds may be
352	358		submitted as a single proposition or as several propositions to be
353	359		voted on at the election.
354	360		Sec. 3948.202. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. (a) If
355	361		authorized by a majority of the district voters voting at an
356	362		election held in accordance with Section 3948.201, the district may
357	363		impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the
358	364		district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code, for any
359	365		district purpose, including to:
360	366		(1) maintain and operate the district;
361	367		(2) construct or acquire improvements; or
362	368		(3) provide a service.
363	369		(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not
364	370		exceed the rate approved at the election.
365	371		(c) Section 49.107(h), Water Code, does not apply to the
366	372		district.
367	373		Sec. 3948.203. CONTRACT TAXES. (a) In accordance with
368	374		Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than
369	375		an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from
370	376		the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of
371	377		the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters
372	378		voting at an election held for that purpose.
373	379		(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a
374	380		provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by
375	381		the board without further voter approval.
376	382		Sec. 3948.204. AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY AND TO ISSUE BONDS
377	383		AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS. (a) The district may borrow money on terms
378	384		determined by the board. Section 375.205, Local Government Code,
379	385		does not apply to a loan, line of credit, or other borrowing from a
380	386		bank or financial institution secured by revenue other than ad
381	387		valorem taxes.
382	388		(b) The district may issue bonds, notes, or other
383	389		obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes,
384	390		assessments, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or
385	391		other district money, or any combination of those sources of money,
386	392		to pay for any authorized district purpose.
387	393		Sec. 3948.205. TAXES FOR BONDS. At the time the district
388	394		issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the
389	395		board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing
390	396		direct annual ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount,
391	397		for each year that all or part of the bonds are outstanding as
392	398		required and in the manner provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602,
393	399		Water Code.
394	400		Sec. 3948.206. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS. At the time of
395	401		issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations
396	402		issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad
397	403		valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the
398	404		real property in the district.
399	405		SUBCHAPTER F. DEFINED AREAS
400	406		Sec. 3948.251. AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH DEFINED AREAS OR
401	407		DESIGNATED PROPERTY. The district may define areas or designate
402	408		certain property of the district to pay for improvements,
403	409		facilities, or services that primarily benefit that area or
404	410		property and do not generally and directly benefit the district as a
405	411		whole.
406	412		Sec. 3948.252. PROCEDURE FOR ELECTION. (a) Before the
407	413		district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds payable from ad
408	414		valorem taxes of the defined area or designated property, the board
409	415		shall hold an election in the defined area or in the designated
410	416		property only.
411	417		(b) The board may submit the issues to the voters on the same
412	418		ballot to be used in another election.
413	419		Sec. 3948.253. DECLARING RESULT AND ISSUING ORDER. (a) If
414	420		a majority of the voters voting at the election approve the
415	421		proposition or propositions, the board shall declare the results
416	422		and, by order, shall establish the defined area and describe it by
417	423		metes and bounds or designate the specific property.
418	424		(b) A court may not review the board's order except on the
419	425		ground of fraud, palpable error, or arbitrary and confiscatory
420	426		abuse of discretion.
421	427		Sec. 3948.254. TAXES FOR SERVICES, IMPROVEMENTS, AND
422	428		FACILITIES IN DEFINED AREAS OR DESIGNATED PROPERTY. On voter
423	429		approval and adoption of the order described by Section 3948.253,
424	430		the district may apply separately, differently, equitably, and
425	431		specifically its taxing power and lien authority to the defined
426	432		area or designated property to provide money to construct,
427	433		administer, maintain, and operate services, improvements, and
428	434		facilities that primarily benefit the defined area or designated
429	435		property.
430	436		Sec. 3948.255. ISSUANCE OF BONDS FOR DEFINED AREA OR
431	437		DESIGNATED PROPERTY. After the order under Section 3948.253 is
432	438		adopted, the district may issue bonds to provide for any land,
433	439		improvements, facilities, plants, equipment, and appliances for
434	440		the defined area or designated property.
435	441		SECTION 2. The River Ranch Improvement District of Liberty
436	442		County initially includes all territory contained in the following
437	443		area:
438		-	TRACT ~~ONE~~
439		-	Being 6980.02 acres of land situated in the William Bloodgood
	444	+	Tract 1:
	445	+	Being 6980.694 acres of land situated in the William Bloodgood
440	446		Survey, Abstract 3, the William D. Smith Survey, Abstract 106, the
441	447		H. E. & W. RR. Number 1131 Survey, Abstract 515, the William E.
442	448		Kierstead Survey, Abstract 693, the George Pace Survey, Abstract
443	449		805, the Louis Davis Survey, Abstract 18, the A. P. Blackwell
444	450		Survey, Abstract 782, the Robert Wiseman Survey, Abstract 392, and
445	451		the T. & N. O. RR. Survey, Abstract 383, in Liberty County, Texas,
446	452		and being the residue of that called 7449.781 acres of land as
447	453		recorded in Liberty County Clerk's File Number 2009008952 and being
448	454		more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows;
449	455		BEGINNING, at a found five eighths inch iron rod, marking the most
450	456		northwesterly corner of said called 7450.588 acre tract, the
451	457		southwesterly corner of a called 17.56 acre tract as recorded in
452	458		Liberty County Clerk's File Number 2006012623 and in the east line
453	459		of State Highway 146 (width varies). Said BEGINNING point having a
454		-	Texas State Plane Coordinate System, Central Zone (~~4203~~) Value of
	460	+	Texas State Plane Coordinate System, Central Zone (4204) Value of
455	461		Y= 9,997,553.25 and X= 4,013,812.92 (GRID);
456	462		1. THENCE, North 58 degrees 04 minutes 55 seconds East, along the
457	463		most northerly line of said called 7450.588 acre tract and the south
458	464		line of said called 17.56 acre tract, for a distance of 2,611.49
459	465		feet (called 2,601.00 feet), to a found one half inch iron rod
460	466		(disturbed) for an angle point;
461	467		2. THENCE, North 87 degrees 23 minutes 42 seconds East, continuing
462	468		along the northerly line of said called 7450.588 acre tract and the
463	469		south line of said called 17.56 acre tract, for a distance of 74.68
464	470		feet (called 74.54 feet) to a found one half inch iron rod
465	471		(disturbed) for an interior corner;
466	472		3. THENCE, North 02 degrees 41 minutes 57 seconds West, along an
467	473		interior corner of said called 7450.588 acre tract, for a distance
468	474		of 139.09 feet (called 138.89 feet), to a found one half inch iron
469	475		rod, marking an exterior corner of said called 7450.58 acre tract;
470	476		4. THENCE, North 87 degrees 27 minutes 21 seconds East, along an
471	477		exterior line of said called 7450.588 acre tract, a distance of
472	478		1038.04 feet to a found two inch iron pipe (disturbed);
473	479		5. THENCE, North 87 degrees 20 minutes 53 seconds East continuing
474	480		along an exterior line of said called 7450.588 acre tract a distance
475	481		of 6578.98 feet to a found two inch iron pipe;
476	482		6. THENCE, South 02 degrees 39 minutes 21 seconds East continuing
477	483		along an exterior line of said called 7450.588 acre tract a distance
478	484		of 139.61 feet to a found two inch iron pipe;
479	485		7. THENCE, North 87 degrees 16 minutes 21 seconds East continuing
480	486		along an exterior line of said called 7450.588 acre tract a distance
481	487		of 7238.81 feet to a found two inch iron pipe in the westerly
482	488		right-of-way line of Liberty County Road Number 455;
483	489		8. THENCE, South 15 degrees 26 minutes 45 seconds East along said
484	490		westerly right-of-way line of Liberty County Road Number 455, a
485	491		distance of 1458.52 feet to a found two inch iron pipe;
486	492		9. THENCE, North 86 degrees 22 minutes 33 seconds East a distance
487	493		of 61.66 feet to a found one half inch iron rod with cap 'BHA'
488	494		marking the north west corner of a called 2.67 acres as recorded in
489	495		Liberty County Clerks (LCCFN) 2012007988;
490	496		10. THENCE, South 15 degrees 08 minutes 32 seconds East along the
491	497		west line of said called 2.67 acres, a distance of 770.50 feet to an
492	498		angle point;
493	499		11. THENCE, South 00 degrees 46 minutes 36 seconds West a distance
494	500		of 349.09 feet to a found one and one half inch iron pipe marking the
495	501		northeast corner of a called 4.113 acres LCCFN 20108323;
496	502		12. THENCE, North 89 degrees 38 minutes 50 seconds West along the
497	503		northerly line of said a called 4.113 acres, a distance of 631.10
498	504		feet to a found one half inch iron rod with cap '5068';
499	505		13. THENCE, South 03 degrees 14 minutes 43 seconds East along the
500	506		westerly line of said a called 4.113 acres, a distance of 238.21
501	507		feet to a found one and one half inch iron pipe;
502	508		14. THENCE, South 77 degrees 57 minutes 13 seconds East along the
503	509		southerly line of said a called 4.113 acres a distance of 100.90
504	510		feet to the northerly line of called Possible Conflict Area in LCCFN
505	511		20078486;
506	512		15. THENCE, South 87 degrees 10 minutes 33 seconds West along the
507	513		northerly line of called Possible Conflict Area, a distance of
508	514		1866.59 feet to a found one and one half inch iron pipe (destroyed);
509	515		16. THENCE, South 03 degrees 22 minutes 15 seconds East along the
510	516		westerly line of called Possible Conflict Area, a distance of
511	517		103.25 feet to a 'Boat Spike in Concrete' marking the fenced
512	518		northerly of Hilton tract as recorded at LCCFN 20078486;
513	519		17. THENCE, South 02 degrees 53 minutes 32 seconds East along the
514	520		said Hilton tract, a distance of 3361.75 feet to a found one and one
515	521		half inch rod being in the north line of 1454.19 acre tract
516	522		described in Volume 1307, Page 88 of the Deed Records of Liberty
517	523		County (DRLC);
518	524		18. THENCE, South 87 degrees 17 minutes 29 seconds West along the
519	525		north line of said 1454.19 acre tract a distance of 463.43 feet to a
520	526		found one and one half inch rod;
521	527		19. THENCE, South 03 degrees 53 minutes 48 seconds East along the
522	528		west line of said 1454.19 acre tract, and the west line of that
523	529		certain called 473.221 acre tract described in Volume 1933, Page
524	530		384 DRLC, a distance of 11,157.52 feet to found two inch iron pipe
525	531		marking the southwest corner of said 473.221 acre tract;
526	532		20. THENCE, North 85 degrees 18 minutes 55 seconds East along the
527	533		south line of said 473.221 acre tract, a distance of 1570.06 feet to
528	534		found two and one half inch iron pipe;
529	535		21. THENCE, North 85 degrees 03 minutes 56 seconds East continuing
530	536		along said south line of said 473.221 acre tract, a distance of
531	537		1730.86 feet to a found five eighths inch iron rod in northwesterly
532	538		right-of-way line of the Coastal Industrial Water Authority Canal;
533	539		THENCE along and with said Coastal Industrial Water Authority Canal
534	540		right-of-way, the following six (6) courses:
535	541		1) THENCE, along a curve to the right 232.37 feet along,
536	542		said curve having a radius of 727.99 feet said curve having a chord
537	543		direction of South 33 degrees 18 minutes 41 seconds West and a chord
538	544		length of 231.39 feet;
539		-	2) THENCE, South 43 degrees 33 minutes 12 seconds West a
540		-	distance of 879.97 feet to ~~a found five eighths inch iron rod~~;
541		-	3) THENCE, South 43 degrees 21 minutes 29 seconds West a
542		-	distance of 717.51 feet to ~~a found five eighths inch iron rod~~;
543		-	4) THENCE, South 42 degrees 46 minutes 40 seconds West a
544		-	distance of 6748.15 feet to a found five eighths inch iron rod;
	545	+	2) THENCE, South 43 degrees 29 minutes 55 seconds West a
	546	+	distance of 879.49 feet to an angle point;
	547	+	3) THENCE, South 43 degrees 21 minutes 34 seconds West a
	548	+	distance of 717.39 feet to an angle point;
	549	+	4) THENCE, South 42 degrees 47 minutes 05 seconds West a
	550	+	distance of 6748.74 feet to a found five eighths inch iron rod;
545	551		5) THENCE, South 68 degrees 32 minutes 55 seconds West a
546	552		distance of 388.20 feet to a found five eighths inch iron rod;
547	553		6) THENCE, South 01 degrees 29 minutes 02 seconds East a
548	554		distance of 117.76 feet to the centerline of Old River;
549	555		THENCE along and with said centerline of Old River, same being said
550	556		Wiseman Survey westerly line and said Welch Survey easterly line,
551	557		the following sixty-five (65) courses:
552	558		1) THENCE, South 58 degrees 09 minutes 08 seconds West a
553	559		distance of 15.75 feet to an angle point;
554	560		2) THENCE, North 64 degrees 44 minutes 18 seconds West a
555	561		distance of 91.26 feet to an angle point;
556	562		3) THENCE, North 32 degrees 00 minutes 26 seconds West a
557	563		distance of 136.24 feet to an angle point;
558	564		4) THENCE, South 66 degrees 19 minutes 52 seconds West a
559	565		distance of 64.65 feet to an angle point;
560	566		5) THENCE, North 43 degrees 26 minutes 23 seconds West a
561	567		distance of 46.30 feet to an angle point;
562	568		6) THENCE, North 29 degrees 49 minutes 53 seconds West a
563	569		distance of 59.08 feet to an angle point;
564	570		7) THENCE, North 06 degrees 18 minutes 15 seconds East a
565	571		distance of 37.01 feet to an angle point;
566	572		8) THENCE, North 23 degrees 39 minutes 11 seconds East a
567	573		distance of 52.62 feet to an angle point;
568	574		9) THENCE, North 31 degrees 33 minutes 27 seconds East a
569	575		distance of 77.59 feet to an angle point;
570	576		10) THENCE, North 13 degrees 09 minutes 50 seconds East a
571	577		distance of 87.73 feet to an angle point;
572	578		11) THENCE, North 20 degrees 07 minutes 22 seconds West a
573	579		distance of 11.17 feet to an angle point;
574	580		12) THENCE, North 59 degrees 01 minutes 35 seconds West a
575	581		distance of 62.45 feet to an angle point;
576	582		13) THENCE, North 46 degrees 03 minutes 11 seconds West a
577	583		distance of 30.31 feet to an angle point;
578	584		14) THENCE, North 14 degrees 26 minutes 18 seconds East a
579	585		distance of 104.09 feet to an angle point;
580	586		15) THENCE, North 27 degrees 55 minutes 38 seconds West a
581	587		distance of 38.19 feet to an angle point;
582	588		16) THENCE, North 36 degrees 17 minutes 37 seconds West a
583	589		distance of 60.70 feet to an angle point;
584	590		17) THENCE, North 35 degrees 26 minutes 18 seconds East a
585	591		distance of 23.80 feet to an angle point;
586	592		18) THENCE, North 69 degrees 01 minutes 02 seconds East a
587	593		distance of 165.04 feet to an angle point;
588	594		19) THENCE, North 43 degrees 19 minutes 31 seconds East a
589	595		distance of 21.99 feet to an angle point;
590	596		20) THENCE, North 16 degrees 10 minutes 24 seconds East a
591	597		distance of 46.70 feet to an angle point;
592	598		21) THENCE, North 17 degrees 01 minutes 36 seconds West a
593	599		distance of 86.60 feet to an angle point;
594	600		22) THENCE, North 08 degrees 32 minutes 02 seconds West a
595	601		distance of 87.59 feet to an angle point;
596	602		23) THENCE, North 10 degrees 49 minutes 06 seconds East a
597	603		distance of 19.61 feet to an angle point;
598	604		24) THENCE, North 69 degrees 03 minutes 33 seconds East a
599	605		distance of 16.49 feet to an angle point;
600	606		25) THENCE, South 63 degrees 21 minutes 41 seconds East a
601	607		distance of 123.98 feet to an angle point;
602	608		26) THENCE, North 84 degrees 00 minutes 08 seconds East a
603	609		distance of 46.55 feet to an angle point;
604	610		27) THENCE, North 25 degrees 09 minutes 01 seconds East a
605	611		distance of 20.14 feet to an angle point;
606	612		28) THENCE, North 15 degrees 23 minutes 39 seconds East a
607	613		distance of 22.11 feet to an angle point;
608	614		29) THENCE, North 66 degrees 13 minutes 45 seconds East a
609	615		distance of 41.01 feet to an angle point;
610	616		30) THENCE, North 84 degrees 10 minutes 10 seconds East a
611	617		distance of 43.69 feet to an angle point;
612	618		31) THENCE, South 68 degrees 10 minutes 57 seconds East a
613	619		distance of 121.53 feet to an angle point;
614	620		32) THENCE, North 84 degrees 58 minutes 51 seconds East a
615	621		distance of 22.29 feet to an angle point;
616	622		33) THENCE, North 63 degrees 25 minutes 30 seconds East a
617	623		distance of 23.15 feet to an angle point;
618	624		34) THENCE, North 07 degrees 58 minutes 23 seconds East a
619	625		distance of 38.31 feet to an angle point;
620	626		35) THENCE, North 02 degrees 03 minutes 41 seconds East a
621	627		distance of 53.18 feet to an angle point;
622	628		36) THENCE, North 32 degrees 30 minutes 05 seconds East a
623	629		distance of 130.71 feet to an angle point;
624	630		37) THENCE, North 47 degrees 36 minutes 35 seconds East a
625	631		distance of 110.53 feet to an angle point;
626	632		38) THENCE, North 04 degrees 43 minutes 59 seconds West a
627	633		distance of 30.78 feet to an angle point;
628	634		39) THENCE, North 33 degrees 31 minutes 55 seconds West a
629	635		distance of 26.08 feet to an angle point;
630	636		40) THENCE, North 39 degrees 08 minutes 01 seconds West a
631	637		distance of 66.79 feet to an angle point;
632	638		41) THENCE, North 22 degrees 19 minutes 44 seconds East a
633	639		distance of 38.56 feet to an angle point;
634	640		42) THENCE, North 54 degrees 43 minutes 58 seconds East a
635	641		distance of 38.32 feet to an angle point;
636	642		43) THENCE, South 65 degrees 09 minutes 17 seconds East a
637	643		distance of 103.31 feet to an angle point;
638	644		44) THENCE, North 28 degrees 04 minutes 20 seconds East a
639	645		distance of 37.48 feet to an angle point;
640	646		45) THENCE, North 08 degrees 48 minutes 54 seconds East a
641	647		distance of 114.60 feet to an angle point;
642	648		46) THENCE, North 21 degrees 43 minutes 04 seconds East a
643	649		distance of 107.20 feet to an angle point;
644	650		47) THENCE, North 55 degrees 52 minutes 47 seconds West a
645	651		distance of 19.09 feet to an angle point;
646	652		48) THENCE, North 80 degrees 47 minutes 51 seconds West a
647	653		distance of 84.42 feet to an angle point;
648	654		49) THENCE, South 70 degrees 45 minutes 49 seconds West a
649	655		distance of 98.65 feet to an angle point;
650	656		50) THENCE, North 08 degrees 27 minutes 34 seconds West a
651	657		distance of 74.91 feet to an angle point;
652	658		51) THENCE, North 42 degrees 34 minutes 37 seconds West a
653	659		distance of 55.08 feet to an angle point;
654	660		52) THENCE, North 03 degrees 20 minutes 32 seconds West a
655	661		distance of 134.32 feet to an angle point;
656	662		53) THENCE, North 10 degrees 41 minutes 17 seconds West a
657	663		distance of 227.57 feet to an angle point;
658	664		54) THENCE, North 60 degrees 20 minutes 56 seconds East a
659	665		distance of 77.08 feet to an angle point;
660	666		55) THENCE, North 44 degrees 11 minutes 48 seconds East a
661	667		distance of 40.40 feet to an angle point;
662	668		56) THENCE, North 26 degrees 03 minutes 04 seconds West a
663	669		distance of 73.67 feet to an angle point;
664	670		57) THENCE, North 24 degrees 08 minutes 47 seconds East a
665	671		distance of 73.80 feet to an angle point;
666	672		58) THENCE, North 36 degrees 57 minutes 07 seconds East a
667	673		distance of 178.12 feet to an angle point;
668	674		59) THENCE, North 16 degrees 05 minutes 57 seconds West a
669	675		distance of 84.97 feet to an angle point;
670	676		60) THENCE, North 01 degrees 11 minutes 32 seconds East a
671	677		distance of 125.69 feet to an angle point;
672	678		61) THENCE, North 83 degrees 06 minutes 00 seconds East a
673	679		distance of 28.45 feet to an angle point;
674	680		62) THENCE, North 04 degrees 15 minutes 12 seconds West a
675	681		distance of 338.20 feet to an angle point;
676	682		63) THENCE, North 16 degrees 11 minutes 51 seconds West a
677	683		distance of 34.92 feet to an angle point;
678	684		64) THENCE, North 73 degrees 51 minutes 47 seconds West a
679	685		distance of 50.61 feet to an angle point;
680	686		65) THENCE, South 87 degrees 32 minutes 41 seconds West a
681	687		distance of 68.54 feet to the most southerly corner of that certain
682	688		called 22.50 acre tract described in Volume 1619, page 569 of the
683	689		DRLC;
684	690		22. THENCE, North 57 degrees 02 minutes 30 seconds East along and
685	691		with the southeast line of said 22.50 acre tract, same being the
686	692		northwest line of said 77.50 acre tract, a distance of 2451.67 feet
687	693		to east corner of said 22.50 acre tract;
688	694		23. THENCE, North 32 degrees 57 minutes 30 seconds West along and
689	695		with said 22.50 acre tract, a distance of 419.64 feet to a found
690	696		five eighths inch iron rod marking the north corner of said 22.50
691	697		tract;
692		-	24. THENCE, South 57 degrees 03 minutes 57 seconds West a distance
693		-	of 5846.98 feet to a found five eighths inch iron rod with cap 'BHA
694		-	INC' the southeast corner of a called 68.1917 acre tract recorded at
695		-	LCCFN 2012016189;
696		-	25. THENCE, North 07 degrees 59 minutes 42 seconds West along the
697		-	east line of said called 68.1917 acre tract, a distance of 2943.33
	698	+	24. THENCE, South 57 degrees 02 minutes 30 seconds West a distance
	699	+	of 5846.47 feet to the southeast corner of a called 68.1917 acre
	700	+	tract recorded at LCCFN 2012016189;
	701	+	25. THENCE, North 07 degrees 59 minutes 54 seconds West along the
	702	+	east line of said called 68.1917 acre tract, a distance of 2939.15
698	703		feet to the most northerly corner of said called 68.1917 acre tract;
699		-	26. THENCE, South 19 degrees 28 minutes 28 seconds West along the
700		-	westerly line of said called 68.1917 acre tract, ~~4375.56 feet to a~~
701		-	~~found five eighths inch iron rod with cap 'BHA INC' the~~ original
702		-	~~southerly line of said called 7449.781~~ acre tract;
703		-	27. THENCE, South 57 degrees 03 minutes 46 seconds West along said
	704	+	26. THENCE, South 19 degrees 28 minutes 46 seconds West along the
	705	+	westerly line of said called 68.1917 acre tract, a distance of
	706	+	4375.10 feet to original southerly line of said called 7449.781
	707	+	acre tract;
	708	+	27. THENCE, South 57 degrees 02 minutes 30 seconds West along said
704	709		original southerly line of said called 7449.781 acre tract a
705		-	distance of 751.74 feet to a found five eighths inch iron rod with
706		-	cap 'BHA INC' the southeast corner of a called 326.1099 acre tract
707		-	recorded at LCCFN 2012016189;
708		-	28. THENCE, North 19 degrees 32 minutes 27 seconds East along the
	710	+	distance of 761.40 feet to the southeast corner of a called 326.1099
	711	+	acre tract recorded at LCCFN 2012016189;
	712	+	28. THENCE, North 19 degrees 32 minutes 39 seconds East along the
709	713		easterly line of said called 326.1099 acre tract, a distance of
710		-	~~5769~~.72 feet to ~~a found five eighths inch iron rod with cap 'BHA INC'~~
711		-	~~the most northeasterly corner of said called~~ 326.1099 acre tract;
712		-	29. THENCE, South 56 degrees 18 minutes 04 seconds West along the
	714	+	5781.38 feet to the most northeasterly corner of said called
	715	+	326.1099 acre tract;
	716	+	29. THENCE, South 56 degrees 18 minutes 06 seconds West along the
713	717		northerly line of said called 326.1099 acre tract, a distance of
714		-	620.59 feet to ~~a found five eighths inch iron rod with cap 'BHA INC'~~;
715		-	30. THENCE, South 57 degrees 47 minutes 30 seconds West continuing
	718	+	620.57 feet to an angle point;
	719	+	30. THENCE, South 57 degrees 47 minutes 53 seconds West continuing
716	720		along the northerly line of said called 326.1099 acre tract, a
717		-	distance of 877.17 feet to a found five eighths inch iron rod with
718		-	cap 'BHA INC';
719		-	31. THENCE, South 58 degrees 39 minutes 47 seconds West continuing
	721	+	distance of 877.05 feet to an angle point;
	722	+	31. THENCE, South 58 degrees 40 minutes 55 seconds West continuing
720	723		along the northerly line of said called 326.1099 acre tract, a
721		-	distance of 161.98 feet to a found five eighths inch iron rod with
722		-	cap 'BHA INC';
723		-	32. THENCE, South 68 degrees 31 minutes 35 seconds West continuing
	724	+	distance of 161.92 feet to an angle point;
	725	+	32. THENCE, South 68 degrees 29 minutes 27 seconds West continuing
724	726		along the northerly line of said called 326.1099 acre tract, a
725		-	distance of 151.08 feet to a found five eighths inch iron rod with
726		-	cap 'BHA INC';
727		-	33. THENCE, South 59 degrees 23 minutes 14 seconds West continuing
	727	+	distance of 151.09 feet to an angle point;
	728	+	33. THENCE, South 59 degrees 21 minutes 25 seconds West continuing
728	729		along the northerly line of said called 326.1099 acre tract, a
729		-	distance of 156.34 feet to a found five eighths inch iron rod with
730		-	cap 'BHA INC';
731		-	34. THENCE, South 56 degrees 31 minutes 46 seconds West continuing
	730	+	distance of 156.26 feet to an angle point;
	731	+	34. THENCE, South 56 degrees 32 minutes 08 seconds West continuing
732	732		along the northerly line of said called 326.1099 acre tract, a
733		-	distance of 661.76 feet to a found five eighths inch iron rod with
734		-	cap 'BHA INC';
735		-	35. THENCE, South 57 degrees 20 minutes 26 seconds West continuing
	733	+	distance of 661.70 feet to an angle point;
	734	+	35. THENCE, South 57 degrees 20 minutes 35 seconds West continuing
736	735		along the northerly line of said called 326.1099 acre tract, a
737		-	distance of 811.33 feet to a found five eighths inch iron rod with
738		-	cap 'BHA INC';
739		-	36. THENCE, South 57 degrees 06 minutes 17 seconds West continuing
	736	+	distance of 811.26 feet to an angle point;
	737	+	36. THENCE, South 57 degrees 06 minutes 11 seconds West continuing
740	738		along the northerly line of said called 326.1099 acre tract, a
741		-	distance of 1865.29 feet to a found five eighths inch iron rod with
742		-	cap 'BHA INC' the most westerly northwest corner of said called
	739	+	distance of 1865.19 feet to the most westerly northwest corner of
	740	+	said called 326.1099 acre tract to an angle point;
	741	+	37. THENCE, South 56 degrees 57 minutes 10 seconds West a distance
	742	+	of 1138.04 feet most westerly northwest corner of said called
743	743		326.1099 acre tract;
744		-	37. THENCE, South 56 degrees 57 minutes 24 seconds West a distance
745		-	of 1137.99 feet a found one half inch iron rod for the most westerly
746		-	northwest corner of said called 326.1099 acre tract;
747		-	38. THENCE, South 33 degrees 26 minutes 26 seconds East a distance
748		-	of 448.39 feet to a found five eighths inch iron rod with cap 'BHA
749		-	INC';
750		-	39. THENCE, South 56 degrees 53 minutes 12 seconds West a distance
751		-	of 1150.30 feet to a found five eighths inch iron rod with cap 'BHA
752		-	INC' in east right-of-way line of State Highway Number 146;
	744	+	38. THENCE, South 33 degrees 26 minutes 01 seconds East a distance
	745	+	of 448.40 feet to an angle point;
	746	+	39. THENCE, South 56 degrees 52 minutes 59 seconds West a distance
	747	+	of 1149.47 feet to east right-of-way line of State Highway Number
	748	+	146;
753	749		THENCE, along and with said east right-of-way line of State Highway
754	750		Number 146, the following nine (9) courses:
755		-	1) THENCE, North 11 degrees 11 minutes 04 seconds West a
756		-	distance of ~~10062~~.63 feet to ~~a TXDoT type ll monument for~~ the point
757		-	~~of curvature of a curve to~~ the right;
758		-	2) THENCE, an arc distance of ~~1298~~.55 feet along a curve to
759		-	the right, said curve having a radius of 22803.27 feet and a chord
760		-	direction and distance of North 09 degrees 32 minutes 08 seconds
761		-	West ~~1298~~.37 feet ~~to a TXDoT type ll monument (disturbed)~~;
762		-	3) THENCE, North 07 degrees 55 minutes 26 seconds West a
763		-	distance of ~~2291~~.62 feet to ~~a TXDoT type ll monument for~~ the point
764		-	~~of curvature of a curve to the~~ left;
	751	+	1) THENCE, North 11 degrees 10 minutes 42 seconds West, a
	752	+	distance of 10,070.99 feet to the point of curvature of a curve to
	753	+	the right;
	754	+	2) THENCE, an arc distance of 1299.69 feet along a curve to
	755	+	the right, said curve having a radius of 22803.32 feet and a chord
	756	+	direction and distance of North 09 degrees 32 minutes 43 seconds
	757	+	West 1299.51 feet;
	758	+	3) THENCE, North 07 degrees 54 minutes 46 seconds West a
	759	+	distance of 2290.52 feet to the point of curvature of a curve to the
	760	+	left;
765	761		4) THENCE, an arc distance of along a curve to the left
766		-	~~537~~.71 feet along a curve to the left, said curve having a radius of
767		-	10845.00 feet said and a chord direction and distance of North 09
768		-	degrees 30 minutes 54 seconds West ~~537~~.66 feet;
	762	+	572.98 feet along a curve to the left, said curve having a radius of
	763	+	10845.02 feet said and a chord direction and distance of North 09
	764	+	degrees 25 minutes 34 seconds West 572.91 feet;
769	765		5) THENCE, North 08 degrees 17 minutes 04 seconds West a
770		-	distance of 284.82 feet to a TXDoT type ll monument for the point of
771		-	curvature of a curve to the left;
772		-	6) THENCE, an arc distance of along a curve to the left
773		-	119.30 feet along a curve to the left, said curve having a radius of
774		-	4399.00 feet said and a chord direction and distance of North 09
775		-	degrees 56 minutes 28 seconds West and a chord length of 119.29 feet
776		-	to a TXDoT type ll monument;
777		-	7) THENCE, North 10 degrees 04 minutes 16 seconds West a
778		-	distance of 376.86 feet to an angle point to a TXDoT type ll
779		-	monument;
780		-	8) THENCE, South 82 degrees 05 minutes 03 seconds West a
781		-	distance of 18.68 feet to an angle point;
782		-	9) THENCE, North 07 degrees 54 minutes 46 seconds West, a
783		-	distance of 5746.34 feet to a set five eighths inch iron rod with
	766	+	distance of 284.82 feet to an angle point;
	767	+	6) THENCE, North 10 degrees 03 minutes 11 seconds West a
	768	+	distance of 460.87 feet to an angle point;
	769	+	7) THENCE, South 81 degrees 41 minutes 08 seconds West a
	770	+	distance of 19.97 feet to an angle point;
	771	+	8) THENCE, North 07 degrees 54 minutes 45 seconds West, a
	772	+	distance of 5,737.42 feet to a set five eighths inch iron rod with
784	773		cap stamped "CCI", being the beginning of a curve to the right;
785		-	10) THENCE, an arc distance of 361.93 feet along said curve
	774	+	9) THENCE, an arc distance of 361.93 feet along said curve
786	775		to the right, said curve having a radius of 7630.00 feet and a chord
787	776		direction and distance of North 06 degrees 33 minutes 13 seconds
788	777		West 361.90 feet, to the POINT OF BEGINNING;
789		-	Bearings shown hereon are based on the Texas State Plane Coordinate
790		-	System, South Central Zone 4204, NAD 83.
	778	+	Tract 2:
	779	+	Being 482.649 acres of land out of a called 1454.19 acres, more or
	780	+	less, in and out of that certain "called" 1517 acres, in the John A.
	781	+	Williams League, Abstract Number 119, Liberty County, Texas, being
	782	+	more particularly, described as follows:
	783	+	BEGINNING at a found one inch pinch toped pipe located in the south
	784	+	line of said called 1454.19 acre tract and the north line of West
	785	+	Lake Subdivision as recorded in volume 6, page 59 of Liberty County
	786	+	Map Records (LCDR) also being in the easterly right of way of FM
	787	+	1409 (Parcel A, volume 666. page.005 Liberty County Deed Record)
	788	+	1. THENCE, North 00 degrees 14 minutes 16 seconds East a distance
	789	+	of 39.39 feet along easterly right of way of FM 1409 to a set five
	790	+	eights inch iron with yellow plastic cap stamped 'CCI';
	791	+	2. THENCE, North 40 degrees 17 minutes 58 seconds East a distance
	792	+	of 75.55 feet continuing along easterly right of way of FM 1409 to a
	793	+	found three quarters inch iron rod;
	794	+	3. THENCE, North 39 degrees 56 minutes 18 seconds East a distance
	795	+	of 122.65 feet to a to a found five eighths inch iron rod;
	796	+	4. THENCE, North 65 degrees 30 minutes 01 seconds East a distance
	797	+	of 156.58 feet to a to a found five eighths inch iron rod;
	798	+	5. THENCE, along a curve to the right an arc distance of 400.94
	799	+	feet, said curve having a radius of 724.00 feet and a chord bearing
	800	+	and distance of North 81 degrees 24 minutes 58 seconds East, 395.83
	801	+	feet to a found five eighths inch iron rod for a point of reverse
	802	+	curve;
	803	+	6. THENCE, along a curve to the left an arc distance of 1190.99
	804	+	feet said curve having a radius of 1076.00 feet and a chord bearing
	805	+	and distance of North 65 degrees 34 minutes 17 seconds East, 1131.11
	806	+	feet to a found five eighths inch iron rod for a point of reverse
	807	+	curve;
	808	+	7. THENCE, along a curve to the right an arc distance of 398.88
	809	+	feet along said curve having a radius of 724.00 feet and a chord
	810	+	bearing and distance of North 50 degrees 04 minutes 49 seconds East,
	811	+	393.86 feet to a found five eighths inch iron rod;
	812	+	8. THENCE, North 65 degrees 47 minutes 48 seconds East a distance
	813	+	of 1993.97 feet to a found three quater inch iron rod;
	814	+	9. THENCE, North 65 degrees 33 minutes 44 seconds East a distance
	815	+	of 3609.67 feet to a a found one half inch iron rod;
	816	+	10. THENCE, South 83 degrees 28 minutes 16 seconds East a distance
	817	+	of 256.60 feet to a set five eights inch iron with yellow plastic
	818	+	cap stamped 'CCI';
	819	+	11. THENCE, North 30 degrees 28 minutes 01 seconds East a distance
	820	+	of 302.84 feet to a set five eights inch iron with yellow plastic
	821	+	cap stamped 'CCI';
	822	+	12. THENCE, North 65 degrees 34 minutes 06 seconds East a distance
	823	+	of 1496.19 feet to a set five eights inch iron with yellow plastic
	824	+	cap stamped 'CCI';
	825	+	13. THENCE, North 85 degrees 54 minutes 44 seconds East a distance
	826	+	of 1848.04 feet to the Trinity river (as established from FEMA LIDAR
	827	+	2008);
	828	+	Thence with the next 31 calls along the said Trinity River:
	829	+	1) THENCE, South 49 degrees 13 minutes 20 seconds East a
	830	+	distance of 81.95 feet to an angle point;
	831	+	2) THENCE, South 30 degrees 29 minutes 20 seconds East a
	832	+	distance of 118.05 feet to an angle point;
	833	+	3) THENCE, South 25 degrees 40 minutes 37 seconds East a
	834	+	distance of 54.85 feet to an angle point;
	835	+	4) THENCE, South 34 degrees 34 minutes 38 seconds East a
	836	+	distance of 408.75 feet to an angle point;
	837	+	5) THENCE, South 24 degrees 58 minutes 08 seconds East a
	838	+	distance of 137.38 feet to an angle point;
	839	+	6) THENCE, South 47 degrees 58 minutes 53 seconds East a
	840	+	distance of 129.25 feet to an angle point;
	841	+	7) THENCE, South 29 degrees 24 minutes 08 seconds East a
	842	+	distance of 532.54 feet to an angle point;
	843	+	8) THENCE, South 24 degrees 11 minutes 36 seconds East a
	844	+	distance of 215.75 feet to an angle point;
	845	+	9) THENCE, South 12 degrees 27 minutes 16 seconds East a
	846	+	distance of 317.40 feet to an angle point;
	847	+	10) THENCE, South 01 degrees 28 minutes 30 seconds East a
	848	+	distance of 221.59 feet to an angle point;
	849	+	11) THENCE, South 06 degrees 50 minutes 57 seconds West a
	850	+	distance of 342.80 feet to an angle point;
	851	+	12) THENCE, South 23 degrees 42 minutes 49 seconds West a
	852	+	distance of 222.21 feet to an angle point;
	853	+	13) THENCE, South 49 degrees 05 minutes 08 seconds West a
	854	+	distance of 264.20 feet to an angle point;
	855	+	14) THENCE, South 81 degrees 00 minutes 10 seconds West a
	856	+	distance of 231.01 feet to an angle point;
	857	+	15) THENCE, North 75 degrees 34 minutes 45 seconds West a
	858	+	distance of 206.14 feet to an angle point;
	859	+	16) THENCE, North 34 degrees 06 minutes 23 seconds West a
	860	+	distance of 362.83 feet to an angle point;
	861	+	17) THENCE, North 22 degrees 44 minutes 47 seconds West a
	862	+	distance of 727.81 feet to an angle point;
	863	+	18) THENCE, North 04 degrees 42 minutes 21 seconds West a
	864	+	distance of 156.44 feet to an angle point;
	865	+	19) THENCE, North 18 degrees 42 minutes 42 seconds West a
	866	+	distance of 155.58 feet to an angle point;
	867	+	20) THENCE, North 50 degrees 23 minutes 34 seconds West a
	868	+	distance of 105.51 feet to an angle point;
	869	+	21) THENCE, North 85 degrees 14 minutes 11 seconds West a
	870	+	distance of 160.27 feet to an angle point;
	871	+	22) THENCE, North 64 degrees 39 minutes 14 seconds West a
	872	+	distance of 119.93 feet to an angle point;
	873	+	23) THENCE, North 84 degrees 55 minutes 13 seconds West a
	874	+	distance of 171.80 feet to an angle point;
	875	+	24) THENCE, South 70 degrees 55 minutes 51 seconds West a
	876	+	distance of 162.96 feet to an angle point;
	877	+	25) THENCE, South 44 degrees 12 minutes 15 seconds West a
	878	+	distance of 193.63 feet to an angle point;
	879	+	26) THENCE, South 26 degrees 05 minutes 20 seconds West a
	880	+	distance of 306.98 feet to an angle point;
	881	+	27) THENCE, South 05 degrees 16 minutes 39 seconds West a
	882	+	distance of 475.47 feet to a Point;
	883	+	28) THENCE, South 03 degrees 45 minutes 10 seconds West a
	884	+	distance of 944.18 feet to an angle point;
	885	+	29) THENCE, South 12 degrees 02 minutes 33 seconds East a
	886	+	distance of 218.72 feet to an angle point;
	887	+	30) THENCE, South 11 degrees 01 minutes 24 seconds West a
	888	+	distance of 74.58 feet to an angle point;
	889	+	31) THENCE, South 05 degrees 24 minutes 53 seconds East a
	890	+	distance of 189.89 feet to a point in the south line said called
	891	+	1454.19 acre tract and the north line of East Spring Creek
	892	+	Subdivision as recorded in volume 2, page 334 LCMR and replat volume
	893	+	8, page 86 LCMR;
	894	+	14. THENCE, South 85 degrees 26 minutes 56 seconds West along the
	895	+	said south line said called 1454.19 acre tract and the north line of
	896	+	said East Spring Creek Subdivision as recorded in volume 2, page 334
	897	+	LCMR, said re-plat East Spring Creek Subdivision volume 8, page 86
	898	+	LCMR and West Lake Subdivision, a distance of 9391.82 feet to the
	899	+	POINT OF BEGINNING;
	900	+	Tract 3:
	901	+	N 1/2 Lot 1, Sec C, West Lake Addition, A-119
	902	+	The North One-half (N-1/2) of Lot One (1), Section "C" of the West
	903	+	Lake Addision in the John A. Williams Survey, Abstract, 119, as
	904	+	recorded in Volume 6, Pages 58-59 and Volume 8, Pages 22-23 of the
	905	+	Map Records of Liberty County, Texas, SAVE AND EXCEPT A 0.11 acre
	906	+	tract as described in that certain Warranty Deed from C. T. Staples,
	907	+	et ux to Coastal Industrial Water Authority in Volume 637, Page 262
	908	+	of the Deed Records of Liberty County, Texas. As Follows:
	909	+	BEGINNING at a 1-1/4" iron pipe at the Northwest corner of Lot No. 1
	910	+	referred to above, said pipe also being in the East right-of-way
	911	+	line of F. M. Road No. 1409 and in the South line of The Mary Gay
	912	+	Trust 1,517 acre tract;
	913	+	THENCE, North 86° 27' East, with the north line of Lot No. 1 and the
	914	+	south line of the 1,517 acre tract, a distance of 25.0 feet to a 5/8"
	915	+	iron rod;
	916	+	THENCE, South 00° 22' West, a distance of 266.0 feet to a 5/8" iron
	917	+	rod in the West line of Lot No. 2, same being in the East
	918	+	right-of-way line of F. M. Road No. 1409 and at the beginning of a
	919	+	curve to the right whose radius is 1,105.9 feet;
	920	+	THENCE, in a northerly direction along said right-of-way curve and
	921	+	with the West line of Lot No. 2, at 56.5 feet past a 3/4" iron pipe
	922	+	for a common corner of Lots No. 1 and No. 2 and continuing along the
	923	+	West line of Lot No. 1, a total distance of 266.1 feet to the PLACE
	924	+	OF BEGINNING.
791	925		SECTION 3. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
792	926		introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
793	927		Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
794	928		copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
795	929		officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
796	930		under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
797	931		Government Code.
798	932		(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
799	933		submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
800	934		Environmental Quality.
801	935		(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
802	936		its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor,
803	937		lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives
804	938		within the required time.
805	939		(d) The general law relating to consent by political
806	940		subdivisions to the creation of districts with conservation,
807	941		reclamation, and road powers and the inclusion of land in those
808	942		districts has been complied with.
809	943		(e) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
810	944		state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
811	945		to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act have been
812	946		fulfilled and accomplished.
813	947		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
814	948		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
815	949		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
816	950		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
817	951		Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
818	952
819	953		Pos. No. Name of Director
820	954
821		-	1. ~~Wayne Knox~~
	955	+	1. ____________________
822	956
823		-	2. ~~Mary H. Cody~~
	957	+	2. ____________________
824	958
825		-	3. ~~Gene Campbell~~
	959	+	3. ____________________
826	960
827		-	4. ~~Bill Gammel~~
	961	+	4. ____________________
828	962
829		-	5. Christopher Brant Elliott
	963	+	5. ____________________
	964	+
	965	+	6. ____________________
	966	+
	967	+	7. ____________________
	968	+
	969	+	8. ____________________
	970	+
	971	+	9. ____________________