86R8986 SLB-F
By: Bell of Montgomery H.B. No. 1697
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the creation of the Wood Trace Municipal Utility
District No. 4 of Montgomery County, Texas; granting a limited
power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds;
providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle F, Title 6, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended by adding Chapter 8052 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 8052. WOOD TRACE MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 4 OF
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TEXAS
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 8052.0101. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.
(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality.
(3) "Director" means a board member.
(4) "District" means the Wood Trace Municipal Utility
District No. 4 of Montgomery County, Texas.
Sec. 8052.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a
municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI,
Texas Constitution.
Sec. 8052.0103. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTOR ELECTION
REQUIRED. The temporary directors shall hold an election to
confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent
directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
Sec. 8052.0104. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED. The
temporary directors may not hold an election under Section
8052.0103 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or
extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has
consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the
district and to the inclusion of land in the district.
Sec. 8052.0105. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
(a) The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit.
(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:
(1) a municipal utility district as provided by
general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and
(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that
relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation,
or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or
improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Sec. 8052.0106. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY. (a) The
district is initially composed of the territory described by
Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.
(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of
the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the
field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process
does not affect the district's:
(1) organization, existence, or validity;
(2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes
for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and
interest on a bond;
(3) right to impose a tax; or
(4) legality or operation.
SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Sec. 8052.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district is
governed by a board of five elected directors.
(b) Except as provided by Section 8052.0202, directors
serve staggered four-year terms.
Sec. 8052.0202. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS. (a) On or after the
effective date of the Act enacting this chapter, the owner or owners
of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the
district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that
the commission appoint as temporary directors the five persons
named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as temporary
directors the five persons named in the petition.
(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:
(1) the date permanent directors are elected under
Section 8052.0103; or
(2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of
the Act enacting this chapter.
(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under
Section 8052.0103 and the terms of the temporary directors have
expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or
reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that
expire on the earlier of:
(1) the date permanent directors are elected under
Section 8052.0103; or
(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the
appointment or reappointment.
(d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a
majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district
may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the
commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five
persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as
successor temporary directors the five persons named in the
petition.
SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES
Sec. 8052.0301. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district
has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
which the district is created.
Sec. 8052.0302. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND
DUTIES. The district has the powers and duties provided by the
general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code,
applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59,
Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Sec. 8052.0303. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS. Under Section
52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design,
acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate,
maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for
operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or
improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Sec. 8052.0304. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS. (a) A
road project must meet all applicable construction standards,
zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each
municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial
jurisdiction the road project is located.
(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits
or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road
project must meet all applicable construction standards,
subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which
the road project is located.
(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the
Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and
specifications of the road project.
Sec. 8052.0305. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT
ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION. The district shall comply with all
applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is
adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that
consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land
in the district.
Sec. 8052.0306. DIVISION OF DISTRICT. (a) The district may
be divided into two or more new districts only if the district:
(1) has no outstanding bonded debt; and
(2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes.
(b) This chapter applies to any new district created by the
division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and
duties of the district.
(c) Any new district created by the division of the district
may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land
outside the area described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this
chapter.
(d) The board, on its own motion or on receipt of a petition
signed by the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of
the real property in the district, may adopt an order dividing the
district.
(e) The board may adopt an order dividing the district
before or after the date the board holds an election under Section
8052.0103 to confirm the district's creation.
(f) An order dividing the district shall:
(1) name each new district;
(2) include the metes and bounds description of the
territory of each new district;
(3) appoint temporary directors for each new district;
and
(4) provide for the division of assets and liabilities
between or among the new districts.
(g) On or before the 30th day after the date of adoption of
an order dividing the district, the district shall file the order
with the commission and record the order in the real property
records of each county in which the district is located.
(h) Any new district created by the division of the district
shall hold a confirmation and directors' election as required by
Section 8052.0103.
(i) Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to
the inclusion of land in the district granted under Section
8052.0104 acts as municipal consent to the creation of any new
district created by the division of the district and to the
inclusion of land in the new district.
(j) Any new district created by the division of the district
must hold an election as required by this chapter to obtain voter
approval before the district may impose a maintenance tax or issue
bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes.
(k) If the creation of the new district is confirmed, the
new district shall provide the election date and results to the
commission.
SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 8052.0401. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS. (a)
The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other
obligations secured by:
(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or
(2) contract payments described by Section 8052.0403.
(b) The district must hold an election in the manner
provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval
before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds
payable from ad valorem taxes.
(c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem
taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a
vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an
election held for that purpose.
Sec. 8052.0402. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. (a) If
authorized at an election held under Section 8052.0401, the
district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable
property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water
Code.
(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not
exceed the rate approved at the election.
Sec. 8052.0403. CONTRACT TAXES. (a) In accordance with
Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than
an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from
the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of
the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters
voting at an election held for that purpose.
(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a
provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by
the board without further voter approval.
SUBCHAPTER E. BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS
Sec. 8052.0501. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER
OBLIGATIONS. The district may issue bonds or other obligations
payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees,
revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any
combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district
purpose.
Sec. 8052.0502. TAXES FOR BONDS. At the time the district
issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the
board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing
direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all
or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner
provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
Sec. 8052.0503. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS. At the time of
issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations
issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad
valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the
real property in the district.
SECTION 2. The Wood Trace Municipal Utility District No. 4
of Montgomery County, Texas initially includes all the territory
contained in the following area:
TRACT 1 - 505.83 ACRES:
Being a 505.83-acre tract of land, located in the Andrew J.
Hensley, Abstract No. 255 and the J.D. Cochran Survey, A-123 in
Montgomery County, Texas; said 505.83-acre tract being out of a
called 2,253.2253-acre tract of land conveyed to Terra Investments,
LP in Clerk's File Number 2004023496 of the Official Public Records
of Real Property of Montgomery County Texas (O.P.R.R.P.M.C.T.);
said 505.83 acre tract being more particularly described by metes
and bounds as follows (all bearings are referenced to the north line
of said 2,253.2253-acre tract):
Beginning at the northwest corner of a called 34.6647-acre
tract of land recorded in Clerk's File Number 2018021947 of the
O.P.R.R.P.M.C.T., same being on the northwest line of said called
2,253.2253-acre tract;
Thence, with the northwest line of said called
2,253.2253-acre tract, the following three (3) courses:
1. North 43 degrees 05 minutes 06 seconds East, a distance
of 63.12 feet;
2. North 41 degrees 30 minutes 39 seconds East, a distance
of 1,876.15 feet;
3. North 41 degrees 50 minutes 49 seconds East, a distance
of 3,343.49 feet to the most northerly corner of aforesaid called
2,253.2253-acre tract;
4. Thence, with the northeast line of said called
2,253.2253-acre tract, South 47 degrees 49 minutes 11 seconds East,
a distance of 3,142.99 feet;
5. Thence, with an interior northeasterly line, South 41
degrees 26 minutes 02 seconds West, a distance of 317.57 feet to the
centerline of Mills Creek;
Thence, with the meanders of the centerline of said Mills
Creek, the following twelve (12) courses:
6. South 40 degrees 14 minutes 25 seconds East, a distance
of 3.45 feet;
7. South 58 degrees 25 minutes 02 seconds East, a distance
of 201.92 feet;
8. South 73 degrees 09 minutes 05 seconds East, a distance
of 115.58 feet;
9. North 74 degrees 20 minutes 37 seconds East, a distance
of 46.27 feet;
10. North 73 degrees 47 minutes 22 seconds East, a distance
of 166.85 feet;
11. North 17 degrees 09 minutes 37 seconds East, a distance
of 45.08 feet;
12. North 26 degrees 27 minutes 19 seconds East, a distance
of 23.35 feet;
13. North 82 degrees 53 minutes 07 seconds East, a distance
of 26.89 feet;
14. South 84 degrees 07 minutes 38 seconds East, a distance
of 30.93 feet;
15. South 55 degrees 11 minutes 42 seconds East, a distance
of 34.75 feet;
16. South 15 degrees 00 minutes 28 seconds East, a distance
of 61.82 feet;
17. South 58 degrees 09 minutes 25 seconds East, a distance
of 25.03 feet to a northerly corner of a called 1295.994-acre tract
of land (Tract B) recorded in Clerk's File Number 99074137 of the
O.P.R.R.P.M.C.T.;
Thence, with the northwest line of said called 1295.994-acre
tract, the following eight (8) courses:
18. South 41 degrees 15 minutes 36 seconds West, a distance
of 462.62 feet;
19. South 41 degrees 34 minutes 29 seconds West, a distance
of 189.21 feet;
20. South 41 degrees 16 minutes 52 seconds West, a distance
of 919.78 feet;
21. South 41 degrees 02 minutes 20 seconds West, a distance
of 705.64 feet;
22. South 42 degrees 48 minutes 40 seconds West, a distance
of 1,020.09 feet;
23. South 44 degrees 10 minutes 27 seconds West, a distance
of 494.99 feet;
24. South 44 degrees 52 minutes 56 seconds West, a distance
of 1,038.47 feet;
25. South 44 degrees 34 minutes 39 seconds West, a distance
of 736.16 feet to the northerly northwest corner of aforesaid
called 1295.994-acre tract, same being on an interior southwesterly
line of aforesaid called 2,253.2253-acre tract;
Thence, with a southerly interior line of said called
2,253.2253-acre tract, the following three (3) courses:
26. North 47 degrees 37 minutes 18 seconds West, a distance
of 408.29 feet;
27. South 41 degrees 26 minutes 02 seconds West, a distance
of 257.19 feet;
28. South 41 degrees 39 minutes 25 seconds West, a distance
of 1,370.07 feet to the east corner of aforesaid called
34.6647-acre tract;
Thence, with the northeast line of said called 34.6647-acre
tract, the following seven (7) courses:
29. 803.07 feet along the arc of a curve to the right, said
curve having a central angle of 08 degrees 19 minutes 16 seconds, a
radius of 5,529.58 feet and a chord that bears North 14 degrees 15
minutes 32 seconds West, a distance of 802.36 feet;
30. North 10 degrees 05 minutes 54 seconds West, a distance
of 516.07 feet;
31. North 10 degrees 05 minutes 54 seconds West, a distance
of 300.00 feet;
32. North 10 degrees 05 minutes 54 seconds West, a distance
of 415.32 feet;
33. 1,374.38 feet along the arc of a curve to the left, said
curve having a central angle of 25 degrees 41 minutes 38 seconds, a
radius of 3,064.79 feet and a chord that bears North 22 degrees 56
minutes 43 seconds West, a distance of 1,362.89 feet;
34. North 07 degrees 44 minutes 45 seconds West, a distance
of 123.56 feet;
35. 219.14 feet (called 214.12 feet) along the arc of a
curve to the left, said curve having a central angle of 04 degrees
01 minutes 06 seconds, a radius of 3,124.79 feet and a chord that
bears North 39 degrees 48 minutes 05 seconds West, a distance of
219.10 feet to the Point of Beginning and containing 505.83 acres of
land.
TRACT 2 - 344.04 ACRES:
Being a 344.04-acre tract of land, located in the J.D.
Cochran Survey, A-123 in Montgomery County, Texas; said 344.04-acre
tract being out of a called 1295.994-acre tract of land conveyed to
Primewood Investments, LP in Clerk's File Number 99074137 of the
Official Public Records of Real Property of Montgomery County Texas
(O.P.R.R.P.M.C.T.); said 344.04-acre tract being more particularly
described by metes and bounds as follows (all bearings are
referenced to the northwest line of said called 1295.994-acre
tract):
Beginning at a 5/8-inch iron rod (bent)found for a westerly
corner of said called 1295.994-acre tract, same being on the
southwesterly line of said J.D. Cochran Survey;
1. Thence, with the southwest line of said called
1295.994-acre tract, North 22 degrees 08 minutes 07 seconds East, a
distance of 273.34 feet to an axle found;
2. Thence, continuing with said southwest line, North 47
degrees 37 minutes 18 seconds West, a distance of 85.96 feet to the
south corner of a called 4.080-acre tract of land recorded in
Clerk's File Number 2008111916 of the O.P.R.R.P.M.C.T.;
Thence, with the southeast, northeast and northwest lines of
said 4.080-acre tract common with a southerly interior line of said
called 1295.994-acre tract, the following three (3) courses:
3. North 44 degrees 38 minutes 41 seconds East, a distance
of 485.30 feet;
4. North 49 degrees 09 minutes 03 seconds West, a distance
of 370.80 feet;
5. South 44 degrees 38 minutes 42 seconds West, a distance
of 475.40 feet to the west corner of aforesaid called 4.080-acre
tract and exterior corner of aforesaid 1295.994 acre tract;
6. Thence, continuing with the southwest line of said called
1295.994-acre tract, North 47 degrees 37 minutes 18 seconds West, a
distance of 25.00 feet;
7. Thence, with the northwest line of said called
1295.994-acre tract, North 44 degrees 34 minutes 39 seconds East, a
distance of 736.16 feet;
8. Thence, continuing with the northwest line of said called
1295.994-acre tract, North 44 degrees 52 minutes 56 seconds East, a
distance of 808.31 feet;
Thence, through said called 1295.994-acre tract, the
following seven (7) courses:
9. 1,450.72 feet along the arc of a curve to the right, said
curve having a central angle of 10 degrees 23 minutes 24 seconds, a
radius of 8,000.00 feet and a chord that bears South 82 degrees 21
minutes 13 seconds East, a distance of 1,448.73 feet;
10. South 77 degrees 09 minutes 31 seconds East, a distance
of 335.90 feet;
11. 1,858.47 feet along the arc of a curve to the left, said
curve having a central angle of 13 degrees 18 minutes 37 seconds, a
radius of 8,000.00 feet and a chord that bears South 83 degrees 48
minutes 49 seconds East, a distance of 1,854.29 feet;
12. South 00 degrees 28 minutes 20 seconds East, a distance
of 3,754.11 feet;
13. 1,342.91 feet along the arc of a curve to the right, said
curve having a central angle of 19 degrees 14 minutes 09 seconds, a
radius of 4,000.00 feet and a chord that bears South 09 degrees 08
minutes 44 seconds West, a distance of 1,336.62 feet;
14. North 47 degrees 50 minutes 58 seconds West, a distance
of 492.91 feet;
15. North 47 degrees 50 minutes 58 seconds West, a distance
of 2,930.27 feet to a westerly interior corner of aforesaid called
1295.994-acre tract;
16. Thence, with the southwest line of said called
1295.944-acre tract, North 47 degrees 39 minutes 46 seconds West, a
distance of 2,329.59 feet to the Point of Beginning and containing
344.04 acres of land.
TRACT 3 - 602.53 ACRES:
Being a 209.21-acre tract of land (Tract A) and a 393.32-acre
tract of land (Tract B), both located in the J.D. Cochran Survey,
A-123 in Montgomery County, Texas; said 209.21-acre tract being out
of a called 1295.994-acre tract of land conveyed to Primewood
Investments, LP in Clerk's File Number 99074137 and said
393.32-acre tract being out of a called 2,253.2253-acre tract of
land conveyed to Terra Investments, LP in Clerk's File Number
2004023496, both of the Official Public Records of Real Property of
Montgomery County Texas (O.P.R.R.P.M.C.T.); said tracts being more
particularly described by metes and bounds as follows (all bearings
are referenced to the northwest line of said called 1295.994-acre
tract):
TRACT A - 209.21 ACRES:
Beginning at a 3-inch iron pipe found for the north corner of
a called 38.52-acre tract of land recorded in Clerk's File Number
9471668 of the O.P.R.R.P.M.C.T. and a northeasterly corner of said
called 1295.994, same being the north corner of a called
43.0969-acre tract (Ninth Tract) and on the southwesterly line of a
called 26.3229- acre tract of land (Tenth Tract) both described in
Clerk's File Number 2004023496 of the O.P.R.R.P.M.C.T.;
Thence, with the common line of said called 1295.994-acre
tract and said called 38.52-acre tract, the following five (5)
courses:
1. South 41 degrees 42 minutes 29 seconds West, a distance
of 1,630.66 feet to a concrete monument found;
2. South 47 degrees 58 minutes 31 seconds East, a distance
of 1,233.64 feet to a concrete monument found;
3. North 42 degrees 11 minutes 59 seconds East, a distance
of 587.70 feet;
4. South 24 degrees 12 minutes 25 seconds East, a distance
of 500.00 feet;
5. North 42 degrees 12 minutes 04 seconds East, a distance
of 439.67 feet to the east corner of aforesaid called 43.0969-acre
tract, same being on the common line of aforesaid called
26.3229-acre tract and aforesaid called 1295.994-acre tract;
6. Thence, with said common line, South 24 degrees 12
minutes 25 seconds East, a distance of 938.29 feet;
Thence, through said called 1295.994-acre tract, the
following six (6) courses:
7. 1,679.81 feet along the arc of a curve to the right, said
curve having a central angle of 12 degrees 01 minutes 51 seconds, a
radius of 8,000.00 feet and a chord that bears South 83 degrees 30
minutes 57 seconds West, a distance of 1,676.73 feet;
8. North 00 degrees 28 minutes 21 seconds West, a distance
of 1.74 feet;
9. South 00 degrees 28 minutes 21 seconds East, a distance
of 1.74 feet;
10. 1,858.47 feet along the arc of a curve to the right, said
curve having a central angle of 13 degrees 18 minutes 37 seconds, a
radius of 8,000.00 feet and a chord that bears North 83 degrees 48
minutes 49 seconds West, a distance of 1,854.29 feet;
11. North 77 degrees 09 minutes 31 seconds West, a distance
of 335.90 feet;
12. 1,450.73 feet along the arc of a curve to the left, said
curve having a central angle of 10 degrees 23 minutes 24 seconds, a
radius of 8,000.00 feet and a chord that bears North 82 degrees 21
minutes 13 seconds West, a distance of 1,448.74 feet to the
northwest line of aforesaid called 1295.994-acre tract;
Thence, with said northwest line, the following seven (7)
courses:
13. North 44 degrees 53 minutes 03 seconds East, a distance
of 230.17 feet;
14. North 44 degrees 10 minutes 27 seconds East, a distance
of 494.99 feet;
15. North 42 degrees 48 minutes 40 seconds East, a distance
of 1,020.09 feet;
16. North 41 degrees 02 minutes 20 seconds East, a distance
of 705.64 feet;
17. North 41 degrees 16 minutes 52 seconds East, a distance
of 919.78 feet;
18. North 41 degrees 34 minutes 29 seconds East, a distance
of 189.21 feet;
19. North 41 degrees 15 minutes 36 seconds East, a distance
of 462.69 feet to the center line of Mills Creek, same being a
northwesterly corner of said called 1295.994-acre tract;
Thence, with the meanders of the centerline of said Mills
Creek and the north line of said called 1295.994-acre tract, the
following thirty-one (31) courses:
20. South 58 degrees 09 minutes 25 seconds East, a distance
of 18.91 feet;
21. North 75 degrees 25 minutes 05 seconds East, a distance
of 44.23 feet;
22. North 76 degrees 29 minutes 06 seconds East, a distance
of 46.94 feet;
23. South 80 degrees 42 minutes 55 seconds East, a distance
of 64.72 feet;
24. South 86 degrees 50 minutes 45 seconds East, a distance
of 60.53 feet;
25. North 36 degrees 39 minutes 15 seconds East, a distance
of 73.15 feet;
26. North 18 degrees 33 minutes 02 seconds West, a distance
of 57.31 feet;
27. North 18 degrees 45 minutes 50 seconds East, a distance
of 83.26 feet;
28. North 27 degrees 55 minutes 55 seconds East, a distance
of 34.76 feet;
29. South 85 degrees 18 minutes 17 seconds East, a distance
of 34.54 feet;
30. South 29 degrees 46 minutes 38 seconds East, a distance
of 30.04 feet;
31. South 17 degrees 21 minutes 13 seconds East, a distance
of 55.65 feet;
32. South 02 degrees 17 minutes 41 seconds West, a distance
of 19.33 feet;
33. South 25 degrees 27 minutes 35 seconds West, a distance
of 31.69 feet;
34. South 36 degrees 58 minutes 17 seconds East, a distance
of 29.30 feet;
35. North 66 degrees 24 minutes 25 seconds East, a distance
of 27.50 feet;
36. North 30 degrees 38 minutes 53 seconds East, a distance
of 68.33 feet;
37. North 66 degrees 53 minutes 07 seconds East, a distance
of 42.01 feet;
38. South 69 degrees 35 minutes 09 seconds East, a distance
of 51.93 feet;
39. South 83 degrees 58 minutes 20 seconds East, a distance
of 33.40 feet;
40. South 57 degrees 01 minutes 02 seconds East, a distance
of 20.46 feet;
41. South 55 degrees 56 minutes 01 seconds East, a distance
of 45.88 feet;
42. South 52 degrees 24 minutes 02 seconds East, a distance
of 35.24 feet;
43. North 85 degrees 55 minutes 25 seconds East, a distance
of 35.59 feet;
44. North 73 degrees 28 minutes 31 seconds East, a distance
of 45.24 feet;
45. North 53 degrees 54 minutes 24 seconds East, a distance
of 41.78 feet;
46. North 15 degrees 19 minutes 11 seconds West, a distance
of 36.63 feet;
47. North 39 degrees 16 minutes 38 seconds West, a distance
of 61.69 feet;
48. North 22 degrees 42 minutes 12 seconds West, a distance
of 26.40 feet;
49. North 71 degrees 43 minutes 49 seconds East, a distance
of 98.69 feet;
50. South 83 degrees 02 minutes 24 seconds East, a distance
of 172.00 feet to the northwest corner of aforesaid called
26.3229-acre tract;
Thence, with the southwest line of said called 26.3229-acre
tract and the northeast line of aforesaid called 1295.994-acre
tract, the following three (3) courses:
51. South 24 degrees 12 minutes 25 seconds East, a distance
of 750.22 feet;
52. North 65 degrees 47 minutes 35 seconds East, a distance
of 100.00 feet;
53. South 24 degrees 12 minutes 25 seconds East, a distance
of 275.57 feet to the Point of Beginning and containing 209.21 acres
of land.
TRACT B - 393.32 ACRES:
Beginning at a 5/8-inch iron rod found for the most easterly
corner of the aforesaid Tenth Tract and the most southerly corner of
a called 23.686-acre Houston Lighting and Power Company easement
recorded in Clerk's File number 8316278 of the O.P.R.R.P.M.C.T.,
same being on the southeasterly line of aforesaid called
2,253.2253-acre tract and the northwesterly line of Decker Woods, a
subdivision recorded in Cabinet C, Sheets 109 A and B of the
Montgomery County Plat Records (M.C.P.R.)
Thence, with the common line of said Tenth Tract and said
called 23.686-acre tract, the following fifteen (15) courses:
1. North 24 degrees 12 minutes 25 seconds West, a distance
of 863.48 feet to a 1/2-iron rod found;
2. North 65 degrees 47 minutes 35 seconds East, a distance
of 50.00 feet to a 1/2-iron rod found;
3. North 24 degrees 12 minutes 25 seconds West, a distance
of 1,700.00 feet;
4. South 65 degrees 47 minutes 35 seconds West, a distance
of 50.00 feet;
5. North 24 degrees 12 minutes 25 seconds West, a distance
of 1,001.00 feet;
6. North 65 degrees 47 minutes 35 seconds East, a distance
of 50.00 feet;
7. North 24 degrees 12 minutes 25 seconds West, a distance
of 1,501.00 feet;
8. South 65 degrees 47 minutes 35 seconds West, a distance
of 50.00 feet;
9. North 24 degrees 12 minutes 25 seconds West, a distance
of 1,000.00 feet;
10. North 65 degrees 47 minutes 35 seconds East, a distance
of 25.00 feet;
11. North 24 degrees 12 minutes 25 seconds West, a distance
of 300.00 feet;
12. South 65 degrees 47 minutes 35 seconds West, a distance
of 25.00 feet;
13. North 24 degrees 12 minutes 25 seconds West, a distance
of 400.00 feet;
14. North 65 degrees 47 minutes 35 seconds East, a distance
of 100.00 feet to 5/8-inch iron rod (bent) found;
15. North 24 degrees 12 minutes 25 seconds West, a distance
of 261.27 feet to the most easterly northeast corner of aforesaid
Tenth Tract and the most northerly northwest corner of aforesaid
called 23.686-acre tract, same being on the north line of aforesaid
called 2,253.2253-acre tract in the centerline of Mill Creek;
Thence, with the north line of said called 2,253.2253-acre
tract common with the meanders of the centerline of said Mill Creek,
the following forty-three (43) courses;
16. North 86 degrees 04 minutes 11 seconds East, a distance
of 16.99 feet;
17. North 65 degrees 03 minutes 06 seconds East, a distance
of 35.22 feet;
18. North 28 degrees 51 minutes 31 seconds East, a distance
of 24.61 feet;
19. North 38 degrees 48 minutes 42 seconds East, a distance
of 22.80 feet;
20. North 55 degrees 36 minutes 13 seconds East, a distance
of 32.36 feet;
21. North 78 degrees 50 minutes 25 seconds East, a distance
of 74.30 feet;
22. North 50 degrees 08 minutes 54 seconds East, a distance
of 28.09 feet;
23. North 26 degrees 11 minutes 13 seconds East, a distance
of 22.71 feet;
24. North 19 degrees 28 minutes 17 seconds East, a distance
of 26.11 feet;
25. North 14 degrees 06 minutes 25 seconds West, a distance
of 20.13 feet;
26. North 42 degrees 38 minutes 46 seconds West, a distance
of 43.42 feet;
27. North 12 degrees 00 minutes 05 seconds West, a distance
of 113.03 feet;
28. North 39 degrees 02 minutes 17 seconds East, a distance
of 34.22 feet;
29. South 69 degrees 43 minutes 50 seconds East, a distance
of 27.69 feet;
30. South 30 degrees 14 minutes 18 seconds East, a distance
of 56.66 feet;
31. North 36 degrees 24 minutes 53 seconds East, a distance
of 29.94 feet;
32. North 44 degrees 53 minutes 54 seconds East, a distance
of 37.03 feet;
33. North 03 degrees 15 minutes 42 seconds West, a distance
of 51.37 feet;
34. North 49 degrees 56 minutes 32 seconds East, a distance
of 29.20 feet;
35. South 82 degrees 03 minutes 05 seconds East, a distance
of 102.24 feet;
36. North 14 degrees 15 minutes 56 seconds East, a distance
of 47.43 feet;
37. North 70 degrees 36 minutes 01 seconds East, a distance
of 52.42 feet;
38. North 61 degrees 12 minutes 25 seconds East, a distance
of 104.30 feet;
39. North 20 degrees 17 minutes 28 seconds West, a distance
of 166.23 feet;
40. North 62 degrees 49 minutes 54 seconds West, a distance
of 40.61 feet;
41. North 32 degrees 41 minutes 01 seconds East, a distance
of 40.55 feet;
42. North 60 degrees 40 minutes 18 seconds West, a distance
of 46.50 feet;
43. North 30 degrees 09 minutes 24 seconds East, a distance
of 37.94 feet;
44. North 43 degrees 46 minutes 37 seconds West, a distance
of 42.24 feet;
45. North 45 degrees 55 minutes 50 seconds East, a distance
of 37.07 feet;
46. North 08 degrees 17 minutes 58 seconds East, a distance
of 142.81 feet;
47. North 33 degrees 29 minutes 34 seconds East, a distance
of 100.25 feet;
48. North 64 degrees 02 minutes 14 seconds West, a distance
of 59.00 feet;
49. North 71 degrees 17 minutes 47 seconds East, a distance
of 133.57 feet;
50. North 64 degrees 02 minutes 14 seconds West, a distance
of 100.00 feet;
51. North 68 degrees 32 minutes 18 seconds East, a distance
of 140.42 feet;
52. North 64 degrees 02 minutes 14 seconds West, a distance
of 104.80 feet;
53. North 72 degrees 14 minutes 34 seconds East, a distance
of 151.92 feet;
54. North 07 degrees 44 minutes 37 seconds East, a distance
of 67.17 feet;
55. North 57 degrees 14 minutes 54 seconds West, a distance
of 42.30 feet;
56. North 12 degrees 46 minutes 20 seconds East, a distance
of 26.29 feet;
57. North 13 degrees 07 minutes 58 seconds East, a distance
of 99.07 feet;
58. North 26 degrees 58 minutes 13 seconds East, a distance
of 44.75 feet (called 45.08 feet) to a northerly corner of aforesaid
called 2,253.2253-acre tract, same being the common line of
aforesaid J.D. Cochran Survey and the J.H. Smith Survey, A-553;
59. Thence, with the northeast line of said called
2,253.2253-acre tract, same being the common line of said J.D.
Cochran Survey and J.H. Smith Survey, South 47 degrees 56 minutes 17
seconds East, a distance of 2,140.08 feet (called 2140.82 feet) to
an angle iron found for the north corner of a called 55-acre tract
recorded in Volume 189, Page 286 of the Montgomery County Deed
Records;
60. Thence, with the north line of said called 55-acre tract
and a southerly interior line of said called 2,253.2253-acre tract,
South 42 degrees 29 minutes 43 seconds West, a distance of 1,756.17
feet (called 1727.49) to the west corner of said called 55-acre
tract, same being the centerline of aforesaid Mills Creek;
Thence, with the meanders of the centerline of said Mills
Creek and an interior line of said called 2,253.2253-acre tract,
the following thirty-six (36) courses
61. South 64 degrees 41 minutes 47 seconds East, a distance
of 2.74 feet;
62. South 21 degrees 48 minutes 18 seconds East, a distance
of 52.81 feet;
63. South 64 degrees 41 minutes 36 seconds East, a distance
of 54.96 feet;
64. South 83 degrees 18 minutes 32 seconds East, a distance
of 61.10 feet;
65. South 54 degrees 20 minutes 49 seconds East, a distance
of 27.20 feet;
66. South 11 degrees 07 minutes 49 seconds East, a distance
of 113.60 feet;
67. South 27 degrees 09 minutes 49 seconds East, a distance
of 45.71 feet;
68. South 07 degrees 58 minutes 28 seconds East, a distance
of 42.29 feet;
69. South 17 degrees 45 minutes 44 seconds East, a distance
of 32.30 feet;
70. South 21 degrees 41 minutes 48 seconds East, a distance
of 61.06 feet;
71. South 44 degrees 44 minutes 07 seconds East, a distance
of 56.04 feet;
72. South 34 degrees 40 minutes 32 seconds East, a distance
of 30.79 feet;
73. South 55 degrees 36 minutes 46 seconds East, a distance
of 90.41 feet;
74. South 73 degrees 54 minutes 21 seconds East, a distance
of 118.49 feet;
75. South 85 degrees 59 minutes 57 seconds East, a distance
of 83.51 feet;
76. North 84 degrees 57 minutes 13 seconds East, a distance
of 116.43 feet;
77. North 57 degrees 37 minutes 43 seconds East, a distance
of 140.93 feet;
78. South 57 degrees 05 minutes 09 seconds East, a distance
of 84.24 feet;
79. South 17 degrees 30 minutes 52 seconds West, a distance
of 51.67 feet;
80. South 04 degrees 55 minutes 00 seconds East, a distance
of 10.08 feet;
81. South 31 degrees 47 minutes 41 seconds East, a distance
of 55.23 feet;
82. North 89 degrees 15 minutes 06 seconds East, a distance
of 224.42 feet;
83. South 48 degrees 47 minutes 25 seconds East, a distance
of 107.54 feet;
84. North 74 degrees 55 minutes 17 seconds East, a distance
of 61.27 feet;
85. South 78 degrees 55 minutes 54 seconds East, a distance
of 121.00 feet;
86. North 71 degrees 52 minutes 15 seconds East, a distance
of 77.90 feet;
87. North 49 degrees 58 minutes 05 seconds East, a distance
of 278.38 feet;
88. North 26 degrees 38 minutes 59 seconds East, a distance
of 43.39 feet;
89. North 09 degrees 39 minutes 19 seconds East, a distance
of 135.91 feet;
90. North 73 degrees 14 minutes 43 seconds East, a distance
of 110.43 feet;
91. North 72 degrees 44 minutes 00 seconds East, a distance
of 130.57 feet;
92. South 61 degrees 47 minutes 52 seconds East, a distance
of 31.32 feet;
93. South 14 degrees 45 minutes 20 seconds East, a distance
of 47.51 feet;
94. South 37 degrees 46 minutes 20 seconds East, a distance
of 70.58 feet;
95. South 79 degrees 12 minutes 47 seconds East, a distance
of 37.44 feet;
96. South 47 degrees 23 minutes 10 seconds East, a distance
of 6.47 feet to the most easterly south corner of a called
44.3605-acre tract recorded in Clerk's File Number 9342675 of the
O.P.R.R.P.M.C.T.;
97. Thence, with the common line of said called 44.3605-acre
tract and said called 2,253.2253-acre tract, North 42 degrees 36
minutes 51 seconds East, at 25.66 feet pass a 1-inch pipe found,
continuing a total a distance of 557.63 feet to a northeasterly
exterior corner of said called 2,253.2253-acre tract;
98. Thence, with the northeast line of said 2,253.2253-acre
tract, South 47 degrees 32 minutes 00 seconds East, a distance of
2,965.39 feet (called 2965.05 feet) to the east corner of said
called 2,253.2253-acre tract;
99. Thence, with the southeast line of said called
2,253.2253-acre tract, South 41 degrees 31 minutes 41 seconds West,
a distance of 3,998.52 feet to a 4" X 4" concrete monument found;
100. Thence, continuing with said southeast line, South 41
degrees 31 minutes 03 seconds West, a distance of 446.14 feet
(called S41°32'47"W, 446.10') to the Point of Beginning and
containing 393.32 acres of land.
TRACT 4 - 306.03 ACRES:
Being a 306.03-acre tract of land, located in the J.D.
Cochran Survey, A-123 in Montgomery County, Texas; said 306.03-acre
tract being out of a called 1295.994-acre tract of land conveyed to
Primewood Investments, LP in Clerk's File Number 99074137 of the
Official Public Records of Real Property of Montgomery County Texas
(O.P.R.R.P.M.C.T.); said 306.03-acre tract being more particularly
described by metes and bounds as follows (all bearings are
referenced to the northwest line of said called 1295.994-acre
tract):
Beginning at the most easterly corner of said called
1295.994-acre tract and the most southerly corner of a called
26.3329-acre tract of land (Tenth Tract) described in Clerk's File
Number 2004023496 of the O.P.R.R.P.M.C.T. from which a 5/8-inch
iron rod found for the most easterly corner of said called
26.3229-acre tract bears N41°32'34"E, 109.67', same being on the
common line of aforesaid J.D. Cochran Survey and the E. R. Hale
Survey, A-264;
54. Thence, with the southwest line of said called
1295.994-acre tract, the northwest line of said E. R. Hale Survey
and the southeast line of said J.D. Cochran Survey, South 41 degrees
32 minutes 47 seconds West, at a distance of 2,079.24 feet pass and
interior corner of said called 1295.994-acre tract, continuing
through said called 1295.994-acre tract and with the common line of
said J.D. Cochran Survey and the E.R Hale Survey, a total distance
of 3698.53 feet to the south corner of said J.D. Cochran Survey and
a northerly interior corner of said E.R. Hale Survey;
55. Thence, with the common line of said J.D. Cochran Survey
and said E.R. Hale Survey, North 47 degrees 50 minutes 58 seconds
West, a distance of 1,298.58 feet;
Thence, through said called 1295.994-acre tract, the
following three (3) courses:
56. 1,342.91 feet along the arc of a curve to the left, said
curve having a central angle of 19 degrees 14 minutes 09 seconds, a
radius of 4,000.00 feet and a chord that bears North 09 degrees 08
minutes 44 seconds East, a distance of 1,336.62 feet;
57. North 00 degrees 28 minutes 20 seconds West, a distance
of 3,754.11 feet;
58. 1,679.81 feet along the arc of a curve to the left, said
curve having a central angle of 12 degrees 01 minutes 51 seconds, a
radius of 8,000.00 feet and a chord that bears North 83 degrees 30
minutes 57 seconds East, a distance of 1,676.73 feet to the
southwest line of aforesaid called 26.3229-acre tract common with
the northeast line of aforesaid called 1295.994-acre tract;
Thence, with said common line, the following seven (7)
courses:
59. South 24 degrees 12 minutes 25 seconds East, a distance
of 103.86 feet;
60. North 65 degrees 47 minutes 35 seconds East, a distance
of 50.00 feet;
61. South 24 degrees 12 minutes 25 seconds East, a distance
of 1,001.00 feet;
62. South 65 degrees 47 minutes 35 seconds West, a distance
of 50.00 feet;
63. South 24 degrees 12 minutes 25 seconds East, a distance
of 1,700.00 feet;
64. North 65 degrees 47 minutes 35 seconds East, a distance
of 50.00 feet;
65. South 24 degrees 12 minutes 25 seconds East, a distance
of 908.52 feet to the Point of Beginning and containing 306.03 acres
of land.
SECTION 3. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
Government Code.
(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality.
(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
representatives within the required time.
(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
and accomplished.
SECTION 4. (a) If this Act does not receive a two-thirds
vote of all the members elected to each house, Subchapter C, Chapter
8052, Special District Local Laws Code, as added by Section 1 of
this Act, is amended by adding Section 8052.0307 to read as follows:
Sec. 8052.0307. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. The district may
not exercise the power of eminent domain.
(b) This section is not intended to be an expression of a
legislative interpretation of the requirements of Section 17(c),
Article I, Texas Constitution.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2019.