H.B. No. 3122
AN ACT
relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility
District No. 235; 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 8040 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 8040. FORT BEND COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 235
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 8040.0101. 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 Fort Bend County Municipal
Utility District No. 235.
Sec. 8040.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a
municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI,
Texas Constitution.
Sec. 8040.0103. 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. 8040.0104. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED. The
temporary directors may not hold an election under Section
8040.0103 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. 8040.0105. 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. 8040.0106. 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. 8040.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district is
governed by a board of five elected directors.
(b) Except as provided by Section 8040.0202, directors
serve staggered four-year terms.
Sec. 8040.0202. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS. (a) The temporary
board consists of:
(1) Ali McDonald;
(2) Tyler Werlein;
(3) Rachel Maybray;
(4) Steven Hallmark; and
(5) Timothy Hart.
(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:
(1) the date permanent directors are elected under
Section 8040.0103; 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 8040.0103 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 8040.0103; 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. 8040.0301. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district
has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
which the district is created.
Sec. 8040.0302. 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. 8040.0303. 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. 8040.0304. 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. 8040.0305. 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.
SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 8040.0401. 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 8040.0403.
(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. 8040.0402. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. (a) If
authorized at an election held under Section 8040.0401, 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. 8040.0403. 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. 8040.0501. 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. 8040.0502. 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. 8040.0503. 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 Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District
No. 235 initially includes all the territory contained in the
following area:
TRACT 1 - 163.9340 ACRES
Fieldnotes for 163.9340 acres of land out of the L. E. Cross
Survey, Abstract No. 408, and the Fred G. Schmidt Survey, Abstract
No. 461, in Fort Bend County, Texas, consisting of the residue of
that certain (called) 100 acre tract of land and the residue of that
certain (called) 74.25 acre tract of land conveyed to the Melvin
Miller Family Partnership, Ltd., as described in deeds recorded
under County Clerk's File No(s). 9819938 and 2000039359,
respectively, of the Real Property Records of Fort Bend County,
said 100 acre tract being out of and a part of Lot 79 and said 74.25
acre tract being out of and a part of Lot 17 of the Slavin & George
Subdivision, the map or plat thereof recorded in Volume 64, Page 253
of the Deed Records of Fort Bend County, and being that same
163.9340 acre tract of land conveyed to Tala Properties, Inc., as
described in deed recorded under County Clerk's File No. 2006122716
of the said Real Property Records, said 163.9340 acres of land being
more particularly described by metes and bounds, with all bearings
based on and oriented to the Southeast line of Lots 72, 76, 78, and
80 of said Slavin & George subdivision (South 45° West), as follows:
BEGINNING at a 1 inch galvanized steel pipe set in the North
line of Randon School Road, based on a 60 foot right-of-way (as
occupied on the ground), at its intersection with the West line of
Muegge Road, based on a 60 foot right-of-way (as occupied on the
ground), said point being the Southeast corner of the residue of the
said 100 acre tract and said Lot 79, and the Southeast corner of the
said 163.9340 acre tract and the herein described tract;
Thence, South 83°46'38" West, 2290.54 feet with the North line
of said Randon School Road to a 5/8 inch steel rod set in the West
line of the said L.E. Cross Survey and said Lot 17, and the common
East line of the said Fred G. Schmidt Survey and said Lot 79 for an
exterior ell corner of the herein described tract, said point also
being the Southeast corner of that certain 5.0 acre tract of land
conveyed to Brett Miller, as described in deed recorded under
County Clerk's File No. 2017106888 of the said Real Property
Records;
Thence, North 06°13'22" West, 589.30 feet with the East line
of the said 5.0 acre tract, the said Schmidt Survey and said Lot 17,
and with the common West line of the said Cross Survey and said Lot
79 to a 5/8 inch steel rod set for the Northeast corner of the said
5.0 acre tract and an interior ell corner of the herein described
tract;
Thence, South 83°46'38" West, 369.59 feet with the North line
of the said 5.0 acre tract to a 5/8 inch steel rod set for the
Northwest corner of the said 5.0 acre tract and an interior ell
corner of the herein described tract;
Thence, South 06°13'22" East, 589.30 feet with the West line
of the said 5.0 acre tract to a 5/8 inch steel rod set in the North
line of said Randon School Road for the Southwest corner of the said
5.0 acre tract and an exterior ell corner for the herein described
tract;
Thence, South 83°46'38" West, 953.44 feet with the North line
of said Randon School Road to a 5/8 inch steel rod set in the West
line of the said 74.25 acre tract and said Lot 17 for the Southwest
corner of the herein described tract, said point being in the East
line of adjacent Lot 18 of the said Slavin & George Subdivision and
that certain 40.5148 acre tract of land conveyed to Guadalupe A.
Cortez, as evidenced by instrument recorded under County Clerk's
File No. 2011122445 of the said Real Property Records;
Thence, North 06°09'30" West, 2609.04 feet with the East line
of the said 138.6472 acre tract and said Lot 18, and with the common
West line of the said 74.25 acre tract and said Lot 17 to a 1/2 inch
steel rod found marking the Northwest corner of the said 74.25 acre
tract, said Lot 17 and the herein described tract, said point being
the Northeast corner of the said 138.6472 acre tract and said Lot
18, said point being the Southeast corner of adjacent Lot 15 and the
Southwest corner of adjacent Lot 16 of the said Slavin & George
Subdivision, said point also being in the South line of that certain
191.02 acre tract of land conveyed to 230 Limited, as described in
deed recorded under County Clerk's File No. 2015048322 of the said
Real Property Records;
Thence, North 83°47'30" East with the South line of the said
191.02 acre tract and said Lot 16 and the common North line of the
said 74.25 acre tract and said Lot 17, at 633.95 feet passing the
Southeast corner of the said 191.02 acre tract and the Southwest
corner of that certain 20.00 acre tract of land conveyed to Sako
Properties, L.P., as described in deed recorded under County
Clerk's File No. 2006082946 of the said Real Property Records, at
976.95 feet passing the Southeast corner of the said 20.00 acre
tract and the Southwest corner of that certain 20.00 acre tract of
land conveyed to Sako Properties, L.P., as described in deed
recorded under County Clerk's File No. 2004133973 of the said Real
Property Records, and continuing in all, a total distance of
1320.09 feet to a 5/8 inch steel rod with cap (stamped "Kalkomey")
found marking the Northeast corner of the said 74.25 acre tract and
said Lot 17 and the most Northerly Northeast corner of the herein
described tract, said point being the Southeast corner of the said
20.00 acre tract and said Lot 16, said point also being in the West
line of that certain 12.101 acre tract of land conveyed to Martin F.
Munoz and Leticia Munoz, and described as "Tract 14B-1" in deed
recorded under County Clerk's File No. 2013135686 of the said Real
Property Records, from which point, a 5/8 inch steel rod found in
the South line of State Highway 90A, bears North 06°13'23" West,
2538.8 feet;
Thence, South 06°13'23" East, 722.48 feet with the West line
of the said 12.101 acre tract and the East line of the said 74.25
acre tract and said Lot 17 to a point for the Northwest corner of the
aforesaid 100 acre tract and said Lot 79, being an interior ell
corner of the herein described tract, said point also being the
Southwest corner of the said 12.101 acre tract, from which point, a
found 5/8 inch steel rod bears North 84°01' East, 0.38 feet;
Thence, North 84°01'28" East with the South line of the said
12.101 acre tract and the North line of the said 100 acre tract and
said Lot 79, at 572.95 feet passing the Southeast corner of the said
12.101 acre tract and the common Southwest corner of that certain
2.403 acre tract of land described as a 60 Foot Wide Private Road
and Utility Easement in deed recorded under County Clerk's File
No. 2013135686 of the said Real Property Records, and continuing
with the South line of the said 2.403 acre tract in all, a total
distance of 1651.69 feet to a 5/8 inch steel rod set for an exterior
ell corner of the herein described tract, said point being the
Northwest corner of that certain 9.3877 acre tract of land conveyed
to Angela J. Wells, as described in deed recorded under County
Clerk's File No. 2018020973 of the said Real Property Records;
Thence, South 05°58'32" East, 629.31 feet with the West line
of the said 9.3877 acre tract to a 5/8 inch steel rod set for the
Southwest corner of the said 9.3877 acre tract and an interior ell
corner of the herein described tract;
Thence, North 84°01'28" East, 649.23 feet with the South line
of the said 9.3877 acre tract to a 5/8 inch steel rod set in the West
line of said Muegge Road for the Southeast corner of the said 9.3877
acre tract and the most Easterly Northeast corner of the herein
described tract;
Thence, South 05°52'20" East, 1247.00 feet with the West line
of said Muegge Road to the PLACE OF BEGINNING and containing
163.9340 acres or 7,140,966 square feet of land, more or less.
This description is based on the land title survey and plat
(Job No. 18-15072A) made under the direction of James H. Thomas,
Registered Professional Land Surveyor on May 10, 2006 and
re-surveyed on December 6, 2018.
TRACT 2 - 200.0928 ACRES
Fieldnotes for 200.0928 acres of land out of the L. E. Cross
Survey, Abstract No. 408, in Fort Bend County, Texas, consisting of
the residue of that certain (called) 112.85 acre tract of land and
that certain (called) 90.9 acre tract of land conveyed to the Melvin
Miller Family Partnership, Ltd., as described in deed recorded
under County Clerk's File No. 9819938 of the Real Property Records
of Fort Bend County, said 112.85 acre tract being all of Lot 76 and
said 90.9 acre tract being all of Lot 78 of the Slavin & George
Subdivision, the map or plat thereof recorded in Volume 64, Page 253
of the Deed Records of Fort Bend County, and being that same
200.0928 acre tract of land conveyed to Tala Properties, Inc., as
described in deed recorded under County Clerk's File No. 2006122716
of the said Real Property Records, said 200.0928 acres of land being
more particularly described by metes and bounds, with all bearings
based on and oriented to the Southeast line of Lots 72, 76, 78, and
80 of said Slavin & George subdivision (South 45° West), as follows:
BEGINNING at a 1 inch galvanized steel pipe set in the South
line of Randon School Road, based on a 60 foot right-of-way (as
occupied on the ground), at its intersection with the Northeast
line of South Miller Road, based on a 60 foot right-of-way (as
described by right-of-way grant recorded in Volume 437, Page 49 of
the said Deed Records), said point being the Northwest corner of the
residue of the said 112.85 acre tract and said Lot 76, the Northwest
corner of the said 200.0928 acre tract and the herein described
tract;
Thence, North 83°46'38" East, 4755.38 feet with the South line
of said Randon School Road to a 1 inch galvanized steel pipe set in
the Northeast line of said Lot 78 for the Northeast corner of the
herein described tract, said point being in the East line of Muegge
Road, based on a 60 foot right-of-way (as occupied on the ground),
and being in the common Southwest line of adjacent Lot 80 of said
Slavin & George Subdivision, said point also being the apparent
Southwest corner of that certain 5.0 acre tract of land conveyed to
Albert F. Andel, as described in deed recorded under County Clerk's
File No. 2006147834 of the said Real Property Records;
Thence, South 44°49'46" East with the Southwest line of said
Lot 80 and the said 5.0 acre tract and with the common Northeast
line of the said 90.9 acre tract and said Lot 78, at 518.34 feet
passing the Southeast corner of the said 5.0 acre tract and the
Southwest corner of the residue of that certain 5.219 acre tract of
land conveyed to Maria B. Sanchez, as described in deed recorded
under County Clerk's File No. 9631930 of the said Real Property
Records, and continuing with the Southwest line of the said 5.219
acre tract, at 710.38 feet passing the Southeast corner of the said
residue tract and the Southwest corner of that certain 2.61 acre
tract of land conveyed to Petra Aguillon, as described in deed
recorded under County Clerk's File No. 9871322 of the said Real
Property Records, and continuing with the Southwest line of the
said 2.61 acre tract in all, a total distance of 866.35 feet to a 5/8
inch steel rod set in the Southeast line of the said L.E. Cross
Survey for the most Easterly or Southeast corner of the said 90.9
acre tract, said Lot 78, and the herein described tract, said point
being the most Southerly corner of the said 2.61 acre tract, said
point also being in the Northwest line of the Charles N. Simpson
Survey, Abstract No. 485, and that certain 74.408 acre tract of
land conveyed to Gulf/Landmark 74 Venture, LP, as described in deed
recorded under County Clerk's File No. 2007106406 of the said Real
Property Records, from which point, a found 3/4 inch steel pipe
bears South 44°50'East, 0.4 feet and an additional found 3/4 steel
pipe bears North 45°00'00" East, 9.18 feet;
Thence, South 45°00'00" West (basis bearing) with the
Northwest line of the said Charles N. Simpson Survey and the said
74.408 acre tract and with the common Southeast line of the said
L.E. Cross Survey, the said 90.9 acre tract, and said Lot 78, at
1317.07 feet passing the most Westerly corner of the said 74.408
acre tract and the most Northerly corner of that certain 3.032 acre
tract of land conveyed to Landmark 60 Venture, LP, and described as
a 'proposed 100' strip for road purposes' (unimproved at the time of
this survey) in deed recorded under County Clerk's File
No. 2007023830 of the said Real Property Records, and continuing
with the Northwest line of the said 3.032 acre tract, at 1421.30
feet passing the most Westerly corner of the said 3.032 acre tract
and the most Northerly corner of that certain 57.779 acre tract of
land conveyed to Landmark 60 Venture, LP, as described in deed
recorded under County Clerk's File No. 2007023830 of the said Real
Property Records, and continuing with the Northwest line of the
said 57.779 acre tract, at 2222.22 feet passing the most Southerly
corner of said Lot 78 and the most Easterly corner of said Lot 76,
and continuing with the Southeast line of said Lot 76 in all, a
total distance of 3696.77 feet to a 5/8 inch steel rod set in the
Northeast line of said South Miller Road for the most Southerly
corner of the herein described tract, said point also being the most
Westerly corner of the said 57.779 acre tract, from which point, a
found 3/4 inch steel pipe bears South 45°00' West, 0.67 feet;
Thence, North 45°07'04" West, 3844.62 feet with the Northeast
line of said South Miller Road to the PLACE OF BEGINNING and
containing 200.0928 acres or 8,716,043 square feet of land, more or
less.
This description is based on the land title survey and plat
(Job No. 06-15072A) made under the direction of James H. Thomas,
Registered Professional Land Surveyor on May 10, 2006 and
re-surveyed on December 6, 2018.
TRACT 3 - 89.4655 ACRES
Fieldnotes for 89.4655 acres of land out of the L. E. Cross
Survey, Abstract No. 408, and the Lester E. Cross Survey, Abstract
No. 419, in Fort Bend County, Texas, being out of and a part of that
certain (called) 93.30 acre tract of land conveyed to Sadie Miller,
as described in deed recorded in Volume 405, Page 37 of the Deed
Records of Fort Bend County, said 93.30 acre tract being all of Lot
73 of the Slavin & George Subdivision, the map or plat thereof
recorded in Volume 64, Page 253 of the Deed Records of Fort Bend
County, and being that same 89.4655 acre tract of land conveyed to
Tala Properties, Inc., as described in deed recorded under County
Clerk's File No. 2006122716 of the said Real Property Records, said
89.4655 acres of land being more particularly described by metes
and bounds, with all bearings based on and oriented to the Southeast
line of Lots 72, 76, 78, and 80 of said Slavin & George subdivision
(South 45° West), as follows:
COMMENCING at a 1 inch galvanized steel pipe set in the South
line of Randon School Road, based on a 60.00 foot right-of-way (as
occupied on the ground), at its intersection with the Southwest
line of South Miller Road, based on a 60 foot right-of-way (as
occupied on the ground), said point being the Northeast corner of
the residue of Lot 74 of said Slavin & George Subdivision;
Thence, South 45°07'04" East, 1273.05 feet with the Southwest
line of said South Miller Road to a 5/8 inch steel rod set in the
Northwest line of the said 93.30 acre tract and said Lot 73 for the
most Northerly corner and PLACE OF BEGINNING of the herein
described tract, said point being in the Southeast line of said Lot
74, at the most Easterly corner of that certain 64.87 acre tract of
land conveyed to Miller 108 LLC, as described in deed recorded under
County Clerk's File No. 2012097185 of the said Real Property
Records, said point also being most Westerly corner of that certain
10 foot wide strip of land conveyed to the County of Fort Bend (for
road widening) as described in right-of- way grant recorded in
Volume 437, Page 48 of the said Deed Records, from which point, a 6
inch wood post bears North 44°31' East, 1.1 feet;
Thence, South 45°07'04" East, 1330.56 feet with the Southwest
line of said South Miller Road and the said 10 foot wide strip to a
5/8 inch steel rod set in the Southeast line of the said 93.30 acre
tract and said Lot 73 for the most Easterly corner of the herein
described tract, said point being in the Northwest line of adjacent
Lot 72 of the said Slavin & George Subdivision and that certain
116.5 acre tract of land conveyed to Cynthia Irene Price, as
described in deed recorded under County Clerk's File No. 2016110214
of the said Real Property Records;
Thence, South 44°29'35" West, 2928.37 feet with the Northwest
line of the said 116.5 acre tract and said Lot 72 and the common
Southeast line of the said 93.30 acre tract and said Lot 73 to a 5/8
inch steel rod set in the Northeast line of State Highway 36 Bypass
(also known as Spur 10), based on a 150 foot right-of-way, for the
most Southerly corner of the herein described tract, said point
also being the most Easterly corner of that certain 2.29 acre tract
of land conveyed to the County of Fort Bend as described in
right-of-way deed recorded under County Clerk's File No. 9002037 of
the said Real Property Records;
Thence, North 45°05'04" West, 1331.49 feet with the Northeast
line of said State Highway 36 Bypass and the said 2.29 acre tract to
a 5/8 inch steel rod set in the Southeast line of said Lot 74 for the
most Westerly corner of the herein described tract, said point
being the most Southerly corner of the said 64.87 acre tract, being
in the Northwest line of the said 93.30 acre tract and said Lot 73,
said point also being the most Northerly corner of the said 2.29
acre tract;
Thence, North 44°30'40" East, 2927.58 feet with the Southeast
line of the said 64.87 acre tract and said Lot 74 and the common
Northwest line of the said 93.30 acre tract and said Lot 73 to the
PLACE OF BEGINNING and containing 89.4655 acres or 3,897,118 square
feet of land, more or less.
This description is based on the land title survey and plat
(Job No. 06-15072A) made under the direction of James H. Thomas,
Registered Professional Land Surveyor on May 10, 2006, and
re-surveyed on December 6, 2018.
TRACT 4 - 74.408 ACRES
74.408 acres of land in the Charles N. Simpson Survey,
Abstract 485, in Section No. 12, H. & T. C. Railroad Company Survey,
Fort Bend County, Texas.
For connection begin at a 1 1/2-inch iron pipe found marking
the north corner of said Charles N. Simpson Survey, Abstract 485,
and Section No. 12, H. & T. C. Railroad Company Survey;
THENCE, South 45 deg. West, 2776.4 feet to an iron pipe set
for the north corner of and PLACE OF BEGINNING for this tract;
THENCE, South 36 deg. 42' East, 1735.16 feet along a fence
line marking the western line of a 115 22-acre tract to an iron pipe
set for the east corner of this tract;
THENCE, South 56 deg. 14' West, 2056.18 feet along the
northwest line of the G. H. S. A. Railroad along a line 50 feet
perpendicular distant from and parallel to centerline of said
railroad to an iron pipe set for the south corner of this tract;
THENCE, northwesterly along the northeasterly line of a
proposed 100 foot road with a curve to the left with the following
data:
Delta = 27 deg. 18' 57"; Radius = 2790 feet; Length =
1330.13; Chord = North 47 deg. 25' 28" West, 1317.57
feet to an iron pipe set for the west corner of this
tract;
THENCE, North 45 deg. East, 2323.0 feet along the northwest
line of said Charles Simpson Survey, Abstract 485 to the PLACE OF
BEGINNING and containing 74.408 acres land including 1.373 acres in
Humble Pipeline Company easement (Volume 426, Page 5; Deed
Records), and 0.759 acre in the Gulf Pipeline 20-foot wide easement
(Volume 113, Page 474; Deed Records).
TRACT 5 - 3.032 ACRES
A 3.032 acre tract being a proposed 100-foot strip for road
purposes in Section 12, H. & T. C. Railroad Company Survey, Abstract
485, C. N. Simpson Survey, Abstract 485, Fort Bend County, Texas,
and more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows,
to-wit:
For connection begin at a 1 1/2-inch iron pipe found marking
the north corner of said Section 12;
THENCE, South 45 deg. West, 5099.4 feet to an iron pipe set
for the north corner of and PLACE OF BEGINNING for this tract;
THENCE, southeasterly with a curve to the right with the
following data:
Delta = 27 deg. 18' 57"; Radius = 2790 feet; Length =
1330.13; Chord = South 47 deg. 25' 28" East, 1317.57
feet to an iron pipe set for the east corner of this
tract; said point being in the northwest line of the G.
H. & S. A. Railroad (100 feet wide);
THENCE, South 56 deg. 14 min. West, along said northwest line
of said railroad 100 feet to an iron pipe set for the south corner of
this tract;
THENCE, northwesterly with a curve to the left with the
following data:
Delta = 27 deg. 55' 50"; Radius = 2690 feet; Length =
1311.33; Chord = North 47 deg. 43' 55" West, 1298.38
feet to an iron pipe set for the west corner of this
tract;
THENCE, North 45 deg. East, 104.23 feet to the PLACE OF
BEGINNING and containing 3.032 acres of land.
TRACT 6 - 57.779 ACRES
57.779 acres of land in the W. S. Anderson Survey, Abstract
424, in Section No. 8, H. & T. C. Railroad Company Survey, and in
the Charles N. Simpson Survey, Abstract 485, in Section No. 12, H. &
T. C. Railroad Company Survey, Fort Bend County, Texas.
For connection begin at a 1 1/2-inch iron pipe found marking
the north corner of said Charles N. Simpson Survey, Abstract 485,
and Section No. 12, H. & T. C. Railroad Company Survey;
THENCE, South 45 deg. West, 5203.63 feet to an iron pipe set
for the north corner of and PLACE OF BEGINNING for this tract;
THENCE, southeasterly along the southeast line of a proposed
100 foot road with a curve to the right with the following data:
Delta = 27 deg. 55' 50"; Radius = 2690 feet; Length =
1311.33; Chord = South 47 deg. 43' 55" East, 1298.38
feet to an iron pipe set for the east corner of this
tract; said point being in the northwest line of the G.
H. & S. A. Railroad (100 feet wide);
THENCE, South 56 deg. 14 West, 2380.91 feet along said
northwest line of the G. H. & S. A. Railroad along a line 50 feet
perpendicular distant from and parallel to the centerline of said
railroad to an iron pipe set for the south corner of this tract;
THENCE, North 45 deg. 08' 30" West, 833.1 feet along the
northeast line of Miller Road (60 feet wide), to an iron pipe set
for the west corner of this tract;
THENCE, North 45 deg. East, 2275.47 feet along the northwest
line of said W. S. Anderson Survey, Abstract 424, and Charles N.
Simpson Survey, Abstract 485, to the PLACE OF BEGINNING and
containing 57.779 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
8040, Special District Local Laws Code, as added by Section 1 of
this Act, is amended by adding Section 8040.0306 to read as follows:
Sec. 8040.0306. 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.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3122 was passed by the House on April
12, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 5, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3122 was passed by the Senate on May
10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor