Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

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1	1	86R8436 JCG-F
2	2	By: Miles S.B. No. 2424
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the creation of the Missouri City Redevelopment
8	8	District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority
9	9	to impose assessments, fees, or taxes.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Subtitle C, Title 4, Special District Local Laws
12	12	Code, is amended by adding Chapter 3978 to read as follows:
13	13	CHAPTER 3978. MISSOURI CITY REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
14	14	SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
15	15	Sec. 3978.0101. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
16	16	(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.
17	17	(2) "City" means the City of Missouri City.
18	18	(3) "County" means Fort Bend County.
19	19	(4) "Director" means a board member.
20	20	(5) "District" means the Missouri City Redevelopment
21	21	District.
22	22	Sec. 3978.0102. CREATION AND NATURE OF DISTRICT. The
23	23	district is a special district created under Section 59, Article
24	24	XVI, Texas Constitution.
25	25	Sec. 3978.0103. PURPOSE; LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS. (a) The
26	26	creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of
27	27	Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI,
28	28	Texas Constitution, and other public purposes stated in this
29	29	chapter. By creating the district and in authorizing political
30	30	subdivisions to contract with the district, the legislature has
31	31	established a program to accomplish the public purposes set out in
32	32	Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution.
33	33	(b) The creation of the district is necessary to promote,
34	34	develop, encourage, and maintain employment, commerce,
35	35	transportation, housing, tourism, recreation, the arts,
36	36	entertainment, economic development, safety, and the public
37	37	welfare in the district.
38	38	(c) The district is created to supplement and not to
39	39	supplant county services provided in the district.
40	40	Sec. 3978.0104. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
41	41	(a) The district is created to serve a public use and benefit.
42	42	(b) All land and other property included in the district
43	43	will benefit from the improvements and services to be provided by
44	44	the district under powers conferred by Sections 52 and 52-a,
45	45	Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and
46	46	other powers granted under this chapter.
47	47	(c) The creation of the district is in the public interest
48	48	and is essential to further the public purposes of:
49	49	(1) developing and diversifying the economy of the
50	50	state;
51	51	(2) eliminating unemployment and underemployment;
52	52	(3) developing or expanding transportation and
53	53	commerce; and
54	54	(4) providing quality residential housing.
55	55	(d) The district will:
56	56	(1) promote the health, safety, and general welfare of
57	57	residents, employers, potential employees, employees, visitors,
58	58	and consumers in the district, and of the public;
59	59	(2) provide needed funding for the district to
60	60	preserve, maintain, and enhance the economic health and vitality of
61	61	the district territory as a residential community and business
62	62	center; and
63	63	(3) promote the health, safety, welfare, and enjoyment
64	64	of the public by providing pedestrian ways and by landscaping,
65	65	removing graffiti from, and developing certain areas in the
66	66	district, which are necessary for the restoration, preservation,
67	67	and enhancement of scenic beauty.
68	68	(e) Pedestrian ways along or across a street, whether at
69	69	grade or above or below the surface, and street lighting, street
70	70	landscaping, vehicle parking, and street art objects are parts of
71	71	and necessary components of a street and are considered to be an
72	72	improvement project that includes a street or road improvement.
73	73	(f) The district will not act as the agent or
74	74	instrumentality of any private interest even though the district
75	75	will benefit many private interests as well as the public.
76	76	Sec. 3978.0105. DISTRICT TERRITORY. (a) The district is
77	77	initially composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the
78	78	Act enacting this chapter.
79	79	(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of
80	80	the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake in the
81	81	field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process
82	82	does not affect the district's:
83	83	(1) organization, existence, or validity;
84	84	(2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes
85	85	for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and
86	86	interest on a bond;
87	87	(3) right to impose or collect an assessment or tax; or
88	88	(4) legality or operation.
89	89	Sec. 3978.0106. ELIGIBILITY FOR INCLUSION IN SPECIAL ZONES.
90	90	(a) All or any part of the area of the district is eligible to be
91	91	included in:
92	92	(1) a tax increment reinvestment zone created under
93	93	Chapter 311, Tax Code;
94	94	(2) a tax abatement reinvestment zone created under
95	95	Chapter 312, Tax Code; or
96	96	(3) an enterprise zone created under Chapter 2303,
97	97	Government Code.
98	98	(b) A tax increment reinvestment zone created by the city in
99	99	the district is not subject to the limitations provided by Section
100	100	311.006, Tax Code.
101	101	(c) If the city creates a tax increment reinvestment zone
102	102	under Chapter 311, Tax Code, the city, by contract with the
103	103	district, may grant money deposited in the tax increment fund to the
104	104	district to be used by the district for the purposes permitted for
105	105	money granted to a corporation under Section 380.002(b), Local
106	106	Government Code, including the right to pledge the money as
107	107	security for any bonds issued by the district for an improvement
108	108	project.
109	109	Sec. 3978.0107. APPLICABILITY OF MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT
110	110	DISTRICTS LAW. Except as otherwise provided by this chapter,
111	111	Chapter 375, Local Government Code, applies to the district.
112	112	Sec. 3978.0108. CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER. This chapter
113	113	shall be liberally construed in conformity with the findings and
114	114	purposes stated in this chapter.
115	115	SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
116	116	Sec. 3978.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district is
117	117	governed by a board of nine voting directors who must be qualified
118	118	under and appointed by the governing body of the city as provided by
119	119	Subchapter D, Chapter 375, Local Government Code.
120	120	(b) The directors serve staggered terms of four years with
121	121	four or five directors' terms expiring June 1 of each odd-numbered
122	122	year.
123	123	Sec. 3978.0202. DIRECTOR'S OATH OR AFFIRMATION. (a) A
124	124	director shall file the director's oath or affirmation of office
125	125	with the district, and the district shall retain the oath or
126	126	affirmation in the district records.
127	127	(b) A director shall file a copy of the director's oath or
128	128	affirmation with the clerk of the county.
129	129	Sec. 3978.0203. QUORUM. A vacant director position is not
130	130	counted for purposes of establishing a quorum.
131	131	Sec. 3978.0204. OFFICERS. The board shall elect from among
132	132	the directors a chair, a vice chair, and a secretary. The offices
133	133	of chair and secretary may not be held by the same person.
134	134	Sec. 3978.0205. COMPENSATION; EXPENSES. (a) The district
135	135	may compensate each director in an amount not to exceed $50 for each
136	136	board meeting. The total amount of compensation a director may
137	137	receive each year may not exceed $2,000.
138	138	(b) A director is entitled to reimbursement for necessary
139	139	and reasonable expenses incurred in carrying out the duties and
140	140	responsibilities of the board.
141	141	Sec. 3978.0206. LIABILITY INSURANCE. The district may
142	142	obtain and pay for comprehensive general liability insurance
143	143	coverage from a commercial insurance company or other source that
144	144	protects and insures a director against personal liability and from
145	145	all claims relating to:
146	146	(1) actions taken by the director in the director's
147	147	capacity as a member of the board;
148	148	(2) actions and activities taken by the district; or
149	149	(3) the actions of others acting on behalf of the
150	150	district.
151	151	Sec. 3978.0207. NO EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. The board may not
152	152	create an executive committee to exercise the powers of the board.
153	153	Sec. 3978.0208. BOARD MEETINGS. The board shall hold
154	154	meetings at a place accessible to the public.
155	155	Sec. 3978.0209. INITIAL DIRECTORS. (a) The initial board
156	156	consists of:
157	157	Pos. No. Name of Director Pos. No. Name of Director
158	158	Pos. No. Name of Director
159	159	1. _______________ 1. _______________
160	160	1. _______________
161	161	2. _______________ 2. _______________
162	162	2. _______________
163	163	3. _______________ 3. _______________
164	164	3. _______________
165	165	4. _______________ 4. _______________
166	166	4. _______________
167	167	5. _______________ 5. _______________
168	168	5. _______________
169	169	6. _______________ 6. _______________
170	170	6. _______________
171	171	7. _______________ 7. _______________
172	172	7. _______________
173	173	8. _______________ 8. _______________
174	174	8. _______________
175	175	9. _______________ 9. _______________
176	176	9. _______________
177	177	(b) Of the initial directors, the terms of directors serving
178	178	in positions 1 through 5 expire June 1, 2023, and the terms of
179	179	directors serving in positions 6 through 9 expire June 1, 2021.
180	180	(c) Section 375.063, Local Government Code, does not apply
181	181	to the initial directors named by Subsection (a).
182	182	SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES
183	183	Sec. 3978.0301. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district
184	184	has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
185	185	which the district is created.
186	186	Sec. 3978.0302. IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND SERVICES. The
187	187	district may provide, design, construct, acquire, improve,
188	188	relocate, operate, maintain, or finance an improvement project or
189	189	service using money available to the district, or contract with a
190	190	governmental or private entity to provide, design, construct,
191	191	acquire, improve, relocate, operate, maintain, or finance an
192	192	improvement project or service authorized under this chapter or
193	193	Chapter 375, Local Government Code.
194	194	Sec. 3978.0303. LOCATION OF IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. An
195	195	improvement project described by Section 3978.0302 may be located:
196	196	(1) in the district; or
197	197	(2) in an area outside but adjacent to the district if
198	198	the project is for the purpose of extending a public infrastructure
199	199	improvement beyond the district's boundaries to a logical terminus.
200	200	Sec. 3978.0304. DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION POWERS. The
201	201	district, using money available to the district, may exercise the
202	202	powers given to a development corporation under Chapter 505, Local
203	203	Government Code, including the power to own, operate, acquire,
204	204	construct, lease, improve, or maintain a project under that
205	205	chapter.
206	206	Sec. 3978.0305. NONPROFIT CORPORATION. (a) The board by
207	207	resolution may authorize the creation of a nonprofit corporation to
208	208	assist and act for the district in implementing a project or
209	209	providing a service authorized by this chapter.
210	210	(b) The nonprofit corporation:
211	211	(1) has each power of and is considered to be a local
212	212	government corporation created under Subchapter D, Chapter 431,
213	213	Transportation Code; and
214	214	(2) may implement any project and provide any service
215	215	authorized by this chapter.
216	216	(c) The board shall appoint the board of directors of the
217	217	nonprofit corporation. The board of directors of the nonprofit
218	218	corporation shall serve in the same manner as the board of directors
219	219	of a local government corporation created under Subchapter D,
220	220	Chapter 431, Transportation Code, except that a board member is not
221	221	required to reside in the district.
222	222	Sec. 3978.0306. AGREEMENTS; GRANTS. (a) As provided by
223	223	Chapter 375, Local Government Code, the district may make an
224	224	agreement with or accept a gift, grant, or loan from any person.
225	225	(b) The implementation of a project is a governmental
226	226	function or service for the purposes of Chapter 791, Government
227	227	Code.
228	228	Sec. 3978.0307. LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES. To protect the
229	229	public interest, the district may contract with a qualified party,
230	230	including the county, to provide law enforcement services in the
231	231	district for a fee.
232	232	Sec. 3978.0308. MEMBERSHIP IN CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS.
233	233	The district may join and pay dues to a charitable or nonprofit
234	234	organization that performs a service or provides an activity
235	235	consistent with the furtherance of a district purpose.
236	236	Sec. 3978.0309. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. (a) The district
237	237	may engage in activities that accomplish the economic development
238	238	purposes of the district.
239	239	(b) The district may establish and provide for the
240	240	administration of one or more programs to promote state or local
241	241	economic development and to stimulate business and commercial
242	242	activity in the district, including programs to:
243	243	(1) make loans and grants of public money; and
244	244	(2) provide district personnel and services.
245	245	(c) The district may create economic development programs
246	246	and exercise the economic development powers that:
247	247	(1) Chapter 380, Local Government Code, provides to a
248	248	municipality; and
249	249	(2) Subchapter A, Chapter 1509, Government Code,
250	250	provides to a municipality.
251	251	Sec. 3978.0310. CONCURRENCE ON ADDITIONAL POWERS. If the
252	252	territory of the district is located in the corporate boundaries or
253	253	the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the district
254	254	may not exercise a power granted to the district after the date the
255	255	district was created unless the governing body of the municipality
256	256	by resolution consents to the district's exercise of the power.
257	257	Sec. 3978.0311. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. The district may
258	258	not exercise the power of eminent domain.
259	259	SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
260	260	Sec. 3978.0401. DISBURSEMENTS AND TRANSFERS OF MONEY. The
261	261	board by resolution shall establish the number of signatures and
262	262	the procedure required for a disbursement or transfer of the
263	263	district's money.
264	264	Sec. 3978.0402. MONEY USED FOR IMPROVEMENTS OR SERVICES.
265	265	The district may acquire, construct, finance, operate, or maintain
266	266	an improvement project or service authorized under this chapter or
267	267	Chapter 375, Local Government Code, using any money available to
268	268	the district.
269	269	Sec. 3978.0403. GENERAL POWERS REGARDING PAYMENT OF
270	270	DISTRICT BONDS, OBLIGATIONS, OR OTHER COSTS. The district may
271	271	provide or secure the payment or repayment of any bond, note, or
272	272	other temporary or permanent obligation or reimbursement or other
273	273	contract with any person and the costs and expenses of the
274	274	establishment, administration, and operation of the district and
275	275	the district's costs or share of the costs or revenue of an
276	276	improvement project or district contractual obligation or
277	277	indebtedness by:
278	278	(1) the imposition of an ad valorem tax or sales and
279	279	use tax or an assessment, user fee, concession fee, or rental
280	280	charge; or
281	281	(2) any other revenue or resources of the district.
282	282	Sec. 3978.0404. COSTS FOR IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. The
283	283	district may undertake separately or jointly with other persons,
284	284	including the city or the county, all or part of the cost of an
285	285	improvement project, including an improvement project:
286	286	(1) for improving, enhancing, and supporting public
287	287	safety and security, fire protection and emergency medical
288	288	services, and law enforcement in or adjacent to the district; or
289	289	(2) that confers a general benefit on the entire
290	290	district or a special benefit on a definable part of the district.
291	291	Sec. 3978.0405. TAX AND ASSESSMENT ABATEMENTS. The
292	292	district may designate reinvestment zones and may grant abatements
293	293	of a tax or assessment on property in the zones.
294	294	Sec. 3978.0406. PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM IMPACT FEES. The
295	295	district may not impose an impact fee on a residential property,
296	296	including a multiunit residential property, or a condominium.
297	297	SUBCHAPTER E. ASSESSMENTS
298	298	Sec. 3978.0501. PETITION REQUIRED FOR FINANCING SERVICES
299	299	AND IMPROVEMENTS WITH ASSESSMENTS. (a) The board may not finance a
300	300	service or improvement project with assessments under this chapter
301	301	unless a written petition requesting that service or improvement
302	302	has been filed with the board.
303	303	(b) The petition must be signed by the owners of at least 50
304	304	percent of the property in the district subject to assessment
305	305	according to the most recent certified tax appraisal roll for the
306	306	county.
307	307	Sec. 3978.0502. ASSESSMENTS; LIENS FOR ASSESSMENTS. (a)
308	308	The board by resolution may impose and collect an assessment for any
309	309	purpose authorized by this chapter in all or any part of the
310	310	district that is not a residential property, including a multiunit
311	311	residential property or a condominium.
312	312	(b) An assessment, a reassessment, or an assessment
313	313	resulting from an addition to or correction of the assessment roll
314	314	by the district, penalties and interest on an assessment or
315	315	reassessment, an expense of collection, and reasonable attorney's
316	316	fees incurred by the district:
317	317	(1) are a first and prior lien against the property
318	318	assessed;
319	319	(2) are superior to any other lien or claim other than
320	320	a lien or claim for county, school district, or municipal ad valorem
321	321	taxes; and
322	322	(3) are the personal liability of and a charge against
323	323	the owners of the property even if the owners are not named in the
324	324	assessment proceedings.
325	325	(c) The lien is effective from the date of the board's
326	326	resolution imposing the assessment until the date the assessment is
327	327	paid. The board may enforce the lien in the same manner that the
328	328	board may enforce an ad valorem tax lien against real property.
329	329	(d) The board may make a correction to or deletion from the
330	330	assessment roll that does not increase the amount of assessment of
331	331	any parcel of land without providing notice and holding a hearing in
332	332	the manner required for additional assessments.
333	333	Sec. 3978.0503. METHOD OF NOTICE FOR HEARING. The district
334	334	may mail the notice required by Section 375.115(c), Local
335	335	Government Code, by certified or first class United States mail.
336	336	The board shall determine the method of notice.
337	337	SUBCHAPTER F. TAXES AND BONDS
338	338	Sec. 3978.0601. TAX ABATEMENT. The district may enter into
339	339	a tax abatement agreement in accordance with the general laws of
340	340	this state authorizing and applicable to a tax abatement agreement
341	341	by a municipality.
342	342	Sec. 3978.0602. PROPERTY TAX AUTHORIZED. (a) The district
343	343	may impose an ad valorem tax on all taxable property in the district
344	344	to:
345	345	(1) pay for an improvement project of the types
346	346	authorized by Section 52(b), Article III, and Section 59, Article
347	347	XVI, Texas Constitution; or
348	348	(2) secure the payment of bonds issued for a purpose
349	349	described by Subdivision (1).
350	350	(b) The district may not impose an ad valorem tax to pay for
351	351	an improvement project under this chapter unless:
352	352	(1) a written petition has been filed with the board
353	353	requesting an election to approve the imposition of the tax signed
354	354	by the owners of at least 50 percent of the property in the district
355	355	subject to assessment as determined from the most recent certified
356	356	county property tax rolls; and
357	357	(2) the imposition of the tax is approved by the voters
358	358	of the district voting at the requested election.
359	359	(c) The district may not impose an ad valorem tax on a
360	360	residential property, including a multiunit residential property
361	361	or a condominium.
362	362	Sec. 3978.0603. SALES AND USE TAX. (a) The district may
363	363	impose a sales and use tax if authorized by a majority of the voters
364	364	of the district voting at an election called for that purpose.
365	365	Revenue from the tax may be used for any purpose for which ad
366	366	valorem tax revenue of the district may be used.
367	367	(b) The district may not adopt a sales and use tax if as a
368	368	result of the adoption of the tax the combined rate of all sales and
369	369	use taxes imposed by the district and other political subdivisions
370	370	of this state having territory in the district would exceed two
371	371	percent at any location in the district.
372	372	(c) If the voters of the district approve the adoption of
373	373	the tax at an election held on the same election date on which
374	374	another political subdivision adopts a sales and use tax or
375	375	approves an increase in the rate of its sales and use tax and as a
376	376	result the combined rate of all sales and use taxes imposed by the
377	377	district and other political subdivisions of this state having
378	378	territory in the district would exceed two percent at any location
379	379	in the district, the election to adopt a sales and use tax under
380	380	this chapter has no effect.
381	381	Sec. 3978.0604. BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS. (a) The
382	382	district may issue, by public or private sale, bonds, notes, or
383	383	other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes,
384	384	sales and use taxes, or assessments in the manner provided by
385	385	Subchapter A, Chapter 372, or Subchapter J, Chapter 375, Local
386	386	Government Code.
387	387	(b) In exercising the district's borrowing power, the
388	388	district may issue a bond or other obligation in the form of a bond,
389	389	note, certificate of participation or other instrument evidencing a
390	390	proportionate interest in payments to be made by the district, or
391	391	other type of obligation.
392	392	(c) In addition to the sources of money described by
393	393	Subchapter A, Chapter 372, or Subchapter J, Chapter 375, Local
394	394	Government Code, district bonds may be secured and made payable
395	395	wholly or partly by a pledge of any part of the money the district
396	396	receives from improvement revenue or from any other source.
397	397	Sec. 3978.0605. BOND MATURITY. Bonds may mature not more
398	398	than 40 years from their date of issue.
399	399	Sec. 3978.0606. TAXES FOR BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS. At
400	400	the time bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad
401	401	valorem taxes are issued:
402	402	(1) the board shall impose a continuing direct annual
403	403	ad valorem tax for each year that all or part of the bonds are
404	404	outstanding; and
405	405	(2) the district annually shall impose an ad valorem
406	406	tax on all taxable property in the district in an amount sufficient
407	407	to:
408	408	(A) pay the interest on the bonds or other
409	409	obligations as the interest becomes due; and
410	410	(B) create a sinking fund for the payment of the
411	411	principal of the bonds or other obligations when due or the
412	412	redemption price at any earlier required redemption date.
413	413	SUBCHAPTER G. DISSOLUTION
414	414	Sec. 3978.0701. DISSOLUTION BY ORDINANCE. (a) A
415	415	municipality that includes territory of the district, in the
416	416	corporate boundaries or extraterritorial jurisdiction of the
417	417	municipality, by ordinance may dissolve the district.
418	418	(b) The municipality may not dissolve the district until the
419	419	district's outstanding debt or contractual obligations that are
420	420	payable from ad valorem taxes have been repaid or discharged, or the
421	421	municipality has affirmatively assumed the obligation to pay the
422	422	outstanding debt from municipal revenue.
423	423	Sec. 3978.0702. COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENTS AND OTHER
424	424	REVENUE. (a) If the dissolved district has bonds or other
425	425	obligations outstanding secured by and payable from assessments or
426	426	other revenue, other than ad valorem taxes, the municipality that
427	427	dissolves the district shall succeed to the rights and obligations
428	428	of the district regarding enforcement and collection of the
429	429	assessments or other revenue.
430	430	(b) The municipality shall have and exercise all district
431	431	powers to enforce and collect the assessments or other revenue to
432	432	pay:
433	433	(1) the bonds or other obligations when due and
434	434	payable according to their terms; or
435	435	(2) special revenue or assessment bonds or other
436	436	obligations issued by the municipality to refund the outstanding
437	437	bonds or obligations.
438	438	Sec. 3978.0703. ASSUMPTION OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES. (a)
439	439	If a municipality dissolves the district, the municipality assumes,
440	440	subject to the appropriation and availability of funds, the
441	441	obligations of the district, including any bonds or other debt
442	442	payable from assessments or other district revenue.
443	443	(b) If a municipality dissolves the district, the board
444	444	shall transfer ownership of all district property to the
445	445	municipality.
446	446	SECTION 2. The Missouri City Redevelopment District
447	447	initially includes all the territory contained in the following
448	448	area:
449	449	The Missouri City Redevelopment District is +/- 2,084 acres (3.26
450	450	sq. miles) in size and is within the City of Missouri City Municipal
451	451	Limits, Fort Bend County. It is centered on the intersection of
452	452	Texas Pkwy/FM Rd 2234 and Scanlin Rd/Buffalo Run.
453	453	With the beginning point being the west right-of-way (ROW) of
454	454	Fondren Rd and north ROW of Buffalo Run at coincident boundary line
455	455	of City of Missouri City/City of Houston;
456	456	Then generally south along coincident boundary line of City of
457	457	Missouri City/City of Houston to 3.267 acre tract (0263 I AND GN RY,
458	458	ACRES 3.267, JOGGING TRACT);
459	459	Then west along south boundary said 3.267 acre tract to southwest
460	460	corner of said tract and east boundary of 8.097 acre drainage
461	461	easement (HUNTERS GLEN SEC 1, ACRES 8.097, DRNG ESMT ON NORTH SIDE
462	462	OF BLOCK 1 & BLOCK 14);
463	463	Then north along east boundary of said 8.097 acre drainage easement
464	464	to northeast corner of said easement;
465	465	Then west and southwest along north boundary of said 8.097 acre
466	466	drainage easement to west corner of said easement and northeast
467	467	corner of 1.4679 acre lot (HUNTERS GLEN NTL CHILD CARE, LOT 1, ACRES
468	468	1.4679);
469	469	Then generally south southeast along east boundary of said 1.4679
470	470	acre lot to northwest corner of HUNTERS GLEN SEC 1 Subdivision;
471	471	Then south along west boundary of HUNTERS GLEN SEC 1 Subdivision,
472	472	across ROW of Lexington Blvd, and HUNTERS POINT ESTATES, BLOCK 1
473	473	Subdivision to southwest corner of said subdivision and north ROW
474	474	of Grand Park Dr;
475	475	Then south by west across ROW of Grand Park Dr to northwest corner
476	476	of HUNTERS GLEN PARK (Hunters Point Park Sec 1, 17.018 acres);
477	477	Then south, east and south along west boundary of HUNTERS GLEN PARK
478	478	to southwest corner of said park and north ROW of Independence Blvd;
479	479	Then south by west across ROW of Independence Blvd to south ROW line
480	480	and northwest corner of 0.1 acre drainage easement (JENSEN TRACT,
481	481	LOT PT 2, ACRES 0.100, (DRAINAGE EASEMENT));
482	482	Then south along west boundary of said 0.1 acre easement, and 8.945
483	483	acre drainage easement (0264 I AND GN RY, ACRES 8.945) to southwest
484	484	corner of said easement and north boundary of 1.738 acre drainage
485	485	easement (QUAIL GREEN SEC 1, ACRES 1.738, 120' WIDE DRAINAGE
486	486	EASEMENT);
487	487	Then west along north boundary of said 1.738 acre drainage easement
488	488	to east ROW of Texas Pkwy;
489	489	Then south along east ROW of Texas Pkwy to northwest corner of 0.517
490	490	acre lot (MCCOURT PLAZA, LOT 1, ACRES 0.517);
491	491	Then east along north boundary of said 0.517 acre lot to northeast
492	492	corner of said lot;
493	493	Then south along east boundary of said 0.517 acre lot, and 0.5154
494	494	acre lot (MCCOURT PLAZA, ACRES 0.5154), across ROW of Greendale Dr
495	495	and along east boundary of 0.8422 acre lot (QUAIL GREEN SEC 2, ACRES
496	496	0.8422, Reserve "A") to southeast corner of said 0.8422 acre lot;
497	497	Then west along south boundary of said 0.8422 acre lot to southwest
498	498	corner of said lot and east ROW of Texas Pkwy;
499	499	Then south along east ROW of Texas Pkwy to northwest corner of 1.262
500	500	acre tract (0013 D BRIGHT, ACRES 1.262, RESERVE "A" QUAIL GREEN
501	501	SOUTH);
502	502	Then southeast along north boundary of said 1.262 acre tract to
503	503	northeast corner of said tract;
504	504	Then south along east boundary of said 1.262 acre tract, across ROW
505	505	of Cartwright Dr and along east boundary of 1.073 acre tract (0013 D
506	506	BRIGHT, ACRES 1.073, RESERVE "E" QUAIL GREEN SOUTH) to southeast
507	507	corner of said tract and northeast corner of 0.8807 acre lot (0013 D
508	508	Bright, ACRES 0.8807, Restricted Reserve "A" (Commercial), Block 1,
509	509	Automax);
510	510	Then generally east southeast along east boundary of said 0.8807
511	511	acre lot, and 2.1488 acre tract (0013 D Bright, ACRES 2.1488,
512	512	Unrestricted Reserve, Block 1, Minimax) to east corner of said
513	513	2.1488 acre tract;
514	514	Then southwest along boundary of said 2.1488 acre tract to north
515	515	corner of 0.55 acre tract (QUAIL GREEN SOUTH SEC 1, ACRES 0.550,
516	516	RESTRICTED RESERVE "B" (WIDENING OF TEXAS PKWY));
517	517	Then generally east along north boundary of said 0.55 acre tract to
518	518	southwest corner of 1.457 acre tract (QUAIL GREEN SOUTH SEC 1, ACRES
519	519	1.457, COMMERCIAL TRACT 1);
520	520	Then north by east along west boundary of said 1.457 acre tract to
521	521	northwest corner of said tract;
522	522	Then east along north boundary of said 1.457 acre tract, across ROW
523	523	of Turtle Creek Dr, and along north boundary of 1.785 acre tract
524	524	(QUAIL GREEN SOUTH SEC 1, ACRES 1.785, COMMERCIAL TRACT 2) to
525	525	northeast corner of said 1.785 acre tract and coincident boundary
526	526	line of City of Houston/City of Missouri City limits;
527	527	Then south along coincident boundary line of City of Houston/City
528	528	of Missouri City limits, across ROW of Texas Pkwy/FM 2234, and along
529	529	east boundary of 0.8025 acre tract (QUAIL VALLEY THUNDERBIRD NORTH
530	530	SEC 1, ACRES 0.8025, RESERVE "C-1"), 1.417 acre tract (QUAIL VALLEY
531	531	THUNDERBIRD NORTH SEC 1, ACRES 1.417, RESERVE "C" (PT)), 0.675 acre
532	532	lot (QUAIL VALLEY THUNDERBIRD NORTH SEC 1, ACRES 0.675, RESERVE "C"
533	533	(PT)) to southeast corner of said 0.675 acre lot;
534	534	Then west along south boundary of said 0.675 acre lot, across ROW of
535	535	Turtle Creek Dr, and 1.7180 acre tract (QUAIL VALLEY THUNDERBIRD
536	536	NORTH SEC 1, ACRES 1.7180, RESERVE "D" (PT), 0.758 acre easement
537	537	(0013 D Bright, ACRES 0.758, Christian Bible Baptist Church
538	538	Subdivision, Block 1, Reserve 1 (Part), 60' Rd Esmt), and 19.7824
539	539	acre tract (0013 D Bright, ACRES 19.7824, Christian Bible Baptist
540	540	Church Subdivision, Block 1, Reserve 1 (Part)) to southwest corner
541	541	of said 19.7824 acre tract;
542	542	Then north along west boundary of said 19.7284 acre tract, and
543	543	boundary line of PARK GATE SEC 1 Subdivision to south corner of
544	544	1.455 acre tract (R/P RANDALLS CTR-QUAIL VALLEY, ACRES 1.455,
545	545	RESERVE D (DETENTION POND));
546	546	Then northwest and west along north boundary of PARK GATE SEC 1
547	547	Subdivision to southeast corner of 2 acre tract (0013 D BRIGHT,
548	548	ACRES 2.00);
549	549	Then north along east boundary of said 2 acre tract to south ROW of
550	550	Cartwright Rd;
551	551	Then west along south ROW of Cartwright Rd to point south of east
552	552	ROW line of Columbia Blue Dr;
553	553	Then north along east ROW of Columbia Blue Dr, across ROW of Court
554	554	Rd to northwest corner of 6.69 acre tract (QUAIL GREEN WEST SEC 2,
555	555	ACRES 6.69, RESERVE A) and south boundary of QUAIL GREEN WEST SEC 2
556	556	Subdivision;
557	557	Then east along south boundary of QUAIL GREEN WEST SEC 2 Subdivision
558	558	to southeast corner of said subdivision;
559	559	Then generally north along east boundary of said QUAIL GREEN WEST
560	560	SEC 2 Subdivision, across ROW of Independence Blvd, to northeast
561	561	corner of 0.1584 acre lot (QUAIL GREEN WEST SEC 1, BLOCK 10, LOT 24)
562	562	and south boundary of 0.155 acre lot (QUAIL GREEN WEST SEC 1, BLOCK
563	563	10, LOT 22);
564	564	Then east, north and east along boundary of QUAIL GREEN WEST SEC 1,
565	565	BLOCK 10 to west ROW of Texas Pkwy/FM 2234;
566	566	Then north along west ROW of Texas Pkwy/FM 2234 to southeast corner
567	567	of 20.09 acre tract (0264 I AND GN RY, ACRES 20.09);
568	568	Then west along south boundary of said 20.09 acre tract to southwest
569	569	corner of said tract;
570	570	Then north along west boundary of said 20.09 acre tract, across ROW
571	571	of Thomas Taylor Pkwy, and along west boundary of 21.84 acre tract
572	572	(0264 I AND GN RY, ACRES 21.84, Reserve "A", Block 1, Houston
573	573	Community College Missouri City Campus) and 17.873 acre tract (0264
574	574	I AND GN RY, ACRES 17.873) to south ROW of Scanlin Rd;
575	575	Then northeast along south ROW of Scanlin Rd to coincident boundary
576	576	line of City of Stafford/Missouri City Limits;
577	577	Then east along coincident boundary line of City of
578	578	Stafford/Missouri City Limits to west ROW of Texas Pkwy/FM Rd 2234;
579	579	Then north along west ROW of Texas Pkwy/FM Rd 2234 and coincident
580	580	boundary line of City of Stafford/Missouri City Limits to northwest
581	581	corner of 18.1052 acre tract (0264 I AND GN RY, ACRES 18.1052,
582	582	(FM.2234 ROW));
583	583	Then east along north boundary of said 18.1052 acre tract and
584	584	coincident boundary line of City of Stafford/Missouri City Limits
585	585	to centerline ROW of Texas Pkwy/FM Rd 2234;
586	586	Then generally north and northwest along coincident boundary line
587	587	of City of Stafford/Missouri City Limits to south ROW of Adams St;
588	588	Then southwest and west along south ROW of Adams St to south ROW of
589	589	5th St;
590	590	Then southwest along south ROW of 5th St and coincident boundary
591	591	line of City of Stafford/Missouri City Limits to ROW centerline of
592	592	Present St;
593	593	Then northwest and north northwest along ROW centerline of Present
594	594	St., and coincident boundary line of City of Stafford/Missouri City
595	595	Limits, across ROW of US 90 Hwy Alternate, and S Pacific Railway
596	596	easement, to west corner of 39.54 acre tract (0117 BBB AND C RY,
597	597	ACRES 39.54, Unrestricted Reserve "B", Block 1, TXI - Missouri City
598	598	Amending Plat (HLA));
599	599	Then northeast along boundary of said 39.54 ac. tract and
600	600	coincident boundary line of City of Stafford/Missouri City Limits
601	601	to east ROW of Pike Rd;
602	602	Then northwest along east ROW of Pike Rd and coincident boundary
603	603	line of City of Stafford/Missouri City Limits to east ROW of
604	604	Stafford Rd;
605	605	Then generally north northeast along east ROW of Stafford Rd to
606	606	north corner of 10.176 acre tract (0117 BBB AND C RY, ACRES 10.176,
607	607	SAND PIT) and coincident boundary line of City of Stafford/Missouri
608	608	City Limits;
609	609	Then southeast along east boundary of said 10.176 ac. tract and
610	610	coincident boundary line of VACCARO MANOR Subdivision, and
611	611	coincident boundary line of City of Stafford/Missouri City Limits
612	612	to south corner of said subdivision;
613	613	Then northeast along boundary of VACCARO MANOR and ENCLAVE AT
614	614	STAFFORD Subdivisions and coincident boundary line of City of
615	615	Stafford/Missouri City Limits to east ROW of S Cravens Rd;
616	616	Then northwest along east ROW of S Cravens Rd and coincident
617	617	boundary line of City of Stafford/Missouri City Limits to Harris
618	618	and Fort Bend County Line;
619	619	Then east southeast along Harris and Fort Bend County Line to
620	620	coincident boundary line of City of Houston/City of Missouri City
621	621	Limits;
622	622	Then southeast along coincident boundary line of City of
623	623	Houston/City of Missouri City Limits, across ROW of Buffalo Lakes
624	624	Dr and 3.33 acre tract (Park 8ninety, BLOCK 2, ACRES 3.33, Reserve 5
625	625	(77% in Fort Bend County)) and along boundary of 2.59 acre tract
626	626	(Park 8ninety, BLOCK 2, ACRES 2.59, Reserve 7) to east corner of
627	627	said 2.59 acre tract;
628	628	Then southwest along east boundary of said 2.59 ac. tract and
629	629	boundary line of City of Missouri City Limits to north corner of
630	630	1.194 acre drainage easement (0629 N A RECTOR, ACRES 1.194,
631	631	CANGELOSI DITCH - SIMMS BAYOU, DRNG ESMT);
632	632	Then south along boundary line of City of Missouri City Limits and
633	633	east boundary of said 1.194 acre easement, 0.2754 acre lot (0629 N A
634	634	RECTOR, ACRES 0.2754), 6.373 acre tract (0629 N A RECTOR, ACRES
635	635	6.373), 19.0189 acre tract (0629 N A RECTOR, ACRES 19.0189, (PT)
636	636	RESTRICTED RESERVE "B" (PUBLIC PARK & DRAINAGE), FBISD HIGH SCHOOL
637	637	#9) to north boundary of 66.898 acre tract (0626 G B LUCAS, ACRES
638	638	66.898, (PT) RESERVE "B" (PUBLIC PARK & DRAINAGE), FBISD HIGH
639	639	SCHOOL #9, EXEMPT);
640	640	Then east along boundary line of City of Missouri City Limits and
641	641	north boundary of said 66.898 acre tract to northeast corner of said
642	642	tract and west ROW of Settemont Rd. and coincident boundary line of
643	643	City of Houston/City of Missouri City Limits;
644	644	Then south along west ROW of Settemont Rd and coincident boundary
645	645	line of City of Houston/City of Missouri City Limits to north ROW of
646	646	Buffalo Run;
647	647	Then east northeast along north ROW of Buffalo Run and coincident
648	648	boundary line of City of Houston/City of Missouri City Limits to
649	649	west ROW of Fondren Rd. and beginning point of +/- 2,084 acre tract;
650	650	SECTION 3. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
651	651	introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
652	652	Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
653	653	copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
654	654	officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
655	655	under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
656	656	Government Code.
657	657	(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
658	658	submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
659	659	Environmental Quality.
660	660	(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
661	661	its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor,
662	662	lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives
663	663	within the required time.
664	664	(d) The general law relating to consent by political
665	665	subdivisions to the creation of districts with conservation,
666	666	reclamation, and road powers and the inclusion of land in those
667	667	districts has been complied with.
668	668	(e) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
669	669	state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
670	670	to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act have been
671	671	fulfilled and accomplished.
672	672	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
673	673	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
674	674	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
675	675	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
676	676	Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
677	677
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