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1	1	86R6954 BRG-F
2	2	By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 2491
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility
8	8	District No. 566; granting a limited power of eminent domain;
9	9	providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose
10	10	assessments, fees, and taxes.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Subtitle F, Title 6, Special District Local Laws
13	13	Code, is amended by adding Chapter 8037 to read as follows:
14	14	CHAPTER 8037. HARRIS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 566
15	15	SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
16	16	Sec. 8037.0101. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
17	17	(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.
18	18	(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on
19	19	Environmental Quality.
20	20	(3) "Director" means a board member.
21	21	(4) "District" means the Harris County Municipal
22	22	Utility District No. 566.
23	23	Sec. 8037.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a
24	24	municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI,
25	25	Texas Constitution.
26	26	Sec. 8037.0103. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTOR ELECTION
27	27	REQUIRED. The temporary directors shall hold an election to
28	28	confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent
29	29	directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
30	30	Sec. 8037.0104. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED. The
31	31	temporary directors may not hold an election under Section
32	32	8037.0103 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or
33	33	extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has
34	34	consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the
35	35	district and to the inclusion of land in the district.
36	36	Sec. 8037.0105. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
37	37	(a) The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit.
38	38	(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:
39	39	(1) a municipal utility district as provided by
40	40	general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and
41	41	(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that
42	42	relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation,
43	43	or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or
44	44	improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
45	45	Sec. 8037.0106. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY. (a) The
46	46	district is initially composed of the territory described by
47	47	Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.
48	48	(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of
49	49	the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the
50	50	field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process
51	51	does not affect the district's:
52	52	(1) organization, existence, or validity;
53	53	(2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes
54	54	for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and
55	55	interest on a bond;
56	56	(3) right to impose a tax; or
57	57	(4) legality or operation.
58	58	SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
59	59	Sec. 8037.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district is
60	60	governed by a board of five elected directors.
61	61	(b) Except as provided by Section 8037.0202, directors
62	62	serve staggered four-year terms.
63	63	Sec. 8037.0202. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS. (a) The temporary
64	64	board consists of:
65	65	(1) Philip Ghutzman;
66	66	(2) Todd Dillingham;
67	67	(3) Caitlin Doonan;
68	68	(4) Nolan Mainguy; and
69	69	(5) Robert Frost.
70	70	(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:
71	71	(1) the date permanent directors are elected under
72	72	Section 8037.0103; or
73	73	(2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of
74	74	the Act enacting this chapter.
75	75	(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under
76	76	Section 8037.0103 and the terms of the temporary directors have
77	77	expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or
78	78	reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that
79	79	expire on the earlier of:
80	80	(1) the date permanent directors are elected under
81	81	Section 8037.0103; or
82	82	(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the
83	83	appointment or reappointment.
84	84	(d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a
85	85	majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district
86	86	may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the
87	87	commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five
88	88	persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as
89	89	successor temporary directors the five persons named in the
90	90	petition.
91	91	SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES
92	92	Sec. 8037.0301. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district
93	93	has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
94	94	which the district is created.
95	95	Sec. 8037.0302. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND
96	96	DUTIES. The district has the powers and duties provided by the
97	97	general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code,
98	98	applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59,
99	99	Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
100	100	Sec. 8037.0303. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS. Under Section
101	101	52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design,
102	102	acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate,
103	103	maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for
104	104	operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or
105	105	improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
106	106	Sec. 8037.0304. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS. (a) A
107	107	road project must meet all applicable construction standards,
108	108	zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each
109	109	municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial
110	110	jurisdiction the road project is located.
111	111	(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits
112	112	or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road
113	113	project must meet all applicable construction standards,
114	114	subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which
115	115	the road project is located.
116	116	(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the
117	117	Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and
118	118	specifications of the road project.
119	119	Sec. 8037.0305. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT
120	120	ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION. The district shall comply with all
121	121	applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is
122	122	adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that
123	123	consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land
124	124	in the district.
125	125	Sec. 8037.0306. DIVISION OF DISTRICT. (a) The district may
126	126	be divided into two or more new districts only if:
127	127	(1) the district has no outstanding bonded debt; and
128	128	(2) the district is not imposing ad valorem taxes.
129	129	(b) This chapter applies to any new district created by the
130	130	division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and
131	131	duties of the district.
132	132	(c) Any new district created by the division of the district
133	133	may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land
134	134	outside the area described by Section 2 of the Act creating this
135	135	chapter.
136	136	(d) The board, on its own motion or on receipt of a petition
137	137	signed by the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of
138	138	the real property in the district, may adopt an order dividing the
139	139	district.
140	140	(e) The board may adopt an order dividing the district
141	141	before or after the date the board holds an election under Section
142	142	8037.0103 to confirm the creation of the district.
143	143	(f) An order dividing the district shall:
144	144	(1) name each new district;
145	145	(2) include the metes and bounds description of the
146	146	territory of each new district;
147	147	(3) appoint temporary directors for each new district;
148	148	and
149	149	(4) provide for the division of assets and liabilities
150	150	between or among the new districts.
151	151	(g) On or before the 30th day after the date of adoption of
152	152	an order dividing the district, the district shall file the order
153	153	with the commission and record the order in the real property
154	154	records of each county in which the district is located.
155	155	(h) Any new district created by the division of the district
156	156	shall hold a confirmation and directors' election as required by
157	157	Section 8037.0103.
158	158	(i) If the creation of the new district is confirmed, the
159	159	new district shall provide the election date and results to the
160	160	commission.
161	161	(j) Any new district created by the division of the district
162	162	must hold an election as required by this chapter to obtain voter
163	163	approval before the district may impose a maintenance tax or issue
164	164	bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes.
165	165	(k) Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to
166	166	the inclusion of land in the district granted under Section
167	167	8037.0104 acts as municipal consent to the creation of any new
168	168	district created by the division of the district and to the
169	169	inclusion of land in the new district.
170	170	SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
171	171	Sec. 8037.0401. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS. (a)
172	172	The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other
173	173	obligations secured by:
174	174	(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or
175	175	(2) contract payments described by Section 8037.0403.
176	176	(b) The district must hold an election in the manner
177	177	provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval
178	178	before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds
179	179	payable from ad valorem taxes.
180	180	(c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem
181	181	taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a
182	182	vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an
183	183	election held for that purpose.
184	184	Sec. 8037.0402. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. (a) If
185	185	authorized at an election held under Section 8037.0401, the
186	186	district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable
187	187	property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water
188	188	Code.
189	189	(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not
190	190	exceed the rate approved at the election.
191	191	Sec. 8037.0403. CONTRACT TAXES. (a) In accordance with
192	192	Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than
193	193	an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from
194	194	the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of
195	195	the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters
196	196	voting at an election held for that purpose.
197	197	(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a
198	198	provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by
199	199	the board without further voter approval.
200	200	SUBCHAPTER E. BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS
201	201	Sec. 8037.0501. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER
202	202	OBLIGATIONS. The district may issue bonds or other obligations
203	203	payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees,
204	204	revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any
205	205	combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district
206	206	purpose.
207	207	Sec. 8037.0502. TAXES FOR BONDS. At the time the district
208	208	issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the
209	209	board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing
210	210	direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all
211	211	or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner
212	212	provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
213	213	Sec. 8037.0503. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS. At the time of
214	214	issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations
215	215	issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad
216	216	valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the
217	217	real property in the district.
218	218	SECTION 2. The Harris County Municipal Utility District No.
219	219	566 initially includes all the territory contained in the following
220	220	area:
221	221	TRACT 1 - 538.890 ACRES
222	222	A FIELD NOTE DESCRIPTION of a 553.208 acre tract of land in
223	223	the R. Walton Survey, Abstract No. 845 and in the H. Ehrenberg
224	224	Survey, Abstract No. 247, Harris County, Texas; said 553.208 acre
225	225	tract being Tracts 1-11 conveyed to Golden Shamrock Realty, Inc.,
226	226	as recorded in Harris County Clerk's File No. P061803; said tract
227	227	being more particularly described by metes-and-bounds as follows
228	228	with the bearings being based on Texas State Plane Coordinate
229	229	System, South Central Zone (NAD83) per GPS Observations using
230	230	National Geodetic Survey Continuously Operating Reference
231	231	Stations:
232	232	BEGINNING at a 3/8-inch iron rod found at the intersection of
233	233	the west right-of-way line of Becker Road (width varies) with the
234	234	north right-of-way line of Becker Road (called 60 feet wide) for the
235	235	southeast corner of said Tract 9;
236	236	THENCE, South 87° 45' 45" West - 4,884.83 feet with the north
237	237	line of said Becker Road and with the south line of said Tracts 7, 8,
238	238	9, and 11 to a 5/8-inch iron rod found at the southeast end of a
239	239	cutback corner at the intersection of the north line of said Becker
240	240	Road with the east right-of-way line Katy-Hockley Road (called 60
241	241	feet wide) for a southwest corner of this tract;
242	242	THENCE, North 58° 07' 58" West - 46.02 feet with said cutback
243	243	and with a southwest line of said Tract 7 to a 5/8-inch iron rod
244	244	found for an angle point of this tract;
245	245	THENCE, North 61° 37' 08" West - 85.49 feet with said cutback
246	246	and with a southwest line of said Tract 7 to a 5/8-inch iron rod
247	247	found for an angle point of this tract;
248	248	THENCE, North 34° 22' 11" West - 42.85 feet with said cutback
249	249	and with a southwest line of said Tract 7 to a 5/8-inch iron rod
250	250	found for an angle point of this tract;
251	251	THENCE, North 15° 13' 59" West - 53.74 feet with said cutback
252	252	and with a southwest line of said Tract 7 to a 5/8-inch iron rod
253	253	found for the north end of said cutback and for a southwest corner
254	254	of this tract;
255	255	THENCE, North 01° 44' 20" West - 1,621.49 feet with the east
256	256	right-of-way line of said Katy-Hockley Road and with a west line of
257	257	said Tracts 7 and 11 to a 1/2-inch iron rod found for a northwest
258	258	corner of this tract;
259	259	THENCE, North 88° 16' 31" East - 20.06 feet with a south line
260	260	of a 17.4152 acre tract of land conveyed to G. Robert Friedman,
261	261	Trustee, as recorded in Harris County Clerk's File No. 20070505569
262	262	and with a north line of said Tract 11 to a 5/8-inch iron rod found
263	263	for an angle point of this tract;
264	264	THENCE, South 48° 17' 22" East - 14.54 feet with a southwest
265	265	line of said 17.4152 acre tract and with a northeast line of said
266	266	Tract 11 to a 5/8-inch iron rod found for an angle point of this
267	267	tract;
268	268	THENCE, North 88° 16' 31" East - 1,711.59 feet with a south
269	269	line of said 17.4152 acre tract, with the south line of a 11.6869
270	270	acre tract of land conveyed to Michael A. Nassie, as recorded in
271	271	Harris County Clerk's File No. N345641 and with a north line of said
272	272	Tract 11 to a 1/2-inch iron rod found for an angle point of this
273	273	tract;
274	274	THENCE, North 43° 01' 23" East - 14.08 feet with a southeast
275	275	line of said 11.6869 acre tract and with a northwest line of said
276	276	Tract 11 to a 1/2-inch iron rod found for an angle point of this
277	277	tract;
278	278	THENCE, North 02° 13' 45" West - 778.58 feet with the east
279	279	line of said 11.6869 acre tract and with a west line of said Tract 11
280	280	to a 1/2-inch iron pipe found for an interior corner of this tract;
281	281	THENCE, South 80° 40' 21" West - 634.30 feet with a south line
282	282	of said Tract 4 and with a north line of said 11.6869 acre tract to a
283	283	5/8-inch iron rod found for an angle point of this tract;
284	284	THENCE, South 88° 17' 42" West - 415.20 feet with a south line
285	285	of said Tract 4, with a north line of said 11.6869 acre tract and
286	286	with the north line of said 17.4152 acre tract to a 3/4-inch iron
287	287	pipe found for a southwest corner of this tract;
288	288	THENCE, North 01° 41' 02" West - 781.71 feet with the west
289	289	line of said Tract 4 and with the east line of a 11.65 acre tract of
290	290	land conveyed to Mueshke Land Holdings, L.P., as recorded in Harris
291	291	County Clerk's File No. RP-2017-467581 to a 5/8-inch iron rod with
292	292	cap set to replace a disturbed 5/8-inch iron rod found for an
293	293	interior corner of this tract;
294	294	THENCE, South 75° 49' 10" West - 240.49 feet with a south line
295	295	of said Tract 11 and with the north line of said 11.65 acre tract to
296	296	a 5/8-inch iron rod found for a point-of-curvature;
297	297	THENCE, in a westerly direction with a south line of said
298	298	Tract 11 and with the north line of said 11.65 acre tract and with a
299	299	curve to the right having a radius of 1,040.00 feet, a central angle
300	300	of 12° 27' 19", a length of 226.08 feet, and a chord bearing
301	301	South 82° 00' 12" West - 225.64 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod found for
302	302	a point-of-tangency;
303	303	THENCE, South 88° 15' 52" West - 213.28 feet with a south line
304	304	of said Tract 11 and with the north line of said 11.65 acre tract to
305	305	a 1/2-inch iron rod found for an angle point of this tract;
306	306	THENCE, South 42° 50' 16" West - 14.04 feet with a south line
307	307	of said Tract 11 and with the north line of said 11.65 acre tract to
308	308	a 1/2-inch iron rod found for an angle point of this tract;
309	309	THENCE, South 88° 15' 52" West - 20.00 feet with a south line
310	310	of said Tract 11 and with the north line of said 11.65 acre tract to
311	311	a 1/2-inch iron rod found in the east right-of-way line of said
312	312	Katy-Hockley Road for an southwest corner of this tract;
313	313	THENCE, North 01° 44' 20" West - 1,726.45 feet with the east
314	314	right-of-way line of said Katy-Hockley Road and with a west line of
315	315	said Tracts 1 and 11 to a 5/8-inch iron rod found for a northwest
316	316	corner of this tract;
317	317	THENCE, North 87° 12' 47" East - 20.03 feet with a north line
318	318	of said Tract 11 and with a south line of a called 86.9702 acre tract
319	319	of land conveyed to Hanson Aggregates, Inc., as recorded in Harris
320	320	County Clerk's File No. 20070002906 to a 5/8-inch iron rod found
321	321	for an angle point of this tract;
322	322	THENCE, South 45° 45' 24" East - 14.40 feet with a north line
323	323	of said Tract 11 and with a south line of said 86.9702 acre tract to
324	324	a 1/2-inch iron rod found for an angle point of this tract and for
325	325	the beginning of a non-tangent curve to the right;
326	326	THENCE, in an easterly direction with a north line of said
327	327	Tract 11, with a south line of said 86.9702 acre tract and with said
328	328	curve to the right having a radius of 905.00 feet, a central angle
329	329	of 06° 01' 18", a length of 95.11 feet, and a chord bearing South 88°
330	330	44' 25" East - 95.07 feet to a 1/2-inch iron rod found for the
331	331	beginning of a curve to the left;
332	332	THENCE, in an easterly direction with a north line of said
333	333	Tract 11, with a south line of said 86.9702 acre tract and with said
334	334	curve to the left having a radius of 905.00 feet, a central angle of
335	335	06° 01' 04", a length of 95.05 feet, and a chord bearing South 88° 51'
336	336	58" East - 95.01 feet to a 1/2-inch iron rod found for the end of
337	337	said curve;
338	338	THENCE, North 88° 15' 22" East - 970.65 feet with a north line
339	339	of said Tract 11 and with a south line of said 86.9702 acre tract to
340	340	a 1/2-inch iron rod found for the beginning of a curve to the left;
341	341	THENCE, in a northeasterly direction with a northwest line of
342	342	said Tract 11, with a southeast line of said 86.9702 acre tract and
343	343	with said curve to the left having a radius of 1,950.00 feet, a
344	344	central angle of 47° 52' 44", a length of 1,629.50 feet, and a chord
345	345	bearing North 64° 20' 50" East - 1,582.50 feet to a 5/8-inch iron
346	346	rod found for a the end of said curve;
347	347	THENCE, North 40° 22' 55" East - 512.17 feet with a northwest
348	348	line of said Tract 11 and with a southeast line of said 86.9702 acre
349	349	tract to a 1/2-inch iron rod found in the southwest line of the
350	350	Southern Pacific Railroad Company right-of-way for a north corner
351	351	of this tract;
352	352	THENCE, South 68° 07' 51" East - 2,152.18 feet with the
353	353	southwest line of said Southern Pacific Railroad Company
354	354	right-of-way and with the northeast line of said Tracts 11 and 3 to
355	355	a 5/8-inch iron rod with cap that could not be read found in the west
356	356	right-of-way line of said Becker Road for a northeast corner of this
357	357	tract;
358	358	THENCE, South 02° 00' 38" East - 50.88 feet with the west
359	359	right-of-way line of said Becker Road, as recorded in Harris County
360	360	Clerk's File No. 20100142826 and with the east line of said Tract 3
361	361	to a 5/8-inch iron rod with cap stamped "T.E.A.M." set for the
362	362	beginning of a curve to the left;
363	363	THENCE, in a southerly direction with the west right-of-way
364	364	line of said Becker Road and with said curve to the left having a
365	365	radius of 2,015.00 feet, a central angle of 05° 43' 55", a length of
366	366	201.58 feet and a chord bearing South 04° 52' 36" East - 201.50 feet
367	367	to a 5/8-inch iron rod with cap stamped "Amani Eng" found for the
368	368	beginning of a curve to the right;
369	369	THENCE, in a southerly direction with the west right-of-way
370	370	line of said Becker Road and with said curve to the right having a
371	371	radius of 1,985.00 feet, a central angle of 05° 43' 55", a length of
372	372	198.58 feet and a chord bearing South 04° 52' 36" East - 198.50 feet
373	373	to a 5/8-inch iron rod with cap that could not be read found for the
374	374	end of said curve;
375	375	THENCE, South 02° 01' 06" East - 1,609.77 feet with the west
376	376	right-of-way line of said Becker Road to a 5/8-inch iron rod with
377	377	cap stamped "T.E.A.M." set for a southeast corner of this tract;
378	378	THENCE, South 87° 56' 49" West - 509.75 feet with a south line
379	379	of said Tract 6 and with the north line of a 3.6295 acre tract of
380	380	land conveyed to Harris County, as recorded in Harris County
381	381	Clerk's File No. 20100142826 to a 5/8-inch iron rod with cap
382	382	stamped "Amani Eng" found for an interior corner of this tract;
383	383	THENCE, South 02° 01' 53" East - 310.02 feet with an east line
384	384	of said Tract 6 and with the west line of said 3.6295 acre tract to a
385	385	5/8-inch iron rod with cap that could not be read found for an
386	386	interior corner of this tract;
387	387	THENCE, North 87° 56' 49" East - 546.24 feet with a north line
388	388	of said Tract 6 and with the south line of said 3.6295 acre tract to
389	389	a 5/8-inch iron rod with cap that could not be read for a northeast
390	390	corner of this tract;
391	391	THENCE, South 01° 59' 46" East - 2,622.08 feet with an east
392	392	line of said Tracts 6, 9, and 11 and with the west right-of-way line
393	393	of said Becker Road to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 553.208
394	394	acres of land.
395	395	SAVE AND EXCEPT 14.318 ACRES:
396	396	A FIELD NOTE DESCRIPTION of a 14.318 acre tract of land in the
397	397	R. Walton Survey, Abstract No. 845 and in the H. Ehrenberg Survey,
398	398	Abstract No. 247, Harris County, Texas; said 14.318 acre tract
399	399	being all of a tract of land conveyed to Dennis N. Johnston,
400	400	Trustee, as recorded in Harris County Clerk's File No. 20070541784;
401	401	said tract being more particularly described by metes-and-bounds as
402	402	follows with the bearings being based on Texas State Plane
403	403	Coordinate System, South Central Zone (NAD83) per GPS Observations
404	404	using National Geodetic Survey Continuously Operating Reference
405	405	Stations:
406	406	COMMENCING FOR REFERENCE at a 3/8-inch iron rod found at the
407	407	intersection of the west right-of-way line of Becker Road (width
408	408	varies) with the north right-of-way line of Becker Road (called 60
409	409	feet wide) for the southeast corner of Tract 9 conveyed to Golden
410	410	Shamrock Realty, Inc., as recorded in Harris County Clerk's File
411	411	No. P061803;
412	412	THENCE, South 87° 45' 45" West - 3,175.48 feet with the north
413	413	line of said Becker Road and with the south line of Tracts 8, 9, and
414	414	11 conveyed to Golden Shamrock Realty, Inc., as recorded in Harris
415	415	County Clerk's File No. P061803 to a 1/2-inch iron rod found for a
416	416	southwest corner of said Lot 8 and for a southeast corner of said
417	417	Lot 11;
418	418	THENCE, North 02° 13' 45" West - 20.00 feet with the west line
419	419	of said Lot 8 and with an east line of said Lot 11 to an angle point;
420	420	THENCE, North 47° 13' 45" West - 14.14 feet with the southwest
421	421	line of said Lot 8 and with a northeast line of said Lot 11 to an
422	422	angle point;
423	423	THENCE, North 02° 13' 45" West - 2,522.28 feet to a 1/2-inch
424	424	iron rod found for a northwest corner of a 44.659 acre tract of
425	425	land, described as Tract 5, conveyed to Golden Shamrock Realty,
426	426	Inc., as recorded in Harris County Clerk's File No. P061803 and for
427	427	the southwest corner and POINT OF BEGINNING of this tract;
428	428	THENCE, North 02° 13' 45" West - 277.84 feet with an east line
429	429	of said Tract 11 to a 1/2-inch iron rod found for the beginning of a
430	430	curve to the left;
431	431	THENCE, in a northerly direction with an east line of said
432	432	Tract 11 and with said curve to the left having a radius of 1,040.00
433	433	feet, a central angle of 11° 57' 32", a length of 217.07 feet, and a
434	434	chord bearing North 08° 12' 09" West - 216.68 feet to a 1/2-inch
435	435	iron rod found for the end of said curve;
436	436	THENCE, North 14° 14' 28" West - 416.05 feet with an east line
437	437	of said Tract 11 to a 5/8-inch iron rod with cap that could not be
438	438	read found for a northwest corner of this tract;
439	439	THENCE, North 30° 47' 21" East - 14.13 feet with a southeast
440	440	line of said Tract 11 to a 1/2-inch iron rod found for a northwest
441	441	corner of this tract;
442	442	THENCE, North 75° 49' 10" East - 635.42 feet with a south line
443	443	of said Tract 11 to a 1/2-inch iron rod found for the northeast
444	444	corner of this tract;
445	445	THENCE, South 14° 10' 18" East - 951.30 feet with a west line
446	446	of said Tract 5 to a 1/2-inch iron rod found for the southeast
447	447	corner of this tract;
448	448	THENCE, South 75° 49' 02" West - 278.02 feet with a north line
449	449	of said Tract 5 to a 1/2-inch iron rod found for an angle point of
450	450	this tract;
451	451	THENCE, South 80° 40' 21" West - 448.51 feet with a north line
452	452	of said Tract 5 to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 14.318
453	453	acres of land, leaving a surveyed area of 538.890 acres.
454	454	TRACT 2 - 557.308 ACRES
455	455	A FIELD NOTE DESCRIPTION of a 557.308 acre tract of land in
456	456	the H. Ehrenberg Survey, Abstract No. 247, Harris County, Texas;
457	457	said 557.308 acre tract being the remainder of a 850 acre tract of
458	458	land conveyed to Gold Star Realty, Inc., as recorded in Harris
459	459	County Clerk's File No. P114056; said tract being more particularly
460	460	described by metes-and-bounds as follows with the bearings being
461	461	based on Texas State Plane Coordinate System, South Central Zone
462	462	(NAD83) per GPS Observations using National Geodetic Survey
463	463	Continuously Operating Reference Stations:
464	464	BEGINNING at a 3/8-inch iron rod found in the south
465	465	right-of-way line of Becker Road (called 60 feet wide) for the
466	466	northwest corner of said 850 acre tract and for the northwest corner
467	467	of this tract;
468	468	THENCE, North 87° 29' 54" East - 1,605.31 feet with the south
469	469	right-of-way line of said Becker Road to a 5/8-inch iron rod with
470	470	cap stamped "T.E.A.M." set for the northwest end of a radial cutback
471	471	at the intersection of the south right-of-way line of said Becker
472	472	Road with the west right-of-way line of Katy-Hockley Cut-Off Road
473	473	(called 60 feet wide) for a point-of-curvature;
474	474	THENCE, in a southeasterly direction with said cutback and
475	475	with a curve to the right having a radius of 173.75 feet, a central
476	476	angle of 89° 51' 04", a length of 272.47 feet, and a chord bearing
477	477	South 47° 34' 29" East - 245.40 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod with cap
478	478	stamped "T.E.A.M." set for a point-of-tangency;
479	479	THENCE, South 02° 38' 58" East - 4,770.88 feet with the west
480	480	line of said Katy-Hockley Cut-Off Road to a point in a headwall for
481	481	the southeast corner of said 850 acre tract and for the southeast
482	482	corner of this tract;
483	483	THENCE, South 87° 42' 31" West - 5,577.00 feet with the north
484	484	line of a 74.109 acre tract of land conveyed to Gold Star Realty,
485	485	Inc., as recorded in Harris County Clerk's File No. U987281, with
486	486	the north line of a 72.8256 acre tract conveyed to Minero Holdings,
487	487	LLC, as recorded in Harris County Clerk's File No. RP-2016-333873
488	488	and with the north line of a 94.107 acre tract conveyed to Cypress
489	489	Prairie Mitigation, Inc., as recorded in Harris County Clerk's File
490	490	No. RP-2017-220630 to a 1/2-inch iron rod found for the southwest
491	491	corner of this tract; from which a 1-inch iron rod found for an
492	492	interior corner of said 850 acres bears North 87° 42' 31" East -
493	493	194.97 feet;
494	494	THENCE, North 02° 39' 04" West - 4,095.43 feet to a 1/2-inch
495	495	iron rod found for a northwest corner of said 850 acre tract and for
496	496	the northwest corner of this tract;
497	497	THENCE, North 88° 14' 06" East - 3,786.97 feet with a south
498	498	line of a tract of land conveyed to 290 WR Holdings LP, as recorded
499	499	in Harris County Clerk's File No. RP-2017-245403 to a 5/8-inch iron
500	500	rod with cap stamped "T.E.A.M." set to replace a disturbed 3/8-inch
501	501	iron rod for an interior corner of this tract;
502	502	THENCE, North 01° 52' 21" West - 877.02 feet with a west line
503	503	of said 850 acre tract to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing
504	504	557.308 acres of land.
505	505	SECTION 3. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
506	506	introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
507	507	Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
508	508	copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
509	509	officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
510	510	under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
511	511	Government Code.
512	512	(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
513	513	submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
514	514	Environmental Quality.
515	515	(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
516	516	its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
517	517	lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
518	518	representatives within the required time.
519	519	(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
520	520	state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
521	521	to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
522	522	and accomplished.
523	523	SECTION 4. (a) If this Act does not receive a two-thirds
524	524	vote of all the members elected to each house, Subchapter C, Chapter
525	525	8037, Special District Local Laws Code, as added by Section 1 of
526	526	this Act, is amended by adding Section 8037.0307 to read as follows:
527	527	Sec. 8037.0307. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. The district may
528	528	not exercise the power of eminent domain.
529	529	(b) This section is not intended to be an expression of a
530	530	legislative interpretation of the requirements of Section 17(c),
531	531	Article I, Texas Constitution.
532	532	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
533	533	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
534	534	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
535	535	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
536	536	Act takes effect September 1, 2019.