Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

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1	1	86R23078 TSR-F
2	2	By: Fallon S.B. No. 2545
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the creation of the Double M Municipal Utility District
8	8	of Grayson County; 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 8314 to read as follows:
14	14	CHAPTER 8314. DOUBLE M MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT OF GRAYSON
15	15	COUNTY
16	16	SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
17	17	Sec. 8314.0101. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
18	18	(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.
19	19	(2) "City" means the City of Gunter, Texas.
20	20	(3) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on
21	21	Environmental Quality.
22	22	(4) "Director" means a board member.
23	23	(5) "District" means the Double M Municipal Utility
24	24	District of Grayson County.
25	25	Sec. 8314.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a
26	26	municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI,
27	27	Texas Constitution.
28	28	Sec. 8314.0103. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTOR ELECTION
29	29	REQUIRED. The temporary directors shall hold an election to
30	30	confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent
31	31	directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
32	32	Sec. 8314.0104. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED. The
33	33	temporary directors may not hold an election under Section
34	34	8314.0103 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or
35	35	extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has:
36	36	(1) consented by ordinance or resolution to the
37	37	creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the
38	38	district; and
39	39	(2) approved and entered into a development agreement
40	40	with the owners of land within the district under Section 212.172,
41	41	Local Government Code.
42	42	Sec. 8314.0105. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
43	43	(a) The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit.
44	44	(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:
45	45	(1) a municipal utility district as provided by
46	46	general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and
47	47	(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that
48	48	relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation,
49	49	or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or
50	50	improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
51	51	Sec. 8314.0106. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY. (a) The
52	52	district is initially composed of the territory described by
53	53	Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.
54	54	(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of
55	55	the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the
56	56	field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process
57	57	does not affect the district's:
58	58	(1) organization, existence, or validity;
59	59	(2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes
60	60	for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and
61	61	interest on a bond;
62	62	(3) right to impose a tax; or
63	63	(4) legality or operation.
64	64	Sec. 8314.0107. ANNEXATION BY CITY. Notwithstanding any
65	65	other law, if any of the territory of the district is annexed by the
66	66	city into the city's corporate limits, the district:
67	67	(1) retains all of the district's outstanding debt and
68	68	obligations; and
69	69	(2) is not dissolved.
70	70	SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
71	71	Sec. 8314.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district is
72	72	governed by a board of five elected directors.
73	73	(b) Except as provided by Section 8314.0202, directors
74	74	serve staggered four-year terms.
75	75	Sec. 8314.0202. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS. (a) On or after
76	76	September 1, 2019, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed
77	77	value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to
78	78	the commission requesting that the commission appoint as temporary
79	79	directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission
80	80	shall appoint as temporary directors the five persons named in the
81	81	petition.
82	82	(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:
83	83	(1) the date permanent directors are elected under
84	84	Section 8314.0103; or
85	85	(2) September 1, 2023.
86	86	(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under
87	87	Section 8314.0103 and the terms of the temporary directors have
88	88	expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or
89	89	reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that
90	90	expire on the earlier of:
91	91	(1) the date permanent directors are elected under
92	92	Section 8314.0103; or
93	93	(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the
94	94	appointment or reappointment.
95	95	(d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a
96	96	majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district
97	97	may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the
98	98	commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five
99	99	persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as
100	100	successor temporary directors the five persons named in the
101	101	petition.
102	102	SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES
103	103	Sec. 8314.0301. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district
104	104	has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
105	105	which the district is created.
106	106	Sec. 8314.0302. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND
107	107	DUTIES. (a) The district has the powers and duties provided by the
108	108	general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code,
109	109	applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59,
110	110	Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
111	111	(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the district may not
112	112	act as a retail provider of water or wastewater service.
113	113	(c) The district shall make the district's water and
114	114	wastewater facilities available to an entity holding the applicable
115	115	certificate of public convenience and necessity.
116	116	Sec. 8314.0303. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS. Under Section
117	117	52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design,
118	118	acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate,
119	119	maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for
120	120	operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or
121	121	improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
122	122	Sec. 8314.0304. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS. (a) A
123	123	road project must meet all applicable construction standards,
124	124	zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each
125	125	municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial
126	126	jurisdiction the road project is located.
127	127	(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits
128	128	or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road
129	129	project must meet all applicable construction standards,
130	130	subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which
131	131	the road project is located.
132	132	(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the
133	133	Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and
134	134	specifications of the road project.
135	135	Sec. 8314.0305. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT
136	136	ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION. The district shall comply with all
137	137	applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is
138	138	adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that
139	139	consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land
140	140	in the district.
141	141	Sec. 8314.0306. DIVISION OF DISTRICT. (a) The district may
142	142	be divided into two or more new districts only if the district:
143	143	(1) has no outstanding bonded debt; and
144	144	(2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes.
145	145	(b) This chapter applies to any new district created by the
146	146	division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and
147	147	duties of the district.
148	148	(c) Any new district created by the division of the district
149	149	may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land
150	150	outside the area described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this
151	151	chapter.
152	152	(d) The board, on its own motion or on receipt of a petition
153	153	signed by the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of
154	154	the real property in the district, may adopt an order dividing the
155	155	district.
156	156	(e) The board may adopt an order dividing the district
157	157	before or after the date the board holds an election under Section
158	158	8314.0103 to confirm the district's creation.
159	159	(f) An order dividing the district shall:
160	160	(1) name each new district;
161	161	(2) include the metes and bounds description of the
162	162	territory of each new district;
163	163	(3) appoint temporary directors for each new district;
164	164	and
165	165	(4) provide for the division of assets and liabilities
166	166	between or among the new districts.
167	167	(g) On or before the 30th day after the date of adoption of
168	168	an order dividing the district, the district shall file the order
169	169	with the commission and record the order in the real property
170	170	records of each county in which the district is located.
171	171	(h) Any new district created by the division of the district
172	172	shall hold a confirmation and directors' election as required by
173	173	Section 8314.0103. If the voters of a new district do not confirm
174	174	the creation of the new district, the assets, obligations,
175	175	territory, and governance of the new district revert to the
176	176	original district.
177	177	(i) Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to
178	178	the inclusion of land in the district granted under Section
179	179	8314.0104 acts as municipal consent to the creation of any new
180	180	district created by the division of the district and to the
181	181	inclusion of land in the new district.
182	182	(j) Any new district created by the division of the district
183	183	must hold an election as required by this chapter to obtain voter
184	184	approval before the district may impose a maintenance tax or issue
185	185	bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes.
186	186	SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
187	187	Sec. 8314.0401. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS. (a)
188	188	The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other
189	189	obligations secured by:
190	190	(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or
191	191	(2) contract payments described by Section 8314.0403.
192	192	(b) The district must hold an election in the manner
193	193	provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval
194	194	before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds
195	195	payable from ad valorem taxes.
196	196	(c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem
197	197	taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a
198	198	vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an
199	199	election held for that purpose.
200	200	Sec. 8314.0402. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. (a) If
201	201	authorized at an election held under Section 8314.0401, the
202	202	district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable
203	203	property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water
204	204	Code.
205	205	(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not
206	206	exceed the rate approved at the election.
207	207	Sec. 8314.0403. CONTRACT TAXES. (a) In accordance with
208	208	Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than
209	209	an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from
210	210	the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of
211	211	the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters
212	212	voting at an election held for that purpose.
213	213	(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a
214	214	provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by
215	215	the board without further voter approval.
216	216	SUBCHAPTER E. BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS
217	217	Sec. 8314.0501. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER
218	218	OBLIGATIONS. The district may issue bonds or other obligations
219	219	payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees,
220	220	revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any
221	221	combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district
222	222	purpose.
223	223	Sec. 8314.0502. TAXES FOR BONDS. At the time the district
224	224	issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the
225	225	board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing
226	226	direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all
227	227	or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner
228	228	provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
229	229	Sec. 8314.0503. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS. At the time of
230	230	issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations
231	231	issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad
232	232	valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the
233	233	real property in the district.
234	234	SECTION 2. The Double M Municipal Utility District of
235	235	Grayson County initially includes all the territory contained in
236	236	the following area:
237	237	TRACT 2 ID 134711 & 271594
238	238	Situated I the County of Grayson, State of Texas, being part
239	239	of the Robert Mason Survey, Abstract No. 784, and the William
240	240	Richard Survey, Abstract No. 998, being all of Blocks Twenty three
241	241	(23), Twenty Four (24), and part of Block Twenty Five (25) of "The
242	242	Gunter Farms" as shown by plat of re3cord in Volume 203, Page 272,
243	243	Deed Records, Grayson County, Texas, being all of a tract of land
244	244	described as being 117.2 acres in Tract No. 18 (Block 23 of The
245	245	Gunter Farms), all of a tract of land described as being 60 acres in
246	246	Tract No. 23 9part of Block 24 of the Gunter Farms), part of a
247	247	146.00 acre tract of land described in Tract No. 34, all of a tract
248	248	of land described as 77.74 acres in Tract No. 35 (part of Block 25
249	249	of The Gunter Farms) and all of tract of land described as being
250	250	66.68 acres in Tract No. 36 (part of Block 24 of The Gunter Farms)
251	251	in deed from the Nelson Bunker Hunt Trust Estate to Land Owners
252	252	General Partner, Inc., dated September 30, 1988, recorded in Volume
253	253	2004, Page 268, Real Property Records, Grayson County, Texas, and
254	254	being more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows
255	255	to-wit:
256	256	BEGINNING at a set spike nail and flasher in the center of a
257	257	North/South public road Scharff Road, and on the West line of said
258	258	Mason Survey, said nail maintaining the northwest corner of both
259	259	said 117.2 acre tract, and Block 23 of The Gunter Farms;
260	260	THENCE North 89 deg. 49 min. 31 sec. East, with the North line
261	261	of said Block 23, passing a fence corner post on the East side of
262	262	said road, and continuing with the general course of a fence, at
263	263	approximately 1000ft, passing the end of said fence and continuing
264	264	for a total distance of 1946.920 feet to a set 1 inch steel rod for
265	265	the Northeast corner of both said 117.2 acre tract and Block 23;
266	266	THENCE South 00 deg. 14 min. 41 sec. East, with the East line
267	267	of Block 23, at a distance, at a distance of 37.0 ft. passing a fence
268	268	corner post, and continuing with the general course of a fence for a
269	269	total distance of 1650.73 feet to an angle point in said fence;
270	270	THENCE South 00 deg. 24 min, 09 sec. West, continuing with the
271	271	East line of Block 23, the general course of said fence, at a
272	272	distance of 944 ft. passing a fence corner post at a turn to the
273	273	Southwest in said fence, and continuing for a total distance of
274	274	1050.85 feet to a set spike nail and flasher in the center of an
275	275	East/West public road known as Stiff Chapel Road, and on the North
276	276	line of both said 66.68 acre tract and Block 24 of the Gunter Farms,
277	277	said nail maintaining the Southeast corner of both said 117.2 acre
278	278	tract and Block 23;
279	279	THENCE North 89 deg. 19 min. 42 sec. East, with the North line
280	280	of said 66.68 acre tract and Block 24 of of the Gunter Farms,
281	281	passing their Northeast corner, the Northwest corner of both said
282	282	77.74 acre tract and Block 25 of the Gunter Farms, and continuing
283	283	for a total distance of 1999.78 feet to a set spike nail and flasher
284	284	for the Northeast corner of both said 77.74 acre tract and Block 25;
285	285	THENCE South 02 deg. 14 min. 09 sec. East, with the general
286	286	course of a fence maintaining the East line of both said 77.74 acre
287	287	tract and Block 5, a distance of 1586.76 feet to a point in a pond;
288	288	Thence South 00 deg. 59 min. 34 sec. West, continuing with the
289	289	general course of said fence, the East line of both said 77.74 acre
290	290	tract and Block 25, a distance of 719.96 feet to a fence corner post
291	291	in concrete maintaining the Southeast corner of said 77.74 acre
292	292	tract, the Northeast corner of a 25 2/3 acre Less & EXPECTED in said
293	293	Tract No.35;
294	294	THENCE South 88 deg. 52 min. 42 sec. West, with the general
295	295	course of a fence maintaining the South line of said 77.74 acre
296	296	tract, passing an all corner of Block 25, and continuing with a
297	297	South line of Block 25, passing its most Westerly Southwest corner,
298	298	the Southeast of both said 66.68 acre tract and Block 24 of Gunter
299	299	Farms, and Continuing for a total distance of 2372.36 feet to an
300	300	angle point in said fence.
301	301	THENCE South 86 deg. 54 min. 19 sec. West, Continuing with the
302	302	general course of said fence, the South line of both said 66.68 acre
303	303	tract and Block 24, passing their Southwest corner of the West line
304	304	of aid Mason Survey, the East line of said Richards Survey, the most
305	305	Easterly Southeast corner of said 145.00 acre tract, and continuing
306	306	for a total distance of 2370.47 feet to a 4 inch dia. Pipe fence
307	307	corner post in concrete on a West line of said 146.00 acre tract;
308	308	THENCE North 02 deg. 35 min. 21 sec. West, with the general
309	309	course of a fence maintaining a West line of said 146.00 acre tract,
310	310	passing a fence corner post on the South side of the above mentioned
311	311	Stiff Chapel Road, and continuing for a total distance of 2354.25
312	312	feet to a set spike nail and flasher in the center of said road, said
313	313	nail maintaining the most Northerly Northwest corner of said 146.00
314	314	acre tract;
315	315	THENCE North 86 deg. 27 min. 26 sec. East, with the center of
316	316	said road, the North line of said 146.00 acre tract, a distance of
317	317	971.12 feet to a set spike nail and flasher at the intersection of
318	318	the center of said road with the center of the above mentioned
319	319	Scharff Road on the East line of said Richards Survey, the West line
320	320	of the said Mason Survey, said nail maintaining the Northwest
321	321	corner of Block 24, the Southwest corner of Block 23 of the Gunter
322	322	Farms;
323	323	THENCE North 01 deg. 30 min. 00 sec. West, with the enter of
324	324	said Scharff Road, the West line of said Mason Survey, the West line
325	325	of said Block 23, a distance of 2742.74 feet to the place beginning
326	326	and containing 374.17 acre of land, more or less.
327	327	TRACT 3 ID 134810
328	328	All that certain tract or parcel of land situated in the
329	329	William Richards Survey, Abstract Number 998, County of Grayson,
330	330	State of Texas; said tract being all of a called 160 acre tract as
331	331	described in Tract 21, and all of a called acre tract as described
332	332	in Tract 22 in Substitute Trustee's Deed to John Hancock Mutual Life
333	333	Insurance Co., dated 07 July 192, and Recorded I Volume 2220 Page
334	334	297 of the Deed Records of the County of Grayson, State of Texas,
335	335	and being more fully described as follows:
336	336	BEGINNING for the southwest corner of the tract being
337	337	described herein at a found 1/2 inch steel square tubing, said
338	338	tubing being the southwest corner of said Tract 22, the southeast
339	339	corner of tract 15, and the northeast corner of a called 76.73 acre
340	340	tract as shown by Deed to Erwin Jaresh, dated 06 November 1963, and
341	341	Recorded in Volume 992 Page 516 of said Deed Records, said tubing
342	342	also being in the center4 line of Stiff Chapel Road (a gravel
343	343	surfaced public road, and the center line of Jaresh Road (a gravel
344	344	surfaced public road):
345	345	THENCE North 01 degrees 04 minute 00 seconds West, with the
346	346	west line of said Tract 22, and with the east line of said tract 15,
347	347	a distance of 2663.33 feet to a found 1/2 inch Rebar for northwest
348	348	corner of said Tract 22, the northeast corner of tract 15, and the
349	349	southwest corner of tract 20 of said John Hancock Deed;
350	350	THENCE North 88 degrees 48 minutes 47 seconds East, with the
351	351	North line of said Tract 21 and 22, and the south line of said tract
352	352	20, a distance of 3725.83 feet to as set 1/2 inch square tubing for
353	353	the northeast corner of said Tract 21, and the southeast corner of
354	354	said tract 29, and Scharff Road.
355	355	THENCE South 01 degrees 16 minutes 42 seconds East, with the
356	356	east line of said Tract 21, and in said Scharff Road, a distance of
357	357	2643.27 feet to a found 1/2 inch steel square tubing for the
358	358	southeast corner of said Tract 21;
359	359	THENCE South 87 degrees 39 minutes 40 seconds West, with the
360	360	South line said Tract 21, and in said Stiff Chapel Road, a distance
361	361	of 970.94 feet to a found 1/2 inch steel square tubing for a corner;
362	362	THENCE South 87 degrees 58 minutes 20 seconds West, with the
363	363	South line of said Tract 21 and 22, a distance of 2135.72 feet to a
364	364	found Spike Nail for a corner.
365	365	THENCE South 89 degrees 47 minutes 50 seconds West, with the
366	366	south line of said Tract 22, and in said road a distance of 629.46
367	367	feet to the POINT OF NEGINNING and containing 227.268 acres of land
368	368	TRACT 5 ID 134710
369	369	All that certain tract or parcel of land situated in the
370	370	Robert Mason Survey, Abstract Number 784, County of Grayson, State
371	371	of Texas; said tract being all of a called 153.7 acre tract as
372	372	described in Tract 24, and all of a called 25.66 acre tract as
373	373	described in Tract 25 in the Substitute Trustee's Deed to John
374	374	Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co., dated 07 July 1992, and Recorded
375	375	in Volume 2220 Page 297 of the Deed Records of County of Grayson,
376	376	State of Texas, and being more fully described as follows:
377	377	BEGINNING for the southwest corner of the tract being
378	378	described herein at a found 1/2 inch rebar by a wood fence corner
379	379	post, said rebar being the southwest corner o said Tract 25, and the
380	380	northwest corner of a called 112.268 acre tract as shown by Deed to
381	381	The Calla Lillie Dickie Family Trust, dated September 1990, and
382	382	Recorded in Volume 2116 Page 696 of said Deed Records;
383	383	THENCE North 02 degrees 33 minutes 15 seconds West, with the
384	384	west line of said Tract 25, a distance of 960.89 feet to a Cross-Tie
385	385	fence corner post on the south line of a Tract 35 of said John
386	386	Hancock Deed;
387	387	THENCE North 89 degrees 55 minutes 32 seconds East, with the
388	388	north line of said Tract 25, and with the south line of said Tract
389	389	35, a distance of 1185.26 feet to a set 1/2 inch rebar for the
390	390	northeast corner of said Tract 25, and the southeast corner of said
391	391	Tract 35, and on the west line of said Tract 24;
392	392	THENCE North 02 degrees 14 minutes 17 seconds East, with the
393	393	west line of said Tract 24, and the east line of said Tract 35, a
394	394	distance of 279.28 feet to a wood fence corner post for a corner;
395	395	THENCE North 00 degrees 16 minutes 13 seconds East, with the
396	396	west line of said Tract 24, and the east line of said Tract 35, a
397	397	distance of 428.41 feet to a metal T-Post fence corner post for a
398	398	corner.
399	399	THENCE North 00 degrees 31 minutes 40 seconds West, with the
400	400	west line of said Tract 24, and the east line of said Tract 35, a
401	401	distance of 1598.67 feet to a found Spike Nail for the northwest
402	402	corner of said Tract 24, and the northeast corner of said Tract 35,
403	403	said Spike Nail being in the center line of Stiff Chapel Road 9an
404	404	asphalt surfaced public road);
405	405	THENCE South 89 degrees 30 minutes 51 seconds East with the
406	406	north line of said Tract 24, and with said road, a distance of
407	407	2041.00 feet to a found 1/2 inch rebar for the northeast corner of
408	408	said Tract 24;
409	409	THENCE South 00 degrees 16 minutes 08 seconds East, with the
410	410	east line of said Tract 24, and with Old Skaggs Road (a gavel
411	411	surfaced public road0, a distance of 3261.34 feet to a found 1/2
412	412	inch rebar for the southeast corner of said Tract 24, and the
413	413	northeast corner of said Dickie Family Trust Tract:
414	414	THENCE North 89 degrees 48 minutes 05 seconds West, with the
415	415	south line of said Tracts 24 and 25, and with the North line of said
416	416	Dickie Family Trust tract, a distance of 3196.90 feet to the POINT
417	417	OF BEGINNING and containing 178.842 acres of land.
418	418	SECTION 3. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
419	419	introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
420	420	Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
421	421	copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
422	422	officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
423	423	under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
424	424	Government Code.
425	425	(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
426	426	submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
427	427	Environmental Quality.
428	428	(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
429	429	its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
430	430	lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
431	431	representatives within the required time.
432	432	(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
433	433	state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
434	434	to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
435	435	and accomplished.
436	436	SECTION 4. (a) If this Act does not receive a two-thirds
437	437	vote of all the members elected to each house, Subchapter C, Chapter
438	438	8314, Special District Local Laws Code, as added by Section 1 of
439	439	this Act, is amended by adding Section 8314.0307 to read as follows:
440	440	Sec. 8314.0307. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. The district may
441	441	not exercise the power of eminent domain.
442	442	(b) This section is not intended to be an expression of a
443	443	legislative interpretation of the requirements of Section 17(c),
444	444	Article I, Texas Constitution.
445	445	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.