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1	1	87R10944 SGM-F
2	2	By: Vasut H.B. No. 4581
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the creation of the Brazoria County Municipal Utility
8	8	District No. 82; 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 8153 to read as follows:
14	14	CHAPTER 8153. BRAZORIA COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 82
15	15	SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
16	16	Sec. 8153.0101. 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 Brazoria County Municipal
22	22	Utility District No. 82.
23	23	Sec. 8153.0102. 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. 8153.0103. 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. 8153.0104. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED. The
31	31	temporary directors may not hold an election under Section
32	32	8153.0103 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. 8153.0105. 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. 8153.0106. 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. 8153.0201. 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 8153.0202, directors
62	62	serve staggered four-year terms.
63	63	Sec. 8153.0202. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS. (a) On or after the
64	64	effective date of the Act enacting this chapter, the owner or owners
65	65	of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the
66	66	district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that
67	67	the commission appoint as temporary directors the five persons
68	68	named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as temporary
69	69	directors the five persons named in the petition.
70	70	(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:
71	71	(1) the date permanent directors are elected under
72	72	Section 8153.0103; 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 8153.0103 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 8153.0103; 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. 8153.0301. 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. 8153.0302. 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. 8153.0303. 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. 8153.0304. 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. 8153.0305. 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. 8153.0306. DIVISION OF DISTRICT. (a) The district may
126	126	be divided into two or more new districts only if the district:
127	127	(1) has no outstanding bonded debt; and
128	128	(2) 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) A 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 enacting 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	8153.0103 to confirm the district's creation.
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 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 8153.0103.
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	8153.0104 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. 8153.0401. 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 8153.0403.
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. 8153.0402. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. (a) If
185	185	authorized at an election held under Section 8153.0401, 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. 8153.0403. 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. 8153.0501. 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. 8153.0502. 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. 8153.0503. 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 Brazoria County Municipal Utility District
219	219	No. 82 initially includes all the territory contained in the
220	220	following area:
221	221	Beginning at a concrete monument found in the easterly
222	222	right-of-way line of F. M. Highway 521 (100-feet wide) for the
223	223	northwest corner of said called 541.131 acre tract, same being the
224	224	southwest corner of an adjoining called 2.97 acre tract recorded
225	225	under County Clerk's File Number 01-008056, Office of the County
226	226	Clerk, Brazoria County, Texas, for the northwest corner and Place
227	227	of Beginning of the herein described tract;
228	228	Thence North 87 degrees 05 minutes 19 seconds East along the
229	229	north line of the herein described tract and said called 541.131
230	230	acre tract, same being the south line of said adjoining called 2.97
231	231	acre tract, and the south line of an adjoining called 96.50 acre
232	232	tract recorded under County Clerk's File Number 00-016352, Office
233	233	of the County Clerk, Brazoria County, Texas, 2,947.41 feet to a
234	234	concrete monument found for angle point, said point being the
235	235	southeast corner of said adjoining called 96.50 acre tract, same
236	236	being the southwest corner of the adjoining residue of a called
237	237	36.97 acre tract recorded under County Clerk's File Number
238	238	94-019052, Office of the County Clerk, Brazoria County, Texas;
239	239	Thence North 86 degrees 57 minutes 34 seconds East along the
240	240	north line of the herein described tract and said called 541.131
241	241	acre tract, same being the south line of said adjoining called 36.97
242	242	acre tract, 861.64 feet to the northwest corner of an adjoining
243	243	called 43.308 acre tract recorded under County Clerk's File Number
244	244	2017048421, Office of the County Clerk, Brazoria County, Texas, and
245	245	described under County Clerk's File Number 2002063838, Office of
246	246	the County Clerk, Brazoria County, Texas, for the upper northeast
247	247	corner of the herein described tract;
248	248	Thence South 03 degrees 24 minutes 10 seconds East along the
249	249	common line of the herein described tract and said adjoining called
250	250	43.308 acre tract, 1,622.24 feet to the southwest corner of said
251	251	adjoining called 43.308 acre tract, said point being in the north
252	252	line of the aforementioned residue of a called 60 acre tract;
253	253	Thence North 86 degrees 26 minutes 35 seconds East continuing
254	254	along said common line, 825.98 feet to a point in the west
255	255	right-of-way line of State Highway 288 for the middle northeast
256	256	corner of the herein described tract, same being the southeast
257	257	corner of said adjoining called 43.308 acre tract;
258	258	Thence South 08 degrees 10 minutes 09 seconds East along the
259	259	west right-of-way line of State Highway 288, 1,184.70 feet to the
260	260	beginning of a curve to the right;
261	261	Thence with said curve to the right, continuing along the
262	262	west right-of-way line of State Highway 288, having a central angle
263	263	of 01 degree 53 minutes 42 seconds, an arc length of 372.03 feet, a
264	264	radius of 11,249.16 feet, and a chord bearing South 07 degrees 13
265	265	minutes 18 seconds East, 372.02 feet to the northeast corner of an
266	266	adjoining called 4.9560 acre tract (Tract One) recorded under
267	267	County Clerk's File Number 96-0362520, Office of the County Clerk,
268	268	Brazoria County, Texas;
269	269	Thence South 86 degrees 48 minutes 29 seconds West along the
270	270	common line of the herein described tract and said adjoining called
271	271	4.9560 acre tract, 271.50 feet to the northwest corner of said
272	272	adjoining called 4.9560 acre tract for a reentry corner to the
273	273	herein described tract;
274	274	Thence South 02 degrees 12 minutes 28 seconds East continuing
275	275	along said common line, 734.87 feet to the southwest corner of said
276	276	adjoining called 4.9560 acre tract for a reentry corner to the
277	277	herein described tract;
278	278	Thence North 87 degrees 09 minutes 47 seconds East continuing
279	279	along said common line, 299.63 feet to the southeast corner of said
280	280	adjoining called 4.9560 acre tract for the lower northeast corner
281	281	of the herein described tract, said point being in the west
282	282	right-of-way line of State Highway 288, and being in a non-tangent
283	283	curve to the right;
284	284	Thence with said non-tangent curve to the right, along the
285	285	west right-of-way line of State Highway 288, having a central angle
286	286	of 02 degrees 16 minutes 29 seconds, an arc length of 446.63 feet, a
287	287	radius of 11,249.16 feet, and a chord bearing South 01 degree 23
288	288	minutes 01 second East, 446.60 feet to the end of said curve;
289	289	Thence South 00 degrees 14 minutes 46 seconds East continuing
290	290	along the west right-of-way line of State Highway 288, 1,890.37
291	291	feet to the northeast corner of an adjoining called 15 acre tract
292	292	recorded under County Clerk's File Number 02-067061, Office of the
293	293	County Clerk, Brazoria County, Texas, for the upper southeast
294	294	corner of the herein described tract, being the upper southeast
295	295	corner of the aforementioned called 170.00 acre tract;
296	296	Thence South 87 degrees 02 minutes 34 seconds West along the
297	297	upper south line of the herein described tract, same being the north
298	298	line of said adjoining called 15 acre tract, 354.62 feet to the
299	299	northwest corner of said adjoining called 15 acre tract, same being
300	300	the northeast corner of an adjoining called 91.87 acre tract (Tract
301	301	Three) recorded under County Clerk's File Number 2015014625, Office
302	302	of the County Clerk, Brazoria County, Texas, and described in
303	303	Volume 362, Page 470, Deed Records, Brazoria County, Texas, for an
304	304	angle point, said point being in the centerline of the Angleton
305	305	Protection Levee;
306	306	Thence South 86 degrees 59 minutes 15 seconds West along the
307	307	north line of said adjoining called 91.87 acre tract, 2,103.32 feet
308	308	to the northwest corner of said adjoining called 91.87 acre tract,
309	309	for a reentry corner to the herein described tract, said point being
310	310	in the west line of said J. W. Cloud Survey, Abstract 169, same
311	311	being the east line of said George Robinson League, Abstract 126;
312	312	Thence South 02 degrees 44 minutes 56 seconds East along the
313	313	east line of said George Robinson League, Abstract 126, same being
314	314	the west line of said J. W. Cloud Survey, Abstract 169, and the west
315	315	line of said adjoining called 91.87 acre tract, 803.82 feet to an
316	316	angle point, being the lower southeast corner of said called 170.00
317	317	acre tract, same being the northeast corner of the aforementioned
318	318	residue of a called 134 acre tract;
319	319	Thence South 02 degrees 50 minutes 23 seconds East continuing
320	320	along said line, 655.23 feet to a point for the lower southeast
321	321	corner of the herein described tract and said residue of a called
322	322	134 acre tract, same being the northeast corner of an adjoining
323	323	called 116.155 acre tract recorded under County Clerk's File Number
324	324	2018029439, Office of the County Clerk, Brazoria County, Texas;
325	325	Thence South 86 degrees 53 minutes 29 seconds West along the lower
326	326	south line of the herein described tract, same being the north line
327	327	of said adjoining called 116.155 acre tract, and the north line of
328	328	an adjoining called 4.52 acre tract recorded under County Clerk's
329	329	File Number 2010021440, Office of the County Clerk, 3,742.61 feet
330	330	to a point for the lower southwest corner of the herein described
331	331	tract, same being the southeast corner of the adjoining residue of a
332	332	called 1.0 acre tract recorded in Volume 1251, Page 707, Deed
333	333	Records, Brazoria County, Texas;
334	334	Thence North 04 degrees 36 minutes 11 seconds West along the
335	335	common line of the herein described tract and said adjoining
336	336	residue of a called 1.0 acre tract, 158.90 feet to the northeast
337	337	corner of said adjoining called 1.0 acre tract;
338	338	Thence South 87 degrees 02 minutes 13 seconds West continuing
339	339	along said common line, 277.30 feet to the northwest corner of said
340	340	adjoining residue of a called 1.0 acre tract, said point being in
341	341	the east right-of-way line of County Road 44, and being in a
342	342	non-tangent curve to the right;
343	343	Thence with said non-tangent curve to the right, being the
344	344	east right-of-way line of County Road 44, having a central angle of
345	345	14 degrees 56 minutes 06 seconds, an arc length of 723.70 feet, a
346	346	radius of 2,776.40 feet, and a chord bearing North 13 degrees 22
347	347	minutes 44 seconds West, 721.66 feet to the southwest corner of an
348	348	adjoining called 1.0371 acre tract recorded under County Clerk's
349	349	File Number 2008008925, Office of the County Clerk, Brazoria
350	350	County, Texas;
351	351	Thence North 84 degrees 54 minutes 13 seconds East along the
352	352	common line of the herein described tract and said adjoining called
353	353	1.0371 acre tract, 252.52 feet to the southeast corner of said
354	354	adjoining called 1.0371 acre tract for a reentry corner to the
355	355	herein described tract;
356	356	Thence North 04 degrees 18 minutes 51 seconds West continuing
357	357	along said common line, 181.64 feet to the northeast corner of said
358	358	adjoining called 1.0371 acre tract for a reentry corner to the
359	359	herein described tract;
360	360	Thence South 84 degrees 43 minutes 22 seconds West continuing
361	361	along said common line, 251.68 feet to the northwest corner of said
362	362	adjoining called 1.0371 acre tract, said point being in the east
363	363	right-of-way line of County Road 44, and being in a non-tangent
364	364	curve to the right;
365	365	Thence with said non-tangent curve to the right, being the
366	366	east right-of-way line of County Road 44, transitioning to the
367	367	easterly right-of-way line of F. M. Highway 521, having a central
368	368	angle of 10 degrees 03 minutes 42 seconds, an arc length of 487.56
369	369	feet, a radius of 2,776.40 feet, and a chord bearing North 02
370	370	degrees 51 minutes 09 seconds East, 486.94 feet to the southwest
371	371	corner of an adjoining tract being called Lot 5 and the South
372	372	60-feet of Lot 6, Block 35, Fruitland Subdivision, as evidenced in
373	373	deed recorded under County Clerk's File Number 2006000498, Office
374	374	of the County Clerk, Brazoria County, Texas;
375	375	Thence North 87 degrees 06 minutes 39 seconds East along the
376	376	common line of the herein described tract and said adjoining
377	377	Fruitland Subdivision tract, 132.66 feet to the southeast corner of
378	378	said adjoining Fruitland Subdivision tract for a reentry corner to
379	379	the herein described tract;
380	380	Thence North 02 degrees 53 minutes 20 seconds West continuing
381	381	along said common line, 60.00 feet to the northeast corner of said
382	382	adjoining Fruitland Subdivision tract for a reentry corner to the
383	383	herein described tract;
384	384	Thence South 87 degrees 06 minutes 39 seconds West continuing
385	385	along said common line, 120.56 feet to the northwest corner of said
386	386	adjoining Fruitland Subdivision tract, said point being in the
387	387	easterly right-of-way line of F. M. Highway 521, and being in a
388	388	non-tangent curve to the right;
389	389	Thence with said non-tangent curve to the right, being the
390	390	easterly right-of-way line of F. M. Highway 521, having a central
391	391	angle of 04 degrees 50 minutes 12 seconds, an arc length of 234.37
392	392	feet, a radius of 2,776.40 feet, and a chord bearing North 11
393	393	degrees 33 minutes 54 seconds East, 234.31 feet to the end of said
394	394	curve;
395	395	Thence North 13 degrees 58 minutes 59 seconds East along the
396	396	westerly line of the herein described tract, same being the
397	397	easterly right-of-way line of F. M. Highway 521, 302.34 feet to a
398	398	concrete monument found for angle point, said point being the
399	399	northwest corner of said called 170.00 acre tract, same being the
400	400	southwest corner of the aforementioned called 170.66 acre tract;
401	401	Thence North 14 degrees 05 minutes 31 seconds East continuing
402	402	along said line, 973.60 feet to the southwest corner of the
403	403	adjoining residue of a called 2 acre tract recorded in Volume 122,
404	404	Page 203, Deed Records, Brazoria County, Texas;
405	405	Thence North 87 degrees 21 minutes 22 seconds East along the
406	406	common line of the herein described tract and said adjoining
407	407	residue of a called 2 acre tract, 1,700.63 feet to the southeast
408	408	corner of said adjoining called 2 acre tract for a reentry corner to
409	409	the herein described tract;
410	410	Thence North 02 degrees 38 minutes 38 seconds West continuing
411	411	along said common line, 50.00 feet to the northeast corner of said
412	412	adjoining residue of a called 2 acre tract for a reentry corner to
413	413	the herein described tract;
414	414	Thence South 87 degrees 21 minutes 22 seconds West continuing
415	415	along said common line, 1,685.60 feet to the northwest corner of
416	416	said adjoining residue of a called 2 acre tract for the upper
417	417	southwest corner of the herein described tract, said point being in
418	418	the easterly right-of-way line of F. M. Highway 521;
419	419	Thence North 14 degrees 05 minutes 31 seconds East along the
420	420	westerly line of the herein described tract, same being the
421	421	easterly right-of-way line of F. M. Highway 521, 217.09 feet to an
422	422	angle point, said point being the northwest corner of said called
423	423	170.66 acre tract, same being the southwest corner of the
424	424	aforementioned residue of a called 541.131 acre tract;
425	425	Thence North 14 degrees 02 minutes 37 seconds East continuing
426	426	along the westerly line of the herein described tract, same being
427	427	the easterly right-of-way line of F. M. Highway 521, 4,611.00 feet
428	428	to the Place of Beginning and containing 911.12 acres of land, more
429	429	or less.
430	430	SECTION 3. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
431	431	introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
432	432	Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
433	433	copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
434	434	officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
435	435	under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
436	436	Government Code.
437	437	(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
438	438	submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
439	439	Environmental Quality.
440	440	(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
441	441	its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
442	442	lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
443	443	representatives within the required time.
444	444	(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
445	445	state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
446	446	to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
447	447	and accomplished.
448	448	SECTION 4. (a) If this Act does not receive a two-thirds
449	449	vote of all the members elected to each house, Subchapter C, Chapter
450	450	8153, Special District Local Laws Code, as added by Section 1 of
451	451	this Act, is amended by adding Section 8153.0307 to read as follows:
452	452	Sec. 8153.0307. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. The district may
453	453	not exercise the power of eminent domain.
454	454	(b) This section is not intended to be an expression of a
455	455	legislative interpretation of the requirements of Section 17(c),
456	456	Article I, Texas Constitution.
457	457	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
458	458	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
459	459	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
460	460	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
461	461	Act takes effect September 1, 2021.