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1	1		87R19998 JXC-F
2	2		By: King of Parker H.B. No. 4630
	3	+	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4630:
	4	+	By: Morales Shaw C.S.H.B. No. 4630
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4	6
5	7		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	8		AN ACT
7	9		relating to the creation of the Parker County Municipal Management
8	10		District No. 2; providing authority to issue bonds; providing
9	11		authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes; granting a
10	12		limited power of eminent domain.
11	13		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	14		SECTION 1. Subtitle C, Title 4, Special District Local Laws
13	15		Code, is amended by adding Chapter 3996 to read as follows:
14	16		CHAPTER 3996. PARKER COUNTY MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICT NO. 2
15	17		SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
16	18		Sec. 3996.0101. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
17	19		(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.
18	20		(2) "City" means the City of Fort Worth.
19	21		(3) "County" means Parker County.
20	22		(4) "Director" means a board member.
21	23		(5) "District" means the Parker County Municipal
22	24		Management District No. 2.
23	25		Sec. 3996.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The Parker County
24	26		Municipal Management District No. 2 is a special district created
25	27		under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
26	28		Sec. 3996.0103. PURPOSE; DECLARATION OF INTENT. (a) The
27	29		creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of
28	30		Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI,
29	31		Texas Constitution, and other public purposes stated in this
30	32		chapter.
31	33		(b) By creating the district and in authorizing the county,
32	34		the city, and other political subdivisions to contract with the
33	35		district, the legislature has established a program to accomplish
34	36		the public purposes set out in Section 52-a, Article III, Texas
35	37		Constitution.
36	38		(c) The creation of the district is necessary to promote,
37	39		develop, encourage, and maintain employment, commerce,
38	40		transportation, housing, tourism, recreation, the arts,
39	41		entertainment, economic development, safety, and the public
40	42		welfare in the district.
41	43		(d) This chapter and the creation of the district may not be
42	44		interpreted to relieve the county or the city from providing the
43	45		level of services provided as of the effective date of the Act
44	46		enacting this chapter to the area in the district. The district is
45	47		created to supplement and not to supplant county or city services
46	48		provided in the district.
47	49		Sec. 3996.0104. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
48	50		(a) All land and other property included in the district will
49	51		benefit from the improvements and services to be provided by the
50	52		district under powers conferred by Sections 52 and 52-a, Article
51	53		III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other
52	54		powers granted under this chapter.
53	55		(b) The district is created to serve a public use and
54	56		benefit.
55	57		(c) The creation of the district is in the public interest
56	58		and is essential to further the public purposes of:
57	59		(1) developing and diversifying the economy of the
58	60		state;
59	61		(2) eliminating unemployment and underemployment; and
60	62		(3) developing or expanding transportation and
61	63		commerce.
62	64		(d) The district will:
63	65		(1) promote the health, safety, and general welfare of
64	66		residents, employers, potential employees, employees, visitors,
65	67		and consumers in the district, and of the public;
66	68		(2) provide needed funding for the district to
67	69		preserve, maintain, and enhance the economic health and vitality of
68	70		the district territory as a community and business center;
69	71		(3) promote the health, safety, welfare, and enjoyment
70	72		of the public by providing pedestrian ways and by landscaping and
71	73		developing certain areas in the district, which are necessary for
72	74		the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of scenic beauty;
73	75		and
74	76		(4) provide for water, wastewater, drainage, road, and
75	77		recreational facilities for the district.
76	78		(e) Pedestrian ways along or across a street, whether at
77	79		grade or above or below the surface, and street lighting, street
78	80		landscaping, parking, and street art objects are parts of and
79	81		necessary components of a street and are considered to be a street
80	82		or road improvement.
81	83		(f) The district will not act as the agent or
82	84		instrumentality of any private interest even though the district
83	85		will benefit many private interests as well as the public.
84	86		Sec. 3996.0105. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY. (a) The
85	87		district is initially composed of the territory described by
86	88		Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.
87	89		(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of
88	90		the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake in the
89	91		field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process
90	92		does not affect the district's:
91	93		(1) organization, existence, or validity;
92	94		(2) right to issue any type of bonds for the purposes
93	95		for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and
94	96		interest on the bonds;
95	97		(3) right to impose or collect an assessment or tax; or
96	98		(4) legality or operation.
97	99		Sec. 3996.0106. ELIGIBILITY FOR INCLUSION IN SPECIAL ZONES.
98	100		All or any part of the area of the district is eligible to be
99	101		included in:
100	102		(1) a tax increment reinvestment zone created under
101	103		Chapter 311, Tax Code; or
102	104		(2) a tax abatement reinvestment zone created under
103	105		Chapter 312, Tax Code.
104	106		Sec. 3996.0107. APPLICABILITY OF MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT
105	107		DISTRICTS LAW. Except as otherwise provided by this chapter,
106	108		Chapter 375, Local Government Code, applies to the district.
107	109		Sec. 3996.0108. CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER. This chapter
108	110		shall be liberally construed in conformity with the findings and
109	111		purposes stated in this chapter.
110	112		SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
111	113		Sec. 3996.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district is
112	114		governed by a board of five elected directors who serve staggered
113	115		terms of four years.
114	116		(b) Directors are elected in the manner provided by
115	117		Subchapter D, Chapter 49, Water Code.
116	118		Sec. 3996.0202. COMPENSATION; EXPENSES. (a) The district
117	119		may compensate each director in an amount not to exceed $150 for
118	120		each board meeting. The total amount of compensation for each
119	121		director in one year may not exceed $7,200.
120	122		(b) A director is entitled to reimbursement for necessary
121	123		and reasonable expenses incurred in carrying out the duties and
122	124		responsibilities of the board.
123	125		Sec. 3996.0203. INITIAL DIRECTORS. (a) The initial board
124	126		consists of the following directors:
125	127		Pos. No. Name of Director Pos. No. Name of Director
126	128		Pos. No. Name of Director
127	129		1 David Mckleroy 1 David Mckleroy
128	130		1 David Mckleroy
129	131		2 Kenner Link 2 Kenner Link
130	132		2 Kenner Link
131	133		3 Peter Madrala 3 Peter Madrala
132	134		3 Peter Madrala
133	135		4 Ian Hall 4 Ian Hall
134	136		4 Ian Hall
135	137		5 Brock Babb 5 Brock Babb
136	138		5 Brock Babb
137	139		(b) Of the initial directors, the terms of directors
138	140		appointed for positions one through three expire June 1, 2023, and
139	141		the terms of directors appointed for positions four and five expire
140	142		June 1, 2025.
141	143		SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES
142	144		Sec. 3996.0301. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district
143	145		has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
144	146		which the district is created.
145	147		Sec. 3996.0302. IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND SERVICES. (a) The
146	148		district, using any money available to the district for the
147	149		purpose, may provide, design, construct, acquire, improve,
148	150		relocate, operate, maintain, or finance an improvement project or
149	151		service authorized under this chapter or Chapter 372 or 375, Local
150	152		Government Code.
151	153		(b) The district may contract with a governmental or private
152	154		entity to carry out an action under Subsection (a).
153	155		(c) The implementation of a district project or service is a
154	156		governmental function or service for the purposes of Chapter 791,
155	157		Government Code.
156	158		Sec. 3996.0303. NONPROFIT CORPORATION. (a) The board by
157	159		resolution may authorize the creation of a nonprofit corporation to
158	160		assist and act for the district in implementing a project or
159	161		providing a service authorized by this chapter.
160	162		(b) The nonprofit corporation:
161	163		(1) has each power of and is considered to be a local
162	164		government corporation created under Subchapter D, Chapter 431,
163	165		Transportation Code; and
164	166		(2) may implement any project and provide any service
165	167		authorized by this chapter.
166	168		(c) The board shall appoint the board of directors of the
167	169		nonprofit corporation. The board of directors of the nonprofit
168	170		corporation shall serve in the same manner as the board of directors
169	171		of a local government corporation created under Subchapter D,
170	172		Chapter 431, Transportation Code, except that a board member is not
171	173		required to reside in the district.
172	174		Sec. 3996.0304. LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES. To protect the
173	175		public interest, the district may contract with the county or the
174	176		city to provide additional law enforcement services in the district
175	177		for a fee.
176	178		Sec. 3996.0305. MEMBERSHIP IN CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS.
177	179		The district may join and pay dues to a charitable or nonprofit
178	180		organization that performs a service or provides an activity
179	181		consistent with the furtherance of a district purpose.
180	182		Sec. 3996.0306. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. (a) The
181	183		district may engage in activities that accomplish the economic
182	184		development purposes of the district.
183	185		(b) The district may establish and provide for the
184	186		administration of one or more programs to promote state or local
185	187		economic development and to stimulate business and commercial
186	188		activity in the district, including programs to:
187	189		(1) make loans and grants of public money; and
188	190		(2) provide district personnel and services.
189	191		(c) The district may create economic development programs
190	192		and exercise the economic development powers provided to
191	193		municipalities by:
192	194		(1) Chapter 380, Local Government Code; and
193	195		(2) Subchapter A, Chapter 1509, Government Code.
194	196		Sec. 3996.0307. PARKING FACILITIES. (a) The district may
195	197		acquire, lease as lessor or lessee, construct, develop, own,
196	198		operate, and maintain parking facilities or a system of parking
197	199		facilities, including lots, garages, parking terminals, or other
198	200		structures or accommodations for parking motor vehicles off the
199	201		streets and related appurtenances.
200	202		(b) The district's parking facilities serve the public
201	203		purposes of the district and are owned, used, and held for a public
202	204		purpose even if leased or operated by a private entity for a term of
203	205		years.
204	206		(c) The district's parking facilities are parts of and
205	207		necessary components of a street and are considered to be a street
206	208		or road improvement.
207	209		(d) The development and operation of the district's parking
208	210		facilities may be considered an economic development program.
209	211		Sec. 3996.0308. ADDING OR EXCLUDING LAND. The district may
210	212		add or exclude land in the manner provided by Subchapter J, Chapter
211	213		49, Water Code, or by Subchapter H, Chapter 54, Water Code.
212	214		Sec. 3996.0309. DISBURSEMENTS AND TRANSFERS OF MONEY. The
213	215		board by resolution shall establish the number of directors'
214	216		signatures and the procedure required for a disbursement or
215	217		transfer of district money.
216	218		Sec. 3996.0310. LIMITED POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN. (a) The
217	219		district may exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner
218	220		provided by Chapter 49, Water Code.
219	221		(b) The district may not exercise the power of eminent
220	222		domain outside the district to acquire a site or easement for:
221	223		(1) a road project; or
222	224		(2) a recreational facility as defined by Section
223	225		49.462, Water Code.
224	226		Sec. 3996.0311. DIVISION OF DISTRICT. (a) The district
225	227		may be divided into two or more new districts only if the district:
226	228		(1) has no outstanding bonded debt; and
227	229		(2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes.
228	230		(b) This chapter applies to any new district created by the
229	231		division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and
230	232		duties of the district.
231	233		(c) Any new district created by the division of the district
232	234		may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land
233	235		outside the area described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this
234	236		chapter.
235	237		(d) The board, on its own motion or on receipt of a petition
236	238		signed by the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of
237	239		the real property in the district, may adopt an order dividing the
238	240		district.
239	241		(e) An order dividing the district must:
240	242		(1) name each new district;
241	243		(2) include the metes and bounds description of the
242	244		territory of each new district;
243	245		(3) appoint initial directors for each new district;
244	246		and
245	247		(4) provide for the division of assets and liabilities
246	248		between or among the new districts.
247	249		(f) On or before the 30th day after the date of adoption of
248	250		an order dividing the district, the district shall file the order
249	251		with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and record the
250	252		order in the real property records of each county in which the
251	253		district is located.
252	254		(g) Any new district created by the division of the district
253	255		must hold an election as required by this chapter to obtain voter
254	256		approval before the district may impose a maintenance tax or issue
255	257		bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes.
256	258		(h) Consent to the creation of the district and to the
257	259		inclusion of land in the district granted under Section 3996.0506
258	260		acts as consent to the creation of any new district created by the
259	261		division of the district and to the inclusion of land in the new
260	262		district.
261	263		SUBCHAPTER D. ASSESSMENTS
262	264		Sec. 3996.0401. PETITION REQUIRED FOR FINANCING SERVICES
263	265		AND IMPROVEMENTS WITH ASSESSMENTS. (a) The board may not finance a
264	266		service or improvement project with assessments under this chapter
265	267		unless a written petition requesting that service or improvement
266	268		has been filed with the board.
267	269		(b) A petition filed under Subsection (a) must be signed by
268	270		the owners of a majority of the assessed value of real property in
269	271		the district subject to assessment according to the most recent
270	272		certified tax appraisal roll for the county.
271	273		Sec. 3996.0402. ASSESSMENTS; LIENS FOR ASSESSMENTS. (a)
272	274		The board by resolution may impose and collect an assessment for any
273	275		purpose authorized by this chapter in all or any part of the
274	276		district.
275	277		(b) An assessment, a reassessment, or an assessment
276	278		resulting from an addition to or correction of the assessment roll
277	279		by the district, penalties and interest on an assessment or
278	280		reassessment, an expense of collection, and reasonable attorney's
279	281		fees incurred by the district:
280	282		(1) are a first and prior lien against the property
281	283		assessed;
282	284		(2) are superior to any other lien or claim other than
283	285		a lien or claim for county, school district, or municipal ad valorem
284	286		taxes; and
285	287		(3) are the personal liability of and a charge against
286	288		the owners of the property even if the owners are not named in the
287	289		assessment proceedings.
288	290		(c) The lien is effective from the date of the board's
289	291		resolution imposing the assessment until the date the assessment is
290	292		paid. The board may enforce the lien in the same manner that the
291	293		board may enforce an ad valorem tax lien against real property.
292	294		(d) The board may make a correction to or deletion from the
293	295		assessment roll that does not increase the amount of assessment of
294	296		any parcel of land without providing notice and holding a hearing in
295	297		the manner required for additional assessments.
296	298		Sec. 3996.0403. CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY NOT EXEMPT.
297	299		Section 375.161, Local Government Code, does not apply to the
298	300		district.
299	301		SUBCHAPTER E. TAXES AND BONDS
300	302		Sec. 3996.0501. TAX ELECTION REQUIRED. (a) The district
301	303		must hold an election in the manner provided by Chapter 49, Water
302	304		Code, or, if applicable, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, to
303	305		obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem
304	306		tax.
305	307		(b) Section 375.243, Local Government Code, does not apply
306	308		to the district.
307	309		Sec. 3996.0502. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. (a) If
308	310		authorized by a majority of the district voters voting at an
309	311		election under Section 3996.0501, the district may impose an
310	312		operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district
311	313		in the manner provided by Section 49.107, Water Code, for any
312	314		district purpose, including to:
313	315		(1) maintain and operate the district;
314	316		(2) construct or acquire improvements; or
315	317		(3) provide a service.
316	318		(b) The board shall determine the operation and maintenance
317	319		tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the
318	320		election.
319	321		Sec. 3996.0503. AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY AND TO ISSUE
320	322		BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS. (a) The district may borrow money on
321	323		terms determined by the board.
322	324		(b) The district may issue by public or private sale bonds,
323	325		notes, or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad
324	326		valorem taxes, assessments, impact fees, revenue, contract
325	327		payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of
326	328		those sources of money, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
327	329		(c) The limitation on the outstanding principal amount of
328	330		bonds, notes, or other obligations provided by Section 49.4645,
329	331		Water Code, does not apply to the district.
330	332		(d) The district may issue, by public or private sale,
331	333		bonds, notes, or other obligations payable wholly or partly from
332	334		assessments in the manner provided by Subchapter A, Chapter 372,
333	335		Local Government Code, if the improvement financed by an obligation
334	336		issued under this section will be conveyed to, operated and
335	337		maintained by, or otherwise financed pursuant to an agreement
336	338		between the district and a county, a municipality, or a retail
337	339		utility provider entered into before the issuance of the
338	340		obligation.
339	341		Sec. 3996.0504. BONDS SECURED BY REVENUE OR CONTRACT
340	342		PAYMENTS. The district may issue, without an election, bonds
341	343		secured by:
342	344		(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes, including
343	345		contract revenues; or
344	346		(2) contract payments, provided that the requirements
345	347		of Section 49.108, Water Code, have been met.
346	348		Sec. 3996.0505. BONDS SECURED BY AD VALOREM TAXES;
347	349		ELECTIONS. (a) If authorized at an election under Section
348	350		3996.0501, the district may issue bonds payable from ad valorem
349	351		taxes.
350	352		(b) At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or
351	353		partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual
352	354		imposition of a continuing direct annual ad valorem tax, without
353	355		limit as to rate or amount, for each year that all or part of the
354	356		bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by
355	357		Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
356	358		(c) All or any part of any facilities or improvements that
357	359		may be acquired by a district by the issuance of its bonds may be
358	360		submitted as a single proposition or as several propositions to be
359	361		voted on at the election.
360	362		Sec. 3996.0506. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY OR COUNTY REQUIRED.
361	363		(a) The board may not issue bonds until the governing body of a
362	364		county in which the district is located or of a municipality in
363	365		whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the
364	366		district is located has consented by ordinance or resolution to the
365	367		creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the
366	368		district.
367	369		(b) This section applies only to the district's first
368	370		issuance of bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.
369	371		SUBCHAPTER I. DISSOLUTION
370	372		Sec. 3996.0901. DISSOLUTION. (a) The board shall dissolve
371	373		the district on written petition filed with the board by the owners
372	374		of:
373	375		(1) 66 percent or more of the assessed value of the
374	376		property subject to assessment by the district based on the most
375	377		recent certified county property tax rolls; or
376	378		(2) 66 percent or more of the surface area of the
377	379		district, excluding roads, streets, highways, utility
378	380		rights-of-way, other public areas, and other property exempt from
379	381		assessment by the district according to the most recent certified
380	382		county property tax rolls.
381	383		(b) The district may not be dissolved by its board under
382	384		Subsection (a) if the district:
383	385		(1) has any outstanding bonded or other indebtedness
384	386		until that indebtedness has been repaid or defeased in accordance
385	387		with the order or resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds
386	388		or other indebtedness;
387	389		(2) has a contractual obligation to pay money until
388	390		that obligation has been fully paid in accordance with the
389	391		contract; or
390	392		(3) owns, operates, or maintains public works,
391	393		facilities, or improvements unless the district contracts with
392	394		another person for the ownership, operation, or maintenance of the
393	395		public works, facilities, or improvements.
394	396		(c) Section 375.262, Local Government Code, does not apply
395	397		to the district.
396	398		SECTION 2. The Parker County Municipal Management District
397	399		No. 2 initially includes all territory contained in the following
398	400		area:
399	401		Tract No. 1
400	402		Tract of land containing 1482.89 acres in the P.B. Jones
401	403		Survey, Abstract No. 764, the J.W. Jones Survey, Abstract No. 2394,
402	404		the W.A. Grady Survey, Abstract No. 537, the J.W. Jones Survey,
403	405		Abstract No. 2010, the P.E. Houston Survey, Abstract No. 572, the
404	406		L.A. McAfee Survey, Abstract No. 2028, the E. Nowland Survey,
405	407		Abstract No. 1005, the B.B.B. & C. Railway Survey, Abstract No. 136,
406	408		the W.B. Glenn Survey, Abstract No. 529, the B.B.B. & C. Railway
407	409		Survey, Abstract No. 135, the B.B.B. & C. Railway Survey, Abstract
408	410		No. 146, the Peter B. Holder Survey, Abstract No. 614, the L.A.
409	411		McAfee Survey, Abstract No. 2400 and the R. Matthews Survey,
410	412		Abstract No. 2566, Parker County, Texas, being a part of the James
411	413		R. Kelly, Kathleen Kelly Sneed and Jerry Kelly Reid Tract and being
412	414		more particularly described as follows:
413	415		BEGINNING at a set stone found at the north base of an old
414	416		cedar fence corner post being the northwest corner of the said
415	417		Houston Survey, an ell corner of the said Kelly Tract and the
416	418		southwest corner of the Rodney Brown Tract recorded in Volume 1998,
417	419		Page 768, Official Records of Parker County.
418	420		THENCE South 89 degrees 59 minutes 57 seconds East for a
419	421		distance of 1740.98 feet to a 2 inch cap on a 5/8 inch iron rod set
420	422		at the base of an old cedar fence corner being an ell corner of the
421	423		said Kelly Tract and the southeast corner of the said Brown Tract.
422	424		THENCE North 02 degrees 11 minutes 17 seconds West for a
423	425		distance of 318.32 feet to a 2 inch cap on a 5/8 inch iron rod set
424	426		being a northwest corner of the said Kelly Tract on the east line of
425	427		the said Brown Tract.
426	428		THENCE South 89 degrees 10 minutes 56 seconds East for a
427	429		distance of 161.00 feet to a 2 inch cap on a 5/8 inch iron rod set at
428	430		a fence bend on the south side of Kelly Road (paved county road).
429	431		THENCE along the fence on the south and west sides of the said
430	432		Kelly Road,
431	433		South 62 degrees 57 minutes 42 seconds East for a distance of 61.05
432	434		feet to a 2 inch cap on a 5/8 inch iron rod set,
433	435		South 89 degrees 05 minutes 07 seconds East for a distance of
434	436		1097.51 feet a 2 inch cap on a 5/8 inch iron rod set,
435	437		South 65 degrees 02 minutes 16 seconds East for a distance of 71.59
436	438		feet a 2 inch cap on a 5/8 inch iron rod set,
437	439		South 52 degrees 51 minutes 32 seconds East for a distance of 61.37
438	440		feet a 2 inch cap on a 5/8 inch iron rod set,
439	441		South 41 degrees 56 minutes 55 seconds East for a distance of 74.77
440	442		feet a 2 inch cap on a 5/8 inch iron rod set and
441	443		South 00 degrees 20 minutes 29 seconds East for a distance of
442	444		3204.30 feet to a corner which fell within a steel pipe fence corner
443	445		being a corner of the said Kelly Tract and the northeast corner of
444	446		the Margaret Elizabeth Spiegel Tract recorded in Volume 1856, Page
445	447		929, Official Records of Parker County.
446	448		THENCE leaving the said road, South 89 degrees 14 minutes 16
447	449		seconds West for a distance of 466.10 feet to a corner which fell
448	450		inside a steel pipe fence corner being a corner of the said Kelly
449	451		Tract and the northwest corner of the said Spiegel Tract.
450	452		THENCE South 00 degrees 56 minutes 41 seconds East for a
451	453		distance of 699.10 feet to a corner which fell inside a steel pipe
452	454		fence corner being a corner of the said Kelly Tract and the
453	455		southwest corner of the said Spiegel Tract.
454	456		THENCE North 89 degrees 24 minutes 17 seconds East for a
455	457		distance of 456.50 feet to a corner which fell inside a steel pipe
456	458		fence corner on the west side of the said Kelly Road being a corner
457	459		of the said Kelly Tract and the southeast corner of the said Spiegel
458	460		Tract.
459	461		THENCE along the west side of the said Kelly Road,
460	462		South 00 degrees 05 minutes 46 seconds West for a distance of
461	463		2506.18 feet a 2 inch cap on a 5/8 inch iron rod set at a fence bend
462	464		and
463	465		South 00 degrees 38 minutes 45 seconds East for a distance of
464	466		2692.40 feet to a 2 inch cap on a 5/8 inch iron rod set at a fence
465	467		corner on the west side of the said Kelly Road and the north side of
466	468		Bear Creek Road (paved county road).
467	469		THENCE along the fence on the north side of the said Bear
468	470		Creek Road,
469	471		South 74 degrees 34 minutes 13 seconds West for a distance of 97.19
470	472		feet a 2 inch cap on a 5/8 inch iron rod set,
471	473		North 80 degrees 22 minutes 12 seconds West for a distance of
472	474		1222.11 feet a 2 inch cap on a 5/8 inch iron rod set,
473	475		North 44 degrees 38 minutes 42 seconds West for a distance of
474	476		1651.35 feet a 2 inch cap on a 5/8 inch iron rod set,
475	477		North 73 degrees 50 minutes 37 seconds West for a distance of 908.36
476	478		feet a 2 inch cap on a 5/8 inch iron rod set,
477	479		North 88 degrees 54 minutes 17 seconds West for a distance of 323.73
478	480		feet a 2 inch cap on a 5/8 inch iron rod set,
479	481		North 89 degrees 54 minutes 03 seconds West for a distance of 565.83
480	482		feet a 2 inch cap on a 5/8 inch iron rod set and
481	483		North 55 degrees 35 minutes 21 seconds West for a distance of 169.96
482	484		feet a 2 inch cap on a 5/8 inch iron rod set on the east side of Bear
483	485		Creek.
484	486		THENCE crossing the said creek and continuing along the north
485	487		side of the said Bear Creek Road (gravel county road),
486	488		North 68 degrees 29 minutes 42 seconds West for a distance of 113.71
487	489		feet a 2 inch cap on a 5/8 inch iron rod set,
488	490		South 65 degrees 33 minutes 19 seconds West for a distance of 306.80
489	491		feet a 2 inch cap on a 5/8 inch iron rod set,
490	492		North 89 degrees 43 minutes 35 seconds West for a distance of 480.30
491	493		feet a 2 inch cap on a 5/8 inch iron rod set,
492	494		North 61 degrees 18 minutes 03 seconds West for a distance of 20.79
493	495		feet a 2 inch cap on a 5/8 inch iron rod set,
494	496		North 47 degrees 40 minutes 31 seconds West for a distance of
495	497		1501.77 feet a 2 inch cap on a 5/8 inch iron rod set,
496	498		North 83 degrees 05 minutes 39 seconds West for a distance of 404.87
497	499		feet a 2 inch cap on a 5/8 inch iron rod set,
498	500		North 46 degrees 12 minutes 25 seconds West for a distance of 10.74
499	501		feet a 2 inch cap on a 5/8 inch iron rod set,
500	502		North 07 degrees 18 minutes 58 seconds West for a distance of 718.13
501	503		feet a 2 inch cap on a 5/8 inch iron rod set and
502	504		North 50 degrees 49 minutes 55 seconds West for a distance of 904.20
503	505		feet a 2 inch cap on a 5/8 inch iron rod set at a fence corner on a
504	506		west line of the said Kelly Tract and an east line of the Roger
505	507		McFarland Dixon Trust Tract, description thereof recorded in Volume
506	508		100, Page 39, Deed Records of Parker County.
507	509		THENCE leaving the said county road, North 00 degrees 05
508	510		minutes 18 seconds East for a distance of 5737.53 feet to a bolt
509	511		found in a 3 inch pipe at a fence corner being a corner of the said
510	512		Kelly and McFarland Tracts.
511	513		THENCE North 89 degrees 39 minutes 44 seconds East for a
512	514		distance of 520.17 feet to a bolt found in a 3 inch pipe at a fence
513	515		corner being a corner of the said Kelly and McFarland Tracts.
514	516		THENCE North 02 degrees 25 minutes 24 seconds East for a
515	517		distance of 1047.28 feet to a bolt found in a 3 inch pipe at a fence
516	518		corner being a corner of the said Kelly Tract, the said McFarland
517	519		Tract and a southeast corner of the Highland Ranch Estates Addition
518	520		recorded in Plat Cabinet C, Sheet 378.
519	521		THENCE North 00 degrees 46 minutes 19 seconds East for a
520	522		distance of 378.24 feet to a corner which fell inside an old cedar
521	523		fence corner being a northwest corner of the said Kelly Tract and an
522	524		ell corner of the said addition.
523	525		THENCE South 89 degrees 51 minutes 08 seconds East for a
524	526		distance of 961.52 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod found at a fence
525	527		corner being an ell corner of the said Kelly Tract and a southeast
526	528		corner of the said addition.
527	529		THENCE North 00 degrees 08 minutes 52 seconds East for a
528	530		distance of 104.30 feet to a corner which fell inside an old cedar
529	531		fence corner being a northwest corner of the said Kelly Tract and a
530	532		southwest corner of the Deer Run Addition recorded in Plat Cabinet
531	533		B, Sheet 90.
532	534		THENCE South 89 degrees 13 minutes 10 seconds East for a
533	535		distance of 2729.65 feet to a 2 inch cap on a 5/8 inch iron rod set
534	536		at an old cedar fence corner being a northeast corner of the said
535	537		Kelly Tract and the northwest corner of the said Brown Tract on the
536	538		south line of the said Deer Run Addition.
537	539		THENCE South 00 degrees 53 minutes 31 seconds East for a
538	540		distance of 2261.65 feet to the place of beginning.
539	541		SECTION 3. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
540	542		introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
541	543		Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
542	544		copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
543	545		officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
544	546		under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
545	547		Government Code.
546	548		(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
547	549		submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
548	550		Environmental Quality.
549	551		(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
550	552		its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor,
551	553		lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives
552	554		within the required time.
553	555		(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
554	556		state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
555	557		to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act have been
556	558		fulfilled and accomplished.
557	559		SECTION 4. (a) Section 3996.0310, Special District Local
558	560		Laws Code, as added by Section 1 of this Act, takes effect only if
559	561		this Act receives a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to
560	562		each house.
561	563		(b) If this Act does not receive a two-thirds vote of all the
562	564		members elected to each house, Subchapter C, Chapter 3996, Special
563	565		District Local Laws Code, as added by Section 1 of this Act, is
564	566		amended by adding Section 3996.0310 to read as follows:
565	567		Sec. 3996.0310. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. The district may
566	568		not exercise the power of eminent domain.
567	569		(c) This section is not intended to be an expression of a
568	570		legislative interpretation of the requirements of Section 17(c),
569	571		Article I, Texas Constitution.
570	572		SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
571	573		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
572	574		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
573	575		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
574	576		Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
575	577
576	578		Pos. No. Name of Director
577	579
578	580		1 David Mckleroy
579	581
580	582		2 Kenner Link
581	583
582	584		3 Peter Madrala
583	585
584	586		4 Ian Hall
585	587
586	588		5 Brock Babb