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22 By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 2170
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55 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
66 AN ACT
77 relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility
88 District No. 249; granting a limited power of eminent domain;
99 providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose
1010 assessments, fees, and taxes.
1111 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1212 SECTION 1. Subtitle F, Title 6, Special District Local Laws
1313 Code, is amended by adding Chapter 7904A to read as follows:
1414 CHAPTER 7904A. FORT BEND COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT
1515 NO. 249
1616 SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
1717 Sec. 7904A.0101. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
1818 (1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.
1919 (2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on
2020 Environmental Quality.
2121 (3) "Director" means a board member.
2222 (4) "District" means the Fort Bend County Municipal
2323 Utility District No. 249.
2424 Sec. 7904A.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a
2525 municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI,
2626 Texas Constitution.
2727 Sec. 7904A.0103. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTOR ELECTION
2828 REQUIRED. The temporary directors shall hold an election to
2929 confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent
3030 directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
3131 Sec. 7904A.0104. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED. The
3232 temporary directors may not hold an election under Section
3333 7904A.0103 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or
3434 extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has
3535 consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the
3636 district and to the inclusion of land in the district.
3737 Sec. 7904A.0105. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
3838 (a) The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit.
3939 (b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:
4040 (1) a municipal utility district as provided by
4141 general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and
4242 (2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that
4343 relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation,
4444 or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or
4545 improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
4646 Sec. 7904A.0106. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY. (a) The
4747 district is initially composed of the territory described by
4848 Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.
4949 (b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of
5050 the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the
5151 field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process
5252 does not affect the district's:
5353 (1) organization, existence, or validity;
5454 (2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes
5555 for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and
5656 interest on a bond;
5757 (3) right to impose a tax; or
5858 (4) legality or operation.
5959 SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
6060 Sec. 7904A.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district
6161 is governed by a board of five elected directors.
6262 (b) Except as provided by Section 7904A.0202, directors
6363 serve staggered four-year terms.
6464 Sec. 7904A.0202. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS. (a) On or after the
6565 effective date of the Act enacting this chapter, the owner or owners
6666 of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the
6767 district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that
6868 the commission appoint as temporary directors the five persons
6969 named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as temporary
7070 directors the five persons named in the petition.
7171 (b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:
7272 (1) the date permanent directors are elected under
7373 Section 7904A.0103; or
7474 (2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of
7575 the Act enacting this chapter.
7676 (c) If permanent directors have not been elected under
7777 Section 7904A.0103 and the terms of the temporary directors have
7878 expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or
7979 reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that
8080 expire on the earlier of:
8181 (1) the date permanent directors are elected under
8282 Section 7904A.0103; or
8383 (2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the
8484 appointment or reappointment.
8585 (d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a
8686 majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district
8787 may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the
8888 commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five
8989 persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as
9090 successor temporary directors the five persons named in the
9191 petition.
9292 Sec. 7904A.0203. DESIGNATED BOARD MEETING LOCATION. (a)
9393 The board shall designate a meeting place inside the district for
9494 conducting the meetings of the board. The meeting place designated
9595 may be a private residence or office, provided that, in the order
9696 designating the meeting place, the board declares the place where
9797 the meeting is held to be a public place and invites the public to
9898 attend any meeting of the board held in that place.
9999 (b) If the board establishes that no suitable place exists
100100 for meeting inside the district, the board may designate a meeting
101101 place outside the district. The board shall give notice of the
102102 location of a meeting place outside the district by:
103103 (1) filing a copy of the resolution designating the
104104 location and a justification of why the meeting will not be held in
105105 the district or within 10 miles of the boundary of the district, if
106106 applicable, with the commission; and
107107 (2) publishing notice of the location in a newspaper
108108 of general circulation in the district.
109109 (c) If the board changes the location of a meeting place
110110 outside the district, the board shall give notice of the change in
111111 the manner described by Subsection (b).
112112 SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES
113113 Sec. 7904A.0301. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district
114114 has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
115115 which the district is created.
116116 Sec. 7904A.0302. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND
117117 DUTIES. The district has the powers and duties provided by the
118118 general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code,
119119 applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59,
120120 Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
121121 Sec. 7904A.0303. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS. Under
122122 Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may
123123 design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve,
124124 operate, maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a
125125 municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled,
126126 or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid
127127 of those roads.
128128 Sec. 7904A.0304. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS. (a) A
129129 road project must meet all applicable construction standards,
130130 zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each
131131 municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial
132132 jurisdiction the road project is located.
133133 (b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits
134134 or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road
135135 project must meet all applicable construction standards,
136136 subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which
137137 the road project is located.
138138 (c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the
139139 Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and
140140 specifications of the road project.
141141 Sec. 7904A.0305. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT
142142 ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION. The district shall comply with all
143143 applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is
144144 adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that
145145 consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land
146146 in the district.
147147 SUBCHAPTER D. BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS
148148 Sec. 7904A.0401. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER
149149 OBLIGATIONS. The district may issue bonds or other obligations
150150 payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees,
151151 revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any
152152 combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district
153153 purpose.
154154 Sec. 7904A.0402. TAXES FOR BONDS. At the time the district
155155 issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the
156156 board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing
157157 direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all
158158 or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner
159159 provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
160160 Sec. 7904A.0403. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS. At the time of
161161 issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations
162162 issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad
163163 valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the
164164 real property in the district.
165165 SECTION 2. The Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District
166166 No. 249 initially includes all the territory contained in the
167167 following area:
168168 Tract 1
169169 Being a tract containing 58.07 acres of land located in the William
170170 Andrews League, Abstract No. 3, in Fort Bend County, Texas. Said
171171 58.07 acres being a call 58.09 acre tract of land recorded in the
172172 name of HVM Partners, L.P. under Fort Bend County Clerk's File
173173 No. 2006046902. Said 58.07 acres of land being more particularly
174174 described by metes and bounds as follows (Bearings are referenced
175175 to the Texas Coordinate System of 1983, South Central Zone, as
176176 derived from GPS observations):
177177 BEGINNING at a 1 inch iron pipe found at the northeast corner of
178178 said 58.09 acre tract, the southeast corner of a call 12.525 acre
179179 tract of land recorded in the name of Mason Briscoe III and Dee
180180 Briscoe under Volume 609, Page 690 of the Fort Bend County Deed
181181 Records (F.B.C.D.R.) and being on the west right-of-way (R.O.W.)
182182 line of F.M. Highway 723 (call 120-foot wide; occupied width
183183 varies), from which a 1/2 inch iron pipe found at the northeast
184184 corner of said 12.525 acre tract and intersection of said west
185185 R.O.W. with the south R.O.W. line of Beadle Road (occupied width
186186 varies) bears North 02 degrees 20 minutes 36 seconds West, a
187187 distance of 627.92 feet;
188188 THENCE, with said west R.O.W. line, South 02 degrees 20 minutes 36
189189 seconds East (call South 00 degrees 16 minutes 50 seconds West), a
190190 distance of 1,564.34 feet (call 1,563.07 feet) to a 1/2 inch iron
191191 rod found at the common east corner of said 58.09 acre tract and a
192192 call 57.34 acre tract of land recorded in the name of Evelyn
193193 Huntington under F.B.C.C.F. No. 2014103478 from which a concrete
194194 monument found at an angle point in said west R.O.W. line bears
195195 South 02 degrees 20 minutes 36 seconds East, a distance of 359.15
196196 feet;
197197 THENCE, with the common line between said 58.09 acre and 57.34 acre
198198 tracts, South 87 degrees 54 minutes 04 seconds West (call North 89
199199 degrees 28 minutes 30 seconds West), a distance of 1,618.39 feet
200200 (call 1,620.07 feet) to the common west corner of said 58.09 acre
201201 and 57.34 acre tracts, being on the east line of a call 1,410.69
202202 acre tract of land, styled as "Second Tract", recorded in the name
203203 of Foster Farms, Inc. under Volume 362, Page 549 of the F.B.C.D.R.,
204204 and the common line between said Andrews League and the John Foster
205205 2-1/2 League Grant, A-26, Fort Bend County, Texas, from which point
206206 a 1/2 inch iron pipe found bears South 87 degrees 54 minutes 04
207207 seconds West, a distance of 0.45 feet;
208208 THENCE, with said east line and said common league line, North 02
209209 degrees 18 minutes 47 seconds West (call North 00 degrees 22 minutes
210210 00 seconds East), a distance of 1,562.53 feet (call 1,563.05 feet)
211211 to a 1/2 inch iron pipe found at the common west corner of said 58.09
212212 acre tract and a call 12.525 acre tract of land recorded in the name
213213 of Mason Briscoe III and Dee Briscoe under Volume 1118, Page 817 of
214214 the F.B.C.D.R.;
215215 THENCE, with the common line between said 58.09 acre and 12.525 acre
216216 tracts and the south line of the aforesaid 12.525 acre tract, North
217217 87 degrees 50 minutes 13 seconds East (call South 89 degrees 28
218218 minutes 30 seconds East), a distance of 1,617.56 feet (call
219219 1,617.72 feet) to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 58.07 acres
220220 of land.
221221 Tract 2
222222 Being a tract containing 57.22 acres of land located in the William
223223 Andrews League, Abstract No. 3, in Fort Bend County, Texas. Said
224224 57.22 acres being a call 57.34 acre tract of land recorded in the
225225 name of Evelyn Huntington under Fort Bend County Clerk's File
226226 No. 2014103478. Said 57.22 acres of land being more particularly
227227 described by metes and bounds as follows (Bearings are referenced
228228 to the Texas Coordinate System of 1983, South Central Zone, as
229229 derived from GPS observations):
230230 BEGINNING at a 1/2 inch iron pipe found at the northeast corner of
231231 said 57.34 acre tract, the southeast corner of a call 58.09 acre
232232 tract of land recorded in the name of HVM Partners, L.P. under
233233 F.B.C.C.F. No. 2006046902 and being on the west right-of-way
234234 (R.O.W.) line of F.M. Highway 723 (call 120-foot wide; occupied
235235 width varies), from which a 1 inch iron pipe found at the northeast
236236 corner of said 58.09 acre tract and the southeast corner of a call
237237 12.525 acre tract of land recorded in the name of Mason Briscoe III
238238 and Dee Briscoe under Volume 609, Page 690 of the Fort Bend County
239239 Deed Records (F.B.C.D.R.) bears North 02 degrees 20 minutes 36
240240 seconds West, a distance of 1,564.34 feet;
241241 THENCE, with said west R.O.W. line, the following two (2) courses:
242242 1.) South 02 degrees 20 minutes 36 seconds East (call South 00
243243 degrees 16 minutes 50 seconds East), a distance of 359.15 feet to a
244244 concrete monument found;
245245 2.) South 02 degrees 19 minutes 49 seconds East (call South 00
246246 degrees 14 minutes 10 seconds West), a distance of 308.87 feet to a
247247 1/2 inch iron rod found at the most easterly northeast corner of a
248248 call 0.7397 acre tract of land recorded in the name of Mary Claire
249249 Huntington in Volume 2271, Page 469 of the F.B.C.D.R.;
250250 THENCE, with the north, west and south lines of said 0.7397 acre
251251 tract, the following nine (9) courses:
252252 1.) South 87 degrees 44 minutes 59 seconds West (call North 89
253253 degrees 45 minutes 50 seconds West), a distance of 227.58 feet (call
254254 227.60 feet) to a 1/2 inch iron pipe found;
255255 2.) North 09 degrees 20 minutes 20 seconds West (call North 06
256256 degrees 45 minutes 50 seconds West), a distance of 73.12 feet (call
257257 73.48 feet) to a 1/2 inch iron pipe found;
258258 3.) South 63 degrees 43 minutes 26 seconds West (call South 65
259259 degrees 45 minutes West), a distance of 140.27 feet (call 140.05
260260 feet) to a 5/8 inch capped iron rod stamped "GBI Partners" set;
261261 4.) South 17 degrees 42 minutes 21 seconds West (call South 20
262262 degrees 31 minutes 10 seconds West), a distance of 110.75 feet to a
263263 1/2 inch iron pipe found;
264264 5.) South 10 degrees 07 minutes 39 seconds East (call South 07
265265 degrees 18 minutes 15 seconds East), a distance of 59.05 feet (call
266266 59.0 feet) to a 1/2 inch iron pipe found;
267267 6.) North 85 degrees 33 minutes 05 seconds East (call North 88
268268 degrees East), a distance of 81.73 feet (call 82.32 feet) to a 1/2
269269 inch iron pipe found;
270270 7.) North 65 degrees 13 minutes 35 seconds East (call North 67
271271 degrees 24 minutes 10 seconds East), a distance of 105.65 feet (call
272272 105.75 feet) to a 1/2 inch iron pipe found;
273273 8.) North 09 degrees 08 minutes 49 seconds West (call North 06
274274 degrees 45 minutes 50 seconds West), a distance of 89.33 feet (call
275275 88.89 feet) to a 1/2 inch iron pipe found;
276276 9.) North 87 degrees 42 minutes 39 seconds East (call South 89
277277 degrees 45 minutes 50 seconds West), a distance of 225.90 feet (call
278278 225.76 feet) to a 1/2 inch iron pipe found at the most easterly
279279 southeast corner of said 0.7397 acre tract and being on the
280280 aforesaid west R.O.W. line of F.M. Highway 723;
281281 THENCE, with said west R.O.W. line, South 02 degrees 19 minutes 49
282282 seconds East (call South 00 degrees 14 minutes 10 seconds West), a
283283 distance of 877.24 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod found at the common
284284 east corner of said 57.34 acre tract and a call 30.00 acre tract of
285285 land recorded in the name of Evelyn Huntington under F.B.C.C.F.
286286 No. 2014103447;
287287 THENCE, with the common line between said 57.34 acre and 30.00 acre
288288 tracts, South 87 degrees 54 minutes 34 seconds West (call North 89
289289 degrees 28 minutes 30 seconds West), a distance of 1,618.94 feet
290290 (call 1,623.30 feet) to a 1/2 inch iron pipe found at the common
291291 west corner of said 57.34 acre and 30.00 acre tracts, being on the
292292 east line of a call 1,410.69 acre tract of land, styled as "Second
293293 Tract", recorded in the name of Foster Farms, Inc. under Volume 362,
294294 Page 549 of the F.B.C.D.R., and the common line between said Andrews
295295 League and the John Foster 2-1/2 League Grant, A-26, Fort Bend
296296 County, Texas, from which a 1/2 inch iron pipe found at the
297297 southwest corner of said 30.00 acre tract bears South 02 degrees 18
298298 minutes 47 seconds East, a distance of 805.73 feet;
299299 THENCE, with said east line and said common league line, North 02
300300 degrees 18 minutes 47 seconds West (call North 00 degrees 22 minutes
301301 00 seconds East), a distance of 1,559.73 feet (call 1,560.41 feet)
302302 to a 1/2 inch iron pipe found at the common west corner of said 57.34
303303 acre and aforesaid 58.09 acre tract from which point a 1/2 inch iron
304304 pipe found bears South 87 degrees 54 minutes 04 seconds West, a
305305 distance of 0.45 feet;
306306 THENCE, with the common line between said 57.34 acre and 58.09 acre
307307 tracts, North 87 degrees 54 minutes 04 seconds East (call South 89
308308 degrees 28 minutes 30 seconds East), a distance of 1,618.39 feet
309309 (call 1,620.07 feet) to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 57.22
310310 acres of land.
311311 Tract 3
312312 Being a tract containing 0.739 acres of land located in the William
313313 Andrews League, Abstract No. 3, in Fort Bend County, Texas. Said
314314 0.739 acres being a call 0.7397 acre tract of land recorded in the
315315 name of Mary Claire Huntington under Volume 2271, Page 469 of the
316316 Fort Bend County Deed Records (F.B.C.D.R.). Said 0.739 acres of
317317 land being more particularly described by metes and bounds as
318318 follows (Bearings are referenced to the Texas Coordinate System of
319319 1983, South Central Zone, as derived from GPS observations):
320320 BEGINNING at a 1/2 inch iron pipe found at most easterly southeast
321321 corner of said 0.7397 acre tract and being on the west right-of-way
322322 (R.O.W.) line of F.M. Highway 723 (call 120-foot wide; occupied
323323 width varies), from which a 1/2 inch iron pipe found on said west
324324 R.O.W. line and at the common east corner of call 30.00 acre and
325325 57.34 acre tracts of land recorded in the name of Evelyn Huntington
326326 under Fort Bend County Clerk's File No. 2014103477 and 2014103478,
327327 respectively, bears South 02 degrees 19 minutes 49 seconds East, a
328328 distance of 877.24 feet;
329329 THENCE, with the south, west and north lines of said 0.7397 acre
330330 tract, the following nine (9) courses:
331331 1.) South 87 degrees 42 minutes 39 seconds West (call North 89
332332 degrees 45 minutes 50 seconds West), a distance of 225.90 feet (call
333333 225.76 feet) to a 1/2 inch iron pipe found;
334334 2.) South 09 degrees 08 minutes 49 seconds East (call South 09
335335 degrees 08 minutes 49 seconds East), a distance of 89.33 feet (call
336336 89.89 feet) to a 1/2 inch iron pipe found;
337337 3.) South 65 degrees 13 minutes 35 seconds West (call South 67
338338 degrees 24 minutes 10 seconds West), a distance of 105.65 feet (call
339339 105.75 feet) to a 1/2 inch iron pipe found;
340340 4.) South 85 degrees 33 minutes 05 seconds West (call South 88
341341 degrees West), a distance of 81.73 feet (call 82.32 feet) to a 1/2
342342 inch iron pipe found;
343343 5.) North 10 degrees 07 minutes 39 seconds West (call North 07
344344 degrees 18 minutes 15 seconds West), a distance of 59.05 feet (call
345345 59.0 feet) to a 1/2 inch iron pipe found;
346346 6.) North 17 degrees 42 minutes 21 seconds East (call North 20
347347 degrees 31 minutes 10 seconds East), a distance of 110.75 feet to a
348348 5/8 inch capped iron rod stamped "GBI Partners" set;
349349 7.) North 63 degrees 43 minutes 26 seconds East (call North 65
350350 degrees 45 minutes East), a distance of 140.27 feet (call 140.05
351351 feet) to a 1/2 inch iron pipe found;
352352 8.) South 09 degrees 20 minutes 20 seconds East (call South 06
353353 degrees 45 minutes 50 seconds East), a distance of 73.12 feet (call
354354 73.48 feet) to a 1/2 inch iron pipe found;
355355 9.) North 87 degrees 44 minutes 59 seconds East (call South 89
356356 degrees 45 minutes 50 seconds East), a distance of 227.58 feet (call
357357 227.60 feet) to a 1/2 inch iron pipe found at the most easterly
358358 northeast corner of said 0.7397 acre tract and being on the
359359 aforesaid west R.O.W. line of F.M. Highway 723 from which a concrete
360360 monument found on said west R.O.W. line bears North 02 degrees 19
361361 minutes 49 seconds West, a distance of 308.87 feet;
362362 THENCE, with said west R.O.W. line, South 02 degrees 19 minutes 49
363363 seconds East (call South 00 degrees 14 minutes 10 seconds West), a
364364 distance of 14.71 feet (call 15.0 feet) to the POINT OF BEGINNING
365365 and containing 0.739 acres of land.
366366 Tract 4
367367 Being a tract containing 29.93 acres of land located in the William
368368 Andrews League, Abstract No. 3, in Fort Bend County, Texas. Said
369369 29.93 acres being a call 30.00 acre tract of land recorded in the
370370 name of Evelyn Huntington under Fort Bend County Clerk's File
371371 No. 2014103477. Said 29.93 acres of land being more particularly
372372 described by metes and bounds as follows (Bearings are referenced
373373 to the Texas Coordinate System of 1983, South Central Zone, as
374374 derived from GPS observations):
375375 BEGINNING at a 1/2 inch iron pipe found at the northeast corner of
376376 said 30.00 acre tract, the southeast corner of a call 57.34 acre
377377 tract of land recorded in the name of Evelyn Huntington under
378378 F.B.C.C.F. No. 2014103478 and being on the west right-of-way
379379 (R.O.W.) line of F.M. Highway 723 (call 120-foot wide; occupied
380380 width varies), from which a 1/2 inch iron pipe found on said west
381381 R.O.W. line and at the most easterly southeast corner of a call
382382 0.7397 acre tract of land recorded in the name of Mary Claire
383383 Huntington in Volume 2271, Page 469 of the Fort Bend County Deed
384384 Records ( F.B.C.D.R.) bears North 02 degrees 19 minutes 49 seconds
385385 West, a distance of 877.24 feet;
386386 THENCE, with said west R.O.W. line, the following two (2) courses:
387387 1.) South 02 degrees 19 minutes 49 seconds East (call South 00
388388 degrees 14 minutes 10 seconds West), a distance of 785.48 feet (call
389389 785.45 feet) to a 5/8 inch capped iron rod stamped "GBI Partners"
390390 set;
391391 2.) South 02 degrees 44 minutes 20 seconds East (call South 00
392392 degrees 14 minutes 40 seconds West), a distance of 19.25 feet (call
393393 19.14 feet) to a 1/2 inch iron rod found at common east corner of
394394 said 30.00 acre tract and a call 6.5331 acre tract of land recorded
395395 in the name of Denise K. Heibel under F.B.C.C.F. No. 9818471 from
396396 which a 1/2 inch iron pipe found on said west R.O.W. line bears
397397 South 02 degrees 44 minutes 20 seconds East, a distance of 59.79
398398 feet;
399399 THENCE, with the common line between said 30.00 acre and 6.5331 acre
400400 tracts, South 87 degrees 52 minutes 26 seconds West (call North 89
401401 degrees 28 minutes 30 seconds West), a distance of 1,619.31 feet
402402 (call 1,625.13 feet) to a 1/2 inch iron pipe found at the common
403403 west corner of said 30.00 acre and 6.5331 acre tracts, being on the
404404 east line of a call 1,410.69 acre tract of land, styled as "Second
405405 Tract", recorded in the name of Foster Farms, Inc. under Volume 362,
406406 Page 549 of the F.B.C.D.R., and the common line between said Andrews
407407 League and the John Foster 2-1/2 League Grant, A-26, Fort Bend
408408 County, Texas;
409409 THENCE, with said east line and said common league line, North 02
410410 degrees 18 minutes 47 seconds West (call North 00 degrees 22 minutes
411411 00 seconds East), a distance of 805.73 feet (call 804.58 feet) to a
412412 1/2 inch iron pipe found at the common west corner of said 30.00
413413 acre and aforesaid 57.34 acre tract;
414414 THENCE, with the common line between said 30.00 acre and 57.34 acre
415415 tracts, North 87 degrees 54 minutes 34 seconds East (call South 89
416416 degrees 28 minutes 30 seconds East), a distance of 1,618.94 feet
417417 (call 1,623.30 feet) to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 29.93
418418 acres of land.
419419 SECTION 3. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
420420 introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
421421 Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
422422 copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
423423 officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
424424 under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
425425 Government Code.
426426 (b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
427427 submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
428428 Environmental Quality.
429429 (c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
430430 its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
431431 lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
432432 representatives within the required time.
433433 (d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
434434 state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
435435 to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
436436 and accomplished.
437437 SECTION 4. (a) If this Act does not receive a two-thirds
438438 vote of all the members elected to each house, Subchapter C, Chapter
439439 7904A, Special District Local Laws Code, as added by Section 1 of
440440 this Act, is amended by adding Section 7904A.0306 to read as
441441 follows:
442442 Sec. 7904A.0306. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. The district may
443443 not exercise the power of eminent domain.
444444 (b) This section is not intended to be an expression of a
445445 legislative interpretation of the requirements of Section 17(c),
446446 Article I, Texas Constitution.
447447 SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
448448 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
449449 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
450450 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
451451 Act takes effect September 1, 2021.