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1	1	87R10273 JXC-F
2	2	By: Powell, Springer S.B. No. 2209
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	relating to the creation of the Veale Ranch Municipal Management
7	7	District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing
8	8	authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes; granting the
9	9	power of eminent domain.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Subtitle C, Title 4, Special District Local Laws
12	12	Code, is amended by adding Chapter 3994 to read as follows:
13	13	CHAPTER 3994. VEALE RANCH MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICT NO. 1
14	14	SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
15	15	Sec. 3994.0101. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
16	16	(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.
17	17	(2) "City" means the City of Fort Worth.
18	18	(3) "County" means Parker County or Tarrant County.
19	19	(4) "Director" means a board member.
20	20	(5) "District" means the Veale Ranch Municipal
21	21	Management District No. 1.
22	22	Sec. 3994.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The Veale Ranch
23	23	Municipal Management District No. 1 is a special district created
24	24	under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
25	25	Sec. 3994.0103. PURPOSE; DECLARATION OF INTENT. (a) The
26	26	creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of
27	27	Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI,
28	28	Texas Constitution, and other public purposes stated in this
29	29	chapter.
30	30	(b) By creating the district and in authorizing a county,
31	31	the city, and other political subdivisions to contract with the
32	32	district, the legislature has established a program to accomplish
33	33	the public purposes set out in Section 52-a, Article III, Texas
34	34	Constitution.
35	35	(c) The creation of the district is necessary to promote,
36	36	develop, encourage, and maintain employment, commerce,
37	37	transportation, housing, tourism, recreation, the arts,
38	38	entertainment, economic development, safety, and the public
39	39	welfare in the district.
40	40	(d) This chapter and the creation of the district may not be
41	41	interpreted to relieve a county or the city from providing the level
42	42	of services provided as of the effective date of the Act enacting
43	43	this chapter to the area in the district. The district is created
44	44	to supplement and not to supplant county or city services provided
45	45	in the district.
46	46	Sec. 3994.0104. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
47	47	(a) All land and other property included in the district will
48	48	benefit from the improvements and services to be provided by the
49	49	district under powers conferred by Sections 52 and 52-a, Article
50	50	III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other
51	51	powers granted under this chapter.
52	52	(b) The district is created to serve a public use and
53	53	benefit.
54	54	(c) The creation of the district is in the public interest
55	55	and is essential to further the public purposes of:
56	56	(1) developing and diversifying the economy of the
57	57	state;
58	58	(2) eliminating unemployment and underemployment; and
59	59	(3) developing or expanding transportation and
60	60	commerce.
61	61	(d) The district will:
62	62	(1) promote the health, safety, and general welfare of
63	63	residents, employers, potential employees, employees, visitors,
64	64	and consumers in the district, and of the public;
65	65	(2) provide needed funding for the district to
66	66	preserve, maintain, and enhance the economic health and vitality of
67	67	the district territory as a community and business center;
68	68	(3) promote the health, safety, welfare, and enjoyment
69	69	of the public by providing pedestrian ways and by landscaping and
70	70	developing certain areas in the district, which are necessary for
71	71	the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of scenic beauty;
72	72	and
73	73	(4) provide for water, wastewater, drainage, road, and
74	74	recreational facilities for the district.
75	75	(e) Pedestrian ways along or across a street, whether at
76	76	grade or above or below the surface, and street lighting, street
77	77	landscaping, parking, and street art objects are parts of and
78	78	necessary components of a street and are considered to be a street
79	79	or road improvement.
80	80	(f) The district will not act as the agent or
81	81	instrumentality of any private interest even though the district
82	82	will benefit many private interests as well as the public.
83	83	Sec. 3994.0105. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY. (a) The
84	84	district is initially composed of the territory described by
85	85	Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.
86	86	(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of
87	87	the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake in the
88	88	field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process
89	89	does not affect the district's:
90	90	(1) organization, existence, or validity;
91	91	(2) right to issue any type of bonds for the purposes
92	92	for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and
93	93	interest on the bonds;
94	94	(3) right to impose or collect an assessment or tax; or
95	95	(4) legality or operation.
96	96	Sec. 3994.0106. ELIGIBILITY FOR INCLUSION IN SPECIAL ZONES.
97	97	(a) All or any part of the area of the district is eligible to be
98	98	included in:
99	99	(1) a tax increment reinvestment zone created under
100	100	Chapter 311, Tax Code;
101	101	(2) a tax abatement reinvestment zone created under
102	102	Chapter 312, Tax Code; or
103	103	(3) an enterprise zone created under Chapter 2303,
104	104	Government Code.
105	105	(b) If the city or a county creates a tax increment
106	106	reinvestment zone described by Subsection (a), the city or county
107	107	and the board of directors of the zone, by contract with the
108	108	district, may grant money deposited in the tax increment fund to the
109	109	district to be used by the district for:
110	110	(1) the purposes permitted for money granted to a
111	111	corporation under Section 380.002(b), Local Government Code; and
112	112	(2) any other district purpose, including the right to
113	113	pledge the money as security for any bonds or other obligations
114	114	issued by the district under Subchapter E.
115	115	(c) If the city or a county creates a tax increment
116	116	reinvestment zone described by Subsection (a), the city or county
117	117	may determine the percentage of the property in the zone that may be
118	118	used for residential purposes and is not subject to the limitations
119	119	provided by Section 311.006, Tax Code.
120	120	Sec. 3994.0107. APPLICABILITY OF MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT
121	121	DISTRICTS LAW. Except as otherwise provided by this chapter,
122	122	Chapter 375, Local Government Code, applies to the district.
123	123	Sec. 3994.0108. CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER. This chapter
124	124	shall be liberally construed in conformity with the findings and
125	125	purposes stated in this chapter.
126	126	SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
127	127	Sec. 3994.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district is
128	128	governed by a board of five elected directors who serve staggered
129	129	terms of four years.
130	130	(b) Directors are elected in the manner provided by
131	131	Subchapter D, Chapter 49, Water Code.
132	132	Sec. 3994.0202. COMPENSATION; EXPENSES. (a) The district
133	133	may compensate each director in an amount not to exceed $150 for
134	134	each board meeting. The total amount of compensation for each
135	135	director in one year may not exceed $7,200.
136	136	(b) A director is entitled to reimbursement for necessary
137	137	and reasonable expenses incurred in carrying out the duties and
138	138	responsibilities of the board.
139	139	Sec. 3994.0203. INITIAL DIRECTORS. (a) The initial board
140	140	consists of the following directors:
141	141	Pos. No. Name of Director Pos. No. Name of Director
142	142	Pos. No. Name of Director
143	143	1 Aaron Murff 1 Aaron Murff
144	144	1 Aaron Murff
145	145	2 Colin Neblett 2 Colin Neblett
146	146	2 Colin Neblett
147	147	3 Cole Evans 3 Cole Evans
148	148	3 Cole Evans
149	149	4 Tim Roberts 4 Tim Roberts
150	150	4 Tim Roberts
151	151	5 David Rambie 5 David Rambie
152	152	5 David Rambie
153	153	(b) Of the initial directors, the terms of directors
154	154	appointed for positions one through three expire June 1, 2023, and
155	155	the terms of directors appointed for positions four and five expire
156	156	June 1, 2025.
157	157	SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES
158	158	Sec. 3994.0301. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district
159	159	has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
160	160	which the district is created.
161	161	Sec. 3994.0302. IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND SERVICES. (a) The
162	162	district, using any money available to the district for the
163	163	purpose, may provide, design, construct, acquire, improve,
164	164	relocate, operate, maintain, or finance an improvement project or
165	165	service authorized under this chapter or Chapter 372 or 375, Local
166	166	Government Code.
167	167	(b) The district may contract with a governmental or private
168	168	entity to carry out an action under Subsection (a).
169	169	(c) The implementation of a district project or service is a
170	170	governmental function or service for the purposes of Chapter 791,
171	171	Government Code.
172	172	Sec. 3994.0303. NONPROFIT CORPORATION. (a) The board by
173	173	resolution may authorize the creation of a nonprofit corporation to
174	174	assist and act for the district in implementing a project or
175	175	providing a service authorized by this chapter.
176	176	(b) The nonprofit corporation:
177	177	(1) has each power of and is considered to be a local
178	178	government corporation created under Subchapter D, Chapter 431,
179	179	Transportation Code; and
180	180	(2) may implement any project and provide any service
181	181	authorized by this chapter.
182	182	(c) The board shall appoint the board of directors of the
183	183	nonprofit corporation. The board of directors of the nonprofit
184	184	corporation shall serve in the same manner as the board of directors
185	185	of a local government corporation created under Subchapter D,
186	186	Chapter 431, Transportation Code, except that a board member is not
187	187	required to reside in the district.
188	188	Sec. 3994.0304. LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES. To protect the
189	189	public interest, the district may contract with a county or the city
190	190	to provide additional law enforcement services in the district for
191	191	a fee.
192	192	Sec. 3994.0305. MEMBERSHIP IN CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS.
193	193	The district may join and pay dues to a charitable or nonprofit
194	194	organization that performs a service or provides an activity
195	195	consistent with the furtherance of a district purpose.
196	196	Sec. 3994.0306. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. (a) The
197	197	district may engage in activities that accomplish the economic
198	198	development purposes of the district.
199	199	(b) The district may establish and provide for the
200	200	administration of one or more programs to promote state or local
201	201	economic development and to stimulate business and commercial
202	202	activity in the district, including programs to:
203	203	(1) make loans and grants of public money; and
204	204	(2) provide district personnel and services.
205	205	(c) The district may create economic development programs
206	206	and exercise the economic development powers provided to
207	207	municipalities by:
208	208	(1) Chapter 380, Local Government Code; and
209	209	(2) Subchapter A, Chapter 1509, Government Code.
210	210	Sec. 3994.0307. PARKING FACILITIES. (a) The district may
211	211	acquire, lease as lessor or lessee, construct, develop, own,
212	212	operate, and maintain parking facilities or a system of parking
213	213	facilities, including lots, garages, parking terminals, or other
214	214	structures or accommodations for parking motor vehicles off the
215	215	streets and related appurtenances.
216	216	(b) The district's parking facilities serve the public
217	217	purposes of the district and are owned, used, and held for a public
218	218	purpose even if leased or operated by a private entity for a term of
219	219	years.
220	220	(c) The district's parking facilities are parts of and
221	221	necessary components of a street and are considered to be a street
222	222	or road improvement.
223	223	(d) The development and operation of the district's parking
224	224	facilities may be considered an economic development program.
225	225	Sec. 3994.0308. ADDING OR EXCLUDING LAND. The district may
226	226	add or exclude land in the manner provided by Subchapter J, Chapter
227	227	49, Water Code, or by Subchapter H, Chapter 54, Water Code.
228	228	Sec. 3994.0309. DISBURSEMENTS AND TRANSFERS OF MONEY. The
229	229	board by resolution shall establish the number of directors'
230	230	signatures and the procedure required for a disbursement or
231	231	transfer of district money.
232	232	Sec. 3994.0310. RAIL FACILITIES. The district may
233	233	relocate, construct, acquire, improve, maintain, and operate rail
234	234	facilities and improvements in aid of those facilities.
235	235	Sec. 3994.0311. EMINENT DOMAIN. The district may exercise
236	236	the power of eminent domain in the manner provided by Section
237	237	49.222, Water Code.
238	238	Sec. 3994.0312. DIVISION OF DISTRICT. (a) The district may
239	239	be divided into two or more new districts only if the district:
240	240	(1) has no outstanding bonded debt; and
241	241	(2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes.
242	242	(b) This chapter applies to any new district created by the
243	243	division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and
244	244	duties of the district.
245	245	(c) Any new district created by the division of the district
246	246	may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land
247	247	outside the area described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this
248	248	chapter.
249	249	(d) The board, on its own motion or on receipt of a petition
250	250	signed by the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of
251	251	the real property in the district, may adopt an order dividing the
252	252	district.
253	253	(e) An order dividing the district must:
254	254	(1) name each new district;
255	255	(2) include the metes and bounds description of the
256	256	territory of each new district;
257	257	(3) appoint initial directors for each new district;
258	258	and
259	259	(4) provide for the division of assets and liabilities
260	260	between or among the new districts.
261	261	(f) On or before the 30th day after the date of adoption of
262	262	an order dividing the district, the district shall file the order
263	263	with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and record the
264	264	order in the real property records of each county in which the
265	265	district is located.
266	266	(g) Any new district created by the division of the district
267	267	must hold an election as required by this chapter to obtain voter
268	268	approval before the district may impose a maintenance tax or issue
269	269	bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes.
270	270	(h) Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to
271	271	the inclusion of land in the district granted under Section
272	272	3994.0506 acts as municipal consent to the creation of any new
273	273	district created by the division of the district and to the
274	274	inclusion of land in the new district.
275	275	SUBCHAPTER D. ASSESSMENTS
276	276	Sec. 3994.0401. PETITION REQUIRED FOR FINANCING SERVICES
277	277	AND IMPROVEMENTS WITH ASSESSMENTS. (a) The board may not finance a
278	278	service or improvement project with assessments under this chapter
279	279	unless a written petition requesting that service or improvement
280	280	has been filed with the board.
281	281	(b) A petition filed under Subsection (a) must be signed by
282	282	the owners of a majority of the assessed value of real property in
283	283	the district subject to assessment according to the most recent
284	284	certified tax appraisal roll for the county.
285	285	Sec. 3994.0402. ASSESSMENTS; LIENS FOR ASSESSMENTS. (a)
286	286	The board by resolution may impose and collect an assessment for any
287	287	purpose authorized by this chapter in all or any part of the
288	288	district.
289	289	(b) An assessment, a reassessment, or an assessment
290	290	resulting from an addition to or correction of the assessment roll
291	291	by the district, penalties and interest on an assessment or
292	292	reassessment, an expense of collection, and reasonable attorney's
293	293	fees incurred by the district:
294	294	(1) are a first and prior lien against the property
295	295	assessed;
296	296	(2) are superior to any other lien or claim other than
297	297	a lien or claim for county, school district, or municipal ad valorem
298	298	taxes; and
299	299	(3) are the personal liability of and a charge against
300	300	the owners of the property even if the owners are not named in the
301	301	assessment proceedings.
302	302	(c) The lien is effective from the date of the board's
303	303	resolution imposing the assessment until the date the assessment is
304	304	paid. The board may enforce the lien in the same manner that the
305	305	board may enforce an ad valorem tax lien against real property.
306	306	(d) The board may make a correction to or deletion from the
307	307	assessment roll that does not increase the amount of assessment of
308	308	any parcel of land without providing notice and holding a hearing in
309	309	the manner required for additional assessments.
310	310	Sec. 3994.0403. CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY NOT EXEMPT.
311	311	Section 375.161, Local Government Code, does not apply to the
312	312	district.
313	313	SUBCHAPTER E. TAXES AND BONDS
314	314	Sec. 3994.0501. TAX ELECTION REQUIRED. (a) The district
315	315	must hold an election in the manner provided by Chapter 49, Water
316	316	Code, or, if applicable, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, to
317	317	obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem
318	318	tax.
319	319	(b) Section 375.243, Local Government Code, does not apply to
320	320	the district.
321	321	Sec. 3994.0502. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. (a) If
322	322	authorized by a majority of the district voters voting at an
323	323	election under Section 3994.0501, the district may impose an
324	324	operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district
325	325	in the manner provided by Section 49.107, Water Code, for any
326	326	district purpose, including to:
327	327	(1) maintain and operate the district;
328	328	(2) construct or acquire improvements; or
329	329	(3) provide a service.
330	330	(b) The board shall determine the operation and maintenance
331	331	tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the
332	332	election.
333	333	Sec. 3994.0503. AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY AND TO ISSUE
334	334	BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS. (a) The district may borrow money on
335	335	terms determined by the board.
336	336	(b) The district may issue, by public or private sale,
337	337	bonds, notes, or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad
338	338	valorem taxes, assessments, impact fees, revenue, contract
339	339	payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of
340	340	those sources of money, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
341	341	(c) The limitation on the outstanding principal amount of
342	342	bonds, notes, or other obligations provided by Section 49.4645,
343	343	Water Code, does not apply to the district.
344	344	(d) The district may issue, by public or private sale,
345	345	bonds, notes, or other obligations payable wholly or partly from
346	346	assessments in the manner provided by Subchapter A, Chapter 372,
347	347	Local Government Code, if the improvements financed by an
348	348	obligation issued under this section will be conveyed to or
349	349	operated and maintained by a county, a municipality, or other
350	350	retail utility provider pursuant to an agreement with the district
351	351	entered into before the issuance of the obligation.
352	352	Sec. 3994.0504. BONDS SECURED BY REVENUE OR CONTRACT
353	353	PAYMENTS. The district may issue, without an election, bonds
354	354	secured by:
355	355	(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes, including
356	356	contract revenues; or
357	357	(2) contract payments, provided that the requirements
358	358	of Section 49.108, Water Code, have been met.
359	359	Sec. 3994.0505. BONDS SECURED BY AD VALOREM TAXES;
360	360	ELECTIONS. (a) If authorized at an election under Section
361	361	3994.0501, the district may issue bonds payable from ad valorem
362	362	taxes.
363	363	(b) At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or
364	364	partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual
365	365	imposition of a continuing direct annual ad valorem tax, without
366	366	limit as to rate or amount, for each year that all or part of the
367	367	bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by
368	368	Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
369	369	(c) All or any part of any facilities or improvements that
370	370	may be acquired by a district by the issuance of its bonds may be
371	371	submitted as a single proposition or as several propositions to be
372	372	voted on at the election.
373	373	Sec. 3994.0506. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY AND DEVELOPMENT
374	374	AGREEMENT REQUIRED. (a) The board may not hold an election to
375	375	authorize the issuance of bonds until:
376	376	(1) the governing body of the city by ordinance or
377	377	resolution consents to the creation of the district and to the
378	378	inclusion of land in the district; and
379	379	(2) the district, the city, and the owner or owners of
380	380	a majority of the assessed value of real property in the district
381	381	negotiate and execute a mutually approved and accepted development
382	382	and operating agreement, including any limitations imposed by the
383	383	city.
384	384	(b) The city's consent under Subsection (a) must be granted
385	385	in the manner provided by Section 54.016, Water Code, for including
386	386	land within the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction
387	387	of a city.
388	388	SUBCHAPTER I. DISSOLUTION
389	389	Sec. 3994.0901. DISSOLUTION. (a) The board shall dissolve
390	390	the district on written petition filed with the board by the owners
391	391	of:
392	392	(1) 66 percent or more of the assessed value of the
393	393	property subject to assessment by the district based on the most
394	394	recent certified county property tax rolls; or
395	395	(2) 66 percent or more of the surface area of the
396	396	district, excluding roads, streets, highways, utility
397	397	rights-of-way, other public areas, and other property exempt from
398	398	assessment by the district according to the most recent certified
399	399	county property tax rolls.
400	400	(b) The board by majority vote may dissolve the district at
401	401	any time.
402	402	(c) The district may not be dissolved by its board under
403	403	Subsection (a) or (b) if the district:
404	404	(1) has any outstanding bonded indebtedness until that
405	405	bonded indebtedness has been repaid or defeased in accordance with
406	406	the order or resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds;
407	407	(2) has a contractual obligation to pay money until
408	408	that obligation has been fully paid in accordance with the
409	409	contract; or
410	410	(3) owns, operates, or maintains public works,
411	411	facilities, or improvements unless the district contracts with
412	412	another person for the ownership, operation, or maintenance of the
413	413	public works, facilities, or improvements.
414	414	(d) Sections 375.261, 375.262, and 375.264, Local
415	415	Government Code, do not apply to the district.
416	416	SECTION 2. The Veale Ranch Municipal Management District
417	417	No. 1 initially includes all territory contained in the following
418	418	area:
419	419	All that certain 3790.36 acre tract or parcel of land situated in
420	420	Tarrant and Parker Counties of the State of Texas and being part of
421	421	the H. T. & B. RR Co. Survey, Section Number 3, Abstract Number 648,
422	422	the N. Underwood Survey, Abstract Number 1579, the I. & G. N. RR Co.
423	423	Survey, Abstract Number 2002, the W. Robinson Survey, Abstract
424	424	Number 1107, the I. & G. N. RR Co. Survey, Abstract Number 2224, the
425	425	I & G. N. RR Co. Survey, Abstract Number 1991, in said Parker
426	426	County; and being part of the I. & G. N. RR Co. Survey, Abstract
427	427	Number not yet assigned this date, the I & G. N. RR Co. Survey,
428	428	Abstract Number not yet assigned this date, the W. Robinson Survey,
429	429	Abstract Number 1274, the H. Lane Survey, Abstract Number 928, the
430	430	T. & N. O. RR Survey, Abstract Number 1567, the S. A. & M. G. RR Co.
431	431	Survey, Abstract Number 1479, the Socorro Farming Co. Survey,
432	432	Abstract Number 1844, the G. H. & H. RR Survey, Abstract Number 623,
433	433	the D. Dixon Survey, Abstract Number 442, the D. T. Finley Survey,
434	434	Abstract Number 1900, the D. T. Finley Survey, Abstract Number
435	435	1903, and all of the W. Atkins Survey, Abstract Number 1961 in said
436	436	Tarrant County, said tract being part of a called 3893.555 acre
437	437	tract as described in a deed to Iona L.L.C., filed 24 April 2003,
438	438	and recorded in volume 2096 page 106 of the Official Property
439	439	Records of said Parker County, Texas, (hereinafter referred to as
440	440	OPRPC), and recorded in instrument D203145633 of the Official
441	441	Records of said Tarrant County (hereinafter referred to as ORTC),
442	442	and said tract being all of a called 11.000 acre tract as described
443	443	in deed to Iona Land, L.P., filed 03 May 2005, and recorded in
444	444	instrument number D205124001, and said tract being all of the
445	445	remainder of a called 62.050 acre tract of land and all of a called
446	446	0.847 acre tract of land as described in a deed to Iona East L.L.C.,
447	447	filed 21 April 2015, recorded in Document Number 215081241 of said
448	448	ORTC, said tract also being all of a called 25.00 acre tract as
449	449	described in a deed to Iona East L.L.C., filed 21 April 2015,
450	450	recorded in Document Number 215081239 of said ORTC, and being more
451	451	particularly described as follows;
452	452	BEGINNING at a nail found at the base of a pipe fence corner post for
453	453	the most southerly southeast corner of the tract being described,
454	454	said nail having NAD83 Grid coordinates of N-6918724.96,
455	455	E-2268232.52, and said nail being the most southerly southeast
456	456	corner of said Iona 3893.555 acre tract, same being the northeast
457	457	corner of a called 584.049 acre tract of land to Aledo Real Estate
458	458	Landholdings Group LLC, filed 30 May 2007, recorded in Document
459	459	Number 207185948 of said ORTC, said nail also being on the west line
460	460	of a called 1214.617 acre tract of land as described in a deed to
461	461	Johnny Hampton (Bud) Vinson II and Cheryl R. Vinson, filed 24 May
462	462	2004, recorded in Document Number 204159103 of said ORTC;
463	463	THENCE: South 89 degrees 26 minutes 17 seconds West, with the south
464	464	line of said Iona 3893.555 acre tract and the north line of said
465	465	Aledo tract, and along and near a barbed wire fence, a distance of
466	466	5820.74 feet to a found 1/2 inch iron rod for the most southerly
467	467	southwest corner of said Iona 3893.555 acre tract, same being the
468	468	northwest corner of the Bella Flora, an Addition to said Tarrant
469	469	County, according to plat of the same authorized 12 November 2013,
470	470	and recorded in document number D213294652 of the Plat Records of
471	471	said Tarrant County, and said rod being in the east line of a called
472	472	231-522/100 acre tract of land as described in a deed to Forest C.
473	473	Barber, Jr., filed 12 November 2004, recorded in Document Number
474	474	204353915 of said ORTC;
475	475	THENCE: North 00 degrees 33 minutes 10 seconds West, with the west
476	476	line of said Iona 3893.555 acre tract and the east line of said
477	477	Barber tract, and along and near a barbed wire fence, a distance of
478	478	2870.96 feet to a found 1 inch pipe for an inner ell corner of said
479	479	Iona 3893.555 acre tract, same being the northeast corner of said
480	480	Barber tract;
481	481	THENCE: North 89 degrees 46 minutes 26 seconds West, with a south
482	482	line of said Iona 3893.55 acre tract and the north line of said
483	483	Barber tract and along and near a barbed wire fence, a distance of
484	484	1327.34 feet to a set 1/2 inch rebar for a southwest corner of said
485	485	Iona 3893.555 acre tract, same being the southeast corner of Tract
486	486	36, of the Creeks of Aledo Subdivision, filed 09 April 2003,
487	487	recorded in volume 2095 page 1608, of said OPRPC, and said rebar
488	488	being North 89 degrees 48 minutes 04 seconds East, a distance of
489	489	367.85 feet from a found 1 inch rod by a Set Stone being the
490	490	northeast corner of the J.F. Gomer Survey, Abstract Number 496;
491	491	THENCE: North 34 degrees 15 minutes 21 seconds West, with the
492	492	northeast line of said Tract 36, a distance of 569.06 feet to a set
493	493	1/2 inch rebar for an angle point in said northeast line;
494	494	THENCE: North 34 degrees 02 minutes 46 seconds West, with the
495	495	northeast line of said Tract 36, a distance of 420.94 feet to a
496	496	found capped iron rod at the base of a pipe fence corner post on the
497	497	northeast corner of said Tract 36, same being the southeast corner
498	498	of Tract 37, of the Creeks of Aledo Subdivision, filed 28 March
499	499	2001, recorded in volume 1919 page 1365 of said OPRPC;
500	500	THENCE: North 34 degrees 04 minutes 37 seconds West, with the
501	501	northeast line of said Tract 37, a distance of 483.85 feet to a set
502	502	1/2 inch rebar for an angle point in said northeast line;
503	503	THENCE: North 34 degrees 03 minutes 53 seconds West, with the
504	504	northeast line of said Tract 37, a distance of 418.88 feet to a set
505	505	1/2 inch rebar at the north corner of said Tract 37, same being the
506	506	east corner of Tract 38, of the Creeks of Aledo Subdivision, filed
507	507	22 May 2002, recorded in volume 2012 page 926 of said OPRPC;
508	508	THENCE: North 34 degrees 01 minutes 19 seconds West, with the
509	509	northeast line of said Tract 38, a distance of 289.75 feet to a pipe
510	510	fence corner post at the north corner of said Tract 38, same being
511	511	the east corner of Tract 39, of the Creeks of Aledo Subdivision,
512	512	filed 22 May 2002, recorded in volume 2012 page 926 of said OPRPC;
513	513	THENCE: North 34 degrees 06 minutes 35 seconds West, with the
514	514	northeast line of said Tract 39, a distance of 379.38 feet to a
515	515	found 1/2 inch iron rod at the base of a fence corner post, said post
516	516	being at the north corner of Tract 39, same being the east corner of
517	517	Tract 40, of the Creeks of Aledo Subdivision, filed 10 April 2002,
518	518	recorded in volume 2002 page 1945 of said OPRPC;
519	519	THENCE: North 34 degrees 08 minutes 47 seconds West, with the
520	520	northeast line of said Tract 40, a distance of 709.67 feet to a set
521	521	1/2 inch rebar for the north corner of said Tract 40, same being the
522	522	most easterly east corner of Tract 25 of the Creeks of Aledo
523	523	Subdivision, filed 10 April 2002, recorded in volume 2002 page 1945
524	524	of said OPRPC;
525	525	THENCE: North 34 degrees 06 minutes 45 seconds West, with the
526	526	northeast line of said Tract 25, a distance of 607.13 feet to a set
527	527	1/2 inch rebar for the north corner of said Tract 25, same being the
528	528	east corner of Tract 27 of the Creeks of Aledo Subdivision, filed 28
529	529	March 2001, recorded in volume 1919 page 1364 of said OPRPC;
530	530	THENCE: North 33 degrees 58 minutes 11 seconds West, with the
531	531	northeast line of said Tract 27, passing at 5.03 feet a found iron
532	532	pipe on the northeast line of said Tract 27 and continuing a total a
533	533	distance of 316.12 feet to a set 1/2 inch rebar for an angle point in
534	534	said northeast line;
535	535	THENCE: North 34 degrees 08 minutes 10 seconds West, with the
536	536	northeast line of said Tract 27, a distance of 79.78 feet to a found
537	537	iron rod for the north corner of said Tract 27, same being the east
538	538	corner of Tract 29 of the Creeks of Aledo Subdivision, filed 28
539	539	March 2001, recorded in volume 1919 page 1364 of said OPRPC;
540	540	THENCE: North 34 degrees 15 minutes 17 seconds West, with the
541	541	northeast line of said Tract 29, a distance of 322.40 feet to a set
542	542	1/2 inch rebar at the base of a pipe fence corner post for an ell
543	543	corner of said Iona 3893.555 acre tract, same being a corner of said
544	544	Tract 29;
545	545	THENCE: North 81 degrees 29 minutes 34 West, with the north line of
546	546	said Tract 29, passing at 95.36 feet a found iron rod at the
547	547	northwest corner of said Tract 29, same being the northeast corner
548	548	of said Tract 30 and passing at 744.18 feet a found iron rod at the
549	549	northwest corner of said Tract 30, same being the northeast corner
550	550	of Tract 28 and continuing a total distance of 1026.64 feet to a set
551	551	1/2 inch rebar on the northwest corner of said Tract 28, same being
552	552	the northeast corner of Tract 43 of the Creeks of Aledo Subdivision,
553	553	filed 26 April 2000, in said OPRPC;
554	554	THENCE: North 83 degrees 10 minutes 18 seconds West, with the north
555	555	line of Tract 43, passing at 250.45 feet at a set 1/2 inch rebar on
556	556	the northwest corner of said Tract 43, same being the northeast
557	557	corner of Tract 44 of said Creeks of Aledo Subdivision, filed 26
558	558	April 2000, in said OPRPC, and continuing with the north line of
559	559	said Tract 44, a total distance of 458.63 feet to a set 1/2 inch
560	560	rebar for a corner of this tract;
561	561	THENCE: North, a distance of 1969.64 feet to a set 1/2 inch rebar
562	562	for a corner of this tract;
563	563	THENCE: North 34 degrees 04 minutes 42 seconds West, a distance of
564	564	606.04 feet to a set 1/2 inch rebar for a corner of this tract;
565	565	THENCE: North 89 degrees 58 minutes 37 seconds West, and passing at
566	566	327.98 feet a found iron rod being the northeast corner of a called
567	567	5.00 acre tract as described in deed to Robert Leland Ekstrom, filed
568	568	04 May 2010, and recorded in volume 2776 page 1198 of the official
569	569	public records of said Parker County, and continuing on said course
570	570	with the north line of said Ekstrom 5 acre tract and passing at
571	571	1080.38 feet a found iron rod being the northwest corner of said
572	572	Esktrom 5 acre tract, and continuing on said course a total distance
573	573	of 1239.90 feet to a set 1/2 inch rebar for a corner of this tract;
574	574	THENCE: South 24 degrees 30 minutes 06 seconds West, a distance of
575	575	1362.24 feet to a set 1/2 inch rebar for a corner of this tract;
576	576	THENCE: West, a distance of 635.99 feet to a set 1/2 inch rebar for
577	577	the most westerly southwest corner of this tract, said rebar being
578	578	on the east line of Farm to Market Road Number 1187, same being the
579	579	west line of said Iona Tract said rebar being North 00 degrees 48
580	580	minutes 31 seconds East, a distance of 1000.26 feet from a found 1\2
581	581	inch rebar being the southwest corner of a 120.88 acre tract;
582	582	THENCE: North 00 degrees 48 minutes 31 seconds East, with the east
583	583	line of said road 1187, a distance of 2051.06 feet to a set 1/2 inch
584	584	rebar for a corner of this tract, and said rebar being on the
585	585	southeast line of Aledo Iona Road;
586	586	THENCE: With the south line of said Aledo Iona Road the following
587	587	seventeen (17) calls:
588	588	1. North 33 degrees 11 minutes 47 seconds East, a distance of
589	589	1752.65 feet to a set 1\2" rebar;
590	590	2. North 36 degrees 53 minutes 00 seconds East, a distance of
591	591	813.13 feet to a pipe fence corner post;
592	592	3. North 57 degrees 20 minutes 59 seconds East, a distance of
593	593	970.84 feet to a pipe fence corner post;
594	594	4. North 77 degrees 47 minutes 00 seconds East, a distance of
595	595	434.81 feet to a pipe fence corner post;
596	596	5. North 85 degrees 44 minutes 03 seconds East, a distance of
597	597	448.55 feet to a pipe fence corner post;
598	598	6. North 77 degrees 08 minutes 49 seconds East, a distance of
599	599	622.41 feet to a pipe fence corner post;
600	600	7. North 84 degrees 37 minutes 50 seconds East, a distance of
601	601	850.19 feet to a set 1\2" rebar;
602	602	8. South 86 degrees 35 minutes 40 seconds East, a distance of 58.49
603	603	feet to a set 1\2" rebar;
604	604	9. North 84 degrees 17 minutes 28 seconds East, a distance of
605	605	1593.30 feet to a fence corner post;
606	606	10. North 84 degrees 12 minutes 06 seconds East, a distance of
607	607	1463.59 feet to a fence corner post;
608	608	11. North 84 degrees 26 minutes 03 seconds East, a distance of
609	609	377.37 feet to a fence corner post;
610	610	12. North 84 degrees 18 minutes 18 seconds East, a distance of
611	611	378.43 feet to a set 1\2" rebar;
612	612	13. North 86 degrees 52 minutes 33 seconds East, a distance of
613	613	261.06 feet to a set 1\2" rebar;
614	614	14. South 88 degrees 14 minutes 59 seconds East, a distance of
615	615	212.79 feet to a set 1\2" rebar;
616	616	15. South 84 degrees 02 minutes 19 seconds East, a distance of
617	617	189.05 feet to a set 1\2" rebar;
618	618	16. South 80 degrees 23 minutes 48 seconds East, a distance of
619	619	724.30 feet to a set 1\2" rebar;
620	620	17. North 09 degrees 38 minutes 43 seconds East, a distance of
621	621	41.36 feet to a set 1\2" rebar for a corner of this tract, said
622	622	rebar being on the south line of the Union Pacific Railroad,
623	623	formerly known as the Texas & Pacific Railway;
624	624	THENCE: With the south line of said Railroad the following eighteen
625	625	(18) calls:
626	626	1. South 80 degrees 21 minutes 17 seconds East, a distance of
627	627	549.51 feet to a set 1\2" rebar for an angle point, said rebar
628	628	being on the west line of said Lane Survey, same being the east
629	629	line of said Robinson Survey;
630	630	2. South 00 degrees 31 minutes 22 seconds East, with the west line
631	631	of said Lane Survey, and the east line of said Robinson Survey,
632	632	a distance of 25.40 feet to a set 1\2" rebar for a corner;
633	633	3. South 80 degrees 21 minutes 17 seconds East, a distance of
634	634	1999.95 feet to a set 1\2" rebar for a start of a curve to the
635	635	right;
636	636	4. With said curve to the right, an arc length of 766.60 feet, with
637	637	a central angle of 25 degrees 35 minutes 43 seconds, and a
638	638	radius of 1716.07 feet, and a chord bearing and distance of
639	639	South 67 degrees 33 minutes 26 seconds East, 760.25 feet to a
640	640	set 1\2 inch rebar for the end of said curve to the right;
641	641	5. South 54 degrees 45 minutes 35 seconds East, a distance of
642	642	411.67 feet to a set 1\2 inch rebar for the start of a curve to
643	643	the left;
644	644	6. With said curve to the left, an arc length of 1133.46 feet, with
645	645	a central angle of 31 degrees 40 minutes 10 seconds, and a
646	646	radius of 2050.63 feet, with a chord bearing and distance of
647	647	South 70 degrees 35 minutes 40 seconds East, 1119.09 feet to a
648	648	set 1\2 inch rebar for the end of said curve to the left;
649	649	7. South 86 degrees 25 minutes 45 seconds East, a distance of
650	650	2213.78 feet to a set 1\2 inch rebar for the start of a curve to
651	651	the left;
652	652	8. With said curve to the left, an arc length of 192.54 feet, with
653	653	a central angle of 05 degrees 24 minutes 18 seconds, and a
654	654	radius of 2041.02 feet, with a chord bearing and distance of
655	655	South 89 degrees 07 minutes 54 seconds East, 192.47 feet to a
656	656	set 1\2 inch rebar for the end of said curve to the left, said
657	657	rebar being on the west line of said Socorro Survey, same being
658	658	the east line of said S.A.&M.G. RR Co Survey, A-1479;
659	659	9. North 00 degrees 33 minutes 35 seconds West, with the west line
660	660	of said Socorro Survey, and with the east line of said
661	661	S.A.&M.G. RR Survey, a distance of 25.01 feet to a set 1\2 inch
662	662	rebar for the start of a curve to the left;
663	663	10. With said curve to the left, an arc length of 576.88 feet, with
664	664	a central angle of 16 degrees 23 minutes 43 seconds, and a
665	665	radius of 2016.02 feet, with a chord bearing and distance of
666	666	North 79 degrees 57 minutes 09 seconds East, 574.92 feet to a
667	667	set 1\2 inch rebar for the end of said curve to the left;
668	668	11. South 18 degrees 14 minutes 42 seconds East, a distance of
669	669	50.01 feet to a set 1\2 inch rebar for the start of a curve to
670	670	the left;
671	671	12. With said curve to the left, an arc length of 238.39 feet, with
672	672	a central angle of 06 degrees 36 minutes 40 seconds, and a
673	673	radius of 2066.03 feet, with a chord bearing and distance of
674	674	North 68 degrees 26 minutes 58 seconds East, 238.26 feet to a
675	675	set 1\2 inch rebar for the end of said curve to the left;
676	676	13. North 65 degrees 08 minutes 20 seconds East, a distance of
677	677	460.91 feet to a set 1\2 inch rebar for the start of a curve to
678	678	the right;
679	679	14. With said curve to the right, an arc length of 789.93 feet,
680	680	with a central angle of 11 degrees 17 minutes 02 seconds, and a
681	681	radius of 4011.02 feet, with a chord bearing and distance of
682	682	North 72 degrees 14 minutes 04 seconds East, 788.66 feet to a
683	683	set 1\2 inch rebar for the end of said curve to the right;
684	684	15. North 12 degrees 07 minutes 25 seconds West, a distance of
685	685	50.01 feet to a set 1\2 inch rebar for the start of a curve to
686	686	the right;
687	687	16. With said curve to the right, an arc length of 83.77 feet, with
688	688	a central angle of 01 degrees 10 minutes 55 seconds, and a
689	689	radius of 4061.03 feet, with a chord bearing and distance of
690	690	North 78 degrees 28 minutes 03 seconds East, 83.77 feet to a
691	691	set 1\2 inch rebar for the end of said curve to the right, same
692	692	being the start of a compound curve to the right;
693	693	17. With said compound curve to the right, an arc length of 1607.42
694	694	feet, with a central angle of 17 degrees 33 minutes 43
695	695	seconds, and a radius of 5244.19 feet, with a chord bearing
696	696	and distance of North 88 degrees 43 minutes 51 seconds East,
697	697	1601.13 feet to a set 1\2 inch rebar for the end of said
698	698	compound curve to the right;
699	699	18. South 82 degrees 08 minutes 49 seconds East, and passing at
700	700	280.72 feet a found 1 inch pipe by a fence corner post on the
701	701	east line of said G.H.&H. RR Survey, same being the west line
702	702	of said Dixon Survey, and being the northeast corner of said
703	703	Iona 3893.555 acre tract, same being the northwest corner of
704	704	said Iona East 25.00 acre tract, and continuing on said
705	705	course, a total distance of 1633.04 feet to a set 1/2 inch
706	706	rebar for the most northerly northeast corner of this tract,
707	707	same being the northeast corner of said Iona East 25.00 acre
708	708	tract, said rebar being on the west line of Farm to Market Road
709	709	2871 and said rebar being the start of a curve to the left,
710	710	having a central angle of 22 degrees 31 minutes 58 seconds, a
711	711	radius of 2417.57 feet, and a chord bearing and distance of
712	712	South 11 degrees 35 minutes 48 seconds East, 944.64 feet;
713	713	THENCE: With the west line of said FM Road 2871, and with said curve
714	714	to the left, an arc length of 950.76 feet to a found capped iron rod
715	715	for the most easterly southeast corner of this tract, said rod being
716	716	the southeast corner of said Iona East 0.847 acre tract and said rod
717	717	being the remainder northeast corner of a called 3.429 acre tract as
718	718	described in deed to Benbrook Christian Fellowship, filed 16 June
719	719	2005, and recorded in county clerks number D205170789 of said ORTC;
720	720	THENCE: South 64 degrees 26 minutes 52 seconds West, with the south
721	721	line of said Iona East 0.847 acre tract part of the way, a distance
722	722	of 475.37 feet to a found 1/2 inch iron rod for a corner of this
723	723	tract, said rod being a corner of a called 11.350 acre tract as
724	724	described in deed to Benbrook Christian Fellowship, filed 11
725	725	November 2003, and recorded in county clerks number D203422046 of
726	726	said ORTC;
727	727	THENCE: South 47 degrees 54 minutes 42 seconds West, with the north
728	728	line of said 11.350 acre tract, a distance of 222.02 feet to a set
729	729	1/2 inch iron rod for a corner of this tract, same being a corner of
730	730	said 11.350 acre tract;
731	731	THENCE: South 31 degrees 23 minutes 01 seconds West, with the north
732	732	line of said 11.350 acre tract, and with a barbed wire fence, a
733	733	distance of 625.02 feet to a set 1/2 inch rebar for the most
734	734	southerly southeast corner of said Iona East 62.050 Acre tract,
735	735	same being the southwest corner of said 11.350 acre tract;
736	736	THENCE: South 89 degrees 36 minutes 36 seconds West, with the south
737	737	line of said Iona East 62.050 acre tract, a distance of 597.88 feet
738	738	to a set 1/2 inch rebar for the southwest corner of said Iona East
739	739	62.050 Acre tract, same being the northwest corner of Lot 1, Block
740	740	1, of the Benbrook Water and Sewer Authority Tank Site, filed in
741	741	cabinet A, slide 4324, of the plat records of said Tarrant County,
742	742	said rebar also being on the east line of said Iona 3893.555 acre
743	743	tract;
744	744	THENCE: South 00 degrees 21 minutes 32 seconds East, with the east
745	745	line of said Iona 3893.555 acre tract, and with the west line of
746	746	said Benbrook Water and Sewer Authority Tank Site, a distance of
747	747	8.83 feet to a found capped iron rod for the most southerly
748	748	southeast corner of said Iona 3893.555 acre tract, same being the
749	749	northeast corner of a called 117.198 acres tract of land as
750	750	described in a deed to PB Ventana 1 LLC, filed 17 June 2015,
751	751	recorded in Document Number 215129625, of said ORTC;
752	752	THENCE: South 89 degrees 26 minutes 37 seconds West, with the south
753	753	line of said Iona tract and the north line of said PB Ventana tract,
754	754	and with a barbed wire fence, a distance of 3712.74 feet to a found 1
755	755	inch iron rod for an inner ell corner of said Iona 3893.555 acre
756	756	tract, same being the northwest corner of a called 162.310 acre
757	757	tract as described in a deed to PB Long Term Hold 1, LP, filed 17
758	758	June 2015, recorded in Document Number 215129626 of said ORTC;
759	759	THENCE: South 00 degrees 32 minutes 18 seconds East, with the east
760	760	line of said Iona 3893.555 acre tract and the west line of said PB
761	761	Long Term tract, and along and near a barbed wire fence part of the
762	762	way, a distance of 6921.26 feet to a found 1 inch iron rod for a
763	763	southeast corner of said Iona 3893.555 acre tract, same being an
764	764	inner ell corner of said Vinson tract;
765	765	THENCE: South 89 degrees 27 minutes 33 Seconds West, with the south
766	766	line of said Iona 3893.555 acre tract and the north line of said
767	767	Vinson tract, a distance of 3180.16 feet to a found 1 inch iron rod
768	768	for an ell corner of said Iona 3893.555 acre tract, same being the
769	769	most westerly northwest corner of said Vinson tract;
770	770	THENCE: South 00 degrees 32 minutes 52 seconds East, with the east
771	771	line of said Iona 3893.555 acre tract and the west line of said
772	772	Vinson tract, a distance of 3556.23 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING
773	773	and containing 3790.36 acres of land.
774	774	NAD 83 Grid Bearings and Distances reflect Surface Measurements.
775	775	SECTION 3. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
776	776	introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
777	777	Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
778	778	copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
779	779	officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
780	780	under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
781	781	Government Code.
782	782	(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
783	783	submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
784	784	Environmental Quality.
785	785	(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
786	786	its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor,
787	787	lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives
788	788	within the required time.
789	789	(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
790	790	state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
791	791	to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act have been
792	792	fulfilled and accomplished.
793	793	SECTION 4. (a) Section 3994.0311, Special District Local
794	794	Laws Code, as added by Section 1 of this Act, takes effect only if
795	795	this Act receives a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to
796	796	each house.
797	797	(b) If this Act does not receive a two-thirds vote of all the
798	798	members elected to each house, Subchapter C, Chapter 3994, Special
799	799	District Local Laws Code, as added by Section 1 of this Act, is
800	800	amended by adding Section 3994.0311 to read as follows:
801	801	Sec. 3994.0311. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. The district may
802	802	not exercise the power of eminent domain.
803	803	(c) This section is not intended to be an expression of a
804	804	legislative interpretation of the requirements of Section 17(c),
805	805	Article I, Texas Constitution.
806	806	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
807	807	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
808	808	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
809	809	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
810	810	Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
811	811
812	812	Pos. No. Name of Director
813	813
814	814	1 Aaron Murff
815	815
816	816	2 Colin Neblett
817	817
818	818	3 Cole Evans
819	819
820	820	4 Tim Roberts
821	821
822	822	5 David Rambie