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11 87R18537 ANG-F
22 By: Creighton S.B. No. 2234
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55 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
66 AN ACT
77 relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility
88 District No. 210; 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 7949A to read as follows:
1414 CHAPTER 7949A. MONTGOMERY COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY
1515 DISTRICT NO. 210
1616 SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
1717 Sec. 7949A.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 Montgomery County Municipal
2323 Utility District No. 210.
2424 Sec. 7949A.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a
2525 municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI,
2626 Texas Constitution.
2727 Sec. 7949A.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. 7949A.0104. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED. The
3232 temporary directors may not hold an election under Section
3333 7949A.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. 7949A.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. 7949A.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. 7949A.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district
6161 is governed by a board of five elected directors.
6262 (b) Except as provided by Section 7949A.0202, directors
6363 serve staggered four-year terms.
6464 Sec. 7949A.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 7949A.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 7949A.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 7949A.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 SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES
9393 Sec. 7949A.0301. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district
9494 has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
9595 which the district is created.
9696 Sec. 7949A.0302. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND
9797 DUTIES. The district has the powers and duties provided by the
9898 general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code,
9999 applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59,
100100 Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
101101 Sec. 7949A.0303. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS. Under
102102 Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may
103103 design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve,
104104 operate, maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a
105105 municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled,
106106 or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid
107107 of those roads.
108108 Sec. 7949A.0304. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS. (a) A
109109 road project must meet all applicable construction standards,
110110 zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each
111111 municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial
112112 jurisdiction the road project is located.
113113 (b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits
114114 or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road
115115 project must meet all applicable construction standards,
116116 subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which
117117 the road project is located.
118118 (c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the
119119 Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and
120120 specifications of the road project.
121121 Sec. 7949A.0305. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT
122122 ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION. The district shall comply with all
123123 applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is
124124 adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that
125125 consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land
126126 in the district.
127127 SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
128128 Sec. 7949A.0401. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS. (a)
129129 The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other
130130 obligations secured by:
131131 (1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or
132132 (2) contract payments described by Section
133133 7949A.0403.
134134 (b) The district must hold an election in the manner
135135 provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval
136136 before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds
137137 payable from ad valorem taxes.
138138 (c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem
139139 taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a
140140 vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an
141141 election held for that purpose.
142142 Sec. 7949A.0402. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. (a) If
143143 authorized at an election held under Section 7949A.0401, the
144144 district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable
145145 property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water
146146 Code.
147147 (b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not
148148 exceed the rate approved at the election.
149149 Sec. 7949A.0403. CONTRACT TAXES. (a) In accordance with
150150 Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than
151151 an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from
152152 the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of
153153 the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters
154154 voting at an election held for that purpose.
155155 (b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a
156156 provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by
157157 the board without further voter approval.
158158 SUBCHAPTER E. BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS
159159 Sec. 7949A.0501. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER
160160 OBLIGATIONS. The district may issue bonds or other obligations
161161 payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees,
162162 revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any
163163 combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district
164164 purpose.
165165 Sec. 7949A.0502. TAXES FOR BONDS. At the time the district
166166 issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the
167167 board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing
168168 direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all
169169 or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner
170170 provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
171171 Sec. 7949A.0503. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS. At the time of
172172 issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations
173173 issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad
174174 valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the
175175 real property in the district.
176176 SECTION 2. The Montgomery County Municipal Utility District
177177 No. 210 initially includes all the territory contained in the
178178 following area:
179179 A METES & BOUNDS description of a calculated 473.5 acre tract
180180 of land situated in the Owen Shannon Survey, Abstract Number 36, and
181181 the John H. Wood Survey, Abstract Number 603, in Montgomery County,
182182 Texas, being all of a called 345.548 acre tract (Tract I) conveyed
183183 to Scott 2012 Trust by deed recorded in Clerk's File
184184 No. 2013001327, Montgomery County Official Public Records, being
185185 all of a called 125.758 acre tract, conveyed to Roger Scott and
186186 wife, Leigh Scott by deed recorded in Clerk's File No. 2006-032563,
187187 Montgomery County Official Public Records of Real Property, being
188188 all of a called 7.846 acre tract, conveyed to Roger Scott and wife,
189189 Leigh Scott by deed recorded in Clerk's File No. 2008-032591,
190190 Montgomery County Official Public Records of Real Property, and
191191 being all of a called 1.1319 acre tract conveyed to Scott 2012 Trust
192192 by deed recorded in Clerk's File No. 2013001327, Montgomery County
193193 Official Public Records, said 473.5 acre tract being more
194194 particularly described as follows with all bearings being based on
195195 the recorded west line of called 345.548 acre tract (Tract 1) as
196196 recorded under Clerk's File No. 2013001327, Montgomery County
197197 Official Public Records:
198198 BEGINNING at a point for corner in the north line of a 74.146
199199 acre tract recorded in Film Code No. 603-01-1804, Montgomery
200200 County, Texas and the southeast corner of a residue of a 24.8 acre
201201 tract recorded in Volume 546, Page 336, Deed Records, Montgomery
202202 County, Texas;
203203 THENCE, North 00°20'47" East, 753.89 feet (bearing basis) to a
204204 point for corner being the northeast corner of above said residue
205205 tract and the southeast corner of a 17.75 acre tract recorded in
206206 Film Code No. 270-01-0530, Real Property Records, Montgomery
207207 County, Texas;
208208 THENCE, North 00°19'04" East, 2,066.22 feet to a point for
209209 corner being the northeast corner of above said 17.75 acre tract and
210210 in the south line of a 74.057 acre tract recorded in Volume 757,
211211 Page 948, Deed Records, Montgomery County, Texas;
212212 THENCE, North 89°06'24" East, 613.86 feet to a point for
213213 corner being the southeast corner of above said 74.507 acre tract;
214214 THENCE, North 00°38'16" East, 1,613.60 feet to a point for
215215 corner being the northeast corner of a 51.030 acre tract recorded in
216216 Film Code No. 302-01-1436, Real Property Records, Montgomery
217217 County, Texas;
218218 THENCE, North 89°40'28" West, 2,756.64 feet to a point for
219219 corner being the northwest corner of above said 51.03 acre tract in
220220 the east line of a 34.28 acre tract recorded in Film Code
221221 No. 061-01-0271, Real Property Records;
222222 THENCE, North 00°00'02" East, 206.69 feet to a point for
223223 corner in the south line of a 14.0 acre tract recorded in Volume
224224 441, Page 361, Deed Records, Montgomery County, Texas;
225225 THENCE, South 89°44'43" East, 458.78 feet to a point for
226226 corner being the southeast corner of above said 14.0 acre tract and
227227 the southwest corner of a 33.00 acre tract;
228228 THENCE, South 88°54'44" East, 813.81 feet to a point for
229229 corner being the southeast corner of above said 33.00 acre tract and
230230 the southwest corner of a 4.50 acre tract recorded in Film Code
231231 No. 111-01-0656, Real Property Records, Montgomery County, Texas;
232232 THENCE, South 89°56'18" East, 1,485.56 feet to a point for
233233 corner;
234234 THENCE, North 89°45'51" East, 132.59 feet to a point for
235235 corner being the southeast corner of a 27.82 acre tract recorded in
236236 Film Code No. 207-01-0901, Real Property Records, Montgomery
237237 County, Texas;
238238 THENCE, North 00°07'47" East, 2,736.90 feet to a point for
239239 corner in the east line of above said 27.82 acre tract;
240240 THENCE, North 00°47'32" East, at 820.20 feet passing the
241241 northeast corner of above said 27.82 acre tract and continuing in
242242 all a total distance of 911.80 feet to a point for corner in the
243243 centerline of Little Lake Creek;
244244 THENCE, with the centerline of above said creek, the
245245 following fifty (50) courses and distances:
246246 1. South 46°32'00" East, 25.00 feet to a point for corner;
247247 2. North 00°57'00" East, 281.10 feet to a point for corner;
248248 3. South 85°51'07" East, 187.59 feet to a point for corner;
249249 4. South 75°26'00" East, 76.50 feet to a point for corner;
250250 5. South 63°20'00" East, 86.10 feet to a point for corner;
251251 6. North 73°18'00" East, 76.90 feet to a point for corner;
252252 7. North 81°41'00" East, 78.10 feet to a point for corner;
253253 8. South 00°51'00" West, 50.90 feet to a point for corner;
254254 9. South 56°38'00" West, 126.70 feet to a point for corner;
255255 10. South 06°56'00" West, 185.50 feet to a point for corner;
256256 11. South 70°50'00" East, 164.90 feet to a point for corner;
257257 12. South 48°29'00" East, 35.00 feet to a point for corner;
258258 13. South 47°41'00" East, 94.60 feet to a point for corner;
259259 14. South 60°18'00" West, 71.90 feet to a point for corner;
260260 15. South 18°04'00" West, 32.60 feet to a point for corner;
261261 16. South 81°53'00" West, 105.00 feet to a point for corner;
262262 17. South 61°38'00" West, 93.10 feet to a point for corner;
263263 18. South 47°34'00" East, 138.10 feet to a point for corner;
264264 19. South 85°49'00" East, 23.90 feet to a point for corner;
265265 20. South 37°54'00" East, 42.50 feet to a point for corner;
266266 21. South 06°50'00" West, 74.80 feet to a point for corner;
267267 22. South 64°49'00" East, 73.30 feet to a point for corner;
268268 23. South 19°23'00" West, 159.50 feet to a point for corner;
269269 24. South 16°08'00" East, 235.90 feet to a point for corner;
270270 25. North 65°12'00" East, 156.10 feet to a point for corner;
271271 26. South 52°44'00" East, 32.10 feet to a point for corner;
272272 27. South 17°20'00" West, 31.70 feet to a point for corner;
273273 28. South 55°10'00" West, 31.90 feet to a point for corner;
274274 29. South 27°49'00" West, 37.70 feet to a point for corner;
275275 30. South 49°18'00" East, 59.10 feet to a point for corner;
276276 31. South 76°46'00" East, 59.10 feet to a point for corner;
277277 32. North 71°46'00" East, 131.80 feet to a point for corner;
278278 33. North 48°49'00" West, 67.30 feet to a point for corner;
279279 34. North 66°26'00" West, 68.20 feet to a point for corner;
280280 35. North 02°53'00" East, 103.90 feet to a point for corner;
281281 36. North 59°28'00" East, 129.30 feet to a point for corner;
282282 37. North 66°53'00" East, 41.60 feet to a point for corner;
283283 38. South 16°36'00" East, 99.80 feet to a point for corner;
284284 39. South 29°58'00" East, 62.00 feet to a point for corner;
285285 40. South 60°31'00" East, 95.70 feet to a point for corner;
286286 41. North 00°15'00" West, 39.40 feet to a point for corner;
287287 42. North 42°01'00" East, 134.10 feet to a point for corner;
288288 43. North 80°53'00" East, 65.10 feet to a point for corner;
289289 44. South 05°21'00" East, 144.90 feet to a point for corner;
290290 45. South 01°21'00" West, 55.60 feet to a point for corner;
291291 46. South 46°03'00" East, 47.60 feet to a point for corner;
292292 47. North 72°10'00" East, 61.10 feet to a point for corner;
293293 48. South 87°48'00" East, 61.60 feet to a point for corner;
294294 49. South 13°42'00" East, 35.00 feet to a point for corner;
295295 50. South 65°36'00" West, 41.80 feet to a point for corner in the
296296 201 contour of Lake Conroe (as called for in Clerk's File
297297 No. 2013001327, Montgomery County Official Public Records);
298298 THENCE, with the 201 contour of Lake Conroe, the following
299299 fifty-four (54) courses and distances:
300300 1. North 46°17'00" West, 13.60 feet to a point for corner;
301301 2. South 53°50'00" West, 37.60 feet to a point for corner;
302302 3. South 42°08'00" West, 47.50 feet to a point for corner;
303303 4. South 26°24'00" West, 76.70 feet to a point for corner;
304304 5. South 48°35'00" West, 90.00 feet to a point for corner;
305305 6. South 20°18'00" East, 108.60 feet to a point for corner;
306306 7. South 05°44'00" East, 97.20 feet to a point for corner;
307307 8. South 27°14'00" East, 171.90 feet to a point for corner;
308308 9. South 47°12'00" East, 79.00 feet to a point for corner;
309309 10. South 54°07'00" East, 93.20 feet to a point for corner;
310310 11. South 65°12'00" East, 144.00 feet to a point for corner;
311311 12. South 48°27'00" East, 189.30 feet to a point for corner;
312312 13. South 29°45'00" East, 70.10 feet to a point for corner;
313313 14. South 38°05'00" West, 92.30 feet to a point for corner;
314314 15. South 08°01'00" West, 131.40 feet to a point for corner;
315315 16. South 70°13'00" East, 54.10 feet to a point for corner;
316316 17. South 63°03'00" East, 58.50 feet to a point for corner;
317317 18. North 71°48'00" East, 80.50 feet to a point for corner;
318318 19. North 41°21'00" East, 74.20 feet to a point for corner;
319319 20. North 32°02'00" East, 70.00 feet to a point for corner;
320320 21. South 82°00'00" East, 88.00 feet to a point for corner;
321321 22. North 56°19'00" East, 50.40 feet to a point for corner;
322322 23. South 41°56'00" East, 44.40 feet to a point for corner;
323323 24. South 10°47'00" East, 58.40 feet to a point for corner;
324324 25. South 83°04'00" West, 112.60 feet to a point for corner;
325325 26. South 25°03'00" West, 49.20 feet to a point for corner;
326326 27. South 52°09'00" East, 80.20 feet to a point for corner;
327327 28. South 46°54'00" East, 50.20 feet to a point for corner;
328328 29. South 18°30'00" East, 130.60 feet to a point for corner;
329329 30. South 80°17'00" West, 70.60 feet to a point for corner;
330330 31. South 58°20'00" West, 57.90 feet to a point for corner;
331331 32. South 56°08'00" East, 185.90 feet to a point for corner;
332332 33. South 46°12'00" East, 198.90 feet to a point for corner;
333333 34. South 65°04'00" East, 125.40 feet to a point for corner;
334334 35. South 29°05'00" East, 96.50 feet to a point for corner;
335335 36. South 04°52'00" East, 218.60 feet to a point for corner;
336336 37. South 16°36'00" East, 130.40 feet to a point for corner;
337337 38. South 04°28'00" East, 212.40 feet to a point for corner;
338338 39. South 07°36'00" West, 143.30 feet to a point for corner;
339339 40. South 00°44'00" West, 127.00 feet to a point for corner;
340340 41. South 05°01'00" West, 98.10 feet to a point for corner;
341341 42. South 12°43'00" East, 195.20 feet to a point for corner;
342342 43. South 23°24'00" East, 177.00 feet to a point for corner;
343343 44. South 56°38'17" East, 131.37 feet to a point for corner;
344344 45. South 58°15'45" East, 37.80 feet to a point for corner;
345345 46. South 19°27'45" East, 78.90 feet to a point for corner;
346346 47. South 51°53'45" East, 92.70 feet to a point for corner;
347347 48. South 44°23'45" East, 111.00 feet to a point for corner;
348348 49. South 75°33'45" East, 102.40 feet to a point for corner;
349349 50. South 63°58'45" East, 155.10 feet to a point for corner;
350350 51. South 53°48'45" East, 156.60 feet to a point for corner;
351351 52. South 29°16'45" East, 188.00 feet to a point for corner;
352352 53. South 19°12'45" East, 95.10 feet to a point for corner;
353353 54. South 50°28'56" East, 42.74 feet to a point for corner in the
354354 west line of F.M. 1097;
355355 THENCE, with the west line of above said road, the following
356356 seven (7) courses and distances:
357357 1. South 31°50'46" West, 300.73 feet to a point for corner;
358358 2. South 25°46'07" West, 102.95 feet to a point for corner;
359359 3. South 24°43'00" West, 103.80 feet to a point for corner;
360360 4. South 11°51'26" West, 314.47 feet to a point for corner;
361361 5. South 19°21'33" West, 398.89 feet to a point for corner;
362362 6. South 72°49'24" East, 44.03 feet to a point for corner;
363363 7. South 16°05'24" West, 579.11 feet to a point for corner being
364364 the northeast corner of a 10.00 acre tract recorded in File
365365 No. 8406528, Real Property Records, Montgomery County, Texas;
366366 THENCE, North 89°40'06" West, 955.80 feet to a point for
367367 corner being the northwest corner of above said 10.00 acre tract;
368368 THENCE, South 41°53'13" West, 576.96 feet to a point for
369369 corner being the northwest corner of a 4.9325 acre tract recorded
370370 under File No. 9232857, Real Property Records, Montgomery County,
371371 Texas, being the southwest corner of above said 10.00 acre tract;
372372 THENCE, South 41°58'16" West, 203.49 feet to a point for
373373 corner being the southwest corner of above said 4.9325 acre tract,
374374 the northwest corner of a residue 9.789 acre tract recorded in Film
375375 Code No. 253-01-1898, Real Property Records, Montgomery County,
376376 Texas;
377377 THENCE, South 42°02'16" West, 171.89 feet to a point for
378378 corner being the northwest corner of a 12.38 acre tract recorded in
379379 Film Code No. 402-01-1786, Real Property Records, Montgomery
380380 County, Texas and the southwest corner of above said residue tract;
381381 THENCE, South 42°04'26" West, 607.87 feet to a point for
382382 corner in the north line of a 150.00 acre tract recorded in Volume
383383 233, Page 142, Deed Records, Montgomery County, Texas;
384384 THENCE, North 88°29'18" West, 339.86 feet to a point for
385385 corner being the northwest corner of above said 150.00 acre tract
386386 and a corner of above said 345.548 acre tract;
387387 THENCE, South 01°25'00" West, 1,433.98 feet to a point for
388388 corner in the northwest line of F.M. 1097;
389389 THENCE, with the northwest line of F.M. 1097, the following
390390 two (2) courses and distances:
391391 1. South 52°24'11" West, 132.30 feet to a point for corner in the
392392 northerly line of that certain called 81.23 acre (80.72 net acres)
393393 tract described in instrument to Sarah Anne Peel Mabry, recorded in
394394 Volume 683, Page 279 of the Deed Records of Montgomery County,
395395 Texas, for the southerly southeasterly corner of above said 345.548
396396 acre tract;
397397 2. South 44°23'30" West, 473.59 feet severing said 81.23 acre tract
398398 to a point for corner in the westerly line of said 81.23 acre tract
399399 for the easterly southeast corner of a called 13.5 acre tract
400400 described as "Tract 29" in instrument to Joda Mize and Rexina Mize,
401401 recorded in Clerk's File No. 2015010982, Official Public Records of
402402 Real Property, Montgomery County, Texas;
403403 THENCE, North 01°43'03" East, at 347.69 feet passing the
404404 common westerly corner of said 81.23 acre tract and said above said
405405 345.548 acre tract and continuing in all a total distance of
406406 1,236.98 feet to a point for corner, being the northeast corner of a
407407 14.81 acre tract recorded in Volume 596, Page 81, Deed Records
408408 Montgomery County, Texas;
409409 THENCE, North 88°57'34" West, 233.73 feet to a point for
410410 corner;
411411 THENCE, North 88°55'24" West, 187.44 feet to a point for
412412 corner being the northwest corner of above said 14.81 acre tract and
413413 the northeast corner of above said 74.145 acre tract;
414414 THENCE, North 88°56'36" West, 556.24 feet to the POINT OF
415415 BEGINNING, CONTAINING 473.5 acres (20,624,272 square feet) of land
416416 in Montgomery County, Texas, filed in the office of Manhard
417417 Consulting, Ltd. in The Woodlands, Texas.
418418 SECTION 3. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
419419 introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
420420 Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
421421 copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
422422 officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
423423 under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
424424 Government Code.
425425 (b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
426426 submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
427427 Environmental Quality.
428428 (c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
429429 its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
430430 lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
431431 representatives within the required time.
432432 (d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
433433 state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
434434 to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
435435 and accomplished.
436436 SECTION 4. (a) If this Act does not receive a two-thirds
437437 vote of all the members elected to each house, Subchapter C, Chapter
438438 7949A, Special District Local Laws Code, as added by Section 1 of
439439 this Act, is amended by adding Section 7949A.0306 to read as
440440 follows:
441441 Sec. 7949A.0306. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. The district may
442442 not exercise the power of eminent domain.
443443 (b) This section is not intended to be an expression of a
444444 legislative interpretation of the requirements of Section 17(c),
445445 Article I, Texas Constitution.
446446 SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
447447 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
448448 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
449449 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
450450 Act takes effect September 1, 2021.