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1	1	By: Bucy, Wilson, Harris of Williamson H.B. No. 5359
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4	4	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
5	5	AN ACT
6	6	relating to the creation of the Williamson County Development
7	7	District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing
8	8	authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Subtitle C, Title 4, Special District Local Laws
11	11	Code, is amended by adding Chapter 4006 to read as follows:
12	12	CHAPTER 4006. WILLIAMSON COUNTY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NO. 1
13	13	SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
14	14	Sec. 4006.0101. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
15	15	(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.
16	16	(2) "County" means Williamson County.
17	17	(3) "Director" means a board member.
18	18	(4) "District" means the Williamson County
19	19	Development District No. 1.
20	20	Sec. 4006.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The Williamson County
21	21	Development District No. 1 is a special district created under
22	22	Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, and has all the
23	23	rights, powers, privileges, authority, functions, and duties
24	24	provided by Chapter 383, Local Government Code.
25	25	Sec. 4006.0103. 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, Texas Constitution, and other
28	28	public purposes stated in this chapter and Chapter 383, Local
29	29	Government Code.
30	30	(b) The district will serve the public purpose of developing
31	31	and diversifying the economy of the state and the district by
32	32	providing for the development of projects to attract visitors and
33	33	tourists and increase employment in the manner provided by Chapter
34	34	383, Local Government Code.
35	35	(c) By creating the district and in authorizing the county
36	36	and other political subdivisions to contract with the district, the
37	37	legislature has established a program to accomplish the public
38	38	purposes set out in Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution.
39	39	(d) The creation of the district is necessary to promote,
40	40	develop, encourage, and maintain employment, commerce,
41	41	transportation, housing, tourism, recreation, the arts,
42	42	entertainment, economic development, safety, and the public
43	43	welfare in the district.
44	44	Sec. 4006.0104. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
45	45	(a) All land and other property included in the district will
46	46	benefit from the improvements and services to be provided by the
47	47	district under powers conferred by this chapter.
48	48	(b) The district is created to serve a public use and
49	49	benefit.
50	50	(c) The creation of the district is in the public interest
51	51	and is essential to further the public purposes of:
52	52	(1) developing and diversifying the economy of the
53	53	state;
54	54	(2) eliminating unemployment and underemployment; and
55	55	(3) developing or expanding transportation and
56	56	commerce.
57	57	(d) The district will:
58	58	(1) promote the health, safety, and general welfare of
59	59	residents, employers, potential employees, employees, visitors,
60	60	and consumers in the district, and of the public;
61	61	(2) provide needed funding for the district to
62	62	preserve, maintain, and enhance the economic health and vitality of
63	63	the district territory as a community and business center;
64	64	(3) promote the health, safety, welfare, and enjoyment
65	65	of the public by providing pedestrian ways and by landscaping and
66	66	developing certain areas in the district, which are necessary for
67	67	the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of scenic beauty;
68	68	and
69	69	(4) provide for water, wastewater, drainage, and road
70	70	facilities for the district authorized by Section 52, Article III,
71	71	Texas Constitution.
72	72	(e) The district will not act as the agent or
73	73	instrumentality of any private interest even though the district
74	74	will benefit many private interests as well as the public.
75	75	Sec. 4006.0105. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY. (a) The
76	76	district is initially composed of the territory described by
77	77	Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.
78	78	(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of
79	79	the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake in the
80	80	field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process
81	81	does not affect the district's:
82	82	(1) organization, existence, or validity;
83	83	(2) right to issue any type of revenue bond for the
84	84	purposes for which the district is created or to pay the principal
85	85	of and interest on the bonds;
86	86	(3) right to impose or collect an assessment; or
87	87	(4) legality or operation.
88	88	Sec. 4006.0106. ELIGIBILITY FOR INCLUSION IN SPECIAL ZONES.
89	89	All or any part of the area of the district is eligible to be
90	90	included in:
91	91	(1) a tax increment reinvestment zone created under
92	92	Chapter 311, Tax Code;
93	93	(2) a tax abatement reinvestment zone created under
94	94	Chapter 312, Tax Code; or
95	95	(3) an enterprise zone created under Chapter 2303,
96	96	Government Code.
97	97	Sec. 4006.0107. CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER. This chapter
98	98	shall be liberally construed in conformity with the findings and
99	99	purposes stated in this chapter.
100	100	SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
101	101	Sec. 4006.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) Except in the
102	102	case of a conflict with this subchapter, Subchapter C, Chapter 383,
103	103	Local Government Code, applies to the district.
104	104	(b) The district is governed by a board of five directors
105	105	who serve staggered terms of four years with two or three directors'
106	106	terms expiring June 1 of each odd-numbered year.
107	107	Sec. 4006.0202. QUALIFICATIONS OF DIRECTOR. To be
108	108	qualified to serve as a director, a person must be:
109	109	(1) at least 21 years old;
110	110	(2) a resident of this state; and
111	111	(3) either:
112	112	(A) an owner of property in the district; or
113	113	(B) a qualified voter of the county.
114	114	Sec. 4006.0203. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SUCCEEDING DIRECTORS.
115	115	(a) Before the expiration of a director's term or upon a vacancy,
116	116	the board shall submit to the commissioners court of the county the
117	117	name of a candidate to serve as a director.
118	118	(b) If the commissioners court determines that the
119	119	candidate is qualified under Section 4006.0202, the court shall
120	120	approve the candidate to serve on the board. If the commissioners
121	121	court determines that the candidate is not qualified under Section
122	122	4006.0202, the board shall submit an alternate candidate on the
123	123	request of the commissioners court.
124	124	Sec. 4006.0204. QUORUM. For purposes of determining the
125	125	requirements for a quorum of the board, the following are not
126	126	counted:
127	127	(1) a board position vacant for any reason, including
128	128	death, resignation, or disqualification; or
129	129	(2) a director who is abstaining from participation in
130	130	a vote because of a conflict of interest.
131	131	Sec. 4006.0205. COMPENSATION. A director is entitled to
132	132	receive fees of office and reimbursement for actual expenses in the
133	133	manner provided by Section 49.060, Water Code. Sections 375.069
134	134	and 375.070, Local Government Code, do not apply to the board.
135	135	Sec. 4006.0206. INITIAL DIRECTORS; DISSOLUTION. (a) On or
136	136	after the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter, the owner
137	137	or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property
138	138	in the district may submit a petition to the commissioners court of
139	139	the county requesting that the commissioners court appoint as
140	140	initial directors five persons named in the petition. The
141	141	commissioners court shall appoint as initial directors the persons
142	142	named in the petition.
143	143	(b) The initial directors shall determine by lot which three
144	144	positions expire June 1, 2025, and which two positions expire June
145	145	1, 2027.
146	146	(c) The district is considered to have been dissolved on
147	147	September 1, 2025, if initial directors are not appointed before
148	148	that date.
149	149	SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES
150	150	Sec. 4006.0301. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district
151	151	has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
152	152	which the district is created, including the rights, powers,
153	153	privileges, authority, functions, and duties provided by Chapter
154	154	383, Local Government Code, to county development districts.
155	155	Sec. 4006.0302. SPECIFIC POWERS AND DUTIES. The district's
156	156	rights, powers, privileges, authority, functions, and duties
157	157	include:
158	158	(1) utilizing funds, whether the funds are derived
159	159	from sales and use taxes, hotel occupancy taxes, assessments,
160	160	revenues from a project, or any other source, for payment of
161	161	projects or services in the manner authorized by Section 375.181,
162	162	Local Government Code, and Chapter 383, Local Government Code;
163	163	(2) entering into obligations, including lease
164	164	purchase agreements, certificates of participation in lease
165	165	purchase agreements, revenue bonds and notes, and other
166	166	interest-bearing obligations, in the manner specified in Sections
167	167	375.201-375.205, Local Government Code;
168	168	(3) exercising the rights, powers, and authority given
169	169	to a development corporation under Chapter 505, Local Government
170	170	Code, including the power to own, operate, acquire, construct,
171	171	lease, improve, or maintain a project described by that chapter;
172	172	(4) providing for public improvements described by
173	173	Section 372.003(b), Local Government Code; and
174	174	(5) exercising all of the rights, powers, and
175	175	authority granted to the district by this chapter, and all of the
176	176	rights, powers, and authority granted to the district by Chapter
177	177	383, Local Government Code, to finance, construct, or otherwise
178	178	acquire public improvements in the district, including the costs of
179	179	issuance of the obligations of the district.
180	180	Sec. 4006.0303. AGREEMENTS; GRANTS. (a) The district may
181	181	make an agreement with or accept a gift, grant, or loan from any
182	182	person.
183	183	(b) The implementation of a project is a governmental
184	184	function or service for the purposes of Chapter 791, Government
185	185	Code.
186	186	Sec. 4006.0304. LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES. To protect the
187	187	public interest, the district may contract with a qualified party,
188	188	including the county or a municipality, to provide law enforcement
189	189	services in the district for a fee.
190	190	Sec. 4006.0305. MEMBERSHIP IN CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS.
191	191	The district may join and pay dues to a charitable or nonprofit
192	192	organization that performs a service or provides an activity
193	193	consistent with the furtherance of a district purpose.
194	194	Sec. 4006.0306. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. (a) The
195	195	district may engage in activities that accomplish the economic
196	196	development purposes of the district.
197	197	(b) The district may establish and provide for the
198	198	administration of one or more programs to promote state or local
199	199	economic development and to stimulate business and commercial
200	200	activity in the district, including programs to:
201	201	(1) make loans and grants of public money; and
202	202	(2) provide district personnel and services.
203	203	(c) The district may create economic development programs
204	204	and exercise the economic development powers provided to
205	205	municipalities by Chapter 380, Local Government Code.
206	206	Sec. 4006.0307. STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT. The
207	207	district may negotiate and enter into a written strategic
208	208	partnership agreement with a municipality under Section 43.0751,
209	209	Local Government Code.
210	210	Sec. 4006.0308. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS. (a) A
211	211	road project must meet all applicable construction standards,
212	212	subdivision requirements, and regulations of the county in which
213	213	the road project is located.
214	214	(b) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the
215	215	Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and
216	216	specifications of the road project.
217	217	Sec. 4006.0309. NO AD VALOREM TAX. The district may not
218	218	impose an ad valorem tax.
219	219	Sec. 4006.0310. NO EMINENT DOMAIN. The district may not
220	220	exercise the power of eminent domain.
221	221	SUBCHAPTER D. PUBLIC PARKING FACILITIES
222	222	Sec. 4006.0401. PARKING FACILITIES AUTHORIZED; OPERATION
223	223	BY PRIVATE ENTITY. (a) The district may acquire, lease as lessor
224	224	or lessee, construct, develop, own, operate, and maintain parking
225	225	facilities or a system of parking facilities, including:
226	226	(1) lots, garages, parking terminals, or other
227	227	structures or accommodations for parking motor vehicles off the
228	228	streets; and
229	229	(2) equipment, entrances, exits, fencing, and other
230	230	accessories necessary for safety and convenience in parking
231	231	vehicles.
232	232	(b) A parking facility of the district may be leased to or
233	233	operated for the district by an entity other than the district.
234	234	(c) The district's parking facilities are a program
235	235	authorized by the legislature under Section 52-a, Article III,
236	236	Texas Constitution.
237	237	(d) The district's parking facilities serve the public
238	238	purposes of the district and are owned, used, and held for a public
239	239	purpose even if leased or operated by a private entity for a term of
240	240	years.
241	241	Sec. 4006.0402. RULES. The district may adopt rules
242	242	governing the district's parking facilities.
243	243	Sec. 4006.0403. FINANCING OF PARKING FACILITIES. (a) The
244	244	district may use any of its resources, including revenue,
245	245	assessments, sales and use taxes, hotel occupancy taxes, or grant
246	246	or contract proceeds, to pay the cost of acquiring or operating
247	247	parking facilities.
248	248	(b) The district may:
249	249	(1) set, charge, impose, and collect fees, charges, or
250	250	tolls for the use of the parking facilities; and
251	251	(2) issue revenue bonds or notes to finance the cost of
252	252	the parking facilities.
253	253	SUBCHAPTER E. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS; ASSESSMENTS
254	254	Sec. 4006.0501. DISBURSEMENTS AND TRANSFERS OF MONEY. The
255	255	board by resolution shall establish the number of director's
256	256	signatures and the procedure required for a disbursement or
257	257	transfer of the district's money.
258	258	Sec. 4006.0502. MONEY USED FOR IMPROVEMENTS OR SERVICES.
259	259	The district may acquire, construct, finance, operate, or maintain
260	260	an improvement or service authorized under this chapter or Chapter
261	261	383, Local Government Code, using any money available to the
262	262	district for that purpose.
263	263	Sec. 4006.0503. ASSESSMENTS; LIENS FOR ASSESSMENTS. (a)
264	264	The board may impose and collect assessments in the manner
265	265	specified by Subchapter F, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, and
266	266	this section for any purpose authorized by this chapter in all or
267	267	any part of the district.
268	268	(b) An assessment, a reassessment, or an assessment
269	269	resulting from an addition to or correction of the assessment roll
270	270	by the district, penalties and interest on an assessment or
271	271	reassessment, an expense of collection, and reasonable attorney's
272	272	fees incurred by the district:
273	273	(1) are a first and prior lien against the property
274	274	assessed;
275	275	(2) are superior to any other lien or claim other than
276	276	a lien or claim for county, school district, or municipal ad valorem
277	277	taxes; and
278	278	(3) are the personal liability of and a charge against
279	279	the owners of the property even if the owners are not named in the
280	280	assessment proceedings.
281	281	(c) The lien is effective from the date of the board's
282	282	resolution imposing the assessment until the date the assessment is
283	283	paid. The board may enforce the lien in the same manner that a
284	284	taxing unit, as that term is defined by Section 1.04, Tax Code, may
285	285	enforce an ad valorem tax lien against real property.
286	286	(d) The board may make a correction to or deletion from the
287	287	assessment roll that does not increase the amount of assessment of
288	288	any parcel of land without providing notice and holding a hearing in
289	289	the manner required for additional assessments.
290	290	Sec. 4006.0504. UTILITY PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM ASSESSMENTS.
291	291	The district may not impose an assessment on the property,
292	292	including the equipment, rights-of-way, facilities, or
293	293	improvements, of:
294	294	(1) an electric utility or a power generation company
295	295	as defined by Section 31.002, Utilities Code;
296	296	(2) a gas utility as defined by Section 101.003 or
297	297	121.001, Utilities Code;
298	298	(3) a telecommunications provider as defined by
299	299	Section 51.002, Utilities Code; or
300	300	(4) a person who provides to the public cable
301	301	television or advanced telecommunications services.
302	302	Sec. 4006.0505. AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY AND TO ISSUE
303	303	BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS. (a) The district may borrow money on
304	304	terms determined by the board. Section 375.205, Local Government
305	305	Code, does not apply to a loan, line of credit, or other borrowing
306	306	from a bank or financial institution secured by revenue.
307	307	(b) The district may, without an election, issue revenue
308	308	bonds, notes, or other obligations payable wholly or partly from
309	309	sales and use taxes, hotel occupancy taxes, assessments, revenue,
310	310	contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any
311	311	combination of those sources of money, to pay for any authorized
312	312	district purpose.
313	313	Sec. 4006.0506. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY NOT REQUIRED. The
314	314	board is not required to obtain consent to the creation of the
315	315	district or to the inclusion of land in the district from any
316	316	municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial
317	317	jurisdiction the district is located before the board issues bonds.
318	318	SUBCHAPTER F. SALES AND USE TAX
319	319	Sec. 4006.0601. MEANINGS OF WORDS AND PHRASES. A word or
320	320	phrase used in this subchapter that is defined by Chapters 151 and
321	321	321, Tax Code, has the meaning assigned by Chapters 151 and 321, Tax
322	322	Code.
323	323	Sec. 4006.0602. APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN TAX CODE
324	324	PROVISIONS. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter,
325	325	Subtitles A and B, Title 2, Tax Code, and Chapter 151, Tax Code,
326	326	apply to taxes imposed under this subchapter and to the
327	327	administration and enforcement of those taxes in the same manner
328	328	that those laws apply to state taxes.
329	329	(b) Chapter 321, Tax Code, relating to municipal sales and
330	330	use taxes, applies to the application, collection, change, and
331	331	administration of a sales and use tax imposed under this subchapter
332	332	to the extent consistent with this chapter, as if references in
333	333	Chapter 321, Tax Code, to a municipality referred to the district
334	334	and references to a governing body referred to the board.
335	335	(c) Sections 321.106, 321.401, 321.402, 321.403, 321.404,
336	336	321.406, 321.409, 321.506, 321.507, and 321.508, Tax Code, do not
337	337	apply to a tax imposed under this subchapter.
338	338	Sec. 4006.0603. AUTHORIZATION; ELECTION. (a) The district
339	339	may adopt a sales and use tax to serve the purposes of the district
340	340	after an election in which a majority of the voters of the district
341	341	voting in the election authorize the adoption of the tax.
342	342	(b) The board by order may call an election to authorize a
343	343	sales and use tax. The election may be held with any other district
344	344	election.
345	345	(c) The district shall provide notice of the election and
346	346	shall call the election in the manner prescribed by Sections
347	347	383.031 and 383.032, Local Government Code.
348	348	(d) The ballots shall be printed to provide for voting for
349	349	or against the proposition: "Authorization of a sales and use tax in
350	350	the Williamson County Development District No. 1 at a rate not to
351	351	exceed ___ percent."
352	352	Sec. 4006.0604. ABOLISHING SALES AND USE TAX. (a) Except
353	353	as provided by Subsection (b), the board may abolish the sales and
354	354	use tax without an election.
355	355	(b) The board may not abolish the sales and use tax if the
356	356	district has outstanding debt secured by the tax.
357	357	Sec. 4006.0605. SALES AND USE TAX RATE. (a) On adoption of
358	358	the tax authorized by this subchapter, a tax is imposed on the
359	359	receipts from the sale at retail of taxable items in the district
360	360	and an excise tax is imposed on the use, storage, or other
361	361	consumption in the district of taxable items purchased, leased, or
362	362	rented from a retailer during the period that the tax is in effect.
363	363	(b) The board shall determine the rate of the tax, which may
364	364	be in one-eighth of one percent increments not to exceed the maximum
365	365	rate authorized by the district voters at the election. The board
366	366	may lower the tax rate to the extent the rate does not impair any
367	367	outstanding debt or obligations payable from the tax.
368	368	(c) The rate of the excise tax is the same as the rate of the
369	369	sales tax portion of the tax and is applied to the sales price of the
370	370	taxable item.
371	371	SUBCHAPTER G. HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAXES
372	372	Sec. 4006.0701. HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX. (a) In this section,
373	373	"hotel" has the meaning assigned by Section 156.001, Tax Code.
374	374	(b) For purposes of this section, a reference in Chapter
375	375	351, Tax Code, to a municipality is a reference to the district and
376	376	a reference in Chapter 351, Tax Code, to the municipality's
377	377	officers or governing body is a reference to the board.
378	378	(c) Except as inconsistent with this section, Subchapter A,
379	379	Chapter 351, Tax Code, governs a hotel occupancy tax authorized by
380	380	this section.
381	381	(d) The district may impose a hotel occupancy tax and use
382	382	the revenue from the tax for any district purpose that is an
383	383	authorized use of hotel occupancy tax revenue under Chapter 351,
384	384	Tax Code.
385	385	(e) The board by order may impose, repeal, increase, or
386	386	decrease the rate of a tax on a person who, under a lease,
387	387	concession, permit, right of access, license, contract, or
388	388	agreement, pays for the use or possession or for the right to the
389	389	use or possession of a room that:
390	390	(1) is in a hotel located in the district's boundaries;
391	391	(2) costs $2 or more each day; and
392	392	(3) is ordinarily used for sleeping.
393	393	(f) The amount of the tax may not exceed seven percent of the
394	394	price paid for a room in a hotel.
395	395	(g) The district may examine and receive information
396	396	related to the imposition of hotel occupancy taxes to the same
397	397	extent as if the district were a municipality.
398	398	SECTION 2. The Williamson County Development District No. 1
399	399	initially includes all territory contained in the following area:
400	400	BEING a 148.88 acre tract of land situated in the Rachael Saul
401	401	Survey, Abstract Number 551 and the Thomas P. Davy Survey, Abstract
402	402	Number 169, in Williamson County, Texas, being all portion of the
403	403	tracts of land described as Tract One and Tract Two in the deed to
404	404	Pearson Ranch, LLC recorded in Document Number 2019122036, Official
405	405	Public Records of Williamson County, Texas, and a portion of
406	406	Pearson Ranch West, Phase 1, an addition in Williamson County,
407	407	Texas recorded in Document Number 2021146789, Official Public
408	408	Records of Williamson County, Texas, said 148.88 acre tract of land
409	409	being more particularly described as follows;
410	410	BEGINNING at a point in the north right-of-way line of North
411	411	State Highway 45W (a variable width right-of-way) being the common
412	412	south corner of said Pearson Ranch, LLC tract and a tract of land
413	413	described as Tract 1 in the deed to JME-JFE Limited Partnership
414	414	recorded in Document Number 2012056983, Official Public Records of
415	415	Williamson County, Texas;
416	416	THENCE South 68 degrees 25 minutes 02 seconds West, along the
417	417	north right-of-way line of North State Highway 45W, a distance of
418	418	95.48 feet to a point for corner;
419	419	THENCE South 22 degrees 12 minutes 41 seconds West,
420	420	continuing along the north right-of-way line of North State Highway
421	421	45W, a distance of 27.72 feet to a point for corner;
422	422	THENCE South 67 degrees 43 minutes 05 seconds West,
423	423	continuing along the north right-of-way line of North State Highway
424	424	45W, a distance of 1,426.94 feet to a point for corner;
425	425	THENCE South 65 degrees 14 minutes 23 seconds West,
426	426	continuing along the north right-of-way line of North State Highway
427	427	45W, a distance of 228.74 feet to a point for the beginning of a
428	428	circular curve to the right, having a radius of 2,844.79 feet and
429	429	whose chord bears South 66 degrees 13 minutes 40 seconds West, a
430	430	chord distance of 110.08 feet;
431	431	THENCE Southwesterly, continuing along the north
432	432	right-of-way line of North State Highway 45W and said circular
433	433	curve to the left, through a central angle of 02 degrees 13 minutes
434	434	02 seconds, an arc length of 110.09 feet to point for corner at the
435	435	end of said curve;
436	436	THENCE South 67 degrees 16 minutes 38 seconds West,
437	437	continuing along the north right-of-way line of North State Highway
438	438	45W, a distance of 12.96 feet to a point for corner;
439	439	THENCE South 67 degrees 32 minutes 33 seconds West,
440	440	continuing along the north right-of-way line of North State Highway
441	441	45W, a distance of 830.67 feet to point for corner;
442	442	THENCE South 68 degrees 18 minutes 17 seconds West,
443	443	continuing along the north right-of-way line of North State Highway
444	444	45W, a distance of 841.90 feet to point for corner in the north
445	445	right-of-way line of the Southern Pacific Railroad (100' wide);
446	446	THENCE North 69 degrees 12 minutes 37 seconds West, departing
447	447	the north right-of-way line of North State Highway 45W and along the
448	448	north right-of-way line of the Southern Pacific Railroad, a
449	449	distance of 545.04 feet to a point for corner;
450	450	THENCE North 00 degrees 07 minutes 59 seconds West, departing
451	451	the north right-of-way line of the Southern Pacific Railroad, a
452	452	distance of 275.22 feet to a point for corner;
453	453	THENCE North 00 degrees 09 minutes 50 seconds West, a
454	454	distance of 981.45 feet to a point for corner;
455	455	THENCE North 68 degrees 46 minutes 14 seconds East, a
456	456	distance of 1,549.15 feet to a point for corner;
457	457	THENCE North 68 degrees 50 minutes 57 seconds East, a
458	458	distance of 590.38 feet to a point for corner;
459	459	THENCE North 17 degrees 54 minutes 02 seconds West, a
460	460	distance of 1,320.44 feet to a point for corner;
461	461	THENCE North 68 degrees 59 minutes 52 seconds East, a
462	462	distance of 708.02 feet to a point for corner;
463	463	THENCE South 17 degrees 54 minutes 30 seconds East, a
464	464	distance of 1,137.92 feet to a point for corner;
465	465	THENCE North 84 degrees 50 minutes 51 seconds East, a
466	466	distance of 930.90 feet to a point for corner;
467	467	THENCE South 10 degrees 36 minutes 54 seconds East, a
468	468	distance of 674.79 feet to a point for corner;
469	469	THENCE South 10 degrees 40 minutes 16 seconds East, a
470	470	distance of 290.66 feet to a point for corner;
471	471	THENCE South 10 degrees 37 minutes 54 seconds East, a
472	472	distance of 417.94 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING and CONTAINING a
473	473	computed area of 155.79 acres, or 6,786,298 square feet of land,
474	474	more or less.
475	475	SAVE AND EXCEPT that portion located within the municipality,
476	476	all of Lot 1, Block A, said Pearson Ranch West, Texas, Phase 1,
477	477	being 6.909 acres or 300,970 square feet LEAVING A NET ACREAGE of
478	478	148.88 acres or 6,485,328 square feet of land, more or less.
479	479	SECTION 3. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
480	480	introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
481	481	Act, has been published as provided by law.
482	482	(b) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
483	483	state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
484	484	to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act have been
485	485	fulfilled and accomplished.
486	486	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
487	487	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
488	488	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
489	489	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
490	490	Act takes effect September 1, 2023.