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1	1	H.B. No. 5372
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4	4	relating to the creation of The Grand Prairie Management District;
5	5	providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose
6	6	assessments, fees, and taxes.
7	7	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	8	SECTION 1. Subtitle C, Title 4, Special District Local Laws
9	9	Code, is amended by adding Chapter 4005 to read as follows:
10	10	CHAPTER 4005. THE GRAND PRAIRIE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
11	11	SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
12	12	Sec. 4005.0101. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
13	13	(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.
14	14	(2) "County" means Harris County.
15	15	(3) "Director" means a board member.
16	16	(4) "District" means The Grand Prairie Management
17	17	District.
18	18	Sec. 4005.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The Grand Prairie
19	19	Management District is a special district created under Section 59,
20	20	Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
21	21	Sec. 4005.0103. PURPOSE; DECLARATION OF INTENT. (a) The
22	22	creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of
23	23	Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI,
24	24	Texas Constitution, and other public purposes stated in this
25	25	chapter.
26	26	(b) By creating the district and in authorizing the county
27	27	and other political subdivisions to contract with the district, the
28	28	legislature has established a program to accomplish the public
29	29	purposes set out in Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, Texas
30	30	Constitution.
31	31	(c) The creation of the district is necessary to promote,
32	32	develop, encourage, and maintain employment, commerce,
33	33	transportation, housing, tourism, recreation, the arts,
34	34	entertainment, economic development, safety, and the public
35	35	welfare in the district.
36	36	(d) This chapter and the creation of the district may not be
37	37	interpreted to relieve the county or a municipality from providing
38	38	the level of services provided as of the effective date of the Act
39	39	enacting this chapter to the area in the district. The district is
40	40	created to supplement and not to supplant county or municipal
41	41	services provided in the district.
42	42	Sec. 4005.0104. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
43	43	(a) All land and other property included in the district will
44	44	benefit from the improvements and services to be provided by the
45	45	district under powers conferred by Sections 52 and 52-a, Article
46	46	III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other
47	47	powers granted under 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, road, and
70	70	recreational facilities for the district.
71	71	(e) Pedestrian ways along or across a street, whether at
72	72	grade or above or below the surface, and street lighting, street
73	73	landscaping, parking, and street art objects are parts of and
74	74	necessary components of a street and are considered to be a street
75	75	or road improvement.
76	76	(f) The district will not act as the agent or
77	77	instrumentality of any private interest even though the district
78	78	will benefit many private interests as well as the public.
79	79	Sec. 4005.0105. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY. (a) The
80	80	district is initially composed of the territory described by
81	81	Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.
82	82	(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of
83	83	the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake in the
84	84	field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process
85	85	does not affect the district's:
86	86	(1) organization, existence, or validity;
87	87	(2) right to issue any type of bonds for the purposes
88	88	for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and
89	89	interest on the bonds;
90	90	(3) right to impose or collect an assessment or tax; or
91	91	(4) legality or operation.
92	92	Sec. 4005.0106. ELIGIBILITY FOR INCLUSION IN SPECIAL ZONES.
93	93	All or any part of the area of the district is eligible to be
94	94	included in:
95	95	(1) a tax increment reinvestment zone created under
96	96	Chapter 311, Tax Code; or
97	97	(2) a tax abatement reinvestment zone created under
98	98	Chapter 312, Tax Code.
99	99	Sec. 4005.0107. APPLICABILITY OF MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT
100	100	DISTRICTS LAW. Except as otherwise provided by this chapter,
101	101	Chapter 375, Local Government Code, applies to the district.
102	102	Sec. 4005.0108. CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER. This chapter
103	103	shall be liberally construed in conformity with the findings and
104	104	purposes stated in this chapter.
105	105	SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
106	106	Sec. 4005.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district is
107	107	governed by a board of five directors elected or appointed as
108	108	provided by this chapter and Subchapter D, Chapter 49, Water Code.
109	109	(b) Except as provided by Section 4005.0203, directors
110	110	serve staggered four-year terms.
111	111	Sec. 4005.0202. COMPENSATION. A director is entitled to
112	112	receive fees of office and reimbursement for actual expenses as
113	113	provided by Section 49.060, Water Code. Sections 375.069 and
114	114	375.070, Local Government Code, do not apply to the board.
115	115	Sec. 4005.0203. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS. (a) On or after the
116	116	effective date of the Act creating this chapter, the owner or owners
117	117	of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the
118	118	district according to the most recent certified tax appraisal roll
119	119	for the county may submit a petition to the Texas Commission on
120	120	Environmental Quality requesting that the commission appoint as
121	121	temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The
122	122	commission shall appoint as temporary directors the five persons
123	123	named in the petition.
124	124	(b) The temporary or successor temporary directors shall
125	125	hold an election to elect five permanent directors as provided by
126	126	Section 49.102, Water Code.
127	127	(c) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:
128	128	(1) the date permanent directors are elected under
129	129	Subsection (b); or
130	130	(2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of
131	131	the Act creating this chapter.
132	132	(d) If permanent directors have not been elected under
133	133	Subsection (b) and the terms of the temporary directors have
134	134	expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or
135	135	reappointed as provided by Subsection (e) to serve terms that
136	136	expire on the earlier of:
137	137	(1) the date permanent directors are elected under
138	138	Subsection (b); or
139	139	(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the
140	140	appointment or reappointment.
141	141	(e) If Subsection (d) applies, the owner or owners of a
142	142	majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district
143	143	according to the most recent certified tax appraisal roll for the
144	144	county may submit a petition to the Texas Commission on
145	145	Environmental Quality requesting that the commission appoint as
146	146	successor temporary directors the five persons named in the
147	147	petition. The commission shall appoint as successor temporary
148	148	directors the five persons named in the petition.
149	149	SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES
150	150	Sec. 4005.0301. 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.
153	153	Sec. 4005.0302. IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND SERVICES. (a) The
154	154	district, using any money available to the district for the
155	155	purpose, may provide, design, construct, acquire, improve,
156	156	relocate, operate, maintain, or finance an improvement project or
157	157	service authorized under this chapter or Chapter 375, Local
158	158	Government Code.
159	159	(b) The district may contract with a governmental or private
160	160	entity to carry out an action under Subsection (a).
161	161	(c) The implementation of a district project or service is a
162	162	governmental function or service for the purposes of Chapter 791,
163	163	Government Code.
164	164	Sec. 4005.0303. LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES. To protect the
165	165	public interest, the district may contract with a qualified party,
166	166	including the county, to provide law enforcement services in the
167	167	district for a fee.
168	168	Sec. 4005.0304. MEMBERSHIP IN CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS.
169	169	The district may join and pay dues to a charitable or nonprofit
170	170	organization that performs a service or provides an activity
171	171	consistent with the furtherance of a district purpose.
172	172	Sec. 4005.0305. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. (a) The
173	173	district may engage in activities that accomplish the economic
174	174	development purposes of the district.
175	175	(b) The district may establish and provide for the
176	176	administration of one or more programs to promote state or local
177	177	economic development and to stimulate business and commercial
178	178	activity in the district, including programs to:
179	179	(1) make loans and grants of public money; and
180	180	(2) provide district personnel and services.
181	181	(c) The district may create economic development programs
182	182	and exercise the economic development powers provided to
183	183	municipalities by:
184	184	(1) Chapter 380, Local Government Code; and
185	185	(2) Subchapter A, Chapter 1509, Government Code.
186	186	Sec. 4005.0306. PARKING FACILITIES. (a) The district may
187	187	acquire, lease as lessor or lessee, construct, develop, own,
188	188	operate, and maintain parking facilities or a system of parking
189	189	facilities, including lots, garages, parking terminals, or other
190	190	structures or accommodations for parking motor vehicles off the
191	191	streets and related appurtenances.
192	192	(b) The district's parking facilities serve the public
193	193	purposes of the district and are owned, used, and held for a public
194	194	purpose even if leased or operated by a private entity for a term of
195	195	years.
196	196	(c) The district's parking facilities are parts of and
197	197	necessary components of a street and are considered to be a street
198	198	or road improvement.
199	199	(d) The development and operation of the district's parking
200	200	facilities may be considered an economic development program.
201	201	Sec. 4005.0307. ADDING OR EXCLUDING LAND. The district may
202	202	add or exclude land in the manner provided by Subchapter J, Chapter
203	203	49, Water Code, or by Subchapter H, Chapter 54, Water Code.
204	204	Sec. 4005.0308. DISBURSEMENTS AND TRANSFERS OF MONEY. The
205	205	board by resolution shall establish the number of directors'
206	206	signatures and the procedure required for a disbursement or
207	207	transfer of district money.
208	208	Sec. 4005.0309. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. The district may
209	209	not exercise the power of eminent domain.
210	210	SUBCHAPTER D. ASSESSMENTS
211	211	Sec. 4005.0401. PETITION REQUIRED FOR FINANCING SERVICES
212	212	AND IMPROVEMENTS WITH ASSESSMENTS. (a) The board may not finance a
213	213	service or improvement project with assessments under this chapter
214	214	unless a written petition requesting that service or improvement
215	215	has been filed with the board.
216	216	(b) A petition filed under Subsection (a) must be signed by
217	217	the owners of a majority of the assessed value of real property in
218	218	the district subject to assessment according to the most recent
219	219	certified tax appraisal roll for the county.
220	220	Sec. 4005.0402. ASSESSMENTS; LIENS FOR ASSESSMENTS. (a)
221	221	The board by resolution may impose and collect an assessment for any
222	222	purpose authorized by this chapter in all or any part of the
223	223	district.
224	224	(b) An assessment, a reassessment, or an assessment
225	225	resulting from an addition to or correction of the assessment roll
226	226	by the district, penalties and interest on an assessment or
227	227	reassessment, an expense of collection, and reasonable attorney's
228	228	fees incurred by the district:
229	229	(1) are a first and prior lien against the property
230	230	assessed;
231	231	(2) are superior to any other lien or claim other than
232	232	a lien or claim for county, school district, or municipal ad valorem
233	233	taxes; and
234	234	(3) are the personal liability of and a charge against
235	235	the owners of the property even if the owners are not named in the
236	236	assessment proceedings.
237	237	(c) The lien is effective from the date of the board's
238	238	resolution imposing the assessment until the date the assessment is
239	239	paid. The board may enforce the lien in the same manner that the
240	240	board may enforce an ad valorem tax lien against real property.
241	241	(d) The board may make a correction to or deletion from the
242	242	assessment roll that does not increase the amount of assessment of
243	243	any parcel of land without providing notice and holding a hearing in
244	244	the manner required for additional assessments.
245	245	SUBCHAPTER E. TAXES AND BONDS
246	246	Sec. 4005.0501. TAX ELECTION REQUIRED. The district must
247	247	hold an election in the manner provided by Chapter 49, Water Code,
248	248	or, if applicable, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, to obtain
249	249	voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax.
250	250	Sec. 4005.0502. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. (a) If
251	251	authorized by a majority of the district voters voting at an
252	252	election under Section 4005.0501, the district may impose an
253	253	operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district
254	254	in the manner provided by Section 49.107, Water Code, for any
255	255	district purpose, including to:
256	256	(1) maintain and operate the district;
257	257	(2) construct or acquire improvements; or
258	258	(3) provide a service.
259	259	(b) The board shall determine the operation and maintenance
260	260	tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the
261	261	election.
262	262	Sec. 4005.0503. AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY AND TO ISSUE
263	263	BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS. (a) The district may borrow money on
264	264	terms determined by the board.
265	265	(b) The district may issue bonds, notes, or other
266	266	obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes,
267	267	assessments, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or
268	268	other district money, or any combination of those sources of money,
269	269	to pay for any authorized district purpose.
270	270	(c) The limitation on the outstanding principal amount of
271	271	bonds, notes, or other obligations provided by Section 49.4645,
272	272	Water Code, does not apply to the district.
273	273	Sec. 4005.0504. BONDS SECURED BY REVENUE OR CONTRACT
274	274	PAYMENTS. The district may issue, without an election, bonds
275	275	secured by:
276	276	(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes, including
277	277	contract revenues; or
278	278	(2) contract payments, provided that the requirements
279	279	of Section 49.108, Water Code, have been met.
280	280	Sec. 4005.0505. BONDS SECURED BY AD VALOREM TAXES;
281	281	ELECTIONS. (a) If authorized at an election under Section
282	282	4005.0501, the district may issue bonds payable from ad valorem
283	283	taxes.
284	284	(b) Section 375.243, Local Government Code, does not apply
285	285	to the district.
286	286	(c) At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or
287	287	partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual
288	288	imposition of a continuing direct annual ad valorem tax, without
289	289	limit as to rate or amount, for each year that all or part of the
290	290	bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by
291	291	Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
292	292	(d) All or any part of any facilities or improvements that
293	293	may be acquired by a district by the issuance of its bonds may be
294	294	submitted as a single proposition or as several propositions to be
295	295	voted on at the election.
296	296	Sec. 4005.0506. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED. (a) The
297	297	board may not issue bonds until each municipality in whose
298	298	corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is
299	299	located has consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of
300	300	the district and to the inclusion of land in the district, as
301	301	required by applicable law.
302	302	(b) This section applies only to the district's first
303	303	issuance of bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.
304	304	SUBCHAPTER I. DISSOLUTION
305	305	Sec. 4005.0901. DISSOLUTION. (a) The board shall dissolve
306	306	the district on written petition filed with the board by the owners
307	307	of at least two-thirds of the assessed value of the property subject
308	308	to assessment or taxation by the district based on the most recent
309	309	certified county property tax rolls.
310	310	(b) The board by majority vote may dissolve the district at
311	311	any time.
312	312	(c) The district may not be dissolved by its board under
313	313	Subsection (a) or (b) if the district:
314	314	(1) has any outstanding bonded indebtedness until that
315	315	bonded indebtedness has been repaid or defeased in accordance with
316	316	the order or resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds;
317	317	(2) has a contractual obligation to pay money until
318	318	that obligation has been fully paid in accordance with the
319	319	contract; or
320	320	(3) owns, operates, or maintains public works,
321	321	facilities, or improvements unless the district contracts with
322	322	another person for the ownership, operation, or maintenance of the
323	323	public works, facilities, or improvements.
324	324	(d) Sections 375.261, 375.262, and 375.264, Local
325	325	Government Code, do not apply to the district.
326	326	SECTION 2. The Grand Prairie Management District initially
327	327	includes all territory contained in the following area:
328	328	TRACT 1: 39.38 acres.
329	329	Being a 39.38 acre tract of land located in the Edward R.
330	330	Green Survey, Abstract No. 307, Harris County, Texas; said 39.38
331	331	acre tract being all of a called 39.365 acre tract recorded in the
332	332	name of Betty Sue Dennison Stahman, Cathy Annette Dennison Felts,
333	333	and the heirs/devisees of Bobby Gene Dennison under Clerk's File
334	334	(C.F.) No. RP-2020-285720 of the Official Public Records of Real
335	335	Property of Harris County (O.P.R.R.P.H.C.) (reference C.F.
336	336	No. J223460 O.P.RR.P.H.C.); said 39.38 acre tract being more
337	337	particularly described by metes and bounds as follows (all bearings
338	338	are referenced to the Texas Coordinate System, North American Datum
339	339	of 1983 (NAD83), South Central Zone):
340	340	Beginning at a 1-inch iron pipe found on the west
341	341	right-of-way (R.O.W.) line of Warren Ranch Road (monumented and
342	342	occupied as sixty-feet wide) on the north line of the James O'Brien
343	343	Survey, Abstract No. 615, and the south line of said Edward R. Green
344	344	Survey, at the northeast corner of a called 617.0 acre tract
345	345	recorded in the name of Emptor Hockley LLC under C.F
346	346	No. RP-2020-106668 of the O.P.R.R.P.H.C., for the southeast corner
347	347	of said 39.365 acre tract and the herein described tract;
348	348	1. THENCE, with the common line of said James O'Brien Survey
349	349	and Edward R. Green Survey, being the north line of said 617.0 acre
350	350	tract and the south line of said 39.365 acre tract, South 88 degrees
351	351	01 minutes 10 seconds West, a distance of 2,049.96 feet (called
352	352	S89^55'13"W 2,050.10') to a 5/8-inch capped iron rod (COSTELLO)
353	353	found at the southeast corner of a called 198.4 acre tract recorded
354	354	in the name of Emptor Betka, LLC under C.F. No. RP-2020-616041 of
355	355	the O.P.R.R.P.H.C., for the southwest corner of the herein
356	356	described tract;
357	357	2. THENCE, with the east line of said 198.4 acre tract,
358	358	being the west line of said 39.365 acre tract, North 01 degrees 48
359	359	minutes 44 seconds West, a distance of 1,046.67 feet (called
360	360	N00^04'57"E 1,046.77') to a set 5/8-inch capped iron rod
361	361	(COSTELLO), at the southwest corner of a called 30 acre tract
362	362	recorded in the name of F.E. Dennison under C.F. No. B746174 of the
363	363	O.P.R.R.P.H.C., for the northwest corner of the herein described
364	364	tract;
365	365	3. THENCE, with the south line of said 30 acre tract being
366	366	the north line of said 39.365 acre tract, North 87 degrees 51
367	367	minutes 54 seconds East, a distance of 808.07 feet (called
368	368	N89^47'26"E 807.49') to a set 5/8-inch capped iron rod (COSTELLO) at
369	369	the northwest corner of a called 10.000 acre tract recorded in the
370	370	name of Victor Pascual under C.F. No. RP-2018-114889 of the
371	371	O.P.R.R.P.H.C., for the northerly northeast corner of the herein
372	372	described tract;
373	373	4. THENCE, with the west line of said 10.000 acre tract,
374	374	being the easterly line of said 39.365 acre tract, South 01 degrees
375	375	53 minutes 23 seconds East, a distance of 351.00 feet (called
376	376	S00^00'40"W 351.00') to a set 5/8-inch capped iron rod (COSTELLO) at
377	377	the southwest corner of said 10.000 acre tract, for an interior
378	378	corner for the herein described tract;
379	379	5. THENCE, with the south line of said 10.000 acre tract,
380	380	being the north line of said 39.365 acre tract, North 87 degrees 51
381	381	minutes 54 seconds East, a distance of 1,241.03 feet (called
382	382	N89^45'13"E 1,241.03') to a set 5/8-inch capped iron rod (COSTELLO)
383	383	on the west R.O.W. like of said Warren Ranch Road, at the southeast
384	384	corner of said 10.000 acre tract, for the easterly northeast corner
385	385	of the herein described tract, from which a 1/2-inch capped iron rod
386	386	(PRECISION) found at the northeast corner of said 10.000 acre
387	387	tract, being the southeast corner of said 30 acre tract bears North
388	388	01 degrees 53 minutes 20 seconds West, a distance of 351.00 feet;
389	389	6. THENCE, with the west R.O.W. line of said Warren Ranch
390	390	Road, being the east line of said 39.365 acre tract, South 01
391	391	degrees 50 minutes 47 seconds East, a distance of 701.20 feet
392	392	(called S00^00'40"W 701.21') to the Point of Beginning and
393	393	containing 39.38 acres of land.
394	394	TRACT 2: 25.003 acres.
395	395	COMMENCING FOR REFERENCE: At a 1/2 inch iron rod set in the
396	396	West line of Warren Ranch Road for the Northeast corner of the above
397	397	30 acre tract and the Southeast corner of a 20 acre tract (Volume
398	398	3317, Page 398 Deed Records), said point also being the Northeast
399	399	corner of a 2.000 acre tract (Tract 1 being surveyed at the same
400	400	time as this tract and not yet recorded);
401	401	THENCE: South 02° 29' 44" East a distance of 174.51 feet to a
402	402	1/2 inch iron pipe found in the West line of Warren Ranch Road and
403	403	being the Northeast corner of a 1.0 acre tract (Clerk's File
404	404	No. U766462) and being the Southeast comer of the 2.000 acre tract
405	405	(Tract 1);
406	406	THENCE: South 02° 08' 51" East a distance of 183.33 feet to a
407	407	3/4 inch iron pipe found in the West line of Warren Ranch Road for
408	408	the Southeast comer of the 1.0 acre tract and being the Easternmost
409	409	Northeast corner and PLACE OF BEGINNING of the herein described
410	410	tract;
411	411	THENCE: South 01° 48' 54" East a distance of 280.37 feet to a
412	412	1/2 inch iron rod found in the West line of Warren Ranch Road for the
413	413	Southeast comer of both the herein described tract and the above 30
414	414	acre tract, said point being the Northeast comer of a 10.000 acre
415	415	tract (Clerk's File No. RP-2018-114889);
416	416	THENCE: South 87° 54' 12" West at a distance of 1241.03 feet
417	417	passing a 1/2 inch iron rod found 1.4 feet to the right for the
418	418	Northwest comer of the 10.000 acre tract and a Northeast comer of a
419	419	39.365 acre tract (Clerk's File No. RP-2020-285720) and continuing
420	420	on for a total distance of 2047.40 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod set
421	421	for the Southwest corner of both the herein described tract and the
422	422	30 acre tract, said point being the Northwest corner of the 39.365
423	423	acre tract located in the East line of a tract of land being part of
424	424	a called 836.784 acre tract (Clerk's File No. Yl73252);
425	425	THENCE: North 02° 04' 03" West a distance of 638.10 feet to a
426	426	1/2 inch iron rod found for the Northwest comer of both the herein
427	427	described tract and the 30 acre tract and being the Southwest corner
428	428	of a 65.239 acre tract (Clerk's File No. RP-2020-175741) located in
429	429	the East line of the 836.784 acre tract;
430	430	THENCE: North 87° 54' 02" East at a distance of 1133.69 feet
431	431	passing a 4 inch iron pipe found for the Southeast corner of the
432	432	65.239 acre tract and the Southwest comer of the before mentioned 20
433	433	acre tract and continuing on for a total distance of 1438.49 feet to
434	434	a 1/2 inch iron rod set for the Northernmost Northeast corner of the
435	435	herein described tract located in the South line of the 20 acre
436	436	tract, said point being the Northwest corner of the before
437	437	mentioned 2.000 acre tract (Tract 1), from said point the
438	438	commencing point described above bears North 87° 54' 02" East a
439	439	distance of 608.59 feet;
440	440	THENCE: South 02° 08' 52" East at a distance of 122.82 feet
441	441	passing a 1/2 inch iron rod set for the Westernmost Southwest comer
442	442	of the 2.000 acre tract (Tract 1) and the Northwest comer of a 2.000
443	443	acre tract (Tract 2 being surveyed at the same time as this tract
444	444	and not yet recorded), continuing on for a total distance of 357.20
445	445	feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod set for an interior corner of this tract
446	446	and the Southwest corner of the 2.000 acre tract (Tract 2);
447	447	THENCE: North 87° 57' 38" East at a distance of 371.71 feet
448	448	passing a 1/2 inch iron rod set for the Southeast corner of Tract 2
449	449	and the Southwest corner of the before mentioned 1.0 acre tract and
450	450	continuing on for a total distance of 609.65 feet to the PLACE OF
451	451	BEGINNING and containing 25.003 acres of land.
452	452	All bearings recited hereon are based on the West line of
453	453	Warren Ranch Road running South 01° 48' 54" East.
454	454	SECTION 3. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
455	455	introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
456	456	Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
457	457	copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
458	458	officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
459	459	under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
460	460	Government Code.
461	461	(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
462	462	submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
463	463	Environmental Quality.
464	464	(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
465	465	its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor,
466	466	lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives
467	467	within the required time.
468	468	(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
469	469	state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
470	470	to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act have been
471	471	fulfilled and accomplished.
472	472	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
473	473	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
474	474	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
475	475	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
476	476	Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
477	477	______________________________ ______________________________
478	478	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
479	479	I certify that H.B. No. 5372 was passed by the House on May 9,
480	480	2023, by the following vote: Yeas 107, Nays 35, 2 present, not
481	481	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
482	482	No. 5372 on May 25, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 116, Nays 22,
483	483	2 present, not voting.
484	484	______________________________
485	485	Chief Clerk of the House
486	486	I certify that H.B. No. 5372 was passed by the Senate, with
487	487	amendments, on May 23, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays
488	488	3, 1 present, not voting.
489	489	______________________________
490	490	Secretary of the Senate
491	491	APPROVED: __________________
492	492	Date
493	493	__________________
494	494	Governor