S.B. No. 2600
AN ACT
relating to the creation of the Firefly Municipal Utility District
No. 1; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing
authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose
assessments, fees, and taxes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle F, Title 6, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended by adding Chapter 7985A to read as follows:
CHAPTER 7985A. FIREFLY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 7985A.0101. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.
(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality.
(3) "Director" means a board member.
(4) "District" means the Firefly Municipal Utility
District No. 1.
Sec. 7985A.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a
municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI,
Texas Constitution.
Sec. 7985A.0103. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTOR ELECTION
REQUIRED. The temporary directors shall hold an election to
confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent
directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
Sec. 7985A.0104. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED. The
temporary directors may not hold an election under Section
7985A.0103 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or
extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has
consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the
district and to the inclusion of land in the district as required by
applicable law.
Sec. 7985A.0105. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
(a) The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit.
(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:
(1) a municipal utility district as provided by
general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and
(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that
relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation,
or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or
improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Sec. 7985A.0106. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY. (a) The
district is initially composed of the territory described by
Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.
(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of
the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the
field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process
does not affect the district's:
(1) organization, existence, or validity;
(2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes
for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and
interest on a bond;
(3) right to impose a tax; or
(4) legality or operation.
SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Sec. 7985A.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district
is governed by a board of five elected directors.
(b) Except as provided by Section 7985A.0202, directors
serve staggered four-year terms.
Sec. 7985A.0202. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS. (a) The temporary
board consists of:
(1) Mike Terechenok;
(2) Bryan D. Kinsler;
(3) Donnie Reed;
(4) Walker French; and
(5) Mark C. Hodges.
(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:
(1) the date permanent directors are elected under
Section 7985A.0103; or
(2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of
the Act enacting this chapter.
(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under
Section 7985A.0103 and the terms of the temporary directors have
expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or
reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that
expire on the earlier of:
(1) the date permanent directors are elected under
Section 7985A.0103; or
(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the
appointment or reappointment.
(d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a
majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district
may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the
commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five
persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as
successor temporary directors the five persons named in the
petition.
SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES
Sec. 7985A.0301. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district
has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
which the district is created.
Sec. 7985A.0302. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND
DUTIES. The district has the powers and duties provided by the
general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code,
applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59,
Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Sec. 7985A.0303. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS. Under
Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may
design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve,
operate, maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a
municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled,
or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid
of those roads.
Sec. 7985A.0304. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS. (a) A
road project must meet all applicable construction standards,
zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each
municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial
jurisdiction the road project is located.
(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits
or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road
project must meet all applicable construction standards,
subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which
the road project is located.
(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the
Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and
specifications of the road project.
Sec. 7985A.0305. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT
ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION. The district shall comply with all
applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is
adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that
consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land
in the district.
Sec. 7985A.0306. DIVISION OF DISTRICT. (a) The board, on
its own motion or on receipt of a petition signed by the owner or
owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in
the district, may adopt an order dividing the district.
(b) An order dividing a district may create one or more new
districts and may provide for the continuation of the district.
(c) An order dividing the district shall:
(1) name any new district;
(2) include the metes and bounds description of the
territory of each of the districts;
(3) appoint temporary directors for any new district;
and
(4) provide for the division of assets and liabilities
between the districts.
(d) The board may adopt an order dividing the district
before or after the date the board holds an election to confirm the
district's creation.
(e) The district may be divided only if the district:
(1) has never issued any bonds; and
(2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes.
(f) A new district created by the division of the district
may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land
outside the area described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this
chapter.
(g) On or before the 30th day after the date of adoption of
an order dividing the district, the district shall file the order
with the commission and record the order in the real property
records of each county in which the district is located.
(h) This chapter applies to any new district created by the
division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and
duties of the district.
(i) A new district created by the division of the district
shall hold a confirmation and directors' election.
(j) If the creation of the new district is confirmed, the
new district shall provide the election date and results to the
commission.
(k) A new district created by the division of the district
must hold an election as required by this chapter to obtain voter
approval before the district may impose a maintenance tax or issue
bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes.
(l) The district may continue to rely on confirmation,
directors', bond, or tax elections held prior to the division.
(m) Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to
the inclusion of land in the district acts as municipal consent to
the creation of any new district created by the division of the
district and to the inclusion of land in the new district.
SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 7985A.0401. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS. (a)
The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other
obligations secured by:
(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or
(2) contract payments described by Section
7985A.0403.
(b) The district must hold an election in the manner
provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval
before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds
payable from ad valorem taxes.
(c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem
taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a
vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an
election held for that purpose.
Sec. 7985A.0402. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. (a) If
authorized at an election held under Section 7985A.0401, the
district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable
property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water
Code.
(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not
exceed the rate approved at the election.
Sec. 7985A.0403. CONTRACT TAXES. (a) In accordance with
Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than
an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from
the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of
the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters
voting at an election held for that purpose.
(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a
provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by
the board without further voter approval.
SUBCHAPTER E. BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS
Sec. 7985A.0501. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER
OBLIGATIONS. The district may issue bonds or other obligations
payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees,
revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any
combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district
purpose.
Sec. 7985A.0502. TAXES FOR BONDS. At the time the district
issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the
board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing
direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all
or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner
provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
Sec. 7985A.0503. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS. At the time of
issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations
issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad
valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the
real property in the district.
SECTION 2. The Firefly Municipal Utility District No. 1
initially includes all the territory contained in the following
area:
A METES & BOUNDS description of a calculated 2,454 acre tract
of land situated in the Walker County School Land Survey, Abstract
No. 494, the Michael H. Hinch Survey, Abstract No. 253, and the
Presley Gill Survey, Abstract No. 230, in Montgomery County, Texas,
being all of a calculated 2,540 acre tract (Tract 1), being a
portion of a called 3,045.032 acre tract conveyed to East
Montgomery Acquisition Company LLC, a Texas limited liability
company, by deed recorded in Clerk's File No. 2021177868,
Montgomery County Official Public Records, being all of a called
5.00 acre tract conveyed to East Montgomery Acquisition Company
LLC, a Texas limited liability company, by deed recorded in Clerk's
File No. 2021177867, Montgomery County Official Public Records,
and being all of a called 4.709 acre tract conveyed to East
Montgomery Acquisition Company LLC, a Texas limited liability
company, by deed recorded in Clerk's File No. 2023003933,
Montgomery County Official Public Records, save and except a
calculated 20.720 acre tract (Tract 2), being all of called Tract
Nos. Thirty-Five (35) and Forty-Three (43), of Section 4 of
Security Subdivision according to the plat thereof recorded in
Volume 1, Page 23, Montgomery County Deed Records, conveyed to John
Schneider by deed recorded in Volume 85, Page 230, Montgomery
County Deed Records, and being all of called Tract Nos. Fifty-One
(51) and Fifty-Nine (59), of Section 4 of Security Subdivision
according to the plat thereof recorded in Volume 1, Page 23,
Montgomery County Deed Records, conveyed to Rita S. Wolven and
Margy A. Long by deed recorded in Clerk's File No. 9534020,
Montgomery County Official Public Records of Real Property, save
and except a calculated 10.087 acre tract (Tract 3), being all of
called Tract Nos. Seventy (70) and Seventy-Eight (78), of Section 4
of Security Subdivision according to the plat thereof recorded in
Volume 1, Page 23, Montgomery County Deed Records, conveyed to
Eleanore Triplett by deed recorded in Clerk's File No. 7930998,
Montgomery County Deed Records, save and except a calculated 20.02
acre tract (Tract 4), being all of a called 10.0 acre tract conveyed
to Splendora Independent School District by deed recorded in
Clerk's File No. 2013090370, Montgomery County Official Public
Records, and being all of called 10.0 acre tract conveyed to Jack W.
Mayo, Jr. by deed recorded in Clerk's File No. 7829854, Montgomery
County Official Public Records of Real Property, save and except a
calculated 10.000 acre tract (Tract 5), being all of called Tract
Numbers (114) and (122), of Section 4 of Security Subdivision
according to the plat thereof recorded in Volume 1, Page 23,
Montgomery County Deed Records, conveyed to Dana Lynn Sprayberry by
deed recorded in Clerk's File No. 2000-072045, Montgomery County
Official Public Records of Real Property, save and except a
calculated 10.00 acre tract (Tract 6), being all of called Tract
Twenty-Two (22), of Section 5 of Security Subdivision according to
the plat thereof recorded in Volume 1, Page 23, Montgomery County
Deed Records, conveyed to John F. Darst by deed recorded in Clerk's
File No. 2014005435, Montgomery County Official Public Records,
save and except a calculated 10.05 acre tract (Tract 7), being all
of called Lots One (1) and Two (2), of Section 6 of Security
Subdivision according to the plat thereof recorded in Volume 1,
Page 23, Montgomery County Deed Records, conveyed to Milton Howard
Sands, Jr. by deed recorded in Clerk's File No. 8842100, Montgomery
County Official Public Records of Real Property, and save and
except a calculated 5.009 acre tract (Tract 8), being all of a
called 5.000 acre tract conveyed to Bill Ellison by deed recorded in
Clerk's File No. 2018004658, Montgomery County Official Public
Records; said calculated 2,454 acre tract of land being more
particularly described in eight parts as follows:
TRACT 1:
A METES & BOUNDS description of a certain 2,540 acre
(110,650,140 square feet) tract of land situated in the Walker
County School Land Survey, Abstract No. 494, the Michael H. Hinch
Survey, Abstract No. 253, and the Presley Gill Survey, Abstract
No. 230, in Montgomery County, Texas, being a portion of a called
3,045.032 acre tract conveyed to East Montgomery Acquisition
Company LLC, a Texas limited liability company, by deed recorded in
Clerk's File No. 2021177868, Montgomery County Official Public
Records, being all of a called 5.00 acre tract conveyed to East
Montgomery Acquisition Company LLC, a Texas limited liability
company, by deed recorded in Clerk's File No. 2021177867,
Montgomery County Official Public Records, and being all of a
called 4.709 acre tract conveyed to East Montgomery Acquisition
Company LLC, a Texas limited liability company, by deed recorded in
Clerk's File No. 2023003933, Montgomery County Official Public
Records; said 2,540 acre (110,650,140 square feet) tract of land
being more particularly described as follows with all bearings
being based on said deed recorded in Clerk's File No. 2021177868,
Montgomery County Official Public Records:
BEGINNING at the southeast corner of that certain tract
described in instrument to Shirley Gay, recorded under Clerk's File
Number 8121692, Real Property Records of Montgomery County, Texas
(R.P.R.M.C.T.);
THENCE South 03°11'09" East, 959.24 feet, with the apparent
common line between said Hinch Survey and the Presley Gill Survey,
Abstract Number 230, the westerly line of that certain called 20.00
acre tract described in instrument to Henry A. Butcher, recorded
under Clerk's File Number 2003068544, Official Public Records of
Montgomery County, Texas (O.P.R.M.C.T.) and the remainder of that
certain called 20.00 acre tract described in instrument to George
Anthony Cleary, recorded under Clerk's File No. 2010043083,
O.P.R.M.C.T., common to an easterly line of that certain 2,396.371
acre tract described as "Parcel 2, Tract 2" in instrument to
Atakapa, LLC., recorded under Clerk's File Number 2013016070
(O.P.R.M.C.T.), to a point for the common westerly corner of that
certain called 1711.54 acre tract described as "Tract 1" in
instrument to Atakapa, LLC., recorded under Clerk's File Number
2013016070 (O.P.R.M.C.T.) and the remainder of said Cleary 20.00
acre tract, being an interior corner of said 3045.032 acre tract;
THENCE North 86°40'19" East, with the common line between said
Tract 1 and the remainder of said Cleary 20.00 acre tract, 1321.82
feet, to a point in the approximate centerline of Daw Collins Road
for the northerly northeast corner of said Tract 1, being a
northeasterly corner of said 3045.032 acre tract;
THENCE South 20°15'23" West, 6489.04 feet, with the
approximate centerline of said Daw Collins Road, a southeasterly
line of said Tract 1, to a point in the approximate centerline of
said Daw Collins Road for a southeasterly corner of said Tract 1 and
said 3045.032 acre tract;
THENCE with the common line between said Parcel 2, Tract 2,
that certain called 2.3540 acre tract described as "Tract 5", that
certain called 2.3540 acre tract described as "Tract 1", that
certain called 3.531 acre tract described as "Tract 4", that
certain called 3.531 acre tract described as "Tract 3", all in
instrument to Willene Wells, recorded under Clerk's File Number
2020102236, O.P.R.M.C.T., that certain called 5.37 acre tract
described in instrument to Tony M. Nelson and Colleen O. Nelson,
recorded under Clerk's File Number 8616675, R.P.R.M.C.T., that
certain called 1.6695 acre tract described in instrument to David
Michael Fortson, recorded under Clerk's File Number 2002-058180,
O.P.R.M.C.T., that certain called 2 acre tract described in
instrument to Robert G. Wear, recorded under Clerk's File Number
2013101034, O.P.R.M.C.T., that certain called 0.771 acre tract
described in instrument to David Lippoldt and Kanwal Ghaznavi,
recorded under Clerk's File Number 2021079078, O.P.R.M.C.T., that
certain called 2 acre tract described in instrument to Kristina Ann
Wear, recorded under Clerk's File Number 2018085170, O.P.R.M.C.T.,
that certain called 5.01 acre tract described as "Tract One", that
certain called 7.39 acre tract described as "Tract Two", both in
instrument to Stanley Maurice Wiggins, recorded under Clerk's File
Number 2006-009852, O.P.R.M.C.T., that certain called 5.462 acre
tract described in instrument to Walter R. Ritchie and Sheri L.
Ritchie, recorded under Clerk's File Number 99102906,
R.P.R.M.C.T., that certain called 5.315 acre tract described as
"Tract One" in instrument to Ronald D. Dacus, Jr., and Stephanie E.
Dacus, recorded under Clerk's File Number 2014006911,
O.P.R.M.C.T., that certain called 5.315 acre tract described in
instrument to Steven Hansen, recorded under Clerk's File Number
9148377, R.P.R.M.C.T., that certain called 5.315 acre tract
described in instrument to Steve Hansen and Tracy Hansen, recorded
under Clerk's File Number 2001-031281, O.P.R.M.C.T., that certain
called 5.310 acre tract described in instrument to Steven Hansen
and Becky Hansen, recorded under Clerk's File Number 2016068815,
O.P.R.M.C.T., that certain called 5.2970 acre tract described in
instrument to Benjamin E. Pope and Angelina M. Pope, recorded under
Clerk's File Number 2016092968, O.P.R.M.C.T., that certain called
3.2957 acre tract described in instrument to Douglas A. Hansen and
Kimberly S. Hansen, recorded under Clerk's File Number 2008-091402,
O.P.R.M.C.T., that certain called 11.0415 acre tract described in
instrument to Douglas Alan Hansen and Kimberly Suzanne Hansen,
recorded under Clerk's File Number 9657453, R.P.R.M.C.T., that
certain called 2.008 acre tract described in instrument to Douglas
A. Hansen and Kimberly S. Hansen, recorded under Clerk's File
Number 2015035058, O.P.R.M.C.T., that certain called 10.697 acre
tract described in instrument to Douglas A. Hansen and Kimberly S.
Hansen, recorded under Clerk's File Number 2016094339,
O.P.R.M.C.T., that certain called 10.78 acre tract described in
instrument to Gerald Lloyd Helms and Robin Lynn Helms, recorded
under Clerk's File Number 2006-009851, O.P.R.M.C.T., that certain
called 4.7941 acre tract described as "Tract One" in instrument to
James A. Boucher and Dorothy S. Boucher, recorded under Clerk's
File Number 2002-126807, O.P.R.M.C.T., that certain called 2.3936
acre tract described in said instrument to James A. Boucher and
Dorothy S. Boucher, that certain called 1.0028 acre tract described
in instrument to James Boucher, recorded under Clerk's File Number
2019016786, O.P.R.M.C.T., the remainder of that certain called
4.7941 acre tract described as "Tract One" in instrument to Rodney
Powdrill and Dina Powdrill, recorded under Clerk's File Number
2018055271, O.P.R.M.C.T., and that certain called 4.7508 acre tract
described in instrument to Rodney Wayne Powdrill and Dina Powdrill,
recorded under Clerk's File Number 2015007986, O.P.R.M.C.T., the
following seventeen (17) courses and distances:
1. North 01°45'36" East, 1181.57 feet, to a point;
2. South 86°39'31" West, 859.21 feet, to a point;
3. North 11°14'50" West, 752.34 feet, to a point;
4. South 87°11'19" West, 670.34 feet, to a point;
5. North 11°12'20" West, 1400.01 feet, exiting said Carter Road, to
a point in the apparent common line between said Hinch Survey and
said Walker County School Land Survey;
6. South 86°28'52" West, 1197.12 feet, with the apparent common
line between said Hinch Survey and said Walker County School Land
Survey, to a point;
7. South 11°01'57" East, 946.88 feet, to a point;
8. South 86°52'25" West 1199.49 feet, to a point;
9. South 11°13'53" East, 1467.15 feet, to a point;
10. North 87'00'43" East, 1203.44 feet, to a point;
11. North 11°22'57" West, 466.67 feet, to a point;
12. North 86'56'12" East, 890.38 feet, to a point;
13. South 10°59'48" East, 561.21 feet, to a point;
14. South 10°39'32" East, 251.55 feet, to a point;
15. South 66°20'03" East, 632.93 feet, to a point;
16. South 02°06'01" West, 1251.39 feet, to a point;
17. North 86°47'51" East, 908.92 feet, to a point in the
approximate centerline of said Daw Collins Road for a northeasterly
corner of said Atakapa Tract 1 and said 3045.032 acre tract;
THENCE South 13"58'35" West, 536.27 feet, with the
approximate centerline of said Daw Collins Road, an easterly line
of said Atakapa Tract 1, to a point;
THENCE South 15°06'43" West, 693.00 feet, continuing with the
approximate centerline of said Daw Collins Road, an easterly line
of said Atakapa Tract 1, to a point at the intersection of the
approximate centerline of said Daw Collins Road with the
approximate centerline of farm to Market Road 2090 (F.M. 2090, 100
feet wide), in the arc of a curve to the left, for a southeasterly
corner of said Atakapa Tract 1 and said 3045.032 acre tract;
THENCE in a southwesterly direction, with the approximate
centerline of said F.M. 2090, a southeasterly line of said Atakapa
Tract 1, the following two (2) courses and distances:
1. Westerly, 562.92 feet with the arc of said curve to the left
having a radius of 1432.39 feet, a central angle of 22°31'00", a
chord that bears South 89°14'24" West, 559.30 feet, to a point for
the end of said curve;
2. South 77°58'54" West, 963.96 feet, to a point for the beginning
of a curve to the left;
THENCE, North 36°07'25" West, 878.19 feet to a point;
THENCE, North 36°11'26" West, 20.26 feet to a point;
THENCE, North 38°07'57" West, 159.93 feet to a point, on the
west line of that certain called 32.00 acre tract described in
instrument to American Tower Asset Sub, LLC., recorded under
Clerk's File Number 2008-003741, O.P.R.M.C.T.;
THENCE, North 47°18'57" East, 733.05 feet to a point, being
the northeast corner of said 32.00 acre tract;
THENCE, North 73°38'16" West, 1,336.65 feet to a point, on the
north line of said 32.00 acre tract;
THENCE, over and across said 3045.032 acre tract, the
following sixteen (16) courses and distances:
1. North 42°36'59" West, 197.51 feet to a point;
2. North 44°41'10" West, 259.36 feet to a point;
3. North 45°36'53" West, 1,532.11 feet to a point;
4. North 46°33'40" West, 264.22 feet to a point;
5. North 48°38'50" West, 317.88 feet to a point;
6. North 49°47'12" West, 2,882.54 feet to a point;
7. North 50°31'19" West, 205.25 feet to a point;
8. North 52°04'32" West, 228.25 feet to a point;
9. North 52°53'37" West, 1,141.02 feet to a point;
10. North 53°57'01" West, 294.40 feet to a point;
11. North 55°29'27" West, 135.48 feet to a point;
12. North 55°58'28" West, 189.03 feet to a point;
13. North 57°21'57" West, 388.65 feet to a point;
14. North 60°37'56" West, 523.06 feet to a point;
15. North 62°52'36" West, 104.39 feet to a point;
16. North 63°14'45" West, 1,699.13 feet to a point, on the west
line of said 3045.032 acre tract and on the east line of that
certain 5 acre tract described in instrument to Robert John Rillie
and Jerry Lee Rillie, recorded under Clerk's File Number 87989,
Deed Records of Montgomery County, Texas (D.R.M.C.T.);
THENCE North 03°23'31" West, with the easterly line of that
certain 421.116 acre tract described in instrument to 3M Land
Partners, LTD., recorded under Clerk's File Number 2020120633,
O.P.R.M.C.T., and said Rillie 5 acre tract, 2,600.76 feet, to a
point in the southerly line of that certain called 5.00 acre tract
described in instrument to Brian Ballard and Sinthia Koepke,
recorded under Clerk's File Number 2004-037959, O.P.R.M.C.T., for
the common northerly corner of said Parcel 2, Tract 2 and said
421.116 acre tract, being a northwesterly corner of said 3045.032
acre tract;
THENCE North 86°24'37" East, 22.81 feet, with the common line
between said Parcel 2, Tract 2 and said Ballard 5.00 acre tract, to
a point for a common corner of the same, being an interior corner of
said 3045.032 acre tract;
THENCE North 03°24'52" West, 330.06 feet, continuing with
said common line, to a point for the common northerly corner of said
Parcel 2, Tract 2 and said Ballard 5.00 acre tract, being an
interior corner of said 3045.032 acre tract;
THENCE South 86°24'28" West, 660.00 feet, to a point in the
easterly line of that certain called 7.250 acre tract described in
instrument to Mellisa F. Crawford recorded under Clerk's File
Number 2020126272, O.P.R.M.C.T., for the westerly corner of said
Ballard 5.00 acre tract, being a southwesterly corner of said
3045.032 acre tract;
THENCE North 03°24'52" West, with the easterly line of said
7.250 acre tract, the remainder of that certain 14.600 acre tract
described in instrument to Rajendra Ramoutarsingh, recorded under
Clerk's File Number 2007-068424, O.P.R.M.C.T., common to a westerly
line of said Tract 18, 329.97 feet, to a point for a corner of said
Ramoutarsingh tract, being an interior corner of said 3045.032 acre
tract;
THENCE South 86°24'37" West, 749.18 feet, to a point in the
common line between said Hinch Survey, and the H.S. Williamson
Survey, Abstract Number 635, the easterly line of that certain
called 275.861 acre tract described in instrument to Miguel Prado
and Danielle P. Prado, recorded under Clerk's File Number
2009-014225, O.P.R.M.C.T., for the westerly corner of said
Ramoutarsingh tract, being a southwesterly corner of said 3045.032
acre tract;
THENCE North 03°23'25" West, 990.20 feet, with the apparent
common line between said Hinch Survey and said Williamson Survey,
the east line of said 275.861 acre tract, to a point for the corner
of the Oaks Subdivision, an unrecorded subdivision, for a
northwesterly corner of said 3045.032 acre tract;
THENCE North 86°29'56" East, 3601.32 feet, with the southerly
line of said Oaks Subdivision and that certain called 1.128 acre
tract described in instrument to Donald Baker, recorded under
Clerk's File Number 9460482, R.P.R.M.C.T., common to a northerly
line of said Parcel 2, Tract 2, to a point for the common corner of
said Parcel 2, Tract 2, said 1.128 acre tract, and that certain
called 337.328 acre tract described in instrument to MWM Ventures,
LTD, recorded under Clerk's File Number 2020096337, O.P.R.M.C.T.,
being an angle point in the northerly line of said 3045.032 acre
tract;
THENCE North 86°30'58" East, 3093.08 feet, with the common
line between said Parcel 2, Tract 2, and said 337.328 acre tract, to
a point for the common corner of said Parcel 2, Tract 2, said
337.328 acre tract, and that certain called 810.277 (NET) acre
tract, described in instrument to Splendora Acquisitions, LTD.,
recorded under Clerk's File Number 2021066058, O.P.R.M.C.T., being
an angle point in the northerly line of said 3045.032 acre tract;
THENCE North 86°30'57" East, 1331.14 feet, with the common
line between said Parcel 2, Tract 2, and said 810.277 (NET) acre
tract, to a point for the common corner of said Parcel 2, Tract 2,
said 810.277 (NET) acre tract, that certain called 5.2 acre tract
described in instrument to Trudy Ledoux, recorded under Clerk's
File Number 2015117010, O.P.R.M.C.T., and that certain called 10
acre tract described in instrument to Stephen P. Graham, recorded
under Clerk's File Number 2001079573, O.P.R.M.C.T., being a
northeasterly corner of the herein described 3045.032 acre tract;
THENCE South 03°36'00" East, 665.18 feet, with the common line
between said Parcel 2, Tract 2, and said Graham 10 acre tract, to a
point for a common corner of same, being an interior corner of the
herein described tract;
THENCE North 85°58'48" East, 640.76 feet, continuing with
said common line, to a point for the southerly common easterly
corner of said Parcel 2, Tract 2, and said 10 acre tract, being an
interior corner of the herein described tract;
THENCE, North 03°30'51" West, 681.45 feet, to a point for the
common corner of said Parcel 2, Tract 2, said 10 acre tract, and
said 5.2 acre tract, being an angle point in a westerly line of the
herein described tract;
THENCE, North 03°20'27" West, 996.35 feet, with the easterly
line of said 5.2 acre tract, that certain called 10 acre tract
described in instrument to Stephen P. Graham, recorded under
Clerk's File Number 2001079574, O.P.R.M.C.T., common to a westerly
line of said Parcel 2, Tract 2, to a point in the southerly line of
said 810.277 (NET) acre tract, for the common northerly corner of
said Parcel 2, Tract 2, and said mentioned Graham 10 acre tract,
being a northwesterly corner of the herein described tract;
THENCE, North 86°56'40" East, 3,307.47 feet, with the
northerly line of said Parcel 2, Tract 2, common to a southerly line
of said 810.277 (NET) acre tract, to a point for a common corner of
said Parcel 2, Tract 2, said 810.277 (NET) acre tract, and that
certain tract described in instrument to James Metts and Angela
Metts, recorded under Clerk's File Number 2017073037,
O.P.R.M.C.T., being an angle point in a northerly line of the herein
described tract;
THENCE, North 86°56'40" East, 660.08 feet, with the common
line between said Parcel 2, Tract, and said Metts tract, to a point
for a common corner of said Parcel 2, Tract 2, said Metts tract and
said 810.277 (NET) acre tract, being an angle point of the herein
described tract;
THENCE, North 86°56'40" East, 1,321.06 feet, with the common
line between said Parcel 2, Tract 2 and said 810.277 (NET) acre
tract to a point;
THENCE South 03°07'29" East, 1057.31 feet, with the apparent
common line between said Hinch Survey and said Gill Survey, the
westerly line of said 24.4867 acre tract and that certain called
18.4867 acre tract described in instrument to Kelly Keith Jordan,
recorded under Clerk's File Number 9723749, Real Property Records
of Montgomery County, Texas (R.P.R.M.C.T.), common to an easterly
line of said Parcel 2, Tract 2, to a point for the common westerly
corner of that certain called 2.4723 acre tract described as "Tract
5" in instrument to Atakapa, LLC., recorded under Clerk's File
Number 2013016070, O.P.R.M.C.T., and said 18.4867 acre tract, being
an interior corner of said 3045.032 acre tract;
THENCE South 03°15'20" East, 60.15 feet to a point in the
apparent common line between said Hinch Survey and said Gill
survey, an easterly line of said Parcel 2, Tract 2, for the common
westerly corner of said Tract 5 and the remainder of that certain
called 37.546 acre tract described in instrument to Elton Kane
Angers and Angela M. Angers, recorded under Clerk's File Number
2013084043, O.P.R.M.C.T., being an interior corner of said 3045.032
acre tract;
South 03°05'53" East, 908.31 feet, with the apparent common
line between said Hinch Survey and said Gill Survey, an easterly
line of said Parcel 2, Tract 2 and that certain tract described as
"Tract 14" in instrument to Atakapa, LLC., recorded under Clerk's
File Number 2013016070, O.P.R.M.C.T., common to the westerly line
of said remainder of 37.546 acre tract and that certain called
18.500 acre tract described in instrument to James Glenn Richardson
and Daphne Lynn Richardson, recorded under Clerk's File Number
2013108135, O.P.R.M.C.T., to a point for the common corner of said
Tract 14, said 18.500 acre tract, and that certain called 20.1336
acre tract described in instrument to Reggie Clayton Jackson, Sr.
and Leslie Louise Jackson, recorded under Clerk's File Number
2012040560, O.P.R.M.C.T., being an angle point in an easterly line
of said 3045.032 acre tract;
THENCE South 03°08'44" East, 491.63 feet, continuing with the
apparent common line between said Hinch Survey and said Gill
Survey, the common line between said Tract 14 and said 20.1336 acre
tract, to a point for the common westerly corner of that certain
called 20.00 acre tract described as "Tract 9" in instrument to
Atakapa, LLC., recorded under Clerk's File Number 2013016070,
O.P.R.M.C.T., and said 20.1663 acre tract, being an interior corner
of said 3045.032 acre tract;
THENCE North 86°37'59" East, 1810.75 feet, with the common
line between said Tract 9 and said 20.1336 acre tract, to a point in
the westerly margin of said Daw Collins Road for the common easterly
corner of said Tract 9 and said 20.1336 acre tract, being a
northeasterly corner of said 3045.032 acre tract;
THENCE South 03°51'02" East, 480.42 feet, with the westerly
margin of said Daw Collins Road, the easterly line of said Tract 9,
to a point for the common easterly corner of said Tract 9 and that
certain called 20.00 acre tract described in instrument to Campbell
Ready-Mix, Inc., recorded under Clerk's File Number 9622955,
R.P.R.M.C.T., being a southeasterly corner of said 3045.032 acre
tract;
THENCE South 86°37'59" West, 1816.24 feet, with the common
line between said Tract 9 and said Campbell Ready-Mix 20.00 acre
tract, to a point in the apparent common line between said Hinch
Survey and said Gill Survey, an easterly line of said Parcel 2,
Tract 2 for the common westerly corner of said Tract 9 and said
Campbell Ready-Mix 20.00 acre tract, being an interior corner of
the herein described 3045.032 acre tract;
THENCE South 03°09'19" East, 956.51 feet, with the apparent
common line between said Hinch Survey and said Gill Survey, the
westerly line of said Campbell Ready-Mix 20.00 acre tract and that
certain called 20.02 acre tract described in instrument to David C.
Lee and Anne T. LeBlanc, recorded under Clerk's File Number
2010096690, O.P.R.M.C.T., common to an easterly line of said Parcel
2, Tract 2 to a point for the common corner of said Parcel 2, Tract
2, said 20.02 acre tract, the remainder of that certain called
20.000 acre tract described in instrument to Brian Ballard and
Sinthia Koepke, recorded under Clerk's File Number 2003149365,
O.P.R.M.C.T., and that certain tract described in instrument to
Shirley Gay, recorded under Clerk's File Number 8121692,
R.P.R.M.C.T., being a southeasterly corner of said 3045.032 acre
tract;
THENCE with the common line between said Parcel 2, Tract 2 and
said Gay tract, South 86°48'24" West, 1318.78 feet, to a point for
corner;
THENCE South 03°05'13" East, 662.49 feet, to a point on the
southwest corner of said Gay tract;
THENCE North 86°42'16" East, 1,319.85 feet to the POINT OF
BEGINNING, CONTAINING 2,540 acres (110,650,140 square feet) of land
in Montgomery County, Texas, filed in the offices of Elevation Land
Solutions in The Woodlands, Texas.
TRACT 2:
A METES & BOUNDS description of a certain 20.720 acre
(902,563 square feet) tract of land situated in the Michael H. Hinch
Survey, Abstract No. 253, in Montgomery County, Texas, being all of
called Tract Nos. Thirty-Five (35) and Forty-Three (43), of Section
4 of Security Subdivision according to the plat thereof recorded in
Volume 1, Page 23, Montgomery County Deed Records, conveyed to John
Schneider by deed recorded in Volume 85, Page 230, Montgomery
County Deed Records, and being all of called Tract Nos. Fifty-One
(51) and Fifty-Nine (59), of Section 4 of Security Subdivision
according to the plat thereof recorded in Volume 1, Page 23,
Montgomery County Deed Records, conveyed to Rita S. Wolven and
Margy A. Long by deed recorded in Clerk's File No. 9534020,
Montgomery County Official Public Records of Real Property; said
20.720 acre (902,563 square feet) tract of land being more
particularly described as follows with all bearings being based on
said deed recorded in Clerk's File No. 2021177868, Montgomery
County Official Public Records:
BEGINNING at a point for the easterly common northerly corner
of said Schneider tract and said Parcel 2, Tract 2, being the
northeasterly corner of the herein described 20.720 acre tract,
from which a point for the common corner of said Parcel 2, Tract 2,
said 810.277 (NET) acre tract, that certain called 10 acre tract
described in instrument to Stephen P. Graham, recorded under
Clerk's File Number 2001079573, O.P.R.M.C.T., and that certain
called 5.2 acre tract described in instrument to Trudy Ledoux,
recorded under Clerk's File Number 2015117010, O.P.R.M.C.T., bears
North 60°03'52" East, 2,948.79 feet;
THENCE South 03°04'04" East, 1,319.97 feet, with a westerly
line of said Parcel 2, Tract 2, the westerly line of that certain
called 20.00 acre tract described as "Tract 12" in instrument to
Atakapa, LLC, recorded under Clerk's File Number 2013016070,
O.P.R.M.C.T., common to the easterly line of said Schneider tract,
the continuing with a common line between said Long 10 acre tract
and said Parcel 2, Tract 2, to a point for the easterly common
southerly corner of said Long 10 acre tract and said Parcel 2, Tract
2, being the southeasterly corner of the herein described 20.720
acre tract;
THENCE South 85°55'43" West, 683.88 feet, with the common line
between said Long 10 acre tract and said Parcel 2, Tract 2, to a
point for a common corner of same, being the southwesterly corner of
the herein described 20.720 acre tract;
THENCE North 03°04'04" West, 1,319.97 feet, with the westerly
line of said Long 10 acre tract and said Schneider tract, common to
an easterly line of said Parcel 2, Tract 2, to a point for the
westerly common northerly corner of said Schneider tract and said
Parcel 2, Tract 2, being the northwesterly corner of the herein
described 20.720 acre tract;
THENCE North 85°55'43" East, 683.88 feet, with the common line
between said Schneider tract and said Parcel 2, Tract 2, to the
POINT OF BEGINNING, CONTAINING 20.720 acre (902,563 square feet) of
land in Montgomery County, Texas.
TRACT 3:
A METES & BOUNDS description of a certain 10.087 acre
(439,400 square feet) tract of land situated in the Michael H. Hinch
Survey, Abstract No. 253, in Montgomery County, Texas, being all of
called Tract Nos. Seventy (70) and Seventy-Eight (78), of Section 4
of Security Subdivision according to the plat thereof recorded in
Volume 1, Page 23, Montgomery County Deed Records, conveyed to
Eleanore Triplett by deed recorded in Clerk's File No. 7930998,
Montgomery County Deed Records; said 10.087 acre (439,400 square
feet) tract of land being more particularly described as follows
with all bearings being based on said deed recorded in Clerk's File
No. 2021177868, Montgomery County Official Public Records:
BEGINNING at a point for the common easterly corner of said
Tract Nos. Seventy (70) and Seventy-Eight (78) and that certain
called 5.00 acre tract described in instrument to Atakapa, LLC,
recorded under Clerk's File Number 2021170759, O.P.R.M.C.T., in a
westerly line of said Parcel 2, Tract 2, being the northeasterly
corner of the herein described 10.087 acre tract, from which a point
for the common corner of said Parcel 2, Tract 2, said 810.277 (NET)
acre tract, said 5.2 acre tract, and said 10 acre tract to Stephen
P. Graham bears North 10°59'37" East, 2,719.29 feet;
THENCE South 02°13'03" East, 666.93 feet, with the easterly
line of said Tract 55, common to a westerly line of said Parcel 2,
Tract 2, to a point for the easterly common south corner of said
Tract 55 and said Parcel 2, Tract 2, being the southeasterly corner
of the herein described 10.087 acre tract;
THENCE South 87°23'17" West, 658.82 feet, continuing the
common line between said Tract 55 and said Parcel 2, Tract 2, to a
point for the westerly common south corner of same, being the
southwesterly corner of the herein described 10.087 acre tract;
THENCE North 02°39'53" West, 661.75 feet, with the common line
between said Tract 55 and said Parcel 2, Tract 2, to a point for the
common westerly corner of said Tract 55 and said 5.00 acre tract to
Atakapa, LLC, being the northwesterly corner of the herein
described 10.087 acre tract;
THENCE North 86°56'31" East, 664.04 feet, with the common line
between said Tract 55 and said 5.00 acre tract to Atakapa, LLC, to
the POINT OF BEGINNING, CONTAINING 10.087 acre (439,400 square
feet) of land in Montgomery County, Texas.
TRACT 4:
A METES & BOUNDS description of a certain 20.02 acre (872,176
square feet) tract of land situated in the Michael H. Hinch Survey,
Abstract No. 253, in Montgomery County, Texas, being all of a
called 10.0 acre tract conveyed to Splendora Independent School
District by deed recorded in Clerk's File No. 2013090370,
Montgomery County Official Public Records, and being all of called
10.0 acre tract conveyed to Jack W. Mayo, Jr. by deed recorded in
Clerk's File No. 7829854, Montgomery County Official Public
Records of Real Property; said 20.02 acre (872,176 square feet)
tract of land being more particularly described as follows with all
bearings being based on the Texas Coordinate System, Central Zone,
NAD 83:
COMMENCING at a 1/2-inch iron rod (with cap) found, being the
northwest corner of a called 20 acre tract conveyed to Shirley Gay
by deed recorded in Clerk's File No. 8121692, Montgomery County
Official Public Records of Real Property;
THENCE, North 79°11'52" West, 2,715.92 feet to a 5/8-inch iron
rod (with cap) found, being the northeast corner of said called 10.0
acre tract conveyed to Splendora Independent School District and
being the northeast corner and POINT OF BEGINNING of the herein
described tract;
THENCE, South 02°42'00" East, 658.42 feet to a 3/8-inch iron
rod found, being the northeast corner of said called 10.0 acre tract
conveyed to Jack W. Mayo, Jr. and being the southeast corner of said
called 10.0 acre tract conveyed to Splendora Independent School
District;
THENCE, South 03°05'32" East, 658.95 feet to a 5/8-inch iron
rod (with cap) found, being the southeast corner of said called 10.0
acre tract conveyed to Jack W. Mayo, Jr. and being the southeast
corner of the herein described tract;
THENCE, South 86°28'21" West, 664.91 feet to a 1/2-inch iron
rod (with cap) found, being the southwest corner of said called 10.0
acre tract conveyed to Jack W. Mayo, Jr. and being the southwest
corner of the herein described tract;
THENCE, North 02°40'33" West, 661.85 feet to a 3/8-inch iron
rod found, being the northwest corner of said called 10.0 acre tract
conveyed to Jack W. Mayo, Jr. and being the southwest corner of said
called 10.0 acre tract conveyed to Splendora Independent School
District;
THENCE, North 02°39'39" West, 659.17 feet to a 5/8-inch iron
rod (with cap) found, being the northwest corner of said called 10.0
acre tract conveyed to Splendora Independent School District and
being the northwest corner of the herein described tract;
THENCE, North 86°47'02" East, 659.62 feet to the POINT OF
BEGINNING, CONTAINING 20.02 acres (872,176 square feet) of land in
Montgomery County, Texas, filed in the offices of Elevation Land
Solutions in The Woodlands, Texas.
TRACT 5:
A METES & BOUNDS description of a certain 10.000 acre
(435,591 square feet) tract of land situated in the Michael H. Hinch
Survey, Abstract No. 253, in Montgomery County, Texas, being all of
called Tract Numbers (114) and (122), of Section 4 of Security
Subdivision according to the plat thereof recorded in Volume 1,
Page 23, Montgomery County Deed Records, conveyed to Dana Lynn
Sprayberry by deed recorded in Clerk's File No. 2000-072045,
Montgomery County Official Public Records of Real Property; said
10.000 acre (435,591 square feet) tract of land being more
particularly described as follows with all bearings being based on
said deed recorded in Clerk's File No. 2021177868, Montgomery
County Official Public Records:
BEGINNING at a point for the westerly common southerly corner
of said Sprayberry tract and said Parcel 2, Tract 2, being the
southwesterly corner of the herein described 10.000 acre tract,
from which a point for the common southerly corner of said Parcel 2,
Tract 2, and said 421.116 acre tract bears, South 70°53'39" West,
2744.66 feet;
THENCE North 03°02'48" West, 660.00 feet, with the common line
between said Sprayberry tract and said Parcel 2, Tract 2, to a point
for the common westerly corner of said Sprayberry tract and that
certain tract described as Farm Tracts 97, 98 and 106 in instrument
to Atakapa LLC, recorded under Clerk's File Number 2018080651,
O.P.R.M.C.T., being the northwesterly corner of the herein
described 10.000 acre tract;
THENCE North 86°35'15" East, 660.00 feet, with the common line
between said Sprayberry tract and said Farm Tracts 97, 98 and 106,
to a point in a westerly line of said Parcel 2, Tract 2, for the
common easterly corner of same, being the northeasterly corner of
the herein described 10.000 acre tract;
THENCE South 03°02'48" East, 660.00 feet, with the common line
between said Sprayberry tract and said Parcel 2, Tract 2, to a point
for the common westerly corner of said Sprayberry tract and common
southerly corner of said Sprayberry tract and said Parcel 2, Tract
2, being the southeasterly corner of the herein described 10.000
acre tract;
THENCE, South 86°35'15" West, 660.00 feet, continuing with
said common line, to the POINT OF BEGINNING, CONTAINING 10.000 acre
(435,591 square feet) of land in Montgomery County, Texas.
TRACT 6:
A METES & BOUNDS description of a certain 10.00 acre (435,658
square feet) tract of land situated in the Michael H. Hinch Survey,
Abstract No. 253, in Montgomery County, Texas, being all of called
Tract Twenty-Two (22), of Section 5 of Security Subdivision
according to the plat thereof recorded in Volume 1, Page 23,
Montgomery County Deed Records, conveyed to John F. Darst by deed
recorded in Clerk's File No. 2014005435, Montgomery County
Official Public Records; said 10.00 acre (435,658 square feet)
tract of land being more particularly described as follows with all
bearings being based on the Texas Coordinate System, Central Zone,
NAD 83:
COMMENCING at a 1/2-inch iron rod (with cap) found, being the
northwest corner of a called 20 acre tract conveyed to Shirley Gay
by deed recorded in Clerk's File No. 8121692, Montgomery County
Official Public Records of Real Property;
THENCE, South 67°07'55" West, 7,025.16 feet to a 1/2-inch iron
rod (with cap) found, being the northeast corner of said called
Tract Twenty-Two (22) and being the northeast corner and POINT OF
BEGINNING of the herein described tract;
THENCE, South 03°20'59" East, 660.24 feet to a 5/8-inch iron
rod (with cap) found, being the southeast corner of said called
Tract Twenty-Two (22) and being the southeast corner of the herein
described tract;
THENCE, South 86°28'39" West, 660.12 feet to a 5/8-inch iron
rod found, being the southwest corner of said called Tract
Twenty-Two (22) and being the southwest corner of the herein
described tract;
THENCE, North 03°19'03" West, 660.07 feet to a 5/8-inch iron
rod (with cap) found, being the northwest corner of said called
Tract Twenty-Two (22) and being the northwest corner of the herein
described tract;
THENCE, North 86°27'46" East, 659.75 feet to the POINT OF
BEGINNING, CONTAINING 10.00 acres (435,658 square feet) of land in
Montgomery County, Texas, filed in the offices of Elevation Land
Solutions in The Woodlands, Texas.
TRACT 7:
A METES & BOUNDS description of a certain 10.05 acre (437,646
square feet) tract of land situated in the Michael H. Hinch Survey,
Abstract No. 253, in Montgomery County, Texas, being all of called
Lots One (1) and Two (2), of Section 6 of Security Subdivision
according to the plat thereof recorded in Volume 1, Page 23,
Montgomery County Deed Records, conveyed to Milton Howard Sands,
Jr. by deed recorded in Clerk's File No. 8842100, Montgomery County
Official Public Records of Real Property; said 10.05 acre (437,646
square feet) tract of land being more particularly described as
follows with all bearings being based on the Texas Coordinate
System, Central Zone, NAD 83:
COMMENCING at a 1/2-inch iron rod (with cap) found, being the
northwest corner of a called 20 acre tract conveyed to Shirley Gay
by deed recorded in Clerk's File No. 8121692, Montgomery County
Official Public Records of Real Property;
THENCE, South 56°22'01" West, 4,599.31 feet to an axle found,
being the northeast corner of said called Lots One (1) and Two (2)
and being the northeast corner and POINT OF BEGINNING of the herein
described tract;
THENCE, South 03°01'51" East, 329.54 feet to a 5/8-inch iron
rod (with cap) found, being the southeast corner of said called Lots
One (1) and Two (2) and being the southeast corner of the herein
described tract;
THENCE, South 86°30'27" West, 1,318.54 feet to a 5/8-inch iron
rod (with cap) found, being the southwest corner of said called Lots
One (1) and Two (2) and being the southwest corner of the herein
described tract;
THENCE, North 03°23'34" West, 333.78 feet to a 5/8-inch iron
rod (with cap) found, being the northwest corner of said called Lots
One (1) and Two (2) and being the northwest corner of the herein
described tract;
THENCE, North 86°41'29" East, 1,320.62 feet to the POINT OF
BEGINNING, CONTAINING 10.05 acres (437,646 square feet) of land in
Montgomery County, Texas, filed in the offices of Elevation Land
Solutions in The Woodlands, Texas.
TRACT 8:
A METES & BOUNDS description of a certain 5.009 acre (218,190
square feet) tract of land situated in the Walker County School Land
Survey, Abstract No. 494, in Montgomery County, Texas, being all of
a called 5.000 acre tract conveyed to Bill Ellison by deed recorded
in Clerk's File No. 2018004658, Montgomery County Official Public
Records; said 5.009 acre (218,190 square feet) tract of land being
more particularly described as follows with all bearings being
based on the Texas Coordinate System, Central Zone, NAD 83:
COMMENCING at a 1/2-inch iron rod (with cap) found, being the
northwest corner of a called 20 acre tract conveyed to Shirley Gay
by deed recorded in Clerk's File No. 8121692, Montgomery County
Official Public Records of Real Property;
THENCE, North 21°41'20" West, 2,084.68 feet to a concrete
monument (disturbed) found, being the southeast corner of said
called 5.000 acre tract and being the southeast corner and POINT OF
BEGINNING of the herein described tract;
THENCE, South 86°56'55" West, 658.50 feet to a concrete
monument found, being the southwest corner of said called 5.000
acre tract and being the southwest corner of the herein described
tract;
THENCE, North 03°15'30" West, 330.34 feet to a 1/2-inch iron
rod (with cap) found, being the northwest corner of said called
5.000 acre tract and being the northwest corner of the herein
described tract;
THENCE, North 86°52'08" East, 660.69 feet to a 1-1/2-inch iron
pipe (bent) found, being the northeast corner of said called 5.000
acre tract and being the northeast corner of the herein described
tract;
THENCE, South 02°52'48" East, 331.25 feet to the POINT OF
BEGINNING, CONTAINING 5.009 acres (218,190 square feet) of land in
Montgomery County, Texas, filed in the offices of Elevation Land
Solutions in The Woodlands, Texas.
SECTION 3. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
Government Code.
(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality.
(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
representatives within the required time.
(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
and accomplished.
SECTION 4. (a) If this Act does not receive a two-thirds
vote of all the members elected to each house, Subchapter C, Chapter
7985A, Special District Local Laws Code, as added by Section 1 of
this Act, is amended by adding Section 7985A.0307 to read as
follows:
Sec. 7985A.0307. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. The district may
not exercise the power of eminent domain.
(b) This section is not intended to be an expression of a
legislative interpretation of the requirements of Section 17(c),
Article I, Texas Constitution.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2600 passed the Senate on
May 4, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays 3.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2600 passed the House on
May 12, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 102, Nays 38, two
present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor