89R25135 JTZ-F
By: Luther H.B. No. 5684
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
relating to the creation of the Alluvium Ranch Municipal Management
District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing
authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes; granting a
limited power of eminent domain.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle C, Title 4, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended by adding Chapter 4014 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 4014. ALLUVIUM RANCH MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICT NO. 1
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 4014.0101. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.
(2) "City" means the City of Sherman.
(3) "County" means Grayson County.
(4) "Director" means a board member.
(5) "District" means the Alluvium Ranch Municipal
Management District No. 1.
Sec. 4014.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The Alluvium Ranch
Municipal Management District No. 1 is a special district created
under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Sec. 4014.0103. PURPOSE; DECLARATION OF INTENT. (a) The
creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of
Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI,
Texas Constitution, and other public purposes stated in this
chapter.
(b) By creating the district and in authorizing the city,
the county, or other political subdivisions to contract with the
district, the legislature has established a program to accomplish
the public purposes set out in Section 52-a, Article III, Texas
Constitution.
(c) The creation of the district is necessary to promote,
develop, encourage, and maintain employment, commerce,
transportation, housing, tourism, recreation, the arts,
entertainment, economic development, safety, and the public
welfare in the district.
(d) This chapter and the creation of the district may not be
interpreted to relieve the city or county from providing the level
of services provided as of the effective date of the Act enacting
this chapter to the area in the district. The district is created
to supplement and not to supplant any city or county services
provided in the district.
Sec. 4014.0104. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
(a) All land and other property included in the district will
benefit from the improvements and services to be provided by the
district under powers conferred by Sections 52 and 52-a, Article
III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other
powers granted under this chapter.
(b) The district is created to serve a public use and
benefit.
(c) The creation of the district is in the public interest
and is essential to further the public purposes of:
(1) developing and diversifying the economy of the
state;
(2) eliminating unemployment and underemployment; and
(3) developing or expanding transportation and
commerce.
(d) The district will:
(1) promote the health, safety, and general welfare of
residents, employers, potential employees, employees, visitors,
and consumers in the district, and of the public;
(2) provide needed funding for the district to
preserve, maintain, and enhance the economic health and vitality of
the district territory as a community and business center;
(3) promote the health, safety, welfare, and enjoyment
of the public by providing pedestrian ways and by landscaping and
developing certain areas in the district, which are necessary for
the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of scenic beauty;
and
(4) provide for water, wastewater, drainage, road, and
recreational facilities for the district.
(e) Pedestrian ways along or across a street, whether at
grade or above or below the surface, and street lighting, street
landscaping, parking, and street art objects are parts of and
necessary components of a street and are considered to be a street
or road improvement.
(f) The district will not act as the agent or
instrumentality of any private interest even though the district
will benefit many private interests as well as the public.
Sec. 4014.0105. 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 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 bonds for the purposes
for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and
interest on the bonds;
(3) right to impose or collect an assessment or tax; or
(4) legality or operation.
Sec. 4014.0106. ELIGIBILITY FOR INCLUSION IN SPECIAL ZONES.
All or any part of the area of the district is eligible to be
included in:
(1) a tax increment reinvestment zone created under
Chapter 311, Tax Code; or
(2) a tax abatement reinvestment zone created under
Chapter 312, Tax Code.
Sec. 4014.0107. APPLICABILITY OF MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT
DISTRICTS LAW. Except as otherwise provided by this chapter,
Chapter 375, Local Government Code, applies to the district.
Sec. 4014.0108. CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER. This chapter
shall be liberally construed in conformity with the findings and
purposes stated in this chapter.
SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Sec. 4014.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district is
governed by a board of five elected directors who serve staggered
terms of four years.
(b) Directors are elected in the manner provided by
Subchapter D, Chapter 49, Water Code.
Sec. 4014.0202. COMPENSATION; EXPENSES. (a) The district
may compensate each director in an amount not to exceed $150 for
each board meeting. The total amount of compensation for each
director in one year may not exceed $7,200.
(b) A director is entitled to reimbursement for necessary
and reasonable expenses incurred in carrying out the duties and
responsibilities of the board.
(c) Sections 375.069 and 375.070, Local Government Code, do
not apply to the board.
Sec. 4014.0203. INITIAL DIRECTORS. (a) The initial board
consists of the following directors:
Pos. No. Name of Director Pos. No. Name of Director
Pos. No. Name of Director
1 Tim McNutt 1 Tim McNutt
1 Tim McNutt
2 Buck Nguyen 2 Buck Nguyen
2 Buck Nguyen
3 Felix Wong 3 Felix Wong
3 Felix Wong
4 Darrell Rogers 4 Darrell Rogers
4 Darrell Rogers
5 Damian Perez 5 Damian Perez
5 Damian Perez
(b) Of the initial directors, the terms of directors
appointed for positions one through three expire June 1, 2027, and
the terms of directors appointed for positions four and five expire
June 1, 2029.
SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES
Sec. 4014.0301. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district
has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
which the district is created.
Sec. 4014.0302. IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND SERVICES. (a) The
district, using any money available to the district for the
purpose, may provide, design, construct, acquire, improve,
relocate, operate, maintain, or finance an improvement project or
service authorized under this chapter or under Chapter 375, Local
Government Code.
(b) The district may contract with a governmental or private
entity to carry out an action under Subsection (a).
(c) The implementation of a district project or service is a
governmental function or service for the purposes of Chapter 791,
Government Code.
Sec. 4014.0303. NONPROFIT CORPORATION. (a) The board by
resolution may authorize the creation of a nonprofit corporation to
assist and act for the district in implementing a project or
providing a service authorized by this chapter.
(b) The nonprofit corporation:
(1) has each power of and is considered to be a local
government corporation created under Subchapter D, Chapter 431,
Transportation Code; and
(2) may implement any project and provide any service
authorized by this chapter.
(c) The board shall appoint the board of directors of the
nonprofit corporation. The board of directors of the nonprofit
corporation shall serve in the same manner as the board of directors
of a local government corporation created under Subchapter D,
Chapter 431, Transportation Code, except that a board member is not
required to reside in the district.
Sec. 4014.0304. LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES. To protect the
public interest, the district may contract with a qualified party,
including the city or the county, to provide law enforcement
services in the district for a fee.
Sec. 4014.0305. MEMBERSHIP IN CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS.
The district may join and pay dues to a charitable or nonprofit
organization that performs a service or provides an activity
consistent with the furtherance of a district purpose.
Sec. 4014.0306. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. (a) The
district may engage in activities that accomplish the economic
development purposes of the district.
(b) The district may establish and provide for the
administration of one or more programs to promote state or local
economic development and to stimulate business and commercial
activity in the district, including programs to:
(1) make loans and grants of public money; and
(2) provide district personnel and services.
(c) The district may create economic development programs
and exercise the economic development powers provided to
municipalities by:
(1) Chapter 380, Local Government Code; and
(2) Subchapter A, Chapter 1509, Government Code.
Sec. 4014.0307. PARKING FACILITIES. (a) The district may
acquire, lease as lessor or lessee, construct, develop, own,
operate, and maintain parking facilities or a system of parking
facilities, including lots, garages, parking terminals, or other
structures or accommodations for parking motor vehicles off the
streets and related appurtenances.
(b) The district's parking facilities serve the public
purposes of the district and are owned, used, and held for a public
purpose even if leased or operated by a private entity for a term of
years.
(c) The district's parking facilities are parts of and
necessary components of a street and are considered to be a street
or road improvement.
(d) The development and operation of the district's parking
facilities may be considered an economic development program.
Sec. 4014.0308. DISBURSEMENTS AND TRANSFERS OF MONEY. The
board by resolution shall establish the number of directors'
signatures and the procedure required for a disbursement or
transfer of district money.
Sec. 4014.0309. ADDING OR EXCLUDING LAND. Except as
provided by Section 4014.0310, the district may add or exclude land
in the manner provided by Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code, or
by Subchapter H, Chapter 54, Water Code.
Sec. 4014.0310. DIVISION OF DISTRICT. (a) The district may
be divided into two or more new districts only if the district has
no outstanding bonded debt.
(b) 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.
(c) Any 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.
(d) 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.
(e) An order dividing the district must:
(1) name each new district;
(2) include the metes and bounds description of the
territory of each new district;
(3) appoint initial directors for each new district;
and
(4) provide for the division of assets and liabilities
between or among the new districts.
(f) 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 Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and record the
order in the real property records of each county in which the
district is located.
(g) A political subdivision's consent to the creation of the
district and to the inclusion of land in the district granted under
Section 4014.0505 acts as the political subdivision's 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.
(h) Any 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.
Sec. 4014.0311. CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY NOT EXEMPT.
Section 375.161, Local Government Code, does not apply to the
district.
Sec. 4014.0312. EMINENT DOMAIN. The district may exercise
the power of eminent domain in the manner provided by Section
49.222, Water Code.
SUBCHAPTER D. ASSESSMENTS
Sec. 4014.0401. PETITION REQUIRED FOR FINANCING SERVICES
AND IMPROVEMENTS WITH ASSESSMENTS. (a) The board may not finance a
service or improvement project with assessments under this chapter
unless a written petition requesting that service or improvement
has been filed with the board.
(b) A petition filed under Subsection (a) must be signed by
the owners of a majority of the assessed value of real property in
the district subject to assessment according to the most recent
certified tax appraisal roll for the county.
Sec. 4014.0402. ASSESSMENTS; LIENS FOR ASSESSMENTS. (a)
The board by resolution may impose and collect an assessment for any
purpose authorized by this chapter in all or any part of the
district.
(b) An assessment, a reassessment, or an assessment
resulting from an addition to or correction of the assessment roll
by the district, penalties and interest on an assessment or
reassessment, an expense of collection, and reasonable attorney's
fees incurred by the district:
(1) are a first and prior lien against the property
assessed;
(2) are superior to any other lien or claim other than
a lien or claim for county, school district, or municipal ad valorem
taxes; and
(3) are the personal liability of and a charge against
the owners of the property even if the owners are not named in the
assessment proceedings.
(c) The lien is effective from the date of the board's
resolution imposing the assessment until the date the assessment is
paid. The board may enforce the lien in the same manner that the
board may enforce an ad valorem tax lien against real property.
(d) The board may make a correction to or deletion from the
assessment roll that does not increase the amount of assessment of
any parcel of land without providing notice and holding a hearing in
the manner required for additional assessments.
SUBCHAPTER E. TAXES AND BONDS
Sec. 4014.0501. TAX ELECTION REQUIRED. (a) The district
must hold an election in the manner provided by Chapter 49, Water
Code, or, if applicable, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, to
obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem
tax.
(b) Section 375.243, Local Government Code, does not apply
to the district.
Sec. 4014.0502. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. (a) If
authorized by a majority of the district voters voting at an
election under Section 4014.0501, the district may impose an
operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district
in the manner provided by Section 49.107, Water Code, for any
district purpose, including to:
(1) maintain and operate the district;
(2) construct or acquire improvements; or
(3) provide a service.
(b) The board shall determine the operation and maintenance
tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the
election.
Sec. 4014.0503. AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY AND TO ISSUE
BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS. (a) The district may borrow money on
terms determined by the board.
(b) The district may issue, by public or private sale,
bonds, notes, or other obligations payable wholly or partly from
assessments, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or
other district money, or any combination of those sources of money,
to pay for any authorized district purpose.
(c) The district may not issue bonds, notes, or other
obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes.
(d) The district may issue, by public or private sale,
bonds, notes, or other obligations payable wholly or partly from
assessments in the manner provided by Subchapter A, Chapter 372,
Local Government Code, if the improvement financed by the
obligation issued under this section will be conveyed to or
operated and maintained by a municipality, county, or other retail
utility provider pursuant to an agreement with the district entered
into before the issuance of the obligation.
Sec. 4014.0504. BONDS SECURED BY REVENUE OR CONTRACT
PAYMENTS. The district may issue, without an election, bonds
secured by:
(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes, including
contract revenues; or
(2) contract payments, provided that the requirements
of Section 49.108, Water Code, have been met.
Sec. 4014.0505. CONSENT OF POLITICAL SUBDIVISION REQUIRED.
(a) The board may not issue bonds until each political subdivision
in which the district is located from which consent is required by
applicable general law has consented by ordinance or resolution to
the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the
district.
(b) This section applies only to the district's first
issuance of bonds.
SUBCHAPTER I. DISSOLUTION
Sec. 4014.0901. DISSOLUTION. (a) The board shall dissolve
the district on written petition filed with the board by the owners
of:
(1) at least two-thirds of the assessed value of the
property subject to assessment by the district based on the most
recent certified county property tax rolls; or
(2) at least two-thirds of the surface area of the
district, excluding roads, streets, highways, utility
rights-of-way, other public areas, and other property exempt from
assessment by the district according to the most recent certified
county property tax rolls.
(b) The board by majority vote may dissolve the district at
any time.
(c) The district may not be dissolved by its board under
Subsection (a) or (b) if the district:
(1) has any outstanding bonded indebtedness until that
bonded indebtedness has been repaid or defeased in accordance with
the order or resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds;
(2) has a contractual obligation to pay money until
that obligation has been fully paid in accordance with the
contract; or
(3) owns, operates, or maintains public works,
facilities, or improvements unless the district contracts with
another person for the ownership, operation, or maintenance of the
public works, facilities, or improvements.
(d) Sections 375.261, 375.262, and 375.264, Local
Government Code, do not apply to the district.
SECTION 2. The Alluvium Ranch Municipal Management District
No. 1 initially includes all territory contained in the following
area:
BEING a tract of land situated in the Aaron Burleson Survey,
Abstract No. 61, James Blagg Survey, Abstract No. 63 and the James
Fox Survey, Abstract No. 425, Grayson County, Texas, and being all
of a called "First Tract", all of a called "Third Tract", and part
of a called "Second Tract, described in a deed to Gerald Eugene
Russell, as recorded in Volume 4450, Page 379, all of a called
"Third Tract", all of a called "Fourth Tract", all of a called
"Fifth Tract", and part of a called "First Tract, described in a
deed to Carolyn Washburn Russell and husband, Gerald Eugene
Russell, as recorded in Volume 4450, Page 386, and all of a called
49.884-acre tract of land, described in a deed to Gerald Eugene
Russell and Carolyn Washburn Russell, as recorded in Instrument
No. 2018-4763, all of the Official Records, Grayson County, Texas,
and being more particularly described by metes and bounds as
follows:
BEGINNING at a 5/8-inch iron rod with red plastic cap stamped "KHA"
set for the southeast corner of said "First Tract" (V4450/P386) and
the southwest corner of a called 1.2-acre tract of land described in
a deed to Christopher B. Robinson and Luanna Colette Robinson, as
recorded in Volume 5634, Page 832, said Official Records, same
being on the northerly right-of-way line of F. M. 697, a 100 foot
right of way;
THENCE North 83°50'59" West, along the southerly line of said "First
Tract" (V4450/P386) and along the northerly right-of-way line of
said F. M. 697, and generally along a barbed wire fence, a distance
of 467.07 feet to a point for corner from which a concrete monument
found for witness bears South 39°51'38" West, 1.65 feet, same being
at the beginning of a tangent curve to the right with a radius of
522.96 feet, a central angle of 02°04'00", and a chord bearing and
distance of North 82°49'00" West, 18.86 feet;
THENCE in a westerly direction, continuing along the southerly line
of said "First Tract" (V4450/P386) and the northerly right-of-way
line of said F. M. 697, and generally along a barbed wire fence, and
with said curve to the right, an arc distance of 18.86 feet to a
5/8-inch iron rod with a red plastic cap, stamped "KHA" set on the
northerly right of way line of said F. M. 697;
THENCE North 09°06'10" East, departing the northerly right of way
line of said F. M. 697, over and across said "First Tract"
(V4450/P386), a distance of 848.30 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod with
a red plastic cap, stamped "KHA" set for corner;
THENCE North 75°29'11" West, continuing across said "First Tract"
(V4450/P386), a distance of 680.84 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod with
a red plastic cap, stamped "KHA" set for corner on the westerly line
of said "First Tract" (V4450/P386), same being on the easterly line
of a called 20.000-acre tract of land, described in a deed to Jeff
Lillard and wife, Nicole Lillard, as recorded in Volume 3845, Page
642, said Official Records;
THENCE North 14°30'49" East, along the westerly line of said "First
Tract" (V4450/P386) and the easterly line of said 20.000-acre
tract, and generally along a barbed wire fence, a distance of
1,002.95 feet to a 1/2-inch iron rod found for the northeast corner
of said 20.000-acre tract, same being the southeast corner of a
called 33.000-acre tract of land, described in a deed to Majestic
Acres, LLC, as recorded in Instrument No. 2021-36701, said Official
Records;
THENCE North 14°24'17" East, along the westerly line of said "First
Tract" (V4450/P386) and the easterly line of said 33.000-acre
tract, passing a 1/2-inch iron rod found for the northwest corner of
said "First Tract" (V4450/P386) and the southwest corner of
aforesaid 49.884-acre tract, and continuing along the westerly line
of said 49.884-acre tract, and generally along a barbed wire fence,
a distance of 970.56 feet to a 1/2-inch iron rod found for the
northeast corner of said 33.000-acre tract and the southeast corner
of the aforesaid "First Tract" (V4450/P379);
THENCE North 74°43'02" West, along the southerly line of said "First
Tract" (V4450/P379) and the northerly line of said 33.000-acre
tract, and generally along a barbed wire fence, passing a 5/8-inch
iron rod with a plastic cap, stamped "PRESTON TRAILS LAND
SURVEYING" found for the northerly, northwest corner of said
33.000-acre tract and the northeast corner of the remainder of a
called 46.915-acre tract of land, described in a deed to Robert
Bandy Jeffrey and wife, Melanie Diane Jeffrey, as recorded in
Instrument No. 2019-13286, said Official Records,, passing a
5/8-inch iron rod found for the northernmost northwest corner of
said 46.915-acre tract and the northeast corner of a called
0.48-acre tract of land described in a deed to Jim Edwin Bennett, as
recorded in Volume 2730, Page 596, of the Official Records of
Grayson County, and continuing along the northerly line of said
0.48-acre tract, a total distance of 2,682.91 feet to a 1/2-inch
iron rod found for the southwest corner of said "First Tract"
(V4450/P379) and the northwest corner of said 0.48-acre tract, same
being on the easterly line of a tract of land described as "Second
Tract" in a deed to Sharon A. and Richard E. Bennett, as recorded in
Volume 3489, Page 394, said Official Records;
THENCE North 13°43'37" East, along the westerly line of said "First
Tract" (V4450/P379) and the easterly line of said "Second Tract"
(V3489/P394), and generally along a barbed wire fence, a distance
of 725.60 feet to a 1/2-inch iron rod found for the westernmost
northwest corner of said "First Tract" (V4450/P379) and the
northeast corner of said Second Tract" (V3489/P394), same being on
the southerly line of a called 40-acre tract of land described in a
deed to Willie Matthews, as recorded in Volume 5239, Page 424, said
Official Records;
THENCE South 74°41'25" East, continuing along the westerly line of
said "First Tract" (V4450/P379) and along the southerly line of
said 40-acre tract, a distance of 514.24 feet to a 5/8-iron rod with
red plastic cap stamped "KHA" set for the southeast corner of said
40-acre tract;
THENCE North 13°38'25" East, continuing along the westerly line of
said "First Tract" (V4450/P379) and along the easterly line of said
40-acre tract, a distance of 1,277.88 feet to a PK Nail found in
J.P. Cave Road (asphalt road, no record found) for the northernmost
northwest corner of said "First Tract" (V4450/P379) and the
southwest corner of a called 1.50-acre tract of land described in a
deed to Erik Vanmeter and Wife, Melanie Vanmeter, as recorded in
Volume 5995, Page 768, said Official Records;
THENCE South 75°54'11" East, departing the easterly line of said
40-acre tract and along the northerly line of said "First Tract"
(V4450/P379) and the southerly line of said 1.50-acre tract, and
generally along a barbed wire fence, passing a 1/2-inch iron rod
found for the southeast corner of said 1.50-acre tract and the
southernmost southwest corner of a called 28.731-acre tract of land
described in a deed to Larry M. McAninch and Wife, Jacqueline M.
McAninch, as recorded in Volume 2649, Page 251, said Official
Records, and continuing along the southerly line of said
28.731-acre tract, a total distance of 694.21 feet to a 5/8-inch
iron rod with red plastic cap stamped "KHA" set for corner;
THENCE South 76°16'54" East, continuing along the northerly line of
said "First Tract" (V4450/P379) and the southerly line of said
28.731-acre tract, and generally along a barbed wire fence, a
distance of 547.57 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod with red plastic cap
stamped "KHA" set for corner;
THENCE South 76°41'22" East, continuing along the northerly line of
said "First Tract" (V4450/P379) and the southerly line of said
28.731-acre tract, and generally along a barbed wire fence, a
distance of 565.74 feet to a 1/2-inch iron rod found for the
southeast corner of said 28.731-acre tract and the southwest corner
of a called 9.687-acre tract of land described in a deed to Larry M.
McAninch and Wife, Jacqueline M. McAninch, as recorded in Volume
2649, Page 244, said Official Records;
THENCE South 76°29'19" East, continuing along the northerly line of
said "First Tract" (V4450/P379) and along the southerly line of
said 9.687-acre tract, and generally along a barbed wire fence, a
distance of 219.89 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod with red plastic cap
stamped "KHA" set for corner;
THENCE South 77°14'21" East, continuing along the northerly line of
said "First Tract" (V4450/P379) and the southerly line of said
9.687-acre tract, and generally along a barbed wire fence, a
distance of 137.29 feet to a 3-inch iron pipe found for the
southeast corner of said 9.687-acre tract, same being on the
westerly line of a called 8.251-acre tract of land described in a
deed to Alejandro L. Quiroz and Wife, Carina Quiroz, as recorded in
Instrument No. 2021-31579, said Official Records;
THENCE South 12°59'51" West, continuing along the northerly line of
said "First Tract" (V4450/P379) and along the westerly line of said
8.251-acre tract, and generally along a barbed wire fence, a
distance of 76.42 feet to an aluminum disk stamped "COPLEY RPLS
66720" found for the northeast corner of said "First Tract"
(V4450/P379) and the southwest corner of said 8.251-acre tract and
the northwest corner of the aforementioned "Second Tract"
(V4450/P379);
THENCE South 76°42'52" East, along the northerly line of said
"Second Tract" (V4450/P379) and along the southerly line of said
8.251-acre tract, and generally along a barbed wire fence, a
distance of 665.68 feet to an aluminum disk stamped "COPLEY RPLS
66720" found for the northeast corner of said "Second Tract"
(V4450/P379) and the southeast corner of said 8.251-acre and the
northwest corner of the aforementioned "Third Tract" (V4450/P379)
and the southwest corner of the aforementioned "Fifth Tract"
(V4450/P386);
THENCE North 14°04'41" East, along the easterly line of said
8.251-acre tract and the westerly line of said "Fifth Tract"
(V4450/P386), and generally along a barbed wire fence, passing an
aluminum disk stamped "COPLEY RPLS 66720" found for the northeast
corner of said 8.251-acre tract, and along the easterly line of a
called 16.504-acre tract of land described in a deed to Ronnie Boyd,
as recorded in Instrument No. 2017-22249, said Official Records, a
total distance of 1,076.31 feet to an aluminum disk stamped "COPLEY
RPLS 66720" found for the northwest corner of said "Fifth Tract"
(V4450/P386) and the northeast corner of said 16.504-acre tract,
same being on the southerly line of the aforementioned "Fourth
Tract" (V4450/P386);
THENCE North 76°28'54" West, along the northerly line of said
16.504-acre tract and along the southerly line of said "Fourth
Tract" (V4450/P386), a distance of 668.69 feet to an aluminum disk
stamped "COPLEY RPLS 66720" found for the southwest corner of said
"Fourth Tract" (V4450/P386) and the northwest corner of said
16.504-acre tract, same being on the easterly line of a called
2.5-acre tract of land described in a deed to Colored Methodist
Episcopal Church of America (CME), as recorded in Volume 42, Page
80, said Official Records;
THENCE North 13°51'33" East, along the westerly line of said "Fourth
Tract" (V4450/P386) and along the easterly line of said 2.5-acre
tract, and generally along a barbed wire fence, a distance of 447.86
feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod with red plastic cap stamped "KHA" set
for the northwest corner of said "Fourth Tract" (V4450/P386) and
the northeast corner of said 2.5-acre tract and the southwest
corner of a called 14.66-acre tract of land described in a deed to
Charles Rex Gibson and Wife, Mary L. Gibson, as recorded in Volume
1548, Page 521, said Official Records;
THENCE South 75°23'21" East, along the northerly line of said
"Fourth Tract" (V4450/P386) and along the southerly line of said
14.66-acre tract, a distance of 460.90 feet to a point for corner;
THENCE North 84°01'11" East, continuing along the northerly line of
said "Fourth Tract" (V4450/P386) and the southerly line of said
14.66-acre tract and along the southerly line of a tract of land
described in a deed to Colored Methodist Episcopal Church of
America (CME), as recorded in volume 64, Page 218, said Official
Records, a distance of 265.90 feet to a point for the corner;
THENCE South 76°28'54" East, continuing along the northerly line of
said "Fourth Tract" (V4450/P386) and the southerly line of said CME
tract (V64/P218) and along the northerly line of the aforementioned
"Third Tract" (V4450/P386), a distance of 202.81 feet to a point for
the southeast corner of said CME tract (V64/P218);
THENCE North 14°01'04" East, continuing along the northerly line of
said "Third Tract" (V4450/P386) and along the easterly line of said
CME tract (V64/P218), a distance of 265.59 feet to a point for the
northernmost northwest corner of said "Third Tract" (V4450/P386)
and the northeast corner of said CME tract (V64/P218), same being on
the southerly line of the aforementioned 14.66-acre tract;
THENCE South 41°53'21" East, continuing along the northerly line of
said "Third Tract" (V4450/P386) and along the southerly line of
said 14.66-acre tract, a distance of 412.83 feet to a point for
corner;
THENCE North 69°21'39" East, continuing along the northerly line of
said "Third Tract" (V4450/P386) and the southerly line of said
14.66-acre tract, a distance of 105.75 feet to a point for the
northeast corner of said "Third Tract" (V4450/P386) and the
southeast corner of said 14.66-acre tract, same being on the
westerly line of a called 20.804-acre tract of land described in a
deed to Jeffery Don Hurt, as recorded in Instrument No. 2019-8550,
said Official Records;
THENCE South 13°03'56" West, along the easterly line of said "Third
Tract" (V4450/P386) and the westerly line of said 20.804-acre
tract, a distance of 323.24 feet to a 1/2-inch iron rod found for
the southwest corner of said 20.804-acre tract and the westernmost
northwest corner of a called 12.5-acre tract of land described in a
deed to Oscar G. Bevels and Wife, Theda J. Bevels, as recorded in
Volume 1580, Page 202, said Official Records;
THENCE South 14°09'20" West, continuing along the easterly line of
said "Third Tract" (V4450/P386) and along the westerly line of said
12.5-acre tract and along the easterly line of the aforementioned
"Fifth Tract" (V4450/P386) and along the westerly lines of a called
12.915-acre tract of land described in a deed to Micha Paul Speciale
and Erin Sue Speciale, as recorded in Instrument No. 2021-8954,
said Official Records, and a called 1.004-acre tract of land
described in a deed to Thomas Philbrook Crabtree and Terri
Crabtree, as recorded in Instrument No. 2020-24244, said Official
Records, and a called 12.684-acre tract of land described in a deed
to Beryl F. Mackey and Wife, Barbara J. Mackey, as recorded in
Volume 593, Page 460, said Official Records, a distance of 1,368.77
feet to a 60D Nail found for the southeast corner of said "Fifth
Tract" (V4450/P386) and the southwest corner of said 12.864-acre
tract and the northeast corner of the aforementioned "Third Tract"
(V4450/P379) and the northwest corner of a called 25-acre tract of
land described in a deed to Beryl F. Mackey and Wife, Barbara J.
Mackey, as recorded in Volume 1161, Page 71, said Official Records;
THENCE South 14°03'49" West, along the easterly line of said "Third
Tract" (V4450/P379) and along the westerly line of said 25-acre
tract and along the westerly line of a called 26.36-acre tract of
land described in a deed to Beryl F. Mackey and Wife, Barbara J.
Mackey, as recorded in Volume 2178, Page 367, said Official
Records, a distance of 529.29 feet to a 1/2-inch iron rod found for
the southeast corner of said "Third Tract" (V4450/P379) and the
northeast corner of the aforementioned 49.884-acre tract;
THENCE South 13°36'00" West, continuing along the westerly line of
said 26.36-acre tract and along the easterly line of said
49.884-acre tract, and generally along a barbed wire fence, a
distance of 825.98 feet to a 8-inch wood post found for the
easternmost southeast corner of said 49.884-acre tract and the
southwest corner of said 26.36-acre tract, same being on the
northerly line of a called 62.934-acre tract of land described in a
deed to Whitmire Forward, L.C., as recorded in volume 5568, Page
523, said Official Records;
THENCE North 76°21'57" West, continuing along the easterly line of
said 49.884-acre tract and along the northerly line of said
62.934-acre tract, and generally along a barbed wire fence, a
distance of 78.43 feet to a 4-inch wood post found for the northwest
corner of said 62.934-acre tract;
THENCE South 14°35'55" West, continuing along the easterly line of
said 49.884-acre tract, and along the westerly line of said
62.934-acre tract, and along the easterly line of the
aforementioned "First Tract" (V4450/P386), and along the westerly
line of said 1.2 acre tract, and generally along a barbed wire
fence, a distance of 3,408.41 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING and
containing 269.03 acres (11,718,769 sq. ft.) of land, more or less.
BEING a tract of land situated in the James fox Survey, Abstract
No. 425, Grayson County, Texas and being all of a called 218.4-acre
tract of land described in a deed to Gerald Eugene Russell, as
recorded in Volume 1650, Page 58, Official Records, Grayson County,
Texas, and being all of a called 15.00-acre tract of land described
in a deed to Gerald Eugene Russell, as recorded in Volume 1580, Page
285, said Official Records, and being all of a called 132.87-acre
tract of land described in a deed to Gerald Eugene Russell and Wife,
Jamie C. Russell, as recorded in Volume 3135, Page 698, said
Official Records, and being more particularly described by metes
and bounds as follows:
BEGINNING at a 5/8-inch iron rod with plastic cap stamped "COX 4577"
found for the westernmost northwest corner of said 15.00-acre tract
and the northeast corner of a called 74.889-acre tract of land
described in a deed to Ravundra Reddy Munnangi, et al, as recorded
in Instrument No. 2020-34603, said Official Records, same being on
the southerly right-of-way line of F.M. 697, a 100' wide right of
way;
THENCE South 77°28'57" East, along the northerly line of said
15.00-acre tract of land and along the southerly right-of-way line
of said F.M. 697, a distance of 205.17 feet to a point for the
northwest corner of a called 2.32-acre tract of land described in a
deed to Susan K. Strawn & Taylor L. Strawn, as recorded in Volume
1721, Page 289, and Volume 5315, Page 540, said Official Records,
from which a 1/2-inch iron rod found for witness bears North
01°48'39" East, 0.86 feet;
THENCE departing the southerly right-of-way line of said F.M. 697
and along the common line of said 15.00-acre tract and said
2.32-acre tract the following courses and distances:
South 04°51'54" West, a distance of 431.34 feet to a 1-inch
iron rod found for the southwest corner of said 2.32-acre tract;
South 74°15'33" East, a distance of 233.58 feet to a 1/2-inch
iron rod found for the southeast corner of said 2.32-acre tract;
North 05°02'58" East, a distance of 444.47 feet to a point for
the northeast corner of said 2.32-acre tract from which a 1/2-inch
iron rod found for witness bears North 05°02'58" East, 0.96 feet,
same being on the southerly right-of-way line of said F.M. 697;
THENCE South 77°29'59" East, along the northerly line of said
15.00-acre tract and the southerly right-of-way line of said F.M.
697 and along the northerly line of the aforementioned 218.4-acre
tract, a distance of 624.98 feet to a concrete monument found at the
beginning of a non-tangent curve to the right with a radius of
1,095.92 feet, a central angle of 10°04'00", and a chord bearing and
distance of South 72°27'59" East, 192.30 feet;
THENCE along the common line of said 218.4-acre tract and said F.M.
697 the following courses and distances:
In an easterly direction, with said curve to the right, an arc
distance of 192.55 feet to a concrete monument found for the end of
said curve to the right;
South 67°25'59" East, a distance of 845.35 feet to a 5/8-inch
iron rod with red plastic cap stamped "KHA" set for corner;
South 65°55'59" East, a distance of 1,165.85 feet to a point
for corner from which a concrete monument found for witness bears
South 64°27'10" West, 1.11 feet, same being the beginning of a
non-tangent curve to the left with a radius of 622.96 feet, a
central angle of 17°55'00", and a chord bearing and distance of
South 74°53'29" East, 194.01 feet;
In an easterly direction, with said non-tangent curve to the
left, an arc distance of 194.80 feet to a point for the end of said
curve to the left, from which a concrete monument found for witness
bears South 84°39'27" West, 1.46 feet;
South 83°50'59" East, a distance of 1,043.22 feet to a wood
post found for the northeast corner of said 218.4-acre tract and the
northwest corner of a called 1.00-acre tract of land described in a
deed to Donnie J. Moody and Wife, Joy G. Moody, as recorded in
Volume 3251, Page 31, said Official Records;
THENCE South 09°26'22" West, departing the southerly right-of-way
line of said F.M. 697 and along the easterly line of said 218.4-acre
tract and the westerly line of said 1.00-acre tract (V3251/P31),
and generally along a barbed wire fence, a distance of 166.93 feet
to a 1/2-inch iron rod found for the southwest corner of said
1.00-acre tract and a northwest corner of the aforementioned
132.87-acre tract;
THENCE South 78°31'18" East, departing the easterly line of said
218.4-acre tract and along the northerly line of said 132.87-acre
tract and the southerly line of said 1.00-acre tract (V3251/P31),
and generally along a barbed wire fence, a distance of 262.37 feet
to a T-Post found for the southeast corner of said 1.00-acre tract
(V3251/P31);
THENCE North 12°37'50" East, continuing along the northerly line of
said 132.87-acre tract and along the easterly line of said
1.00-acre tract (V3251/P31), and generally along a barbed wire
fence, a distance of 162.17 feet to a wood post found for the
northeast corner of said 1.00-acre tract (V3251/P31), same being on
the southerly right-of-way line of said F.M. 697;
THENCE South 75°51'59" East, continuing along the northerly line of
said 132.87-acre tract and along the southerly right-of-way line of
said F.M. 697, and generally along a barbed wire fence, a distance
of 205.57 feet to a point for the northwest corner of a called
1.00-acre tract of land described in a deed to Eber Granados
Gutierrez, as recorded in Instrument No. 2021-42275, said Official
Records, from which a 1/2-inch iron rod with plastic cap stamped
"RPLS 4709" found for witness bears North 08°07'51" East, 8.10 feet;
THENCE departing the southerly right-of-way line of said F.M. 697
and along the common line of said 132.87-acre tract and said
1.00-acre tract (2021-42275), and generally along a barbed wire
fence, the following courses and distances:
South 14°27'51" West, a distance of 146.85 feet to a 6-inch
wood post found for the southwest corner of said 1.00-acre tract
(2021-42275);
South 75°48'18" East, a distance of 280.88 feet to a 1/2-inch
iron rod with plastic cap stamped "RPLS 4709" found for the
southeast corner of said 1.00-acre tract (2021-42275);
North 14°11'15" East, a distance of 157.15 feet to a point for
the northeast corner of said 1.00-acre tract (2021-42275), from
which a 1/2-inch iron rod with plastic cap stamped "RPLS 4709" found
for witness bears South 16°28'27" West, 1.85 feet, same being on the
southerly right-of-way line of said F.M. 697;
THENCE along the common line of said 132.87-acre tract and said F.M.
697 the following courses and distances:
South 75°51'59" East, a distance of 188.32 feet to a point for
corner, from which a concrete monument found for witness bears
South 71°52'13" West, 3.74 feet, same being at the beginning of a
non-tangent curve to the right with a radius of 522.84 feet, a
central angle of 49°57'45", and a chord bearing and distance of
South 50°53'29" East, 441.61 feet;
In an easterly direction, with said curve to the right, an arc
distance of 455.92 feet to a point for the end of said curve to the
right, from which a concrete monument found for witness bears South
87°48'19" West, 2.52 feet;
South 25°54'59" East, a distance of 910.46 feet to a point for
the easternmost corner of said 132.87-acre tract and the northeast
corner of a called 124.414-acre tract of land described as "Tract 2"
in a deed to Larry W. Melton, as recorded in Volume 3849, Page 188,
said Official Records, same being in Choctaw Creek;
THENCE departing the southerly right-of-way line of said F.M. 697
and along the common line of said 132.87-acre tract and said "Tract
2" and along the general meanders of Choctaw Creek the following
courses and distances:
South 56°08'21" West, a distance of 103.61 feet to a point for
corner;
South 73°21'05" West, a distance of 237.58 feet to a point for
corner;
South 64°01'04" West, a distance of 305.89 feet to a point for
corner;
North 89°41'21" West, a distance of 205.26 feet to a point for
corner;
South 80°00'48" West, a distance of 260.78 feet to a point for
corner;
South 71°24'17" West, a distance of 110.54 feet to a point for
corner;
South 38°03'55" West, a distance of 117.60 feet to a point for
corner;
South 05°34'27" West, a distance of 239.30 feet to a point for
corner;
South 11°40'11" East, a distance of 142.22 feet to a point for
corner;
South 39°20'36" East, a distance of 101.35 feet to a point for
corner;
South 39°58'17" East, a distance of 199.83 feet to a point for
corner;
South 39°58'17" East, a distance of 110.07 feet to a point for
corner, same being on the northerly line of a called 276.44-acre
tract of land described as "Tract 7" in a deed to Martha Haynes, as
recorded in Volume 5610, Page 603, said Official Records;
THENCE North 74°33'33" West, departing the westerly line of said
"Tract 2" and along the common line of said 132.87-acre tract and
said "Tract 7", a distance of 682.51 feet to a point for corner in a
stream;
THENCE along said common line and said stream the following courses
and distances:
South 20°47'00" East, a distance of 103.76 feet to a point for
corner;
South 20°12'28" East, a distance of 45.10 feet to a point for
corner;
South 00°27'17" West, a distance of 45.64 feet to a point for
corner;
South 60°21'26" West, a distance of 25.27 feet to a point for
corner;
North 67°56'34" West, a distance of 28.82 feet to a point for
corner;
North 45°37'05" West, a distance of 46.36 feet to a point for
corner;
North 60°35'15" West, a distance of 76.41 feet to a point for
corner;
North 67°28'34" West, a distance of 49.20 feet to a point for
corner;
South 43°27'02" West, a distance of 53.35 feet to a point for
corner;
South 00°42'58" West, a distance of 79.05 feet to a point for
corner;
South 39°12'28" East, a distance of 40.43 feet to a point for
corner;
South 19°56'28" East, a distance of 36.60 feet to a point for
corner;
South 31°17'55" West, a distance of 91.19 feet to a point for
corner;
South 47°37'43" West, a distance of 35.64 feet to a point for
corner;
South 80°02'12" West, a distance of 37.30 feet to a point for
corner;
North 78°10'21" West, a distance of 38.10 feet to a point for
corner;
North 34°44'12" West, a distance of 32.96 feet to a point for
corner;
South 49°19'29" West, a distance of 33.34 feet to a point for
corner;
South 29°11'20" West, a distance of 38.51 feet to a point for
corner;
South 38°22'14" East, a distance of 60.60 feet to a point for
corner;
South 03°02'46" West, a distance of 67.58 feet to a point for
corner;
South 36°00'41" West, a distance of 59.71 feet to a point for
corner;
North 87°27'43" West, a distance of 80.55 feet to a point for
corner;
South 82°27'05" West, a distance of 47.93 feet to a point for
corner;
South 61°58'00" West, a distance of 39.49 feet to a point for
corner;
South 03°53'39" East, a distance of 115.98 feet to a point for
corner;
South 18°49'20" West, a distance of 52.76 feet to a point for
corner;
South 68°30'41" West, a distance of 35.36 feet to a point for
corner;
North 53°58'10" West, a distance of 54.24 feet to a point for
corner;
North 70°41'44" West, a distance of 64.53 feet to a point for
corner;
South 46°38'08" West, a distance of 58.33 feet to a point for
corner;
South 04°35'48" West, a distance of 107.66 feet to a point for
corner;
South 43°17'01" West, a distance of 46.02 feet to a point for
corner;
North 80°50'56" West, a distance of 29.22 feet to a point for
corner;
North 21°53'31" West, a distance of 78.26 feet to a point for
corner;
North 50°22'13" West, a distance of 45.24 feet to a point for
corner;
South 72°52'43" West, a distance of 72.29 feet to a point for
corner;
South 04°29'14" West, a distance of 73.22 feet to a point for
corner;
North 83°37'32" West, a distance of 120.24 feet to a point for
corner;
North 05°36'01" East, a distance of 107.06 feet to a point for
corner;
South 66°54'51" West, a distance of 42.27 feet to a point for
corner;
South 38°54'06" West, a distance of 31.64 feet to a point for
corner;
South 68°31'20" West, a distance of 61.39 feet to a point for
corner;
South 89°06'52" West, a distance of 43.12 feet to a point for
corner;
North 02°49'57" East, a distance of 26.26 feet to a point for
corner;
South 84°07'49" West, a distance of 28.92 feet to a point for
corner;
North 18°44'36" West, a distance of 36.13 feet to a point for
corner;
North 39°35'35" East, a distance of 33.27 feet to a point for
corner;
North 63°10'24" East, a distance of 66.58 feet to a point for
corner;
North 39°18'14" East, a distance of 83.65 feet to a point for
corner;
North 32°38'22" West, a distance of 84.82 feet to a point for
corner;
North 50°51'48" West, a distance of 60.34 feet to a point for
corner;
South 75°46'38" West, a distance of 70.37 feet to a point for
corner;
South 45°15'17" West, a distance of 147.53 feet to a point for
corner;
South 71°46'49" West, a distance of 54.21 feet to a point for
corner;
North 65°45'57" West, a distance of 96.59 feet to a point for
corner;
South 89°39'17" West, a distance of 61.85 feet to a point for
corner;
South 55°47'49" West, a distance of 155.60 feet to a point for
corner;
South 43°49'09" West, a distance of 74.47 feet to a point for
corner;
North 88°35'12" West, a distance of 47.47 feet to a point for
corner;
North 30°08'19" West, a distance of 56.52 feet to a point for
corner;
North 20°53'30" East, a distance of 138.99 feet to a point for
corner;
North 07°26'11" West, a distance of 54.37 feet to a point for
corner;
North 12°42'32" East, a distance of 76.18 feet to a point for
corner;
North 11°47'41" West, a distance of 54.27 feet to a point for
corner;
North 52°34'24" West, a distance of 24.67 feet to a point for
corner;
South 67°59'41" West, a distance of 84.01 feet to a point for
corner;
North 40°31'14" West, a distance of 173.81 feet to a point for
corner;
North 00°36'12" East, a distance of 66.20 feet to a point for
corner;
North 44°47'12" East, a distance of 38.84 feet to a point for
corner;
North 03°51'23" West, a distance of 39.31 feet to a point for
corner;
North 58°48'54" West, a distance of 25.28 feet to a point for
corner;
South 67°50'12" West, a distance of 39.53 feet to a point for
corner;
South 80°51'04" West, a distance of 41.89 feet to a point for
corner;
North 67°59'28" West, a distance of 81.51 feet to a point for
corner;
North 79°26'52" West, a distance of 139.98 feet to a point for
corner;
South 18°18'37" West, a distance of 96.17 feet to a point for
corner;
South 87°20'05" West, a distance of 72.82 feet to a point for
corner;
North 70°36'12" West, a distance of 82.19 feet to a point for
corner;
North 32°25'00" West, a distance of 59.34 feet to a point for
corner;
North 12°36'00" West, a distance of 79.28 feet to a point for
corner;
North 23°00'03" East, a distance of 77.40 feet to a point for
corner;
North 06°03'39" West, a distance of 99.26 feet to a point for
corner;
North 84°41'12" West, a distance of 77.72 feet to a point for
corner;
THENCE North 14°09'50" East, departing said stream and continuing
along said common line, a distance of 512.73 feet to a 5/8-inch iron
rod with red plastic cap stamped "KHA" set for the westernmost
northwest corner of said 132.87-acre tract, same being on the
southerly line of the aforementioned 218.4-acre tract;
THENCE North 75°58'19" West, departing the westerly line of said
132.87-acre tract and along the southerly line of said 218.4-acre
tract and along the northerly line of said "Tract 7" and along the
northerly line of a called 89.59-acre tract of land described as
"Tract 6" in a deed to Martha Haynes, as recorded in Volume 5610,
Page 603, said Official Records, a distance of 2,543.77 feet to a
5/8-inch iron rod with red plastic cap stamped "KHA" set for the
westernmost southwest corner of said 218.4-acre tract and the
southeast corner of the aforementioned 74.889-acre tract;
THENCE North 13°37'17" East, along the westerly line of said
218.4-acre tract and the easterly line of said 74.889-acre tract
and the easterly line of the aforementioned 15.00-acre tract, and
generally along a barbed wire fence, a distance of 2,348.36 feet to
the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 337.35 acres (14,695,0671 sq.
ft.) of land, more or less.
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,
lieutenant governor, and 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 have been
fulfilled and accomplished.
SECTION 4. (a) Section 4014.0312, Special District Local
Laws Code, as added by Section 1 of this Act, takes effect only if
this Act receives a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to
each house.
(b) If this Act does not receive a two-thirds vote of all the
members elected to each house, Subchapter C, Chapter 4014, Special
District Local Laws Code, as added by Section 1 of this Act, is
amended by adding Section 4014.0312 to read as follows:
Sec. 4014.0312. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. The district may
not exercise the power of eminent domain.
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, 2025.
Pos. No. Name of Director
1 Tim McNutt
2 Buck Nguyen
3 Felix Wong
4 Darrell Rogers
5 Damian Perez