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2	2	By: Hagenbuch S.B. No. 3043
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	relating to the creation of the Craver Ranch Municipal Management
9	9	District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing
10	10	authority to impose assessments and fees; granting a limited power
11	11	of eminent domain.
12	12	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	13	SECTION 1. Subtitle C, Title 4, Special District Local Laws
14	14	Code, is amended by adding Chapter 4020 to read as follows:
15	15	CHAPTER 4020. CRAVER RANCH MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICT NO. 1
16	16	SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
17	17	Sec. 4020.0101. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
18	18	(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.
19	19	(2) "City" means the City of Denton.
20	20	(3) "Director" means a board member.
21	21	(4) "District" means the Craver Ranch Municipal
22	22	Management District No. 1.
23	23	Sec. 4020.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The Craver Ranch
24	24	Municipal Management District No. 1 is a special district created
25	25	under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
26	26	Sec. 4020.0103. PURPOSE; DECLARATION OF INTENT. (a) The
27	27	creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of
28	28	Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI,
29	29	Texas Constitution, and other public purposes stated in this
30	30	chapter.
31	31	(b) By creating the district and in authorizing the city and
32	32	other political subdivisions to contract with the district, the
33	33	legislature has established a program to accomplish the public
34	34	purposes set out in Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution.
35	35	(c) The creation of the district is necessary to promote,
36	36	develop, encourage, and maintain employment, commerce,
37	37	transportation, housing, tourism, recreation, the arts,
38	38	entertainment, economic development, safety, and the public
39	39	welfare in the district.
40	40	(d) This chapter and the creation of the district may not be
41	41	interpreted to relieve the city from providing the level of
42	42	services provided as of the effective date of the Act enacting this
43	43	chapter to the area in the district. The district is created to
44	44	supplement and not to supplant city services provided in the
45	45	district.
46	46	Sec. 4020.0104. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
47	47	(a) All land and other property included in the district will
48	48	benefit from the improvements and services to be provided by the
49	49	district under powers conferred by Sections 52 and 52-a, Article
50	50	III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other
51	51	powers granted under this chapter.
52	52	(b) The district is created to serve a public use and
53	53	benefit.
54	54	(c) The creation of the district is in the public interest
55	55	and is essential to further the public purposes of:
56	56	(1) developing and diversifying the economy of the
57	57	state;
58	58	(2) eliminating unemployment and underemployment; and
59	59	(3) developing or expanding transportation and
60	60	commerce.
61	61	(d) The district will:
62	62	(1) promote the health, safety, and general welfare of
63	63	residents, employers, potential employees, employees, visitors,
64	64	and consumers in the district, and of the public;
65	65	(2) provide needed funding for the district to
66	66	preserve, maintain, and enhance the economic health and vitality of
67	67	the district territory as a community and business center;
68	68	(3) promote the health, safety, welfare, and enjoyment
69	69	of the public by providing pedestrian ways and by landscaping and
70	70	developing certain areas in the district, which are necessary for
71	71	the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of scenic beauty;
72	72	and
73	73	(4) provide for water, wastewater, drainage, road, and
74	74	recreational facilities for the district.
75	75	(e) Pedestrian ways along or across a street, whether at
76	76	grade or above or below the surface, and street lighting, street
77	77	landscaping, parking, and street art objects are parts of and
78	78	necessary components of a street and are considered to be a street
79	79	or road improvement.
80	80	(f) The district will not act as the agent or
81	81	instrumentality of any private interest even though the district
82	82	will benefit many private interests as well as the public.
83	83	Sec. 4020.0105. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY. (a) The
84	84	district is initially composed of the territory described by
85	85	Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.
86	86	(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of
87	87	the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake in the
88	88	field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process
89	89	does not affect the district's:
90	90	(1) organization, existence, or validity;
91	91	(2) right to issue any type of bonds for the purposes
92	92	for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and
93	93	interest on the bonds;
94	94	(3) right to impose or collect an assessment; or
95	95	(4) legality or operation.
96	96	Sec. 4020.0106. ELIGIBILITY FOR INCLUSION IN SPECIAL ZONES.
97	97	All or any part of the area of the district is eligible to be
98	98	included in:
99	99	(1) a tax increment reinvestment zone created under
100	100	Chapter 311, Tax Code; or
101	101	(2) a tax abatement reinvestment zone created under
102	102	Chapter 312, Tax Code.
103	103	Sec. 4020.0107. APPLICABILITY OF MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT
104	104	DISTRICTS LAW. Except as otherwise provided by this chapter,
105	105	Chapter 375, Local Government Code, applies to the district.
106	106	Sec. 4020.0108. PRECONDITION. (a) The district may not
107	107	exercise any powers granted to the district by this chapter or other
108	108	law unless a development agreement between the city and the primary
109	109	landowner in the district that establishes the standards that apply
110	110	to development in the district, in addition to those contained in
111	111	zoning, subdivision, and other applicable ordinances of the city,
112	112	has been executed.
113	113	(b) After September 1, 2030, if a development agreement
114	114	described by Subsection (a) has not been executed, the board shall
115	115	dissolve the district in the manner provided by Section
116	116	4020.0901(b) if the board receives a written dissolution request
117	117	from the city.
118	118	Sec. 4020.0109. CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER. This chapter
119	119	shall be liberally construed in conformity with the findings and
120	120	purposes stated in this chapter.
121	121	SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
122	122	Sec. 4020.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district is
123	123	governed by a board of five elected directors who serve staggered
124	124	terms of four years.
125	125	(b) Directors are elected in the manner provided by
126	126	Subchapter D, Chapter 49, Water Code.
127	127	Sec. 4020.0202. COMPENSATION; EXPENSES. (a) A director is
128	128	entitled to receive fees of office and reimbursement for actual
129	129	expenses as provided by Section 49.060, Water Code.
130	130	(b) Sections 375.069 and 375.070, Local Government Code, do
131	131	not apply to the board.
132	132	Sec. 4020.0203. INITIAL DIRECTORS. (a) The initial board
133	133	consists of the following directors:
134	134	Pos. No. Name of Director Pos. No. Name of Director
135	135	Pos. No. Name of Director
136	136	1 Jessica Burton 1 Jessica Burton
137	137	1 Jessica Burton
138	138	2 Paul Aycock 2 Paul Aycock
139	139	2 Paul Aycock
140	140	3 Isabelle Holbrook 3 Isabelle Holbrook
141	141	3 Isabelle Holbrook
142	142	4 Ana Martin 4 Ana Martin
143	143	4 Ana Martin
144	144	5 Justine Spurgin 5 Justine Spurgin
145	145	5 Justine Spurgin
146	146	(b) Of the initial directors, the terms of directors
147	147	appointed for positions one through three expire June 1, 2027, and
148	148	the terms of directors appointed for positions four and five expire
149	149	June 1, 2029.
150	150	SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES
151	151	Sec. 4020.0301. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district
152	152	has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
153	153	which the district is created.
154	154	Sec. 4020.0302. IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND SERVICES. (a) The
155	155	district, using any money available to the district for the
156	156	purpose, may provide, design, construct, acquire, improve,
157	157	relocate, operate, maintain, or finance an improvement project or
158	158	service authorized under a development agreement described by
159	159	Section 4020.0108, under this chapter, or under Chapter 375, Local
160	160	Government Code.
161	161	(b) The district may contract with a governmental or private
162	162	entity to carry out an action under Subsection (a).
163	163	(c) The implementation of a district project or service is a
164	164	governmental function or service for the purposes of Chapter 791,
165	165	Government Code.
166	166	Sec. 4020.0303. NONPROFIT CORPORATION. (a) The board by
167	167	resolution may authorize the creation of a nonprofit corporation to
168	168	assist and act for the district in implementing a project or
169	169	providing a service authorized by this chapter.
170	170	(b) The nonprofit corporation:
171	171	(1) has each power of and is considered to be a local
172	172	government corporation created under Subchapter D, Chapter 431,
173	173	Transportation Code; and
174	174	(2) may implement any project and provide any service
175	175	authorized by this chapter.
176	176	(c) The board shall appoint the board of directors of the
177	177	nonprofit corporation. The board of directors of the nonprofit
178	178	corporation shall serve in the same manner as the board of directors
179	179	of a local government corporation created under Subchapter D,
180	180	Chapter 431, Transportation Code, except that a board member is not
181	181	required to reside in the district.
182	182	Sec. 4020.0304. MEMBERSHIP IN CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS.
183	183	The district may join and pay dues to a charitable or nonprofit
184	184	organization that performs a service or provides an activity
185	185	consistent with the furtherance of a district purpose.
186	186	Sec. 4020.0305. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. (a) The
187	187	district may engage in activities that accomplish the economic
188	188	development purposes of the district.
189	189	(b) The district may establish and provide for the
190	190	administration of one or more programs to promote state or local
191	191	economic development and to stimulate business and commercial
192	192	activity in the district, including programs to:
193	193	(1) make loans and grants of public money; and
194	194	(2) provide district personnel and services.
195	195	(c) The district may create economic development programs
196	196	and exercise the economic development powers provided to
197	197	municipalities by:
198	198	(1) Chapter 380, Local Government Code; and
199	199	(2) Subchapter A, Chapter 1509, Government Code.
200	200	Sec. 4020.0306. PARKING FACILITIES. (a) The district may
201	201	acquire, lease as lessor or lessee, construct, develop, own,
202	202	operate, and maintain parking facilities or a system of parking
203	203	facilities, including lots, garages, parking terminals, or other
204	204	structures or accommodations for parking motor vehicles off the
205	205	streets and related appurtenances.
206	206	(b) The district's parking facilities serve the public
207	207	purposes of the district and are owned, used, and held for a public
208	208	purpose even if leased or operated by a private entity for a term of
209	209	years.
210	210	(c) The district's parking facilities are parts of and
211	211	necessary components of a street and are considered to be a street
212	212	or road improvement.
213	213	(d) The development and operation of the district's parking
214	214	facilities may be considered an economic development program.
215	215	Sec. 4020.0307. DISBURSEMENTS AND TRANSFERS OF MONEY. The
216	216	board by resolution shall establish the number of directors'
217	217	signatures and the procedure required for a disbursement or
218	218	transfer of district money.
219	219	Sec. 4020.0308. ADDING OR EXCLUDING LAND. Except as
220	220	provided by Section 4020.0309, the district may add or exclude land
221	221	in the manner provided by Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code, or
222	222	by Subchapter H, Chapter 54, Water Code.
223	223	Sec. 4020.0309. DIVISION OF DISTRICT. (a) The district may
224	224	be divided into two or more new districts only if the district has
225	225	no outstanding bonded debt.
226	226	(b) This chapter applies to any new district created by the
227	227	division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and
228	228	duties of the district.
229	229	(c) Any new district created by the division of the district
230	230	may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land
231	231	outside the area described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this
232	232	chapter.
233	233	(d) The board, on its own motion or on receipt of a petition
234	234	signed by the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of
235	235	the real property in the district, may adopt an order dividing the
236	236	district.
237	237	(e) An order dividing the district must:
238	238	(1) name each new district;
239	239	(2) include the metes and bounds description of the
240	240	territory of each new district;
241	241	(3) appoint initial directors for each new district;
242	242	and
243	243	(4) provide for the division of assets and liabilities
244	244	between or among the new districts.
245	245	(f) On or before the 30th day after the date of adoption of
246	246	an order dividing the district, the district shall file the order
247	247	with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and record the
248	248	order in the real property records of each county in which the
249	249	district is located.
250	250	(g) Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to
251	251	the inclusion of land in the district granted under Section
252	252	4020.0503 acts as municipal consent to the creation of any new
253	253	district created by the division of the district and to the
254	254	inclusion of land in the new district.
255	255	Sec. 4020.0310. CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY NOT EXEMPT.
256	256	Section 375.161, Local Government Code, does not apply to the
257	257	district.
258	258	Sec. 4020.0311. NO AD VALOREM TAX. The district may not
259	259	impose an ad valorem tax.
260	260	Sec. 4020.0312. EMINENT DOMAIN. The district may exercise
261	261	the power of eminent domain in the manner provided by Section
262	262	49.222, Water Code.
263	263	SUBCHAPTER D. ASSESSMENTS
264	264	Sec. 4020.0401. PETITION REQUIRED FOR FINANCING SERVICES
265	265	AND IMPROVEMENTS WITH ASSESSMENTS. (a) The board may not finance a
266	266	service or improvement project with assessments under this chapter
267	267	unless a written petition requesting that service or improvement
268	268	has been filed with the board.
269	269	(b) A petition filed under Subsection (a) must be signed by
270	270	the owners of a majority of the assessed value of real property in
271	271	the district subject to assessment according to the most recent
272	272	certified tax appraisal roll for the county.
273	273	Sec. 4020.0402. ASSESSMENTS; LIENS FOR ASSESSMENTS. (a)
274	274	The board by resolution may impose and collect an assessment for any
275	275	purpose authorized by this chapter in all or any part of the
276	276	district.
277	277	(b) An assessment, a reassessment, or an assessment
278	278	resulting from an addition to or correction of the assessment roll
279	279	by the district, penalties and interest on an assessment or
280	280	reassessment, an expense of collection, and reasonable attorney's
281	281	fees incurred by the district:
282	282	(1) are a first and prior lien against the property
283	283	assessed;
284	284	(2) are superior to any other lien or claim other than
285	285	a lien or claim for county, school district, or municipal ad valorem
286	286	taxes; and
287	287	(3) are the personal liability of and a charge against
288	288	the owners of the property even if the owners are not named in the
289	289	assessment proceedings.
290	290	(c) The lien is effective from the date of the board's
291	291	resolution imposing the assessment until the date the assessment is
292	292	paid. The board may enforce the lien in the same manner that a
293	293	taxing unit, as that term is defined by Section 1.04, Tax Code, may
294	294	enforce an ad valorem tax lien against real property.
295	295	(d) The board may make a correction to or deletion from the
296	296	assessment roll that does not increase the amount of assessment of
297	297	any parcel of land without providing notice and holding a hearing in
298	298	the manner required for additional assessments.
299	299	SUBCHAPTER E. BONDS
300	300	Sec. 4020.0501. AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY AND TO ISSUE
301	301	BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS. (a) The district may borrow money on
302	302	terms determined by the board.
303	303	(b) The district may issue, by public or private sale,
304	304	bonds, notes, or other obligations payable wholly or partly from
305	305	assessments, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district
306	306	money, or any combination of those sources of money, to pay for any
307	307	authorized district purpose.
308	308	(c) The district may issue, by public or private sale,
309	309	bonds, notes, or other obligations payable wholly or partly from
310	310	assessments in the manner provided by Subchapter A, Chapter 372,
311	311	Local Government Code, if the improvement financed by the
312	312	obligation issued under this section will be conveyed to or
313	313	operated and maintained by a municipality or other retail utility
314	314	provider pursuant to an agreement with the district entered into
315	315	before the issuance of the obligation.
316	316	Sec. 4020.0502. BONDS SECURED BY REVENUE OR CONTRACT
317	317	PAYMENTS. The district may issue, without an election, bonds
318	318	secured by:
319	319	(1) revenue, including contract revenues; or
320	320	(2) contract payments, provided that the requirements
321	321	of Section 49.108, Water Code, have been met.
322	322	Sec. 4020.0503. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED. (a) The
323	323	board may not issue bonds until each municipality in whose
324	324	corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is
325	325	located has consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of
326	326	the district and to the inclusion of land in the district.
327	327	(b) This section applies only to the district's first
328	328	issuance of bonds.
329	329	SUBCHAPTER I. DISSOLUTION
330	330	Sec. 4020.0901. DISSOLUTION. (a) The board shall dissolve
331	331	the district on written petition filed with the board by the owners
332	332	of:
333	333	(1) at least two-thirds of the assessed value of the
334	334	property subject to assessment by the district based on the most
335	335	recent certified county property tax rolls; or
336	336	(2) at least two-thirds of the surface area of the
337	337	district, excluding roads, streets, highways, utility
338	338	rights-of-way, other public areas, and other property exempt from
339	339	assessment by the district according to the most recent certified
340	340	county property tax rolls.
341	341	(b) The board by majority vote may dissolve the district at
342	342	any time.
343	343	(c) The district may not be dissolved by its board under
344	344	Subsection (a) or (b) if the district:
345	345	(1) has any outstanding bonded or other indebtedness
346	346	until that indebtedness has been repaid or defeased in accordance
347	347	with the order or resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds
348	348	or other indebtedness;
349	349	(2) has a contractual obligation to pay money until
350	350	that obligation has been fully paid in accordance with the
351	351	contract; or
352	352	(3) owns, operates, or maintains public works,
353	353	facilities, or improvements unless the district contracts with
354	354	another person for the ownership, operation, or maintenance of the
355	355	public works, facilities, or improvements.
356	356	(d) Sections 375.261, 375.262, and 375.264, Local
357	357	Government Code, do not apply to the district.
358	358	SECTION 2. The Craver Ranch Municipal Management District
359	359	No. 1 initially includes all territory contained in the following
360	360	area:
361	361	LEGAL DESCRIPTION
362	362	2801.468 Acres
363	363	BEING all of that tract of land situated in the P.G. Yarborough
364	364	Survey, Abstract No. 1447, the J. Morton Survey, Abstract No. 121,
365	365	the W. Norment Survey, Abstract No. 965, the J.W. Jagoe Survey,
366	366	Abstract No. 1640, the A.W. Patton Survey, Abstract No. 990 and the
367	367	W. A. Thompson Survey, Abstract No. 1238, City of Sanger, Denton
368	368	County, Texas, and being all of a called 0.862 acre tract of land
369	369	described in the deed to Raymond & Jewel Vinson, recorded in
370	370	Instrument No. 2008-66099, Official Records of Denton County,
371	371	Texas, and all of a called 623.211 acre tract of land described in
372	372	the deed to Daredevil Communications LLC, recorded in Instrument
373	373	No. 2018-109219, said Official Records, and all of a called 66.247
374	374	acre tract of land described as Tract III, in the deed to Gregory J.
375	375	Egner, Jr., Trustee of the Egner Family Living Trust, recorded in
376	376	Instrument No. 2016-23869, said Official Records, and all of a
377	377	called 1892.409 acre tract of land described as Tract I and all of a
378	378	called 219.478 acre tract of land described as Tract II, in the deed
379	379	to NTCH-NM, LLC, recorded in Instrument No. 2024-44505, said
380	380	Official Records, and being more particularly described as follows:
381	381	BEGINNING at a wooden right-of-way monument found in the east
382	382	right-of-way line of FM 2164 (Variable width right-of-way), at a
383	383	westerly corner of said 623.211 acre tract, and the common
384	384	southwest corner of Wild West Addition, recorded in Cabinet G, Page
385	385	150, Plat Records of Denton County, Texas;
386	386	THENCE North 89° 00' 03" East, with a north line of said 623.211 acre
387	387	tract, a distance of 1562.78 feet to a 1/2-inch iron rod with a cap
388	388	stamped 'RPLS 6677" set (hereinafter referred to as capped iron rod
389	389	set) at a T-Post at the southeast corner of said Wild West Addition;
390	390	THENCE North 00° 29' 29" West, with a westerly line of said 623.211
391	391	acre tract, a distance of 1460.42 feet to a wood fence corner post
392	392	found at the southwest corner of a called 11.015 acre tract
393	393	described in deed to Jason Walden and wife, Marianne K. Benton
394	394	Sharp, recorded in Instrument No. 2014-107288, said Official
395	395	Records;
396	396	THENCE North 89° 02' 03" East, with the north line of said 623.211
397	397	acre tract, a distance of 2688.93 feet to a 1/2-inch capped iron rod
398	398	found at the northwest corner of a called 10.021 acre tract
399	399	described as Tract one in deed to Augie's Addition, L.L.C.,
400	400	recorded in Instrument No. 2008-40851, said official Records;
401	401	THENCE South 01° 10' 35" East, with an easterly line of said 623.211
402	402	acre tract, a distance of 1174.75 feet to a 1/2-inch capped iron rod
403	403	found at the southwest corner of said 10.021 acre tract;
404	404	THENCE North 89° 09' 19" East, with a northerly line of said 623.211
405	405	acre tract, a distance of 741.27 feet to a 1/2-inch capped iron rod
406	406	found at the southeast corner of said 10.021 acre tract, at the
407	407	northeast corner of said 623.211 acre tract, at the northwest
408	408	corner of said 1892.409 acre tract, and at the common southwest
409	409	corner of a called 20.190 acre tract of land described in deed to
410	410	Richard W. Freeman and Wife, Janice H. Freeman, recorded in
411	411	Instrument No. 2009-147025, said Official Records;
412	412	THENCE North 88° 27' 29" East, with a north line of said 1892.409
413	413	acre tract, a distance of 2530.35 feet to a wooden fence corner post
414	414	found at the southeast corner of Quail Ridge Estates, recorded in
415	415	Cabinet R, Slide 274, said Plat Records, and in the west line of
416	416	Culp Branch Addition, recorded in Cabinet B, Page 323, said Plat
417	417	Records;
418	418	THENCE South 01° 28' 30" East, with an easterly line of said 1892.409
419	419	acre tract, a distance of 1977.73 feet to a 1-inch iron rod found at
420	420	the southwest corner of a called 28.870 acre tract described in deed
421	421	to Richard Alan Estes and Gaye Lynn Estes, Trustees of the Estes
422	422	Family Living Trust, recorded in Instrument No. 2014-47520, said
423	423	Official Records;
424	424	THENCE North 89° 02' 14" East, with a northerly line of said 1892.409
425	425	acre tract, a distance of 1883.14 feet to a 1/2-inch capped iron rod
426	426	found (illegible) at the southeast corner of said 28.870 acre
427	427	tract;
428	428	THENCE North 01° 10' 24" West, with a westerly line of said 1892.409
429	429	acre tract, a distance of 2799.94 feet to a 1-inch iron pipe found
430	430	in the east line of said Culp Branch Addition;
431	431	THENCE North 01° 08' 36" West, continuing with the westerly line of
432	432	said 1892.409 acre tract, a distance of 1324.91 feet to a 5/8-inch
433	433	iron rod found at the northeast corner of a called 42.98 acre tract
434	434	described as Tract II, in deed to Dave & Dave LTD, Co., recorded in
435	435	Instrument No. 2001-80814, said Official Records, and at a
436	436	southerly corner of Lake Ride Estates, recorded in Cabinet W, Page
437	437	651, said Plat Records;
438	438	THENCE North 01° 23' 13" West, continuing with the westerly line of
439	439	said 1892.409 acre tract, a distance of 465.52 feet to a metal fence
440	440	corner post found at a northwesterly corner of said 1892.409 acre
441	441	tract and in a southerly line of said Lake Ridge Estates;
442	442	THENCE North 88° 59' 10" East, with a northerly line of said 1892.409
443	443	acre tract, a distance of 2876.25 feet to a metal fence corner post
444	444	found at a northeasterly corner of said 1892.409 acre tract and at
445	445	the southeast corner of a called 10.56 acre tract described in deed
446	446	to Ronny Ryan Allen, recorded in Instrument No. 2011-59595, said
447	447	Official Records, and in the west line of a called 16.00 acre tract
448	448	described in deed to Jack Albert Jr. & Wendy Harrod Hall, Trustees
449	449	of the Jack & Wendy Hall Living Trust, recorded in Instrument
450	450	No. 2018-135544, said Official Records;
451	451	THENCE South 03° 18' 46" East, with an easterly line of said 1892.409
452	452	acre tract, a distance of 422.97 feet to a metal fence corner post
453	453	found at the southwest corner of said 16.00 acre tract;
454	454	THENCE North 88° 56' 44" East, with the northerly line of said
455	455	1892.409 acre tract, a distance of 2390.11 feet to a 1/2-inch capped
456	456	iron rod found (illegible) at the southeast corner of a called
457	457	33.021 acre tract described in deed to Dan C. Reding & Elizabeth J.
458	458	Reding, recorded in Instrument No. 2011-92590, said Official
459	459	Records, and at the southwest corner of a called 90.32 acre tract
460	460	described in deed to NTCH NM LLC, recorded in Instrument
461	461	No. 2015-91618, said Official Records;
462	462	THENCE North 89° 00' 59" East, continuing with the northerly line of
463	463	said 1892.409 acre tract, a distance of 2359.32 feet to a wood
464	464	right-of-way monument found in the west right-of-way line of FM
465	465	2153 (Prescriptive right-of-way), at the northeast corner of said
466	466	1892.409 acre tract and the common southeast corner of said 90.32
467	467	acre tract;
468	468	THENCE South 01° 04' 48" East, with the east line of said 1892.409
469	469	acre tract and the west right-of-way line of FM 2153 (Prescriptive
470	470	right-of-way), a distance of 3615.71 feet to a capped iron rod set;
471	471	THENCE South 00° 48' 48" East, continuing with the east line of said
472	472	1892.409 acre tract and the west right-of-way line of FM 2153
473	473	(Prescriptive right-of-way), a distance of 572.81 feet, to a mag
474	474	nail found in a fence corner post at the northeast corner of a
475	475	called 15.00 acre tract described in deed to Bijan Janami,
476	476	Shahrivar Sobhanian & Shahla Nouri Kohani, recorded in Instrument
477	477	No. 2024-50795, said Official Records;
478	478	THENCE South 89° 13' 22" West, with a southerly line of said 1892.409
479	479	acre tract, a distance of 2156.68 feet to a 1-inch iron rod found at
480	480	the northwest corner of said 15.00 acre tract;
481	481	THENCE South 01° 04' 05" East, with the easterly line of said
482	482	1892.409 acre tract, a distance of 303.17 feet to a 1-inch iron pipe
483	483	found at the southwest corner of said 15.00 acre tract;
484	484	THENCE South 01° 34' 19" East, continuing with the easterly line of
485	485	said 1892.409 acre tract, a distance of 331.29 feet to a 1/2-inch
486	486	capped iron rod found (illegible) at the northwest corner of a
487	487	called 16.364 acre tract described in deed to Spire Tower US LLC,
488	488	recorded in Instrument No. 2024-48396, said Official Records;
489	489	THENCE South 01° 29' 45" East, continuing with the easterly line of
490	490	said 1892.409 acre tract, a distance of 242.84 feet to a 1/2-inch
491	491	iron rod found at the most westerly southwest corner of said 16.364
492	492	acre tract;
493	493	THENCE South 73° 44' 27" East, continuing with the easterly line of
494	494	said 1892.409 acre tract, a distance of 237.66 feet to a capped iron
495	495	rod set;
496	496	THENCE South 82° 07' 13" East, continuing with the easterly line of
497	497	said 1892.409 acre tract, a distance of 266.22 feet to a 3/8-inch
498	498	iron rod found at the most southerly southwest corner of said 16.364
499	499	acre tract and the northwest corner of Parks Addition, recorded in
500	500	Instrument No. 2010-206, said Official Records;
501	501	THENCE with the east line of said 1892.409 acre tract and the west
502	502	line of said Parks Addition, the following courses:
503	503	1. South 11° 04' 31" East, a distance of 138.03 feet;
504	504	2. South 32° 46' 02" East, a distance of 51.03 feet;
505	505	3. South 48° 18' 56" East, a distance of 56.57 feet;
506	506	4. South 68° 05' 51" East, a distance of 30.19 feet;
507	507	5. South 81° 20' 09" East, a distance of 27.00 feet;
508	508	6. South 88° 48' 25" East, a distance of 243.52 feet to a
509	509	1/2-inch iron rod found at the northwest corner of a called 37.7184
510	510	acre tract described in deed to Larry Hibberd & Spouse, Darlene
511	511	Hibberd, recorded in Instrument No. 2000-4481, said Official
512	512	Records;
513	513	THENCE with the east line of said 1892.409 acre tract and the west
514	514	line of said 37.7184 acre tract, the following courses:
515	515	1. South 08° 13' 25" East, a distance of 631.62 feet;
516	516	2. South 04° 44' 10" East, a distance of 210.34 feet;
517	517	3. South 14° 00' 51" East, a distance of 106.56 feet;
518	518	4. South 19° 03' 47" East, a distance of 77.78 feet;
519	519	5. South 18° 22' 42" East, a distance of 176.66 feet;
520	520	6. South 28° 35' 49" East, a distance of 57.16 feet;
521	521	7. South 35° 51' 23" East, a distance of 64.50 feet;
522	522	8. South 76° 20' 21" East, a distance of 117.45 feet;
523	523	9. North 86° 19' 20" East, a distance of 145.94 feet;
524	524	10. South 61° 14' 20" East, a distance of 116.10 feet;
525	525	11. South 22° 57' 45" East, a distance of 147.48 feet to a
526	526	capped iron rod set;
527	527	THENCE North 89° 32' 36" East, with a northerly line of said 1892.401
528	528	acre tract, a distance of 572.51 feet to a point in the west
529	529	right-of-way line of FM 2153 (prescriptive right-of-way), at a
530	530	northeasterly corner of said 1892.401 acre tract, from which a
531	531	1/2-inch iron rod found bears South 89° 32' 36" West, a distance of
532	532	1.41 feet;
533	533	THENCE South 00° 48' 48" East, a distance of 3094.50 feet to a capped
534	534	iron rod set at the beginning of a non-tangential curve to the left;
535	535	With said curve to the left, having a radius of 1191.00 feet, a
536	536	central angle of 09° 26' 19", an arc length of 196.20 feet, a chord
537	537	that bears South 04° 26' 21" East, a distance of 195.98 feet to a mag
538	538	nail set in Shepard Road (No Record Found, Prescriptive
539	539	right-of-way), at the end of said curve;
540	540	THENCE with the south line of said 1892.409 acre tract and in said
541	541	Shepard Road, the following courses:
542	542	1. South 89° 50' 46" West, a distance of 1858.57 feet to a mag
543	543	nail set;
544	544	2. South 89° 28' 44" West, a distance of 945.64 feet to a
545	545	1/2-inch iron rod found;
546	546	3. South 89° 23' 55" West, a distance of 1927.35 feet to a mag
547	547	nail set;
548	548	THENCE North 00° 44' 22" West, with a westerly line of said 1892.409
549	549	acre tract, a distance of 2953.22 feet to a metal fence corner post
550	550	found at the northeast corner of a called 318.00 acre tract
551	551	described in deed to Jones-Brown-Davis Limited Partnership,
552	552	recorded in Instrument No. 2002-146053, said Official Records;
553	553	THENCE with the south line of said 1892.409 acre tract, the
554	554	following courses:
555	555	1. South 88° 03' 15" West, a distance of 4794.40 feet to a
556	556	capped iron rod set at a T-Post;
557	557	2. North 00° 55' 35" West, a distance of 1017.61 feet to a
558	558	metal fence corner post found at the northeast corner of a called
559	559	202.501 acre tract described in deed to Eric Seymour & Elizabeth
560	560	Seymour, recorded in Instrument No. 2013-79507, said Official
561	561	Records;
562	562	3. South 88° 36' 29" West, a distance of 2289.40 feet to a
563	563	1/2-inch capped iron rod stamped "ALLIANCE" found at the northwest
564	564	corner of said 202.501 acre tract and at the northeast corner of a
565	565	called 9.987 acres tract described as Tract I in deed to Gregory J.
566	566	Egner, Jr. Trustee of the Egner Family Living Trust, recorded in
567	567	Instrument No. 2016-23869, said Official Records;
568	568	4. South 87° 55' 15" West, a distance of 249.50 feet to a
569	569	1/2-inch iron rod found at the southwest corner of said 1892.409
570	570	acre tract and the southeast corner of said 66.247 acre tract;
571	571	THENCE South 88° 41' 14" West, with the south line of said 66.247
572	572	acre tract, a distance of 2067.47 feet to a wood fence corner post
573	573	found at the southwest corner of said 66.247 acre tract and at the
574	574	northwest corner of a called 15.00 acre tract described in deed to
575	575	Richard G. Buckner, recorded in Instrument No. 2015-20724, said
576	576	Official Records, and in the east line of said 623.211 acre tract;
577	577	THENCE South 00° 40' 20" East, partially with the east line of said
578	578	623.211 acre tract and the east line of said 219.478 acre tract, a
579	579	distance of 1127.14 feet to a 1/2-inch iron rod found at the
580	580	northwest corner of a called 5.00 acre tract described as Tract I,
581	581	in deed to Edward Flores & Wife, Diena Flores, recorded in
582	582	Instrument No. 1984-39110 (Volume 1449, Page 258), Deed Records of
583	583	Denton County, Texas, in Indian Wells Road (No Record Found,
584	584	Prescriptive right-of-way assumed);
585	585	THENCE South 00° 42' 40" East, continuing with the east line of said
586	586	219.478 acre tract, a distance of 1515.14 feet to a 1/2-inch iron
587	587	rod found at the southwest corner of a called 5.53 acre tract
588	588	described in deed to C&P COUNTRYLIFE LLC, recorded in Instrument
589	589	No. 2020-164077, said Official Records, and at the northwest corner
590	590	of a called 9.887 acre tract described in deed to Lendal R. Patton &
591	591	Wife, Lisa B. Patton, recorded in Instrument No. 1996-011783, said
592	592	Official Records;
593	593	THENCE South 00° 27' 46" East, continuing with the east line of said
594	594	219.478 acre tract, a distance of 824.08 feet to a 1/2-inch iron rod
595	595	found in Gribble Springs Road (No record found, Prescriptive
596	596	right-of-way assumed), at the southeast corner of said 219.478 acre
597	597	tract and the northeast corner of a called 2.00 acre tract described
598	598	in deed to Mark Laird & Kristie Laird, recorded in Instrument
599	599	No. 2017-94146, said Official Records;
600	600	THENCE South 89° 05' 08" West, with the south line of said 219.478
601	601	acre tract, a distance of 3024.85 feet to a 1/2-inch iron rod found
602	602	at the southwest corner of said 219.478 acre tract;
603	603	THENCE North 00° 57' 06" West, with a westerly line of said 219.478
604	604	acre tract, a distance of 1380.73 feet to a metal fence corner post
605	605	found at the northeast corner of a called 15.000 acre tract
606	606	described in deed to Timothy Gene Trietsch, Karen Reynolds, Michael
607	607	Trietsch & Patricia Temple, recorded in Instrument
608	608	No. 2022-120814, said Official Records;
609	609	THENCE South 89° 17' 21" West, with a southerly line of said 219.478
610	610	acre tract, a distance of 653.46 feet to a 1/2-inch iron rod found
611	611	at the northwest corner of said 15.000 acre tract, and at the
612	612	northeast corner of a called 4.84 acre tract described in deed to
613	613	Rodney Lane & Marlena Lane, recorded in Instrument No. 2013-17328,
614	614	said Official Records;
615	615	THENCE South 89° 28' 10" West, continuing with a southerly line of
616	616	said 219.478 acre tract, a distance of 600.27 feet to a wood fence
617	617	corner post found at the southeast corner of said 0.862 acre tract;
618	618	THENCE South 88° 55' 28" West, with the south line of said 0.862 acre
619	619	tract, a distance of 183.01 feet to a 1/2-inch iron rod found at the
620	620	southwest corner of said 0.862 acre tract, in the east right-of-way
621	621	line of FM 2164 (variable width right-of-way);
622	622	THENCE North 31° 05' 48" East, partially with the west line of said
623	623	0.862 acre tract, a distance of 61.86 feet to a capped iron rod set
624	624	at the beginning of a curve to the left;
625	625	With said curve to the left, with the west line of said 219.478 acre
626	626	tract and the east right-of-way line of FM 2164 (variable width
627	627	right-of-way), having a radius of 1000.40 feet, a central angle of
628	628	32° 06' 00", an arc length of 560.47 feet, a chord that bears North
629	629	15° 02' 48" East, a distance of 553.17 feet to a capped iron rod set
630	630	at the end of said curve;
631	631	THENCE partially with the west line of said 219.478 acre tract and
632	632	with the west line of said 623.211 acre tract and the east
633	633	right-of-way line of FM 2164 (variable width right-of-way), the
634	634	following courses:
635	635	1. North 01° 00' 12" West, passing the northwest corner of
636	636	said 219.478 acre tract at a distance of 657.88 feet and the
637	637	southwest corner of said 623.211 acre tract, for a total distance of
638	638	1804.13 feet to a capped iron rod set;
639	639	2. North 13° 02' 02" East, a distance of 103.08 feet to a
640	640	capped iron rod set;
641	641	3. North 01° 00' 08" West, a distance of 951.10 feet to a
642	642	capped iron rod set at the beginning of a curve to the right;
643	643	4. With said curve to the right, having a radius of 1076.30
644	644	feet, a central angle of 17° 26' 23", an arc length of 327.60 feet, a
645	645	chord that bears North 07° 43' 03" East, a distance of 326.34 feet to
646	646	a capped iron rod set at the end of said curve, from which a wood
647	647	right-of-way monument found bears South 13° 13' 34" West, a distance
648	648	of 2.43 feet;
649	649	5. North 04° 51' 24" East, a distance of 101.94 feet to a
650	650	capped iron rod set at the beginning of a non-tangential curve to
651	651	the right;
652	652	6. With said curve to the right, having a radius of 1101.30
653	653	feet, a central angle of 33° 47' 29", an arc length of 649.51 feet, a
654	654	chord that bears North 38° 32' 07" East, a distance of 640.14 feet to
655	655	a capped iron rod set at the end of said curve;
656	656	7. North 55° 25' 52" East, a distance of 404.80 feet to a
657	657	capped iron rod set at the beginning of a curve to the left;
658	658	8. With said curve to the left, having a radius of 1186.30
659	659	feet, a central angle of 55° 16' 59", an arc length of 1144.63 feet,
660	660	a chord that bears North 27° 47' 22" East, a distance of 1100.74 feet
661	661	to a 1/2-inch capped iron rod found;
662	662	9. North 00° 08' 52" East, a distance of 333.40 feet to the
663	663	POINT OF BEGINNING and enclosing 2801.468 acres (122,031,951 square
664	664	feet) of land, more or less.ra
665	665	SECTION 3. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
666	666	introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
667	667	Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
668	668	copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
669	669	officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
670	670	under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
671	671	Government Code.
672	672	(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
673	673	submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
674	674	Environmental Quality.
675	675	(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
676	676	its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor,
677	677	lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives
678	678	within the required time.
679	679	(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
680	680	state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
681	681	to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act have been
682	682	fulfilled and accomplished.
683	683	SECTION 4. (a) Section 4020.0312, Special District Local
684	684	Laws Code, as added by Section 1 of this Act, takes effect only if
685	685	this Act receives a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to
686	686	each house.
687	687	(b) If this Act does not receive a two-thirds vote of all the
688	688	members elected to each house, Subchapter C, Chapter 4020, Special
689	689	District Local Laws Code, as added by Section 1 of this Act, is
690	690	amended by adding Section 4020.0312 to read as follows:
691	691	Sec. 4020.0312. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. The district may
692	692	not exercise the power of eminent domain.
693	693	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
694	694	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
695	695	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
696	696	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
697	697	Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
698	698
699	699
700	700
701	701	Pos. No. Name of Director
702	702
703	703
704	704
705	705	1 Jessica Burton
706	706
707	707
708	708
709	709	2 Paul Aycock
710	710
711	711
712	712
713	713	3 Isabelle Holbrook
714	714
715	715
716	716
717	717	4 Ana Martin
718	718
719	719
720	720
721	721	5 Justine Spurgin