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1	1	89R16977 JBD-F
2	2	By: Paxton S.B. No. 3051
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the creation of the Grassland Municipal Utility
10	10	District No. 1 of Collin County; granting a limited power of eminent
11	11	domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to
12	12	impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
13	13	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
14	14	SECTION 1. Subtitle F, Title 6, Special District Local Laws
15	15	Code, is amended by adding Chapter 8021A to read as follows:
16	16	CHAPTER 8021A. GRASSLAND MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1 OF
17	17	COLLIN COUNTY
18	18	SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
19	19	Sec. 8021A.0101. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
20	20	(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.
21	21	(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on
22	22	Environmental Quality.
23	23	(3) "Director" means a board member.
24	24	(4) "District" means the Grassland Municipal Utility
25	25	District No. 1 of Collin County.
26	26	Sec. 8021A.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a
27	27	municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI,
28	28	Texas Constitution.
29	29	Sec. 8021A.0103. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTOR ELECTION
30	30	REQUIRED. The temporary directors shall hold an election to
31	31	confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent
32	32	directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
33	33	Sec. 8021A.0104. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CONFIRMATION
34	34	ELECTION. (a) The temporary directors may not hold an election
35	35	under Section 8021A.0103 until:
36	36	(1) each municipality in whose corporate limits or
37	37	extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has
38	38	consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the
39	39	district and to the inclusion of land in the district; and
40	40	(2) the district has entered into a contract with a
41	41	municipality, Collin County, or another entity:
42	42	(A) for adequate supplemental police, fire,
43	43	emergency, and animal control services for the district; and
44	44	(B) that is approved by the Commissioners Court
45	45	of Collin County under Subsection (c).
46	46	(b) A contract under Subsection (a) may include a provision
47	47	that the contract takes effect only on the approval of the
48	48	Commissioners Court of Collin County and the voters in the district
49	49	voting in an election held for that purpose.
50	50	(c) The Commissioners Court of Collin County shall review a
51	51	contract under Subsection (a) and evaluate the supplemental police,
52	52	fire, emergency, and animal control services provided in the
53	53	contract. If the commissioners court determines that the contract
54	54	provides adequate services, the commissioners court shall adopt a
55	55	resolution stating that the contract has met the requirements of
56	56	Subsection (a).
57	57	Sec. 8021A.0105. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
58	58	(a) The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit.
59	59	(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:
60	60	(1) a municipal utility district as provided by
61	61	general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and
62	62	(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that
63	63	relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation,
64	64	or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or
65	65	improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
66	66	Sec. 8021A.0106. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY. (a) The
67	67	district is initially composed of the territory described by
68	68	Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.
69	69	(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of
70	70	the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the
71	71	field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process
72	72	does not affect the district's:
73	73	(1) organization, existence, or validity;
74	74	(2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes
75	75	for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and
76	76	interest on a bond;
77	77	(3) right to impose a tax; or
78	78	(4) legality or operation.
79	79	SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
80	80	Sec. 8021A.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district
81	81	is governed by a board of five elected directors.
82	82	(b) Except as provided by Section 8021A.0202, directors
83	83	serve staggered four-year terms.
84	84	Sec. 8021A.0202. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS. (a) On or after the
85	85	effective date of the Act enacting this chapter, the owner or owners
86	86	of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the
87	87	district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that
88	88	the commission appoint as temporary directors the five persons
89	89	named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as temporary
90	90	directors the five persons named in the petition.
91	91	(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:
92	92	(1) the date permanent directors are elected under
93	93	Section 8021A.0103; or
94	94	(2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of
95	95	the Act enacting this chapter.
96	96	(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under
97	97	Section 8021A.0103 and the terms of the temporary directors have
98	98	expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or
99	99	reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that
100	100	expire on the earlier of:
101	101	(1) the date permanent directors are elected under
102	102	Section 8021A.0103; or
103	103	(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the
104	104	appointment or reappointment.
105	105	(d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a
106	106	majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district
107	107	may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the
108	108	commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five
109	109	persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as
110	110	successor temporary directors the five persons named in the
111	111	petition.
112	112	SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES
113	113	Sec. 8021A.0301. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district
114	114	has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
115	115	which the district is created.
116	116	Sec. 8021A.0302. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND
117	117	DUTIES. The district has the powers and duties provided by the
118	118	general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code,
119	119	applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59,
120	120	Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
121	121	Sec. 8021A.0303. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS. Under
122	122	Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may
123	123	design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve,
124	124	operate, maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a
125	125	municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled,
126	126	or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid
127	127	of those roads.
128	128	Sec. 8021A.0304. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS. (a) A
129	129	road project must meet all applicable construction standards,
130	130	zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each
131	131	municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial
132	132	jurisdiction the road project is located.
133	133	(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits
134	134	or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road
135	135	project must meet all applicable construction standards,
136	136	subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which
137	137	the road project is located.
138	138	(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the
139	139	Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and
140	140	specifications of the road project.
141	141	Sec. 8021A.0305. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT
142	142	ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION. The district shall comply with all
143	143	applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is
144	144	adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that
145	145	consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land
146	146	in the district.
147	147	Sec. 8021A.0306. DIVISION OF DISTRICT. This chapter
148	148	applies to any new district created by the division of the district
149	149	under Section 49.316, Water Code, and a new district has all the
150	150	powers and duties of the district.
151	151	SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
152	152	Sec. 8021A.0401. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS. (a)
153	153	The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other
154	154	obligations secured by:
155	155	(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or
156	156	(2) contract payments described by Section
157	157	8021A.0403.
158	158	(b) The district must hold an election in the manner
159	159	provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval
160	160	before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds
161	161	payable from ad valorem taxes.
162	162	(c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem
163	163	taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a
164	164	vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an
165	165	election held for that purpose.
166	166	Sec. 8021A.0402. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. (a) If
167	167	authorized at an election held under Section 8021A.0401, the
168	168	district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable
169	169	property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water
170	170	Code.
171	171	(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not
172	172	exceed the rate approved at the election.
173	173	Sec. 8021A.0403. CONTRACT TAXES. (a) In accordance with
174	174	Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than
175	175	an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from
176	176	the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of
177	177	the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters
178	178	voting at an election held for that purpose.
179	179	(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a
180	180	provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by
181	181	the board without further voter approval.
182	182	SUBCHAPTER E. BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS
183	183	Sec. 8021A.0501. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER
184	184	OBLIGATIONS. The district may issue bonds or other obligations
185	185	payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees,
186	186	revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any
187	187	combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district
188	188	purpose.
189	189	Sec. 8021A.0502. TAXES FOR BONDS. At the time the district
190	190	issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the
191	191	board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing
192	192	direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all
193	193	or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner
194	194	provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
195	195	Sec. 8021A.0503. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS. At the time of
196	196	issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations
197	197	issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad
198	198	valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the
199	199	real property in the district.
200	200	SECTION 2. The Grassland Municipal Utility District No. 1
201	201	of Collin County initially includes all the territory contained in
202	202	the following area:
203	203	TRACT 1
204	204	BEING a 60.224 acre (2,623,369 square foot) tract of land situated
205	205	in the William D. Thompson Survey, Abstract No. 892,
206	206	Extraterritorial Jurisdiction of Princeton, Collin County, Texas,
207	207	said tract being all of a called 60.20 acre tract of land described
208	208	as Tract 1 in General Warranty Deed with Vendor's Lien to Austin Two
209	209	Tracts, L.P. recorded in Volume 5518, Page 2813, Deed Records,
210	210	Collin County, Texas (D.R.C.C.T.), said tract being more
211	211	particularly described by metes and bounds as follows:
212	212	BEGINNING at a 1/2" iron rod found with a cap stamped "PATE ENGR
213	213	RPLS 3917" in the north right-of-way line of County Road 392 (a
214	214	variable width right-of-way), said iron rod being the southwest
215	215	corner of said Austin Two Tracts tract and in the east line of a
216	216	tract of land described in Warranty Deed to Charles Hutcheson
217	217	recorded in Volume 4595, Page 2784, D.R.C.C.T.;
218	218	THENCE North 01°00'35" East, along the west line of said Austin Two
219	219	Tracts tract, a distance of 2,088.97 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found
220	220	with a cap stamped "PATE ENGR RPLS 3917" in the south line of a tract
221	221	of land described in Special Warranty Deed to GRBK Edgewood LLC
222	222	recorded in Instrument Number 20220315000414390, Official Public
223	223	Records, Collin County, Texas (O.P.R.C.C.T.), said iron rod being
224	224	the northwest corner of said Austin Two Tracts tract and the
225	225	northeast corner of a tract of land described in Deed of Gift of
226	226	Land to Jacky L. Sartain and Susan W. Sartain recorded in Instrument
227	227	Number 19920805000526640, O.P.R.C.C.T.;
228	228	THENCE South 89°28'04" East, along the north line of said Austin Two
229	229	Tracts tract and the said south line of GRBK Edgewood tract, a
230	230	distance of 1,484.98 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found with a cap
231	231	stamped "PATE ENGR RPLS 3917", said iron rod being the northeast
232	232	corner of said Austin Two Tracts tract and an ell corner of said
233	233	GRBK Edgewood tract;
234	234	THENCE along the east line of said Austin Two Tracts tract the
235	235	following five (5) calls:
236	236	South 00°51'21" West, at a distance of 17.93 feet passing a
237	237	1/2" iron rod found being the northwest corner of Block C, Richland
238	238	Estates Addition, an addition to the City of Princeton according to
239	239	the plat recorded in Cabinet K, Slide 817, Plat Records, Collin
240	240	County, Texas (P.R.C.C.T.), continuing in all a total distance of
241	241	724.86 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found in the west line of said Block
242	242	C, said iron rod being the most easterly southeast corner of said
243	243	Austin Two Tracts tract and the northeast corner of a tract of land
244	244	described in General Warranty Deed to Waseem Akram recorded in
245	245	Instrument Number 20210316000521340, O.P.R.C.C.T.;
246	246	South 89°47'09" West, a distance of 221.33 feet to a 1/2" iron
247	247	rod found, said iron rod being a reentrant corner of said Austin Two
248	248	Tracts tract and the northwest corner of said Akram tract;
249	249	South 00°05'55" East, a distance of 715.43 feet to a 5/8" iron
250	250	rod found with a cap stamped "KHA";
251	251	South 47°12'14" West, a distance of 598.13 feet to a 3/8" iron
252	252	rod found;
253	253	South 09°52'04" West, a distance of 238.98 feet to a mag nail
254	254	found with washer stamped "KHA" in the said north right-of-way line
255	255	of County Road 392, said iron rod being the most southerly southeast
256	256	corner of said Austin Two Tracts tract;
257	257	THENCE North 89°26'06" West, along the south line of said Austin Two
258	258	Tracts tract and the said north right-of-way line of County Road
259	259	392, a distance of 810.99 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING and
260	260	containing 2,623,369 square feet or 60.224 acres of land, more or
261	261	less.
262	262	TRACT 2
263	263	BEING a 1.2926 acre (56,307 square foot) tract of land situated in
264	264	the William D. Thompson Survey, Abstract No. 892, Collin County,
265	265	Texas; said tract being a portion of a called 11.447 acre tract of
266	266	land described in General Warranty Deed to Waseem Akram recorded in
267	267	Instrument Number 20210316000521340, Official Public Records,
268	268	Collin County, Texas; said tract being more particularly described
269	269	by metes and bounds as follows:
270	270	BEGINNING at a mag nail found with washer stamped "KHA" in County
271	271	Road 392 (a variable width right-of-way), said nail being the
272	272	southwest corner of said Akram tract;
273	273	THENCE North 09°52'04" East, along the west line of said Akram
274	274	tract, at a distance of 19.70 feet passing a mag nail found with
275	275	washer stamped "KHA" in the north right-of-way line of said County
276	276	Road 392, said nail being the southeast corner of a called 60.20
277	277	acre tract of land described as Tract 1 in General Warranty Deed
278	278	with Vendor's Lien to Austin Two Tracts, LP, continuing in all a
279	279	total distance of 258.68 feet to a 3/8" iron rod found;
280	280	THENCE North 47°12'14" East, continuing along the said west line of
281	281	Akram tract, a distance of 213.36 feet to a 5/8" iron rod found with
282	282	a cap stamped "KHA", from which a 5/8" iron rod found with a cap
283	283	stamped "KHA" bears North 47°12'14" East, 384.77 feet;
284	284	THENCE South 00°33'21" West, departing the said west line of Akram
285	285	tract, a distance of 401.73 feet to a mag nail found with washer
286	286	stamped "KHA" in said County Road 392;
287	287	THENCE North 89°26'39" West, along said County Road 392, a distance
288	288	of 197.00 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 56,307
289	289	square feet or 1.2926 acres of land, more or less.
290	290	BEING a 10.146 acre (441,981) square foot tract of land situated in
291	291	the William D. Thompson Survey, Abstract No. 892, Collin County,
292	292	Texas, and being a portion of the called 11.447 acre tract of land
293	293	described in the General Warranty Deed to Waseem Akram recorded in
294	294	Instrument No. 20210316000521340 of the Official Public Records of
295	295	Collin County, Texas, said 10.146 acre (441,981) square foot tract
296	296	of land being more particularly described by metes and bounds as
297	297	follows:
298	298	BEGINNING at a mag anil with washer stamped "KHA" found in the south
299	299	line of said 10.147 acre tract of land, said mag nail with washer
300	300	stamped "KHA" being the southeast corner of a called 1.2926 acre
301	301	tract of land described in the deed to Austin Two Tracts, L.P.
302	302	recorded in Instrument No. 2023000064692 of said Official Public
303	303	Records of Collin County, Texas, said mag nail with washer stamped
304	304	"KHA" also being in County Road 392 (variable width right-of-way);
305	305	THENCE North 00 degrees 33 minutes 21 seconds East, with the east
306	306	line of said 1.2926 acre tract of land, a distance of 401.73 feet to
307	307	a 5/8 inch iron rod with cap stamped "KHA found in the common
308	308	northwesterly line of said 11.447 acre tract of land and
309	309	southeasterly line of a called 60.20 acre tract of land described as
310	310	Tract 1 in the deed to Austin Two Tracts, L.P. recorded in Volume
311	311	5518, Page 2813 of said Official Public Records of Collin County,
312	312	Texas, said 5/8 inch iron rod with cap stamped "KHA" also being the
313	313	northeast corner of said 1.2926 acre tract of land;
314	314	THENCE North 47 degrees 12 minutes 14 seconds East, with the common
315	315	northwesterly line of said 11.447 acre tract of land and
316	316	southeasterly line of said 60.20 acre tract of land, a distance of
317	317	384.77 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod with cap stamped "KHA" found for a
318	318	common reentrant corner of said 11.447 acre tract of land and
319	319	salient corner of said 60.20 acre tract of land;
320	320	THENCE North 00 degrees 05 minutes 55 seconds West, with the common
321	321	west line of said 11.447 acre tract of land and an east line of said
322	322	60.20 acre tract of land, a distance of 715.43 feet to a 1/2 inch
323	323	iron rod found for the common northwest corner of said 11.447 acre
324	324	tract of land and a reentrant corner of said 60.20 acre tract of
325	325	land;
326	326	THENCE North 89 degrees 47 minutes 09 seconds East, with the common
327	327	north line of said 11.447 acre tract of land and a south line of said
328	328	60.20 acre tract of land, a distance of 221.33 feet to a 1/2 inch
329	329	iron rod found for the common northeast corner of said 11.447 acre
330	330	tract of land and a salient corner of said 60.20 acre tract of land,
331	331	said 1/2 inch iron rod also being in the west line of a Richland
332	332	Estates Addition, an addition to Collin County, Texas recorded in
333	333	Cabinet K, Slide 817 of the Plat Records of Collin County, Texas;
334	334	THENCE South 00 degrees 51 minutes 21 seconds West, with the east
335	335	line of said 11.447 acre tract of land, a distance of 1,384.25 feet
336	336	to a mag nail with washer stamped "KHA" set for the southeast corner
337	337	of said 11.447 acre tract of land, said mag nail with washer stamped
338	338	"KHA" also being in said County Road 392;
339	339	THENCE North 89 degrees 26 minutes 39 seconds West, with the south
340	340	line of said 11.447 acre tract of land and with said County Road
341	341	392, a distance of 485.67 to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing
342	342	441,981 square feet or 10.146 acres of land.
343	343	SECTION 3. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
344	344	introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
345	345	Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
346	346	copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
347	347	officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
348	348	under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
349	349	Government Code.
350	350	(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
351	351	submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
352	352	Environmental Quality.
353	353	(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
354	354	its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
355	355	lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
356	356	representatives within the required time.
357	357	(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
358	358	state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
359	359	to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
360	360	and accomplished.
361	361	SECTION 4. (a) If this Act does not receive a two-thirds
362	362	vote of all the members elected to each house, Subchapter C, Chapter
363	363	8021A, Special District Local Laws Code, as added by Section 1 of
364	364	this Act, is amended by adding Section 8021A.0307 to read as
365	365	follows:
366	366	Sec. 8021A.0307. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. The district may
367	367	not exercise the power of eminent domain.
368	368	(b) This section is not intended to be an expression of a
369	369	legislative interpretation of the requirements of Section 17(c),
370	370	Article I, Texas Constitution.
371	371	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
372	372	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
373	373	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
374	374	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
375	375	Act takes effect September 1, 2025.