87R16326 JXC-F
	By: King of Parker	H.B. No. 4630

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the creation of the Parker County Municipal Management
	District No. 2; 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 3996 to read as follows:
	CHAPTER 3996. PARKER COUNTY MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICT NO. 2
	SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
	Sec. 3996.0101.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
	(1)  "Board" means the district's board of directors.
	(2)  "City" means the City of Fort Worth.
	(3)  "County" means Parker County.
	(4)  "Director" means a board member.
	(5)  "District" means the Parker County Municipal
	Management District No. 2.
	Sec. 3996.0102.  NATURE OF DISTRICT. The Parker County
	Municipal Management District No. 2 is a special district created
	under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
	Sec. 3996.0103.  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 county,
	the city, and 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 county or the city 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 county or city services
	provided in the district.
	Sec. 3996.0104.  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. 3996.0105.  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. 3996.0106.  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. 3996.0107.  APPLICABILITY OF MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT
	DISTRICTS LAW. Except as otherwise provided by this chapter,
	Chapter 375, Local Government Code, applies to the district.
	Sec. 3996.0108.  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. 3996.0201.  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. 3996.0202.  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.
	Sec. 3996.0203.  INITIAL DIRECTORS. (a) The initial board
	consists of the following directors:
	Pos. No. Name of Director
	1 David Mckleroy
	2 Kenner Link
	3 Peter Madrala
	4 Ian Hall
	5 Brock Babb
	(b)  Of the initial directors, the terms of directors
	appointed for positions one through three expire June 1, 2023, and
	the terms of directors appointed for positions four and five expire
	June 1, 2025.
	SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES
	Sec. 3996.0301.  GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district
	has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
	which the district is created.
	Sec. 3996.0302.  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 Chapter 372 or 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. 3996.0303.  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. 3996.0304.  LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES. To protect the
	public interest, the district may contract with the county or the
	city to provide additional law enforcement services in the district
	for a fee.
	Sec. 3996.0305.  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. 3996.0306.  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. 3996.0307.  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. 3996.0308.  ADDING OR EXCLUDING LAND. 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. 3996.0309.  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. 3996.0310.  LIMITED POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN. (a) The
	district may exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner
	provided by Chapter 49, Water Code.
	(b)  The district may not exercise the power of eminent
	domain outside the district to acquire a site or easement for:
	(1)  a road project; or
	(2)  a recreational facility as defined by Section
	49.462, Water Code.
	Sec. 3996.0311.   DIVISION OF DISTRICT. (a) The district
	may be divided into two or more new districts only if the district:
	(1)  has no outstanding bonded debt; and
	(2)  is not imposing ad valorem taxes.
	(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)  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 or issue
	bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes.
	(h)  Consent to the creation of the district and to the
	inclusion of land in the district granted under Section 3996.0506
	acts as consent to the creation of any new district created by the
	division of the district and to the inclusion of land in the new
	district.
	SUBCHAPTER D. ASSESSMENTS
	Sec. 3996.0401.  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. 3996.0402.  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.
	Sec. 3996.0403.  CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY NOT EXEMPT.
	Section 375.161, Local Government Code, does not apply to the
	district.
	SUBCHAPTER E. TAXES AND BONDS
	Sec. 3996.0501.  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. 3996.0502.  OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. (a) If
	authorized by a majority of the district voters voting at an
	election under Section 3996.0501, 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. 3996.0503.  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 ad
	valorem taxes, 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 limitation on the outstanding principal amount of
	bonds, notes, or other obligations provided by Section 49.4645,
	Water Code, does not apply to the district.
	(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 an obligation
	issued under this section will be conveyed to or operated and
	maintained by a municipality or other retail utility provider
	pursuant to an agreement with the district entered into before the
	issuance of the obligation.
	Sec. 3996.0504.  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. 3996.0505.  BONDS SECURED BY AD VALOREM TAXES;
	ELECTIONS. (a) If authorized at an election under Section
	3996.0501, the district may issue bonds payable from ad valorem
	taxes.
	(b)  At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or
	partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual
	imposition of a continuing direct annual ad valorem tax, without
	limit as to rate or amount, for each year that all or part of the
	bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by
	Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
	(c)  All or any part of any facilities or improvements that
	may be acquired by a district by the issuance of its bonds may be
	submitted as a single proposition or as several propositions to be
	voted on at the election.
	Sec. 3996.0506.  CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY OR COUNTY REQUIRED.
	(a) The board may not issue bonds until the governing body of a
	county in which the district is located or of a municipality in
	whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the
	district is located has consented by ordinance or resolution to the
	creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the
	district.
	(b)  This section applies only to the district's first
	issuance of bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.
	SUBCHAPTER I. DISSOLUTION
	Sec. 3996.0901.  DISSOLUTION. (a) The board shall dissolve
	the district on written petition filed with the board by the owners
	of:
	(1)  66 percent or more 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)  66 percent or more 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 district may not be dissolved by its board under
	Subsection (a) if the district:
	(1)  has any outstanding bonded or other indebtedness
	until that indebtedness has been repaid or defeased in accordance
	with the order or resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds
	or other indebtedness;
	(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.
	(c)  Section 375.262, Local Government Code, does not apply
	to the district.
	SECTION 2.  The Parker County Municipal Management District
	No. 2 initially includes all territory contained in the following
	area:
	Tract No. 1
	Tract of land containing 1482.89 acres in the P.B. Jones
	Survey, Abstract No. 764, the J.W. Jones Survey, Abstract No. 2394,
	the W.A. Grady Survey, Abstract No. 537, the J.W. Jones Survey,
	Abstract No. 2010, the P.E. Houston Survey, Abstract No. 572, the
	L.A. McAfee Survey, Abstract No. 2028, the E. Nowland Survey,
	Abstract No. 1005, the B.B.B. & C. Railway Survey, Abstract No. 136,
	the W.B. Glenn Survey, Abstract No. 529, the B.B.B. & C. Railway
	Survey, Abstract No. 135, the B.B.B. & C. Railway Survey, Abstract
	No. 146, the Peter B. Holder Survey, Abstract No. 614, the L.A.
	McAfee Survey, Abstract No. 2400 and the R. Matthews Survey,
	Abstract No. 2566, Parker County, Texas, being a part of the James
	R. Kelly, Kathleen Kelly Sneed and Jerry Kelly Reid Tract and being
	more particularly described as follows:
	BEGINNING at a set stone found at the north base of an old
	cedar fence corner post being the northwest corner of the said
	Houston Survey, an ell corner of the said Kelly Tract and the
	southwest corner of the Rodney Brown Tract recorded in Volume 1998,
	Page 768, Official Records of Parker County.
	THENCE South 89 degrees 59 minutes 57 seconds East for a
	distance of 1740.98 feet to a 2 inch cap on a 5/8 inch iron rod set
	at the base of an old cedar fence corner being an ell corner of the
	said Kelly Tract and the southeast corner of the said Brown Tract.
	THENCE North 02 degrees 11 minutes 17 seconds West for a
	distance of 318.32 feet to a 2 inch cap on a 5/8 inch iron rod set
	being a northwest corner of the said Kelly Tract on the east line of
	the said Brown Tract.
	THENCE South 89 degrees 10 minutes 56 seconds East for a
	distance of 161.00 feet to a 2 inch cap on a 5/8 inch iron rod set at
	a fence bend on the south side of Kelly Road (paved county road).
	THENCE along the fence on the south and west sides of the said
	Kelly Road,
	South 62 degrees 57 minutes 42 seconds East for a distance of 61.05
	feet to a 2 inch cap on a 5/8 inch iron rod set,
	South 89 degrees 05 minutes 07 seconds East for a distance of
	1097.51 feet a 2 inch cap on a 5/8 inch iron rod set,
	South 65 degrees 02 minutes 16 seconds East for a distance of 71.59
	feet a 2 inch cap on a 5/8 inch iron rod set,
	South 52 degrees 51 minutes 32 seconds East for a distance of 61.37
	feet a 2 inch cap on a 5/8 inch iron rod set,
	South 41 degrees 56 minutes 55 seconds East for a distance of 74.77
	feet a 2 inch cap on a 5/8 inch iron rod set and
	South 00 degrees 20 minutes 29 seconds East for a distance of
	3204.30 feet to a corner which fell within a steel pipe fence corner
	being a corner of the said Kelly Tract and the northeast corner of
	the Margaret Elizabeth Spiegel Tract recorded in Volume 1856, Page
	929, Official Records of Parker County.
	THENCE leaving the said road, South 89 degrees 14 minutes 16
	seconds West for a distance of 466.10 feet to a corner which fell
	inside a steel pipe fence corner being a corner of the said Kelly
	Tract and the northwest corner of the said Spiegel Tract.
	THENCE South 00 degrees 56 minutes 41 seconds East for a
	distance of 699.10 feet to a corner which fell inside a steel pipe
	fence corner being a corner of the said Kelly Tract and the
	southwest corner of the said Spiegel Tract.
	THENCE North 89 degrees 24 minutes 17 seconds East for a
	distance of 456.50 feet to a corner which fell inside a steel pipe
	fence corner on the west side of the said Kelly Road being a corner
	of the said Kelly Tract and the southeast corner of the said Spiegel
	Tract.
	THENCE along the west side of the said Kelly Road,
	South 00 degrees 05 minutes 46 seconds West for a distance of
	2506.18 feet a 2 inch cap on a 5/8 inch iron rod set at a fence bend
	and
	South 00 degrees 38 minutes 45 seconds East for a distance of
	2692.40 feet to a 2 inch cap on a 5/8 inch iron rod set at a fence
	corner on the west side of the said Kelly Road and the north side of
	Bear Creek Road (paved county road).
	THENCE along the fence on the north side of the said Bear
	Creek Road,
	South 74 degrees 34 minutes 13 seconds West for a distance of 97.19
	feet a 2 inch cap on a 5/8 inch iron rod set,
	North 80 degrees 22 minutes 12 seconds West for a distance of
	1222.11 feet a 2 inch cap on a 5/8 inch iron rod set,
	North 44 degrees 38 minutes 42 seconds West for a distance of
	1651.35 feet a 2 inch cap on a 5/8 inch iron rod set,
	North 73 degrees 50 minutes 37 seconds West for a distance of 908.36
	feet a 2 inch cap on a 5/8 inch iron rod set,
	North 88 degrees 54 minutes 17 seconds West for a distance of 323.73
	feet a 2 inch cap on a 5/8 inch iron rod set,
	North 89 degrees 54 minutes 03 seconds West for a distance of 565.83
	feet a 2 inch cap on a 5/8 inch iron rod set and
	North 55 degrees 35 minutes 21 seconds West for a distance of 169.96
	feet a 2 inch cap on a 5/8 inch iron rod set on the east side of Bear
	Creek.
	THENCE crossing the said creek and continuing along the north
	side of the said Bear Creek Road (gravel county road),
	North 68 degrees 29 minutes 42 seconds West for a distance of 113.71
	feet a 2 inch cap on a 5/8 inch iron rod set,
	South 65 degrees 33 minutes 19 seconds West for a distance of 306.80
	feet a 2 inch cap on a 5/8 inch iron rod set,
	North 89 degrees 43 minutes 35 seconds West for a distance of 480.30
	feet a 2 inch cap on a 5/8 inch iron rod set,
	North 61 degrees 18 minutes 03 seconds West for a distance of 20.79
	feet a 2 inch cap on a 5/8 inch iron rod set,
	North 47 degrees 40 minutes 31 seconds West for a distance of
	1501.77 feet a 2 inch cap on a 5/8 inch iron rod set,
	North 83 degrees 05 minutes 39 seconds West for a distance of 404.87
	feet a 2 inch cap on a 5/8 inch iron rod set,
	North 46 degrees 12 minutes 25 seconds West for a distance of 10.74
	feet a 2 inch cap on a 5/8 inch iron rod set,
	North 07 degrees 18 minutes 58 seconds West for a distance of 718.13
	feet a 2 inch cap on a 5/8 inch iron rod set and
	North 50 degrees 49 minutes 55 seconds West for a distance of 904.20
	feet a 2 inch cap on a 5/8 inch iron rod set at a fence corner on a
	west line of the said Kelly Tract and an east line of the Roger
	McFarland Dixon Trust Tract, description thereof recorded in Volume
	100, Page 39, Deed Records of Parker County.
	THENCE leaving the said county road, North 00 degrees 05
	minutes 18 seconds East for a distance of 5737.53 feet to a bolt
	found in a 3 inch pipe at a fence corner being a corner of the said
	Kelly and McFarland Tracts.
	THENCE North 89 degrees 39 minutes 44 seconds East for a
	distance of 520.17 feet to a bolt found in a 3 inch pipe at a fence
	corner being a corner of the said Kelly and McFarland Tracts.
	THENCE North 02 degrees 25 minutes 24 seconds East for a
	distance of 1047.28 feet to a bolt found in a 3 inch pipe at a fence
	corner being a corner of the said Kelly Tract, the said McFarland
	Tract and a southeast corner of the Highland Ranch Estates Addition
	recorded in Plat Cabinet C, Sheet 378.
	THENCE North 00 degrees 46 minutes 19 seconds East for a
	distance of 378.24 feet to a corner which fell inside an old cedar
	fence corner being a northwest corner of the said Kelly Tract and an
	ell corner of the said addition.
	THENCE South 89 degrees 51 minutes 08 seconds East for a
	distance of 961.52 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod found at a fence
	corner being an ell corner of the said Kelly Tract and a southeast
	corner of the said addition.
	THENCE North 00 degrees 08 minutes 52 seconds East for a
	distance of 104.30 feet to a corner which fell inside an old cedar
	fence corner being a northwest corner of the said Kelly Tract and a
	southwest corner of the Deer Run Addition recorded in Plat Cabinet
	B, Sheet 90.
	THENCE South 89 degrees 13 minutes 10 seconds East for a
	distance of 2729.65 feet to a 2 inch cap on a 5/8 inch iron rod set
	at an old cedar fence corner being a northeast corner of the said
	Kelly Tract and the northwest corner of the said Brown Tract on the
	south line of the said Deer Run Addition.
	THENCE South 00 degrees 53 minutes 31 seconds East for a
	distance of 2261.65 feet to the place of beginning.
	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 3996.0310, 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 3996, Special
	District Local Laws Code, as added by Section 1 of this Act, is
	amended by adding Section 3996.0310 to read as follows:
	Sec. 3996.0310.  NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. The district may
	not exercise the power of eminent domain.
	(c)  This section is not intended to be an expression of a
	legislative interpretation of the requirements of Section 17(c),
	Article I, Texas Constitution.
	SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2021.