By: Springer S.B. No. 2205
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the creation of the Hillcrest North Municipal Utility
  District of Wise County; granting a limited power of eminent
  domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to
  impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subtitle F, Title 6, Special District Local Laws
  Code, is amended by adding Chapter 8017 to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 8017. HILLCREST NORTH MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT OF WISE
  COUNTY
  SUBCHAPTER A.  GENERAL PROVISIONS
         Sec. 8017.0101.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:
               (1)  "Board" means the district's board of directors.
               (2)  "Commission" means the Texas Commission on
  Environmental Quality.
               (3)  "Director" means a board member.
               (4)  "District" means the Hillcrest North Municipal
  Utility District of Wise County.
         Sec. 8017.0102.  NATURE OF DISTRICT.  The district is a
  municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI,
  Texas Constitution.
         Sec. 8017.0103.  CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTOR ELECTION
  REQUIRED.  The temporary directors shall hold an election to
  confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent
  directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
         Sec. 8017.0104.  CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED. The
  temporary directors may not hold an election under Section
  8017.0103 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or
  extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has
  consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the
  district and to the inclusion of land in the district.
         Sec. 8017.0105.  FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
  (a)  The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit.
         (b)  The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:
               (1)  a municipal utility district as provided by
  general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and
               (2)  Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that
  relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation,
  or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or
  improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
         Sec. 8017.0106.  INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.  (a)  The
  district is initially composed of the territory described by
  Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.
         (b)  The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of
  the Act enacting this chapter form a closure.  A mistake made in the
  field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process
  does not affect the district's:
               (1)  organization, existence, or validity;
               (2)  right to issue any type of bond for the purposes
  for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and
  interest on a bond;
               (3)  right to impose a tax; or
               (4)  legality or operation.
  SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
         Sec. 8017.0201.  GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district is
  governed by a board of five elected directors.
         (b)  Except as provided by Section 8017.0202, directors
  serve staggered four-year terms.
         Sec. 8017.0202.  TEMPORARY DIRECTORS. (a) The temporary
  board consists of:
               (1)  Lisa Smith;
               (2)  Alma Blanco;
               (3)  Charlotte Ann Pollett;
               (4)  Carter Posey; and
               (5)  Scott Toner.
         (b)  Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:
               (1)  the date permanent directors are elected under
  Section 8017.0103; or
               (2)  the fourth anniversary of the effective date of
  the Act enacting this chapter.
         (c)  If permanent directors have not been elected under
  Section 8017.0103 and the terms of the temporary directors have
  expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or
  reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that
  expire on the earlier of:
               (1)  the date permanent directors are elected under
  Section 8017.0103; or
               (2)  the fourth anniversary of the date of the
  appointment or reappointment.
         (d)  If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a
  majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district
  may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the
  commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five
  persons named in the petition.  The commission shall appoint as
  successor temporary directors the five persons named in the
  petition.
  SUBCHAPTER C.  POWERS AND DUTIES
         Sec. 8017.0301.  GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.  The district
  has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
  which the district is created.
         Sec. 8017.0302.  MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND
  DUTIES.  The district has the powers and duties provided by the
  general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code,
  applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59,
  Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
         Sec. 8017.0303.  AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS. Under Section
  52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design,
  acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate,
  maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for
  operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or
  improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
         Sec. 8017.0304.  ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS. (a) A
  road project must meet all applicable construction standards,
  zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each
  municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial
  jurisdiction the road project is located.
         (b)  If a road project is not located in the corporate limits
  or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road
  project must meet all applicable construction standards,
  subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which
  the road project is located.
         (c)  If the state will maintain and operate the road, the
  Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and
  specifications of the road project.
         Sec. 8017.0305.  COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT
  ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION.  The district shall comply with all
  applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is
  adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that
  consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land
  in the district.
  SUBCHAPTER D.  GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
         Sec. 8017.0401.  ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS. (a)
  The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other
  obligations secured by:
               (1)  revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or
               (2)  contract payments described by Section 8017.0403.
         (b)  The district must hold an election in the manner
  provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval
  before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds
  payable from ad valorem taxes.
         (c)  The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem
  taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a
  vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an
  election held for that purpose.
         Sec. 8017.0402.  OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.  (a)  If
  authorized at an election held under Section 8017.0401, the
  district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable
  property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water
  Code.
         (b)  The board shall determine the tax rate.  The rate may not
  exceed the rate approved at the election.
         Sec. 8017.0403.  CONTRACT TAXES.  (a)  In accordance with
  Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than
  an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from
  the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of
  the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters
  voting at an election held for that purpose.
         (b)  A contract approved by the district voters may contain a
  provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by
  the board without further voter approval.
  SUBCHAPTER E.  BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS
         Sec. 8017.0501.  AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER
  OBLIGATIONS.  The district may issue bonds or other obligations
  payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees,
  revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any
  combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district
  purpose.
         Sec. 8017.0502.  TAXES FOR BONDS. At the time the district
  issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the
  board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing
  direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all
  or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner
  provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
         Sec. 8017.0503.  BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS. At the time of
  issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations
  issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad
  valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the
  real property in the district.
         SECTION 2.  The Hillcrest North Municipal Utility District
  of Wise County initially includes all the territory contained in
  the following area:
  PHASE ONE:
  129.531 acres of land situated in the ASA HILL SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO.
  363, Wise County, Texas, being the tracts described as First Tract
  and Second Tract, described by deed to Russell Hayes Stephens,
  recorded in Volume 1307, Page 563, Real Records, Wise County, Texas
  and being more particularly described as follows:
  BEGINNING at a 5/8" iron rod found for the Southwest corner of said
  First Tract, said point being, per deed call, WEST, 1436.11 feet and
  S 16 °34'43" W, 4451.44 feet from the northeast corner of said HILL
  SURVEY, for the Northwest corner of that certain tract of land
  described by deed to The Harry and Jherrie Logan Family Limited
  Partnership, recorded in Volume 1634, Page 559, Real Records, Wise
  County, Texas;
  THENCE N 00°27'31" W, along the West line of said First Tract,
  3251.80 feet to a 1/2" capped iron rod found for the Southwest
  corner of that certain tract of land described by deed to George I.
  Caballero and Michele L. Caballero, recorded in Volume 881, Page
  568, Real Records, Wise County, Texas;
  THENCE N 88°16'12" E, along the South line of said Caballero tract,
  381.67 feet from which a 4" metal fence post bears N 48°27'59" W,
  0.69 feet;
  THENCE N 01°47'57" E, along the East line of said Caballero tract, at
  959.66 feet passing a 3" metal fence post found, continuing in all,
  979.48 feet to the approximate center of County Road No. 4010 (a
  variable width Right-of-Way);
  THENCE N 88°26'01" E, along the approximate center of said County
  Road No. 4010, passing the northeast corner of said First Tract and
  the northwest corner of said Second Tract, continuing along the
  approximate center of said County Road No. 4010, in all, 884.25
  feet;
  THENCE S 00°14'44" W, along the East line of said Second Tract, at
  22.94 feet passing a 4" metal fence corner post found, continuing in
  all, 1736.40 feet to a 4" metal fence corner post found;
  THENCE N 88°59'44" E, 216.87 feet to a 4" metal fence post found;
  THENCE S 00°31'11" E, along the East line of said Second Tract,
  2551.64 feet to a 4" metal fence corner post found for the Southeast
  corner of said Second Tract, from which a 3" metal fence post found
  for the Northeast corner of said Logan tract bears S 89°13'59" E,
  1162.91 feet;
  THENCE N 89°19'26" W, along the South line of said Second Tract,
  passing the southwest corner of said Second Tract and the southeast
  corner of said First Tract, continuing, in all, 1502.78 feet to the
  POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 129.531 acres of land.
  PHASE TWO:
  WHEREAS FFILP LAND HOLDINGS LLC., BEING THE OWNERS OF A 172.359
  ACRES TRACT OF LAND OUT OF THE J. LEVINS SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 489,
  WISE COUNTY, TEXAS; BEING ALL OF THAT CERTAIN TRACT AS RECORDED IN
  DOC. NO. 201915186, REAL PROPERTY RECORDS, WISE COUNTY, TEXAS; AND
  BEING FURTHER DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS AS FOLLOWS:
  THE FOLLOWING BEARINGS, DISTANCES, AND/OR AREAS DERIVED FROM GNSS
  OBSERVATIONS PERFORMED BY TEXAS SURVEYING, INC. AND REFLECT N.A.D.
  1983, TEXAS STATE PLANE COORDINATE SYSTEM, NORTH CENTRAL ZONE 4202
  (GRID).
  BEGINNING AT A SET 1/2" CAPPED IRON ROD (TEXAS SURVEYING, INC.) IN
  THE EAST LINE OF THAT CALLED 72 ACRES TRACT DESCRIBED IN VOLUME
  2416, PAGE 558, R.P.R.W.C.T., AND AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID
  DOC. NO. 201915186, FOR THE SOUTHWEST AND BEGINNING CORNER OF THIS
  TRACT. WHENCE THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF OAK TREE FARMS, PHASE I, AS
  RECORDED IN CABINET D, SLIDE 159, PLAT RECORDS, WISE COUNTY, TEXAS
  BEARS S 41°31'13" W 529.04 FEET.
  THENCE N 00°49'04" W 1888.27 FEET ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID 72
  ACRES TRACT TO A 3" STEEL FENCE POST AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THAT
  CALLED 303.087 ACRES TRACT DESCRIBED IN VOLUME 2015, PAGE 238,
  R.P.R.W.C.T., AND AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID DOC. NO.
  201915186, FOR THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THIS TRACT.
  THENCE N 89°09'34" E 3629.87 FEET ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID
  303.087 ACRES TRACT TO A FOUND 2" IRON PIPE AT THE COMMON SOUTHERN
  CORNER OF SAID 303.087 ACRES TRACT AND THAT CALLED 454.8 ACRES TRACT
  DESCRIBED IN VOLUME 476, PAGE 415, R.P.R.W.C.T., FOR A CORNER OF
  THIS TRACT.
  THENCE N 89°09'18" E 866.12 FEET ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID 454.8
  ACRES TRACT TO A FOUND 1/2" IRON ROD AT A CORNER IN THE WEST LINE OF
  THAT CALLED 151.559 ACRES TRACT DESCRIBED IN VOLUME 1196, PAGE 229,
  R.P.R.W.C.T., AND AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID DOC. NO.
  201915186, FOR THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THIS TRACT.
  THENCE ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID 151.559 ACRES TRACT AS FOLLOWS:
  S 02°36'08" E 629.26 FEET TO A FOUND 1/2" IRON ROD, FOR A CORNER OF
  THIS TRACT.
  S 89°59'10" W 756.80 FEET TO A SET 1/2" CAPPED IRON ROD (TEXAS
  SURVEYING, INC.), FOR AN ELL CORNER OF THIS TRACT.
  S 00°13'36" E 1225.52 FEET TO A SET 1/2" CAPPED IRON ROD (TEXAS
  SURVEYING, INC.) AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID DOC. NO.
  201915186, FOR THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THIS TRACT.
  THENCE ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID DOC. NO. 201915186 THE FOLLOWING
  COURSES AND DISTANCES:
  S 88°28'24" W 1314.90 FEET TO A SET 1/2" CAPPED IRON ROD (TEXAS
  SURVEYING, INC.) AT THE BEGINNING OF A CURVE TO THE RIGHT, FOR A
  CORNER OF THIS TRACT.
  ALONG THE ARC OF SAID CURVE TO THE RIGHT, HAVING A RADIUS OF 380.00
  FEET, AN ARC LENGTH OF 226.27 FEET, AND WHOSE CHORD BEARS S 17°43'20"
  E 222.94 FEET TO A SET 1/2" CAPPED IRON ROD (TEXAS SURVEYING, INC.)
  FOR A CORNER OF THIS TRACT.
  S 00°39'50" E 85.92 FEET TO A SET 1/2" CAPPED IRON ROD (TEXAS
  SURVEYING, INC.) FOR A CORNER OF THIS TRACT.
  S 88°28'24" W 60.01 FEET TO A SET 1/2" CAPPED IRON ROD (TEXAS
  SURVEYING, INC.) FOR A CORNER OF THIS TRACT.
  N 00°39'50" W 86.82 FEET TO A SET 1/2" CAPPED IRON ROD (TEXAS
  SURVEYING, INC.) AT THE BEGINNING OF A CURVE TO THE LEFT, FOR A
  CORNER OF THIS TRACT.
  ALONG THE ARC OF SAID CURVE TO THE LEFT, HAVING A RADIUS OF 320.00
  FEET, AN ARC LENGTH OF 224.23 FEET, AND WHOSE CHORD BEARS N 20°44'16"
  W 219.67 FEET TO A SET 1/2" CAPPED IRON ROD (TEXAS SURVEYING, INC.)
  FOR A CORNER OF THIS TRACT.
  N 40°48'42" W 7.43 FEET TO A SET 1/2" CAPPED IRON ROD (TEXAS
  SURVEYING, INC.) FOR A CORNER OF THIS TRACT.
  S 88°28'24" W 1697.99 FEET TO A SET 1/2" CAPPED IRON ROD (TEXAS
  SURVEYING, INC.) FOR A CORNER OF THIS TRACT.
  S 01°31'36" E 300.00 FEET TO A SET 1/2" CAPPED IRON ROD (TEXAS
  SURVEYING, INC.) FOR A CORNER OF THIS TRACT.
  S 88°28'24" W 60.00 FEET TO A SET 1/2" CAPPED IRON ROD (TEXAS
  SURVEYING, INC.) FOR A CORNER OF THIS TRACT.
  N 01°31'36" W 300.00 FEET TO A SET 1/2" CAPPED IRON ROD (TEXAS
  SURVEYING, INC.) FOR A CORNER OF THIS TRACT.
  S 88°28'24" W 598.81 FEET TO THE POINT 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, the
  lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
  representatives within the required time.
         (d)  All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
  state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
  to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
  and accomplished.
         SECTION 4.  (a)  If this Act does not receive a two-thirds
  vote of all the members elected to each house, Subchapter C, Chapter
  8017, Special District Local Laws Code, as added by Section 1 of
  this Act, is amended by adding Section 8017.0306 to read as follows:
         Sec. 8017.0306.  NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. The district may
  not exercise the power of eminent domain.
         (b)  This section is not intended to be an expression of a
  legislative interpretation of the requirements of Section 17(c),
  Article I, Texas Constitution.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2021.