74R7796 MI-F
By Combs H.B. No. 2139
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the authority of the board of the Travis County Water
1-3 Control and Improvement District No. 14 to exclude certain
1-4 territory.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. In this Act:
1-7 (1) "District" means the Travis County Water Control
1-8 and Improvement District No. 14.
1-9 (2) "Board" means the board of directors of the
1-10 district.
1-11 SECTION 2. EXCLUSION OF TERRITORY. The board by order may
1-12 exclude from the district the following described area:
1-13 A 3,150 ACRE TRACT, MORE OR LESS, LOCATED IN TRAVIS
1-14 COUNTY, TEXAS AS FOLLOWS:
1-15 ALL OF THE J. REYNOLDS SURVEY NO. 44
1-16 ALL OF THE H. SPILLMAN SURVEY NO. 56
1-17 ALL OF THE ROBERT MAYES SURVEY NO. 540
1-18 ALL OF THE I.G.&N. R.R. CO. SURVEY NO. 56
1-19 A PORTION OF THE A. STRAHLE SURVEY NO. 594
1-20 A PORTION OF THE A. ZILLER SURVEY NO. 2
1-21 ALL OF THE JOHN HOBSON SURVEY NO. 527
1-22 ALL OF THE W.P. MOORE SURVEY NO. 525
1-23 A PORTION OF THE JAMES G. SWISHER SURVEY NO. 152
1-24 A PORTION OF THE S.S. JARBOE SURVEY NO. 498
2-1 A PORTION OF THE C.T.&M.C. R.R. CO. SURVEY NO. 75
2-2 A PORTION OF THE LUCINDA MADDEN SURVEY NO. 206
2-3 A PORTION OF THE PETER TOMBAUGH SURVEY NO. 35
2-4 A PORTION OF THE ARNOLD & BARRETT SURVEY NO. 45
2-5 ALL OF THE E. BUCK SURVEY NO. 902
2-6 ALL OF THE M. WILLIAMS SURVEY NO. 901
2-7 ALL OF THE D. BOHLS SURVEY NO. 905
2-8 A PORTION OF THE M. WILLIAMS SURVEY NO. 900
2-9 ALL OF THE O. WADE SURVEY NO. 540
2-10 ALL OF THE JARRETT MEDLIN SURVEY NO. 520
2-11 ALL OF THE N. GIBSON SURVEY NO. 521
2-12 ALL OF THE H. MEDLIN SURVEY NO. 523
2-13 THE SAID APPROXIMATELY 3,150 ACRE TRACT BEING MORE
2-14 PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY BOUNDS AS FOLLOWS:
2-15 BEGINNING at the northwest corner of the J. Reynolds Survey no. 44;
2-16 THENCE southeast with the north line of the said Reynolds Survey to
2-17 the northeast corner of the said Reynolds Survey, same being the
2-18 northwest corner of the H. Spillman Survey No. 56;
2-19 THENCE southeast with the north line of the said Spillman Survey to
2-20 the most northerly northeast corner of the said Spillman Survey,
2-21 same being the northwest corner of the Robert Mayes Survey No. 540;
2-22 THENCE southeast with the north line of the said Mayes Survey to an
2-23 intersection at the southwest corner of the I.G.&N. R.R. Co. Survey
2-24 No. 56;
2-25 THENCE northeast with the westerly line of the said I.G.&N. R.R.
2-26 Co. Survey to the northwest corner of the said I.G. & N. R.R. Co.
2-27 Survey;
3-1 THENCE southeast with the northerly line of the said I.G.&N. R.R.
3-2 Co. Survey to an intersection at the most northwest corner of the
3-3 A. Strahle Survey No. 594;
3-4 THENCE northeast with the northerly line of the said Strahle Survey
3-5 to the most northeast corner of the Hawthorne Partners 3.03 acre
3-6 tract, as recorded in Volume 12141, Page 1800 of the Travis County
3-7 Real Property Records;
3-8 THENCE southwest with the easterly line of the said 3.03 acre tract
3-9 to the most southerly corner of the said 3.03 acre tract, same
3-10 being the northeast right-of-way line of F.M. 620;
3-11 THENCE southeast with the said northeast right-of-way line of F.M.
3-12 620 to the southwest corner of the Rufus Johnson Subdivision;
3-13 THENCE with the west, north, and east lines of the said Rufus
3-14 Johnson Subdivision to the southeast corner of the said Rufus
3-15 Johnson Subdivision, same being the said northeast right-of-way
3-16 line of F.M. 620;
3-17 THENCE southeast with the said northeast right-of-way line of F.M.
3-18 620 to the northwest corner of the McCarty 4.788 acre tract;
3-19 THENCE with the north and east lines of the said McCarty 4.788 acre
3-20 tract to the southeast corner of the said McCarty 4.788 acre tract,
3-21 same being the north line of the John Hobson Survey No. 527;
3-22 THENCE southeast with the north line of the said Hobson Survey to
3-23 an intersection with the west line of the W.P. Moore Survey No.
3-24 525;
3-25 THENCE northeast with the said west line of the Moore Survey to the
3-26 northwest corner of the said Moore Survey;
3-27 THENCE southeast with the north line of the said Moore Survey to
4-1 the most northeast corner of the said Moore Survey, same being the
4-2 most northerly corner of the James Swisher Survey No. 152;
4-3 THENCE southerly with the northwest and southwest lines of the said
4-4 Swisher Survey to the southwesterly right-of-way line of State
4-5 Highway No. 71;
4-6 THENCE southeast with the said southwesterly right-of-way line of
4-7 State Highway No. 71 to the southeast corner of the Hutto 30.79
4-8 acre tract, as recorded in Volume 6698, Page 2105 of the Travis
4-9 County Real Property Records, same being a northeast corner of The
4-10 Nature Conservancy of Texas, Inc. tract;
4-11 THENCE westerly with the south line of the said Hutto tract, same
4-12 being the north line of the said Nature Conservancy of Texas, Inc.
4-13 tract, to the northwest corner of the said Hutto tract, same being
4-14 the south line of Cedar Bluff Research Park Section One;
4-15 THENCE continuing westerly with the said north line of the Nature
4-16 Conservancy of Texas, Inc. tract, same being the south and west
4-17 lines of the said Cedar Bluff Research Park Section One, to the
4-18 southeast corner of the Owen 26.30 acre tract, as recorded in
4-19 Volume 11123, Page 250 of the Travis County Real Property Records;
4-20 THENCE continuing westerly with the said north line of the Nature
4-21 Conservancy of Texas, Inc. tract, same being the south line of the
4-22 said Owen tract, to the southwest corner of the said Owen tract,
4-23 same being the east line of the E. Buck Survey No. 902;
4-24 THENCE continuing westerly with the said north line of the Nature
4-25 Conservancy of Texas, Inc. tract, same being the said east line of
4-26 the Buck Survey, to the southeast corner of the said Buck Survey;
4-27 THENCE northwest with the south line of the said Buck Survey to the
5-1 southwest corner of the said Buck Survey;
5-2 THENCE northeast with the west line of the said Buck Survey to the
5-3 northwest corner of the said Buck Survey;
5-4 THENCE southeast with the north line of the said Buck Survey to an
5-5 intersection with the west line of the M. Williams Survey No. 901;
5-6 THENCE northwest with the said west line of the Williams Survey to
5-7 the northwest corner of the said Williams Survey, same being the
5-8 most southwest corner of the D. Bohls Survey No. 905;
5-9 THENCE northwest with the west line of the said Bohls Survey to the
5-10 most northwest corner of the said Bohls Survey, same being an
5-11 intersection with the south line of the O. Wade Survey No. 540;
5-12 THENCE westerly with the said south line of the Wade Survey to the
5-13 southwest corner of the said Wade Survey;
5-14 THENCE northerly with the west line of the said Wade Survey to an
5-15 intersection at the southeast corner of the Jarrett Medlin Survey
5-16 No. 520;
5-17 THENCE westerly with the south line of the said Medlin Survey to
5-18 the southwest corner of the said Medlin Survey, same being an
5-19 intersection with the east line of the N. Gibson Survey no. 521;
5-20 THENCE southerly with the said east line of the Gibson Survey to
5-21 the southeast corner of the said Gibson Survey;
5-22 THENCE westerly with the south line of the said Gibson Survey to
5-23 the southwest corner of the said Gibson Survey, same being the
5-24 southeast corner of the H. Medlin Survey No. 523;
5-25 THENCE westerly with the south line of the said Medlin Survey to
5-26 the southwest corner of the said Medlin Survey, same being the most
5-27 southeast corner of the said Robert Mayes Survey No. 540;
6-1 THENCE northwest with the southerly line of the said Mayes Survey
6-2 to an intersection at the most southwest corner of the said H.
6-3 Spillman Survey No. 56;
6-4 THENCE westerly with the southerly line of the said Spillman Survey
6-5 to the most southwest corner of the said Spillman Survey at an
6-6 intersection with the east line of the said J. Reynolds Survey No.
6-7 44;
6-8 THENCE southwest with the said east line of the Reynolds Survey to
6-9 the southeast corner of the said Reynolds Survey;
6-10 THENCE northwest with the south line of the said Reynolds Survey to
6-11 the southwest corner of the said Reynolds Survey;
6-12 THENCE northeast with the west line of the said Reynolds Survey to
6-13 the POINT OF BEGINNING.
6-14 SECTION 3. NOTICE TO TEXAS NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION
6-15 COMMISSION. The board shall provide to the executive director of
6-16 the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission a detailed
6-17 description of the land excluded under this Act not later than the
6-18 30th day after the effective date of this Act.
6-19 SECTION 4. DEBT SERVICE. The exclusion of land under this
6-20 Act does not affect, diminish, or impair the rights of the holders
6-21 of any outstanding and unpaid bonds, warrants, or other obligations
6-22 of the district or the obligation of the board annually to adjust
6-23 the district's tax rate to provide sufficient tax revenues for debt
6-24 service.
6-25 SECTION 5. APPORTIONMENT OF DISTRICT INDEBTEDNESS. (a)
6-26 Land excluded under this Act is not released from the payment of
6-27 its pro rata share of the district's indebtedness.
7-1 (b) The district shall continue to levy taxes each year on
7-2 the property excluded from the district at the same rate levied on
7-3 other property of the district, until the taxes collected from the
7-4 excluded land equal its pro rata share of the indebtedness of the
7-5 district at the time of the exclusion of the land. The taxes
7-6 collected shall be applied exclusively to the payment of the
7-7 excluded land's pro rata share of the indebtedness.
7-8 (c) An owner of land in the excluded area may pay in full,
7-9 at any time, the owner's share of the pro rata share of the
7-10 indebtedness of the district.
7-11 SECTION 6. EMERGENCY. The importance of this legislation
7-12 and the crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
7-13 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
7-14 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
7-15 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
7-16 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
7-17 passage, and it is so enacted.