74R7796 MI-F By Combs H.B. No. 2139 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2139: By Combs C.S.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.