1-1 By: Combs (Senate Sponsor - Barrientos) H.B. No. 2139
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 15, 1995;
1-3 May 17, 1995, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural
1-4 Resources; May 25, 1995, reported favorably by the following vote:
1-5 Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 25, 1995, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to the authority of the board of the Travis County Water
1-9 Control and Improvement District No. 14 to exclude certain
1-10 territory.
1-11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12 SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. In this Act:
1-13 (1) "District" means the Travis County Water Control
1-14 and Improvement District No. 14.
1-15 (2) "Board" means the board of directors of the
1-16 district.
1-17 SECTION 2. EXCLUSION OF TERRITORY. The board by order may
1-18 exclude from the district the following described area:
1-19 A 3,150 ACRE TRACT, MORE OR LESS, LOCATED IN TRAVIS
1-20 COUNTY, TEXAS AS FOLLOWS:
1-21 ALL OF THE J. REYNOLDS SURVEY NO. 44
1-22 ALL OF THE H. SPILLMAN SURVEY NO. 56
1-23 ALL OF THE ROBERT MAYES SURVEY NO. 540
1-24 ALL OF THE I.G.&N. R.R. CO. SURVEY NO. 56
1-25 A PORTION OF THE A. STRAHLE SURVEY NO. 594
1-26 A PORTION OF THE A. ZILLER SURVEY NO. 2
1-27 ALL OF THE JOHN HOBSON SURVEY NO. 527
1-28 ALL OF THE W.P. MOORE SURVEY NO. 525
1-29 A PORTION OF THE JAMES G. SWISHER SURVEY NO. 152
1-30 A PORTION OF THE S.S. JARBOE SURVEY NO. 498
1-31 A PORTION OF THE C.T.&M.C. R.R. CO. SURVEY NO. 75
1-32 A PORTION OF THE LUCINDA MADDEN SURVEY NO. 206
1-33 A PORTION OF THE PETER TOMBAUGH SURVEY NO. 35
1-34 A PORTION OF THE ARNOLD & BARRETT SURVEY NO. 45
1-35 ALL OF THE E. BUCK SURVEY NO. 902
1-36 ALL OF THE M. WILLIAMS SURVEY NO. 901
1-37 ALL OF THE D. BOHLS SURVEY NO. 905
1-38 A PORTION OF THE M. WILLIAMS SURVEY NO. 900
1-39 ALL OF THE O. WADE SURVEY NO. 540
1-40 ALL OF THE JARRETT MEDLIN SURVEY NO. 520
1-41 ALL OF THE N. GIBSON SURVEY NO. 521
1-42 ALL OF THE H. MEDLIN SURVEY NO. 523
1-43 THE SAID APPROXIMATELY 3,150 ACRE TRACT BEING MORE
1-44 PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY BOUNDS AS FOLLOWS:
1-45 BEGINNING at the northwest corner of the J. Reynolds Survey no. 44;
1-46 THENCE southeast with the north line of the said Reynolds Survey to
1-47 the northeast corner of the said Reynolds Survey, same being the
1-48 northwest corner of the H. Spillman Survey No. 56;
1-49 THENCE southeast with the north line of the said Spillman Survey to
1-50 the most northerly northeast corner of the said Spillman Survey,
1-51 same being the northwest corner of the Robert Mayes Survey No. 540;
1-52 THENCE southeast with the north line of the said Mayes Survey to an
1-53 intersection at the southwest corner of the I.G.&N. R.R. Co. Survey
1-54 No. 56;
1-55 THENCE northeast with the westerly line of the said I.G.&N. R.R.
1-56 Co. Survey to the northwest corner of the said I.G. & N. R.R. Co.
1-57 Survey;
1-58 THENCE southeast with the northerly line of the said I.G.&N. R.R.
1-59 Co. Survey to an intersection at the most northwest corner of the
1-60 A. Strahle Survey No. 594;
1-61 THENCE northeast with the northerly line of the said Strahle Survey
1-62 to the most northeast corner of the Hawthorne Partners 3.03 acre
1-63 tract, as recorded in Volume 12141, Page 1800 of the Travis County
1-64 Real Property Records;
1-65 THENCE southwest with the easterly line of the said 3.03 acre tract
1-66 to the most southerly corner of the said 3.03 acre tract, same
1-67 being the northeast right-of-way line of F.M. 620;
1-68 THENCE southeast with the said northeast right-of-way line of F.M.
2-1 620 to the southwest corner of the Rufus Johnson Subdivision;
2-2 THENCE with the west, north, and east lines of the said Rufus
2-3 Johnson Subdivision to the southeast corner of the said Rufus
2-4 Johnson Subdivision, same being the said northeast right-of-way
2-5 line of F.M. 620;
2-6 THENCE southeast with the said northeast right-of-way line of F.M.
2-7 620 to the northwest corner of the McCarty 4.788 acre tract;
2-8 THENCE with the north and east lines of the said McCarty 4.788 acre
2-9 tract to the southeast corner of the said McCarty 4.788 acre tract,
2-10 same being the north line of the John Hobson Survey No. 527;
2-11 THENCE southeast with the north line of the said Hobson Survey to
2-12 an intersection with the west line of the W.P. Moore Survey No.
2-13 525;
2-14 THENCE northeast with the said west line of the Moore Survey to the
2-15 northwest corner of the said Moore Survey;
2-16 THENCE southeast with the north line of the said Moore Survey to
2-17 the most northeast corner of the said Moore Survey, same being the
2-18 most northerly corner of the James Swisher Survey No. 152;
2-19 THENCE southerly with the northwest and southwest lines of the said
2-20 Swisher Survey to the southwesterly right-of-way line of State
2-21 Highway No. 71;
2-22 THENCE southeast with the said southwesterly right-of-way line of
2-23 State Highway No. 71 to the southeast corner of the Hutto 30.79
2-24 acre tract, as recorded in Volume 6698, Page 2105 of the Travis
2-25 County Real Property Records, same being a northeast corner of The
2-26 Nature Conservancy of Texas, Inc. tract;
2-27 THENCE westerly with the south line of the said Hutto tract, same
2-28 being the north line of the said Nature Conservancy of Texas, Inc.
2-29 tract, to the northwest corner of the said Hutto tract, same being
2-30 the south line of Cedar Bluff Research Park Section One;
2-31 THENCE continuing westerly with the said north line of the Nature
2-32 Conservancy of Texas, Inc. tract, same being the south and west
2-33 lines of the said Cedar Bluff Research Park Section One, to the
2-34 southeast corner of the Owen 26.30 acre tract, as recorded in
2-35 Volume 11123, Page 250 of the Travis County Real Property Records;
2-36 THENCE continuing westerly with the said north line of the Nature
2-37 Conservancy of Texas, Inc. tract, same being the south line of the
2-38 said Owen tract, to the southwest corner of the said Owen tract,
2-39 same being the east line of the E. Buck Survey No. 902;
2-40 THENCE continuing westerly with the said north line of the Nature
2-41 Conservancy of Texas, Inc. tract, same being the said east line of
2-42 the Buck Survey, to the southeast corner of the said Buck Survey;
2-43 THENCE northwest with the south line of the said Buck Survey to the
2-44 southwest corner of the said Buck Survey;
2-45 THENCE northeast with the west line of the said Buck Survey to the
2-46 northwest corner of the said Buck Survey;
2-47 THENCE southeast with the north line of the said Buck Survey to an
2-48 intersection with the west line of the M. Williams Survey No. 901;
2-49 THENCE northwest with the said west line of the Williams Survey to
2-50 the northwest corner of the said Williams Survey, same being the
2-51 most southwest corner of the D. Bohls Survey No. 905;
2-52 THENCE northwest with the west line of the said Bohls Survey to the
2-53 most northwest corner of the said Bohls Survey, same being an
2-54 intersection with the south line of the O. Wade Survey No. 540;
2-55 THENCE westerly with the said south line of the Wade Survey to the
2-56 southwest corner of the said Wade Survey;
2-57 THENCE northerly with the west line of the said Wade Survey to an
2-58 intersection at the southeast corner of the Jarrett Medlin Survey
2-59 No. 520;
2-60 THENCE westerly with the south line of the said Medlin Survey to
2-61 the southwest corner of the said Medlin Survey, same being an
2-62 intersection with the east line of the N. Gibson Survey no. 521;
2-63 THENCE southerly with the said east line of the Gibson Survey to
2-64 the southeast corner of the said Gibson Survey;
2-65 THENCE westerly with the south line of the said Gibson Survey to
2-66 the southwest corner of the said Gibson Survey, same being the
2-67 southeast corner of the H. Medlin Survey No. 523;
2-68 THENCE westerly with the south line of the said Medlin Survey to
2-69 the southwest corner of the said Medlin Survey, same being the most
2-70 southeast corner of the said Robert Mayes Survey No. 540;
3-1 THENCE northwest with the southerly line of the said Mayes Survey
3-2 to an intersection at the most southwest corner of the said H.
3-3 Spillman Survey No. 56;
3-4 THENCE westerly with the southerly line of the said Spillman Survey
3-5 to the most southwest corner of the said Spillman Survey at an
3-6 intersection with the east line of the said J. Reynolds Survey No.
3-7 44;
3-8 THENCE southwest with the said east line of the Reynolds Survey to
3-9 the southeast corner of the said Reynolds Survey;
3-10 THENCE northwest with the south line of the said Reynolds Survey to
3-11 the southwest corner of the said Reynolds Survey;
3-12 THENCE northeast with the west line of the said Reynolds Survey to
3-13 the POINT OF BEGINNING.
3-14 SECTION 3. NOTICE TO TEXAS NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION
3-15 COMMISSION. The board shall provide to the executive director of
3-16 the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission a detailed
3-17 description of the land excluded under this Act not later than the
3-18 30th day after the effective date of this Act.
3-19 SECTION 4. DEBT SERVICE. The exclusion of land under this
3-20 Act does not affect, diminish, or impair the rights of the holders
3-21 of any outstanding and unpaid bonds, warrants, or other obligations
3-22 of the district or the obligation of the board annually to adjust
3-23 the district's tax rate to provide sufficient tax revenues for debt
3-24 service.
3-25 SECTION 5. APPORTIONMENT OF DISTRICT INDEBTEDNESS. (a)
3-26 Land excluded under this Act is not released from the payment of
3-27 its pro rata share of the district's indebtedness.
3-28 (b) The district shall continue to levy taxes each year on
3-29 the property excluded from the district at the same rate levied on
3-30 other property of the district, until the taxes collected from the
3-31 excluded land equal its pro rata share of the indebtedness of the
3-32 district at the time of the exclusion of the land. The taxes
3-33 collected shall be applied exclusively to the payment of the
3-34 excluded land's pro rata share of the indebtedness.
3-35 (c) An owner of land in the excluded area may pay in full,
3-36 at any time, the owner's share of the pro rata share of the
3-37 indebtedness of the district.
3-38 SECTION 6. EMERGENCY. The importance of this legislation
3-39 and the crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-40 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-41 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-42 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
3-43 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
3-44 passage, and it is so enacted.
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