By: Wentworth S.B. No. 1463
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
1-1 relating to the board of directors, boundaries, and financing of
1-2 the Southwest Travis County Water District.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 2.01, Chapter 844, Acts
1-5 of the 74th Legislature, 1995, is amended to read as follows:
1-6 (b) The board consists of seven members elected from the
1-7 district at large [nine members appointed by the governor].
1-8 SECTION 2. Section 2.02, Chapter 844, Acts of the 74th
1-9 Legislature, 1995, is amended to read as follows:
1-10 Sec. 2.02. DIRECTOR ELIGIBILITY. To be eligible to serve
1-11 [for appointment] as a director, a person must [be a resident of
1-12 Travis County. At least seven of the directors must] reside in the
1-13 district.
1-14 SECTION 3. Section 2.03, Chapter 844, Acts of the 74th
1-15 Legislature, 1995, is amended to read as follows:
1-16 Sec. 2.03. TERMS OF DIRECTORS AND DIRECTOR ELECTIONS
1-17 [APPOINTMENT PROCEDURES]. (a) Directors are elected for staggered
1-18 terms of four years.
1-19 (b) On the first Saturday in May of each even-numbered year,
1-20 an election shall be held in the district for the election of three
1-21 or four directors, as appropriate, from the district at large.
1-22 (c) The board shall have placed on the ballot the name of
1-23 any candidate who files for the office of director and blank spaces
2-1 to write in the names of other persons.
2-2 (d) When the vote is canvassed, the board shall declare the
2-3 three or four persons, as appropriate, who receive the most votes
2-4 to be elected as directors.
2-5 (e) If a director fails to qualify for office, the remaining
2-6 members of the board shall appoint a person to fill the vacancy.
2-7 (f) When a director dies, resigns, or is otherwise removed,
2-8 the remaining members of the board shall appoint a successor to
2-9 serve for the unexpired term. If the number of directors is
2-10 reduced to fewer than a majority, the commission shall appoint
2-11 directors to fill the vacancies.
2-12 (g) Except as provided by this section, a director's
2-13 election must be conducted in accordance with the Election Code and
2-14 the election provisions contained in Chapter 49, Water Code [Other
2-15 than initial directors, directors are appointed for staggered terms
2-16 of six years with three members' terms expiring September 1 of each
2-17 odd-numbered year.]
2-18 [(b) Appointment of initial directors shall be made promptly
2-19 after this Act takes effect. The governor shall appoint three
2-20 initial directors to serve a term expiring September 1, 1997, three
2-21 initial directors to serve a term expiring September 1, 1999, and
2-22 three initial directors to serve a term expiring September 1, 2001.]
2-23 [(c) When a director's term expires, the governor shall
2-24 appoint a successor.]
2-25 [(d) When a director dies, resigns, or is otherwise removed,
3-1 the governor shall appoint a successor to serve for the unexpired
3-2 term].
3-3 SECTION 4. Section 2.04, Chapter 844, Acts of the 74th
3-4 Legislature, 1995, is amended to read as follows:
3-5 Sec. 2.04. QUALIFICATION OF DIRECTOR. Each director must
3-6 qualify to serve as director in the manner provided by Section
3-7 49.055 [Sections 51.0721, 51.078, and 51.079], Water Code. The
3-8 district shall pay the premiums for each director's bond required
3-9 under Section 49.055 [51.079], Water Code.
3-10 SECTION 5. Subsection (c), Section 5.01, Chapter 844, Acts
3-11 of the 74th Legislature, 1995, is amended to read as follows:
3-12 (c) The board may prescribe the form, denomination, and
3-13 interest rate of bonds issued by the district, except that bonds
3-14 must mature serially or otherwise not more than 40 [50] years after
3-15 their date. The board may sell bonds at prices and under terms
3-16 that the board determines to be the most advantageous reasonably
3-17 available. The district's bonds may be made redeemable before
3-18 maturity at times and prices prescribed in the bonds. The
3-19 district's bonds may be secured by an indenture of trust with a
3-20 corporate trustee.
3-21 SECTION 6. Section 6.01, Chapter 844, Acts of the 74th
3-22 Legislature, 1995, is amended to read as follows:
3-23 Sec. 6.01. DESCRIPTION OF BOUNDARIES. The district includes
3-24 all the territory contained within the following area, whether the
3-25 territory contains noncontiguous parcels of land and whether the
4-1 territory is located within the boundaries of any municipality or
4-2 other governmental entity or political subdivision of the state:
4-3 The 4,661.248 acre tract out of the John Moore Survey No. 66, the
4-4 Jesse Williams Survey No. 62, the Samuel Hamilton Survey No. 16,
4-5 the John G. McGeeHee Survey No. 6, the Thomas Brite Survey No. 65,
4-6 the J. D. Cady Survey Abstract No. 139, the C. W. Hudson Survey No.
4-7 43, the Richard Hailey Survey No. 35, the Corbet Stevens Survey No.
4-8 63, the J. Burleson Survey No. 64, the John M. Bright Survey No.
4-9 63, the C. W. Hudson Survey No. 43, the H. Haigwood Survey No. 433,
4-10 the H. W. Cocke Survey No. 432 and the H. W. Cocke Survey No. 83,
4-11 Travis County, Texas, being a portion of that 2,807.1345 acre
4-12 tract, described as Tract 1, all of that 538.5087 acre tract,
4-13 described as Tract 2, a portion of that 214.8756 acre tract,
4-14 described as Tract 3, and all of that 100.0000 acre tract,
4-15 described as Tract 4 all conveyed by deed to Circle C Land Corp.
4-16 recorded in Volume 11620, Page 1126 of the Travis County Deed
4-17 Records, all of that 11.7446 acre tract contained within the
4-18 aforesaid 214.8756 acre tract, as dedicated for Slaughter Lane
4-19 (120.00' right-of-way), by plat recorded in Book 86, Pages 180C and
4-20 180D of the Travis County Plat Records, all of that 79.9863 acre
4-21 tract conveyed to the City of Austin by deed recorded in Volume
4-22 9495, Page 275, of the said Deed Records, all of that 46.50000 acre
4-23 tract conveyed to the City of Austin, by deed recorded in Volume
4-24 9495, Page 289 of the said Deed Records, all of that 285.4585 acre
4-25 tract, conveyed to the City of Austin by deed recorded in Volume
5-1 9495, Page 281 of the said Deed Records, a 25.4133 acre portion of
5-2 that 412.3003 acre tract conveyed to Ira John Yates by deed
5-3 recorded in Volume 10166, Page 726 of the said Deed Records, all of
5-4 that 85.033 acre tract conveyed to Mopac South Transportation
5-5 Corporation by deed recorded in Volume 10719, Page 926 of the said
5-6 Deed Records, all of that 13.845 acre tract conveyed to Mopac South
5-7 Transportation Corporation by deed recorded in Volume 10719, Page
5-8 920 of the said Deed Records, all of that 99.560 acre tract
5-9 conveyed to R. Alan Haywood, Trustee by deed recorded in Volume
5-10 11505, Page 55 of the said Deed Records, all of that 100.2215 acre
5-11 tract, described as Parcel "A", conveyed to Carlene H. Klaus by
5-12 deed recorded in Volume 9724, Page 329 of the said Deed Records,
5-13 all of that 100.2215 acre tract, described as Parcel "B", conveyed
5-14 to Ursula H. Kutra by deed recorded in Volume 9724, Page 317 of the
5-15 said Deed Records, all of that 100.2215 acre tract, described as
5-16 Parcel "C", conveyed to Amelia H. Mettke by deed recorded in Volume
5-17 9724, Page 321 of the said Deed Records, a portion of that certain
5-18 126.73 acre tract, conveyed to Mrs. Ruby Pauls Spillar by deed
5-19 recorded in Volume 700, Page 369 of the said Deed Records, and
5-20 being a portion of 1248.93 acres, described as various tracts,
5-21 conveyed to Mrs. Ruby Pauls Spillar by deed recorded in Volume 118,
5-22 Page 455 of the Said Deed Records; the said 4,661.248 acre tract
5-23 being more particularly described as follows:
5-24 BEGINNING at a 1/2" [5/8"] iron rod found in the easterly
5-25 right-of-way line of State Highway F.M. 1826 (80' wide) being the
6-1 northwest corner of the said 538.5087 acre tract, a point in the
6-2 southerly line of those tracts of land conveyed to Oak Hill Heights
6-3 Joint Venture by deed recorded in Volume 8154, Page 552, and the
6-4 most westerly point of a boundary line agreement between Jack Mann
6-5 and Josephene Turnbull as described in a deed recorded in Volume
6-6 1133, Page 464 of the said Deed Records;
6-7 THENCE, in a southeasterly direction along the line as
6-8 established by the said boundary line agreement, being the
6-9 northerly line of the 538.5087 acre tract and the southerly line of
6-10 the said Oak Hill Heights Joint Venture, tracts for the following
6-11 nine (9) courses:
6-12 1) S5922'13"E, 133.45 feet to a 1/2" iron pipe found;
6-13 2) S5933'32"E, 676.69 feet to a 1/2" [5/8"] iron rod found;
6-14 3) S5953'12"E, 415.00 feet to a 1/2" [5/8"] iron rod found;
6-15 4) S6013'30"E, 358.42 feet to a 1/2" [5/8"] iron rod found;
6-16 5) S6029'18"E, 157.98 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found for the
6-17 northeast corner of the said 70.96 acre tract, being the northwest
6-18 corner of the 154.44 acre tract;
6-19 6) S6027'13"E, 482.95 feet to a 1/2" iron pipe found;
6-20 7) S6059'20"E, 834.39 feet to a 1/2" iron pipe found;
6-21 8) S6114'02"E, 646.28 feet to a 1/2" iron pipe found;
6-22 9) S6141'08"E, 306.72 feet to a 1/2" iron pipe found;
6-23 THENCE, S6206'50"E, 332.04 feet to a 1/2" iron pipe found for
6-24 the most easterly corner of the aforesaid boundary line agreement,
6-25 being a northeast corner of the 538.5087 acre tract, the southeast
7-1 corner of the said Oak Hill Heights Joint Venture tracts and a
7-2 point in a westerly line of that 479.58 acre tract conveyed to
7-3 Village Joint Venture by deed recorded in Volume 8539, Page 511 of
7-4 the Deed Records of Travis County, Texas;
7-5 THENCE, S3005'47"W, at approximately 1,833.10 feet pass the
7-6 northwest corner of the Village at Western Oaks Subdivision,
7-7 Section 16-A, recorded in Book 86, Pages 62A through 62D, for a
7-8 total distance of 2,399.06 feet to a 5/8" iron rod found;
7-9 THENCE, S2950'30"W, with the easterly line of the said
7-10 538.5087 acre tract, 276.17 feet to a 1/2" iron pipe found for the
7-11 southwest corner of Village at Western Oaks, Section 16-A, being an
7-12 ell corner of the aforesaid 538.5087 acre tract, and a point on the
7-13 centerline of an existing Humble Pipeline Company, pipeline
7-14 easement described in a deed recorded in Volume 994, Page 397 of
7-15 the said Deed Records;
7-16 THENCE, S7011'10"E, with the said Humble Pipeline Company
7-17 easement, being the common line between the 538.5087 acre tract and
7-18 Village at Western Oaks, Section 16-A, at 600.33 feet pass a 1/2"
7-19 iron pipe found, at 1,831.37 feet pass a 1/2" iron pipe found, for
7-20 a total distance of 2,413.41 feet to a 1/2" iron rod set on a curve
7-21 to the left in the easterly right-of-way line of Escarpment
7-22 Boulevard (120.00 foot right-of-way) for the southeast corner of
7-23 the aforesaid Village at Western Oaks Subdivision, Section 16-A;
7-24 THENCE, S7011'10"E, continuing with the north line of the
7-25 538.5087 acre tract at 2,913.32 feet pass an iron pipe found at
8-1 3,651.25 feet pass a second iron pipe found, for a total distance
8-2 of 4,238.43 feet to an iron pipe found for the northeast corner of
8-3 the said 538.5087 acre tract, being the southeast corner of that
8-4 479.58 acre tract conveyed to Village Joint Venture by deed
8-5 recorded in Volume 8539, Page 511 and a point in the westerly line
8-6 of that 531.07 acre tract conveyed to Maple Run Joint Venture by
8-7 deed recorded in Volume 7979, Page 932, both of the said deed
8-8 records; the found pipe is also the southeast corner of the
8-9 right-of-way dedicated for State Highway Loop 1 as shown on a plat
8-10 of Village at Western Oaks, Section 21, a subdivision recorded in
8-11 Book 86, Page 145C of the Map Records of Travis County, Texas;
8-12 THENCE, S3040'24"W, with the common line between the 538.5087
8-13 acre tract and the 531.07 acre tract, 448.59 feet to an iron rod
8-14 found;
8-15 THENCE, S3040'33"W, continuing with the said common line
8-16 between the 538.5087 acre tract and the 531.07 acre tract, 450.39
8-17 feet to an iron rod found;
8-18 THENCE, S7200'01"E, continuing with the said common line,
8-19 158.07 feet to an iron rod found near the centerline of Slaughter
8-20 Creek.
8-21 THENCE, S0218'37"E, continuing with the said common line, at
8-22 230.03 feet pass an iron rod found for the most easterly corner of
8-23 the 538.5087 acre tract, and a northerly corner of the above
8-24 mentioned 285.4585 acre City of Austin tract, for a total distance
8-25 of 424.50 feet to an iron pipe found;
9-1 THENCE, leaving the southerly line of the 538.5087 acre
9-2 tract, along the common line between the said 531.07 acre tract and
9-3 the 285.4585 acre tract for the following eleven (11) courses:
9-4 1) S4145'47"E, for a distance of 96.65 feet to an iron rod
9-5 found;
9-6 2) S7631'42"E, for a distance of 110.76 feet to an iron rod
9-7 found;
9-8 3) N8420'26"E, for a distance of 172.94 feet to an iron rod
9-9 found;
9-10 4) S4757'27"E, for a distance of 109.79 feet to an iron rod
9-11 found;
9-12 5) S2042'20"W, for a distance of 195.48 feet to an iron rod
9-13 found;
9-14 6) S4326'45"E, for a distance of 149.92 feet to an iron rod
9-15 found;
9-16 7) S2111'38"E, for a distance of 141.55 feet to an iron rod
9-17 found;
9-18 8) S1335'11"W, for a distance of 148.65 feet to an iron rod
9-19 found;
9-20 9) S0515'39"E, for a distance of 347.41 feet to an iron rod
9-21 found;
9-22 10) S4023'14"W, for a distance of 269.29 feet to an iron rod
9-23 found;
9-24 11) S7931'14"W, for a distance of 58.41 feet to a point in
9-25 the centerline of Slaughter Creek;
10-1 THENCE, along the centerline of Slaughter Creek, continuing
10-2 with the above said common line between the 531.07 acre tract and
10-3 the 285.4585 acre tract for the following thirteen (13) courses;
10-4 1) S0822'19"W, for a distance of 407.97 feet to an iron rod
10-5 found;
10-6 2) S2626'53"W, for a distance of 329.10 feet to an iron rod
10-7 found;
10-8 3) S0543'44"W, for a distance of 314.04 feet to an iron rod
10-9 found;
10-10 4) S1157'05"E, for a distance of 304.24 feet to an iron rod
10-11 found;
10-12 5) S3706'33"E, for a distance of 176.12 feet to an iron rod
10-13 found;
10-14 6) S6458'21"E, for a distance of 264.75 feet to a nail
10-15 found;
10-16 7) N6439'39"E, for a distance of 295.20 feet to a point;
10-17 8) N8849'06"E, for a distance of 326.14 feet to an iron rod
10-18 found;
10-19 9) S7115'17"E, for a distance of 207.09 feet to an iron rod
10-20 found;
10-21 10) S0537'53"E, for a distance of 155.67 feet to a nail
10-22 found;
10-23 11) S3531'12"E, for a distance of 432.21 feet to an iron rod
10-24 found;
10-25 12) S5645'40"E, for a distance of 110.46 feet to an iron
11-1 pipe found;
11-2 13) S3528'15"E, at a distance of 310.95 feet pass an iron
11-3 pipe found on the east side of Slaughter Creek, for a total
11-4 distance of 323.72 feet to an iron rod found at a fence corner
11-5 post, for the most southerly corner of that certain 19.81 acre
11-6 tract of land conveyed to James W. Akins by a deed recorded in
11-7 Volume 4677, Page 1386 of the said Deed Records and a point in the
11-8 west line of the said 214.8756 acre tract;
11-9 THENCE, N2804'16"E, leaving the north line of the 285.4585
11-10 acre tract, along the common line between the 19.81 acre tract and
11-11 the 214.8756 acre tract, for a distance of 551.99 feet to a 1/2"
11-12 iron rod found;
11-13 THENCE, N2918'16"E, with the said common line between the
11-14 said 221.4613 acre tract and the 19.81 acre tract, 504.48 feet to a
11-15 1/2" iron rod found;
11-16 THENCE, N2951'30"E, with the said westerly line of the
11-17 221.4613 acre tract, at 538.05 feet pass a concrete monument found
11-18 in the southerly right-of-way line of Slaughter Lane (120.00 foot
11-19 right-of-way), at 695.41 feet pass a point in the northerly
11-20 right-of-way line of the aforesaid Slaughter Lane (11.7446 acres),
11-21 for a total distance of 843.60 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found for
11-22 the northwest corner of the abovesaid 214.8756 acre tract, being
11-23 the southwest corner of that certain tract conveyed to Clara Brooks
11-24 Chastain by deed recorded in Volume 6887, Page 178 and a point in
11-25 the easterly line of the remainder of that 531.07 acre tract
12-1 conveyed to Maple Run Joint Venture by deed recorded in Volume
12-2 7979, Page 932 both of the Deed Records of Travis County, Texas;
12-3 THENCE, S5957'00"E, leaving the easterly line of the said
12-4 531.07 acre tract, along the northerly line of the 214.8756 acre
12-5 tract, 638.74 feet to a 3/4" iron pipe found for the southeast
12-6 corner of the said Clara Brooks Chastain Tract, being the southwest
12-7 corner of that 199.65 acre tract conveyed to J.D. Carrol et. al. by
12-8 deed recorded in Volume 2522, Page 442 of the said Deed Records;
12-9 THENCE, with the common line between the said 214.8756 acre
12-10 tract and the 199.65 acre tract for the following four (4) courses:
12-11 1) S5953'05"E, 941.26 feet to a 3/4" iron pipe found;
12-12 2) S5944'07"E, 887.29 feet to a 3/4" iron pipe found;
12-13 3) S5925'09"E, 385.48 feet to a 3/4" iron pipe found;
12-14 4) S5938'47"E, 520.87 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found for the
12-15 most northerly northeast corner of the said 214.8756 acre tract,
12-16 being the northwest corner of that 5.1589 acre tract conveyed to
12-17 Gary L. Bradley, Trustee by deed recorded in Volume 8882, Page 748
12-18 of the said Deed Records;
12-19 THENCE, leaving the southerly line of the said 199.65 acre
12-20 tract, with the common line between the 214.8756 acre tract and the
12-21 5.1589 acre tract for the following two (2) courses:
12-22 1) S3030'08"W, 498.76 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found;
12-23 2) S5929'52"E, 450.00 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found for the
12-24 most easterly northeast corner of the 214.8756 acre tract, being
12-25 the southeast corner of the 5.1589 acre tract and a point in the
13-1 westerly right-of-way line of Brodie Lane (right-of-way varies);
13-2 THENCE, S3030'08"W, leaving the southerly line of the said
13-3 5.1589 acre tract, with the easterly line of the 214.8756 acre
13-4 tract, being the westerly right-of-way line of Brodie Lane, at
13-5 1,161.13 feet pass a point in the aforesaid northerly right-of-way
13-6 line of Slaughter Lane, at 1,311.13 feet pass a point in the
13-7 aforesaid southerly right-of-way line of Slaughter Lane, for a
13-8 total distance of 2,087.89 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found for the
13-9 southeast corner of the abovesaid 214.8756 acre tract, being a
13-10 point in the northerly line of that 400 acre tract conveyed to
13-11 George Barker by deed recorded in Volume 409, Page 158 of the said
13-12 Deed Records;
13-13 THENCE, with the common line between the said 214.8756 acre
13-14 tract and the 400 acre tract for the following eight (8) courses:
13-15 1) N5923'14"W, 357.99 feet to a 3/4" iron pipe found;
13-16 2) N5939'36"W, 234.36 feet to a 3/4" iron pipe found;
13-17 3) N6026'39"W, 371.13 feet to a 3/4" iron pipe found;
13-18 4) N6019'49"W, 607.54 feet to a 3/4" iron pipe found;
13-19 5) N6015'08"W, at 301.82 feet pass a concrete monument
13-20 found, at 371.82 feet pass a concrete monument found, for a total
13-21 distance of 968.19 feet to a 60d nail found in a fence post;
13-22 6) N6045'22"W, continuing with the southerly line of the
13-23 said 214.8756 acre tract, 9.27 feet to a 60d nail found in a fence
13-24 post;
13-25 7) N5935'12"W, continuing along the said southerly line of
14-1 the 214.8756 acre tract, 815.61 feet to a 3/4" iron pipe found;
14-2 8) N5925'45"W, for a distance of 410.57 feet to a concrete
14-3 monument found for the southwest corner of the said 214.8756 acre
14-4 tract, being a point in the easterly line of the said 285.4585 acre
14-5 tract and the northwest corner of the said 400 acre tract;
14-6 THENCE, S3014'54"W, leaving the southerly line of the said
14-7 214.8756 acre tract, with the westerly line of the 400 acre tract,
14-8 at 1,600.00 feet pass a 5/8" iron rod found for the most southerly
14-9 southeast corner of the 285.4585 acre tract, being a northeast
14-10 corner of the said 2807.1345 acre tract, for a total distance of
14-11 3,756.93 feet to a 60d nail found in a fence corner post for the
14-12 most southerly southeast corner of the said 2807.1345 acre tract,
14-13 being the northeast corner of that 2.72 acre tract conveyed to Ray
14-14 McGee by deed recorded in Volume 4647, Page 31 of the said Deed
14-15 Records;
14-16 THENCE, N6309'43"W, leaving the westerly line of the said 400
14-17 acre tract, with the southerly line of the 2807.1345 acre tract,
14-18 231.13 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found for the northwest corner of
14-19 the said 2.72 acre tract, being the northeast corner of that 6.7580
14-20 acre tract conveyed to Gary L. Bradley, Trustee by deed recorded in
14-21 Volume 10577, Page 414 of the Deed Records of Travis County, Texas;
14-22 THENCE, N6226'14"W, at 425.00 feet pass a 1/2" iron rod found
14-23 for the northwest corner of the said 6.7580 acre tract, being the
14-24 northeast corner of that 1.0000 acre tract conveyed to Gary L.
14-25 Bradley, Trustee by deed recorded in Volume 10577, Page 402 of the
15-1 said Deed Records, at 575.00 feet pass a 1/2" iron rod found for
15-2 the northwest corner of the abovesaid 1.0000 acre tract, being the
15-3 northeast corner of that 1.0000 acre tract conveyed to Gary L.
15-4 Bradley, Trustee by deed recorded in Volume 10577, Page 406 of the
15-5 said Deed Records, at 725.00 feet pass a 1/2" iron rod found for
15-6 the northwest corner of the abovesaid 1.0000 acre tract, being the
15-7 northeast corner of that 1.0000 acre tract conveyed to Brian Lee
15-8 Williamson by deed recorded in Volume 8901, Page 11 of the said
15-9 Deed Records, at 875.00 feet pass a 1/2" iron rod found for the
15-10 northwest corner of the abovesaid 1.0000 acre Williamson Tract,
15-11 being the northeast corner of that 1.0000 acre tract conveyed to
15-12 Gary L. Bradley, Trustee by deed recorded in Volume 10577, Page 410
15-13 of the said Deed Records, at 1025.00 feet pass a 1/2" iron rod
15-14 found for the northwest corner of the abovesaid 1.0000 acre tract,
15-15 being a northerly northeast corner of that abovesaid 1.0000 acre
15-16 tract, being a northerly northeast corner of the said 412.3003 acre
15-17 tract, for a total distance of 1,952.31 feet to a 1/2" iron rod
15-18 found;
15-19 THENCE, with the common line between the said 2,807.1345 acre
15-20 tract and the 412.3003 acre tract for the following three (3)
15-21 courses:
15-22 1) N1354'38"E, 342.33 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found;
15-23 2) S8937'52"W, 501.38 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found;
15-24 3) S6347'26"W, 414.17 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found for the
15-25 northeast corner of a 5.000 acre tract conveyed to Polly Blanton
16-1 Brooks by a deed recorded in Volume 9807, Page 643 of the above
16-2 said Deed Records;
16-3 THENCE, through the 2,807.1345 acre tract, with the north,
16-4 west, and southerly lines of the 5.000 acre tract, the following
16-5 six (6) courses:
16-6 1) N6538'09"W, 415.32 feet to an iron rod found;
16-7 2) S5812'55"W, 207.33 feet to an iron rod found;
16-8 3) S0241'17"E, 301.21 feet to an iron rod found;
16-9 4) N8037'15"E, 92.49 feet to an iron rod found;
16-10 5) S7524'34"E, 416.79 feet to an iron rod found;
16-11 6) S8458'12"E, 142.05 feet to an iron rod found in the
16-12 abovesaid common line between the 2,807.1345 acre tract and the
16-13 412.3003 acre tract;
16-14 THENCE, S1539'52"E, along the said common line, 171.37 feet
16-15 to a 1/2" iron rod found;
16-16 THENCE, continuing with the above said common line,
16-17 S8718'43"W, 2,089.53 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found for the
16-18 northeast corner of the said 85.033 acre tract;
16-19 THENCE, across the said 412.3003 acre tract, with the
16-20 southeasterly line of the said 85.033 acre tract (State Highway
16-21 Loop 1), the following three (3) courses:
16-22 1) S5354'42"W, 276.49 feet to an iron rod found;
16-23 2) S3134'11"W, 1,886.12 feet to an iron rod found for the
16-24 point of curvature of a curve to the left;
16-25 3) With the said curve to the left, having a radius of
17-1 1,000.00 feet, a central angle of 2254'44", a chord distance of
17-2 397.23 feet (chord bears S2006'49"W), for an arc distance of 399.89
17-3 feet to an iron rod found for the intersection of the said
17-4 northerly right-of-way line of State Highway 45 with the
17-5 aforementioned common line between the 412.3003 acre tract and the
17-6 99.56 acre, R. Alan Haywood, Trustee, tract; the found iron rod
17-7 being also the northeast corner of the said 13.845 acre tract;
17-8 THENCE, S8945'07"E, with the north line of the said 99.560
17-9 acre tract, along the south line of the said 412.3003 acre tract,
17-10 1,943.93 feet to an iron rod found;
17-11 THENCE, S8941'17"E, leaving the said south line of the
17-12 remainder of the 412.3003 acre tract, along the north line of the
17-13 99.560 acre tract, for a distance of 436.73 feet to an iron rod
17-14 found for the northeast corner of the 99.560 acre tract, being a
17-15 northwest corner of that 118.757 acre tract conveyed by deed to
17-16 Alain P. Reveilhac, Trustee by deed recorded in Volume 8993, Page
17-17 867 of the said Deed Records;
17-18 THENCE, S0047'45"W, along the common line between the said
17-19 99.560 acre tract and the 118.757 acre tract, 932.88 feet to an
17-20 iron rod found for the southeast corner of the aforesaid 99.560
17-21 acre tract, being a northeast corner of the remainder of that
17-22 723.85 acre tract conveyed to Jack Andrewartha by deed recorded in
17-23 Volume 4413, page 388 of the said Deed Records;
17-24 THENCE, N8944'18"W, leaving the west line of the said 118.57
17-25 acre tract, along the common line between the 99.560 acre tract and
18-1 the remainder of the 723.85 acre tract, at 2,115.36 feet pass an
18-2 iron rod found for the southeast corner of the said 13.845 acre
18-3 tract, at 2,615.10 feet pass an iron rod found for the southeast
18-4 corner of the said 13.845 acre tract, for a total distance of
18-5 4,644.68 feet to an iron rod found for the southwest corner of the
18-6 aforesaid 99.560 acre tract, being a point in the east line of that
18-7 283 acre tract conveyed to Ira Jon Yates by deed recorded in Volume
18-8 7716, Page 845 of the said Deed Records;
18-9 THENCE, N0030'28"E, leaving the said north line of the
18-10 remainder of the 723.85 acre tract, along the common line between
18-11 the 99.560 acre tract and the 283 acre tract, for a distance of
18-12 932.24 feet to a 60d nail found in a fence corner post for the
18-13 northwest corner of the said 99.560 acre tract, being the northeast
18-14 corner of the aforesaid 283 acre tract and being in the southerly
18-15 line of the said 412.003 acre tract;
18-16 THENCE, S8945'07"E, leaving the east line of the said 283
18-17 acre tract, along the south line of the remainder of the 412.3003
18-18 acre tract, being the north line of the 99.560 acre tract, 1,329.07
18-19 feet to an iron rod found on a curve to the left for the northwest
18-20 corner of that 13.845 acre tract, being also the southwest corner
18-21 of that 85.033 acre tract conveyed to Mopac South Transportation
18-22 Corporation;
18-23 THENCE, leaving the north line of the said 99.560 acre tract,
18-24 across the said 412.3003 acre tract, along the southwest line of
18-25 the 85.033 acre tract, for the following three (3) courses:
19-1 1) with the said curve to the left, having a radius of
19-2 7,439.30 feet, a central angle of 0052'47", a chord distance of
19-3 114.22 feet (chord bears N4125'15"W), for an arc distance of 114.23
19-4 feet to an iron rod found for the point of tangency;
19-5 2) N4151'38"W, 2,184.35 feet to an iron rod found for the
19-6 point of curvature of a curve to the left;
19-7 3) with the said curve to the left, having a radius of
19-8 6,649.76 feet, a central angle of 0747'53", a chord distance of
19-9 904.34 feet (chord bears N4545'35"W), for an arc distance of 905.04
19-10 feet to an iron rod found for the intersection of the said
19-11 southwest line of the 85.033 acre tract (State Highway 45) with the
19-12 northerly line of the said 412.3003 acre tract, and the southerly
19-13 line of the 2,807.1345 acre tract;
19-14 THENCE, S8250'26"W, with the common line between the
19-15 2,807.1345 acre tract and the 412.3003 acre tract, 2,560.06 feet to
19-16 a 1/2" iron rod found in the west line of the said Samuel Hamilton
19-17 Survey No. 16, being the east line of the Thomas Brite Survey No.
19-18 65, for an ell corner of the said 2,807.1345 acre tract, being the
19-19 northwest corner of that 412.3003 acre tract mentioned above;
19-20 THENCE, S3031'27"W, along the west line of the Samuel
19-21 Hamilton Survey No. 16 and the east line of the Thomas Brite Survey
19-22 No. 65, for a distance of 561.26 feet to an iron rod found for a
19-23 southerly corner of the said, 2,807.1345 acre tract; being a point
19-24 in the north line of the said 283 acre tract;
19-25 THENCE, S8344'05"W, with the common line between the
20-1 2,807.1345 acre tract and the 283 acre tract, 58.21 feet to an iron
20-2 rod found;
20-3 THENCE, N8950'37"W, with the said common line, 502.68 feet to
20-4 an iron rod found for the northwest corner of the aforesaid 283
20-5 acre tract, and the northeast corner of the aforesaid 126.73 acre
20-6 tract conveyed to Mrs. R. P. Spillar;
20-7 THENCE, leaving the south line of the 2,807.1345 acre tract,
20-8 along the east line of said 126.73 acre Spillar Tract, as found
20-9 fenced and used upon the ground, for the following three (3)
20-10 courses:
20-11 1) S0033'17"W, for a distance of 952.64 feet to an iron pin
20-12 set;
20-13 2) S0032'17"W, for a distance of 255.23 feet to an iron pin
20-14 set;
20-15 3) S0035'17"W, for a distance of 528.60 feet to an iron pin
20-16 set at or near the Southeast corner of the said 126.73 acre Spillar
20-17 Tract, being at or near the Northeast corner of the said 1248.93
20-18 acre Spillar Tract;
20-19 THENCE, along the east line of the said 1248.93 acre Spillar
20-20 Tract, as found fenced and used upon the ground, for the following
20-21 four (4) courses:
20-22 1) S0852'43"E, for a distance of 291.92 feet to an iron pin
20-23 set;
20-24 2) S0854'43"E, for a distance of 445.72 feet to an 60-d nail
20-25 set;
21-1 3) S0004'17"W, for a distance of 1130.96 feet to an iron pin
21-2 set;
21-3 4) S0002'43"E, for a distance of 382.21 feet to a calculated
21-4 point on the approximate County Line between Travis and Hays
21-5 Counties;
21-6 THENCE, N4903'40"W, across the said 1,248.93 acre tract and
21-7 the 126.73 acre tract, along the common line between Travis and
21-8 Hays Counties, 3,986.48 feet to a calculated point in the westerly
21-9 line of the aforesaid 126.73 acre tract;
21-10 THENCE, along the West line of the said 126.73 acre Spillar
21-11 Tract, as found fenced and used upon the ground, for the following
21-12 seven (7) courses:
21-13 1) N0000'17"E, for a distance of 210.21 feet to an iron pin
21-14 set;
21-15 2) N0000'43"W, for a distance of 332.68 feet to an iron pin
21-16 set;
21-17 3) N0005'43"W, for a distance of 102.55 feet to an iron pin
21-18 set;
21-19 4) N8659'43"W, for a distance of 332.58 feet to an iron pin
21-20 set;
21-21 5) N8659'43"W, for a distance of 306.15 feet to an iron pin
21-22 found;
21-23 6) N2917'17"E, for a distance of 565.14 feet to a 60-d nail
21-24 found;
21-25 7) N2402'14"E, for a distance of 22.01 feet to a 60-d nail
22-1 found in a fence post;
22-2 THENCE, S6916'54"W leaving the westerly line of the said
22-3 126.73 acre tract, in a southwesterly direction with the southerly
22-4 fenced line of the 2,807.1345 acre tract, 760.45 feet to an iron
22-5 rod found for the Travis and Hays County Lines;
22-6 THENCE, N4903'54"W, leaving the southerly line of and
22-7 crossing the said line of the 2,807.1345 acre tract, along the
22-8 common line between Travis and Hays Counties, 3,364.02 feet to a
22-9 concrete monument found for county marker Mile Post No. 19;
22-10 THENCE, N4903'02"W, continuing across the said 2,807.1345
22-11 acre tract, along the said line between Travis and Hays Counties,
22-12 347.05 feet to a concrete monument found in the easterly
22-13 right-of-way line of aforesaid State Highway FM 1826;
22-14 THENCE, with the west line of the 2,807.1345 acre tract and
22-15 the east right-of-way line of State Highway FM 1826, the following
22-16 twelve (12) courses:
22-17 1) N0001'09"E, 1,166.34 feet to a concrete monument found;
22-18 2) N0017'55"E, for a distance of 388.69 feet to a concrete
22-19 monument found at the point of curvature of a curve to the right;
22-20 3) with the said curve to the right having a central angle
22-21 of 3047'38", a radius of 1,402.42 feet, a chord distance of 744.70
22-22 feet (chord bears N1541'45"E), for an arc distance of 753.74 feet
22-23 to the point of tangency;
22-24 4) N3105'55"E, for a distance of 1,682.33 feet to a concrete
22-25 monument found at the point of curvature of a transition curve to
23-1 the right;
23-2 5) with the said transition curve to the right having a
23-3 central angle of 0649'48", a beginning radius of 2,834.50 feet, an
23-4 ending radius of 2,829.50 feet, a chord distance of 337.10 feet
23-5 (chord bears N3609'37"E) for an arc distance of 337.30 feet to a
23-6 concrete monument found at the point of tangency;
23-7 6) N3756'03"E, a distance of 443.20 feet to an iron pipe
23-8 found;
23-9 7) N3757'53"E, for a distance of 239.19 feet to a concrete
23-10 monument found at the point of curvature of a curve to the left;
23-11 8) with the said curve to the left having a central angle of
23-12 0726'32", a radius of 1,950.03 feet, a chord distance of 253.12
23-13 feet (chord bears N3405'33"E) for an arc distance of 253.29 feet to
23-14 a concrete monument found at the point of tangency;
23-15 9) N3029'37"E, for a distance of 1,017.58 feet to an iron
23-16 rod found;
23-17 10) N3028'37"E, for a distance of 2,099.60 feet to a
23-18 concrete right-of-way monument found at the point of curvature of a
23-19 curve to the right;
23-20 11) with the said curve to the right, having a central angle
23-21 of 4648'09", a radius of 1,105.91 feet, a chord distance of 878.46
23-22 feet (chord bears N5353'50"E) for an arc distance of 903.37 feet to
23-23 a concrete right-of-way monument found at the point of tangency;
23-24 12) N7719'10"E, for a distance of 189.23 feet to an iron
23-25 pipe found, being the most westerly northwest corner of the above
24-1 said 2,807.1345 acre tract, in the abandoned south right-of-way
24-2 line of Old Austin-Driftwood Road;
24-3 THENCE, leaving the said east right-of-way line of State
24-4 Highway FM 1826 with the fenced north line of the 2,807.1345 acre
24-5 tract, the following nine (9) courses and distances:
24-6 1) S6842'40"E, 378.51 feet to an iron pipe found;
24-7 2) S6341'44"E, 178.82 feet to an iron pipe found;
24-8 3) S2728'23"W, at 347.23 feet pass an iron pipe found 0.07
24-9 feet to the west, for a total distance of 800.09 feet to an iron
24-10 pipe found;
24-11 4) S2421'16"E, 538.49 feet to an iron pipe found;
24-12 5) S0552'50"E, 991.70 feet to an iron pipe found;
24-13 6) S5839'56"E, 1,085.30 feet to an iron pipe found;
24-14 7) N8847'49"E, 563.42 feet to an iron pipe found;
24-15 8) N6424'19"E, 951.91 feet to an iron rod found;
24-16 9) N3241'40"E, 470.77 feet to an iron pipe found;
24-17 THENCE, N3236'10"E, continuing along the north line of the
24-18 2,807.1345 acre tract, 412.97 feet to an iron pipe found in the
24-19 south line of a 217.38 acre tract conveyed to 1826 Associates by
24-20 deed recorded in Volume 3635, Page 634 of the said Deed Records;
24-21 THENCE, S6024'36"E, with the apparent common line between the
24-22 2,807.1345 acre tract and the 217.38 acre tract, for a distance of
24-23 349.01 feet to an iron pipe found;
24-24 THENCE, S5358'38"E, continuing with the said common line, for
24-25 a distance of 533.96 feet to an iron pipe found for a northeast
25-1 corner of the 2,807.1345 acre tract and a point in the west line of
25-2 a 100.2215 acre tract conveyed to Carlene Hielscher Klaus by deed
25-3 recorded in Volume 9724, Page 329; said pipe also being the end of
25-4 a boundary line, set by Boundary Line Agreement in Volume 3922,
25-5 Page 1668, both of the Deed Records of Travis County, Texas;
25-6 THENCE, leaving the northerly line of the 2,807.1345 acre
25-7 tract, along the common fenced line between the said 100.2215 acre
25-8 Carlene H. Klaus Tract and the 217.38 acre tract, the following
25-9 four (4) courses:
25-10 1) N2916'04"E, 374.23 feet to an iron rod found;
25-11 2) N3313'41"E, 507.32 feet to an iron rod found;
25-12 3) N2953'38"E, 440.11 feet to an iron rod found;
25-13 4) N3023'23"E, 98.78 feet to an iron rod found for the
25-14 northwest corner of the said 100.2215 acre Klaus Tract, being the
25-15 southwest corner of that 320 acre tract conveyed to Richard
25-16 Hielscher by deed recorded in Volume 1212, Page 526 of the said
25-17 Deed Records;
25-18 THENCE, S5927'22"E, leaving the easterly line of the said
25-19 217.38 acre tract, 737.66 feet to an iron rod found in the
25-20 northerly line of the said 100.2215 acre Carlene H. Klaus Tract;
25-21 THENCE, S5925'12"E, continuing with the northerly line of the
25-22 said 100.2215 acre Klaus Tract, a distance of 252.58 feet to an
25-23 iron rod found for the northeast corner of the aforesaid 100.2215
25-24 acre Carlene H. Klaus Tract, being the northwest corner of the
25-25 aforesaid 100.2215 acre Ursula H. Kutra Tract;
26-1 THENCE, S5925'12"E, with the northerly line of the said
26-2 100.2215 acre Ursula H. Kutra Tract, 512.23 feet to an iron rod
26-3 found;
26-4 THENCE, S5914'29"E, continuing along the northerly line of
26-5 the said 100.2215 acre Ursula H. Kutra Tract, 512.87 feet to an
26-6 iron rod found for the northeast corner of the aforesaid 100.2215
26-7 acre tract, being the northwest corner of the said 100.2215 acre
26-8 Amelia H. Mettke Tract;
26-9 THENCE, S5914'29"E, with the northerly line of the said
26-10 100.2215 acre Amelia H. Mettke Tract, 1,013.17 feet to an iron pipe
26-11 found for the northeast corner of the aforesaid 100.2215 acre
26-12 Amelia H. Mettke Tract, being a point in a westerly line of the
26-13 said 2,807.1345 acre tract, and the southwest corner of the said
26-14 320 acre tract;
26-15 THENCE, N3005'58"E, with the easterly line of the said 320
26-16 acre tract and the west line of the before mentioned 2,807.1345
26-17 acre tract, at 250.00 feet pass a 1/2" iron rod found for the
26-18 southwest corner of the said 79.9863 acre tract, for a total
26-19 distance of 1,357.97 feet to a 60d nail found in a fence corner
26-20 post;
26-21 THENCE, N3049'14"E, with the common line between the said
26-22 79.9863 acre tract and the 320 acre tract, 804.39 feet to a 60d
26-23 nail found in a fence post;
26-24 THENCE, N2750'15"E, continuing with the common line between
26-25 the said 79.9863 acre tract and the 320 acre tract, 125.08 feet to
27-1 a steel fence post found;
27-2 THENCE, N3031'15"E, 204.35 feet to a 5/8" iron rod found;
27-3 THENCE, N2957'23"E, continuing with the common line between
27-4 the 79.9863 acre tract and the 320 acre tract, 360.74 feet to a
27-5 5/8" iron rod found in the southeast line of the aforesaid 538.5087
27-6 acre tract;
27-7 THENCE, N2808'04"W, across the said 320 acre tract, with the
27-8 southerly line of the 538.5087 acre tract, 2,025.54 feet to a 5/8"
27-9 iron rod found on the centerline of the aforesaid existing Humble
27-10 Pipeline Company, pipeline easement;
27-11 THENCE, N7021'34"W, continuing across the said 320 acre
27-12 tract, with the centerline of the said Humble Pipeline, 1,386.97
27-13 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found for a southwest corner of the
27-14 538.5087 acre tract and a point in the easterly line of that 3.48
27-15 acre tract conveyed to Dan P. Scranton by deed recorded in Volume
27-16 4217, Page 236 of the said deed records;
27-17 THENCE, N3211'17"E, with a westerly line of the said 538.5087
27-18 acre tract, at 144.68 feet pass a 5/8" iron rod found for the
27-19 northeast corner of the 3.48 acre tract, being the southeast corner
27-20 of that 3.45 acre tract conveyed to Arnold A. Jensen by deed
27-21 recorded in Volume 7101, Page 123 of the said deed records, for a
27-22 total distance of 404.54 feet to a 5/8" iron rod found for the
27-23 northeast corner of the aforesaid 3.45 acre tract, being the
27-24 southeast corner of that 3.42 acre tract conveyed to John T.
27-25 Alexander Et Ux by deed recorded in Volume 5019, Page 1341 of the
28-1 Deed Records of Travis County, Texas;
28-2 THENCE, N3204'03"E, continuing with the said westerly line of
28-3 the 538.5087 acre tract, 259.87 feet to a 5/8" iron rod found for
28-4 the northeast corner of the said 3.42 acre tract, being the
28-5 southeast corner of that 3.23 acre tract conveyed to L. Van Sickle
28-6 by deed recorded in Volume 4822, Page 1413 of the said Deed
28-7 Records;
28-8 THENCE, N3208'30"E, 199.96 feet to a 1/2" iron pipe found for
28-9 an ell corner of the said 538.5087 acre tract, being the northeast
28-10 corner of the 3.23 acre tract;
28-11 THENCE, N5939'43"W, with the common line between the said
28-12 538.5087 acre tract and the 3.23 acre tract, 28.23 feet to a 60d
28-13 nail found in a cedar tree;
28-14 THENCE, N4040'12"W, with the northerly line of the said 3.23
28-15 acre tract, 238.75 feet to a 1/2" iron pipe found at a cattle guard
28-16 for a southwest corner of the 538.5087 acre tract;
28-17 THENCE, N6056'11"W, with the common line between the 538.5087
28-18 acre tract and the 3.23 acre tract, 7.46 feet to a 1/2" iron pipe
28-19 found;
28-20 THENCE, N7539'02"W, continuing with the said common line
28-21 between the 538.5087 acre tract and the 3.23 acre tract, 40.48 feet
28-22 to a 5/8" iron rod found;
28-23 THENCE, N5752'12"W, with the southerly line of the said
28-24 538.5087 acre tract, 807.29 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found in the
28-25 northerly line of that 3.41 acre tract conveyed to Edwin Dudley by
29-1 deed recorded in Volume 6405, Page 1177 of the said deed records;
29-2 THENCE, with the common line between the said 538.5087 acre
29-3 tract and the 3.41 acre tract for the following three (3) courses:
29-4 1) N0729'32"W, 16.38 feet to a 60d nail found in a fence
29-5 corner post at a cattle guard;
29-6 2) N6318'41"W, 6.83 feet to a 60d nail found in a fence
29-7 corner post;
29-8 3) S8133'38"W, 17.89 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found for the
29-9 northwest corner of the said 3.41 acre tract, being the most
29-10 westerly southwest corner of the 538.5087 acre tract, and a point
29-11 on the aforesaid easterly right-of-way line of State Highway F.M.
29-12 1826;
29-13 THENCE, with the common line between the 538.5087 acre tract
29-14 and the easterly right-of-way line of State Highway F.M. 1826 for
29-15 the following four (4) courses:
29-16 1) N3054'59"E, 632.18 feet to a concrete right-of-way
29-17 monument found 40.00 feet left of State Highway Centerline Station
29-18 73+30.5;
29-19 2) N2827'31"E, 393.09 feet to a concrete right-of-way
29-20 monument found for the point of curvature of a curve to the left,
29-21 40.00 feet left of State Highway Centerline Station 69+38.5;
29-22 3) with the said curve to the left having a central angle of
29-23 0630'44", a radius of 3,859.21 feet, a chord distance of 438.40
29-24 feet (chord bears N2504'58"E) for an arc distance of 438.64 feet to
29-25 a concrete right-of-way monument found for the point of tangency,
30-1 40.00 feet left of State Highway Centerline Station 65+03;
30-2 4) N2150'08"E, 774.26 feet to the PLACE OF BEGINNING,
30-3 CONTAINING within these metes and bounds 4,661.248 acres of land
30-4 area.
30-5 SECTION 7. (a) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), Section
30-6 2.01, Chapter 844, Acts of the 74th Legislature, 1995, as amended
30-7 by this Act, the Southwest Travis County Water District's rights
30-8 and functions are exercised by a board composed as provided by
30-9 Section 8 of this Act until the transition from an appointed to an
30-10 elected board is completed.
30-11 (b) Notwithstanding Section 2.02, Chapter 844, Acts of the
30-12 74th Legislature, 1995, as amended by this Act, a member of the
30-13 board who was not required to reside in the district at the time of
30-14 appointment may continue to serve as director without residing in
30-15 the district until expiration of the member's term, including any
30-16 additional period of service required by Section 17, Article XVI,
30-17 Texas Constitution.
30-18 SECTION 8. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision in this
30-19 Act, the transition of the board of the Southwest Travis County
30-20 Water District from an appointed to an elected body shall be
30-21 accomplished as provided by this section.
30-22 (b) The board shall call and hold an election on the first
30-23 Saturday in May, 1998, to elect seven directors from the district
30-24 at large. The nine appointed directors continue to hold office, in
30-25 accordance with Section 17, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, until
31-1 the elected directors qualify for office. The seven elected
31-2 directors by lot shall determine which three directors serve
31-3 two-year terms and which four directors serve four-year terms.
31-4 SECTION 9. The secretary of state shall prescribe any
31-5 necessary procedures to implement this Act, including modifications
31-6 of applicable election procedures, periods, or deadlines.
31-7 SECTION 10. (a) The proper and legal notice of the
31-8 intention to introduce this Act, setting forth the general
31-9 substance of this Act, has been published as provided by law, and
31-10 the notice and a copy of this Act have been furnished to all
31-11 persons, agencies, officials, or entities to which they are
31-12 required to be furnished by the constitution and other laws of this
31-13 state, including the governor, who has submitted the notice and the
31-14 Act to the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission.
31-15 (b) The Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission has
31-16 filed its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor,
31-17 lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives
31-18 within the required time.
31-19 (c) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
31-20 state and of the rules and procedures of the legislature with
31-21 respect to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are
31-22 fulfilled and accomplished.
31-23 SECTION 11. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
31-24 SECTION 12. The importance of this legislation and the
31-25 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
32-1 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
32-2 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
32-3 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.