By Wentworth                                    S.B. No. 1463

      75R9222 MI-D                           

                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

 1-1                                   AN ACT

 1-2     relating to the board of directors, boundaries, and financing of

 1-3     the Southwest Travis County Water District.

 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 2.01(b), Chapter 844, Acts of the 74th

 1-6     Legislature, Regular Session, 1995, is amended to read as follows:

 1-7           (b)  The board consists of seven members elected from the

 1-8     district at large [nine members appointed by the governor].

 1-9           SECTION 2.  Section 2.02, Chapter 844, Acts of the 74th

1-10     Legislature, Regular Session, 1995, is amended to read as follows:

1-11           Sec. 2.02.  DIRECTOR ELIGIBILITY.  To be eligible to serve

1-12     [for appointment] as a director, a person must [be a resident of

1-13     Travis  County.  At least seven of the directors must] reside in

1-14     the district.

1-15           SECTION 3.  Section 2.03, Chapter 844, Acts of the 74th

1-16     Legislature, Regular Session, 1995, is amended to read as follows:

1-17           Sec. 2.03.  TERMS OF DIRECTORS AND DIRECTOR ELECTIONS

1-18     [APPOINTMENT PROCEDURES].  (a)  Directors are elected for staggered

1-19     terms of four years.

1-20           (b)  On the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November

1-21     of each odd-numbered year, an election shall be held in the

1-22     district for the election of three or four directors, as

1-23     appropriate, from the district at large for terms to begin on the

1-24     following January 1.

 2-1           (c)  The board shall have placed on the ballot the name of

 2-2     any candidate who files for the office of director and blank spaces

 2-3     to write in the names of other persons.

 2-4           (d)  When the vote is canvassed, the board shall declare the

 2-5     three or four persons, as appropriate, who receive the most votes

 2-6     to be elected as directors.

 2-7           (e)  If a director fails to qualify for office, the remaining

 2-8     members of the board shall appoint a person to fill the vacancy.

 2-9           (f)  When a director dies, resigns, or is otherwise removed,

2-10     the remaining members of the board shall appoint a successor to

2-11     serve for the unexpired term.  If the number of directors is

2-12     reduced to fewer than a majority, the commission shall appoint

2-13     directors to fill the vacancies.

2-14           (g)  Except as provided by this section, a director's

2-15     election must be conducted in accordance with the Election Code and

2-16     the election provisions contained in Chapter 49, Water Code [Other

2-17     than initial directors, directors are appointed for staggered terms

2-18     of six years with three members' terms expiring September 1 of each

2-19     odd-numbered year.]

2-20           [(b)  Appointment of initial directors shall be made promptly

2-21     after this Act takes effect.  The governor shall appoint three

2-22     initial directors to serve a term expiring September 1, 1997, three

2-23     initial directors to serve a term expiring September 1, 1999, and

2-24     three initial directors to serve a term expiring September 1, 2001.]

2-25           [(c)  When a director's term expires, the governor shall

2-26     appoint a successor.]

2-27           [(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, Regular Session, 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.  Section 5.01(c), Chapter 844, Acts of the 74th

3-11     Legislature, Regular Session, 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, Regular Session, 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

3-26     territory is located within the boundaries of any municipality or

3-27     other governmental entity or political subdivision of the state:

 4-1     The 4,661.248 acre tract out of the John Moore Survey No. 66, the

 4-2     Jesse Williams Survey No. 62, the Samuel Hamilton Survey No. 16,

 4-3     the John G.  McGeeHee Survey No. 6, the Thomas Brite Survey No. 65,

 4-4     the J. D. Cady Survey Abstract No. 139, the C. W. Hudson Survey No.

 4-5     43, the Richard Hailey Survey No. 35, the Corbet Stevens Survey No.

 4-6     63, the J. Burleson Survey No. 64, the John M. Bright Survey No.

 4-7     63, the C. W. Hudson Survey No. 43, the H. Haigwood Survey No. 433,

 4-8     the H. W. Cocke Survey No. 432 and the H. W. Cocke Survey No. 83,

 4-9     Travis County, Texas, being a portion of that 2,807.1345 acre

4-10     tract, described as Tract 1, all of that 538.5087 acre tract,

4-11     described as Tract 2, a portion of that 214.8756 acre tract,

4-12     described as Tract 3, and all of that 100.0000 acre tract,

4-13     described as Tract 4 all conveyed by deed to Circle C Land Corp.

4-14     recorded in Volume 11620, Page 1126 of the Travis County Deed

4-15     Records, all of that 11.7446 acre tract contained within the

4-16     aforesaid 214.8756 acre tract, as dedicated for Slaughter Lane

4-17     (120.00' right-of-way), by plat recorded in Book 86, Pages 180C and

4-18     180D of the Travis County Plat Records, all of that 79.9863 acre

4-19     tract conveyed to the City of Austin by deed recorded in Volume

4-20     9495, Page 275, of the said Deed Records, all of that 46.50000 acre

4-21     tract conveyed to the City of Austin, by deed recorded in Volume

4-22     9495, Page 289 of the said Deed Records, all of that 285.4585 acre

4-23     tract, conveyed to the City of Austin by deed recorded in Volume

4-24     9495, Page 281 of the said Deed Records, a 25.4133 acre portion of

4-25     that 412.3003 acre tract conveyed to Ira John Yates by deed

4-26     recorded in Volume 10166, Page 726 of the said Deed Records, all of

4-27     that 85.033 acre tract conveyed to Mopac South Transportation

 5-1     Corporation by deed recorded in Volume 10719, Page 926 of the said

 5-2     Deed Records, all of that 13.845 acre tract conveyed to Mopac South

 5-3     Transportation Corporation by deed recorded in Volume 10719, Page

 5-4     920 of the said Deed Records, all of that 99.560 acre tract

 5-5     conveyed to R. Alan Haywood, Trustee by deed recorded in Volume

 5-6     11505, Page 55 of the said Deed Records, all of that 100.2215 acre

 5-7     tract, described as Parcel "A", conveyed to Carlene H. Klaus by

 5-8     deed recorded in Volume 9724, Page 329 of the said Deed Records,

 5-9     all of that 100.2215 acre tract, described as Parcel "B", conveyed

5-10     to Ursula H. Kutra by deed recorded in Volume 9724, Page 317 of the

5-11     said Deed Records, all of that 100.2215 acre tract, described as

5-12     Parcel "C", conveyed to Amelia H. Mettke by deed recorded in Volume

5-13     9724, Page 321 of the said Deed Records, a portion of that certain

5-14     126.73 acre tract, conveyed to Mrs. Ruby Pauls Spillar by deed

5-15     recorded in Volume 700, Page 369 of the said Deed Records, and

5-16     being a portion of 1248.93 acres, described as various tracts,

5-17     conveyed to Mrs. Ruby Pauls Spillar by deed recorded in Volume 118,

5-18     Page 455 of the Said Deed Records; the said 4,661.248 acre tract

5-19     being more particularly described as follows:

5-20           BEGINNING at a 1/2" [5/8"] iron rod found in the easterly

5-21     right-of-way line of State Highway F.M. 1826 (80' wide) being the

5-22     northwest corner of the said 538.5087 acre tract, a point in the

5-23     southerly line of those tracts of land conveyed to Oak Hill Heights

5-24     Joint Venture by deed recorded in Volume 8154, Page 552, and the

5-25     most westerly point of a boundary line agreement between Jack Mann

5-26     and Josephene Turnbull as described in a deed recorded in Volume

5-27     1133, Page 464 of the said Deed Records;

 6-1           THENCE, in a southeasterly direction along the line as

 6-2     established by the said boundary line agreement, being the

 6-3     northerly line of the 538.5087 acre tract and the southerly line of

 6-4     the said Oak Hill Heights Joint Venture, tracts for the following

 6-5     nine (9) courses:

 6-6           1)  S5922'13"E, 133.45 feet to a 1/2" iron pipe found;

 6-7           2)  S5933'32"E, 676.69 feet to a 1/2" [5/8"] iron rod found;

 6-8           3)  S5953'12"E, 415.00 feet to a 1/2" [5/8"] iron rod found;

 6-9           4)  S6013'30"E, 358.42 feet to a 1/2" [5/8"] iron rod found;

6-10           5)  S6029'18"E, 157.98 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found for the

6-11     northeast corner of the said 70.96 acre tract, being the northwest

6-12     corner of the 154.44 acre tract;

6-13           6)  S6027'13"E, 482.95 feet to a 1/2" iron pipe found;

6-14           7)  S6059'20"E, 834.39 feet to a 1/2" iron pipe found;

6-15           8)  S6114'02"E, 646.28 feet to a 1/2" iron pipe found;

6-16           9)  S6141'08"E, 306.72 feet to a 1/2" iron pipe found;

6-17           THENCE, S6206'50"E, 332.04 feet to a 1/2" iron pipe found

6-18     for the most easterly corner of the aforesaid boundary line

6-19     agreement, being a northeast corner of the 538.5087 acre tract, the

6-20     southeast corner of the said Oak Hill Heights Joint Venture tracts

6-21     and a point in a westerly line of that 479.58 acre tract conveyed

6-22     to Village Joint Venture by deed recorded in Volume 8539, Page 511

6-23     of the Deed Records of Travis County, Texas;

6-24           THENCE, S3005'47"W, at approximately 1,833.10 feet pass the

6-25     northwest corner of the Village at Western Oaks Subdivision,

6-26     Section 16-A, recorded in Book 86, Pages 62A through 62D, for a

6-27     total distance of 2,399.06 feet to a 5/8" iron rod found;

 7-1           THENCE, S2950'30"W, with the easterly line of the said

 7-2     538.5087 acre tract, 276.17 feet to a 1/2" iron pipe found for the

 7-3     southwest corner of Village at Western Oaks, Section 16-A, being an

 7-4     ell corner of the aforesaid 538.5087 acre tract, and a point on the

 7-5     centerline of an existing Humble Pipeline Company, pipeline

 7-6     easement described in a deed recorded in Volume 994, Page 397 of

 7-7     the said Deed Records;

 7-8           THENCE, S7011'10"E, with the said Humble Pipeline Company

 7-9     easement, being the common line between the 538.5087 acre tract and

7-10     Village at Western Oaks, Section 16-A, at 600.33 feet pass a 1/2"

7-11     iron pipe found, at 1,831.37 feet pass a 1/2" iron pipe found, for

7-12     a total distance of 2,413.41 feet to a 1/2" iron rod set on a curve

7-13     to the left in the easterly right-of-way line of Escarpment

7-14     Boulevard (120.00 foot right-of-way) for the southeast corner of

7-15     the aforesaid Village at Western Oaks Subdivision, Section 16-A;

7-16           THENCE, S7011'10"E, continuing with the north line of the

7-17     538.5087 acre tract at 2,913.32 feet pass an iron pipe found at

7-18     3,651.25 feet pass a second iron pipe found, for a total distance

7-19     of 4,238.43 feet to an iron pipe found for the northeast corner of

7-20     the said 538.5087 acre tract, being the southeast corner of that

7-21     479.58 acre tract conveyed to Village Joint Venture by deed

7-22     recorded in Volume 8539, Page 511 and a point in the westerly line

7-23     of that 531.07 acre tract conveyed to Maple Run Joint Venture by

7-24     deed recorded in Volume 7979, Page 932, both of the said deed

7-25     records; the found pipe is also the southeast corner of the

7-26     right-of-way dedicated for State Highway Loop 1 as shown on a plat

7-27     of Village at Western Oaks, Section 21, a subdivision recorded in

 8-1     Book 86, Page 145C of the Map Records of Travis County, Texas;

 8-2           THENCE, S3040'24"W, with the common line between the

 8-3     538.5087 acre tract and the 531.07 acre tract, 448.59 feet to an

 8-4     iron rod found;

 8-5           THENCE, S3040'33"W, continuing with the said common line

 8-6     between the 538.5087 acre tract and the 531.07 acre tract, 450.39

 8-7     feet to an iron rod found;

 8-8           THENCE, S7200'01"E, continuing with the said common line,

 8-9     158.07 feet to an iron rod found near the centerline of Slaughter

8-10     Creek.

8-11           THENCE, S0218'37"E, continuing with the said common line, at

8-12     230.03 feet pass an iron rod found for the most easterly corner of

8-13     the 538.5087 acre tract, and a northerly corner of the above

8-14     mentioned 285.4585 acre City of Austin tract, for a total distance

8-15     of 424.50 feet to an iron pipe found;

8-16           THENCE, leaving the southerly line of the 538.5087 acre

8-17     tract, along the common line between the said 531.07 acre tract and

8-18     the 285.4585 acre tract for the following eleven (11) courses:

8-19           1)  S4145'47"E, for a distance of 96.65 feet to an iron rod

8-20     found;

8-21           2)  S7631'42"E, for a distance of 110.76 feet to an iron rod

8-22     found;

8-23           3)  N8420'26"E, for a distance of 172.94 feet to an iron rod

8-24     found;

8-25           4)  S4757'27"E, for a distance of 109.79 feet to an iron rod

8-26     found;

8-27           5)  S2042'20"W, for a distance of 195.48 feet to an iron rod

 9-1     found;

 9-2           6)  S4326'45"E, for a distance of 149.92 feet to an iron rod

 9-3     found;

 9-4           7)  S2111'38"E, for a distance of 141.55 feet to an iron rod

 9-5     found;

 9-6           8)  S1335'11"W, for a distance of 148.65 feet to an iron rod

 9-7     found;

 9-8           9)  S0515'39"E, for a distance of 347.41 feet to an iron rod

 9-9     found;

9-10           10)  S4023'14"W, for a distance of 269.29 feet to an iron

9-11     rod found;

9-12           11)  S7931'14"W, for a distance of 58.41 feet to a point in

9-13     the centerline of Slaughter Creek;

9-14           THENCE, along the centerline of Slaughter Creek, continuing

9-15     with the above said common line between the 531.07 acre tract and

9-16     the 285.4585 acre tract for the following thirteen (13) courses;

9-17           1)  S0822'19"W, for a distance of 407.97 feet to an iron rod

9-18     found;

9-19           2)  S2626'53"W, for a distance of 329.10 feet to an iron rod

9-20     found;

9-21           3)  S0543'44"W, for a distance of 314.04 feet to an iron rod

9-22     found;

9-23           4)  S1157'05"E, for a distance of 304.24 feet to an iron rod

9-24     found;

9-25           5)  S3706'33"E, for a distance of 176.12 feet to an iron rod

9-26     found;

9-27           6)  S6458'21"E, for a distance of 264.75 feet to a nail

 10-1    found;

 10-2          7)  N6439'39"E, for a distance of 295.20 feet to a point;

 10-3          8)  N8849'06"E, for a distance of 326.14 feet to an iron rod

 10-4    found;

 10-5          9)  S7115'17"E, for a distance of 207.09 feet to an iron rod

 10-6    found;

 10-7          10)  S0537'53"E, for a distance of 155.67 feet to a nail

 10-8    found;

 10-9          11)  S3531'12"E, for a distance of 432.21 feet to an iron

10-10    rod found;

10-11          12)  S5645'40"E, for a distance of 110.46 feet to an iron

10-12    pipe found;

10-13          13)  S3528'15"E, at a distance of 310.95 feet pass an iron

10-14    pipe found on the east side of Slaughter Creek, for a total

10-15    distance of 323.72 feet to an iron rod found at a fence corner

10-16    post, for the most southerly corner of that certain 19.81 acre

10-17    tract of land conveyed to James W. Akins by a deed recorded in

10-18    Volume 4677, Page 1386 of the said Deed Records and a point in the

10-19    west line of the said 214.8756 acre tract;

10-20          THENCE, N2804'16"E, leaving the north line of the 285.4585

10-21    acre tract, along the common line between the 19.81 acre tract and

10-22    the 214.8756 acre tract, for a distance of 551.99 feet to a 1/2"

10-23    iron rod found;

10-24          THENCE, N2918'16"E, with the said common line between the

10-25    said 221.4613 acre tract and the 19.81 acre tract, 504.48 feet to a

10-26    1/2" iron rod found;

10-27          THENCE, N2951'30"E, with the said westerly line of the

 11-1    221.4613 acre tract, at 538.05 feet pass a concrete monument found

 11-2    in the southerly right-of-way line of Slaughter Lane (120.00 foot

 11-3    right-of-way), at 695.41 feet pass a point in the northerly

 11-4    right-of-way line of the aforesaid Slaughter Lane (11.7446 acres),

 11-5    for a total distance of 843.60 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found for

 11-6    the northwest corner of the abovesaid 214.8756 acre tract, being

 11-7    the southwest corner of that certain tract conveyed to Clara Brooks

 11-8    Chastain by deed recorded in Volume 6887, Page 178 and a point in

 11-9    the easterly line of the remainder of that 531.07 acre tract

11-10    conveyed to Maple Run Joint Venture by deed recorded in Volume

11-11    7979, Page 932 both of the Deed Records of Travis County, Texas;

11-12          THENCE, S5957'00"E, leaving the easterly line of the said

11-13    531.07 acre tract, along the northerly line of the 214.8756 acre

11-14    tract, 638.74 feet to a 3/4" iron pipe found for the southeast

11-15    corner of the said Clara Brooks Chastain Tract, being the southwest

11-16    corner of that 199.65 acre tract conveyed to J.D. Carrol et. al. by

11-17    deed recorded in Volume 2522, Page 442 of the said Deed Records;

11-18          THENCE, with the common line between the said 214.8756 acre

11-19    tract and the 199.65 acre tract for the following four (4) courses:

11-20          1)  S5953'05"E, 941.26 feet to a 3/4" iron pipe found;

11-21          2)  S5944'07"E, 887.29 feet to a 3/4" iron pipe found;

11-22          3)  S5925'09"E, 385.48 feet to a 3/4" iron pipe found;

11-23          4)  S5938'47"E, 520.87 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found for the

11-24    most northerly northeast corner of the said 214.8756 acre tract,

11-25    being the northwest corner of that 5.1589 acre tract conveyed to

11-26    Gary L. Bradley, Trustee by deed recorded in Volume 8882, Page 748

11-27    of the said Deed Records;

 12-1          THENCE, leaving the southerly line of the said 199.65 acre

 12-2    tract, with the common line between the 214.8756 acre tract and the

 12-3    5.1589 acre tract for the following two (2) courses:

 12-4          1)  S3030'08"W, 498.76 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found;

 12-5          2)  S5929'52"E, 450.00 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found for the

 12-6    most easterly northeast corner of the 214.8756 acre tract, being

 12-7    the southeast corner of the 5.1589 acre tract and a point in the

 12-8    westerly right-of-way line of Brodie Lane (right-of-way varies);

 12-9          THENCE, S3030'08"W, leaving the southerly line of the said

12-10    5.1589 acre tract, with the easterly line of the 214.8756 acre

12-11    tract, being the westerly right-of-way line of Brodie Lane, at

12-12    1,161.13 feet pass a point in the aforesaid northerly right-of-way

12-13    line of Slaughter Lane, at 1,311.13 feet pass a point in the

12-14    aforesaid southerly right-of-way line of Slaughter Lane, for a

12-15    total distance of 2,087.89 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found for the

12-16    southeast corner of the abovesaid 214.8756 acre tract, being a

12-17    point in the northerly line of that 400 acre tract conveyed to

12-18    George Barker by deed recorded in Volume 409, Page 158 of the said

12-19    Deed Records;

12-20          THENCE, with the common line between the said 214.8756 acre

12-21    tract and the 400 acre tract for the following eight (8) courses:

12-22          1)  N5923'14"W, 357.99 feet to a 3/4" iron pipe found;

12-23          2)  N5939'36"W, 234.36 feet to a 3/4" iron pipe found;

12-24          3)  N6026'39"W, 371.13 feet to a 3/4" iron pipe found;

12-25          4)  N6019'49"W, 607.54 feet to a 3/4" iron pipe found;

12-26          5)  N6015'08"W, at 301.82 feet pass a concrete monument

12-27    found, at 371.82 feet pass a concrete monument found, for a total

 13-1    distance of 968.19 feet to a 60d nail found in a fence post;

 13-2          6)  N6045'22"W, continuing with the southerly line of the

 13-3    said 214.8756 acre tract, 9.27 feet to a 60d nail found in a fence

 13-4    post;

 13-5          7)  N5935'12"W, continuing along the said southerly line of

 13-6    the 214.8756 acre tract, 815.61 feet to a 3/4" iron pipe found;

 13-7          8)  N5925'45"W, for a distance of 410.57 feet to a concrete

 13-8    monument found for the southwest corner of the said 214.8756 acre

 13-9    tract, being a point in the easterly line of the said 285.4585 acre

13-10    tract and the northwest corner of the said 400 acre tract;

13-11          THENCE, S3014'54"W, leaving the southerly line of the said

13-12    214.8756 acre tract, with the westerly line of the 400 acre tract,

13-13    at 1,600.00 feet pass a 5/8" iron rod found for the most southerly

13-14    southeast corner of the 285.4585 acre tract, being a northeast

13-15    corner of the said 2807.1345 acre tract, for a total distance of

13-16    3,756.93 feet to a 60d nail found in a fence corner post for the

13-17    most southerly southeast corner of the said 2807.1345 acre tract,

13-18    being the northeast corner of that 2.72 acre tract conveyed to Ray

13-19    McGee by deed recorded in Volume 4647, Page 31 of the said Deed

13-20    Records;

13-21          THENCE, N6309'43"W, leaving the westerly line of the said

13-22    400 acre tract, with the southerly line of the 2807.1345 acre

13-23    tract, 231.13 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found for the northwest

13-24    corner of the said 2.72 acre tract, being the northeast corner of

13-25    that 6.7580 acre tract conveyed to Gary L. Bradley, Trustee by deed

13-26    recorded in Volume 10577, Page 414 of the Deed Records of Travis

13-27    County, Texas;

 14-1          THENCE, N6226'14"W, at 425.00 feet pass a 1/2" iron rod

 14-2    found for the northwest corner of the said 6.7580 acre tract, being

 14-3    the northeast corner of that 1.0000 acre tract conveyed to Gary L.

 14-4    Bradley, Trustee by deed recorded in Volume 10577, Page 402 of the

 14-5    said Deed Records, at 575.00 feet pass a 1/2" iron rod found for

 14-6    the northwest corner of the abovesaid 1.0000 acre tract, being the

 14-7    northeast corner of that 1.0000 acre tract conveyed to Gary L.

 14-8    Bradley, Trustee by deed recorded in Volume 10577, Page 406 of the

 14-9    said Deed Records, at 725.00 feet pass a 1/2" iron rod found for

14-10    the northwest corner of the abovesaid 1.0000 acre tract, being the

14-11    northeast corner of that 1.0000 acre tract conveyed to Brian Lee

14-12    Williamson by deed recorded in Volume 8901, Page 11 of the said

14-13    Deed Records, at 875.00 feet pass a 1/2" iron rod found for the

14-14    northwest corner of the abovesaid 1.0000 acre Williamson Tract,

14-15    being the northeast corner of that 1.0000 acre tract conveyed to

14-16    Gary L. Bradley, Trustee by deed recorded in Volume 10577, Page 410

14-17    of the said Deed Records, at 1025.00 feet pass a 1/2" iron rod

14-18    found for the northwest corner of the abovesaid 1.0000 acre tract,

14-19    being a northerly northeast corner of that abovesaid 1.0000 acre

14-20    tract, being a northerly northeast corner of the said 412.3003 acre

14-21    tract, for a total distance of 1,952.31 feet to a 1/2" iron rod

14-22    found;

14-23          THENCE, with the common line between the said 2,807.1345 acre

14-24    tract and the 412.3003 acre tract for the following three (3)

14-25    courses:

14-26          1)  N1354'38"E, 342.33 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found;

14-27          2)  S8937'52"W, 501.38 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found;

 15-1          3)  S6347'26"W, 414.17 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found for the

 15-2    northeast corner of a 5.000 acre tract conveyed to Polly Blanton

 15-3    Brooks by a deed recorded in Volume 9807, Page 643 of the above

 15-4    said Deed Records;

 15-5          THENCE, through the 2,807.1345 acre tract, with the north,

 15-6    west, and southerly lines of the 5.000 acre tract, the following

 15-7    six (6) courses:

 15-8          1)  N6538'09"W, 415.32 feet to an iron rod found;

 15-9          2)  S5812'55"W, 207.33 feet to an iron rod found;

15-10          3)  S0241'17"E, 301.21 feet to an iron rod found;

15-11          4)  N8037'15"E, 92.49 feet to an iron rod found;

15-12          5)  S7524'34"E, 416.79 feet to an iron rod found;

15-13          6)  S8458'12"E, 142.05 feet to an iron rod found in the

15-14    abovesaid common line between the 2,807.1345 acre tract and the

15-15    412.3003 acre tract;

15-16          THENCE, S1539'52"E, along the said common line, 171.37 feet

15-17    to a 1/2" iron rod found;

15-18          THENCE, continuing with the above said common line,

15-19    S8718'43"W, 2,089.53 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found for the

15-20    northeast corner of the said 85.033 acre tract;

15-21          THENCE, across the said 412.3003 acre tract, with the

15-22    southeasterly line of the said 85.033 acre tract (State Highway

15-23    Loop 1), the following three (3) courses:

15-24          1)  S5354'42"W, 276.49 feet to an iron rod found;

15-25          2)  S3134'11"W, 1,886.12 feet to an iron rod found for the

15-26    point of curvature of a curve to the left;

15-27          3)  With the said curve to the left, having a radius of

 16-1    1,000.00 feet, a central angle of 2254'44", a chord distance of

 16-2    397.23 feet (chord bears S2006'49"W), for an arc distance of

 16-3    399.89 feet to an iron rod found for the intersection of the said

 16-4    northerly right-of-way line of State Highway 45 with the

 16-5    aforementioned common line between the 412.3003 acre tract and the

 16-6    99.56 acre, R. Alan Haywood, Trustee, tract; the found iron rod

 16-7    being also the northeast corner of the said 13.845 acre tract;

 16-8          THENCE, S8945'07"E, with the north line of the said 99.560

 16-9    acre tract, along the south line of the said 412.3003 acre tract,

16-10    1,943.93 feet to an iron rod found;

16-11          THENCE, S8941'17"E, leaving the said south line of the

16-12    remainder of the 412.3003 acre tract, along the north line of the

16-13    99.560 acre tract, for a distance of 436.73 feet to an iron rod

16-14    found for the northeast corner of the 99.560 acre tract, being a

16-15    northwest corner of that 118.757 acre tract conveyed by deed to

16-16    Alain P. Reveilhac, Trustee by deed recorded in Volume 8993, Page

16-17    867 of the said Deed Records;

16-18          THENCE, S0047'45"W, along the common line between the said

16-19    99.560 acre tract and the 118.757 acre tract, 932.88 feet to an

16-20    iron rod found for the southeast corner of the aforesaid 99.560

16-21    acre tract, being a northeast corner of the remainder of that

16-22    723.85 acre tract conveyed to Jack Andrewartha by deed recorded in

16-23    Volume 4413, page 388 of the said Deed Records;

16-24          THENCE, N8944'18"W, leaving the west line of the said 118.57

16-25    acre tract, along the common line between the 99.560 acre tract and

16-26    the remainder of the 723.85 acre tract, at 2,115.36 feet pass an

16-27    iron rod found for the southeast corner of the said 13.845 acre

 17-1    tract, at 2,615.10 feet pass an iron rod found for the southeast

 17-2    corner of the said 13.845 acre tract, for a total distance of

 17-3    4,644.68 feet to an iron rod found for the southwest corner of the

 17-4    aforesaid 99.560 acre tract, being a point in the east line of that

 17-5    283 acre tract conveyed to Ira Jon Yates by deed recorded in Volume

 17-6    7716, Page 845 of the said Deed Records;

 17-7          THENCE, N0030'28"E, leaving the said north line of the

 17-8    remainder of the 723.85 acre tract, along the common line between

 17-9    the 99.560 acre tract and the 283 acre tract, for a distance of

17-10    932.24 feet to a 60d nail found in a fence corner post for the

17-11    northwest corner of the said 99.560 acre tract, being the northeast

17-12    corner of the aforesaid 283 acre tract and being in the southerly

17-13    line of the said 412.003 acre tract;

17-14          THENCE, S8945'07"E, leaving the east line of the said 283

17-15    acre tract, along the south line of the remainder of the 412.3003

17-16    acre tract, being the north line of the 99.560 acre tract, 1,329.07

17-17    feet to an iron rod found on a curve to the left for the northwest

17-18    corner of that 13.845 acre tract, being also the southwest corner

17-19    of that 85.033 acre tract conveyed to Mopac South Transportation

17-20    Corporation;

17-21          THENCE, leaving the north line of the said 99.560 acre tract,

17-22    across the said 412.3003 acre tract, along the southwest line of

17-23    the 85.033 acre tract, for the following three (3) courses:

17-24          1)  with the said curve to the left, having a radius of

17-25    7,439.30 feet, a central angle of 0052'47", a chord distance of

17-26    114.22 feet (chord bears N4125'15"W), for an arc distance of

17-27    114.23 feet to an iron rod found for the point of tangency;

 18-1          2)  N4151'38"W, 2,184.35 feet to an iron rod found for the

 18-2    point of curvature of a curve to the left;

 18-3          3)  with the said curve to the left, having a radius of

 18-4    6,649.76 feet, a central angle of 0747'53", a chord distance of

 18-5    904.34 feet (chord bears N4545'35"W), for an arc distance of

 18-6    905.04 feet to an iron rod found for the intersection of the said

 18-7    southwest line of the 85.033 acre tract (State Highway 45) with the

 18-8    northerly line of the said 412.3003 acre tract, and the southerly

 18-9    line of the 2,807.1345 acre tract;

18-10          THENCE, S8250'26"W, with the common line between the

18-11    2,807.1345 acre tract and the 412.3003 acre tract, 2,560.06 feet to

18-12    a 1/2" iron rod found in the west line of the said Samuel Hamilton

18-13    Survey No. 16, being the east line of the Thomas Brite Survey No.

18-14    65, for an ell corner of the said 2,807.1345 acre tract, being the

18-15    northwest corner of that 412.3003 acre tract mentioned above;

18-16          THENCE, S3031'27"W, along the west line of the Samuel

18-17    Hamilton Survey No. 16 and the east line of the Thomas Brite Survey

18-18    No. 65, for a distance of 561.26 feet to an iron rod found for a

18-19    southerly corner of the said, 2,807.1345 acre tract; being a point

18-20    in the north line of the said 283 acre tract;

18-21          THENCE, S8344'05"W, with the common line between the

18-22    2,807.1345 acre tract and the 283 acre tract, 58.21 feet to an iron

18-23    rod found;

18-24          THENCE, N8950'37"W, with the said common line, 502.68 feet

18-25    to an iron rod found for the northwest corner of the aforesaid 283

18-26    acre tract, and the northeast corner of the aforesaid 126.73 acre

18-27    tract conveyed to Mrs. R. P.  Spillar;

 19-1          THENCE, leaving the south line of the 2,807.1345 acre tract,

 19-2    along the east line of said 126.73 acre Spillar Tract, as found

 19-3    fenced and used upon the ground, for the following three (3)

 19-4    courses:

 19-5          1)  S0033'17"W, for a distance of 952.64 feet to an iron pin

 19-6    set;

 19-7          2)  S0032'17"W, for a distance of 255.23 feet to an iron pin

 19-8    set;

 19-9          3)  S0035'17"W, for a distance of 528.60 feet to an iron pin

19-10    set at or near the Southeast corner of the said 126.73 acre Spillar

19-11    Tract, being at or near the Northeast corner of the said 1248.93

19-12    acre Spillar Tract;

19-13          THENCE, along the east line of the said 1248.93 acre Spillar

19-14    Tract, as found fenced and used upon the ground, for the following

19-15    four (4) courses:

19-16          1)  S0852'43"E, for a distance of 291.92 feet to an iron pin

19-17    set;

19-18          2)  S0854'43"E, for a distance of 445.72 feet to an 60-d

19-19    nail set;

19-20          3)  S0004'17"W, for a distance of 1130.96 feet to an iron

19-21    pin set;

19-22          4)  S0002'43"E, for a distance of 382.21 feet to a

19-23    calculated point on the approximate County Line between Travis and

19-24    Hays Counties;

19-25          THENCE, N4903'40"W, across the said 1,248.93 acre tract and

19-26    the 126.73 acre tract, along the common line between Travis and

19-27    Hays Counties, 3,986.48 feet to a calculated point in the westerly

 20-1    line of the aforesaid 126.73 acre tract;

 20-2          THENCE, along the West line of the said 126.73 acre Spillar

 20-3    Tract, as found fenced and used upon the ground, for the following

 20-4    seven (7) courses:

 20-5          1)  N0000'17"E, for a distance of 210.21 feet to an iron pin

 20-6    set;

 20-7          2)  N0000'43"W, for a distance of 332.68 feet to an iron pin

 20-8    set;

 20-9          3)  N0005'43"W, for a distance of 102.55 feet to an iron pin

20-10    set;

20-11          4)  N8659'43"W, for a distance of 332.58 feet to an iron pin

20-12    set;

20-13          5)  N8659'43"W, for a distance of 306.15 feet to an iron pin

20-14    found;

20-15          6)  N2917'17"E, for a distance of 565.14 feet to a 60-d nail

20-16    found;

20-17          7)  N2402'14"E, for a distance of 22.01 feet to a 60-d nail

20-18    found in a fence post;

20-19          THENCE, S6916'54"W leaving the westerly line of the said

20-20    126.73 acre tract, in a southwesterly direction with the southerly

20-21    fenced line of the 2,807.1345 acre tract, 760.45 feet to an iron

20-22    rod found for the Travis and Hays County Lines;

20-23          THENCE, N4903'54"W, leaving the southerly line of and

20-24    crossing the said line of the 2,807.1345 acre tract, along the

20-25    common line between Travis and Hays Counties, 3,364.02 feet to a

20-26    concrete monument found for county marker Mile Post No. 19;

20-27          THENCE, N4903'02"W, continuing across the said 2,807.1345

 21-1    acre tract, along the said line between Travis and Hays Counties,

 21-2    347.05 feet to a concrete monument found in the easterly

 21-3    right-of-way line of aforesaid State Highway FM 1826;

 21-4          THENCE, with the west line of the 2,807.1345 acre tract and

 21-5    the east right-of-way line of State Highway FM 1826, the following

 21-6    twelve (12) courses:

 21-7          1)  N0001'09"E, 1,166.34 feet to a concrete monument found;

 21-8          2)  N0017'55"E, for a distance of 388.69 feet to a concrete

 21-9    monument found at the point of curvature of a curve to the right;

21-10          3)  with the said curve to the right having a central angle

21-11    of 3047'38", a radius of 1,402.42 feet, a chord distance of 744.70

21-12    feet (chord bears N1541'45"E), for an arc distance of 753.74 feet

21-13    to the point of tangency;

21-14          4)  N3105'55"E, for a distance of 1,682.33 feet to a

21-15    concrete monument found at the point of curvature of a transition

21-16    curve to the right;

21-17          5)  with the said transition curve to the right having a

21-18    central angle of 0649'48", a beginning radius of 2,834.50 feet, an

21-19    ending radius of 2,829.50 feet, a chord distance of 337.10 feet

21-20    (chord bears N3609'37"E) for an arc distance of 337.30 feet to a

21-21    concrete monument found at the point of tangency;

21-22          6)  N3756'03"E, a distance of 443.20 feet to an iron pipe

21-23    found;

21-24          7)  N3757'53"E, for a distance of 239.19 feet to a concrete

21-25    monument found at the point of curvature of a curve to the left;

21-26          8)  with the said curve to the left having a central angle of

21-27    0726'32", a radius of 1,950.03 feet, a chord distance of 253.12

 22-1    feet (chord bears N3405'33"E) for an arc distance of 253.29 feet

 22-2    to a concrete monument found at the point of tangency;

 22-3          9)  N3029'37"E, for a distance of 1,017.58 feet to an iron

 22-4    rod found;

 22-5          10)  N3028'37"E, for a distance of 2,099.60 feet to a

 22-6    concrete right-of-way monument found at the point of curvature of a

 22-7    curve to the right;

 22-8          11)  with the said curve to the right, having a central angle

 22-9    of 4648'09", a radius of 1,105.91 feet, a chord distance of 878.46

22-10    feet (chord bears N5353'50"E) for an arc distance of 903.37 feet

22-11    to a concrete right-of-way monument found at the point of tangency;

22-12          12)  N7719'10"E, for a distance of 189.23 feet to an iron

22-13    pipe found, being the most westerly northwest corner of the above

22-14    said 2,807.1345 acre tract, in the abandoned south right-of-way

22-15    line of Old Austin-Driftwood Road;

22-16          THENCE, leaving the said east right-of-way line of State

22-17    Highway FM 1826 with the fenced north line of the 2,807.1345 acre

22-18    tract, the following nine (9) courses and distances:

22-19          1)  S6842'40"E, 378.51 feet to an iron pipe found;

22-20          2)  S6341'44"E, 178.82 feet to an iron pipe found;

22-21          3)  S2728'23"W, at 347.23 feet pass an iron pipe found 0.07

22-22    feet to the west, for a total distance of 800.09 feet to an iron

22-23    pipe found;

22-24          4)  S2421'16"E, 538.49 feet to an iron pipe found;

22-25          5)  S0552'50"E, 991.70 feet to an iron pipe found;

22-26          6)  S5839'56"E, 1,085.30 feet to an iron pipe found;

22-27          7)  N8847'49"E, 563.42 feet to an iron pipe found;

 23-1          8)  N6424'19"E, 951.91 feet to an iron rod found;

 23-2          9)  N3241'40"E, 470.77 feet to an iron pipe found;

 23-3          THENCE, N3236'10"E, continuing along the north line of the

 23-4    2,807.1345 acre tract, 412.97 feet to an iron pipe found in the

 23-5    south line of a 217.38 acre tract conveyed to 1826 Associates by

 23-6    deed recorded in Volume 3635, Page 634 of the said Deed Records;

 23-7          THENCE, S6024'36"E, with the apparent common line between

 23-8    the 2,807.1345 acre tract and the 217.38 acre tract, for a distance

 23-9    of 349.01 feet to an iron pipe found;

23-10          THENCE, S5358'38"E, continuing with the said common line,

23-11    for a distance of 533.96 feet to an iron pipe found for a northeast

23-12    corner of the 2,807.1345 acre tract and a point in the west line of

23-13    a 100.2215 acre tract conveyed to Carlene Hielscher Klaus by deed

23-14    recorded in Volume 9724, Page 329; said pipe also being the end of

23-15    a boundary line, set by Boundary Line Agreement in Volume 3922,

23-16    Page 1668, both of the Deed Records of Travis County, Texas;

23-17          THENCE, leaving the northerly line of the 2,807.1345 acre

23-18    tract, along the common fenced line between the said 100.2215 acre

23-19    Carlene H. Klaus Tract and the 217.38 acre tract, the following

23-20    four (4) courses:

23-21          1)  N2916'04"E, 374.23 feet to an iron rod found;

23-22          2)  N3313'41"E, 507.32 feet to an iron rod found;

23-23          3)  N2953'38"E, 440.11 feet to an iron rod found;

23-24          4)  N3023'23"E, 98.78 feet to an iron rod found for the

23-25    northwest corner of the said 100.2215 acre Klaus Tract, being the

23-26    southwest corner of that 320 acre tract conveyed to Richard

23-27    Hielscher by deed recorded in Volume 1212, Page 526 of the said

 24-1    Deed Records;

 24-2          THENCE, S5927'22"E, leaving the easterly line of the said

 24-3    217.38 acre tract, 737.66 feet to an iron rod found in the

 24-4    northerly line of the said 100.2215 acre Carlene H. Klaus Tract;

 24-5          THENCE, S5925'12"E, continuing with the northerly line of

 24-6    the said 100.2215 acre Klaus Tract, a distance of 252.58 feet to an

 24-7    iron rod found for the northeast corner of the aforesaid 100.2215

 24-8    acre Carlene H. Klaus Tract, being the northwest corner of the

 24-9    aforesaid 100.2215 acre Ursula H. Kutra Tract;

24-10          THENCE, S5925'12"E, with the northerly line of the said

24-11    100.2215 acre Ursula H. Kutra Tract, 512.23 feet to an iron rod

24-12    found;

24-13          THENCE, S5914'29"E, continuing along the northerly line of

24-14    the said 100.2215 acre Ursula H. Kutra Tract, 512.87 feet to an

24-15    iron rod found for the northeast corner of the aforesaid 100.2215

24-16    acre tract, being the northwest corner of the said 100.2215 acre

24-17    Amelia H. Mettke Tract;

24-18          THENCE, S5914'29"E, with the northerly line of the said

24-19    100.2215 acre Amelia H. Mettke Tract, 1,013.17 feet to an iron pipe

24-20    found for the northeast corner of the aforesaid 100.2215 acre

24-21    Amelia H. Mettke Tract, being a point in a westerly line of the

24-22    said 2,807.1345 acre tract, and the southwest corner of the said

24-23    320 acre tract;

24-24          THENCE, N3005'58"E, with the easterly line of the said 320

24-25    acre tract and the west line of the before mentioned 2,807.1345

24-26    acre tract, at 250.00 feet pass a 1/2" iron rod found for the

24-27    southwest corner of the said 79.9863 acre tract, for a total

 25-1    distance of 1,357.97 feet to a 60d nail found in a fence corner

 25-2    post;

 25-3          THENCE, N3049'14"E, with the common line between the said

 25-4    79.9863 acre tract and the 320 acre tract, 804.39 feet to a 60d

 25-5    nail found in a fence post;

 25-6          THENCE, N2750'15"E, continuing with the common line between

 25-7    the said 79.9863 acre tract and the 320 acre tract, 125.08 feet to

 25-8    a steel fence post found;

 25-9          THENCE, N3031'15"E, 204.35 feet to a 5/8" iron rod found;

25-10          THENCE, N2957'23"E, continuing with the common line between

25-11    the 79.9863 acre tract and the 320 acre tract, 360.74 feet to a

25-12    5/8" iron rod found in the southeast line of the aforesaid 538.5087

25-13    acre tract;

25-14          THENCE, N2808'04"W, across the said 320 acre tract, with the

25-15    southerly line of the 538.5087 acre tract, 2,025.54 feet to a 5/8"

25-16    iron rod found on the centerline of the aforesaid existing Humble

25-17    Pipeline Company, pipeline easement;

25-18          THENCE, N7021'34"W, continuing across the said 320 acre

25-19    tract, with the centerline of the said Humble Pipeline, 1,386.97

25-20    feet to a 1/2" iron rod found for a southwest corner of the

25-21    538.5087 acre tract and a point in the easterly line of that 3.48

25-22    acre tract conveyed to Dan P. Scranton by deed recorded in Volume

25-23    4217, Page 236 of the said deed records;

25-24          THENCE, N3211'17"E, with a westerly line of the said

25-25    538.5087 acre tract, at 144.68 feet pass a 5/8" iron rod found for

25-26    the northeast corner of the 3.48 acre tract, being the southeast

25-27    corner of that 3.45 acre tract conveyed to Arnold A. Jensen by deed

 26-1    recorded in Volume 7101, Page 123 of the said deed records, for a

 26-2    total distance of 404.54 feet to a 5/8" iron rod found for the

 26-3    northeast corner of the aforesaid 3.45 acre tract, being the

 26-4    southeast corner of that 3.42 acre tract conveyed to John T.

 26-5    Alexander Et Ux by deed recorded in Volume 5019, Page 1341 of the

 26-6    Deed Records of Travis County, Texas;

 26-7          THENCE, N3204'03"E, continuing with the said westerly line

 26-8    of the 538.5087 acre tract, 259.87 feet to a 5/8" iron rod found

 26-9    for the northeast corner of the said 3.42 acre tract, being the

26-10    southeast corner of that 3.23 acre tract conveyed to L.  Van Sickle

26-11    by deed recorded in Volume 4822, Page 1413 of the said Deed

26-12    Records;

26-13          THENCE, N3208'30"E, 199.96 feet to a 1/2" iron pipe found

26-14    for an ell corner of the said 538.5087 acre tract, being the

26-15    northeast corner of the 3.23 acre tract;

26-16          THENCE, N5939'43"W, with the common line between the said

26-17    538.5087 acre tract and the 3.23 acre tract, 28.23 feet to a 60d

26-18    nail found in a cedar tree;

26-19          THENCE, N4040'12"W, with the northerly line of the said 3.23

26-20    acre tract, 238.75 feet to a 1/2" iron pipe found at a cattle guard

26-21    for a southwest corner of the 538.5087 acre tract;

26-22          THENCE, N6056'11"W, with the common line between the

26-23    538.5087 acre tract and the 3.23 acre tract, 7.46 feet to a 1/2"

26-24    iron pipe found;

26-25          THENCE, N7539'02"W, continuing with the said common line

26-26    between the 538.5087 acre tract and the 3.23 acre tract, 40.48 feet

26-27    to a 5/8" iron rod found;

 27-1          THENCE, N5752'12"W, with the southerly line of the said

 27-2    538.5087 acre tract, 807.29 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found in the

 27-3    northerly line of that 3.41 acre tract conveyed to Edwin Dudley by

 27-4    deed recorded in Volume 6405, Page 1177 of the said deed records;

 27-5          THENCE, with the common line between the said 538.5087 acre

 27-6    tract and the 3.41 acre tract for the following three (3) courses:

 27-7          1)  N0729'32"W, 16.38 feet to a 60d nail found in a fence

 27-8    corner post at a cattle guard;

 27-9          2)  N6318'41"W, 6.83 feet to a 60d nail found in a fence

27-10    corner post;

27-11          3)  S8133'38"W, 17.89 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found for the

27-12    northwest corner of the said 3.41 acre tract, being the most

27-13    westerly southwest corner of the 538.5087 acre tract, and a point

27-14    on the aforesaid easterly right-of-way line of State Highway F.M.

27-15    1826;

27-16          THENCE, with the common line between the 538.5087 acre tract

27-17    and the easterly right-of-way line of State Highway F.M. 1826 for

27-18    the following four (4) courses:

27-19          1)  N3054'59"E, 632.18 feet to a concrete right-of-way

27-20    monument found 40.00 feet left of State Highway Centerline Station

27-21    73+30.5;

27-22          2)  N2827'31"E, 393.09 feet to a concrete right-of-way

27-23    monument found for the point of curvature of a curve to the left,

27-24    40.00 feet left of State Highway Centerline Station 69+38.5;

27-25          3)  with the said curve to the left having a central angle of

27-26    0630'44", a radius of 3,859.21 feet, a chord distance of 438.40

27-27    feet (chord bears N2504'58"E) for an arc distance of 438.64 feet

 28-1    to a concrete right-of-way monument found for the point of

 28-2    tangency, 40.00 feet left of State Highway Centerline Station

 28-3    65+03;

 28-4          4)  N2150'08"E, 774.26 feet to the PLACE OF BEGINNING,

 28-5    CONTAINING within these metes and bounds 4,661.248 acres of land

 28-6    area.

 28-7          SECTION 7.  (a)  Notwithstanding Section 2.01(b), Chapter

 28-8    844, Acts of the 74th Legislature, Regular Session, 1995, as

 28-9    amended by this Act, the district's rights and functions are

28-10    exercised by a board composed as provided by Section 8 of this Act

28-11    until the transition from an appointed to an elected board is

28-12    completed.

28-13          (b)  Notwithstanding Section 2.02, Chapter 844, Acts of the

28-14    74th Legislature, Regular Session, 1995, as amended by this Act, a

28-15    member of the board who was not required to reside in the district

28-16    at the time of appointment may continue to serve as director

28-17    without residing in the district until expiration of the member's

28-18    term, including any additional period of service required by

28-19    Section 17, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

28-20          SECTION 8.  (a)  Notwithstanding any other provision in this

28-21    Act, the transition of the board from an appointed to an elected

28-22    body shall be accomplished as provided by this section.

28-23          (b)  The board shall call and hold an election on the first

28-24    Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1997, to elect seven

28-25    directors from the district at large to replace the nine appointed

28-26    directors whose terms expire September 1, 1997.  The nine appointed

28-27    directors continue to hold office, in accordance with Section 17,

 29-1    Article XVI, Texas Constitution, until the elected directors

 29-2    qualify for office.  The seven elected directors by lot shall

 29-3    determine which three directors serve two-year terms and which four

 29-4    directors serve four-year terms.

 29-5          SECTION 9.  The secretary of state shall prescribe any

 29-6    necessary procedures to implement this Act, including modifications

 29-7    of applicable election procedures, periods, or deadlines.

 29-8          SECTION 10.  (a)  The proper and legal notice of the

 29-9    intention to introduce this Act, setting forth the general

29-10    substance of this Act, has been published as provided by law, and

29-11    the notice and a copy of this Act have been furnished to all

29-12    persons, agencies, officials, or entities to which they are

29-13    required to be furnished by the constitution and other laws of this

29-14    state, including the governor, who has submitted the notice and the

29-15    Act to the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission.

29-16          (b)  The Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission has

29-17    filed its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor,

29-18    lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives

29-19    within the required time.

29-20          (c)  All requirements of the constitution and laws of this

29-21    state and of the rules and procedures of the legislature with

29-22    respect to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are

29-23    fulfilled and accomplished.

29-24          SECTION 11.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.

29-25          SECTION 12.  The importance of this legislation and the

29-26    crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

29-27    emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

 30-1    constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

 30-2    days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.