1-1 By: Wentworth S.B. No. 1463
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 13, 1997; March 19, 1997, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources;
1-4 April 10, 1997, reported favorably, as amended, by the following
1-5 vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 10, 1997, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 By: Wentworth
1-7 Amend S.B. No. 1463 as follows:
1-8 (1) In SECTION 3 amending Section 2.03, Chapter 844, Acts of
1-9 the 74th Legislature, Regular Session, 1995 (Introduced Version,
1-10 page 1, line 48), strike "Tuesday after the first Monday" and
1-11 substitute "Saturday".
1-12 (2) In SECTION 3, amending Section 2.03, Chapter 844, Acts
1-13 of the 74th Legislature, Regular Session, 1995 (Introduced Version,
1-14 page 1, line 48), strike "November" and substitute "May".
1-15 (3) In SECTION 3, amending Section 2.03, Chapter 844, Acts
1-16 of the 74th Legislature, Regular Session, 1995 (Introduced Version,
1-17 page 1, line 49), strike "odd" and substitute "even".
1-18 (4) In SECTION 3, amending Section 2.03, Chapter 844, Acts
1-19 of the 74th Legislature, Regular Session, 1995 (Introduced Version,
1-20 page 1, lines 51-52), after "large", strike "for terms to begin on
1-21 the following January 1".
1-22 (5) In SECTION 8, (Introduced Version, page 12, line 26),
1-23 strike "Monday in November, 1997" and substitute "Saturday in May,
1-24 1998".
1-25 (6) In SECTION 8, (Introduced Version, page 12, lines 27 and
1-26 28, after "large", strike "to replace the nine appointed members
1-27 whose terms expire September 1, 1997".
1-28 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-29 AN ACT
1-30 relating to the board of directors, boundaries, and financing of
1-31 the Southwest Travis County Water District.
1-32 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-33 SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 2.01, Chapter 844, Acts
1-34 of the 74th Legislature, 1995, is amended to read as follows:
1-35 (b) The board consists of seven members elected from the
1-36 district at large [nine members appointed by the governor].
1-37 SECTION 2. Section 2.02, Chapter 844, Acts of the 74th
1-38 Legislature, 1995, is amended to read as follows:
1-39 Sec. 2.02. DIRECTOR ELIGIBILITY. To be eligible to serve
1-40 [for appointment] as a director, a person must [be a resident of
1-41 Travis County. At least seven of the directors must] reside in the
1-42 district.
1-43 SECTION 3. Section 2.03, Chapter 844, Acts of the 74th
1-44 Legislature, 1995, is amended to read as follows:
1-45 Sec. 2.03. TERMS OF DIRECTORS AND DIRECTOR ELECTIONS
1-46 [APPOINTMENT PROCEDURES]. (a) Directors are elected for staggered
1-47 terms of four years.
1-48 (b) On the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November
1-49 of each odd-numbered year, an election shall be held in the
1-50 district for the election of three or four directors, as
1-51 appropriate, from the district at large for terms to begin on the
1-52 following January 1.
1-53 (c) The board shall have placed on the ballot the name of
1-54 any candidate who files for the office of director and blank spaces
1-55 to write in the names of other persons.
1-56 (d) When the vote is canvassed, the board shall declare the
1-57 three or four persons, as appropriate, who receive the most votes
1-58 to be elected as directors.
1-59 (e) If a director fails to qualify for office, the remaining
1-60 members of the board shall appoint a person to fill the vacancy.
1-61 (f) When a director dies, resigns, or is otherwise removed,
1-62 the remaining members of the board shall appoint a successor to
1-63 serve for the unexpired term. If the number of directors is
1-64 reduced to fewer than a majority, the commission shall appoint
2-1 directors to fill the vacancies.
2-2 (g) Except as provided by this section, a director's
2-3 election must be conducted in accordance with the Election Code and
2-4 the election provisions contained in Chapter 49, Water Code [Other
2-5 than initial directors, directors are appointed for staggered terms
2-6 of six years with three members' terms expiring September 1 of each
2-7 odd-numbered year.]
2-8 [(b) Appointment of initial directors shall be made promptly
2-9 after this Act takes effect. The governor shall appoint three
2-10 initial directors to serve a term expiring September 1, 1997, three
2-11 initial directors to serve a term expiring September 1, 1999, and
2-12 three initial directors to serve a term expiring September 1, 2001.]
2-13 [(c) When a director's term expires, the governor shall
2-14 appoint a successor.]
2-15 [(d) When a director dies, resigns, or is otherwise removed,
2-16 the governor shall appoint a successor to serve for the unexpired
2-17 term].
2-18 SECTION 4. Section 2.04, Chapter 844, Acts of the 74th
2-19 Legislature, 1995, is amended to read as follows:
2-20 Sec. 2.04. QUALIFICATION OF DIRECTOR. Each director must
2-21 qualify to serve as director in the manner provided by Section
2-22 49.055 [Sections 51.0721, 51.078, and 51.079], Water Code. The
2-23 district shall pay the premiums for each director's bond required
2-24 under Section 49.055 [51.079], Water Code.
2-25 SECTION 5. Subsection (c), Section 5.01, Chapter 844, Acts
2-26 of the 74th Legislature, 1995, is amended to read as follows:
2-27 (c) The board may prescribe the form, denomination, and
2-28 interest rate of bonds issued by the district, except that bonds
2-29 must mature serially or otherwise not more than 40 [50] years after
2-30 their date. The board may sell bonds at prices and under terms
2-31 that the board determines to be the most advantageous reasonably
2-32 available. The district's bonds may be made redeemable before
2-33 maturity at times and prices prescribed in the bonds. The
2-34 district's bonds may be secured by an indenture of trust with a
2-35 corporate trustee.
2-36 SECTION 6. Section 6.01, Chapter 844, Acts of the 74th
2-37 Legislature, 1995, is amended to read as follows:
2-38 Sec. 6.01. DESCRIPTION OF BOUNDARIES. The district includes
2-39 all the territory contained within the following area, whether the
2-40 territory contains noncontiguous parcels of land and whether the
2-41 territory is located within the boundaries of any municipality or
2-42 other governmental entity or political subdivision of the state:
2-43 The 4,661.248 acre tract out of the John Moore Survey No. 66, the
2-44 Jesse Williams Survey No. 62, the Samuel Hamilton Survey No. 16,
2-45 the John G. McGeeHee Survey No. 6, the Thomas Brite Survey No. 65,
2-46 the J. D. Cady Survey Abstract No. 139, the C. W. Hudson Survey No.
2-47 43, the Richard Hailey Survey No. 35, the Corbet Stevens Survey No.
2-48 63, the J. Burleson Survey No. 64, the John M. Bright Survey No.
2-49 63, the C. W. Hudson Survey No. 43, the H. Haigwood Survey No. 433,
2-50 the H. W. Cocke Survey No. 432 and the H. W. Cocke Survey No. 83,
2-51 Travis County, Texas, being a portion of that 2,807.1345 acre
2-52 tract, described as Tract 1, all of that 538.5087 acre tract,
2-53 described as Tract 2, a portion of that 214.8756 acre tract,
2-54 described as Tract 3, and all of that 100.0000 acre tract,
2-55 described as Tract 4 all conveyed by deed to Circle C Land Corp.
2-56 recorded in Volume 11620, Page 1126 of the Travis County Deed
2-57 Records, all of that 11.7446 acre tract contained within the
2-58 aforesaid 214.8756 acre tract, as dedicated for Slaughter Lane
2-59 (120.00' right-of-way), by plat recorded in Book 86, Pages 180C and
2-60 180D of the Travis County Plat Records, all of that 79.9863 acre
2-61 tract conveyed to the City of Austin by deed recorded in Volume
2-62 9495, Page 275, of the said Deed Records, all of that 46.50000 acre
2-63 tract conveyed to the City of Austin, by deed recorded in Volume
2-64 9495, Page 289 of the said Deed Records, all of that 285.4585 acre
2-65 tract, conveyed to the City of Austin by deed recorded in Volume
2-66 9495, Page 281 of the said Deed Records, a 25.4133 acre portion of
2-67 that 412.3003 acre tract conveyed to Ira John Yates by deed
2-68 recorded in Volume 10166, Page 726 of the said Deed Records, all of
2-69 that 85.033 acre tract conveyed to Mopac South Transportation
3-1 Corporation by deed recorded in Volume 10719, Page 926 of the said
3-2 Deed Records, all of that 13.845 acre tract conveyed to Mopac South
3-3 Transportation Corporation by deed recorded in Volume 10719, Page
3-4 920 of the said Deed Records, all of that 99.560 acre tract
3-5 conveyed to R. Alan Haywood, Trustee by deed recorded in Volume
3-6 11505, Page 55 of the said Deed Records, all of that 100.2215 acre
3-7 tract, described as Parcel "A", conveyed to Carlene H. Klaus by
3-8 deed recorded in Volume 9724, Page 329 of the said Deed Records,
3-9 all of that 100.2215 acre tract, described as Parcel "B", conveyed
3-10 to Ursula H. Kutra by deed recorded in Volume 9724, Page 317 of the
3-11 said Deed Records, all of that 100.2215 acre tract, described as
3-12 Parcel "C", conveyed to Amelia H. Mettke by deed recorded in Volume
3-13 9724, Page 321 of the said Deed Records, a portion of that certain
3-14 126.73 acre tract, conveyed to Mrs. Ruby Pauls Spillar by deed
3-15 recorded in Volume 700, Page 369 of the said Deed Records, and
3-16 being a portion of 1248.93 acres, described as various tracts,
3-17 conveyed to Mrs. Ruby Pauls Spillar by deed recorded in Volume 118,
3-18 Page 455 of the Said Deed Records; the said 4,661.248 acre tract
3-19 being more particularly described as follows:
3-20 BEGINNING at a 1/2" [5/8"] iron rod found in the easterly
3-21 right-of-way line of State Highway F.M. 1826 (80' wide) being the
3-22 northwest corner of the said 538.5087 acre tract, a point in the
3-23 southerly line of those tracts of land conveyed to Oak Hill Heights
3-24 Joint Venture by deed recorded in Volume 8154, Page 552, and the
3-25 most westerly point of a boundary line agreement between Jack Mann
3-26 and Josephene Turnbull as described in a deed recorded in Volume
3-27 1133, Page 464 of the said Deed Records;
3-28 THENCE, in a southeasterly direction along the line as
3-29 established by the said boundary line agreement, being the
3-30 northerly line of the 538.5087 acre tract and the southerly line of
3-31 the said Oak Hill Heights Joint Venture, tracts for the following
3-32 nine (9) courses:
3-33 1) S5922'13"E, 133.45 feet to a 1/2" iron pipe found;
3-34 2) S5933'32"E, 676.69 feet to a 1/2" [5/8"] iron rod found;
3-35 3) S5953'12"E, 415.00 feet to a 1/2" [5/8"] iron rod found;
3-36 4) S6013'30"E, 358.42 feet to a 1/2" [5/8"] iron rod found;
3-37 5) S6029'18"E, 157.98 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found for the
3-38 northeast corner of the said 70.96 acre tract, being the northwest
3-39 corner of the 154.44 acre tract;
3-40 6) S6027'13"E, 482.95 feet to a 1/2" iron pipe found;
3-41 7) S6059'20"E, 834.39 feet to a 1/2" iron pipe found;
3-42 8) S6114'02"E, 646.28 feet to a 1/2" iron pipe found;
3-43 9) S6141'08"E, 306.72 feet to a 1/2" iron pipe found;
3-44 THENCE, S6206'50"E, 332.04 feet to a 1/2" iron pipe found for
3-45 the most easterly corner of the aforesaid boundary line agreement,
3-46 being a northeast corner of the 538.5087 acre tract, the southeast
3-47 corner of the said Oak Hill Heights Joint Venture tracts and a
3-48 point in a westerly line of that 479.58 acre tract conveyed to
3-49 Village Joint Venture by deed recorded in Volume 8539, Page 511 of
3-50 the Deed Records of Travis County, Texas;
3-51 THENCE, S3005'47"W, at approximately 1,833.10 feet pass the
3-52 northwest corner of the Village at Western Oaks Subdivision,
3-53 Section 16-A, recorded in Book 86, Pages 62A through 62D, for a
3-54 total distance of 2,399.06 feet to a 5/8" iron rod found;
3-55 THENCE, S2950'30"W, with the easterly line of the said
3-56 538.5087 acre tract, 276.17 feet to a 1/2" iron pipe found for the
3-57 southwest corner of Village at Western Oaks, Section 16-A, being an
3-58 ell corner of the aforesaid 538.5087 acre tract, and a point on the
3-59 centerline of an existing Humble Pipeline Company, pipeline
3-60 easement described in a deed recorded in Volume 994, Page 397 of
3-61 the said Deed Records;
3-62 THENCE, S7011'10"E, with the said Humble Pipeline Company
3-63 easement, being the common line between the 538.5087 acre tract and
3-64 Village at Western Oaks, Section 16-A, at 600.33 feet pass a 1/2"
3-65 iron pipe found, at 1,831.37 feet pass a 1/2" iron pipe found, for
3-66 a total distance of 2,413.41 feet to a 1/2" iron rod set on a curve
3-67 to the left in the easterly right-of-way line of Escarpment
3-68 Boulevard (120.00 foot right-of-way) for the southeast corner of
3-69 the aforesaid Village at Western Oaks Subdivision, Section 16-A;
4-1 THENCE, S7011'10"E, continuing with the north line of the
4-2 538.5087 acre tract at 2,913.32 feet pass an iron pipe found at
4-3 3,651.25 feet pass a second iron pipe found, for a total distance
4-4 of 4,238.43 feet to an iron pipe found for the northeast corner of
4-5 the said 538.5087 acre tract, being the southeast corner of that
4-6 479.58 acre tract conveyed to Village Joint Venture by deed
4-7 recorded in Volume 8539, Page 511 and a point in the westerly line
4-8 of that 531.07 acre tract conveyed to Maple Run Joint Venture by
4-9 deed recorded in Volume 7979, Page 932, both of the said deed
4-10 records; the found pipe is also the southeast corner of the
4-11 right-of-way dedicated for State Highway Loop 1 as shown on a plat
4-12 of Village at Western Oaks, Section 21, a subdivision recorded in
4-13 Book 86, Page 145C of the Map Records of Travis County, Texas;
4-14 THENCE, S3040'24"W, with the common line between the 538.5087
4-15 acre tract and the 531.07 acre tract, 448.59 feet to an iron rod
4-16 found;
4-17 THENCE, S3040'33"W, continuing with the said common line
4-18 between the 538.5087 acre tract and the 531.07 acre tract, 450.39
4-19 feet to an iron rod found;
4-20 THENCE, S7200'01"E, continuing with the said common line,
4-21 158.07 feet to an iron rod found near the centerline of Slaughter
4-22 Creek.
4-23 THENCE, S0218'37"E, continuing with the said common line, at
4-24 230.03 feet pass an iron rod found for the most easterly corner of
4-25 the 538.5087 acre tract, and a northerly corner of the above
4-26 mentioned 285.4585 acre City of Austin tract, for a total distance
4-27 of 424.50 feet to an iron pipe found;
4-28 THENCE, leaving the southerly line of the 538.5087 acre
4-29 tract, along the common line between the said 531.07 acre tract and
4-30 the 285.4585 acre tract for the following eleven (11) courses:
4-31 1) S4145'47"E, for a distance of 96.65 feet to an iron rod
4-32 found;
4-33 2) S7631'42"E, for a distance of 110.76 feet to an iron rod
4-34 found;
4-35 3) N8420'26"E, for a distance of 172.94 feet to an iron rod
4-36 found;
4-37 4) S4757'27"E, for a distance of 109.79 feet to an iron rod
4-38 found;
4-39 5) S2042'20"W, for a distance of 195.48 feet to an iron rod
4-40 found;
4-41 6) S4326'45"E, for a distance of 149.92 feet to an iron rod
4-42 found;
4-43 7) S2111'38"E, for a distance of 141.55 feet to an iron rod
4-44 found;
4-45 8) S1335'11"W, for a distance of 148.65 feet to an iron rod
4-46 found;
4-47 9) S0515'39"E, for a distance of 347.41 feet to an iron rod
4-48 found;
4-49 10) S4023'14"W, for a distance of 269.29 feet to an iron rod
4-50 found;
4-51 11) S7931'14"W, for a distance of 58.41 feet to a point in
4-52 the centerline of Slaughter Creek;
4-53 THENCE, along the centerline of Slaughter Creek, continuing
4-54 with the above said common line between the 531.07 acre tract and
4-55 the 285.4585 acre tract for the following thirteen (13) courses;
4-56 1) S0822'19"W, for a distance of 407.97 feet to an iron rod
4-57 found;
4-58 2) S2626'53"W, for a distance of 329.10 feet to an iron rod
4-59 found;
4-60 3) S0543'44"W, for a distance of 314.04 feet to an iron rod
4-61 found;
4-62 4) S1157'05"E, for a distance of 304.24 feet to an iron rod
4-63 found;
4-64 5) S3706'33"E, for a distance of 176.12 feet to an iron rod
4-65 found;
4-66 6) S6458'21"E, for a distance of 264.75 feet to a nail
4-67 found;
4-68 7) N6439'39"E, for a distance of 295.20 feet to a point;
4-69 8) N8849'06"E, for a distance of 326.14 feet to an iron rod
5-1 found;
5-2 9) S7115'17"E, for a distance of 207.09 feet to an iron rod
5-3 found;
5-4 10) S0537'53"E, for a distance of 155.67 feet to a nail
5-5 found;
5-6 11) S3531'12"E, for a distance of 432.21 feet to an iron rod
5-7 found;
5-8 12) S5645'40"E, for a distance of 110.46 feet to an iron
5-9 pipe found;
5-10 13) S3528'15"E, at a distance of 310.95 feet pass an iron
5-11 pipe found on the east side of Slaughter Creek, for a total
5-12 distance of 323.72 feet to an iron rod found at a fence corner
5-13 post, for the most southerly corner of that certain 19.81 acre
5-14 tract of land conveyed to James W. Akins by a deed recorded in
5-15 Volume 4677, Page 1386 of the said Deed Records and a point in the
5-16 west line of the said 214.8756 acre tract;
5-17 THENCE, N2804'16"E, leaving the north line of the 285.4585
5-18 acre tract, along the common line between the 19.81 acre tract and
5-19 the 214.8756 acre tract, for a distance of 551.99 feet to a 1/2"
5-20 iron rod found;
5-21 THENCE, N2918'16"E, with the said common line between the
5-22 said 221.4613 acre tract and the 19.81 acre tract, 504.48 feet to a
5-23 1/2" iron rod found;
5-24 THENCE, N2951'30"E, with the said westerly line of the
5-25 221.4613 acre tract, at 538.05 feet pass a concrete monument found
5-26 in the southerly right-of-way line of Slaughter Lane (120.00 foot
5-27 right-of-way), at 695.41 feet pass a point in the northerly
5-28 right-of-way line of the aforesaid Slaughter Lane (11.7446 acres),
5-29 for a total distance of 843.60 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found for
5-30 the northwest corner of the abovesaid 214.8756 acre tract, being
5-31 the southwest corner of that certain tract conveyed to Clara Brooks
5-32 Chastain by deed recorded in Volume 6887, Page 178 and a point in
5-33 the easterly line of the remainder of that 531.07 acre tract
5-34 conveyed to Maple Run Joint Venture by deed recorded in Volume
5-35 7979, Page 932 both of the Deed Records of Travis County, Texas;
5-36 THENCE, S5957'00"E, leaving the easterly line of the said
5-37 531.07 acre tract, along the northerly line of the 214.8756 acre
5-38 tract, 638.74 feet to a 3/4" iron pipe found for the southeast
5-39 corner of the said Clara Brooks Chastain Tract, being the southwest
5-40 corner of that 199.65 acre tract conveyed to J.D. Carrol et. al. by
5-41 deed recorded in Volume 2522, Page 442 of the said Deed Records;
5-42 THENCE, with the common line between the said 214.8756 acre
5-43 tract and the 199.65 acre tract for the following four (4) courses:
5-44 1) S5953'05"E, 941.26 feet to a 3/4" iron pipe found;
5-45 2) S5944'07"E, 887.29 feet to a 3/4" iron pipe found;
5-46 3) S5925'09"E, 385.48 feet to a 3/4" iron pipe found;
5-47 4) S5938'47"E, 520.87 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found for the
5-48 most northerly northeast corner of the said 214.8756 acre tract,
5-49 being the northwest corner of that 5.1589 acre tract conveyed to
5-50 Gary L. Bradley, Trustee by deed recorded in Volume 8882, Page 748
5-51 of the said Deed Records;
5-52 THENCE, leaving the southerly line of the said 199.65 acre
5-53 tract, with the common line between the 214.8756 acre tract and the
5-54 5.1589 acre tract for the following two (2) courses:
5-55 1) S3030'08"W, 498.76 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found;
5-56 2) S5929'52"E, 450.00 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found for the
5-57 most easterly northeast corner of the 214.8756 acre tract, being
5-58 the southeast corner of the 5.1589 acre tract and a point in the
5-59 westerly right-of-way line of Brodie Lane (right-of-way varies);
5-60 THENCE, S3030'08"W, leaving the southerly line of the said
5-61 5.1589 acre tract, with the easterly line of the 214.8756 acre
5-62 tract, being the westerly right-of-way line of Brodie Lane, at
5-63 1,161.13 feet pass a point in the aforesaid northerly right-of-way
5-64 line of Slaughter Lane, at 1,311.13 feet pass a point in the
5-65 aforesaid southerly right-of-way line of Slaughter Lane, for a
5-66 total distance of 2,087.89 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found for the
5-67 southeast corner of the abovesaid 214.8756 acre tract, being a
5-68 point in the northerly line of that 400 acre tract conveyed to
5-69 George Barker by deed recorded in Volume 409, Page 158 of the said
6-1 Deed Records;
6-2 THENCE, with the common line between the said 214.8756 acre
6-3 tract and the 400 acre tract for the following eight (8) courses:
6-4 1) N5923'14"W, 357.99 feet to a 3/4" iron pipe found;
6-5 2) N5939'36"W, 234.36 feet to a 3/4" iron pipe found;
6-6 3) N6026'39"W, 371.13 feet to a 3/4" iron pipe found;
6-7 4) N6019'49"W, 607.54 feet to a 3/4" iron pipe found;
6-8 5) N6015'08"W, at 301.82 feet pass a concrete monument
6-9 found, at 371.82 feet pass a concrete monument found, for a total
6-10 distance of 968.19 feet to a 60d nail found in a fence post;
6-11 6) N6045'22"W, continuing with the southerly line of the
6-12 said 214.8756 acre tract, 9.27 feet to a 60d nail found in a fence
6-13 post;
6-14 7) N5935'12"W, continuing along the said southerly line of
6-15 the 214.8756 acre tract, 815.61 feet to a 3/4" iron pipe found;
6-16 8) N5925'45"W, for a distance of 410.57 feet to a concrete
6-17 monument found for the southwest corner of the said 214.8756 acre
6-18 tract, being a point in the easterly line of the said 285.4585 acre
6-19 tract and the northwest corner of the said 400 acre tract;
6-20 THENCE, S3014'54"W, leaving the southerly line of the said
6-21 214.8756 acre tract, with the westerly line of the 400 acre tract,
6-22 at 1,600.00 feet pass a 5/8" iron rod found for the most southerly
6-23 southeast corner of the 285.4585 acre tract, being a northeast
6-24 corner of the said 2807.1345 acre tract, for a total distance of
6-25 3,756.93 feet to a 60d nail found in a fence corner post for the
6-26 most southerly southeast corner of the said 2807.1345 acre tract,
6-27 being the northeast corner of that 2.72 acre tract conveyed to Ray
6-28 McGee by deed recorded in Volume 4647, Page 31 of the said Deed
6-29 Records;
6-30 THENCE, N6309'43"W, leaving the westerly line of the said 400
6-31 acre tract, with the southerly line of the 2807.1345 acre tract,
6-32 231.13 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found for the northwest corner of
6-33 the said 2.72 acre tract, being the northeast corner of that 6.7580
6-34 acre tract conveyed to Gary L. Bradley, Trustee by deed recorded in
6-35 Volume 10577, Page 414 of the Deed Records of Travis County, Texas;
6-36 THENCE, N6226'14"W, at 425.00 feet pass a 1/2" iron rod found
6-37 for the northwest corner of the said 6.7580 acre tract, being the
6-38 northeast corner of that 1.0000 acre tract conveyed to Gary L.
6-39 Bradley, Trustee by deed recorded in Volume 10577, Page 402 of the
6-40 said Deed Records, at 575.00 feet pass a 1/2" iron rod found for
6-41 the northwest corner of the abovesaid 1.0000 acre tract, being the
6-42 northeast corner of that 1.0000 acre tract conveyed to Gary L.
6-43 Bradley, Trustee by deed recorded in Volume 10577, Page 406 of the
6-44 said Deed Records, at 725.00 feet pass a 1/2" iron rod found for
6-45 the northwest corner of the abovesaid 1.0000 acre tract, being the
6-46 northeast corner of that 1.0000 acre tract conveyed to Brian Lee
6-47 Williamson by deed recorded in Volume 8901, Page 11 of the said
6-48 Deed Records, at 875.00 feet pass a 1/2" iron rod found for the
6-49 northwest corner of the abovesaid 1.0000 acre Williamson Tract,
6-50 being the northeast corner of that 1.0000 acre tract conveyed to
6-51 Gary L. Bradley, Trustee by deed recorded in Volume 10577, Page 410
6-52 of the said Deed Records, at 1025.00 feet pass a 1/2" iron rod
6-53 found for the northwest corner of the abovesaid 1.0000 acre tract,
6-54 being a northerly northeast corner of that abovesaid 1.0000 acre
6-55 tract, being a northerly northeast corner of the said 412.3003 acre
6-56 tract, for a total distance of 1,952.31 feet to a 1/2" iron rod
6-57 found;
6-58 THENCE, with the common line between the said 2,807.1345 acre
6-59 tract and the 412.3003 acre tract for the following three (3)
6-60 courses:
6-61 1) N1354'38"E, 342.33 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found;
6-62 2) S8937'52"W, 501.38 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found;
6-63 3) S6347'26"W, 414.17 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found for the
6-64 northeast corner of a 5.000 acre tract conveyed to Polly Blanton
6-65 Brooks by a deed recorded in Volume 9807, Page 643 of the above
6-66 said Deed Records;
6-67 THENCE, through the 2,807.1345 acre tract, with the north,
6-68 west, and southerly lines of the 5.000 acre tract, the following
6-69 six (6) courses:
7-1 1) N6538'09"W, 415.32 feet to an iron rod found;
7-2 2) S5812'55"W, 207.33 feet to an iron rod found;
7-3 3) S0241'17"E, 301.21 feet to an iron rod found;
7-4 4) N8037'15"E, 92.49 feet to an iron rod found;
7-5 5) S7524'34"E, 416.79 feet to an iron rod found;
7-6 6) S8458'12"E, 142.05 feet to an iron rod found in the
7-7 abovesaid common line between the 2,807.1345 acre tract and the
7-8 412.3003 acre tract;
7-9 THENCE, S1539'52"E, along the said common line, 171.37 feet
7-10 to a 1/2" iron rod found;
7-11 THENCE, continuing with the above said common line,
7-12 S8718'43"W, 2,089.53 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found for the
7-13 northeast corner of the said 85.033 acre tract;
7-14 THENCE, across the said 412.3003 acre tract, with the
7-15 southeasterly line of the said 85.033 acre tract (State Highway
7-16 Loop 1), the following three (3) courses:
7-17 1) S5354'42"W, 276.49 feet to an iron rod found;
7-18 2) S3134'11"W, 1,886.12 feet to an iron rod found for the
7-19 point of curvature of a curve to the left;
7-20 3) With the said curve to the left, having a radius of
7-21 1,000.00 feet, a central angle of 2254'44", a chord distance of
7-22 397.23 feet (chord bears S2006'49"W), for an arc distance of 399.89
7-23 feet to an iron rod found for the intersection of the said
7-24 northerly right-of-way line of State Highway 45 with the
7-25 aforementioned common line between the 412.3003 acre tract and the
7-26 99.56 acre, R. Alan Haywood, Trustee, tract; the found iron rod
7-27 being also the northeast corner of the said 13.845 acre tract;
7-28 THENCE, S8945'07"E, with the north line of the said 99.560
7-29 acre tract, along the south line of the said 412.3003 acre tract,
7-30 1,943.93 feet to an iron rod found;
7-31 THENCE, S8941'17"E, leaving the said south line of the
7-32 remainder of the 412.3003 acre tract, along the north line of the
7-33 99.560 acre tract, for a distance of 436.73 feet to an iron rod
7-34 found for the northeast corner of the 99.560 acre tract, being a
7-35 northwest corner of that 118.757 acre tract conveyed by deed to
7-36 Alain P. Reveilhac, Trustee by deed recorded in Volume 8993, Page
7-37 867 of the said Deed Records;
7-38 THENCE, S0047'45"W, along the common line between the said
7-39 99.560 acre tract and the 118.757 acre tract, 932.88 feet to an
7-40 iron rod found for the southeast corner of the aforesaid 99.560
7-41 acre tract, being a northeast corner of the remainder of that
7-42 723.85 acre tract conveyed to Jack Andrewartha by deed recorded in
7-43 Volume 4413, page 388 of the said Deed Records;
7-44 THENCE, N8944'18"W, leaving the west line of the said 118.57
7-45 acre tract, along the common line between the 99.560 acre tract and
7-46 the remainder of the 723.85 acre tract, at 2,115.36 feet pass an
7-47 iron rod found for the southeast corner of the said 13.845 acre
7-48 tract, at 2,615.10 feet pass an iron rod found for the southeast
7-49 corner of the said 13.845 acre tract, for a total distance of
7-50 4,644.68 feet to an iron rod found for the southwest corner of the
7-51 aforesaid 99.560 acre tract, being a point in the east line of that
7-52 283 acre tract conveyed to Ira Jon Yates by deed recorded in Volume
7-53 7716, Page 845 of the said Deed Records;
7-54 THENCE, N0030'28"E, leaving the said north line of the
7-55 remainder of the 723.85 acre tract, along the common line between
7-56 the 99.560 acre tract and the 283 acre tract, for a distance of
7-57 932.24 feet to a 60d nail found in a fence corner post for the
7-58 northwest corner of the said 99.560 acre tract, being the northeast
7-59 corner of the aforesaid 283 acre tract and being in the southerly
7-60 line of the said 412.003 acre tract;
7-61 THENCE, S8945'07"E, leaving the east line of the said 283
7-62 acre tract, along the south line of the remainder of the 412.3003
7-63 acre tract, being the north line of the 99.560 acre tract, 1,329.07
7-64 feet to an iron rod found on a curve to the left for the northwest
7-65 corner of that 13.845 acre tract, being also the southwest corner
7-66 of that 85.033 acre tract conveyed to Mopac South Transportation
7-67 Corporation;
7-68 THENCE, leaving the north line of the said 99.560 acre tract,
7-69 across the said 412.3003 acre tract, along the southwest line of
8-1 the 85.033 acre tract, for the following three (3) courses:
8-2 1) with the said curve to the left, having a radius of
8-3 7,439.30 feet, a central angle of 0052'47", a chord distance of
8-4 114.22 feet (chord bears N4125'15"W), for an arc distance of 114.23
8-5 feet to an iron rod found for the point of tangency;
8-6 2) N4151'38"W, 2,184.35 feet to an iron rod found for the
8-7 point of curvature of a curve to the left;
8-8 3) with the said curve to the left, having a radius of
8-9 6,649.76 feet, a central angle of 0747'53", a chord distance of
8-10 904.34 feet (chord bears N4545'35"W), for an arc distance of 905.04
8-11 feet to an iron rod found for the intersection of the said
8-12 southwest line of the 85.033 acre tract (State Highway 45) with the
8-13 northerly line of the said 412.3003 acre tract, and the southerly
8-14 line of the 2,807.1345 acre tract;
8-15 THENCE, S8250'26"W, with the common line between the
8-16 2,807.1345 acre tract and the 412.3003 acre tract, 2,560.06 feet to
8-17 a 1/2" iron rod found in the west line of the said Samuel Hamilton
8-18 Survey No. 16, being the east line of the Thomas Brite Survey No.
8-19 65, for an ell corner of the said 2,807.1345 acre tract, being the
8-20 northwest corner of that 412.3003 acre tract mentioned above;
8-21 THENCE, S3031'27"W, along the west line of the Samuel
8-22 Hamilton Survey No. 16 and the east line of the Thomas Brite Survey
8-23 No. 65, for a distance of 561.26 feet to an iron rod found for a
8-24 southerly corner of the said, 2,807.1345 acre tract; being a point
8-25 in the north line of the said 283 acre tract;
8-26 THENCE, S8344'05"W, with the common line between the
8-27 2,807.1345 acre tract and the 283 acre tract, 58.21 feet to an iron
8-28 rod found;
8-29 THENCE, N8950'37"W, with the said common line, 502.68 feet to
8-30 an iron rod found for the northwest corner of the aforesaid 283
8-31 acre tract, and the northeast corner of the aforesaid 126.73 acre
8-32 tract conveyed to Mrs. R. P. Spillar;
8-33 THENCE, leaving the south line of the 2,807.1345 acre tract,
8-34 along the east line of said 126.73 acre Spillar Tract, as found
8-35 fenced and used upon the ground, for the following three (3)
8-36 courses:
8-37 1) S0033'17"W, for a distance of 952.64 feet to an iron pin
8-38 set;
8-39 2) S0032'17"W, for a distance of 255.23 feet to an iron pin
8-40 set;
8-41 3) S0035'17"W, for a distance of 528.60 feet to an iron pin
8-42 set at or near the Southeast corner of the said 126.73 acre Spillar
8-43 Tract, being at or near the Northeast corner of the said 1248.93
8-44 acre Spillar Tract;
8-45 THENCE, along the east line of the said 1248.93 acre Spillar
8-46 Tract, as found fenced and used upon the ground, for the following
8-47 four (4) courses:
8-48 1) S0852'43"E, for a distance of 291.92 feet to an iron pin
8-49 set;
8-50 2) S0854'43"E, for a distance of 445.72 feet to an 60-d nail
8-51 set;
8-52 3) S0004'17"W, for a distance of 1130.96 feet to an iron pin
8-53 set;
8-54 4) S0002'43"E, for a distance of 382.21 feet to a calculated
8-55 point on the approximate County Line between Travis and Hays
8-56 Counties;
8-57 THENCE, N4903'40"W, across the said 1,248.93 acre tract and
8-58 the 126.73 acre tract, along the common line between Travis and
8-59 Hays Counties, 3,986.48 feet to a calculated point in the westerly
8-60 line of the aforesaid 126.73 acre tract;
8-61 THENCE, along the West line of the said 126.73 acre Spillar
8-62 Tract, as found fenced and used upon the ground, for the following
8-63 seven (7) courses:
8-64 1) N0000'17"E, for a distance of 210.21 feet to an iron pin
8-65 set;
8-66 2) N0000'43"W, for a distance of 332.68 feet to an iron pin
8-67 set;
8-68 3) N0005'43"W, for a distance of 102.55 feet to an iron pin
8-69 set;
9-1 4) N8659'43"W, for a distance of 332.58 feet to an iron pin
9-2 set;
9-3 5) N8659'43"W, for a distance of 306.15 feet to an iron pin
9-4 found;
9-5 6) N2917'17"E, for a distance of 565.14 feet to a 60-d nail
9-6 found;
9-7 7) N2402'14"E, for a distance of 22.01 feet to a 60-d nail
9-8 found in a fence post;
9-9 THENCE, S6916'54"W leaving the westerly line of the said
9-10 126.73 acre tract, in a southwesterly direction with the southerly
9-11 fenced line of the 2,807.1345 acre tract, 760.45 feet to an iron
9-12 rod found for the Travis and Hays County Lines;
9-13 THENCE, N4903'54"W, leaving the southerly line of and
9-14 crossing the said line of the 2,807.1345 acre tract, along the
9-15 common line between Travis and Hays Counties, 3,364.02 feet to a
9-16 concrete monument found for county marker Mile Post No. 19;
9-17 THENCE, N4903'02"W, continuing across the said 2,807.1345
9-18 acre tract, along the said line between Travis and Hays Counties,
9-19 347.05 feet to a concrete monument found in the easterly
9-20 right-of-way line of aforesaid State Highway FM 1826;
9-21 THENCE, with the west line of the 2,807.1345 acre tract and
9-22 the east right-of-way line of State Highway FM 1826, the following
9-23 twelve (12) courses:
9-24 1) N0001'09"E, 1,166.34 feet to a concrete monument found;
9-25 2) N0017'55"E, for a distance of 388.69 feet to a concrete
9-26 monument found at the point of curvature of a curve to the right;
9-27 3) with the said curve to the right having a central angle
9-28 of 3047'38", a radius of 1,402.42 feet, a chord distance of 744.70
9-29 feet (chord bears N1541'45"E), for an arc distance of 753.74 feet
9-30 to the point of tangency;
9-31 4) N3105'55"E, for a distance of 1,682.33 feet to a concrete
9-32 monument found at the point of curvature of a transition curve to
9-33 the right;
9-34 5) with the said transition curve to the right having a
9-35 central angle of 0649'48", a beginning radius of 2,834.50 feet, an
9-36 ending radius of 2,829.50 feet, a chord distance of 337.10 feet
9-37 (chord bears N3609'37"E) for an arc distance of 337.30 feet to a
9-38 concrete monument found at the point of tangency;
9-39 6) N3756'03"E, a distance of 443.20 feet to an iron pipe
9-40 found;
9-41 7) N3757'53"E, for a distance of 239.19 feet to a concrete
9-42 monument found at the point of curvature of a curve to the left;
9-43 8) with the said curve to the left having a central angle of
9-44 0726'32", a radius of 1,950.03 feet, a chord distance of 253.12
9-45 feet (chord bears N3405'33"E) for an arc distance of 253.29 feet to
9-46 a concrete monument found at the point of tangency;
9-47 9) N3029'37"E, for a distance of 1,017.58 feet to an iron
9-48 rod found;
9-49 10) N3028'37"E, for a distance of 2,099.60 feet to a
9-50 concrete right-of-way monument found at the point of curvature of a
9-51 curve to the right;
9-52 11) with the said curve to the right, having a central angle
9-53 of 4648'09", a radius of 1,105.91 feet, a chord distance of 878.46
9-54 feet (chord bears N5353'50"E) for an arc distance of 903.37 feet to
9-55 a concrete right-of-way monument found at the point of tangency;
9-56 12) N7719'10"E, for a distance of 189.23 feet to an iron
9-57 pipe found, being the most westerly northwest corner of the above
9-58 said 2,807.1345 acre tract, in the abandoned south right-of-way
9-59 line of Old Austin-Driftwood Road;
9-60 THENCE, leaving the said east right-of-way line of State
9-61 Highway FM 1826 with the fenced north line of the 2,807.1345 acre
9-62 tract, the following nine (9) courses and distances:
9-63 1) S6842'40"E, 378.51 feet to an iron pipe found;
9-64 2) S6341'44"E, 178.82 feet to an iron pipe found;
9-65 3) S2728'23"W, at 347.23 feet pass an iron pipe found 0.07
9-66 feet to the west, for a total distance of 800.09 feet to an iron
9-67 pipe found;
9-68 4) S2421'16"E, 538.49 feet to an iron pipe found;
9-69 5) S0552'50"E, 991.70 feet to an iron pipe found;
10-1 6) S5839'56"E, 1,085.30 feet to an iron pipe found;
10-2 7) N8847'49"E, 563.42 feet to an iron pipe found;
10-3 8) N6424'19"E, 951.91 feet to an iron rod found;
10-4 9) N3241'40"E, 470.77 feet to an iron pipe found;
10-5 THENCE, N3236'10"E, continuing along the north line of the
10-6 2,807.1345 acre tract, 412.97 feet to an iron pipe found in the
10-7 south line of a 217.38 acre tract conveyed to 1826 Associates by
10-8 deed recorded in Volume 3635, Page 634 of the said Deed Records;
10-9 THENCE, S6024'36"E, with the apparent common line between the
10-10 2,807.1345 acre tract and the 217.38 acre tract, for a distance of
10-11 349.01 feet to an iron pipe found;
10-12 THENCE, S5358'38"E, continuing with the said common line, for
10-13 a distance of 533.96 feet to an iron pipe found for a northeast
10-14 corner of the 2,807.1345 acre tract and a point in the west line of
10-15 a 100.2215 acre tract conveyed to Carlene Hielscher Klaus by deed
10-16 recorded in Volume 9724, Page 329; said pipe also being the end of
10-17 a boundary line, set by Boundary Line Agreement in Volume 3922,
10-18 Page 1668, both of the Deed Records of Travis County, Texas;
10-19 THENCE, leaving the northerly line of the 2,807.1345 acre
10-20 tract, along the common fenced line between the said 100.2215 acre
10-21 Carlene H. Klaus Tract and the 217.38 acre tract, the following
10-22 four (4) courses:
10-23 1) N2916'04"E, 374.23 feet to an iron rod found;
10-24 2) N3313'41"E, 507.32 feet to an iron rod found;
10-25 3) N2953'38"E, 440.11 feet to an iron rod found;
10-26 4) N3023'23"E, 98.78 feet to an iron rod found for the
10-27 northwest corner of the said 100.2215 acre Klaus Tract, being the
10-28 southwest corner of that 320 acre tract conveyed to Richard
10-29 Hielscher by deed recorded in Volume 1212, Page 526 of the said
10-30 Deed Records;
10-31 THENCE, S5927'22"E, leaving the easterly line of the said
10-32 217.38 acre tract, 737.66 feet to an iron rod found in the
10-33 northerly line of the said 100.2215 acre Carlene H. Klaus Tract;
10-34 THENCE, S5925'12"E, continuing with the northerly line of the
10-35 said 100.2215 acre Klaus Tract, a distance of 252.58 feet to an
10-36 iron rod found for the northeast corner of the aforesaid 100.2215
10-37 acre Carlene H. Klaus Tract, being the northwest corner of the
10-38 aforesaid 100.2215 acre Ursula H. Kutra Tract;
10-39 THENCE, S5925'12"E, with the northerly line of the said
10-40 100.2215 acre Ursula H. Kutra Tract, 512.23 feet to an iron rod
10-41 found;
10-42 THENCE, S5914'29"E, continuing along the northerly line of
10-43 the said 100.2215 acre Ursula H. Kutra Tract, 512.87 feet to an
10-44 iron rod found for the northeast corner of the aforesaid 100.2215
10-45 acre tract, being the northwest corner of the said 100.2215 acre
10-46 Amelia H. Mettke Tract;
10-47 THENCE, S5914'29"E, with the northerly line of the said
10-48 100.2215 acre Amelia H. Mettke Tract, 1,013.17 feet to an iron pipe
10-49 found for the northeast corner of the aforesaid 100.2215 acre
10-50 Amelia H. Mettke Tract, being a point in a westerly line of the
10-51 said 2,807.1345 acre tract, and the southwest corner of the said
10-52 320 acre tract;
10-53 THENCE, N3005'58"E, with the easterly line of the said 320
10-54 acre tract and the west line of the before mentioned 2,807.1345
10-55 acre tract, at 250.00 feet pass a 1/2" iron rod found for the
10-56 southwest corner of the said 79.9863 acre tract, for a total
10-57 distance of 1,357.97 feet to a 60d nail found in a fence corner
10-58 post;
10-59 THENCE, N3049'14"E, with the common line between the said
10-60 79.9863 acre tract and the 320 acre tract, 804.39 feet to a 60d
10-61 nail found in a fence post;
10-62 THENCE, N2750'15"E, continuing with the common line between
10-63 the said 79.9863 acre tract and the 320 acre tract, 125.08 feet to
10-64 a steel fence post found;
10-65 THENCE, N3031'15"E, 204.35 feet to a 5/8" iron rod found;
10-66 THENCE, N2957'23"E, continuing with the common line between
10-67 the 79.9863 acre tract and the 320 acre tract, 360.74 feet to a
10-68 5/8" iron rod found in the southeast line of the aforesaid 538.5087
10-69 acre tract;
11-1 THENCE, N2808'04"W, across the said 320 acre tract, with the
11-2 southerly line of the 538.5087 acre tract, 2,025.54 feet to a 5/8"
11-3 iron rod found on the centerline of the aforesaid existing Humble
11-4 Pipeline Company, pipeline easement;
11-5 THENCE, N7021'34"W, continuing across the said 320 acre
11-6 tract, with the centerline of the said Humble Pipeline, 1,386.97
11-7 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found for a southwest corner of the
11-8 538.5087 acre tract and a point in the easterly line of that 3.48
11-9 acre tract conveyed to Dan P. Scranton by deed recorded in Volume
11-10 4217, Page 236 of the said deed records;
11-11 THENCE, N3211'17"E, with a westerly line of the said 538.5087
11-12 acre tract, at 144.68 feet pass a 5/8" iron rod found for the
11-13 northeast corner of the 3.48 acre tract, being the southeast corner
11-14 of that 3.45 acre tract conveyed to Arnold A. Jensen by deed
11-15 recorded in Volume 7101, Page 123 of the said deed records, for a
11-16 total distance of 404.54 feet to a 5/8" iron rod found for the
11-17 northeast corner of the aforesaid 3.45 acre tract, being the
11-18 southeast corner of that 3.42 acre tract conveyed to John T.
11-19 Alexander Et Ux by deed recorded in Volume 5019, Page 1341 of the
11-20 Deed Records of Travis County, Texas;
11-21 THENCE, N3204'03"E, continuing with the said westerly line of
11-22 the 538.5087 acre tract, 259.87 feet to a 5/8" iron rod found for
11-23 the northeast corner of the said 3.42 acre tract, being the
11-24 southeast corner of that 3.23 acre tract conveyed to L. Van Sickle
11-25 by deed recorded in Volume 4822, Page 1413 of the said Deed
11-26 Records;
11-27 THENCE, N3208'30"E, 199.96 feet to a 1/2" iron pipe found for
11-28 an ell corner of the said 538.5087 acre tract, being the northeast
11-29 corner of the 3.23 acre tract;
11-30 THENCE, N5939'43"W, with the common line between the said
11-31 538.5087 acre tract and the 3.23 acre tract, 28.23 feet to a 60d
11-32 nail found in a cedar tree;
11-33 THENCE, N4040'12"W, with the northerly line of the said 3.23
11-34 acre tract, 238.75 feet to a 1/2" iron pipe found at a cattle guard
11-35 for a southwest corner of the 538.5087 acre tract;
11-36 THENCE, N6056'11"W, with the common line between the 538.5087
11-37 acre tract and the 3.23 acre tract, 7.46 feet to a 1/2" iron pipe
11-38 found;
11-39 THENCE, N7539'02"W, continuing with the said common line
11-40 between the 538.5087 acre tract and the 3.23 acre tract, 40.48 feet
11-41 to a 5/8" iron rod found;
11-42 THENCE, N5752'12"W, with the southerly line of the said
11-43 538.5087 acre tract, 807.29 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found in the
11-44 northerly line of that 3.41 acre tract conveyed to Edwin Dudley by
11-45 deed recorded in Volume 6405, Page 1177 of the said deed records;
11-46 THENCE, with the common line between the said 538.5087 acre
11-47 tract and the 3.41 acre tract for the following three (3) courses:
11-48 1) N0729'32"W, 16.38 feet to a 60d nail found in a fence
11-49 corner post at a cattle guard;
11-50 2) N6318'41"W, 6.83 feet to a 60d nail found in a fence
11-51 corner post;
11-52 3) S8133'38"W, 17.89 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found for the
11-53 northwest corner of the said 3.41 acre tract, being the most
11-54 westerly southwest corner of the 538.5087 acre tract, and a point
11-55 on the aforesaid easterly right-of-way line of State Highway F.M.
11-56 1826;
11-57 THENCE, with the common line between the 538.5087 acre tract
11-58 and the easterly right-of-way line of State Highway F.M. 1826 for
11-59 the following four (4) courses:
11-60 1) N3054'59"E, 632.18 feet to a concrete right-of-way
11-61 monument found 40.00 feet left of State Highway Centerline Station
11-62 73+30.5;
11-63 2) N2827'31"E, 393.09 feet to a concrete right-of-way
11-64 monument found for the point of curvature of a curve to the left,
11-65 40.00 feet left of State Highway Centerline Station 69+38.5;
11-66 3) with the said curve to the left having a central angle of
11-67 0630'44", a radius of 3,859.21 feet, a chord distance of 438.40
11-68 feet (chord bears N2504'58"E) for an arc distance of 438.64 feet to
11-69 a concrete right-of-way monument found for the point of tangency,
12-1 40.00 feet left of State Highway Centerline Station 65+03;
12-2 4) N2150'08"E, 774.26 feet to the PLACE OF BEGINNING,
12-3 CONTAINING within these metes and bounds 4,661.248 acres of land
12-4 area.
12-5 SECTION 7. (a) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), Section
12-6 2.01, Chapter 844, Acts of the 74th Legislature, 1995, as amended
12-7 by this Act, the Southwest Travis County Water District's rights
12-8 and functions are exercised by a board composed as provided by
12-9 Section 8 of this Act until the transition from an appointed to an
12-10 elected board is completed.
12-11 (b) Notwithstanding Section 2.02, Chapter 844, Acts of the
12-12 74th Legislature, 1995, as amended by this Act, a member of the
12-13 board who was not required to reside in the district at the time of
12-14 appointment may continue to serve as director without residing in
12-15 the district until expiration of the member's term, including any
12-16 additional period of service required by Section 17, Article XVI,
12-17 Texas Constitution.
12-18 SECTION 8. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision in this
12-19 Act, the transition of the board of the Southwest Travis County
12-20 Water District from an appointed to an elected body shall be
12-21 accomplished as provided by this section.
12-22 (b) The board shall call and hold an election on the first
12-23 Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1997, to elect seven
12-24 directors from the district at large to replace the nine appointed
12-25 directors whose terms expire September 1, 1997. The nine appointed
12-26 directors continue to hold office, in accordance with Section 17,
12-27 Article XVI, Texas Constitution, until the elected directors
12-28 qualify for office. The seven elected directors by lot shall
12-29 determine which three directors serve two-year terms and which four
12-30 directors serve four-year terms.
12-31 SECTION 9. The secretary of state shall prescribe any
12-32 necessary procedures to implement this Act, including modifications
12-33 of applicable election procedures, periods, or deadlines.
12-34 SECTION 10. (a) The proper and legal notice of the
12-35 intention to introduce this Act, setting forth the general
12-36 substance of this Act, has been published as provided by law, and
12-37 the notice and a copy of this Act have been furnished to all
12-38 persons, agencies, officials, or entities to which they are
12-39 required to be furnished by the constitution and other laws of this
12-40 state, including the governor, who has submitted the notice and the
12-41 Act to the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission.
12-42 (b) The Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission has
12-43 filed its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor,
12-44 lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives
12-45 within the required time.
12-46 (c) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
12-47 state and of the rules and procedures of the legislature with
12-48 respect to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are
12-49 fulfilled and accomplished.
12-50 SECTION 11. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
12-51 SECTION 12. The importance of this legislation and the
12-52 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
12-53 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
12-54 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
12-55 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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