By Ellis S.B. No. 1793
76R8707 T
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the Houston Downtown Management District.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. ENLARGEMENT OF BOUNDARIES. (a) The boundaries
1-5 of the Houston Downtown Management District created pursuant to
1-6 Subchapter A, Chapter 376, Local Government Code, are hereby
1-7 enlarged to include the territory contained in the following
1-8 described areas:
1-9 Annexation Area A - 378 acres, more or less, in the J. Austin
1-10 Survey, Abstract 1, the J. S. Holman Survey, Abstract 323, the O.
1-11 Smith Survey, Abstract 696, the S. Harris Survey, Abstract 327, S.
1-12 M. Williams Survey, Abstract 87 and the J. Wells Survey, Abstract
1-13 832, Harris County, Texas, more particularly described as follows:
1-14 BEGINNING at a point along the Houston Downtown Management District
1-15 boundary at the intersection of the center line of the right-of-way
1-16 of Interstate Highway 45 with the center line of the right-of-way
1-17 of Franklin Avenue,
1-18 Thence in an easterly direction along the Houston Downtown
1-19 Management District boundary and the center line of the
1-20 right-of-way of Franklin Avenue to the intersection with a
1-21 southerly projection of the center line of the northbound ramp to
1-22 Interstate Highway 10, a continuation of Louisiana Street,
1-23 Thence in a northerly direction along the Houston Downtown
1-24 Management District boundary and the center line of the
2-1 right-of-way of the northbound ramp to Interstate Highway 10 and
2-2 the southerly projection thereof, to the intersection with the
2-3 center line of the Southern Pacific Rail Road's "Main Passenger
2-4 Line" right-of-way,
2-5 Thence in an easterly direction along the Houston Downtown
2-6 Management District boundary and the center line of the Southern
2-7 Pacific Rail Road's "Main Passenger Line" right-of-way to the
2-8 intersection with the center line of the right-of-way of North San
2-9 Jacinto Street,
2-10 Thence in a southerly direction along the Houston Downtown
2-11 Management District Boundary and the center line of the
2-12 right-of-way of North San Jacinto Street to the intersection with
2-13 the center line of the right-of-way of Commerce Avenue,
2-14 Thence in a southeasterly direction along the Houston
2-15 Downtown Management District boundary and the center line of the
2-16 right-of-way of Commerce Avenue to the center line of the
2-17 right-of-way of Austin Street,
2-18 Thence in a southwesterly direction along the Houston
2-19 Downtown Management District boundary and the center line of the
2-20 right-of-way of Austin Street to the intersection with the center
2-21 line of the right-of-way of Capitol Avenue,
2-22 Thence in a southeasterly direction along the Houston
2-23 Downtown Management District boundary and the center line of the
2-24 right-of-way of Capitol Avenue to the intersection with the center
2-25 line of the right-of-way of U.S. Highway 59,
2-26 Thence in a north and easterly direction with the center line
2-27 of the right-of-way of U.S. Highway 59 to the intersection with the
3-1 center line of the right-of-way of Interstate Highway 10,
3-2 Thence in a southwesterly direction with the center line of
3-3 the right-of-way of Interstate Highway 10 to the intersection with
3-4 the center line of the right-of-way of Interstate Highway 45,
3-5 Thence in a southerly direction with the center line of the
3-6 right-of-way of Interstate Highway 45 to The Point of Beginning,
3-7 containing 378 acres, more or less, including, without limitation,
3-8 all air space above and all subsurface below said property.
3-9 Annexation Area B - 95 acres, more or less, in the J. Austin
3-10 Survey, Abstract 1, the J. S. Holman Survey, Abstract 323, the O.
3-11 Smith Survey, Abstract 696, and the J. Wells Survey, Abstract 832,
3-12 Harris County, Texas, more particularly described as follows:
3-13 BEGINNING at a point along the southern boundary of the
3-14 Houston Downtown Management District at the intersection of the
3-15 center line of the right-of-way of U.S. Highway 59 with the center
3-16 line of the right-of-way of Clay Avenue,
3-17 Thence in a northwesterly direction along the boundary of the
3-18 Houston Downtown Management District and the center line of the
3-19 right-of-way of Clay Avenue to the intersection with the center
3-20 line of the right-of-way of Caroline Street,
3-21 Thence in a southwesterly direction along the boundary of the
3-22 Houston Downtown Management District and the center line of the
3-23 right-of-way of Caroline Street to the intersection with the center
3-24 line of the right-of-way of Pierce Avenue,
3-25 Thence in a easterly direction with the center line of the
3-26 right-of-way of Pierce Avenue to the intersection with the center
3-27 line of the right-of-way of U.S. Highway 59,
4-1 Thence in a northeasterly direction with the center line of
4-2 the right-of-way of U.S. Highway 59 to The Point of Beginning,
4-3 containing 95 acres, more or less, including, without limitation,
4-4 all air space above and all subsurface below said property.
4-5 (b) The boundaries of the Houston Downtown Management
4-6 District as enlarged by this Act shall include the territory
4-7 contained in the following described area:
4-8 1178 acres, more or less, in the J. Austin Survey, Abstract
4-9 1, the J. S. Holman Survey, Abstract 323, the O. Smith Survey,
4-10 Abstract 696, the S. Harris Survey, Abstract 327, the S. M.
4-11 Williams Survey, Abstract 87 and the J. Wells Survey, Abstract 832,
4-12 Harris County, Texas, more particularly described as follows:
4-13 BEGINNING at the intersection of the center line of the
4-14 right-of-way of US Highway 59 with the center line of the
4-15 right-of-way of Capitol Avenue,
4-16 Thence in a southeasterly direction with the center line of
4-17 the right-of-way of Capitol Avenue to the intersection with the
4-18 center line of the right-of-way of Chartres Street,
4-19 Thence in a southwesterly direction with the center line of
4-20 the right-of-way of Chartres Street to the intersection with the
4-21 center line of the right-of-way of Clay Avenue,
4-22 Thence in a northwesterly direction with the center line of
4-23 the right-of-way of Clay Avenue to the intersection with the center
4-24 line of the right-of-way of US Highway 59,
4-25 Thence in a southwesterly direction with the center line of
4-26 the right-of-way of US Highway 59 to the intersection with the
4-27 center line of the right-of-way of Pierce Avenue,
5-1 Thence in a northwesterly direction with the center line of
5-2 the right-of-way of Pierce Avenue to the intersection with the
5-3 center line of the right-of-way of Bagby Street,
5-4 Thence in a northeasterly direction with the center line of
5-5 the right-of-way of Bagby Street to the intersection with a
5-6 southerly projection of the west line of the right-of-way of Heiner
5-7 Street,
5-8 Thence in a northerly direction with the west line of the
5-9 right-of-way of Heiner Street and southerly and northerly
5-10 projections thereof to the intersection with the center line of the
5-11 right-of-way of W. Dallas Street,
5-12 Thence in a westerly direction with the center line of the
5-13 right-of-way of W. Dallas Street to the intersection with a
5-14 southerly projection of the west line of the right-of-way of Heiner
5-15 Street,
5-16 Thence in a northerly direction with the west line of the
5-17 right-of-way of Heiner Street and southerly and northerly
5-18 projections thereof to the intersection with the center line of the
5-19 right-of-way of Allen Parkway,
5-20 Thence in an easterly direction with the center line of the
5-21 right-of-way of Allen Parkway to the intersection with a southerly
5-22 projection of the center line of the right-of-way of Sabine Street,
5-23 Thence in a northerly direction with a southerly projection
5-24 of the center line of the right-of-way of Sabine Street and then
5-25 with the center line of the right-of-way of Sabine Street to the
5-26 intersection with the north right-of-way line of Memorial Drive,
5-27 Thence in an easterly direction with the north right-of-way
6-1 line of Memorial Drive to the intersection with the west
6-2 right-of-way line of Interstate Highway 45,
6-3 Thence in a northeasterly direction with the west
6-4 right-of-way line of Interstate Highway 45 to the intersection with
6-5 the center line of the right-of-way of Franklin Avenue,
6-6 Thence in an easterly direction with the center line of the
6-7 right-of-way of Franklin Avenue to the intersection with the center
6-8 line of the right-of-way of Interstate Highway 45,
6-9 Thence in a northerly direction with the center line of the
6-10 right-of-way of the Interstate Highway 45 to the intersection with
6-11 the center line of the right-of-way of Interstate Highway 10,
6-12 Thence in an southeasterly direction with the center line of
6-13 Interstate Highway 10 to the intersection with the center line of
6-14 the right-of-way of US Highway 59,
6-15 Thence in a south and westerly direction with the center line
6-16 of the right-of-way of US Highway 59 to The Point of Beginning,
6-17 containing 1178 acres, more or less, including, without limitation,
6-18 all air space above and all subsurface below said property.
6-19 SECTION 2. FINDINGS RELATED TO ENLARGED BOUNDARIES. The
6-20 boundaries and field notes of the Houston Downtown Management
6-21 District as enlarged by this Act form a closure. If a mistake is
6-22 made in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the
6-23 legislative process, the mistake does not in any way affect the:
6-24 (1) organization, existence, and validity of the
6-25 Houston Downtown Management District;
6-26 (2) right of the Houston Downtown Management District
6-27 to issue any type of bonds or refunding bonds for the purposes for
7-1 which the Houston Downtown Management District is created or pay
7-2 the principal of and interest on the bonds;
7-3 (3) right of the Houston Downtown Management District
7-4 to impose and collect assessments or taxes;
7-5 (4) validity of the enlargement of the Houston
7-6 Downtown Management District by this Act; or
7-7 (5) legality or operation of the Houston Downtown
7-8 Management District or its governing body.
7-9 SECTION 3. VALIDATION. The governmental acts and
7-10 proceedings of the Houston Downtown Management District and its
7-11 directors and officers occurring before the effective date of this
7-12 Act are validated as of the dates they occurred.
7-13 SECTION 4. EMERGENCY. The importance of this legislation
7-14 and the crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
7-15 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
7-16 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
7-17 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.