By Callegari, et al. H.B. No. 1842
77R11239 QS-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
1-3 operation, and financing of the West Harris County Regional Water
1-4 Authority; granting the power of eminent domain; granting the
1-5 authority to issue bonds or notes; providing a civil penalty.
1-6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-7 ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
1-8 SECTION 1.01. CREATION. (a) A regional water authority, to
1-9 be known as the West Harris County Regional Water Authority, is
1-10 created in Harris County. The authority is a political subdivision
1-11 of this state, a governmental agency, and a body politic and
1-12 corporate.
1-13 (b) The authority is created under and is essential to
1-14 accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas
1-15 Constitution, including the acquisition and provision of surface
1-16 water and groundwater for residential, commercial, industrial,
1-17 agricultural, and other uses, the reduction of groundwater
1-18 withdrawals, the conservation, preservation, protection, recharge,
1-19 and prevention of waste of groundwater, and of groundwater
1-20 reservoirs or their subdivisions, the control of subsidence caused
1-21 by withdrawal of water from those groundwater reservoirs or their
1-22 subdivisions, and other public purposes stated in this Act.
1-23 SECTION 1.02. DEFINITIONS. In this Act:
1-24 (1) "Authority" means the West Harris County Regional
2-1 Water Authority.
2-2 (2) "Board" means the board of directors of the
2-3 authority.
2-4 (3) "Commission" means the Texas Natural Resource
2-5 Conservation Commission, or its successor.
2-6 (4) "Director" means a member of the board.
2-7 (5) "District" means any district created under
2-8 Sections 52(b)(1) and (2), Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI,
2-9 Texas Constitution, regardless of the manner of creation, other
2-10 than:
2-11 (A) a navigation district or port authority; or
2-12 (B) a district governed by Chapter 36, Water
2-13 Code.
2-14 (6) "Groundwater reduction plan" means a plan adopted
2-15 or implemented to supply water, reduce reliance on groundwater,
2-16 regulate groundwater pumping and usage, or require and allocate
2-17 water usage among persons in order to comply with or exceed
2-18 requirements imposed by the subsidence district, including any
2-19 applicable groundwater reduction requirements.
2-20 (7) "Local government" means a municipality, county,
2-21 district, or other political subdivision of this state or a
2-22 combination of two or more of those entities.
2-23 (8) "Person" includes an individual, corporation,
2-24 organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency,
2-25 district, local government, business trust, estate, trust,
2-26 partnership, association, or any other legal entity.
2-27 (9) "Subsidence" has the meaning assigned by Section
3-1 151.002, Water Code.
3-2 (10) "Subsidence district" means the Harris-Galveston
3-3 Coastal Subsidence District.
3-4 (11) "System" means a network of pipelines, conduits,
3-5 valves, canals, pumping stations, force mains, treatment plants,
3-6 and any other construction, device, or related appurtenance used to
3-7 treat or transport water.
3-8 (12) "Water" includes:
3-9 (A) groundwater, percolating or otherwise;
3-10 (B) any surface water, natural or artificial,
3-11 navigable or nonnavigable; and
3-12 (C) industrial and municipal wastewater.
3-13 (13) "Well" includes a facility, device, or method
3-14 used to withdraw groundwater from a groundwater source within the
3-15 boundaries of the authority.
3-16 SECTION 1.03. DESCRIPTION OF BOUNDARIES. (a) The authority
3-17 includes the territory that is contained in the following area,
3-18 regardless of whether the territory contains noncontiguous parcels
3-19 of land or whether the territory is located within the boundaries
3-20 of any other governmental entity or political subdivision of the
3-21 state:
3-22 TRACT-1
3-23 BEGINNING at the intersection of the easterly right-of-way of
3-24 Kickapoo Road with the northerly line of U. S. Highway 290
3-25 (Hempstead Highway);
3-26 THENCE, southeasterly along the northerly line of U. S. Highway 290
3-27 to its intersection with the easterly right-of-way line of
4-1 Brittmore Road;
4-2 THENCE, generally along the current City of Houston corporate
4-3 limits the following:
4-4 southerly along the easterly right-of-way line of Brittmore
4-5 Road to its intersection with the northerly right-of-way line of
4-6 West Little York Road;
4-7 easterly along the northerly right-of-way line of West Little
4-8 York Road to its intersection with the most easterly westerly
4-9 boundary of the former Northwest Harris County MUD 25 as it existed
4-10 on December 4, 1996;
4-11 southerly along the most easterly westerly boundary of the former
4-12 Northwest Harris County MUD 25 to the most southerly southerly
4-13 boundary of the former Northwest Harris County MUD 25 as it existed
4-14 on December 4, 1996;
4-15 easterly along the most southerly southerly boundary of the
4-16 former Northwest Harris County MUD 25 as it existed on December 4,
4-17 1996 to the westerly right-of-way line of the West Sam Houston
4-18 Parkway North;
4-19 southerly along the westerly right-of-way line of the West
4-20 Sam Houston Parkway North to the southerly line of the E.
4-21 Friedenhaus Survey, Abstract 1185;
4-22 westerly along the southerly line of the E. Friedenhaus
4-23 Survey, Abstract 1185 to the southwest corner of said survey, same
4-24 being the northeast corner of the W. C. R. R. Survey, Abstract 917;
4-25 southerly along the westerly line of the W. C. R. R. Survey,
4-26 Abstract 917 to the northeasterly corner of a 29.9426 acre tract
4-27 which is a part of the former Westway Utility District as it
5-1 existed on December 31, 1994, same point being a corner in the
5-2 boundary of that former Westway Utility District;
5-3 westerly along the northerly boundary line of that 29.9426
5-4 acre tract, a distance of 1,174.8 feet more or less, to the
5-5 northwest corner of said tract, same corner being in the boundary
5-6 of that Westway Utility District;
5-7 westerly along the westerly extension, same course, of that
5-8 northerly boundary line to the easterly boundary line of a 104.126
5-9 acre tract which is a part of that Westway Utility District;
5-10 northerly along the easterly line of that 104.126 acre tract,
5-11 same line being a boundary of that Westway Utility District, to the
5-12 northeast corner of said tract;
5-13 westerly along the northerly line of said tract, a distance
5-14 of 1,526.52 feet more or less, to the most westerly northwest
5-15 corner of that Westway Utility District;
5-16 southerly along the most westerly west boundary line of that
5-17 Westway Utility District, a distance of 1,826.07 feet more or less,
5-18 to its intersection with the southerly line of the W. C. R. R.
5-19 Survey, Abstract 919;
5-20 westerly along the southerly line of that W.C. R. R. Survey,
5-21 Abstract 919 to the northeast corner of the U.S. Government Addicks
5-22 Reservoir tract AR-130;
5-23 in a northerly and northwesterly direction along the easterly
5-24 and northeasterly lines of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir
5-25 tracts A-132 and A-133 as follows:
5-26 N 01 09' W, 662.5 feet;
5-27 N 23 50' W, 1592.3 feet;
6-1 N 46 31' W, 1763.1 feet;
6-2 N 46 31' W, a distance of 3416.3 feet, for corner;
6-3 S 43 29' W, along a northwesterly line of the U.S.
6-4 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-133, a distance of 553.9
6-5 feet, for corner;
6-6 S 02 21' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government
6-7 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-133, a distance of 2169.9 feet, to the
6-8 southwest corner of said tract;
6-9 S 88 04' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government
6-10 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-124, same being the north line of the
6-11 J. E. Lester Survey, A-1612, a distance of 500 feet more or less to
6-12 the northwest corner of said tract;
6-13 S 88 04' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government
6-14 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-123 and the north line of the J. E.
6-15 Lester Survey, A-1612, a distance of 1937.8 feet, to the northwest
6-16 corner of said tract;
6-17 S 02 30' E, along the most westerly west line of the U.S.
6-18 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-123, a distance of 616.3
6-19 feet, to a corner of said tract;
6-20 S 87 59' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government
6-21 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-120, same being the north line of the
6-22 Henry Noack Survey, A-1098, a distance of 2298.3 feet to the
6-23 northwest corner of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract
6-24 AR-120, said corner being in the easterly right-of-way line of
6-25 Addicks-Fairbanks Road;
6-26 S 87 59' W, along an easterly extension of the south line of
6-27 the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-142 across
7-1 Addicks-Fairbanks Road to the southeast corner of said tract;
7-2 N 08 40'W, along the westerly right-of-way line of
7-3 Addicks-Fairbanks Road, same also being the easterly line of the
7-4 U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-142, a distance of 400.0
7-5 feet, to a point for corner;
7-6 N 59 32' W, along the northeasterly line of the U.S.
7-7 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-142, a distance of 4438.8
7-8 feet, to a point for corner;
7-9 N 02 15' W, along the most westerly east line of the U.S.
7-10 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-142, a distance of 1549.7
7-11 feet, to the south line of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir
7-12 tract AR-143;
7-13 N 87 49'E, along the south line of the U.S. Government
7-14 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-143, a distance of 449.9 feet, to the
7-15 southeast corner of said tract;
7-16 N 02 24' W, along the east line of the U.S. Government
7-17 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-143, a distance of 700.0 feet, to the
7-18 northeast corner of said tract;
7-19 S 87 49' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government
7-20 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-143, a distance of 950.0 feet, to the
7-21 east line of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-77,
7-22 same being the east line of the Joseph McCalester Survey, A-541;
7-23 N 02 24'W, along the east line of the U.S. Government
7-24 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-77 and the east line of the Joseph
7-25 McCalester Survey, A-541, a distance of 593.3 feet, the northeast
7-26 corner of said tract and survey;
7-27 S 87 55' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government
8-1 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-77 and the north line of the Joseph
8-2 McCalester Survey, A-541, a distance of 3606.4 feet, to the
8-3 northwest corner of said tract and survey;
8-4 S 02 07' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government
8-5 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-77 and the west line of the Joseph
8-6 McCalester Survey, A-541, a distance of 4493.3 feet, to the
8-7 southwest corner of said tract and survey, same also being the
8-8 southeast corner of the Louis Bouillet Survey, A-156;
8-9 S 88 01' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government
8-10 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-76A, same being the north line of R. N.
8-11 Davis Survey, A-225, same also being the south line of the Louis
8-12 Bouillet Survey, A-156, a distance of 337.6 feet, to the northwest
8-13 corner of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-76A;
8-14 S 02 03' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government
8-15 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-76A, a distance of 1344.1 feet, to the
8-16 southwest corner of said tract;
8-17 S 87 57' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government
8-18 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-76C, a distance of 150 feet more or
8-19 less, to the most easterly northwest corner of said tract;
8-20 S 01 57' E, along the most easterly west line of the U.S.
8-21 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-76C, a distance of 660.1 feet
8-22 for corner;
8-23 S 87 57' W, along the most southerly north line of the U.S.
8-24 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-76C, a distance of 835.0
8-25 feet, to the most westerly northwest corner of said tract;
8-26 S 01 57' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government
8-27 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-76C, a distance of 100.3 feet more or
9-1 less, to the northeast corner of the U.S. Government Addicks
9-2 Reservoir tract AR-76B;
9-3 S 88 31' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government
9-4 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-76B, a distance of 685.9 feet, to the
9-5 northwest corner of said tract;
9-6 S 02 04' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government
9-7 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-76B, a distance of 170 feet more or
9-8 less, to the northeast corner of the U.S. Government Addicks
9-9 Reservoir tract AR-144;
9-10 S 88 31' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government
9-11 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-144, a distance of 415.0 feet, to the
9-12 northwest corner of said tract, same being in the west line of the
9-13 R. N. Davis Survey, A-225;
9-14 S 02 10' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government
9-15 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-144 and the west line of the R. N. Davis
9-16 Survey, A-225, a distance of 300.0 feet, to the northeast corner of
9-17 the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-145;
9-18 S 88 31' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government
9-19 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-145, a distance of 700.0 feet, to the
9-20 northwest corner of said tract;
9-21 S 02 10' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government
9-22 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-145, a distance of 400.0 feet, to the
9-23 southwest corner of said tract, same being in the northerly
9-24 right-of-way line of Clay Road;
9-25 S 02 10' E, along the southerly extension of the west line
9-26 of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-145 across Clay
9-27 Road to the southerly right-of-way line of Clay Road, same being in
10-1 the north line of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract
10-2 AR-63, to a point for corner;
10-3 S 88 31' W, along the southerly right-of-way line of Clay
10-4 Road and the north line of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir
10-5 tract AR-63, a distance of 1382.7 feet more or less to the
10-6 northwest corner of said tract;
10-7 S 01 55' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government
10-8 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-63, a distance of 70.1 feet, to the
10-9 northeast corner of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract
10-10 AR-141;
10-11 S 43 05'W, along a northwesterly line of the U.S. Government
10-12 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-141, a distance of 98.8 feet, for
10-13 corner;
10-14 S 01 55' E, along a northwesterly line of the U.S.
10-15 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-141, a distance of 460.0
10-16 feet, for corner;
10-17 S 23 34' W, along a northwesterly line of the U.S.
10-18 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-141, a distance of 700 feet
10-19 more or less, to easterly right-of-way line of State Highway No. 6
10-20 for corner;
10-21 in a southerly direction following the easterly line of State
10-22 Highway No. 6 to its intersection with a line bearing S 88 05' W,
10-23 said line being the easterly extension of the northerly line of the
10-24 U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-40;
10-25 S 88 05'W, along the extension of the northerly line of the
10-26 U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-40 across State Highway
10-27 No. 6, to the westerly right-of-way line of State Highway No. 6;
11-1 S 88 05'W, along the northerly line of the U.S. Government
11-2 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-40 to the most easterly northwest corner
11-3 of said tract;
11-4 S 02 12' E, along the most easterly west line of the U.S.
11-5 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-40, a distance of 423.8 feet,
11-6 for corner;
11-7 S 88 05' W, along the most southerly north line of the U.S.
11-8 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-40, a distance of 559.6 feet,
11-9 to the most westerly northwest corner of said tract, same being in
11-10 the east line of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-39,
11-11 same also being in the east line of the E. Groschke Survey, A-301;
11-12 N 02 12' W, along the east line of the U.S. Government
11-13 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-39 and the east line of the E. Groschke
11-14 Survey, A-301, a distance of 424 feet more or less, to the
11-15 northeast corner of said tract and survey, same being in the
11-16 southerly right-of-way line of Pine Forest Road;
11-17 S 88 05' W, along the southerly right-of-way line of Pine
11-18 Forest Road and the northerly lines of the U.S. Government Addicks
11-19 Reservoir tracts AR-37, 38A, 38B, 38C, and 39, a distance of 3760.8
11-20 feet, to the northwest corner of the U.S. Government Addicks
11-21 Reservoir tract AR-37, same being in the east line of the U.S.
11-22 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-36;
11-23 N 02 19' W, along the east line of the U.S. Government
11-24 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-36, a distance of 120 feet more or less,
11-25 to the most easterly northeast corner of said tract;
11-26 following the northeasterly line of the U.S. Government
11-27 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-36 along a curve to the right having a
12-1 radius of 100 feet, arc of 155.7 feet and chord N 46 55' W, 140.4
12-2 feet, to the most westerly northeast corner of said tract;
12-3 S 88 29' W, along the northerly line of the U.S. Government
12-4 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-36, a distance of 160 feet more or less,
12-5 to the southerly extension of the east line of the U.S. Government
12-6 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-147 to a point for corner;
12-7 N 01 51' W, along the southerly extension of the U.S.
12-8 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-147 across Clay Road to the
12-9 southeast corner of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract
12-10 AR-147, same being in the northerly right-of-way line of Clay Road;
12-11 N 01 51' W, along the east line of the U.S. Government
12-12 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-147 to the northeast corner of said
12-13 tract;
12-14 S 88 29' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government
12-15 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-147, a distance of 1250.0 feet, to the
12-16 northwest corner of said tract;
12-17 S 01 51' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government
12-18 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-147 to the southwest corner of said
12-19 tract, same being in the northerly right-of-way line of Clay Road;
12-20 S 01 51' E, along a southerly extension of the east line of
12-21 the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-147 across Clay Road
12-22 to the north line of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract
12-23 AR-36, same being the southerly right-of-way line of Clay Road, to
12-24 a point for corner;
12-25 S 88 29' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government
12-26 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-36 and the southerly right-of way line
12-27 of Clay Road, a distance of 1075 feet more or less, to the
13-1 northwest corner of said tract, same being in the west line of the
13-2 John Page Survey, A-634;
13-3 S 02 18' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government
13-4 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-36 and the west line of the John Page
13-5 Survey, A-634, a distance of 750 feet more or less to the northeast
13-6 corner of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-146;
13-7 S 88 29' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government
13-8 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-146, a distance of 1132.6 feet, to the
13-9 northwest corner of said tract;
13-10 S 02 18' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government
13-11 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-146, a distance of 1250.0, feet to the
13-12 southwest corner of said tract;
13-13 N 88 29'E, along the south line of the U.S. Government
13-14 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-146, a distance of 1132.6 feet, to the
13-15 southeast corner of said tract, same being on the west line of the
13-16 John Page Survey, A-634, same also being a corner of the U.S.
13-17 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-36;
13-18 along the southwesterly lines of the U.S. Government Addicks
13-19 Reservoir tract AR-36 as follows:
13-20 S 48 32' E, 1960.5 feet;
13-21 S 14 59' E, 1904.6 feet, to the most easterly southeast
13-22 corner of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-36, same
13-23 being in the northerly right-of-way line of Groschke Road;
13-24 S 01 05' E, along the northerly extension of the west line
13-25 of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-35 across said
13-26 Groschke Road to the southerly right-of-way line of said Groschke
13-27 Road, to the northwest corner of the U.S. Government Addicks
14-1 Reservoir tract AR-35;
14-2 S 01 05' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government
14-3 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-35, a distance of 1260.7 feet, to the
14-4 southwest corner of said tract, same being in the north line of the
14-5 U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-19;
14-6 S 87 46' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government
14-7 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-19, a distance of 1740 feet more or
14-8 less, to the northwest corner of said tract, same being in the
14-9 easterly right-of-way line of Groschle Road;
14-10 N 02 18' W, along the easterly right-of-way line of said
14-11 Groschke Road, a distance of 25 feet more or less, to its
14-12 intersection with a line bearing S 87 54' W, said line being the
14-13 easterly extension of the north line of the U.S. Government Addicks
14-14 Reservoir tract AR-154;
14-15 S 87 54' W, crossing said Groschke Road to the northeast
14-16 corner of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-154, same
14-17 being in the westerly right-of-way of said Groschke Road;
14-18 S 87 54' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government
14-19 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-154, a distance of 1101.0 feet, to the
14-20 northwest corner of said tract, same being in the east line of the
14-21 U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-155;
14-22 N 02 18' W, along the east line of the U.S. Government
14-23 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-155, a distance of 550.0 feet, to the
14-24 northeast corner of said tract;
14-25 S 87 54' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government
14-26 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-155, a distance of 1000.0 feet, to the
14-27 northwest corner of said tract;
15-1 S 02 18' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government
15-2 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-155, a distance of 900.0 feet, to the
15-3 southwest corner of said tract, same being in the northerly
15-4 right-of-way of Groschke Road;
15-5 S 02 18' E, along the southerly extension of the west line
15-6 of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-155, crossing
15-7 said Groschke Road to the southerly right-of-way line of said
15-8 Groschke Road, same being the north line of the U.S. Government
15-9 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-152, to a point for corner;
15-10 S 87 54' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government
15-11 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-152 and the southerly right-of-way line
15-12 of Groschke Road, a distance of 1840 feet more or less, to the
15-13 northwest corner of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract
15-14 AR-152;
15-15 S 01 36' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government
15-16 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-152, same being the westerly line of the
15-17 George F. Richards Survey, A-647, a distance of 1390.0 feet, to the
15-18 northeast corner of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract
15-19 AR-153;
15-20 S 87 59' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government
15-21 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-153, a distance of 863.8 feet, to the
15-22 northwest corner of said tract;
15-23 S 01 59' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government
15-24 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-153, a distance of 649.9 feet, to the
15-25 southwest corner of said tract;
15-26 S 01 59' E, along the southerly extension of the west line
15-27 of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-153, a distance
16-1 of 20 feet to the north line of the U.S. Government Addicks
16-2 Reservoir tract AR-16 for corner;
16-3 S 87 59' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government
16-4 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-16, a distance of 2627.9 feet, to the
16-5 northwest corner of said tract;
16-6 S 02 40' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government
16-7 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-16, to its intersection with an easterly
16-8 extension of the north line of the U.S. Government Addicks
16-9 Reservoir tract AR-151, to a point for corner;
16-10 S 87 57' W, along the easterly extension of the north line
16-11 of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-151, to the
16-12 northeast corner of said tract;
16-13 S 87 57' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government
16-14 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-151, a distance of 3431.4 feet, to the
16-15 northwest corner of said tract;
16-16 in a southerly direction along the west line of the U.S.
16-17 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-151 as follows:
16-18 S 01 34' E, 688.9 feet;
16-19 S 88 26' W, 10.0 feet;
16-20 S 01 34' E, 775.0 feet;
16-21 S 88 26' W, 10.0 feet;
16-22 S 01 34' E, 220.0 feet, to the southwest corner of the U.S.
16-23 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-151;
16-24 N 88 10' E, along the southerly line of the U.S. Government
16-25 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-151, to its intersection with the
16-26 northerly extension, in the same course, of the most westerly
16-27 boundary line of the former Park Ten MUD as it existed on December
17-1 22, 1992, also the City of Houston corporate limits;
17-2 southerly along that extension the City of Houston corporate
17-3 limits and the westerly boundary of the former Park Ten MUD as it
17-4 existed December 22, 1992 and its southerly extension, in the same
17-5 course, to its intersection with a northerly line of the U.S.
17-6 Government Addicks Reservoir Tracts AR-5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 for corner;
17-7 S 88 41' W, along the northerly lines of the U.S. Government
17-8 Addicks Reservoir tracts AR-5, 4, 3, 2, and 1, to the northwest
17-9 corner of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-1;
17-10 S 01 19' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government
17-11 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-1, a distance of 450.0 feet, to the
17-12 southwest corner of said tract;
17-13 N 88 41' E, along the southerly lines of the U.S. Government
17-14 Addicks Reservoir to its intersection with a westerly boundary of
17-15 the former Park Ten MUD as it existed December 22, 1992;
17-16 southerly along this westerly Park Ten MUD boundary as it
17-17 existed on December 22, 1992 to its intersection with the northerly
17-18 right-of-way of the Union Pacific Railroad;
17-19 easterly along the north right-of-way of the Union Pacific
17-20 Railroad to its intersection with the northerly extension, in the
17-21 same course, of the westerly boundary of the former West Harris
17-22 County MUD 1 as it existed on December 29, 1982;
17-23 southerly along that extension of the westerly boundary of
17-24 the former West Harris County MUD 1 as it existed on December 29,
17-25 1982 and that said boundary to its intersection with the northerly
17-26 lines of the U.S. Government Barker Reservoir tracts BR-58, 59, 60,
17-27 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, and 69 for corner;
18-1 S 88 27' W, along the northerly lines of the U.S. Government
18-2 Barker Reservoir tracts BR-58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67,
18-3 and 69, to the northwest corner of the U.S. Government Barker
18-4 Reservoir tract BR-69, said corner being in the east right-of-way
18-5 line of Barker-Clodine Road;
18-6 S 88 27' W, a distance of 60 feet more or less, crossing
18-7 Barker-Clodine Road to the westerly right-of-way line of
18-8 Barker-Clodine Road;
18-9 S 88 27' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government
18-10 Barker Reservoir tract BR-71, a distance of 1776.7 feet, to the
18-11 northwest corner of said tract;
18-12 S 01 33' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government
18-13 Barker Reservoir tract BR-71, a distance of 579.9 feet, to the
18-14 southwest corner of said tract;
18-15 N 88 27' E, along the south line of the U.S. Government
18-16 Barker Reservoir tract BR-71, a distance of 1780.9 feet, to the
18-17 southeast corner of said tract, said corner being in the westerly
18-18 right-of-way line of Barker-Clodine Road;
18-19 N 88 27' E, a distance of 60 feet more or less, crossing
18-20 Barker-Clodine Road to the easterly right-of-way of said road;
18-21 N 88 27' E, along a southerly line of the U.S. Government
18-22 Barker Reservoir tract BR-69, a distance of 931.6 feet, to a point
18-23 for corner;
18-24 continuing along the northwesterly lines of the U.S.
18-25 Government Barker Reservoir tracts BR-69 and BR-74 as follows:
18-26 S 16 08' W, 303.4 feet;
18-27 S 11 36' W, 1093.8 feet;
19-1 S 41 11' W, 898.3 feet, to the easterly right-of-way line of
19-2 Barker-Clodine Road for corner;
19-3 southerly along the easterly right-of-way line of
19-4 Barker-Clodine Road to its intersection with an imaginary line
19-5 perpendicular and at right angles to the easterly right-of-way line
19-6 of said road, said perpendicular line also terminating at the
19-7 intersection of the westerly right-of-way line of Barker-Clodine
19-8 Road and the northerly lines of the U.S. Government Barker
19-9 Reservoir tract BR-72;
19-10 westerly along said imaginary line, crossing Barker-Clodine
19-11 Road, to the westerly right-of-way line of said road;
19-12 continuing along the northerly and westerly lines of the U.S.
19-13 Government Barker Reservoir tract BR-72 as follows:
19-14 S 51 48' W, 443.9 feet;
19-15 S 26 59' W, 570.6 feet;
19-16 S 72 54' W, 682.5 feet;
19-17 N 70 22' W, 1161.9 feet;
19-18 S 89 53' W, 1491.4 feet;
19-19 S 07 05' W, 595.0 feet;
19-20 S 84 44' E, 742.0 feet;
19-21 S 18 02' E, 1149.9 feet;
19-22 S 08 59' W, 648.7 feet;
19-23 S 33 25' W, 684.2 feet;
19-24 S 45 06' W, 544.8 feet;
19-25 S 22 01' W, 637.7 feet;
19-26 S 50 53' W, 473.2 feet, to the most westerly southwest
19-27 corner of the U.S. Government Barker Reservoir tract BR-72;
20-1 S 88 02' W, along the northerly line of the U.S. Government
20-2 Barker Reservoir tract BR-85, a distance of 350 feet more or less,
20-3 to the northwest corner of said tract;
20-4 S 02 01' E, along the westerly line of the U.S. Government
20-5 Barker Reservoir tract BR-85, same being the west line of the John
20-6 Cunningham Survey, A-193, a distance of 240 feet more or less, to
20-7 the northeast corner of the Joseph Habermacher Survey, A-356;
20-8 S 88 18' W, along the northerly line of the Joseph
20-9 Habermacher Survey, A-356, a distance of 229.9 feet, to a point for
20-10 corner;
20-11 continuing in a southerly and westerly direction following
20-12 the westerly lines of the U.S. Government Barker Reservoir tracts
20-13 BR-86, BR-87, and BR-27 as follows:
20-14 S 25 39' W, 1168.5 feet;
20-15 S 70 42' W, 959.5 feet;
20-16 S 23 36' W, 413.2 feet;
20-17 S 73 42' W, 407.3 feet;
20-18 S 00 22' E, 112.8 feet;
20-19 S 89 38' W, 34.9 feet;
20-20 N 00 22' W, 451.0 feet;
20-21 N 25 21' W, 303.9 feet;
20-22 N 47 34' W, 400.4 feet;
20-23 S 12 33' E, 1746.4 feet;
20-24 S 52 42' W, 589.2 feet;
20-25 S 17 31' W, 425.7 feet;
20-26 S 43 31' W, 887.4 feet;
20-27 S 48 26' W, 912.2 feet;
21-1 S 69 31' W, 945.9 feet;
21-2 S 48 11' W, 1297.9 feet;
21-3 S 51 53' W, 367.9 feet;
21-4 S 89 06' W, 1323.0 feet;
21-5 S 34 04' E, 431.7 feet;
21-6 S 23 03' E, 196.5 feet;
21-7 S 30 27' W, 398.4 feet;
21-8 S 45 01' W, 199.5 feet;
21-9 S 64 35' W, 299.6 feet;
21-10 S 18 03' E, 398.0 feet;
21-11 S 11 03' E, 648.1 feet;
21-12 S 37 55' W, 587.2 feet;
21-13 S 23 42' W, 1178.3 feet;
21-14 N 59 10' W, 517.8 feet;
21-15 S 23 32' W, to the Harris County-Fort Bend County line;
21-16 THENCE, northwesterly along the Harris County-Fort Bend County line
21-17 to its intersection with the Waller County line;
21-18 THENCE, northwesterly along the Harris County-Waller County line to
21-19 its intersection with the easterly right-of-way line of Mathis
21-20 Road;
21-21 THENCE, northerly along the easterly right-of-way line of Mathis
21-22 Road to its intersection with the southerly right-of-way line of
21-23 Burton Cemetery Road;
21-24 THENCE, easterly along the southerly right-of-way line of Burton
21-25 Cemetery Road to its intersection with the westerly right-of-way
21-26 line of Kickapoo Road;
21-27 THENCE, easterly along an extension, in the same course, of the
22-1 southerly right-of-way of Burton Cemetery Road across Kickapoo Road
22-2 to the easterly right-of-way line of Kickapoo Road;
22-3 THENCE, northerly along the easterly right-of-way of Kickapoo Road
22-4 to the southerly right-of-way of U.S. Highway 290;
22-5 THENCE, northerly along an extension, in the same course, of the
22-6 easterly right-of-way line of Kickapoo Road to northerly
22-7 right-of-way line of U.S. Highway 290 and the POINT OF BEGINNING.
22-8 TRACT-2
22-9 BEGINNING at the intersection of the Harris County-Fort Bend County
22-10 line with the southeasterly right-of-way line of F. M. 1093
22-11 (Westheimer Road);
22-12 THENCE, northeasterly along Westheimer Road to the most northerly
22-13 northwest corner of Harris County Municipal Utility District No.
22-14 120 as it existed on December 28, 2000;
22-15 THENCE, easterly and southerly along the northerly and easterly
22-16 boundaries of said Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 120
22-17 as it existed on December 28, 2000, as follows;
22-18 S 89 48' 19" E, 1922.39 feet;
22-19 S 00 01' 37" W, 982.06 feet;
22-20 N 89 52' 02" E, 2592.41 feet, to the westerly right-of-way
22-21 line of State Highway No. 6;
22-22 THENCE, southerly along the west right-of-way line of State Highway
22-23 No. 6 to Westpark Drive;
22-24 THENCE, along an easterly extension of Westpark Drive to a line
22-25 being a southerly extension, same course, of the westerly boundary
22-26 of West Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 6 as it
22-27 existed on December 28, 2000;
23-1 THENCE, northerly along said southerly extension to the southwest
23-2 corner of West Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 6 as it
23-3 existed on December 28, 2000;
23-4 THENCE, continuing northerly along the west boundary line of West
23-5 Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 6 to the northwest
23-6 corner of said District as it existed on December 28, 2000;
23-7 THENCE, easterly along the northerly boundaries of West Harris
23-8 County Municipal Utility District No. 6 and West Harris County
23-9 Municipal Utility District No. 16 as they existed on December 28,
23-10 2000 to the northeast corner of West Harris County Municipal
23-11 Utility District No. 16 as it existed on December 28, 2000;
23-12 THENCE, southerly along the easterly boundary of West Harris County
23-13 Municipal Utility District No. 16 as it existed on December 28,
23-14 2000 to the northerly line of the Rebecca Brown Survey, Abstract
23-15 148;
23-16 THENCE, westerly along the northerly line of the Rebecca Brown
23-17 Survey, Abstract 148 to the northwesterly corner of said Survey,
23-18 same being the northeast corner of the Martin Moran Survey,
23-19 Abstract 580;
23-20 THENCE, southerly along the easterly line of the Martin Moran
23-21 Survey, Abstract 580 to the northerly Southern Pacific Railroad
23-22 right-of-way line;
23-23 THENCE, easterly along the northerly Southern Pacific Railroad
23-24 right-of-way line to its intersection with a northerly extension,
23-25 same course, of the westerly line of the Stafford Smith Survey,
23-26 Abstract 1360;
23-27 THENCE, southerly along said northerly extension to the
24-1 northwesterly corner of the Stafford Smith Survey, Abstract 1360;
24-2 THENCE, continuing southerly along the westerly line of the
24-3 Stafford Smith Survey, Abstract 1360 to the southwest corner of
24-4 said Survey, same being in the northerly line of the Stafford Smith
24-5 Survey, Abstract 1362;
24-6 THENCE, easterly along the northerly line of the Stafford Smith
24-7 Survey, Abstract 1362 to the northeast corner of said Survey;
24-8 THENCE, southerly along the easterly line of the Stafford Smith
24-9 Survey, Abstract 1362 to Bissonett Road;
24-10 THENCE, southeasterly along Bissonett Road to Old Richmond Road;
24-11 THENCE southwesterly and westerly along Old Richmond Road to Synott
24-12 Road;
24-13 THENCE, southwesterly along Synott Road to the centerline of
24-14 Keegans Bayou;
24-15 THENCE, westerly along the center line of Keegans Bayou to its
24-16 intersection with the Harris County-Fort Bend County line;
24-17 THENCE, northwesterly along the Harris County-Fort Bend County line
24-18 to the POINT OF BEGINNING.
24-19 (b) In addition to the territory described by Subsection (a)
24-20 of this section, the authority includes include all territory in
24-21 Fort Bend County of any district or municipality the territory of
24-22 which includes, on the effective date of this Act, any of the
24-23 territory described by Subsection (a) of this section, regardless
24-24 of whether the territory contains noncontiguous parcels of land.
24-25 (c) Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (b) of this section,
24-26 the authority does not include any area that, on the effective date
24-27 of this Act, is inside:
25-1 (1) the municipal limits of the City of Houston;
25-2 (2) the municipal limits or extraterritorial
25-3 jurisdiction, as determined under Subchapter B, Chapter 42, Local
25-4 Government Code, of the City of Jersey Village;
25-5 (3) the territory of the North Harris County Regional
25-6 Water Authority; or
25-7 (4) the boundaries of Waller County.
25-8 (d) All of the territory of a local government created after
25-9 the effective date of this Act that encompasses any territory
25-10 within the boundaries of the authority, immediately on the creation
25-11 and any necessary confirmation election, and without any action
25-12 required of the authority, is subject to all of the rights, powers,
25-13 privileges, and rules of the authority, to the same extent as the
25-14 territory was before the local government was created.
25-15 SECTION 1.04. FINDINGS RELATIVE TO BOUNDARIES. The
25-16 legislature finds that the boundaries and field notes of the
25-17 authority form a closure. If a mistake is made in the field notes
25-18 or in copying the field notes in the legislative process, it does
25-19 not affect the authority's:
25-20 (1) organization, existence, or validity;
25-21 (2) right to issue any type of bond or note for the
25-22 purposes for which the authority is created or to pay the principal
25-23 of and interest on a bond or note;
25-24 (3) right to impose or collect a fee, user fee, rate,
25-25 charge, or special assessment; or
25-26 (4) legality or operation.
25-27 SECTION 1.05. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN TERRITORY. (a) A
26-1 district or municipality that, on the effective date of this Act,
26-2 is located, wholly or partly, within the territory described by
26-3 Section 1.03(a) or (b) of this Act may petition for exclusion of
26-4 all of its territory from the authority's boundaries by a petition
26-5 signed by a majority of the governing body of the district or
26-6 municipality. The board shall:
26-7 (1) not later than February 28, 2002, grant the
26-8 petition and order the territory excluded if the petition:
26-9 (A) includes an accurate legal description of
26-10 the boundaries of the territory to be excluded; and
26-11 (B) is filed with the authority before December
26-12 31, 2001; and
26-13 (2) if the board grants the petition, file for
26-14 recording in the office of the county clerk for the applicable
26-15 county or counties a copy of the order and a description of the
26-16 authority's boundaries as they exist after the exclusion of the
26-17 territory.
26-18 (b) If a district or municipality is excluded from the
26-19 authority's boundaries under this section, the authority:
26-20 (1) is not required to provide water or any other
26-21 service to the district or municipality; and
26-22 (2) is not required to include the district or
26-23 municipality in any groundwater reduction plan adopted or
26-24 implemented by the authority.
26-25 (c) If, before December 31, 2001, a district or municipality
26-26 files a petition for exclusion under this section, the authority
26-27 may not impose fees, user fees, rates, charges, or special
27-1 assessments on the district or municipality after the petition is
27-2 filed with and received by the authority unless the district or
27-3 municipality is annexed by the authority under Section 1.06.
27-4 (d) If a district or municipality excluded from the
27-5 authority's boundaries under this section petitions the authority
27-6 to be annexed under Section 1.06 of this Act, the authority may
27-7 annex the district or municipality. The authority may, as a
27-8 condition of annexation, require terms and conditions the board
27-9 considers appropriate. The authority may require the district or
27-10 municipality to pay the authority the fees, user fees, charges, and
27-11 special assessments, with interest, that, as determined by the
27-12 authority, the district or municipality would have been charged by
27-13 the authority if the district or municipality had not been excluded
27-14 from the authority under this section.
27-15 SECTION 1.06. ANNEXATION. (a) Except to the extent the
27-16 authority agrees in writing, a municipality's annexation of
27-17 territory within the authority has no effect on:
27-18 (1) the authority's powers inside or outside the
27-19 annexed territory;
27-20 (2) the authority's boundaries or contracts; and
27-21 (3) the authority's ability to assess fees, user fees,
27-22 rates, charges, or special assessments inside or outside the
27-23 territory annexed by the municipality.
27-24 (b) Territory may be annexed to the authority, regardless of
27-25 whether the territory is contiguous to the authority, as provided
27-26 by Chapter 49, Water Code.
27-27 (c) In addition to the authority granted by Subsection (b)
28-1 of this section, regardless of whether the territory is contiguous
28-2 to the authority, the authority may annex territory located within
28-3 a district or municipality if the district or municipality files
28-4 with the authority a petition requesting the annexation signed by a
28-5 majority of the governing body of the district or municipality.
28-6 The petition must include an accurate legal description of the
28-7 boundaries of the territory to be included. If the authority has
28-8 bonds, notes, or other obligations outstanding, the authority shall
28-9 require the petitioning district or municipality to be obligated to
28-10 pay its share of the principal of and interest on the outstanding
28-11 bonds, notes, or other obligations, and related costs. The board
28-12 may grant the petition and order the territory described in the
28-13 petition annexed to the authority if:
28-14 (1) it is feasible, practicable, and to the advantage
28-15 of the authority; and
28-16 (2) the authority's system and other improvements are
28-17 sufficient or will be sufficient to supply surface water and
28-18 groundwater to the added territory without harming the territory
28-19 already included in the authority.
28-20 (d) Any territory that a district located within the
28-21 authority annexes becomes territory of the authority, without any
28-22 action required of the authority, on the effective date of the
28-23 annexation. The authority by rule may require all districts
28-24 located within the authority to send to the authority written
28-25 notice of the effective date of an annexation and requiring the
28-26 districts to send to the authority copies of any necessary
28-27 documents describing the annexed land and describing the district's
29-1 boundaries as they exist after inclusion of the annexed land.
29-2 (e) The annexation to the authority of territory under this
29-3 section does not affect the validity of the authority's bonds
29-4 issued before or after the annexation.
29-5 SECTION 1.07. DESCRIPTION OF DIRECTOR PRECINCTS. (a) The
29-6 authority includes nine single-member director precincts as
29-7 follows:
29-8 (1) Director Precinct No. 1 includes the territory
29-9 that is contained in the following area:
29-10 BEGINNING at the intersection of the Harris County-Fort Bend County
29-11 line with the southeasterly right-of-way line of F. M. 1093
29-12 (Westheimer Road);
29-13 THENCE, northeasterly along Westheimer Road to the most northerly
29-14 northwest corner of Harris County Municipal Utility District No.
29-15 120 as it existed on December 28, 2000;
29-16 THENCE, easterly and southerly along the northerly and easterly
29-17 boundaries of said Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 120
29-18 as it existed on December 28, 2000, as follows;
29-19 S 89 48' 19" E, 1922.39 feet;
29-20 S 00 01' 37" W, 982.06 feet;
29-21 N 89 52' 02" E, 2592.41 feet, to the westerly right-of-way
29-22 line of State Highway No. 6;
29-23 THENCE, southerly along the west right-of-way line of State Highway
29-24 No. 6 to Westpark Drive;
29-25 THENCE, along an easterly extension of Westpark Drive to a line
29-26 being a southerly extension, same course, of the westerly boundary
29-27 of West Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 6 as it
30-1 existed on December 28, 2000;
30-2 THENCE, northerly along said southerly extension to the southwest
30-3 corner of West Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 6 as it
30-4 existed on December 28, 2000;
30-5 THENCE, continuing northerly along the west boundary line of West
30-6 Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 6 to the northwest
30-7 corner of said District as it existed on December 28, 2000;
30-8 THENCE, easterly along the northerly boundaries of West Harris
30-9 County Municipal Utility District No. 6 and West Harris County
30-10 Municipal Utility District No. 16 as they existed on December 28,
30-11 2000 to the northeast corner of West Harris County Municipal
30-12 Utility District No. 16 as it existed on December 28, 2000;
30-13 THENCE, southerly along the easterly boundary of West Harris County
30-14 Municipal Utility District No. 16 as it existed on December 28,
30-15 2000 to the northerly line of the Rebecca Brown Survey, Abstract
30-16 148;
30-17 THENCE, westerly along the northerly line of the Rebecca Brown
30-18 Survey, Abstract 148 to the northwesterly corner of said Survey,
30-19 same being the northeast corner of the Martin Moran Survey,
30-20 Abstract 580;
30-21 THENCE, southerly along the easterly line of the Martin Moran
30-22 Survey, Abstract 580 to the northerly Southern Pacific Railroad
30-23 right-of-way line;
30-24 THENCE, easterly along the northerly Southern Pacific Railroad
30-25 right-of-way line to its intersection with a northerly extension,
30-26 same course, of the westerly line of the Stafford Smith Survey,
30-27 Abstract 1360;
31-1 THENCE, southerly along said northerly extension to the
31-2 northwesterly corner of the Stafford Smith Survey, Abstract 1360;
31-3 THENCE, continuing southerly along the westerly line of the
31-4 Stafford Smith Survey, Abstract 1360 to the southwest corner of
31-5 said Survey, same being in the northerly line of the Stafford Smith
31-6 Survey, Abstract 1362;
31-7 THENCE, easterly along the northerly line of the Stafford Smith
31-8 Survey, Abstract 1362 to the northeast corner of said Survey;
31-9 THENCE, southerly along the easterly line of the Stafford Smith
31-10 Survey, Abstract 1362 to Bissonett Road;
31-11 THENCE, southeasterly along Bissonett Road to Old Richmond Road;
31-12 THENCE southwesterly and westerly along Old Richmond Road to Synott
31-13 Road;
31-14 THENCE, southwesterly along Synott Road to the centerline of
31-15 Keegans Bayou;
31-16 THENCE, westerly along the center line of Keegans Bayou to its
31-17 intersection with the Harris County-Fort Bend County line;
31-18 THENCE, northwesterly along the Harris County-Fort Bend County line
31-19 to the POINT OF BEGINNING.
31-20 (2) Director Precinct No. 2 includes the territory
31-21 that is contained in the following area:
31-22 BEGINNING at the intersection of the southerly right-of-way line of
31-23 U.S. Highway 10 and the easterly right-of-way line of Westgreen
31-24 Blvd:
31-25 THENCE, easterly along the southerly right-of-way line of U.S.
31-26 Highway 10 to its intersection with an extension of the westerly
31-27 boundary of the former West Harris County MUD 1 as it existed on
32-1 December 29, 1982;
32-2 THENCE, generally along the current City of Houston corporate
32-3 limits the following;
32-4 southerly along the extension of the westerly boundary of the
32-5 former West Harris County MUD 1 as it existed on December 29, 1982
32-6 to its intersection with the northerly lines of the U.S. Government
32-7 Barker Reservoir tracts BR-58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67,
32-8 and 69 for corner;
32-9 S 88 27' W, along the northerly lines of the U.S. Government
32-10 Barker Reservoir tracts BR-58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67,
32-11 and 69, to the northwest corner of the U.S. Government Barker
32-12 Reservoir tract BR-69, said corner being in the east right-of-way
32-13 line of Barker-Clodine Road;
32-14 S 88 27' W, a distance of 60 feet more or less, crossing
32-15 Barker-Clodine Road to the westerly right-of-way line of
32-16 Barker-Clodine Road;
32-17 S 88 27' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government
32-18 Barker Reservoir tract BR-71, a distance of 1776.7 feet, to the
32-19 northwest corner of said tract;
32-20 S 01 33' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government
32-21 Barker Reservoir tract BR-71, a distance of 579.9 feet, to the
32-22 southwest corner of said tract;
32-23 N 88 27' E, along the south line of the U.S. Government
32-24 Barker Reservoir tract BR-71, a distance of 1780.9 feet, to the
32-25 southeast corner of said tract, said corner being in the westerly
32-26 right-of-way line of Barker-Clodine Road;
32-27 N 88 27' E, a distance of 60 feet more or less, crossing
33-1 Barker-Clodine Road to the easterly right-of-way of said road;
33-2 N 88 27' E, along a southerly line of the U.S. Government
33-3 Barker Reservoir tract BR-69, a distance of 931.6 feet, to a point
33-4 for corner;
33-5 continuing along the northwesterly lines of the U.S.
33-6 Government Barker Reservoir tracts BR-69 and BR-74 as follows:
33-7 S 16 08' W, 303.4 feet;
33-8 S 11 36' W, 1093.8 feet;
33-9 S 41 11' W, 898.3 feet, to the easterly right-of-way line of
33-10 Barker-Clodine Road for corner;
33-11 southerly along the easterly right-of-way line of
33-12 Barker-Clodine Road to its intersection with an imaginary line
33-13 perpendicular and at right angles to the easterly right-of-way line
33-14 of said road, said perpendicular line also terminating at the
33-15 intersection of the westerly right-of-way line of Barker-Clodine
33-16 Road and the northerly lines of the U.S. Government Barker
33-17 Reservoir tract BR-72;
33-18 westerly along said imaginary line, crossing Barker-Clodine
33-19 Road, to the westerly right-of-way line of said road;
33-20 continuing along the northerly and westerly lines of the U.S.
33-21 Government Barker Reservoir tract BR-72 as follows:
33-22 S 51 48' W, 443.9 feet;
33-23 S 26 59' W, 570.6 feet;
33-24 S 72 54' W, 682.5 feet;
33-25 N 70 22' W, 1161.9 feet;
33-26 S 89 53' W, 1491.4 feet;
33-27 S 07 05' W, 595.0 feet;
34-1 S 84 44' E, 742.0 feet;
34-2 S 18 02' E, 1149.9 feet;
34-3 S 08 59' W, 648.7 feet;
34-4 S 33 25' W, 684.2 feet;
34-5 S 45 06' W, 544.8 feet;
34-6 S 22 01' W, 637.7 feet;
34-7 S 50 53' W, 473.2 feet, to the most westerly southwest
34-8 corner of the U.S. Government Barker Reservoir tract BR-72;
34-9 S 88 02' W, along the northerly line of the U.S. Government
34-10 Barker Reservoir tract BR-85, a distance of 350 feet more or less,
34-11 to the northwest corner of said tract;
34-12 S 02 01' E, along the westerly line of the U.S. Government
34-13 Barker Reservoir tract BR-85, same being the west line of the John
34-14 Cunningham Survey, A-193, a distance of 240 feet more or less, to
34-15 the northeast corner of the Joseph Habermacher Survey, A-356;
34-16 S 88 18' W, along the northerly line of the Joseph
34-17 Habermacher Survey, A-356, a distance of 229.9 feet, to a point for
34-18 corner;
34-19 continuing in a southerly and westerly direction following
34-20 the westerly lines of the U.S. Government Barker Reservoir tracts
34-21 BR-86, BR-87, and BR-27 as follows:
34-22 S 25 39' W, 1168.5 feet;
34-23 S 70 42' W, 959.5 feet;
34-24 S 23 36' W, 413.2 feet;
34-25 S 73 42' W, 407.3 feet;
34-26 S 00 22' E, 112.8 feet;
34-27 S 89 38' W, 34.9 feet;
35-1 N 00 22' W, 451.0 feet;
35-2 N 25 21' W, 303.9 feet;
35-3 N 47 34' W, 400.4 feet;
35-4 S 12 33' E, 1746.4 feet;
35-5 S 52 42' W, 589.2 feet;
35-6 S 17 31' W, 425.7 feet;
35-7 S 43 31' W, 887.4 feet;
35-8 S 48 26' W, 912.2 feet;
35-9 S 69 31' W, 945.9 feet;
35-10 S 48 11' W, 1297.9 feet;
35-11 S 51 53' W, 367.9 feet;
35-12 S 89 06' W, 1323.0 feet;
35-13 S 34 04' E, 431.7 feet;
35-14 S 23 03' E, 196.5 feet;
35-15 S 30 27' W, 398.4 feet;
35-16 S 45 01' W, 199.5 feet;
35-17 S 64 35' W, 299.6 feet;
35-18 S 18 03' E, 398.0 feet;
35-19 S 11 03' E, 648.1 feet;
35-20 S 37 55' W, 587.2 feet;
35-21 S 23 42' W, 1178.3 feet;
35-22 N 59 10' W, 517.8 feet;
35-23 S 23 32' W, to the Harris County-Fort Bend County line;
35-24 THENCE, northwesterly along the Harris County-Fort Bend County line
35-25 to its intersection with the easterly right-of-way line of Fry
35-26 Road;
35-27 THENCE, northerly along the easterly right-of-way of Fry Road to
36-1 its intersection with an easterly extension, in the same course, of
36-2 the northerly right-of-way line of Westgreen Blvd.;
36-3 THENCE, westerly along that extension of the northerly right-of-way
36-4 line of Westgreen Blvd. to the westerly right-of-way of Fry Road ;
36-5 THENCE, westerly and northerly along the northerly and easterly
36-6 right-of-way line of Westgreen Blvd. to its intersection with the
36-7 southerly right-of-way line of U.S. Highway 10 and the POINT OF
36-8 BEGINNING.
36-9 (3) Director Precinct No. 3 includes the territory
36-10 that is contained in the following area:
36-11 BEGINNING at the intersection of the most westerly easterly
36-12 right-of-way line of Katy Fort Bend Road with the southerly
36-13 right-of-way line of U.S. Highway 10;
36-14 THENCE, easterly along the southerly right-of-way line of U.S.
36-15 Highway 10 to its intersection with the easterly right-of-way line
36-16 of Westgreen Blvd.;
36-17 THENCE, southerly along the easterly and northerly right-of-way
36-18 line of Westgreen Blvd. to its intersection with the westerly
36-19 right-of-way line of Fry Road;
36-20 THENCE, easterly along an extension in the same course, of the
36-21 northerly right-of-way line of Westgreen Blvd. to its intersection
36-22 with the easterly right-of-way line of Fry Road;
36-23 THENCE, southerly along the easterly right-of-way line of Fry Road
36-24 to its intersection with the Harris County-Fort Bend County line;
36-25 THENCE, northwesterly along the Harris County-Fort Bend County line
36-26 to its intersection with the most westerly easterly right-of-way
36-27 line of Katy Fort Bend Road;
37-1 THENCE, northerly along the most westerly easterly right-of-way
37-2 line of Katy Fort Bend Road to the southerly right-of-way line of
37-3 U.S. Highway 10 and the POINT OF BEGINNING.
37-4 (4) Director Precinct No. 4 includes the territory
37-5 that is contained in the following area:
37-6 BEGINNING at the intersection of the southerly right-of-way line of
37-7 U.S. Highway 10 and the easterly right-of-way line of Mason Road;
37-8 THENCE, northerly along the easterly right-of-way line of Mason
37-9 Road to its intersection with the southerly right-of-way line of
37-10 Clay Road;
37-11 THENCE, westerly along the southerly right-of-way line of Clay Road
37-12 to its intersection with the easterly right-of-way line of Peek
37-13 Road;
37-14 THENCE, northerly along the easterly right-of-way line of Peek Road
37-15 to its intersection with the southerly right-of-way line of State
37-16 Highway 529;
37-17 THENCE, northerly along a northerly extension, in the same course,
37-18 of the easterly right-of-way line of Peek Road to its intersection
37-19 with the northerly right-of-way line of State Highway 529;
37-20 THENCE, easterly along the northerly right-of-way line of State
37-21 Highway 529 to its intersection with the easterly right-of-way line
37-22 of Fry Road;
37-23 THENCE, southerly along the easterly right-of-way line of Fry Road
37-24 to its intersection with the southerly right-of-way line of Clay
37-25 Road;
37-26 THENCE, easterly along the southerly right-of-way line of Clay Road
37-27 to the northwest corner of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir
38-1 tract AR-36, same being in the west line of the John Page Survey,
38-2 A-634;
38-3 THENCE, generally along the current City of Houston corporate
38-4 limits the following:
38-5 S 02 18' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government
38-6 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-36 and the west line of the John Page
38-7 Survey, A-634, a distance of 750 feet more or less to the northeast
38-8 corner of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-146;
38-9 S 88 29' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government
38-10 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-146, a distance of 1132.6 feet, to the
38-11 northwest corner of said tract;
38-12 S 02 18' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government
38-13 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-146, a distance of 1250.0, feet to the
38-14 southwest corner of said tract;
38-15 N 88 29'E, along the south line of the U.S. Government
38-16 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-146, a distance of 1132.6 feet, to the
38-17 southeast corner of said tract, same being on the west line of the
38-18 John Page Survey, A-634, same also being a corner of the U.S.
38-19 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-36;
38-20 along the southwesterly lines of the U.S. Government Addicks
38-21 Reservoir tract AR-36 as follows:
38-22 S 48 32' E, 1960.5 feet;
38-23 S 14 59' E, 1904.6 feet, to the most easterly southeast
38-24 corner of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-36, same
38-25 being in the northerly right-of-way line of Groschke Road;
38-26 S 01 05' E, along the northerly extension of the west line
38-27 of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-35 across said
39-1 Groschke Road to the southerly right-of-way line of said Groschke
39-2 Road, to the northwest corner of the U.S. Government Addicks
39-3 Reservoir tract AR-35;
39-4 S 01 05' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government
39-5 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-35, a distance of 1260.7 feet, to the
39-6 southwest corner of said tract, same being in the north line of the
39-7 U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-19;
39-8 S 87 46' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government
39-9 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-19, a distance of 1740 feet more or
39-10 less, to the northwest corner of said tract, same being in the
39-11 easterly right-of-way line of Groschle Road;
39-12 N 02 18' W, along the easterly right-of-way line of said
39-13 Groschke Road, a distance of 25 feet more or less, to its
39-14 intersection with a line bearing S 87 54' W, said line being the
39-15 easterly extension of the north line of the U.S. Government Addicks
39-16 Reservoir tract AR-154;
39-17 S 87 54' W, crossing said Groschke Road to the northeast
39-18 corner of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-154, same
39-19 being in the westerly right-of-way of said Groschke Road;
39-20 S 87 54' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government
39-21 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-154, a distance of 1101.0 feet, to the
39-22 northwest corner of said tract, same being in the east line of the
39-23 U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-155;
39-24 N 02 18' W, along the east line of the U.S. Government
39-25 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-155, a distance of 550.0 feet, to the
39-26 northeast corner of said tract;
39-27 S 87 54' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government
40-1 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-155, a distance of 1000.0 feet, to the
40-2 northwest corner of said tract;
40-3 S 02 18' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government
40-4 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-155, a distance of 900.0 feet, to the
40-5 southwest corner of said tract, same being in the northerly
40-6 right-of-way of Groschke Road;
40-7 S 02 18' E, along the southerly extension of the west line
40-8 of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-155, crossing
40-9 said Groschke Road to the southerly right-of-way line of said
40-10 Groschke Road, same being the north line of the U.S. Government
40-11 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-152, to a point for corner;
40-12 S 87 54' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government
40-13 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-152 and the southerly right-of-way line
40-14 of Groschke Road, a distance of 1840 feet more or less, to the
40-15 northwest corner of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract
40-16 AR-152;
40-17 S 01 36' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government
40-18 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-152, same being the westerly line of the
40-19 George F. Richards Survey, A-647, a distance of 1390.0 feet, to the
40-20 northeast corner of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract
40-21 AR-153;
40-22 S 87 59' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government
40-23 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-153, a distance of 863.8 feet, to the
40-24 northwest corner of said tract;
40-25 S 01 59' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government
40-26 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-153, a distance of 649.9 feet, to the
40-27 southwest corner of said tract;
41-1 S 01 59' E, along the southerly extension of the west line
41-2 of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-153, a distance
41-3 of 20 feet to the north line of the U.S. Government Addicks
41-4 Reservoir tract AR-16 for corner;
41-5 S 87 59' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government
41-6 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-16, a distance of 2627.9 feet, to the
41-7 northwest corner of said tract;
41-8 S 02 40' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government
41-9 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-16, to its intersection with an easterly
41-10 extension of the north line of the U.S. Government Addicks
41-11 Reservoir tract AR-151, to a point for corner;
41-12 S 87 57' W, along the easterly extension of the north line
41-13 of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-151, to the
41-14 northeast corner of said tract;
41-15 S 87 57' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government
41-16 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-151, a distance of 3431.4 feet, to the
41-17 northwest corner of said tract;
41-18 in a southerly direction along the west line of the U.S.
41-19 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-151 as follows:
41-20 S 01 34' E, 688.9 feet;
41-21 S 88 26' W, 10.0 feet;
41-22 S 01 34' E, 775.0 feet;
41-23 S 88 26' W, 10.0 feet;
41-24 S 01 34' E, 220.0 feet, to the southwest corner of the U.S.
41-25 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-151;
41-26 N 88 10' E, along the southerly line of the U.S. Government
41-27 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-151, to its intersection with the
42-1 northerly extension, in the same course, of the most westerly
42-2 boundary line of the former Park Ten MUD as it existed on December
42-3 22, 1992, also the City of Houston corporate limits;
42-4 southerly along that extension the City of Houston corporate
42-5 limits and the westerly boundary of the former Park Ten MUD as it
42-6 existed December 22, 1992 and its southerly extension, in the same
42-7 course, to its intersection with a northerly line of the U.S.
42-8 Government Addicks Reservoir Tracts AR-5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 for corner;
42-9 S 88 41' W, along the northerly lines of the U.S. Government
42-10 Addicks Reservoir tracts AR-5, 4, 3, 2, and 1, to the northwest
42-11 corner of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-1;
42-12 S 01 19' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government
42-13 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-1, a distance of 450.0 feet, to the
42-14 southwest corner of said tract;
42-15 N 88 41' E, along the southerly lines of the U.S. Government
42-16 Addicks Reservoir to its intersection with a westerly boundary of
42-17 the former Park Ten MUD as it existed December 22, 1992;
42-18 southerly along this westerly Park Ten MUD boundary as it
42-19 existed on December 22, 1992 to its intersection with the northerly
42-20 right-of-way of the Union Pacific Railroad;
42-21 easterly along the north right-of-way of the Union Pacific
42-22 Railroad to its intersection with the northerly extension, in the
42-23 same course, of the westerly boundary of the former West Harris
42-24 County MUD 1 as it existed on December 29, 1982;
42-25 southerly along that extension of the westerly boundary of
42-26 the former West Harris County MUD 1 as it existed on December 29,
42-27 1982, and that said boundary to its intersection with the southerly
43-1 right-of-way line of U.S. Highway 10;
43-2 THENCE, westerly along the southerly right-of-way line of U.S.
43-3 Highway 10 to its intersection with the easterly right-of-way line
43-4 of Mason Road and the POINT OF BEGINNING.
43-5 (5) Director Precinct No. 5 includes the territory
43-6 that is contained in the following area:
43-7 BEGINNING at the intersection of the easterly right-of-way line of
43-8 Katy-Hockley Road (Roberts Road) and the northerly right-of-way
43-9 line of U.S. Highway 290;
43-10 THENCE, southeasterly along the northerly right-of-way line of U.S.
43-11 Highway 290 to its intersection with the easterly right-of-way line
43-12 of Telge Road;
43-13 THENCE, southerly along the easterly right-of-way line of Telge
43-14 Road to its intersection with the northerly right-of-way line of
43-15 West Road;
43-16 THENCE, southerly along a southerly extension in the same course,
43-17 of the easterly right-of-way line of Telge Road across West Road to
43-18 its intersection with the southerly right-of-way line of West Road;
43-19 THENCE, westerly along the southerly right-of-way line of West Road
43-20 to its intersection with the easterly right-of-way of Queenston
43-21 Blvd.;
43-22 THENCE, southerly along the easterly right-of-way line of Queenston
43-23 Blvd. to its intersection with the northerly right-of-way line of
43-24 State Highway 529;
43-25 THENCE, westerly along the northerly right-of-way line of State
43-26 Highway 529 to its intersection with the easterly right-of-way line
43-27 of Barker Cypress Road;
44-1 THENCE, southerly along the easterly right-of-way line of Barker
44-2 Cypress Road to its intersection with the southerly right-of-way
44-3 line of Clay Road;
44-4 THENCE, westerly along the southerly right-of-way line of Clay Road
44-5 to its intersection with the easterly right-of-way line of Fry
44-6 Road;
44-7 THENCE, northerly along the easterly right-of-way line of Fry Road
44-8 to its intersection with the northerly right-of-way line of State
44-9 Highway 529;
44-10 THENCE, westerly along the northerly right-of-way line of State
44-11 Highway 529 to its intersection with the easterly right-of-way line
44-12 of Katy-Hockley Cutoff;
44-13 THENCE, northerly along the easterly right-of-way line of
44-14 Katy-Hockley Cutoff to its intersection with the easterly
44-15 right-of-way line of Katy-Hockley Road;
44-16 THENCE, northerly along the easterly right-of-way line of
44-17 Katy-Hockley Road to its intersection with the southerly
44-18 right-of-way line of Becker Road;
44-19 THENCE, northerly along a northerly extension in the same course,
44-20 of the easterly right-of-way line of Katy-Hockley Road to its
44-21 intersection with the northerly right-of-way line of Becker Road;
44-22 THENCE, westerly along the northerly right-of-way line of Becker
44-23 Road to its intersection with the easterly right-of-way line of
44-24 Katy-Hockley Road;
44-25 THENCE, northerly along the easterly right-of-way line of
44-26 Katy-Hockley Road to its intersection with the northerly
44-27 right-of-way line of U.S. Highway 290 and the POINT OF BEGINNING.
45-1 (6) Director Precinct No. 6 includes the territory
45-2 that is contained in the following area:
45-3 BEGINNING at the intersection of the easterly right-of-way line of
45-4 Barker Cypress Road and the northerly right-of-way line of State
45-5 Highway 529;
45-6 THENCE, easterly along the northerly right-of-way line of State
45-7 Highway 529 to its intersection with the easterly right-of-way line
45-8 of State Highway 6;
45-9 THENCE, in a southerly direction following the easterly line of
45-10 State Highway No. 6 to its intersection with a line bearing S 88
45-11 05' W, said line being the easterly extension of the northerly line
45-12 of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-40;
45-13 THENCE, generally along the current City of Houston corporate
45-14 limits the following:
45-15 S 88 05'W, along the extension of the northerly line of the
45-16 U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-40 across State Highway
45-17 No. 6, to the westerly right-of-way line of State Highway No. 6;
45-18 S 88 05'W, along the northerly line of the U.S. Government
45-19 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-40 to the most easterly northwest corner
45-20 of said tract;
45-21 S 02 12'E, along the most easterly west line of the U.S.
45-22 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-40, a distance of 423.8 feet,
45-23 for corner;
45-24 S 88 05' W, along the most southerly north line of the U.S.
45-25 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-40, a distance of 559.6 feet,
45-26 to the most westerly northwest corner of said tract, same being in
45-27 the east line of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-39,
46-1 same also being in the east line of the E. Groschke Survey, A-301;
46-2 N 02 12' W, along the east line of the U.S. Government
46-3 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-39 and the east line of the E. Groschke
46-4 Survey, A-301, a distance of 424 feet more or less, to the
46-5 northeast corner of said tract and survey, same being in the
46-6 southerly right-of-way line of Pine Forest Road;
46-7 S 88 05' W, along the southerly right-of-way line of Pine
46-8 Forest Road and the northerly lines of the U.S. Government Addicks
46-9 Reservoir tracts AR-37, 38A, 38B, 38C, and 39, a distance of 3760.8
46-10 feet, to the northwest corner of the U.S. Government Addicks
46-11 Reservoir tract AR-37, same being in the east line of the U.S.
46-12 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-36;
46-13 N 02 19' W, along the east line of the U.S. Government
46-14 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-36, a distance of 120 feet more or less,
46-15 to the most easterly northeast corner of said tract;
46-16 following the northeasterly line of the U.S. Government
46-17 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-36 along a curve to the right having a
46-18 radius of 100 feet, arc of 155.7 feet and chord N 46 55' W, 140.4
46-19 feet, to the most westerly northeast corner of said tract;
46-20 S 88 29' W, along the northerly line of the U.S. Government
46-21 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-36, a distance of 160 feet more or less,
46-22 to the southerly extension of the east line of the U.S. Government
46-23 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-147 to a point for corner;
46-24 N 01 51' W, along the southerly extension of the U.S.
46-25 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-147 across Clay Road to the
46-26 southeast corner of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract
46-27 AR-147, same being in the northerly right-of-way line of Clay Road;
47-1 N 01 51' W, along the east line of the U.S. Government
47-2 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-147 to the northeast corner of said
47-3 tract;
47-4 S 88 29' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government
47-5 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-147, a distance of 1250.0 feet, to the
47-6 northwest corner of said tract;
47-7 S 01 51' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government
47-8 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-147 to the southwest corner of said
47-9 tract, same being in the northerly right-of-way line of Clay Road;
47-10 S 01 51' E, along a southerly extension of the east line of
47-11 the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-147 across Clay Road
47-12 to the north line of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract
47-13 AR-36, same being the southerly right-of-way line of Clay Road, to
47-14 a point for corner;
47-15 S 88 29' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government
47-16 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-36 and the southerly right-of way line
47-17 of Clay Road, a distance of 1075 feet more or less, to the
47-18 northwest corner of said tract, same being in the west line of the
47-19 John Page Survey, A-634;
47-20 THENCE, westerly along the southerly right-of-way line of Clay Road
47-21 to its intersection with the easterly right-of-way line of Barker
47-22 Cypress Road;
47-23 THENCE, northerly along the easterly right-of-way line of Barker
47-24 Cypress Road to its intersection with the northerly right-of-way
47-25 line of State Highway 529 and the POINT OF BEGINNING.
47-26 (7) Director Precinct No. 7 includes the territory
47-27 that is contained in the following area:
48-1 BEGINNING at the intersection of the easterly right-of-way line of
48-2 Telge Road and the northerly right-of-way line of U.S. Highway 290;
48-3 THENCE, southeasterly along the right-of-way line of U.S. Highway
48-4 290 to its intersection with the easterly right-of-way line of
48-5 State Highway 6;
48-6 THENCE, southwesterly along the easterly right-of-way line of State
48-7 Highway 6 to its intersection with the southwesterly right-of-way
48-8 line of Huffmeister;
48-9 THENCE, southeasterly and southerly along the southwesterly and
48-10 westerly right-of-way line of Huffmeister to its intersection with
48-11 the northerly boundary of Spencer Road PUD as it existed on
48-12 December 29, 2000:
48-13 THENCE, westerly along the northerly boundary of Spencer Road PUD
48-14 as it existed on December 29, 2000, to the northwest corner of said
48-15 District;
48-16 THENCE, southerly along the westerly boundary of Spencer Road PUD
48-17 as it existed on December 29, 2000, to its intersection with the
48-18 northerly right-of-way line of State Highway 529;
48-19 THENCE, westerly along the northerly right-of-way line of State
48-20 Highway 529 to its intersection with the easterly right-of-way line
48-21 of Queenston Blvd.;
48-22 THENCE, northerly along the easterly right-of-way line of Queenston
48-23 Blvd. to its intersection with the southerly right-of-way of West
48-24 Road;
48-25 THENCE, easterly along the southerly right-of-way of West Road to
48-26 its intersection with a southerly extension, in the same course, of
48-27 the easterly right-of-way line of Telge Road;
49-1 THENCE, northerly along the said southerly extension of the
49-2 easterly right-of-way line of Telge Road to the northerly
49-3 right-of-way line of West Road;
49-4 THENCE, northerly along the easterly right-of-way line of Telge
49-5 Road to its intersection with the northerly right-of-way line of
49-6 U.S. Highway 290 and the POINT OF BEGINNING.
49-7 (8) Director Precinct No. 8 includes the territory
49-8 that is contained in the following area:
49-9 BEGINNING at the intersection of the easterly right-of-way line of
49-10 State Highway 6 and the northerly right-of-way line of U.S. Highway
49-11 290;
49-12 THENCE, southeasterly along the northerly line of U. S. Highway 290
49-13 to its intersection with the easterly right-of-way line of
49-14 Brittmore Road;
49-15 THENCE, generally along the current City of Houston corporate
49-16 limits the following:
49-17 southerly along the easterly right-of-way line of Brittmore
49-18 Road to its intersection with the northerly right-of-way line of
49-19 West Little York Road;
49-20 easterly along the northerly right-of-way line of West Little
49-21 York Road to its intersection with the most easterly westerly
49-22 boundary of the former Northwest Harris County MUD 25 as it existed
49-23 on December 4, 1996;
49-24 southerly along the most easterly westerly boundary of the
49-25 former Northwest Harris County MUD 25 to the most southerly
49-26 southerly boundary of the former Northwest Harris County MUD 25 as
49-27 it existed on December 4, 1996;
50-1 easterly along the most southerly southerly boundary of the
50-2 former Northwest Harris County MUD 25 as it existed on December 4,
50-3 1996 to the westerly right-of-way line of the West Sam Houston
50-4 Parkway North;
50-5 southerly along the westerly right-of-way line of the West
50-6 Sam Houston Parkway North to the southerly line of the E.
50-7 Friedenhaus Survey, Abstract 1185;
50-8 westerly along the southerly line of the E. Friedenhaus
50-9 Survey, Abstract 1185 to the southwest corner of said survey, same
50-10 being the northeast corner of the W. C. R. R. Survey, Abstract 917;
50-11 southerly along the westerly line of the W. C. R. R. Survey,
50-12 Abstract 917 to the northeasterly corner of a 29.9426 acre tract
50-13 which is a part of the former Westway Utility District as it
50-14 existed on December 31, 1994, same point being a corner in the
50-15 boundary of that former Westway Utility District;
50-16 westerly along the northerly boundary line of that 29.9426
50-17 acre tract, a distance of 1,174.8 feet more or less, to the
50-18 northwest corner of said tract, same corner being in the boundary
50-19 of that Westway Utility District;
50-20 westerly along the westerly extension, same course, of that
50-21 northerly boundary line to the easterly boundary line of a 104.126
50-22 acre tract which is a part of that Westway Utility District;
50-23 northerly along the easterly line of that 104.126 acre tract,
50-24 same line being a boundary of that Westway Utility District, to the
50-25 northeast corner of said tract;
50-26 westerly along the northerly line of said tract, a distance
50-27 of 1,526.52 feet more or less, to the most westerly northwest
51-1 corner of that Westway Utility District;
51-2 southerly along the most westerly west boundary line of that
51-3 Westway Utility District, a distance of 1,826.07 feet more or less,
51-4 to its intersection with the southerly line of the W. C. R. R.
51-5 Survey, Abstract 919;
51-6 westerly along the southerly line of that W.C. R. R. Survey,
51-7 Abstract 919 to the northeast corner of the U.S. Government Addicks
51-8 Reservoir tract AR-130;
51-9 in a northerly and northwesterly direction along the easterly
51-10 and northeasterly lines of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir
51-11 tracts A-132 and A-133 as follows:
51-12 N 01 09' W, 662.5 feet;
51-13 N 23 50' W, 1592.3 feet;
51-14 N 46 31' W, 1763.1 feet;
51-15 N 46 31' W, a distance of 3416.3 feet, for corner;
51-16 S 43 29' W, along a northwesterly line of the U.S.
51-17 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-133, a distance of 553.9
51-18 feet, for corner;
51-19 S 02 21' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government
51-20 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-133, a distance of 2169.9 feet, to the
51-21 southwest corner of said tract;
51-22 S 88 04' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government
51-23 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-124, same being the north line of the J.
51-24 E. Lester Survey, A-1612, a distance of 500 feet more or less to
51-25 the northwest corner of said tract;
51-26 S 88 04' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government
51-27 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-123 and the north line of the J. E.
52-1 Lester Survey, A-1612, a distance of 1937.8 feet, to the northwest
52-2 corner of said tract;
52-3 S 02 30' E, along the most westerly west line of the U.S.
52-4 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-123, a distance of 616.3
52-5 feet, to a corner of said tract;
52-6 S 87 59' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government
52-7 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-120, same being the north line of the
52-8 Henry Noack Survey, A-1098, a distance of 2298.3 feet to the
52-9 northwest corner of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract
52-10 AR-120, said corner being in the easterly right-of-way line of
52-11 Addicks-Fairbanks Road;
52-12 S 87 59' W, along an easterly extension of the south line of
52-13 the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-142 across
52-14 Addicks-Fairbanks Road to the southeast corner of said tract;
52-15 N 08 40'W, along the westerly right-of-way line of
52-16 Addicks-Fairbanks Road, same also being the easterly line of the
52-17 U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-142, a distance of 400.0
52-18 feet, to a point for corner;
52-19 N 59 32' W, along the northeasterly line of the U.S.
52-20 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-142, a distance of 4438.8
52-21 feet, to a point for corner;
52-22 N 02 15' W, along the most westerly east line of the U.S.
52-23 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-142, a distance of 1549.7
52-24 feet, to the south line of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir
52-25 tract AR-143;
52-26 N 87 49'E, along the south line of the U.S. Government
52-27 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-143, a distance of 449.9 feet, to the
53-1 southeast corner of said tract;
53-2 N 02 24' W, along the east line of the U.S. Government
53-3 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-143, a distance of 700.0 feet, to the
53-4 northeast corner of said tract;
53-5 S 87 49' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government
53-6 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-143, a distance of 950.0 feet, to the
53-7 east line of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-77,
53-8 same being the east line of the Joseph McCalester Survey, A-541;
53-9 N 02 24'W, along the east line of the U.S. Government
53-10 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-77 and the east line of the Joseph
53-11 McCalester Survey, A-541, a distance of 593.3 feet, the northeast
53-12 corner of said tract and survey;
53-13 S 87 55' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government
53-14 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-77 and the north line of the Joseph
53-15 McCalester Survey, A-541, a distance of 3606.4 feet, to the
53-16 northwest corner of said tract and survey;
53-17 S 02 07' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government
53-18 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-77 and the west line of the Joseph
53-19 McCalester Survey, A-541, a distance of 4493.3 feet, to the
53-20 southwest corner of said tract and survey, same also being the
53-21 southeast corner of the Louis Bouillet Survey, A-156;
53-22 S 88 01' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government
53-23 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-76A, same being the north line of R. N.
53-24 Davis Survey, A-225, same also being the south line of the Louis
53-25 Bouillet Survey, A-156, a distance of 337.6 feet, to the northwest
53-26 corner of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-76A;
53-27 S 02 03' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government
54-1 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-76A, a distance of 1344.1 feet, to the
54-2 southwest corner of said tract;
54-3 S 87 57' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government
54-4 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-76C, a distance of 150 feet more or
54-5 less, to the most easterly northwest corner of said tract;
54-6 S 01 57' E, along the most easterly west line of the U.S.
54-7 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-76C, a distance of 660.1 feet
54-8 for corner;
54-9 S 87 57' W, along the most southerly north line of the U.S.
54-10 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-76C, a distance of 835.0
54-11 feet, to the most westerly northwest corner of said tract;
54-12 S 01 57' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government
54-13 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-76C, a distance of 100.3 feet more or
54-14 less, to the northeast corner of the U.S. Government Addicks
54-15 Reservoir tract AR-76B;
54-16 S 88 31' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government
54-17 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-76B, a distance of 685.9 feet, to the
54-18 northwest corner of said tract;
54-19 S 02 04' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government
54-20 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-76B, a distance of 170 feet more or
54-21 less, to the northeast corner of the U.S. Government Addicks
54-22 Reservoir tract AR-144;
54-23 S 88 31' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government
54-24 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-144, a distance of 415.0 feet, to the
54-25 northwest corner of said tract, same being in the west line of the
54-26 R. N. Davis Survey, A-225;
54-27 S 02 10' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government
55-1 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-144 and the west line of the R. N. Davis
55-2 Survey, A-225, a distance of 300.0 feet, to the northeast corner of
55-3 the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-145;
55-4 S 88 31' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government
55-5 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-145, a distance of 700.0 feet, to the
55-6 northwest corner of said tract;
55-7 S 02 10' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government
55-8 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-145, a distance of 400.0 feet, to the
55-9 southwest corner of said tract, same being in the northerly
55-10 right-of-way line of Clay Road;
55-11 S 02 10' E, along the southerly extension of the west line
55-12 of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-145 across Clay
55-13 Road to the southerly right-of-way line of Clay Road, same being in
55-14 the north line of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract
55-15 AR-63, to a point for corner;
55-16 S 88 31' W, along the southerly right-of-way line of Clay
55-17 Road and the north line of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir
55-18 tract AR-63, a distance of 1382.7 feet more or less to the
55-19 northwest corner of said tract;
55-20 S 01 55' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government
55-21 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-63, a distance of 70.1 feet, to the
55-22 northeast corner of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract
55-23 AR-141;
55-24 S 43 05'W, along a northwesterly line of the U.S. Government
55-25 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-141, a distance of 98.8 feet, for
55-26 corner;
55-27 S 01 55' E, along a northwesterly line of the U.S.
56-1 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-141, a distance of 460.0
56-2 feet, for corner;
56-3 S 23 34' W, along a northwesterly line of the U.S.
56-4 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-141, a distance of 700 feet
56-5 more or less, to easterly right-of-way line of State Highway No. 6
56-6 for corner;
56-7 THENCE, northerly along the easterly right-of-way line of State
56-8 Highway 6 to its intersection with the northerly right-of-way line
56-9 of State Highway 529;
56-10 THENCE, easterly along the northerly right-of-way line of State
56-11 Highway 529 to its intersection with the westerly boundary of
56-12 Spencer Road PUD as it existed on December 29, 2000;
56-13 THENCE, northerly along the westerly boundary of Spencer Road PUD
56-14 to the northwest corner of said District as it existed on December
56-15 29, 2000;
56-16 THENCE, easterly along the northerly boundary of Spencer Road PUD
56-17 as it existed on December 29, 2000 to its intersection with the
56-18 westerly right-of-way line of Huffmeister;
56-19 THENCE, northerly along the westerly right-of-way line of
56-20 Huffmeister to its intersection with the easterly right-of-way line
56-21 of State Highway 6;
56-22 THENCE, northeasterly along the easterly right-of-way line of State
56-23 Highway 6 to its intersection with the northerly right-of-way line
56-24 of U.S. Highway 290 and the POINT OF BEGINNING.
56-25 (9) Director Precinct No. 9 includes the territory
56-26 that is contained in the following area:
56-27 BEGINNING at the intersection of the easterly right-of-way line of
57-1 Kickapoo Road with the northerly right-of-way line of U.S. Highway
57-2 290 (Hempstead Highway);
57-3 THENCE, southeasterly along the northerly right-of-way line of U.
57-4 S. Highway 290 to its intersection with the easterly right-of-way
57-5 line of Katy-Hockley Road (Roberts Road);
57-6 THENCE, southerly along the easterly right-of-way of Katy-Hockley
57-7 Road to its intersection with the northerly right-of-way line of
57-8 Becker Road;
57-9 THENCE, easterly along the northerly right-of-way line of Becker
57-10 Road to its intersection with a northerly extension, in the same
57-11 course, of the easterly right-of-way of Katy-Hockley Road;
57-12 THENCE, southerly along said northerly extension of the easterly
57-13 right-of-way line of Katy-Hockley Road to the southerly
57-14 right-of-way line of Becker Road;
57-15 THENCE, southerly along the easterly right-of-way line of
57-16 Katy-Hockley Road to its intersection with the easterly
57-17 right-of-way line of Katy-Hockley Cutoff;
57-18 THENCE, southerly along the easterly right-of-way line of the
57-19 Katy-Hockley Cutoff to its intersection with the northerly
57-20 right-of-way line of State Highway 529;
57-21 THENCE, easterly along the northerly right-of-way line of State
57-22 Highway 529 to its intersection with a northerly extension, in the
57-23 same course, of the easterly right-of-way line of Peek Road;
57-24 THENCE, southerly along said northerly extension of the easterly
57-25 right-of-way line of Peek Road to its intersection with the
57-26 southerly right-of-way line of State Highway 529;
57-27 THENCE, southerly along the easterly right-of-way line of Peek Road
58-1 to its intersection with the southerly right-of-way line of Clay
58-2 Road;
58-3 THENCE, easterly along the southerly right-of-way line of Clay Road
58-4 to its intersection with the easterly right-of-way line of Mason
58-5 Road;
58-6 THENCE, southerly along the easterly right-of-way line of Mason
58-7 Road to its intersection with the southerly right-of-way of U.S.
58-8 Highway 10;
58-9 THENCE, westerly along the southerly right-of-way line of U.S.
58-10 Highway 10 to its intersection with the easterly right-of-way line
58-11 of Katy Fort Bend Road;
58-12 THENCE, southerly along the easterly right-of-way of Katy Fort Bend
58-13 Road to its intersection with the Harris County-Fort Bend County
58-14 line;
58-15 THENCE, northwesterly along the Harris County-Fort Bend County line
58-16 to its intersection with the Harris County - Waller County line;
58-17 THENCE, northwesterly along the Harris County-Waller County line to
58-18 its intersection with the easterly right-of-way line of Mathis
58-19 Road;
58-20 THENCE, northerly along the easterly right-of-way line of Mathis
58-21 Road to its intersection with the southerly right-of-way line of
58-22 Burton Cemetery Road;
58-23 THENCE, easterly along the southerly right-of-way line of Burton
58-24 Cemetery Road to its intersection with the westerly right-of-way
58-25 line of Kickapoo Road;
58-26 THENCE, easterly along an extension, in the same course, of the
58-27 southerly right-of-way of Burton Cemetery Road across Kickapoo Road
59-1 to the easterly right-of-way line of Kickapoo Road;
59-2 THENCE, northerly along the easterly right-of-way of Kickapoo Road
59-3 to the southerly right-of-way of U.S. Highway 290;
59-4 THENCE, northerly along the easterly right-of-way line of Kickapoo
59-5 Road to the northerly right-of-way line of U.S. Highway 290 and the
59-6 POINT OF BEGINNING.
59-7 (b) The territory of any district or municipality within the
59-8 authority that is located within Fort Bend County is part of the
59-9 director precinct described by Subsection (a) of this section in
59-10 which the greatest amount of the district's or municipality's
59-11 Harris County territory is located.
59-12 (c) The board may redraw the single-member director
59-13 precincts in a manner that is reasonable and equitable:
59-14 (1) after any change in the boundaries of the
59-15 authority; or
59-16 (2) by a resolution redrawing the director precincts
59-17 adopted by a two-thirds majority of the board based on changed
59-18 circumstances.
59-19 SECTION 1.08. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW. (a) This Act
59-20 prevails over any inconsistent provision of general law.
59-21 (b) This Act does not prevail over or preempt a provision of
59-22 Chapter 151, Water Code, or Chapter 36, Water Code, that is being
59-23 implemented by the subsidence district.
59-24 SECTION 1.09. FINDING OF BENEFIT. All the land, property,
59-25 and persons included within the boundaries of the authority will be
59-26 directly benefited by the works, projects, improvements, and
59-27 services to be provided by the authority under powers conferred by
60-1 Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and this Act. The
60-2 authority is created to serve a public use and benefit. The
60-3 creation of the authority will serve to promote the health, safety,
60-4 and general welfare of persons within the authority, and the
60-5 general public. Any fees, user fees, rates, charges, or special
60-6 assessments levied by the authority under this Act are necessary to
60-7 pay for the costs of accomplishing the purposes of the authority as
60-8 set forth in Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and this
60-9 Act, including:
60-10 (1) the reduction of groundwater withdrawals;
60-11 (2) the facilitation of compliance with subsidence
60-12 district requirements; and
60-13 (3) the provision of services, facilities, and
60-14 systems.
60-15 SECTION 1.10. LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION OF THIS ACT. This Act
60-16 shall be liberally construed in conformity with the purposes stated
60-17 in this Act.
60-18 ARTICLE 2. DIRECTORS
60-19 SECTION 2.01. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. (a) The authority is
60-20 governed by a board of nine directors.
60-21 (b) The directors serve staggered four-year terms.
60-22 (c) Each director must qualify to serve as director in the
60-23 manner provided by Section 49.055, Water Code.
60-24 (d) To be eligible to serve as a director of the authority
60-25 or to be listed on a ballot as a candidate for director of the
60-26 authority representing a director precinct under Section 2.02 of
60-27 this Act, an individual must:
61-1 (1) be at least 18 years of age;
61-2 (2) be a resident of this state;
61-3 (3) own land or be a qualified voter within the
61-4 director precinct; and
61-5 (4) have served as a director of one or more districts
61-6 for a total of four years or more.
61-7 (e) Notwithstanding Subsection (d) of this section, to serve
61-8 as director of the authority representing, or to be listed on a
61-9 ballot as a candidate for director of the authority representing, a
61-10 director precinct under Section 2.02 of this Act that includes any
61-11 part of the City of Katy, an individual must:
61-12 (1) meet the qualifications provided by Subsections
61-13 (d)(1)-(3) of this section; and
61-14 (2) must have served as:
61-15 (A) the mayor or a member of the city council of
61-16 the City of Katy for any period; or
61-17 (B) a director of a district for four years or
61-18 more.
61-19 (f) A director serves until the director's successor has
61-20 qualified.
61-21 (g) The common law doctrine of incompatibility does not
61-22 disqualify an official or employee of a municipality from serving
61-23 as a director of the authority. Notwithstanding any other law, a
61-24 director may participate in all votes and decisions pertaining to
61-25 the business of the authority. A director who is also an officer
61-26 or employee of a public entity may not participate in the
61-27 discussion of or vote on a matter regarding a contract with that
62-1 public entity.
62-2 SECTION 2.02. METHOD OF APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS. (a) The
62-3 governing bodies of the districts and municipalities located within
62-4 each director precinct jointly shall appoint one director to
62-5 represent the precinct by a vote conducted as provided by this
62-6 section.
62-7 (b) If a district or municipality is located within two or
62-8 more director precincts, the district or municipality is
62-9 considered, for purposes of this article, to be located only within
62-10 the director precinct in which the greatest amount of territory of
62-11 the district or municipality is located.
62-12 (c) For the appointment of a director for a director
62-13 precinct, the board shall determine the number of votes each
62-14 district or municipality may cast. The number of votes for a
62-15 governing body of a district or municipality within the precinct is
62-16 equal to the number computed by dividing the total number of units
62-17 of water, as determined by the board, used within the district or
62-18 municipality during the calendar year preceding the year in which
62-19 the selection of the director is done by the total number of units
62-20 of water used by all districts and municipalities in the precinct,
62-21 multiplying that quotient by 100, and rounding that result to the
62-22 nearest tenth. The board shall provide the presiding officer of
62-23 each governing body of a district or municipality within each
62-24 director precinct written notice of the number of votes computed
62-25 for that governing body to cast.
62-26 (d) For purposes of Subsection (c), the board shall
62-27 determine the amount of water usage of all districts and
63-1 municipalities within each director precinct.
63-2 (e) The governing body of each district or municipality in
63-3 the authority by resolution shall nominate one candidate for the
63-4 position of director for the director precinct in which the
63-5 district or municipality is located. Each district or municipality
63-6 shall submit the name of its candidate to the presiding officer of
63-7 the authority by February 15 of each even-numbered year. Before
63-8 March 15 of each even-numbered year, the board shall prepare, for
63-9 each director precinct, a ballot listing all the candidates for
63-10 that director precinct and shall provide a copy of the ballot to
63-11 the presiding officer of the governing body of each district or
63-12 municipality located within that director precinct. An individual
63-13 may not be listed as a candidate on the ballot of more than one
63-14 director precinct. If a candidate is nominated in more than one
63-15 director precinct, the candidate must choose to be on the ballot of
63-16 only one director precinct.
63-17 (f) The governing body of each district or municipality
63-18 shall determine its vote for director by resolution and submit it
63-19 to the presiding officer of the authority before May 1 of each
63-20 even-numbered year. In casting its vote for director, the
63-21 governing body of each district or municipality may vote for only
63-22 one candidate on the ballot for the director precinct in which the
63-23 district or municipality is located. For each director precinct,
63-24 the board shall count the votes, declare elected the candidate who
63-25 received the greatest number of votes from districts or
63-26 municipalities located within that director precinct, and submit
63-27 the results before May 15 of each even-numbered year to the
64-1 governing body of each district or municipality within the
64-2 authority.
64-3 (g) The board may adopt rules regarding:
64-4 (1) the manner and timing of determinations and
64-5 calculations required by this section;
64-6 (2) the reporting of water usage to the authority by
64-7 districts and municipalities; and
64-8 (3) the conduct and process of the appointment of
64-9 directors.
64-10 SECTION 2.03. VACANCY IN OFFICE OF DIRECTOR. A vacancy in
64-11 the office of director shall be filled by appointment by the
64-12 governing bodies of the districts and municipalities that are
64-13 located within the director precinct for which the vacancy
64-14 occurred. The appointment process shall follow the procedures of
64-15 Section 2.02 of this Act. The board may establish dates different
64-16 than those specified by Sections 2.02(e) and (f) of this Act, but
64-17 the date for the board's submission of the voting results to each
64-18 district and municipality may not be later than the 120th day after
64-19 the date the vacancy occurs.
64-20 SECTION 2.04. INITIAL DIRECTORS. (a) The initial board
64-21 consists of:
64-22 Name of Director: Representing Director Precinct:
64-23 Larry Weppler 1
64-24 Bruce Parker 2
64-25 Art Garden 3
64-26 Stacey L. Burnett 4
64-27 Karla Cannon 5
65-1 Douglas C. Postle 6
65-2 George L. Rush, Jr. 7
65-3 Dan Sallee 8
65-4 Johnny Nelson 9
65-5 (b) At the first meeting of the initial board, or as soon as
65-6 practicable after that meeting, the directors shall draw lots to
65-7 determine their terms so that:
65-8 (1) five directors serve until the first appointment
65-9 of directors under Section 2.02 of this Act; and
65-10 (2) four directors serve until the second appointment
65-11 of directors under Section 2.02 of this Act.
65-12 ARTICLE 3. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
65-13 SECTION 3.01. MEETINGS AND ACTIONS OF BOARD. (a) The board
65-14 may meet as many times each year as the board considers
65-15 appropriate.
65-16 (b) Directors of the authority are public officials and are
65-17 entitled to governmental immunity for their actions in their
65-18 capacity as directors and officers of the authority.
65-19 SECTION 3.02. GENERAL MANAGER. (a) The board may employ a
65-20 general manager of the authority or contract with a person to
65-21 perform the duties of a general manager. The board may delegate to
65-22 the general manager full authority to manage and operate the
65-23 affairs of the authority subject only to orders of the board.
65-24 (b) The board may delegate to the general manager the
65-25 authority to employ all persons necessary for the proper handling
65-26 of the business and operation of the authority and to determine the
65-27 compensation to be paid to all employees, other than the general
66-1 manager.
66-2 ARTICLE 4. POWERS AND DUTIES
66-3 SECTION 4.01. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. (a) The authority
66-4 has all of the rights, powers, privileges, authority, functions,
66-5 and duties necessary and convenient to accomplish the purposes of
66-6 this Act, including those provided by Chapter 49, Water Code.
66-7 (b) The authority may:
66-8 (1) provide for the conservation, preservation,
66-9 protection, recharge, and prevention of waste of groundwater, and
66-10 for the reduction of groundwater withdrawals as necessary to
66-11 develop, implement, or enforce a groundwater reduction plan, in a
66-12 manner consistent with the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI,
66-13 Texas Constitution, and facilitate compliance with subsidence
66-14 district rules, orders, regulations, or requirements;
66-15 (2) acquire or develop surface water and groundwater
66-16 supplies from sources inside or outside the boundaries of the
66-17 authority and may conserve, store, transport, treat, purify,
66-18 distribute, sell, and deliver water to or among persons,
66-19 corporations, municipalities, municipal corporations, political
66-20 subdivisions of the state, and others, inside and outside the
66-21 boundaries of the authority, and allocate water among persons
66-22 participating in the authority's groundwater reduction plan whether
66-23 they are located inside or outside the authority's boundaries;
66-24 (3) enter into contracts with persons inside or
66-25 outside the authority on terms and conditions the board considers
66-26 desirable, fair, and advantageous for the performance of its
66-27 rights, powers, and authority under this Act;
67-1 (4) coordinate water services provided inside,
67-2 outside, or into the authority; and
67-3 (5) administer and enforce the provisions of this Act.
67-4 (c) The authority's rights, powers, privileges, authority,
67-5 functions, and duties are subject to the continuing right of
67-6 supervision of the state, to be exercised by and through the
67-7 commission.
67-8 (d) Sections 49.451-49.455, Water Code, do not apply to the
67-9 authority.
67-10 SECTION 4.02. AUTHORITY RULES. The authority may adopt and
67-11 enforce rules reasonably required to implement this Act, including
67-12 rules governing procedures before the board and rules regarding
67-13 implementation, enforcement, and any other matters related to the
67-14 authority's water supply or groundwater reduction plan.
67-15 SECTION 4.03. FEES, USER FEES, RATES, AND CHARGES. (a) The
67-16 authority may establish fees, user fees, rates, and charges and
67-17 classifications of fee and ratepayers, as necessary to enable the
67-18 authority to fulfill the authority's purposes and regulatory
67-19 functions provided by this Act. The authority may impose fees,
67-20 user fees, rates, and charges on any person within the authority,
67-21 including a local government.
67-22 (b) The authority may charge the owner of a well located
67-23 within the authority's boundaries a fee or user fee according to
67-24 the amount of water pumped from the well.
67-25 (c) The board shall make reasonable efforts to send
67-26 districts and municipalities within the authority written notice of
67-27 the date, time, and location of the meeting at which the board
68-1 intends to adopt a proposed charge under Subsection (b), and the
68-2 amount of the proposed charge.
68-3 (d) The board shall exempt from the charge under Subsection
68-4 (b) classes of wells that are not subject to any groundwater
68-5 reduction requirement imposed by the subsidence district. If any
68-6 of those classes of wells become subject to a groundwater reduction
68-7 requirement imposed by the subsidence district, the authority may
68-8 impose the charge under Subsection (b) on those classes. The board
68-9 by rule may exempt any other classes of wells from the charge under
68-10 Subsection (b). The board may not apply the charge under
68-11 Subsection (b) to a well:
68-12 (1) with a casing diameter of less than five inches
68-13 that solely serves a single-family dwelling; or
68-14 (2) regulated under Chapter 27, Water Code.
68-15 (e) The authority may establish fees, user fees, rates, and
68-16 charges that are sufficient to:
68-17 (1) achieve water conservation;
68-18 (2) prevent waste of water;
68-19 (3) serve as a disincentive to pumping groundwater;
68-20 (4) develop, implement, or enforce a groundwater
68-21 reduction plan;
68-22 (5) accomplish the purposes of this Act, including
68-23 making available alternative water supplies;
68-24 (6) enable the authority to meet operation and
68-25 maintenance expenses;
68-26 (7) pay the principal of and interest on notes, bonds,
68-27 and other obligations issued in connection with the exercise of the
69-1 authority's general powers and duties; and
69-2 (8) satisfy all rate covenants relating to the
69-3 issuance of notes, bonds, and other obligations.
69-4 (f) The authority may charge rates established by the
69-5 authority for water purchased from the authority.
69-6 SECTION 4.04. PURCHASE OF WATER FROM ANOTHER ENTITY. If the
69-7 authority purchases water from another entity for resale to local
69-8 governments, the authority shall use its best efforts in
69-9 negotiating with the entity to determine the amount of capital
69-10 costs included in any rates or charges paid by the authority. The
69-11 authority shall determine the amount of expected capital costs of
69-12 its own system. The authority shall provide each district or
69-13 municipality within its boundaries information regarding the share
69-14 of the capital costs to be paid by the district or municipality, as
69-15 determined by the authority, and shall provide each district or
69-16 municipality the opportunity to fund its share of the capital costs
69-17 with proceeds from the sale of bonds or fees and charges collected
69-18 by the districts or municipalities. A district or municipality may
69-19 use any lawful source of revenue, including bond funds, to make
69-20 payment for any sums due to the authority.
69-21 SECTION 4.05. ASSESSMENTS. (a) The board may undertake
69-22 improvement projects and services that confer a special benefit on
69-23 all or a definable part of the authority. The board may impose
69-24 special assessments on property in that area, including property of
69-25 a local government, based on the benefit conferred by the
69-26 improvement project or services, to pay all or part of the cost of
69-27 the project and services. The board may provide improvements and
70-1 services to an area outside the boundaries of the authority if the
70-2 board determines that there is a benefit to the authority. The
70-3 authority may finance with special assessments any improvement
70-4 project or service authorized by this Act or any other applicable
70-5 law.
70-6 (b) Services or improvement projects may be financed with
70-7 special assessments under this Act only after the board holds a
70-8 public hearing on the advisability of the improvements and services
70-9 and the proposed assessments.
70-10 (c) The board shall publish notice of the hearing in a
70-11 newspaper or newspapers with general circulation in Harris and Fort
70-12 Bend counties. The final publication must be made not later than
70-13 the 30th day before the date of the hearing.
70-14 (d) Notice provided under this section must include:
70-15 (1) the time and place of the hearing;
70-16 (2) the general nature of the proposed improvement
70-17 project or services;
70-18 (3) the estimated cost of the improvement, including
70-19 interest during construction and associated financing costs; and
70-20 (4) the proposed method of assessment.
70-21 (e) Written notice containing the information required by
70-22 Subsection (d) of this section shall be mailed by certified mail,
70-23 return receipt requested, not later than the 30th day before the
70-24 date of the hearing. The notice shall be mailed to each person
70-25 within the authority who holds a permit for a well issued by the
70-26 subsidence district under Chapter 151, Water Code, and whose well
70-27 is subject to a groundwater reduction requirement imposed by the
71-1 subsidence district. The subsidence district shall provide to the
71-2 authority a list of persons who hold a permit for a well issued by
71-3 the subsidence district.
71-4 (f) The board may establish rules regarding procedures for a
71-5 hearing. A hearing on the services or improvement project, whether
71-6 conducted by the board or a hearings examiner, may be adjourned
71-7 from time to time. At the conclusion of a hearing conducted by the
71-8 board, the board shall make written findings and conclusions
71-9 relating to the advisability of the improvement project or
71-10 services, the nature of the improvement project or services, the
71-11 estimated cost, and the area benefited. If the board appoints a
71-12 hearings examiner to conduct the hearing, after conclusion of the
71-13 hearing, the hearings examiner shall file with the board a written
71-14 report of the examiner's findings and conclusions.
71-15 (g) At a hearing on proposed assessments, on adjournment of
71-16 the hearing, or after consideration of the hearings examiner's
71-17 report, the board shall hear and rule on all objections to each
71-18 proposed assessment. The board may amend proposed assessments for
71-19 any property. After the board hears and takes action on those
71-20 objections, the board, by order:
71-21 (1) shall impose the assessments as special
71-22 assessments on the property;
71-23 (2) shall specify the method of payment of the
71-24 assessments; and
71-25 (3) may provide that those assessments, including
71-26 interest, be paid in periodic installments.
71-27 (h) Periodic installments must be in amounts sufficient to
72-1 meet annual costs for services and improvements as provided by
72-2 Subsection (j) of this section and continue for the number of years
72-3 required to retire the indebtedness or pay for the services to be
72-4 rendered. The board may provide interest charges or penalties for
72-5 failure to make timely payment and may impose an amount to cover
72-6 delinquencies and expenses of collection.
72-7 (i) If assessments are imposed for more than one service or
72-8 improvement project, the board may provide that assessments
72-9 collected for one service or improvement project may be borrowed to
72-10 be used for another service or improvement project. The board
72-11 shall establish a procedure for the distribution or use of any
72-12 assessments in excess of those necessary to finance the services or
72-13 improvement project for which those assessments were collected.
72-14 (j) The board shall apportion the cost of an improvement
72-15 project or services to be assessed against the property in the
72-16 authority according to the special benefits that accrue to the
72-17 property because of the improvement project or services. The board
72-18 may assess the cost only according to the number of gallons of
72-19 groundwater pumped from wells within the authority that are subject
72-20 to a groundwater reduction requirement imposed by the subsidence
72-21 district. The board may not assess the cost according to
72-22 groundwater pumped from:
72-23 (1) a well with a casing diameter of less than five
72-24 inches that solely serves a single-family dwelling; or
72-25 (2) a well that is regulated by Chapter 27, Water
72-26 Code.
72-27 (k) The area of the authority to be assessed according to
73-1 the findings of the board may be the entire authority or any part
73-2 of the authority and may be less than the area proposed in the
73-3 notice of the hearing.
73-4 (l) The area to be assessed may not include property that is
73-5 not within the authority boundaries at the time of the hearing
73-6 unless there is an additional hearing, following the required
73-7 notice.
73-8 (m) Notwithstanding Subsection (l), the owner of land
73-9 annexed to the authority after the authority has imposed
73-10 assessments may waive the right to notice and an assessment hearing
73-11 and may agree to the imposition and payment of assessments at an
73-12 agreed rate for land annexed to the authority. A district or
73-13 municipality may waive the right to notice and an assessment
73-14 hearing for land within its boundaries annexed to the authority and
73-15 may agree to the imposition and payment of assessments at an agreed
73-16 rate for the annexed land.
73-17 (n) The board shall have prepared an assessment roll showing
73-18 the assessments against each property and the board's basis for the
73-19 assessment. The assessment roll shall be:
73-20 (1) filed with the secretary of the board or other
73-21 officer who performs the function of secretary; and
73-22 (2) open for public inspection.
73-23 (o) After notice and hearing in the manner required for an
73-24 original assessment, the board may make supplemental assessments to
73-25 correct omissions or mistakes in the assessment:
73-26 (1) relating to the total cost of the improvement
73-27 project or services; or
74-1 (2) covering delinquencies or costs of collection.
74-2 SECTION 4.06. INTEREST AND PENALTIES. The board may require
74-3 the payment of interest on any late or unpaid fees, user fees,
74-4 rates, charges, and special assessments due the authority, but the
74-5 interest rate may not exceed the interest rate permitted by Section
74-6 2251.025, Government Code. The board may also impose penalties for
74-7 the failure to completely or timely make payments to the authority.
74-8 SECTION 4.07. CIVIL PENALTY; INJUNCTION. (a) A person who
74-9 violates a rule or order of the authority is subject to a civil
74-10 penalty of not more than $5,000, as determined by the board, for
74-11 each violation or each day of a continuing violation. The person
74-12 shall pay the penalty to the authority.
74-13 (b) The authority may bring an action to recover the penalty
74-14 in a district court in the county where the violation occurred.
74-15 (c) The authority may bring an action for injunctive relief
74-16 in a district court in the county where a violation of an authority
74-17 rule or order occurs or is threatened to occur. The court may
74-18 grant to the authority, without bond or other undertaking, a
74-19 prohibitory or mandatory injunction that the facts warrant,
74-20 including a temporary restraining order, temporary injunction, or
74-21 permanent injunction.
74-22 (d) The authority may bring an action for a civil penalty
74-23 and injunctive relief in the same proceeding.
74-24 SECTION 4.08. WATER SUPPLY OR DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLANS. The
74-25 authority by rule may develop, prepare, revise, adopt, implement,
74-26 enforce, and manage comprehensive water supply or drought
74-27 contingency plans for the authority, or any portion of the
75-1 authority.
75-2 SECTION 4.09. GROUNDWATER REDUCTION PLAN. (a)
75-3 Notwithstanding any other law, irrespective of whether the
75-4 authority enters into contracts with local governments located
75-5 within its boundaries, and irrespective of whether the authority
75-6 holds any well permit issued by the subsidence district under
75-7 Chapter 151, Water Code, the authority by rule may, in whole or in
75-8 part, develop, prepare, revise, adopt, implement, enforce, manage,
75-9 or participate in a groundwater reduction plan that is applicable
75-10 only to the authority or a groundwater reduction plan that is
75-11 applicable to the authority and one or more persons outside the
75-12 authority. The authority may require that any groundwater
75-13 reduction plan that the authority, in whole or in part, develops,
75-14 prepares, revises, adopts, implements, enforces, or manages or in
75-15 which the authority participates be the exclusive groundwater
75-16 reduction plan that is binding and mandatory on some or all of the
75-17 territory, persons, or wells located within the authority. A
75-18 groundwater reduction plan may:
75-19 (1) specify the measures to be taken to reduce
75-20 groundwater withdrawals;
75-21 (2) identify alternative sources of water to be
75-22 provided to those affected;
75-23 (3) identify the rates, terms, and conditions under
75-24 which alternative sources of water will be provided, which may be
75-25 changed from time to time as considered necessary by the authority;
75-26 (4) specify the dates and extent to which persons or
75-27 districts within the authority's boundaries shall reduce or cease
76-1 reliance on groundwater and accept water from alternative sources;
76-2 (5) include other terms and measures that are
76-3 consistent with the powers and duties of the authority;
76-4 (6) exceed the minimum requirements imposed by the
76-5 subsidence district, including any applicable groundwater reduction
76-6 requirements; and
76-7 (7) be amended from time to time at the discretion of
76-8 the authority.
76-9 (b) Fees, user fees, rates, charges, and special assessments
76-10 of the authority may be imposed under this Act for a person's
76-11 participation in and benefit derived from the authority's
76-12 groundwater reduction plan or a groundwater reduction plan in which
76-13 the authority participates.
76-14 SECTION 4.10. ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND OPERATION OF
76-15 SYSTEMS. (a) The authority may:
76-16 (1) acquire by purchase, gift, lease, contract, or any
76-17 other legal means a water treatment or supply system, or any other
76-18 works, plants, improvements, or facilities necessary or convenient
76-19 to accomplish the purposes of the authority, or any interest of the
76-20 authority, inside or outside the authority's boundaries;
76-21 (2) design, finance, operate, maintain, or construct a
76-22 water treatment or supply system, or any other works, plants,
76-23 improvements, or facilities necessary or convenient to accomplish
76-24 the purposes of the authority, and provide water services inside or
76-25 outside the authority's boundaries;
76-26 (3) lease or sell a water treatment or supply system,
76-27 or any other works, plants, improvements, or facilities necessary
77-1 or convenient to accomplish the purposes of the authority, that the
77-2 authority constructs or acquires inside or outside the authority's
77-3 boundaries;
77-4 (4) contract with any person to operate or maintain a
77-5 water treatment or supply system the person owns; or
77-6 (5) acquire water rights under any law or permit.
77-7 (b) The competitive bidding laws provided by Chapter 49,
77-8 Water Code, apply to the authority.
77-9 (c) The authority may, according to terms and conditions the
77-10 board considers desirable, fair, and advantageous, contract with a
77-11 person outside the authority's boundaries:
77-12 (1) to allow the person to be included in a
77-13 groundwater reduction plan adopted or implemented, in whole or in
77-14 part, by the authority or in a groundwater reduction plan in which
77-15 the authority participates;
77-16 (2) to sell water to the person; or
77-17 (3) to sell the person available excess capacity or
77-18 additional capacity of the authority's water treatment or supply
77-19 system.
77-20 (d) The authority by rule may require that the plans and
77-21 specifications of water lines to be constructed within the
77-22 authority that are designed or intended to serve more than one
77-23 district or more than one person owning or holding a well permit
77-24 issued by the subsidence district under Chapter 151, Water Code, be
77-25 approved by the authority before the commencement of construction
77-26 of the water lines.
77-27 SECTION 4.11. SALE OR REUSE OF WATER OR BY-PRODUCT. The
78-1 authority may store, sell, or reuse:
78-2 (1) water; or
78-3 (2) any by-product from the authority's operations.
78-4 SECTION 4.12. CONTRACTS. (a) The authority may enter into a
78-5 contract with a person for the performance of a purpose or function
78-6 of the authority, including a contract to design, construct,
78-7 finance, lease, own, manage, operate, or maintain works,
78-8 improvements, facilities, plants, equipment, or appliances
78-9 necessary to accomplish a purpose or function of the authority. A
78-10 contract may be of unlimited duration.
78-11 (b) The authority may purchase, acquire, finance, or lease
78-12 an interest in a project used for a purpose or function of the
78-13 authority.
78-14 (c) The authority may contract for:
78-15 (1) the purchase, sale, or lease of water or water
78-16 rights;
78-17 (2) the performance of activities within the powers of
78-18 the authority through the purchase, construction, or installation
78-19 of works, improvements, facilities, plants, equipment, or
78-20 appliances; or
78-21 (3) the design, construction, ownership, management,
78-22 maintenance, or operation of any works, improvements, facilities,
78-23 plants, equipment, or appliances of the authority or another
78-24 person.
78-25 (d) The authority may purchase surplus property from this
78-26 state, the United States, or another public entity through a
78-27 negotiated contract without bids.
79-1 SECTION 4.13. COOPERATION WITH AND ASSISTANCE OF OTHER
79-2 GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES. (a) In implementing this Act, the board may
79-3 cooperate with and request the assistance of the Texas Water
79-4 Development Board, the commission, the United States Geological
79-5 Survey, the subsidence district, other local governments, and other
79-6 agencies of the United States and this state.
79-7 (b) The subsidence district may enter into an interlocal
79-8 contract with the authority to carry out the authority's purposes
79-9 and may carry out the governmental functions and services specified
79-10 in the interlocal contract.
79-11 (c) The board shall endeavor to coordinate with the City of
79-12 Houston to develop a plan for a system to distribute surface water
79-13 in an economical and efficient manner to the authority.
79-14 (d) In an attempt to minimize costs associated with
79-15 preparing a groundwater reduction plan, the board shall consider
79-16 the usefulness of water supply studies and plans prepared by or on
79-17 behalf of the North Harris County Regional Water Authority, the
79-18 City of Houston, or other governmental entities to the extent such
79-19 studies or plans are available and applicable to the authority.
79-20 SECTION 4.14. GIFTS AND GRANTS. The authority may accept a
79-21 gift or grant from money collected by the subsidence district under
79-22 Chapter 151, Water Code, to fund the construction, maintenance, or
79-23 operation of a water treatment or supply system.
79-24 SECTION 4.15. EXPENDITURES. (a) The authority's money may
79-25 be disbursed only by check, draft, order, federal reserve wire
79-26 system, or other instrument or authorization.
79-27 (b) Disbursements of the authority must be signed by at
80-1 least a majority of the directors. Notwithstanding any other law,
80-2 the board by resolution may allow the general manager, treasurer,
80-3 bookkeeper, or other employee of the authority to sign
80-4 disbursements, except as limited by Subsection (c) of this section.
80-5 (c) The board by resolution may allow disbursements to be
80-6 transferred by federal reserve wire system to accounts in the name
80-7 of the authority without the necessity of any directors signing the
80-8 disbursement. Disbursements of the authority's money by federal
80-9 reserve wire system to any accounts not in the name of the
80-10 authority must be signed by at least a majority of the directors.
80-11 SECTION 4.16. AD VALOREM TAXATION. The authority may not
80-12 impose an ad valorem tax.
80-13 SECTION 4.17. EMINENT DOMAIN. (a) The authority may acquire
80-14 by condemnation any land, easements, or other property inside the
80-15 authority's boundaries to further authorized purposes, powers, or
80-16 duties of the authority. The authority may acquire by condemnation
80-17 any land, easements, or other property outside the authority's
80-18 boundaries for the purposes of pumping, storing, treating, or
80-19 transporting water. When exercising the power of eminent domain
80-20 granted by this section, the authority may elect to condemn either
80-21 the fee simple title or a lesser property interest.
80-22 (b) The authority shall exercise the right of eminent domain
80-23 in the manner provided by Chapter 21, Property Code. The authority
80-24 is not required to give bond for appeal or bond for costs in a
80-25 condemnation suit or other suit to which it is a party. The
80-26 authority is not required to deposit more than the amount of an
80-27 award in a suit.
81-1 (c) The authority may not use the power of eminent domain
81-2 for the condemnation of land for the purpose of acquiring rights to
81-3 underground water or for the purpose of acquiring water or water
81-4 rights.
81-5 (d) The authority may not use the power of eminent domain
81-6 for the condemnation of property that is:
81-7 (1) owned by a municipality with a population of 1.6
81-8 million or more or any instrumentality of a municipality with a
81-9 population of 1.6 million or more, including any local government
81-10 corporation created under Chapter 431, Transportation Code, to aid
81-11 or act on behalf of such a municipality; or
81-12 (2) located within the municipal limits of a
81-13 municipality with a population of 1.6 million or more.
81-14 (e) Notwithstanding Subsection (d)(2) of this section, the
81-15 authority may use the power of eminent domain to acquire property
81-16 that is not owned by a municipality of 1.6 million or more that is
81-17 within the municipal limits of a municipality with a population of
81-18 1.6 million or more if:
81-19 (1) the property is located in an area of the
81-20 municipality that is less than 1,000 feet wide at its narrowest
81-21 point; or
81-22 (2) the municipality grants permission for the
81-23 condemnation.
81-24 (f) The authority may not exercise the power of eminent
81-25 domain under this section to acquire property of any kind in a
81-26 county that:
81-27 (1) has a population of more than 245,000;
82-1 (2) borders on the Gulf of Mexico; and
82-2 (3) is adjacent to a county with a population of more
82-3 than 1.6 million.
82-4 ARTICLE 5. BONDS AND NOTES
82-5 SECTION 5.01. REVENUE BONDS AND NOTES. (a) The authority
82-6 may issue bonds or notes payable solely from revenue from any
82-7 source, including:
82-8 (1) tolls, charges, rates, fees, user fees, and
82-9 special assessments the authority imposes or collects;
82-10 (2) the sale of water, water services, water rights or
82-11 capacity, water transmission rights or services, water pumping, or
82-12 any other service or product of the authority provided inside or
82-13 outside the boundaries of the authority;
82-14 (3) grants or gifts;
82-15 (4) the ownership or operation of all or a designated
82-16 part of the authority's works, improvements, facilities, plants, or
82-17 equipment; and
82-18 (5) contracts between the authority and any person.
82-19 (b) Notes issued by the authority may be first or
82-20 subordinate lien notes at the board's discretion.
82-21 (c) In connection with any bonds or notes of the authority,
82-22 the authority may exercise any power of an issuer under Chapter
82-23 1371, Government Code.
82-24 (d) The authority may conduct a public, private, or
82-25 negotiated sale of the bonds or notes.
82-26 (e) The authority may enter into one or more indentures of
82-27 trust to further secure its bonds or notes.
83-1 (f) The authority may issue bonds or notes in more than one
83-2 series as necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. In
83-3 issuing bonds or notes secured by revenue of the authority, the
83-4 authority may reserve the right to issue additional bonds or notes
83-5 secured by the authority's revenue that are on a parity with or are
83-6 senior or subordinate to the bonds or notes issued earlier.
83-7 (g) A resolution of the board authorizing the bonds or notes
83-8 or a trust indenture securing the bonds or notes may specify
83-9 additional provisions that constitute a contract between the
83-10 authority and its bondholders or noteholders.
83-11 (h) Bonds and notes may be additionally secured by deed of
83-12 trust or mortgage on any or all of the authority's facilities.
83-13 (i) Section 49.181, Water Code, does not apply to bonds or
83-14 notes issued by the authority.
83-15 SECTION 5.02. REFUNDING BONDS. The authority may issue
83-16 refunding bonds and notes to refund any of its bonds or notes in
83-17 any manner provided by law.
83-18 ARTICLE 6. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
83-19 SECTION 6.01. FINDINGS RELATED TO PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS.
83-20 (a) The proper and legal notice of the intention to introduce this
83-21 Act, setting out the general substance of this Act, has been
83-22 published as provided by law, and the notice and a copy of this Act
83-23 have been furnished to all persons, agencies, officials, or
83-24 entities to which they are required to be furnished by the
83-25 constitution and other laws of this state, including the governor,
83-26 who has submitted the notice and this Act to the commission.
83-27 (b) The commission has filed its recommendations relating to
84-1 this Act with the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the
84-2 house of representatives within the required time.
84-3 (c) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
84-4 state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
84-5 to notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled and
84-6 accomplished.
84-7 SECTION 6.02. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect
84-8 immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members
84-9 elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III,
84-10 Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote
84-11 necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1,
84-12 2001.