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.