1-1 By: Callegari, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Lindsay) H.B. No. 1842 1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2001; 1-3 April 24, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on 1-4 Natural Resources; May 7, 2001, reported favorably by the following 1-5 vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 7, 2001, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties, 1-9 operation, and financing of the West Harris County Regional Water 1-10 Authority; granting the power of eminent domain; granting the 1-11 authority to issue bonds or notes; providing a civil penalty. 1-12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-13 ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS 1-14 SECTION 1.01. CREATION. (a) A regional water authority, to 1-15 be known as the West Harris County Regional Water Authority, is 1-16 created in Harris County. The authority is a political subdivision 1-17 of this state, a governmental agency, and a body politic and 1-18 corporate. 1-19 (b) The authority is created under and is essential to 1-20 accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas 1-21 Constitution, including the acquisition and provision of surface 1-22 water and groundwater for residential, commercial, industrial, 1-23 agricultural, and other uses, the reduction of groundwater 1-24 withdrawals, the conservation, preservation, protection, recharge, 1-25 and prevention of waste of groundwater, and of groundwater 1-26 reservoirs or their subdivisions, the control of subsidence caused 1-27 by withdrawal of water from those groundwater reservoirs or their 1-28 subdivisions, and other public purposes stated in this Act. 1-29 SECTION 1.02. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: 1-30 (1) "Authority" means the West Harris County Regional 1-31 Water Authority. 1-32 (2) "Board" means the board of directors of the 1-33 authority. 1-34 (3) "Commission" means the Texas Natural Resource 1-35 Conservation Commission, or its successor. 1-36 (4) "Director" means a member of the board. 1-37 (5) "District" means any district created under 1-38 Sections 52(b)(1) and (2), Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, 1-39 Texas Constitution, regardless of the manner of creation, other 1-40 than: 1-41 (A) a navigation district or port authority; or 1-42 (B) a district governed by Chapter 36, Water 1-43 Code. 1-44 (6) "Groundwater reduction plan" means a plan adopted 1-45 or implemented to supply water, reduce reliance on groundwater, 1-46 regulate groundwater pumping and usage, or require and allocate 1-47 water usage among persons in order to comply with or exceed 1-48 requirements imposed by the subsidence district, including any 1-49 applicable groundwater reduction requirements. 1-50 (7) "Local government" means a municipality, county, 1-51 district, or other political subdivision of this state or a 1-52 combination of two or more of those entities. 1-53 (8) "Person" includes an individual, corporation, 1-54 organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, 1-55 district, local government, business trust, estate, trust, 1-56 partnership, association, or any other legal entity. 1-57 (9) "Subsidence" has the meaning assigned by Section 1-58 151.002, Water Code. 1-59 (10) "Subsidence district" means the Harris-Galveston 1-60 Coastal Subsidence District. 1-61 (11) "System" means a network of pipelines, conduits, 1-62 valves, canals, pumping stations, force mains, treatment plants, 1-63 and any other construction, device, or related appurtenance used to 1-64 treat or transport water. 2-1 (12) "Water" includes: 2-2 (A) groundwater, percolating or otherwise; 2-3 (B) any surface water, natural or artificial, 2-4 navigable or nonnavigable; and 2-5 (C) industrial and municipal wastewater. 2-6 (13) "Well" includes a facility, device, or method 2-7 used to withdraw groundwater from a groundwater source within the 2-8 boundaries of the authority. 2-9 SECTION 1.03. DESCRIPTION OF BOUNDARIES. (a) The authority 2-10 includes the territory that is contained in the following area, 2-11 regardless of whether the territory contains noncontiguous parcels 2-12 of land or whether the territory is located within the boundaries 2-13 of any other governmental entity or political subdivision of the 2-14 state: 2-15 TRACT-1 2-16 BEGINNING at the intersection of the easterly right-of-way of 2-17 Kickapoo Road with the northerly line of U. S. Highway 290 2-18 (Hempstead Highway); 2-19 THENCE, southeasterly along the northerly line of U. S. Highway 290 2-20 to its intersection with the easterly right-of-way line of 2-21 Brittmore Road; 2-22 THENCE, generally along the current City of Houston corporate 2-23 limits the following: 2-24 southerly along the easterly right-of-way line of Brittmore 2-25 Road to its intersection with the northerly right-of-way line of 2-26 West Little York Road; 2-27 easterly along the northerly right-of-way line of West Little 2-28 York Road to its intersection with the most easterly westerly 2-29 boundary of the former Northwest Harris County MUD 25 as it existed 2-30 on December 4, 1996; 2-31 southerly along the most easterly westerly boundary of the former 2-32 Northwest Harris County MUD 25 to the most southerly southerly 2-33 boundary of the former Northwest Harris County MUD 25 as it existed 2-34 on December 4, 1996; 2-35 easterly along the most southerly southerly boundary of the 2-36 former Northwest Harris County MUD 25 as it existed on December 4, 2-37 1996 to the westerly right-of-way line of the West Sam Houston 2-38 Parkway North; 2-39 southerly along the westerly right-of-way line of the West 2-40 Sam Houston Parkway North to the southerly line of the E. 2-41 Friedenhaus Survey, Abstract 1185; 2-42 westerly along the southerly line of the E. Friedenhaus 2-43 Survey, Abstract 1185 to the southwest corner of said survey, same 2-44 being the northeast corner of the W. C. R. R. Survey, Abstract 917; 2-45 southerly along the westerly line of the W. C. R. R. Survey, 2-46 Abstract 917 to the northeasterly corner of a 29.9426 acre tract 2-47 which is a part of the former Westway Utility District as it 2-48 existed on December 31, 1994, same point being a corner in the 2-49 boundary of that former Westway Utility District; 2-50 westerly along the northerly boundary line of that 29.9426 2-51 acre tract, a distance of 1,174.8 feet more or less, to the 2-52 northwest corner of said tract, same corner being in the boundary 2-53 of that Westway Utility District; 2-54 westerly along the westerly extension, same course, of that 2-55 northerly boundary line to the easterly boundary line of a 104.126 2-56 acre tract which is a part of that Westway Utility District; 2-57 northerly along the easterly line of that 104.126 acre tract, 2-58 same line being a boundary of that Westway Utility District, to the 2-59 northeast corner of said tract; 2-60 westerly along the northerly line of said tract, a distance 2-61 of 1,526.52 feet more or less, to the most westerly northwest 2-62 corner of that Westway Utility District; 2-63 southerly along the most westerly west boundary line of that 2-64 Westway Utility District, a distance of 1,826.07 feet more or less, 2-65 to its intersection with the southerly line of the W. C. R. R. 2-66 Survey, Abstract 919; 2-67 westerly along the southerly line of that W.C. R. R. Survey, 2-68 Abstract 919 to the northeast corner of the U.S. Government Addicks 2-69 Reservoir tract AR-130; 3-1 in a northerly and northwesterly direction along the easterly 3-2 and northeasterly lines of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir 3-3 tracts A-132 and A-133 as follows: 3-4 N 01 09' W, 662.5 feet; 3-5 N 23 50' W, 1592.3 feet; 3-6 N 46 31' W, 1763.1 feet; 3-7 N 46 31' W, a distance of 3416.3 feet, for corner; 3-8 S 43 29' W, along a northwesterly line of the U.S. 3-9 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-133, a distance of 553.9 3-10 feet, for corner; 3-11 S 02 21' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government 3-12 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-133, a distance of 2169.9 feet, to the 3-13 southwest corner of said tract; 3-14 S 88 04' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government 3-15 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-124, same being the north line of the 3-16 J. E. Lester Survey, A-1612, a distance of 500 feet more or less to 3-17 the northwest corner of said tract; 3-18 S 88 04' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government 3-19 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-123 and the north line of the J. E. 3-20 Lester Survey, A-1612, a distance of 1937.8 feet, to the northwest 3-21 corner of said tract; 3-22 S 02 30' E, along the most westerly west line of the U.S. 3-23 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-123, a distance of 616.3 3-24 feet, to a corner of said tract; 3-25 S 87 59' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government 3-26 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-120, same being the north line of the 3-27 Henry Noack Survey, A-1098, a distance of 2298.3 feet to the 3-28 northwest corner of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract 3-29 AR-120, said corner being in the easterly right-of-way line of 3-30 Addicks-Fairbanks Road; 3-31 S 87 59' W, along an easterly extension of the south line of 3-32 the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-142 across 3-33 Addicks-Fairbanks Road to the southeast corner of said tract; 3-34 N 08 40'W, along the westerly right-of-way line of 3-35 Addicks-Fairbanks Road, same also being the easterly line of the 3-36 U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-142, a distance of 400.0 3-37 feet, to a point for corner; 3-38 N 59 32' W, along the northeasterly line of the U.S. 3-39 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-142, a distance of 4438.8 3-40 feet, to a point for corner; 3-41 N 02 15' W, along the most westerly east line of the U.S. 3-42 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-142, a distance of 1549.7 3-43 feet, to the south line of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir 3-44 tract AR-143; 3-45 N 87 49'E, along the south line of the U.S. Government 3-46 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-143, a distance of 449.9 feet, to the 3-47 southeast corner of said tract; 3-48 N 02 24' W, along the east line of the U.S. Government 3-49 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-143, a distance of 700.0 feet, to the 3-50 northeast corner of said tract; 3-51 S 87 49' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government 3-52 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-143, a distance of 950.0 feet, to the 3-53 east line of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-77, 3-54 same being the east line of the Joseph McCalester Survey, A-541; 3-55 N 02 24'W, along the east line of the U.S. Government 3-56 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-77 and the east line of the Joseph 3-57 McCalester Survey, A-541, a distance of 593.3 feet, the northeast 3-58 corner of said tract and survey; 3-59 S 87 55' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government 3-60 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-77 and the north line of the Joseph 3-61 McCalester Survey, A-541, a distance of 3606.4 feet, to the 3-62 northwest corner of said tract and survey; 3-63 S 02 07' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government 3-64 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-77 and the west line of the Joseph 3-65 McCalester Survey, A-541, a distance of 4493.3 feet, to the 3-66 southwest corner of said tract and survey, same also being the 3-67 southeast corner of the Louis Bouillet Survey, A-156; 3-68 S 88 01' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government 3-69 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-76A, same being the north line of R. N. 4-1 Davis Survey, A-225, same also being the south line of the Louis 4-2 Bouillet Survey, A-156, a distance of 337.6 feet, to the northwest 4-3 corner of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-76A; 4-4 S 02 03' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government 4-5 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-76A, a distance of 1344.1 feet, to the 4-6 southwest corner of said tract; 4-7 S 87 57' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government 4-8 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-76C, a distance of 150 feet more or 4-9 less, to the most easterly northwest corner of said tract; 4-10 S 01 57' E, along the most easterly west line of the U.S. 4-11 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-76C, a distance of 660.1 feet 4-12 for corner; 4-13 S 87 57' W, along the most southerly north line of the U.S. 4-14 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-76C, a distance of 835.0 4-15 feet, to the most westerly northwest corner of said tract; 4-16 S 01 57' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government 4-17 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-76C, a distance of 100.3 feet more or 4-18 less, to the northeast corner of the U.S. Government Addicks 4-19 Reservoir tract AR-76B; 4-20 S 88 31' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government 4-21 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-76B, a distance of 685.9 feet, to the 4-22 northwest corner of said tract; 4-23 S 02 04' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government 4-24 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-76B, a distance of 170 feet more or 4-25 less, to the northeast corner of the U.S. Government Addicks 4-26 Reservoir tract AR-144; 4-27 S 88 31' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government 4-28 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-144, a distance of 415.0 feet, to the 4-29 northwest corner of said tract, same being in the west line of the 4-30 R. N. Davis Survey, A-225; 4-31 S 02 10' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government 4-32 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-144 and the west line of the R. N. Davis 4-33 Survey, A-225, a distance of 300.0 feet, to the northeast corner of 4-34 the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-145; 4-35 S 88 31' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government 4-36 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-145, a distance of 700.0 feet, to the 4-37 northwest corner of said tract; 4-38 S 02 10' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government 4-39 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-145, a distance of 400.0 feet, to the 4-40 southwest corner of said tract, same being in the northerly 4-41 right-of-way line of Clay Road; 4-42 S 02 10' E, along the southerly extension of the west line 4-43 of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-145 across Clay 4-44 Road to the southerly right-of-way line of Clay Road, same being in 4-45 the north line of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract 4-46 AR-63, to a point for corner; 4-47 S 88 31' W, along the southerly right-of-way line of Clay 4-48 Road and the north line of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir 4-49 tract AR-63, a distance of 1382.7 feet more or less to the 4-50 northwest corner of said tract; 4-51 S 01 55' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government 4-52 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-63, a distance of 70.1 feet, to the 4-53 northeast corner of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract 4-54 AR-141; 4-55 S 43 05'W, along a northwesterly line of the U.S. Government 4-56 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-141, a distance of 98.8 feet, for 4-57 corner; 4-58 S 01 55' E, along a northwesterly line of the U.S. 4-59 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-141, a distance of 460.0 4-60 feet, for corner; 4-61 S 23 34' W, along a northwesterly line of the U.S. 4-62 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-141, a distance of 700 feet 4-63 more or less, to easterly right-of-way line of State Highway No. 6 4-64 for corner; 4-65 in a southerly direction following the easterly line of State 4-66 Highway No. 6 to its intersection with a line bearing S 88 05' W, 4-67 said line being the easterly extension of the northerly line of the 4-68 U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-40; 4-69 S 88 05'W, along the extension of the northerly line of the 5-1 U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-40 across State Highway 5-2 No. 6, to the westerly right-of-way line of State Highway No. 6; 5-3 S 88 05'W, along the northerly line of the U.S. Government 5-4 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-40 to the most easterly northwest corner 5-5 of said tract; 5-6 S 02 12' E, along the most easterly west line of the U.S. 5-7 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-40, a distance of 423.8 feet, 5-8 for corner; 5-9 S 88 05' W, along the most southerly north line of the U.S. 5-10 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-40, a distance of 559.6 feet, 5-11 to the most westerly northwest corner of said tract, same being in 5-12 the east line of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-39, 5-13 same also being in the east line of the E. Groschke Survey, A-301; 5-14 N 02 12' W, along the east line of the U.S. Government 5-15 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-39 and the east line of the E. Groschke 5-16 Survey, A-301, a distance of 424 feet more or less, to the 5-17 northeast corner of said tract and survey, same being in the 5-18 southerly right-of-way line of Pine Forest Road; 5-19 S 88 05' W, along the southerly right-of-way line of Pine 5-20 Forest Road and the northerly lines of the U.S. Government Addicks 5-21 Reservoir tracts AR-37, 38A, 38B, 38C, and 39, a distance of 3760.8 5-22 feet, to the northwest corner of the U.S. Government Addicks 5-23 Reservoir tract AR-37, same being in the east line of the U.S. 5-24 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-36; 5-25 N 02 19' W, along the east line of the U.S. Government 5-26 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-36, a distance of 120 feet more or less, 5-27 to the most easterly northeast corner of said tract; 5-28 following the northeasterly line of the U.S. Government 5-29 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-36 along a curve to the right having a 5-30 radius of 100 feet, arc of 155.7 feet and chord N 46 55' W, 140.4 5-31 feet, to the most westerly northeast corner of said tract; 5-32 S 88 29' W, along the northerly line of the U.S. Government 5-33 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-36, a distance of 160 feet more or less, 5-34 to the southerly extension of the east line of the U.S. Government 5-35 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-147 to a point for corner; 5-36 N 01 51' W, along the southerly extension of the U.S. 5-37 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-147 across Clay Road to the 5-38 southeast corner of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract 5-39 AR-147, same being in the northerly right-of-way line of Clay Road; 5-40 N 01 51' W, along the east line of the U.S. Government 5-41 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-147 to the northeast corner of said 5-42 tract; 5-43 S 88 29' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government 5-44 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-147, a distance of 1250.0 feet, to the 5-45 northwest corner of said tract; 5-46 S 01 51' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government 5-47 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-147 to the southwest corner of said 5-48 tract, same being in the northerly right-of-way line of Clay Road; 5-49 S 01 51' E, along a southerly extension of the east line of 5-50 the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-147 across Clay Road 5-51 to the north line of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract 5-52 AR-36, same being the southerly right-of-way line of Clay Road, to 5-53 a point for corner; 5-54 S 88 29' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government 5-55 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-36 and the southerly right-of way line 5-56 of Clay Road, a distance of 1075 feet more or less, to the 5-57 northwest corner of said tract, same being in the west line of the 5-58 John Page Survey, A-634; 5-59 S 02 18' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government 5-60 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-36 and the west line of the John Page 5-61 Survey, A-634, a distance of 750 feet more or less to the northeast 5-62 corner of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-146; 5-63 S 88 29' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government 5-64 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-146, a distance of 1132.6 feet, to the 5-65 northwest corner of said tract; 5-66 S 02 18' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government 5-67 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-146, a distance of 1250.0, feet to the 5-68 southwest corner of said tract; 5-69 N 88 29'E, along the south line of the U.S. Government 6-1 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-146, a distance of 1132.6 feet, to the 6-2 southeast corner of said tract, same being on the west line of the 6-3 John Page Survey, A-634, same also being a corner of the U.S. 6-4 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-36; 6-5 along the southwesterly lines of the U.S. Government Addicks 6-6 Reservoir tract AR-36 as follows: 6-7 S 48 32' E, 1960.5 feet; 6-8 S 14 59' E, 1904.6 feet, to the most easterly southeast 6-9 corner of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-36, same 6-10 being in the northerly right-of-way line of Groschke Road; 6-11 S 01 05' E, along the northerly extension of the west line 6-12 of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-35 across said 6-13 Groschke Road to the southerly right-of-way line of said Groschke 6-14 Road, to the northwest corner of the U.S. Government Addicks 6-15 Reservoir tract AR-35; 6-16 S 01 05' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government 6-17 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-35, a distance of 1260.7 feet, to the 6-18 southwest corner of said tract, same being in the north line of the 6-19 U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-19; 6-20 S 87 46' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government 6-21 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-19, a distance of 1740 feet more or 6-22 less, to the northwest corner of said tract, same being in the 6-23 easterly right-of-way line of Groschle Road; 6-24 N 02 18' W, along the easterly right-of-way line of said 6-25 Groschke Road, a distance of 25 feet more or less, to its 6-26 intersection with a line bearing S 87 54' W, said line being the 6-27 easterly extension of the north line of the U.S. Government Addicks 6-28 Reservoir tract AR-154; 6-29 S 87 54' W, crossing said Groschke Road to the northeast 6-30 corner of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-154, same 6-31 being in the westerly right-of-way of said Groschke Road; 6-32 S 87 54' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government 6-33 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-154, a distance of 1101.0 feet, to the 6-34 northwest corner of said tract, same being in the east line of the 6-35 U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-155; 6-36 N 02 18' W, along the east line of the U.S. Government 6-37 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-155, a distance of 550.0 feet, to the 6-38 northeast corner of said tract; 6-39 S 87 54' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government 6-40 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-155, a distance of 1000.0 feet, to the 6-41 northwest corner of said tract; 6-42 S 02 18' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government 6-43 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-155, a distance of 900.0 feet, to the 6-44 southwest corner of said tract, same being in the northerly 6-45 right-of-way of Groschke Road; 6-46 S 02 18' E, along the southerly extension of the west line 6-47 of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-155, crossing 6-48 said Groschke Road to the southerly right-of-way line of said 6-49 Groschke Road, same being the north line of the U.S. Government 6-50 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-152, to a point for corner; 6-51 S 87 54' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government 6-52 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-152 and the southerly right-of-way line 6-53 of Groschke Road, a distance of 1840 feet more or less, to the 6-54 northwest corner of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract 6-55 AR-152; 6-56 S 01 36' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government 6-57 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-152, same being the westerly line of the 6-58 George F. Richards Survey, A-647, a distance of 1390.0 feet, to the 6-59 northeast corner of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract 6-60 AR-153; 6-61 S 87 59' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government 6-62 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-153, a distance of 863.8 feet, to the 6-63 northwest corner of said tract; 6-64 S 01 59' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government 6-65 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-153, a distance of 649.9 feet, to the 6-66 southwest corner of said tract; 6-67 S 01 59' E, along the southerly extension of the west line 6-68 of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-153, a distance 6-69 of 20 feet to the north line of the U.S. Government Addicks 7-1 Reservoir tract AR-16 for corner; 7-2 S 87 59' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government 7-3 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-16, a distance of 2627.9 feet, to the 7-4 northwest corner of said tract; 7-5 S 02 40' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government 7-6 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-16, to its intersection with an easterly 7-7 extension of the north line of the U.S. Government Addicks 7-8 Reservoir tract AR-151, to a point for corner; 7-9 S 87 57' W, along the easterly extension of the north line 7-10 of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-151, to the 7-11 northeast corner of said tract; 7-12 S 87 57' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government 7-13 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-151, a distance of 3431.4 feet, to the 7-14 northwest corner of said tract; 7-15 in a southerly direction along the west line of the U.S. 7-16 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-151 as follows: 7-17 S 01 34' E, 688.9 feet; 7-18 S 88 26' W, 10.0 feet; 7-19 S 01 34' E, 775.0 feet; 7-20 S 88 26' W, 10.0 feet; 7-21 S 01 34' E, 220.0 feet, to the southwest corner of the U.S. 7-22 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-151; 7-23 N 88 10' E, along the southerly line of the U.S. Government 7-24 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-151, to its intersection with the 7-25 northerly extension, in the same course, of the most westerly 7-26 boundary line of the former Park Ten MUD as it existed on December 7-27 22, 1992, also the City of Houston corporate limits; 7-28 southerly along that extension the City of Houston corporate 7-29 limits and the westerly boundary of the former Park Ten MUD as it 7-30 existed December 22, 1992 and its southerly extension, in the same 7-31 course, to its intersection with a northerly line of the U.S. 7-32 Government Addicks Reservoir Tracts AR-5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 for corner; 7-33 S 88 41' W, along the northerly lines of the U.S. Government 7-34 Addicks Reservoir tracts AR-5, 4, 3, 2, and 1, to the northwest 7-35 corner of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-1; 7-36 S 01 19' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government 7-37 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-1, a distance of 450.0 feet, to the 7-38 southwest corner of said tract; 7-39 N 88 41' E, along the southerly lines of the U.S. Government 7-40 Addicks Reservoir to its intersection with a westerly boundary of 7-41 the former Park Ten MUD as it existed December 22, 1992; 7-42 southerly along this westerly Park Ten MUD boundary as it 7-43 existed on December 22, 1992 to its intersection with the northerly 7-44 right-of-way of the Union Pacific Railroad; 7-45 easterly along the north right-of-way of the Union Pacific 7-46 Railroad to its intersection with the northerly extension, in the 7-47 same course, of the westerly boundary of the former West Harris 7-48 County MUD 1 as it existed on December 29, 1982; 7-49 southerly along that extension of the westerly boundary of 7-50 the former West Harris County MUD 1 as it existed on December 29, 7-51 1982 and that said boundary to its intersection with the northerly 7-52 lines of the U.S. Government Barker Reservoir tracts BR-58, 59, 60, 7-53 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, and 69 for corner; 7-54 S 88 27' W, along the northerly lines of the U.S. Government 7-55 Barker Reservoir tracts BR-58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 7-56 and 69, to the northwest corner of the U.S. Government Barker 7-57 Reservoir tract BR-69, said corner being in the east right-of-way 7-58 line of Barker-Clodine Road; 7-59 S 88 27' W, a distance of 60 feet more or less, crossing 7-60 Barker-Clodine Road to the westerly right-of-way line of 7-61 Barker-Clodine Road; 7-62 S 88 27' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government 7-63 Barker Reservoir tract BR-71, a distance of 1776.7 feet, to the 7-64 northwest corner of said tract; 7-65 S 01 33' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government 7-66 Barker Reservoir tract BR-71, a distance of 579.9 feet, to the 7-67 southwest corner of said tract; 7-68 N 88 27' E, along the south line of the U.S. Government 7-69 Barker Reservoir tract BR-71, a distance of 1780.9 feet, to the 8-1 southeast corner of said tract, said corner being in the westerly 8-2 right-of-way line of Barker-Clodine Road; 8-3 N 88 27' E, a distance of 60 feet more or less, crossing 8-4 Barker-Clodine Road to the easterly right-of-way of said road; 8-5 N 88 27' E, along a southerly line of the U.S. Government 8-6 Barker Reservoir tract BR-69, a distance of 931.6 feet, to a point 8-7 for corner; 8-8 continuing along the northwesterly lines of the U.S. 8-9 Government Barker Reservoir tracts BR-69 and BR-74 as follows: 8-10 S 16 08' W, 303.4 feet; 8-11 S 11 36' W, 1093.8 feet; 8-12 S 41 11' W, 898.3 feet, to the easterly right-of-way line of 8-13 Barker-Clodine Road for corner; 8-14 southerly along the easterly right-of-way line of 8-15 Barker-Clodine Road to its intersection with an imaginary line 8-16 perpendicular and at right angles to the easterly right-of-way line 8-17 of said road, said perpendicular line also terminating at the 8-18 intersection of the westerly right-of-way line of Barker-Clodine 8-19 Road and the northerly lines of the U.S. Government Barker 8-20 Reservoir tract BR-72; 8-21 westerly along said imaginary line, crossing Barker-Clodine 8-22 Road, to the westerly right-of-way line of said road; 8-23 continuing along the northerly and westerly lines of the U.S. 8-24 Government Barker Reservoir tract BR-72 as follows: 8-25 S 51 48' W, 443.9 feet; 8-26 S 26 59' W, 570.6 feet; 8-27 S 72 54' W, 682.5 feet; 8-28 N 70 22' W, 1161.9 feet; 8-29 S 89 53' W, 1491.4 feet; 8-30 S 07 05' W, 595.0 feet; 8-31 S 84 44' E, 742.0 feet; 8-32 S 18 02' E, 1149.9 feet; 8-33 S 08 59' W, 648.7 feet; 8-34 S 33 25' W, 684.2 feet; 8-35 S 45 06' W, 544.8 feet; 8-36 S 22 01' W, 637.7 feet; 8-37 S 50 53' W, 473.2 feet, to the most westerly southwest 8-38 corner of the U.S. Government Barker Reservoir tract BR-72; 8-39 S 88 02' W, along the northerly line of the U.S. Government 8-40 Barker Reservoir tract BR-85, a distance of 350 feet more or less, 8-41 to the northwest corner of said tract; 8-42 S 02 01' E, along the westerly line of the U.S. Government 8-43 Barker Reservoir tract BR-85, same being the west line of the John 8-44 Cunningham Survey, A-193, a distance of 240 feet more or less, to 8-45 the northeast corner of the Joseph Habermacher Survey, A-356; 8-46 S 88 18' W, along the northerly line of the Joseph 8-47 Habermacher Survey, A-356, a distance of 229.9 feet, to a point for 8-48 corner; 8-49 continuing in a southerly and westerly direction following 8-50 the westerly lines of the U.S. Government Barker Reservoir tracts 8-51 BR-86, BR-87, and BR-27 as follows: 8-52 S 25 39' W, 1168.5 feet; 8-53 S 70 42' W, 959.5 feet; 8-54 S 23 36' W, 413.2 feet; 8-55 S 73 42' W, 407.3 feet; 8-56 S 00 22' E, 112.8 feet; 8-57 S 89 38' W, 34.9 feet; 8-58 N 00 22' W, 451.0 feet; 8-59 N 25 21' W, 303.9 feet; 8-60 N 47 34' W, 400.4 feet; 8-61 S 12 33' E, 1746.4 feet; 8-62 S 52 42' W, 589.2 feet; 8-63 S 17 31' W, 425.7 feet; 8-64 S 43 31' W, 887.4 feet; 8-65 S 48 26' W, 912.2 feet; 8-66 S 69 31' W, 945.9 feet; 8-67 S 48 11' W, 1297.9 feet; 8-68 S 51 53' W, 367.9 feet; 8-69 S 89 06' W, 1323.0 feet; 9-1 S 34 04' E, 431.7 feet; 9-2 S 23 03' E, 196.5 feet; 9-3 S 30 27' W, 398.4 feet; 9-4 S 45 01' W, 199.5 feet; 9-5 S 64 35' W, 299.6 feet; 9-6 S 18 03' E, 398.0 feet; 9-7 S 11 03' E, 648.1 feet; 9-8 S 37 55' W, 587.2 feet; 9-9 S 23 42' W, 1178.3 feet; 9-10 N 59 10' W, 517.8 feet; 9-11 S 23 32' W, to the Harris County-Fort Bend County line; 9-12 THENCE, northwesterly along the Harris County-Fort Bend County line 9-13 to its intersection with the Waller County line; 9-14 THENCE, northwesterly along the Harris County-Waller County line to 9-15 its intersection with the easterly right-of-way line of Mathis 9-16 Road; 9-17 THENCE, northerly along the easterly right-of-way line of Mathis 9-18 Road to its intersection with the southerly right-of-way line of 9-19 Burton Cemetery Road; 9-20 THENCE, easterly along the southerly right-of-way line of Burton 9-21 Cemetery Road to its intersection with the westerly right-of-way 9-22 line of Kickapoo Road; 9-23 THENCE, easterly along an extension, in the same course, of the 9-24 southerly right-of-way of Burton Cemetery Road across Kickapoo Road 9-25 to the easterly right-of-way line of Kickapoo Road; 9-26 THENCE, northerly along the easterly right-of-way of Kickapoo Road 9-27 to the southerly right-of-way of U.S. Highway 290; 9-28 THENCE, northerly along an extension, in the same course, of the 9-29 easterly right-of-way line of Kickapoo Road to northerly 9-30 right-of-way line of U.S. Highway 290 and the POINT OF BEGINNING. 9-31 TRACT-2 9-32 BEGINNING at the intersection of the Harris County-Fort Bend County 9-33 line with the southeasterly right-of-way line of F. M. 1093 9-34 (Westheimer Road); 9-35 THENCE, northeasterly along Westheimer Road to the most northerly 9-36 northwest corner of Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 9-37 120 as it existed on December 28, 2000; 9-38 THENCE, easterly and southerly along the northerly and easterly 9-39 boundaries of said Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 120 9-40 as it existed on December 28, 2000, as follows; 9-41 S 89 48' 19" E, 1922.39 feet; 9-42 S 00 01' 37" W, 982.06 feet; 9-43 N 89 52' 02" E, 2592.41 feet, to the westerly right-of-way 9-44 line of State Highway No. 6; 9-45 THENCE, southerly along the west right-of-way line of State Highway 9-46 No. 6 to Westpark Drive; 9-47 THENCE, along an easterly extension of Westpark Drive to a line 9-48 being a southerly extension, same course, of the westerly boundary 9-49 of West Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 6 as it 9-50 existed on December 28, 2000; 9-51 THENCE, northerly along said southerly extension to the southwest 9-52 corner of West Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 6 as it 9-53 existed on December 28, 2000; 9-54 THENCE, continuing northerly along the west boundary line of West 9-55 Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 6 to the northwest 9-56 corner of said District as it existed on December 28, 2000; 9-57 THENCE, easterly along the northerly boundaries of West Harris 9-58 County Municipal Utility District No. 6 and West Harris County 9-59 Municipal Utility District No. 16 as they existed on December 28, 9-60 2000 to the northeast corner of West Harris County Municipal 9-61 Utility District No. 16 as it existed on December 28, 2000; 9-62 THENCE, southerly along the easterly boundary of West Harris County 9-63 Municipal Utility District No. 16 as it existed on December 28, 9-64 2000 to the northerly line of the Rebecca Brown Survey, Abstract 9-65 148; 9-66 THENCE, westerly along the northerly line of the Rebecca Brown 9-67 Survey, Abstract 148 to the northwesterly corner of said Survey, 9-68 same being the northeast corner of the Martin Moran Survey, 9-69 Abstract 580; 10-1 THENCE, southerly along the easterly line of the Martin Moran 10-2 Survey, Abstract 580 to the northerly Southern Pacific Railroad 10-3 right-of-way line; 10-4 THENCE, easterly along the northerly Southern Pacific Railroad 10-5 right-of-way line to its intersection with a northerly extension, 10-6 same course, of the westerly line of the Stafford Smith Survey, 10-7 Abstract 1360; 10-8 THENCE, southerly along said northerly extension to the 10-9 northwesterly corner of the Stafford Smith Survey, Abstract 1360; 10-10 THENCE, continuing southerly along the westerly line of the 10-11 Stafford Smith Survey, Abstract 1360 to the southwest corner of 10-12 said Survey, same being in the northerly line of the Stafford Smith 10-13 Survey, Abstract 1362; 10-14 THENCE, easterly along the northerly line of the Stafford Smith 10-15 Survey, Abstract 1362 to the northeast corner of said Survey; 10-16 THENCE, southerly along the easterly line of the Stafford Smith 10-17 Survey, Abstract 1362 to Bissonett Road; 10-18 THENCE, southeasterly along Bissonett Road to Old Richmond Road; 10-19 THENCE southwesterly and westerly along Old Richmond Road to Synott 10-20 Road; 10-21 THENCE, southwesterly along Synott Road to the centerline of 10-22 Keegans Bayou; 10-23 THENCE, westerly along the center line of Keegans Bayou to its 10-24 intersection with the Harris County-Fort Bend County line; 10-25 THENCE, northwesterly along the Harris County-Fort Bend County line 10-26 to the POINT OF BEGINNING. 10-27 (b) In addition to the territory described by Subsection (a) 10-28 of this section, the authority includes include all territory in 10-29 Fort Bend County of any district or municipality the territory of 10-30 which includes, on the effective date of this Act, any of the 10-31 territory described by Subsection (a) of this section, regardless 10-32 of whether the territory contains noncontiguous parcels of land. 10-33 (c) Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (b) of this section, 10-34 the authority does not include any area that, on the effective date 10-35 of this Act, is inside: 10-36 (1) the municipal limits of the City of Houston; 10-37 (2) the municipal limits or extraterritorial 10-38 jurisdiction, as determined under Subchapter B, Chapter 42, Local 10-39 Government Code, of the City of Jersey Village; 10-40 (3) the territory of the North Harris County Regional 10-41 Water Authority; or 10-42 (4) the boundaries of Waller County. 10-43 (d) All of the territory of a local government created after 10-44 the effective date of this Act that encompasses any territory 10-45 within the boundaries of the authority, immediately on the creation 10-46 and any necessary confirmation election, and without any action 10-47 required of the authority, is subject to all of the rights, powers, 10-48 privileges, and rules of the authority, to the same extent as the 10-49 territory was before the local government was created. 10-50 SECTION 1.04. FINDINGS RELATIVE TO BOUNDARIES. The 10-51 legislature finds that the boundaries and field notes of the 10-52 authority form a closure. If a mistake is made in the field notes 10-53 or in copying the field notes in the legislative process, it does 10-54 not affect the authority's: 10-55 (1) organization, existence, or validity; 10-56 (2) right to issue any type of bond or note for the 10-57 purposes for which the authority is created or to pay the principal 10-58 of and interest on a bond or note; 10-59 (3) right to impose or collect a fee, user fee, rate, 10-60 charge, or special assessment; or 10-61 (4) legality or operation. 10-62 SECTION 1.05. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN TERRITORY. (a) A 10-63 district or municipality that, on the effective date of this Act, 10-64 is located, wholly or partly, within the territory described by 10-65 Section 1.03(a) or (b) of this Act may petition for exclusion of 10-66 all of its territory from the authority's boundaries by a petition 10-67 signed by a majority of the governing body of the district or 10-68 municipality. The board shall: 10-69 (1) not later than February 28, 2002, grant the 11-1 petition and order the territory excluded if the petition: 11-2 (A) includes an accurate legal description of 11-3 the boundaries of the territory to be excluded; and 11-4 (B) is filed with the authority before December 11-5 31, 2001; and 11-6 (2) if the board grants the petition, file for 11-7 recording in the office of the county clerk for the applicable 11-8 county or counties a copy of the order and a description of the 11-9 authority's boundaries as they exist after the exclusion of the 11-10 territory. 11-11 (b) If a district or municipality is excluded from the 11-12 authority's boundaries under this section, the authority: 11-13 (1) is not required to provide water or any other 11-14 service to the district or municipality; and 11-15 (2) is not required to include the district or 11-16 municipality in any groundwater reduction plan adopted or 11-17 implemented by the authority. 11-18 (c) If, before December 31, 2001, a district or municipality 11-19 files a petition for exclusion under this section, the authority 11-20 may not impose fees, user fees, rates, charges, or special 11-21 assessments on the district or municipality after the petition is 11-22 filed with and received by the authority unless the district or 11-23 municipality is annexed by the authority under Section 1.06. 11-24 (d) If a district or municipality excluded from the 11-25 authority's boundaries under this section petitions the authority 11-26 to be annexed under Section 1.06 of this Act, the authority may 11-27 annex the district or municipality. The authority may, as a 11-28 condition of annexation, require terms and conditions the board 11-29 considers appropriate. The authority may require the district or 11-30 municipality to pay the authority the fees, user fees, charges, and 11-31 special assessments, with interest, that, as determined by the 11-32 authority, the district or municipality would have been charged by 11-33 the authority if the district or municipality had not been excluded 11-34 from the authority under this section. 11-35 SECTION 1.06. ANNEXATION. (a) Except to the extent the 11-36 authority agrees in writing, a municipality's annexation of 11-37 territory within the authority has no effect on: 11-38 (1) the authority's powers inside or outside the 11-39 annexed territory; 11-40 (2) the authority's boundaries or contracts; and 11-41 (3) the authority's ability to assess fees, user fees, 11-42 rates, charges, or special assessments inside or outside the 11-43 territory annexed by the municipality. 11-44 (b) Territory may be annexed to the authority, regardless of 11-45 whether the territory is contiguous to the authority, as provided 11-46 by Chapter 49, Water Code. 11-47 (c) In addition to the authority granted by Subsection (b) 11-48 of this section, regardless of whether the territory is contiguous 11-49 to the authority, the authority may annex territory located within 11-50 a district or municipality if the district or municipality files 11-51 with the authority a petition requesting the annexation signed by a 11-52 majority of the governing body of the district or municipality. 11-53 The petition must include an accurate legal description of the 11-54 boundaries of the territory to be included. If the authority has 11-55 bonds, notes, or other obligations outstanding, the authority shall 11-56 require the petitioning district or municipality to be obligated to 11-57 pay its share of the principal of and interest on the outstanding 11-58 bonds, notes, or other obligations, and related costs. The board 11-59 may grant the petition and order the territory described in the 11-60 petition annexed to the authority if: 11-61 (1) it is feasible, practicable, and to the advantage 11-62 of the authority; and 11-63 (2) the authority's system and other improvements are 11-64 sufficient or will be sufficient to supply surface water and 11-65 groundwater to the added territory without harming the territory 11-66 already included in the authority. 11-67 (d) Any territory that a district located within the 11-68 authority annexes becomes territory of the authority, without any 11-69 action required of the authority, on the effective date of the 12-1 annexation. The authority by rule may require all districts 12-2 located within the authority to send to the authority written 12-3 notice of the effective date of an annexation and requiring the 12-4 districts to send to the authority copies of any necessary 12-5 documents describing the annexed land and describing the district's 12-6 boundaries as they exist after inclusion of the annexed land. 12-7 (e) The annexation to the authority of territory under this 12-8 section does not affect the validity of the authority's bonds 12-9 issued before or after the annexation. 12-10 SECTION 1.07. DESCRIPTION OF DIRECTOR PRECINCTS. (a) The 12-11 authority includes nine single-member director precincts as 12-12 follows: 12-13 (1) Director Precinct No. 1 includes the territory 12-14 that is contained in the following area: 12-15 BEGINNING at the intersection of the Harris County-Fort Bend County 12-16 line with the southeasterly right-of-way line of F. M. 1093 12-17 (Westheimer Road); 12-18 THENCE, northeasterly along Westheimer Road to the most northerly 12-19 northwest corner of Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 12-20 120 as it existed on December 28, 2000; 12-21 THENCE, easterly and southerly along the northerly and easterly 12-22 boundaries of said Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 120 12-23 as it existed on December 28, 2000, as follows; 12-24 S 89 48' 19" E, 1922.39 feet; 12-25 S 00 01' 37" W, 982.06 feet; 12-26 N 89 52' 02" E, 2592.41 feet, to the westerly right-of-way 12-27 line of State Highway No. 6; 12-28 THENCE, southerly along the west right-of-way line of State Highway 12-29 No. 6 to Westpark Drive; 12-30 THENCE, along an easterly extension of Westpark Drive to a line 12-31 being a southerly extension, same course, of the westerly boundary 12-32 of West Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 6 as it 12-33 existed on December 28, 2000; 12-34 THENCE, northerly along said southerly extension to the southwest 12-35 corner of West Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 6 as it 12-36 existed on December 28, 2000; 12-37 THENCE, continuing northerly along the west boundary line of West 12-38 Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 6 to the northwest 12-39 corner of said District as it existed on December 28, 2000; 12-40 THENCE, easterly along the northerly boundaries of West Harris 12-41 County Municipal Utility District No. 6 and West Harris County 12-42 Municipal Utility District No. 16 as they existed on December 28, 12-43 2000 to the northeast corner of West Harris County Municipal 12-44 Utility District No. 16 as it existed on December 28, 2000; 12-45 THENCE, southerly along the easterly boundary of West Harris County 12-46 Municipal Utility District No. 16 as it existed on December 28, 12-47 2000 to the northerly line of the Rebecca Brown Survey, Abstract 12-48 148; 12-49 THENCE, westerly along the northerly line of the Rebecca Brown 12-50 Survey, Abstract 148 to the northwesterly corner of said Survey, 12-51 same being the northeast corner of the Martin Moran Survey, 12-52 Abstract 580; 12-53 THENCE, southerly along the easterly line of the Martin Moran 12-54 Survey, Abstract 580 to the northerly Southern Pacific Railroad 12-55 right-of-way line; 12-56 THENCE, easterly along the northerly Southern Pacific Railroad 12-57 right-of-way line to its intersection with a northerly extension, 12-58 same course, of the westerly line of the Stafford Smith Survey, 12-59 Abstract 1360; 12-60 THENCE, southerly along said northerly extension to the 12-61 northwesterly corner of the Stafford Smith Survey, Abstract 1360; 12-62 THENCE, continuing southerly along the westerly line of the 12-63 Stafford Smith Survey, Abstract 1360 to the southwest corner of 12-64 said Survey, same being in the northerly line of the Stafford Smith 12-65 Survey, Abstract 1362; 12-66 THENCE, easterly along the northerly line of the Stafford Smith 12-67 Survey, Abstract 1362 to the northeast corner of said Survey; 12-68 THENCE, southerly along the easterly line of the Stafford Smith 12-69 Survey, Abstract 1362 to Bissonett Road; 13-1 THENCE, southeasterly along Bissonett Road to Old Richmond Road; 13-2 THENCE southwesterly and westerly along Old Richmond Road to Synott 13-3 Road; 13-4 THENCE, southwesterly along Synott Road to the centerline of 13-5 Keegans Bayou; 13-6 THENCE, westerly along the center line of Keegans Bayou to its 13-7 intersection with the Harris County-Fort Bend County line; 13-8 THENCE, northwesterly along the Harris County-Fort Bend County line 13-9 to the POINT OF BEGINNING. 13-10 (2) Director Precinct No. 2 includes the territory 13-11 that is contained in the following area: 13-12 BEGINNING at the intersection of the southerly right-of-way line of 13-13 U.S. Highway 10 and the easterly right-of-way line of Westgreen 13-14 Blvd: 13-15 THENCE, easterly along the southerly right-of-way line of U.S. 13-16 Highway 10 to its intersection with an extension of the westerly 13-17 boundary of the former West Harris County MUD 1 as it existed on 13-18 December 29, 1982; 13-19 THENCE, generally along the current City of Houston corporate 13-20 limits the following; 13-21 southerly along the extension of the westerly boundary of the 13-22 former West Harris County MUD 1 as it existed on December 29, 1982 13-23 to its intersection with the northerly lines of the U.S. Government 13-24 Barker Reservoir tracts BR-58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 13-25 and 69 for corner; 13-26 S 88 27' W, along the northerly lines of the U.S. Government 13-27 Barker Reservoir tracts BR-58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 13-28 and 69, to the northwest corner of the U.S. Government Barker 13-29 Reservoir tract BR-69, said corner being in the east right-of-way 13-30 line of Barker-Clodine Road; 13-31 S 88 27' W, a distance of 60 feet more or less, crossing 13-32 Barker-Clodine Road to the westerly right-of-way line of 13-33 Barker-Clodine Road; 13-34 S 88 27' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government 13-35 Barker Reservoir tract BR-71, a distance of 1776.7 feet, to the 13-36 northwest corner of said tract; 13-37 S 01 33' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government 13-38 Barker Reservoir tract BR-71, a distance of 579.9 feet, to the 13-39 southwest corner of said tract; 13-40 N 88 27' E, along the south line of the U.S. Government 13-41 Barker Reservoir tract BR-71, a distance of 1780.9 feet, to the 13-42 southeast corner of said tract, said corner being in the westerly 13-43 right-of-way line of Barker-Clodine Road; 13-44 N 88 27' E, a distance of 60 feet more or less, crossing 13-45 Barker-Clodine Road to the easterly right-of-way of said road; 13-46 N 88 27' E, along a southerly line of the U.S. Government 13-47 Barker Reservoir tract BR-69, a distance of 931.6 feet, to a point 13-48 for corner; 13-49 continuing along the northwesterly lines of the U.S. 13-50 Government Barker Reservoir tracts BR-69 and BR-74 as follows: 13-51 S 16 08' W, 303.4 feet; 13-52 S 11 36' W, 1093.8 feet; 13-53 S 41 11' W, 898.3 feet, to the easterly right-of-way line of 13-54 Barker-Clodine Road for corner; 13-55 southerly along the easterly right-of-way line of 13-56 Barker-Clodine Road to its intersection with an imaginary line 13-57 perpendicular and at right angles to the easterly right-of-way line 13-58 of said road, said perpendicular line also terminating at the 13-59 intersection of the westerly right-of-way line of Barker-Clodine 13-60 Road and the northerly lines of the U.S. Government Barker 13-61 Reservoir tract BR-72; 13-62 westerly along said imaginary line, crossing Barker-Clodine 13-63 Road, to the westerly right-of-way line of said road; 13-64 continuing along the northerly and westerly lines of the U.S. 13-65 Government Barker Reservoir tract BR-72 as follows: 13-66 S 51 48' W, 443.9 feet; 13-67 S 26 59' W, 570.6 feet; 13-68 S 72 54' W, 682.5 feet; 13-69 N 70 22' W, 1161.9 feet; 14-1 S 89 53' W, 1491.4 feet; 14-2 S 07 05' W, 595.0 feet; 14-3 S 84 44' E, 742.0 feet; 14-4 S 18 02' E, 1149.9 feet; 14-5 S 08 59' W, 648.7 feet; 14-6 S 33 25' W, 684.2 feet; 14-7 S 45 06' W, 544.8 feet; 14-8 S 22 01' W, 637.7 feet; 14-9 S 50 53' W, 473.2 feet, to the most westerly southwest 14-10 corner of the U.S. Government Barker Reservoir tract BR-72; 14-11 S 88 02' W, along the northerly line of the U.S. Government 14-12 Barker Reservoir tract BR-85, a distance of 350 feet more or less, 14-13 to the northwest corner of said tract; 14-14 S 02 01' E, along the westerly line of the U.S. Government 14-15 Barker Reservoir tract BR-85, same being the west line of the John 14-16 Cunningham Survey, A-193, a distance of 240 feet more or less, to 14-17 the northeast corner of the Joseph Habermacher Survey, A-356; 14-18 S 88 18' W, along the northerly line of the Joseph 14-19 Habermacher Survey, A-356, a distance of 229.9 feet, to a point for 14-20 corner; 14-21 continuing in a southerly and westerly direction following 14-22 the westerly lines of the U.S. Government Barker Reservoir tracts 14-23 BR-86, BR-87, and BR-27 as follows: 14-24 S 25 39' W, 1168.5 feet; 14-25 S 70 42' W, 959.5 feet; 14-26 S 23 36' W, 413.2 feet; 14-27 S 73 42' W, 407.3 feet; 14-28 S 00 22' E, 112.8 feet; 14-29 S 89 38' W, 34.9 feet; 14-30 N 00 22' W, 451.0 feet; 14-31 N 25 21' W, 303.9 feet; 14-32 N 47 34' W, 400.4 feet; 14-33 S 12 33' E, 1746.4 feet; 14-34 S 52 42' W, 589.2 feet; 14-35 S 17 31' W, 425.7 feet; 14-36 S 43 31' W, 887.4 feet; 14-37 S 48 26' W, 912.2 feet; 14-38 S 69 31' W, 945.9 feet; 14-39 S 48 11' W, 1297.9 feet; 14-40 S 51 53' W, 367.9 feet; 14-41 S 89 06' W, 1323.0 feet; 14-42 S 34 04' E, 431.7 feet; 14-43 S 23 03' E, 196.5 feet; 14-44 S 30 27' W, 398.4 feet; 14-45 S 45 01' W, 199.5 feet; 14-46 S 64 35' W, 299.6 feet; 14-47 S 18 03' E, 398.0 feet; 14-48 S 11 03' E, 648.1 feet; 14-49 S 37 55' W, 587.2 feet; 14-50 S 23 42' W, 1178.3 feet; 14-51 N 59 10' W, 517.8 feet; 14-52 S 23 32' W, to the Harris County-Fort Bend County line; 14-53 THENCE, northwesterly along the Harris County-Fort Bend County line 14-54 to its intersection with the easterly right-of-way line of Fry 14-55 Road; 14-56 THENCE, northerly along the easterly right-of-way of Fry Road to 14-57 its intersection with an easterly extension, in the same course, of 14-58 the northerly right-of-way line of Westgreen Blvd.; 14-59 THENCE, westerly along that extension of the northerly right-of-way 14-60 line of Westgreen Blvd. to the westerly right-of-way of Fry Road ; 14-61 THENCE, westerly and northerly along the northerly and easterly 14-62 right-of-way line of Westgreen Blvd. to its intersection with the 14-63 southerly right-of-way line of U.S. Highway 10 and the POINT OF 14-64 BEGINNING. 14-65 (3) Director Precinct No. 3 includes the territory 14-66 that is contained in the following area: 14-67 BEGINNING at the intersection of the most westerly easterly 14-68 right-of-way line of Katy Fort Bend Road with the southerly 14-69 right-of-way line of U.S. Highway 10; 15-1 THENCE, easterly along the southerly right-of-way line of U.S. 15-2 Highway 10 to its intersection with the easterly right-of-way line 15-3 of Westgreen Blvd.; 15-4 THENCE, southerly along the easterly and northerly right-of-way 15-5 line of Westgreen Blvd. to its intersection with the westerly 15-6 right-of-way line of Fry Road; 15-7 THENCE, easterly along an extension in the same course, of the 15-8 northerly right-of-way line of Westgreen Blvd. to its intersection 15-9 with the easterly right-of-way line of Fry Road; 15-10 THENCE, southerly along the easterly right-of-way line of Fry Road 15-11 to its intersection with the Harris County-Fort Bend County line; 15-12 THENCE, northwesterly along the Harris County-Fort Bend County line 15-13 to its intersection with the most westerly easterly right-of-way 15-14 line of Katy Fort Bend Road; 15-15 THENCE, northerly along the most westerly easterly right-of-way 15-16 line of Katy Fort Bend Road to the southerly right-of-way line of 15-17 U.S. Highway 10 and the POINT OF BEGINNING. 15-18 (4) Director Precinct No. 4 includes the territory 15-19 that is contained in the following area: 15-20 BEGINNING at the intersection of the southerly right-of-way line of 15-21 U.S. Highway 10 and the easterly right-of-way line of Mason Road; 15-22 THENCE, northerly along the easterly right-of-way line of Mason 15-23 Road to its intersection with the southerly right-of-way line of 15-24 Clay Road; 15-25 THENCE, westerly along the southerly right-of-way line of Clay Road 15-26 to its intersection with the easterly right-of-way line of Peek 15-27 Road; 15-28 THENCE, northerly along the easterly right-of-way line of Peek Road 15-29 to its intersection with the southerly right-of-way line of State 15-30 Highway 529; 15-31 THENCE, northerly along a northerly extension, in the same course, 15-32 of the easterly right-of-way line of Peek Road to its intersection 15-33 with the northerly right-of-way line of State Highway 529; 15-34 THENCE, easterly along the northerly right-of-way line of State 15-35 Highway 529 to its intersection with the easterly right-of-way line 15-36 of Fry Road; 15-37 THENCE, southerly along the easterly right-of-way line of Fry Road 15-38 to its intersection with the southerly right-of-way line of Clay 15-39 Road; 15-40 THENCE, easterly along the southerly right-of-way line of Clay Road 15-41 to the northwest corner of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir 15-42 tract AR-36, same being in the west line of the John Page Survey, 15-43 A-634; 15-44 THENCE, generally along the current City of Houston corporate 15-45 limits the following: 15-46 S 02 18' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government 15-47 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-36 and the west line of the John Page 15-48 Survey, A-634, a distance of 750 feet more or less to the northeast 15-49 corner of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-146; 15-50 S 88 29' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government 15-51 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-146, a distance of 1132.6 feet, to the 15-52 northwest corner of said tract; 15-53 S 02 18' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government 15-54 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-146, a distance of 1250.0, feet to the 15-55 southwest corner of said tract; 15-56 N 88 29'E, along the south line of the U.S. Government 15-57 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-146, a distance of 1132.6 feet, to the 15-58 southeast corner of said tract, same being on the west line of the 15-59 John Page Survey, A-634, same also being a corner of the U.S. 15-60 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-36; 15-61 along the southwesterly lines of the U.S. Government Addicks 15-62 Reservoir tract AR-36 as follows: 15-63 S 48 32' E, 1960.5 feet; 15-64 S 14 59' E, 1904.6 feet, to the most easterly southeast 15-65 corner of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-36, same 15-66 being in the northerly right-of-way line of Groschke Road; 15-67 S 01 05' E, along the northerly extension of the west line 15-68 of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-35 across said 15-69 Groschke Road to the southerly right-of-way line of said Groschke 16-1 Road, to the northwest corner of the U.S. Government Addicks 16-2 Reservoir tract AR-35; 16-3 S 01 05' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government 16-4 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-35, a distance of 1260.7 feet, to the 16-5 southwest corner of said tract, same being in the north line of the 16-6 U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-19; 16-7 S 87 46' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government 16-8 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-19, a distance of 1740 feet more or 16-9 less, to the northwest corner of said tract, same being in the 16-10 easterly right-of-way line of Groschle Road; 16-11 N 02 18' W, along the easterly right-of-way line of said 16-12 Groschke Road, a distance of 25 feet more or less, to its 16-13 intersection with a line bearing S 87 54' W, said line being the 16-14 easterly extension of the north line of the U.S. Government Addicks 16-15 Reservoir tract AR-154; 16-16 S 87 54' W, crossing said Groschke Road to the northeast 16-17 corner of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-154, same 16-18 being in the westerly right-of-way of said Groschke Road; 16-19 S 87 54' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government 16-20 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-154, a distance of 1101.0 feet, to the 16-21 northwest corner of said tract, same being in the east line of the 16-22 U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-155; 16-23 N 02 18' W, along the east line of the U.S. Government 16-24 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-155, a distance of 550.0 feet, to the 16-25 northeast corner of said tract; 16-26 S 87 54' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government 16-27 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-155, a distance of 1000.0 feet, to the 16-28 northwest corner of said tract; 16-29 S 02 18' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government 16-30 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-155, a distance of 900.0 feet, to the 16-31 southwest corner of said tract, same being in the northerly 16-32 right-of-way of Groschke Road; 16-33 S 02 18' E, along the southerly extension of the west line 16-34 of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-155, crossing 16-35 said Groschke Road to the southerly right-of-way line of said 16-36 Groschke Road, same being the north line of the U.S. Government 16-37 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-152, to a point for corner; 16-38 S 87 54' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government 16-39 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-152 and the southerly right-of-way line 16-40 of Groschke Road, a distance of 1840 feet more or less, to the 16-41 northwest corner of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract 16-42 AR-152; 16-43 S 01 36' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government 16-44 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-152, same being the westerly line of the 16-45 George F. Richards Survey, A-647, a distance of 1390.0 feet, to the 16-46 northeast corner of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract 16-47 AR-153; 16-48 S 87 59' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government 16-49 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-153, a distance of 863.8 feet, to the 16-50 northwest corner of said tract; 16-51 S 01 59' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government 16-52 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-153, a distance of 649.9 feet, to the 16-53 southwest corner of said tract; 16-54 S 01 59' E, along the southerly extension of the west line 16-55 of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-153, a distance 16-56 of 20 feet to the north line of the U.S. Government Addicks 16-57 Reservoir tract AR-16 for corner; 16-58 S 87 59' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government 16-59 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-16, a distance of 2627.9 feet, to the 16-60 northwest corner of said tract; 16-61 S 02 40' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government 16-62 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-16, to its intersection with an easterly 16-63 extension of the north line of the U.S. Government Addicks 16-64 Reservoir tract AR-151, to a point for corner; 16-65 S 87 57' W, along the easterly extension of the north line 16-66 of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-151, to the 16-67 northeast corner of said tract; 16-68 S 87 57' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government 16-69 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-151, a distance of 3431.4 feet, to the 17-1 northwest corner of said tract; 17-2 in a southerly direction along the west line of the U.S. 17-3 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-151 as follows: 17-4 S 01 34' E, 688.9 feet; 17-5 S 88 26' W, 10.0 feet; 17-6 S 01 34' E, 775.0 feet; 17-7 S 88 26' W, 10.0 feet; 17-8 S 01 34' E, 220.0 feet, to the southwest corner of the U.S. 17-9 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-151; 17-10 N 88 10' E, along the southerly line of the U.S. Government 17-11 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-151, to its intersection with the 17-12 northerly extension, in the same course, of the most westerly 17-13 boundary line of the former Park Ten MUD as it existed on December 17-14 22, 1992, also the City of Houston corporate limits; 17-15 southerly along that extension the City of Houston corporate 17-16 limits and the westerly boundary of the former Park Ten MUD as it 17-17 existed December 22, 1992 and its southerly extension, in the same 17-18 course, to its intersection with a northerly line of the U.S. 17-19 Government Addicks Reservoir Tracts AR-5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 for corner; 17-20 S 88 41' W, along the northerly lines of the U.S. Government 17-21 Addicks Reservoir tracts AR-5, 4, 3, 2, and 1, to the northwest 17-22 corner of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-1; 17-23 S 01 19' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government 17-24 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-1, a distance of 450.0 feet, to the 17-25 southwest corner of said tract; 17-26 N 88 41' E, along the southerly lines of the U.S. Government 17-27 Addicks Reservoir to its intersection with a westerly boundary of 17-28 the former Park Ten MUD as it existed December 22, 1992; 17-29 southerly along this westerly Park Ten MUD boundary as it 17-30 existed on December 22, 1992 to its intersection with the northerly 17-31 right-of-way of the Union Pacific Railroad; 17-32 easterly along the north right-of-way of the Union Pacific 17-33 Railroad to its intersection with the northerly extension, in the 17-34 same course, of the westerly boundary of the former West Harris 17-35 County MUD 1 as it existed on December 29, 1982; 17-36 southerly along that extension of the westerly boundary of 17-37 the former West Harris County MUD 1 as it existed on December 29, 17-38 1982, and that said boundary to its intersection with the southerly 17-39 right-of-way line of U.S. Highway 10; 17-40 THENCE, westerly along the southerly right-of-way line of U.S. 17-41 Highway 10 to its intersection with the easterly right-of-way line 17-42 of Mason Road and the POINT OF BEGINNING. 17-43 (5) Director Precinct No. 5 includes the territory 17-44 that is contained in the following area: 17-45 BEGINNING at the intersection of the easterly right-of-way line of 17-46 Katy-Hockley Road (Roberts Road) and the northerly right-of-way 17-47 line of U.S. Highway 290; 17-48 THENCE, southeasterly along the northerly right-of-way line of U.S. 17-49 Highway 290 to its intersection with the easterly right-of-way line 17-50 of Telge Road; 17-51 THENCE, southerly along the easterly right-of-way line of Telge 17-52 Road to its intersection with the northerly right-of-way line of 17-53 West Road; 17-54 THENCE, southerly along a southerly extension in the same course, 17-55 of the easterly right-of-way line of Telge Road across West Road to 17-56 its intersection with the southerly right-of-way line of West Road; 17-57 THENCE, westerly along the southerly right-of-way line of West Road 17-58 to its intersection with the easterly right-of-way of Queenston 17-59 Blvd.; 17-60 THENCE, southerly along the easterly right-of-way line of Queenston 17-61 Blvd. to its intersection with the northerly right-of-way line of 17-62 State Highway 529; 17-63 THENCE, westerly along the northerly right-of-way line of State 17-64 Highway 529 to its intersection with the easterly right-of-way line 17-65 of Barker Cypress Road; 17-66 THENCE, southerly along the easterly right-of-way line of Barker 17-67 Cypress Road to its intersection with the southerly right-of-way 17-68 line of Clay Road; 17-69 THENCE, westerly along the southerly right-of-way line of Clay Road 18-1 to its intersection with the easterly right-of-way line of Fry 18-2 Road; 18-3 THENCE, northerly along the easterly right-of-way line of Fry Road 18-4 to its intersection with the northerly right-of-way line of State 18-5 Highway 529; 18-6 THENCE, westerly along the northerly right-of-way line of State 18-7 Highway 529 to its intersection with the easterly right-of-way line 18-8 of Katy-Hockley Cutoff; 18-9 THENCE, northerly along the easterly right-of-way line of 18-10 Katy-Hockley Cutoff to its intersection with the easterly 18-11 right-of-way line of Katy-Hockley Road; 18-12 THENCE, northerly along the easterly right-of-way line of 18-13 Katy-Hockley Road to its intersection with the southerly 18-14 right-of-way line of Becker Road; 18-15 THENCE, northerly along a northerly extension in the same course, 18-16 of the easterly right-of-way line of Katy-Hockley Road to its 18-17 intersection with the northerly right-of-way line of Becker Road; 18-18 THENCE, westerly along the northerly right-of-way line of Becker 18-19 Road to its intersection with the easterly right-of-way line of 18-20 Katy-Hockley Road; 18-21 THENCE, northerly along the easterly right-of-way line of 18-22 Katy-Hockley Road to its intersection with the northerly 18-23 right-of-way line of U.S. Highway 290 and the POINT OF BEGINNING. 18-24 (6) Director Precinct No. 6 includes the territory 18-25 that is contained in the following area: 18-26 BEGINNING at the intersection of the easterly right-of-way line of 18-27 Barker Cypress Road and the northerly right-of-way line of State 18-28 Highway 529; 18-29 THENCE, easterly along the northerly right-of-way line of State 18-30 Highway 529 to its intersection with the easterly right-of-way line 18-31 of State Highway 6; 18-32 THENCE, in a southerly direction following the easterly line of 18-33 State Highway No. 6 to its intersection with a line bearing S 88 18-34 05' W, said line being the easterly extension of the northerly line 18-35 of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-40; 18-36 THENCE, generally along the current City of Houston corporate 18-37 limits the following: 18-38 S 88 05'W, along the extension of the northerly line of the 18-39 U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-40 across State Highway 18-40 No. 6, to the westerly right-of-way line of State Highway No. 6; 18-41 S 88 05'W, along the northerly line of the U.S. Government 18-42 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-40 to the most easterly northwest corner 18-43 of said tract; 18-44 S 02 12'E, along the most easterly west line of the U.S. 18-45 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-40, a distance of 423.8 feet, 18-46 for corner; 18-47 S 88 05' W, along the most southerly north line of the U.S. 18-48 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-40, a distance of 559.6 feet, 18-49 to the most westerly northwest corner of said tract, same being in 18-50 the east line of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-39, 18-51 same also being in the east line of the E. Groschke Survey, A-301; 18-52 N 02 12' W, along the east line of the U.S. Government 18-53 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-39 and the east line of the E. Groschke 18-54 Survey, A-301, a distance of 424 feet more or less, to the 18-55 northeast corner of said tract and survey, same being in the 18-56 southerly right-of-way line of Pine Forest Road; 18-57 S 88 05' W, along the southerly right-of-way line of Pine 18-58 Forest Road and the northerly lines of the U.S. Government Addicks 18-59 Reservoir tracts AR-37, 38A, 38B, 38C, and 39, a distance of 3760.8 18-60 feet, to the northwest corner of the U.S. Government Addicks 18-61 Reservoir tract AR-37, same being in the east line of the U.S. 18-62 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-36; 18-63 N 02 19' W, along the east line of the U.S. Government 18-64 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-36, a distance of 120 feet more or less, 18-65 to the most easterly northeast corner of said tract; 18-66 following the northeasterly line of the U.S. Government 18-67 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-36 along a curve to the right having a 18-68 radius of 100 feet, arc of 155.7 feet and chord N 46 55' W, 140.4 18-69 feet, to the most westerly northeast corner of said tract; 19-1 S 88 29' W, along the northerly line of the U.S. Government 19-2 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-36, a distance of 160 feet more or less, 19-3 to the southerly extension of the east line of the U.S. Government 19-4 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-147 to a point for corner; 19-5 N 01 51' W, along the southerly extension of the U.S. 19-6 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-147 across Clay Road to the 19-7 southeast corner of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract 19-8 AR-147, same being in the northerly right-of-way line of Clay Road; 19-9 N 01 51' W, along the east line of the U.S. Government 19-10 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-147 to the northeast corner of said 19-11 tract; 19-12 S 88 29' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government 19-13 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-147, a distance of 1250.0 feet, to the 19-14 northwest corner of said tract; 19-15 S 01 51' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government 19-16 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-147 to the southwest corner of said 19-17 tract, same being in the northerly right-of-way line of Clay Road; 19-18 S 01 51' E, along a southerly extension of the east line of 19-19 the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-147 across Clay Road 19-20 to the north line of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract 19-21 AR-36, same being the southerly right-of-way line of Clay Road, to 19-22 a point for corner; 19-23 S 88 29' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government 19-24 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-36 and the southerly right-of way line 19-25 of Clay Road, a distance of 1075 feet more or less, to the 19-26 northwest corner of said tract, same being in the west line of the 19-27 John Page Survey, A-634; 19-28 THENCE, westerly along the southerly right-of-way line of Clay Road 19-29 to its intersection with the easterly right-of-way line of Barker 19-30 Cypress Road; 19-31 THENCE, northerly along the easterly right-of-way line of Barker 19-32 Cypress Road to its intersection with the northerly right-of-way 19-33 line of State Highway 529 and the POINT OF BEGINNING. 19-34 (7) Director Precinct No. 7 includes the territory 19-35 that is contained in the following area: 19-36 BEGINNING at the intersection of the easterly right-of-way line of 19-37 Telge Road and the northerly right-of-way line of U.S. Highway 290; 19-38 THENCE, southeasterly along the right-of-way line of U.S. Highway 19-39 290 to its intersection with the easterly right-of-way line of 19-40 State Highway 6; 19-41 THENCE, southwesterly along the easterly right-of-way line of State 19-42 Highway 6 to its intersection with the southwesterly right-of-way 19-43 line of Huffmeister; 19-44 THENCE, southeasterly and southerly along the southwesterly and 19-45 westerly right-of-way line of Huffmeister to its intersection with 19-46 the northerly boundary of Spencer Road PUD as it existed on 19-47 December 29, 2000: 19-48 THENCE, westerly along the northerly boundary of Spencer Road PUD 19-49 as it existed on December 29, 2000, to the northwest corner of said 19-50 District; 19-51 THENCE, southerly along the westerly boundary of Spencer Road PUD 19-52 as it existed on December 29, 2000, to its intersection with the 19-53 northerly right-of-way line of State Highway 529; 19-54 THENCE, westerly along the northerly right-of-way line of State 19-55 Highway 529 to its intersection with the easterly right-of-way line 19-56 of Queenston Blvd.; 19-57 THENCE, northerly along the easterly right-of-way line of Queenston 19-58 Blvd. to its intersection with the southerly right-of-way of West 19-59 Road; 19-60 THENCE, easterly along the southerly right-of-way of West Road to 19-61 its intersection with a southerly extension, in the same course, of 19-62 the easterly right-of-way line of Telge Road; 19-63 THENCE, northerly along the said southerly extension of the 19-64 easterly right-of-way line of Telge Road to the northerly 19-65 right-of-way line of West Road; 19-66 THENCE, northerly along the easterly right-of-way line of Telge 19-67 Road to its intersection with the northerly right-of-way line of 19-68 U.S. Highway 290 and the POINT OF BEGINNING. 19-69 (8) Director Precinct No. 8 includes the territory 20-1 that is contained in the following area: 20-2 BEGINNING at the intersection of the easterly right-of-way line of 20-3 State Highway 6 and the northerly right-of-way line of U.S. Highway 20-4 290; 20-5 THENCE, southeasterly along the northerly line of U. S. Highway 290 20-6 to its intersection with the easterly right-of-way line of 20-7 Brittmore Road; 20-8 THENCE, generally along the current City of Houston corporate 20-9 limits the following: 20-10 southerly along the easterly right-of-way line of Brittmore 20-11 Road to its intersection with the northerly right-of-way line of 20-12 West Little York Road; 20-13 easterly along the northerly right-of-way line of West Little 20-14 York Road to its intersection with the most easterly westerly 20-15 boundary of the former Northwest Harris County MUD 25 as it existed 20-16 on December 4, 1996; 20-17 southerly along the most easterly westerly boundary of the 20-18 former Northwest Harris County MUD 25 to the most southerly 20-19 southerly boundary of the former Northwest Harris County MUD 25 as 20-20 it existed on December 4, 1996; 20-21 easterly along the most southerly southerly boundary of the 20-22 former Northwest Harris County MUD 25 as it existed on December 4, 20-23 1996 to the westerly right-of-way line of the West Sam Houston 20-24 Parkway North; 20-25 southerly along the westerly right-of-way line of the West 20-26 Sam Houston Parkway North to the southerly line of the E. 20-27 Friedenhaus Survey, Abstract 1185; 20-28 westerly along the southerly line of the E. Friedenhaus 20-29 Survey, Abstract 1185 to the southwest corner of said survey, same 20-30 being the northeast corner of the W. C. R. R. Survey, Abstract 917; 20-31 southerly along the westerly line of the W. C. R. R. Survey, 20-32 Abstract 917 to the northeasterly corner of a 29.9426 acre tract 20-33 which is a part of the former Westway Utility District as it 20-34 existed on December 31, 1994, same point being a corner in the 20-35 boundary of that former Westway Utility District; 20-36 westerly along the northerly boundary line of that 29.9426 20-37 acre tract, a distance of 1,174.8 feet more or less, to the 20-38 northwest corner of said tract, same corner being in the boundary 20-39 of that Westway Utility District; 20-40 westerly along the westerly extension, same course, of that 20-41 northerly boundary line to the easterly boundary line of a 104.126 20-42 acre tract which is a part of that Westway Utility District; 20-43 northerly along the easterly line of that 104.126 acre tract, 20-44 same line being a boundary of that Westway Utility District, to the 20-45 northeast corner of said tract; 20-46 westerly along the northerly line of said tract, a distance 20-47 of 1,526.52 feet more or less, to the most westerly northwest 20-48 corner of that Westway Utility District; 20-49 southerly along the most westerly west boundary line of that 20-50 Westway Utility District, a distance of 1,826.07 feet more or less, 20-51 to its intersection with the southerly line of the W. C. R. R. 20-52 Survey, Abstract 919; 20-53 westerly along the southerly line of that W.C. R. R. Survey, 20-54 Abstract 919 to the northeast corner of the U.S. Government Addicks 20-55 Reservoir tract AR-130; 20-56 in a northerly and northwesterly direction along the easterly 20-57 and northeasterly lines of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir 20-58 tracts A-132 and A-133 as follows: 20-59 N 01 09' W, 662.5 feet; 20-60 N 23 50' W, 1592.3 feet; 20-61 N 46 31' W, 1763.1 feet; 20-62 N 46 31' W, a distance of 3416.3 feet, for corner; 20-63 S 43 29' W, along a northwesterly line of the U.S. 20-64 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-133, a distance of 553.9 20-65 feet, for corner; 20-66 S 02 21' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government 20-67 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-133, a distance of 2169.9 feet, to the 20-68 southwest corner of said tract; 20-69 S 88 04' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government 21-1 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-124, same being the north line of the J. 21-2 E. Lester Survey, A-1612, a distance of 500 feet more or less to 21-3 the northwest corner of said tract; 21-4 S 88 04' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government 21-5 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-123 and the north line of the J. E. 21-6 Lester Survey, A-1612, a distance of 1937.8 feet, to the northwest 21-7 corner of said tract; 21-8 S 02 30' E, along the most westerly west line of the U.S. 21-9 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-123, a distance of 616.3 21-10 feet, to a corner of said tract; 21-11 S 87 59' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government 21-12 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-120, same being the north line of the 21-13 Henry Noack Survey, A-1098, a distance of 2298.3 feet to the 21-14 northwest corner of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract 21-15 AR-120, said corner being in the easterly right-of-way line of 21-16 Addicks-Fairbanks Road; 21-17 S 87 59' W, along an easterly extension of the south line of 21-18 the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-142 across 21-19 Addicks-Fairbanks Road to the southeast corner of said tract; 21-20 N 08 40'W, along the westerly right-of-way line of 21-21 Addicks-Fairbanks Road, same also being the easterly line of the 21-22 U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-142, a distance of 400.0 21-23 feet, to a point for corner; 21-24 N 59 32' W, along the northeasterly line of the U.S. 21-25 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-142, a distance of 4438.8 21-26 feet, to a point for corner; 21-27 N 02 15' W, along the most westerly east line of the U.S. 21-28 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-142, a distance of 1549.7 21-29 feet, to the south line of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir 21-30 tract AR-143; 21-31 N 87 49'E, along the south line of the U.S. Government 21-32 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-143, a distance of 449.9 feet, to the 21-33 southeast corner of said tract; 21-34 N 02 24' W, along the east line of the U.S. Government 21-35 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-143, a distance of 700.0 feet, to the 21-36 northeast corner of said tract; 21-37 S 87 49' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government 21-38 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-143, a distance of 950.0 feet, to the 21-39 east line of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-77, 21-40 same being the east line of the Joseph McCalester Survey, A-541; 21-41 N 02 24'W, along the east line of the U.S. Government 21-42 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-77 and the east line of the Joseph 21-43 McCalester Survey, A-541, a distance of 593.3 feet, the northeast 21-44 corner of said tract and survey; 21-45 S 87 55' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government 21-46 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-77 and the north line of the Joseph 21-47 McCalester Survey, A-541, a distance of 3606.4 feet, to the 21-48 northwest corner of said tract and survey; 21-49 S 02 07' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government 21-50 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-77 and the west line of the Joseph 21-51 McCalester Survey, A-541, a distance of 4493.3 feet, to the 21-52 southwest corner of said tract and survey, same also being the 21-53 southeast corner of the Louis Bouillet Survey, A-156; 21-54 S 88 01' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government 21-55 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-76A, same being the north line of R. N. 21-56 Davis Survey, A-225, same also being the south line of the Louis 21-57 Bouillet Survey, A-156, a distance of 337.6 feet, to the northwest 21-58 corner of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-76A; 21-59 S 02 03' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government 21-60 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-76A, a distance of 1344.1 feet, to the 21-61 southwest corner of said tract; 21-62 S 87 57' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government 21-63 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-76C, a distance of 150 feet more or 21-64 less, to the most easterly northwest corner of said tract; 21-65 S 01 57' E, along the most easterly west line of the U.S. 21-66 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-76C, a distance of 660.1 feet 21-67 for corner; 21-68 S 87 57' W, along the most southerly north line of the U.S. 21-69 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-76C, a distance of 835.0 22-1 feet, to the most westerly northwest corner of said tract; 22-2 S 01 57' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government 22-3 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-76C, a distance of 100.3 feet more or 22-4 less, to the northeast corner of the U.S. Government Addicks 22-5 Reservoir tract AR-76B; 22-6 S 88 31' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government 22-7 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-76B, a distance of 685.9 feet, to the 22-8 northwest corner of said tract; 22-9 S 02 04' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government 22-10 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-76B, a distance of 170 feet more or 22-11 less, to the northeast corner of the U.S. Government Addicks 22-12 Reservoir tract AR-144; 22-13 S 88 31' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government 22-14 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-144, a distance of 415.0 feet, to the 22-15 northwest corner of said tract, same being in the west line of the 22-16 R. N. Davis Survey, A-225; 22-17 S 02 10' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government 22-18 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-144 and the west line of the R. N. Davis 22-19 Survey, A-225, a distance of 300.0 feet, to the northeast corner of 22-20 the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-145; 22-21 S 88 31' W, along the north line of the U.S. Government 22-22 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-145, a distance of 700.0 feet, to the 22-23 northwest corner of said tract; 22-24 S 02 10' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government 22-25 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-145, a distance of 400.0 feet, to the 22-26 southwest corner of said tract, same being in the northerly 22-27 right-of-way line of Clay Road; 22-28 S 02 10' E, along the southerly extension of the west line 22-29 of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-145 across Clay 22-30 Road to the southerly right-of-way line of Clay Road, same being in 22-31 the north line of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract 22-32 AR-63, to a point for corner; 22-33 S 88 31' W, along the southerly right-of-way line of Clay 22-34 Road and the north line of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir 22-35 tract AR-63, a distance of 1382.7 feet more or less to the 22-36 northwest corner of said tract; 22-37 S 01 55' E, along the west line of the U.S. Government 22-38 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-63, a distance of 70.1 feet, to the 22-39 northeast corner of the U.S. Government Addicks Reservoir tract 22-40 AR-141; 22-41 S 43 05'W, along a northwesterly line of the U.S. Government 22-42 Addicks Reservoir tract AR-141, a distance of 98.8 feet, for 22-43 corner; 22-44 S 01 55' E, along a northwesterly line of the U.S. 22-45 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-141, a distance of 460.0 22-46 feet, for corner; 22-47 S 23 34' W, along a northwesterly line of the U.S. 22-48 Government Addicks Reservoir tract AR-141, a distance of 700 feet 22-49 more or less, to easterly right-of-way line of State Highway No. 6 22-50 for corner; 22-51 THENCE, northerly along the easterly right-of-way line of State 22-52 Highway 6 to its intersection with the northerly right-of-way line 22-53 of State Highway 529; 22-54 THENCE, easterly along the northerly right-of-way line of State 22-55 Highway 529 to its intersection with the westerly boundary of 22-56 Spencer Road PUD as it existed on December 29, 2000; 22-57 THENCE, northerly along the westerly boundary of Spencer Road PUD 22-58 to the northwest corner of said District as it existed on December 22-59 29, 2000; 22-60 THENCE, easterly along the northerly boundary of Spencer Road PUD 22-61 as it existed on December 29, 2000 to its intersection with the 22-62 westerly right-of-way line of Huffmeister; 22-63 THENCE, northerly along the westerly right-of-way line of 22-64 Huffmeister to its intersection with the easterly right-of-way line 22-65 of State Highway 6; 22-66 THENCE, northeasterly along the easterly right-of-way line of State 22-67 Highway 6 to its intersection with the northerly right-of-way line 22-68 of U.S. Highway 290 and the POINT OF BEGINNING. 22-69 (9) Director Precinct No. 9 includes the territory 23-1 that is contained in the following area: 23-2 BEGINNING at the intersection of the easterly right-of-way line of 23-3 Kickapoo Road with the northerly right-of-way line of U.S. Highway 23-4 290 (Hempstead Highway); 23-5 THENCE, southeasterly along the northerly right-of-way line of U. 23-6 S. Highway 290 to its intersection with the easterly right-of-way 23-7 line of Katy-Hockley Road (Roberts Road); 23-8 THENCE, southerly along the easterly right-of-way of Katy-Hockley 23-9 Road to its intersection with the northerly right-of-way line of 23-10 Becker Road; 23-11 THENCE, easterly along the northerly right-of-way line of Becker 23-12 Road to its intersection with a northerly extension, in the same 23-13 course, of the easterly right-of-way of Katy-Hockley Road; 23-14 THENCE, southerly along said northerly extension of the easterly 23-15 right-of-way line of Katy-Hockley Road to the southerly 23-16 right-of-way line of Becker Road; 23-17 THENCE, southerly along the easterly right-of-way line of 23-18 Katy-Hockley Road to its intersection with the easterly 23-19 right-of-way line of Katy-Hockley Cutoff; 23-20 THENCE, southerly along the easterly right-of-way line of the 23-21 Katy-Hockley Cutoff to its intersection with the northerly 23-22 right-of-way line of State Highway 529; 23-23 THENCE, easterly along the northerly right-of-way line of State 23-24 Highway 529 to its intersection with a northerly extension, in the 23-25 same course, of the easterly right-of-way line of Peek Road; 23-26 THENCE, southerly along said northerly extension of the easterly 23-27 right-of-way line of Peek Road to its intersection with the 23-28 southerly right-of-way line of State Highway 529; 23-29 THENCE, southerly along the easterly right-of-way line of Peek Road 23-30 to its intersection with the southerly right-of-way line of Clay 23-31 Road; 23-32 THENCE, easterly along the southerly right-of-way line of Clay Road 23-33 to its intersection with the easterly right-of-way line of Mason 23-34 Road; 23-35 THENCE, southerly along the easterly right-of-way line of Mason 23-36 Road to its intersection with the southerly right-of-way of U.S. 23-37 Highway 10; 23-38 THENCE, westerly along the southerly right-of-way line of U.S. 23-39 Highway 10 to its intersection with the easterly right-of-way line 23-40 of Katy Fort Bend Road; 23-41 THENCE, southerly along the easterly right-of-way of Katy Fort Bend 23-42 Road to its intersection with the Harris County-Fort Bend County 23-43 line; 23-44 THENCE, northwesterly along the Harris County-Fort Bend County line 23-45 to its intersection with the Harris County - Waller County line; 23-46 THENCE, northwesterly along the Harris County-Waller County line to 23-47 its intersection with the easterly right-of-way line of Mathis 23-48 Road; 23-49 THENCE, northerly along the easterly right-of-way line of Mathis 23-50 Road to its intersection with the southerly right-of-way line of 23-51 Burton Cemetery Road; 23-52 THENCE, easterly along the southerly right-of-way line of Burton 23-53 Cemetery Road to its intersection with the westerly right-of-way 23-54 line of Kickapoo Road; 23-55 THENCE, easterly along an extension, in the same course, of the 23-56 southerly right-of-way of Burton Cemetery Road across Kickapoo Road 23-57 to the easterly right-of-way line of Kickapoo Road; 23-58 THENCE, northerly along the easterly right-of-way of Kickapoo Road 23-59 to the southerly right-of-way of U.S. Highway 290; 23-60 THENCE, northerly along the easterly right-of-way line of Kickapoo 23-61 Road to the northerly right-of-way line of U.S. Highway 290 and the 23-62 POINT OF BEGINNING. 23-63 (b) The territory of any district or municipality within the 23-64 authority that is located within Fort Bend County is part of the 23-65 director precinct described by Subsection (a) of this section in 23-66 which the greatest amount of the district's or municipality's 23-67 Harris County territory is located. 23-68 (c) The board may redraw the single-member director 23-69 precincts in a manner that is reasonable and equitable: 24-1 (1) after any change in the boundaries of the 24-2 authority; or 24-3 (2) by a resolution redrawing the director precincts 24-4 adopted by a two-thirds majority of the board based on changed 24-5 circumstances. 24-6 SECTION 1.08. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW. (a) This Act 24-7 prevails over any inconsistent provision of general law. 24-8 (b) This Act does not prevail over or preempt a provision of 24-9 Chapter 151, Water Code, or Chapter 36, Water Code, that is being 24-10 implemented by the subsidence district. 24-11 SECTION 1.09. FINDING OF BENEFIT. All the land, property, 24-12 and persons included within the boundaries of the authority will be 24-13 directly benefited by the works, projects, improvements, and 24-14 services to be provided by the authority under powers conferred by 24-15 Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and this Act. The 24-16 authority is created to serve a public use and benefit. The 24-17 creation of the authority will serve to promote the health, safety, 24-18 and general welfare of persons within the authority, and the 24-19 general public. Any fees, user fees, rates, charges, or special 24-20 assessments levied by the authority under this Act are necessary to 24-21 pay for the costs of accomplishing the purposes of the authority as 24-22 set forth in Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and this 24-23 Act, including: 24-24 (1) the reduction of groundwater withdrawals; 24-25 (2) the facilitation of compliance with subsidence 24-26 district requirements; and 24-27 (3) the provision of services, facilities, and 24-28 systems. 24-29 SECTION 1.10. LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION OF THIS ACT. This Act 24-30 shall be liberally construed in conformity with the purposes stated 24-31 in this Act. 24-32 ARTICLE 2. DIRECTORS 24-33 SECTION 2.01. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. (a) The authority is 24-34 governed by a board of nine directors. 24-35 (b) The directors serve staggered four-year terms. 24-36 (c) Each director must qualify to serve as director in the 24-37 manner provided by Section 49.055, Water Code. 24-38 (d) To be eligible to serve as a director of the authority 24-39 or to be listed on a ballot as a candidate for director of the 24-40 authority representing a director precinct under Section 2.02 of 24-41 this Act, an individual must: 24-42 (1) be at least 18 years of age; 24-43 (2) be a resident of this state; 24-44 (3) own land or be a qualified voter within the 24-45 director precinct; and 24-46 (4) have served as a director of one or more districts 24-47 for a total of four years or more. 24-48 (e) Notwithstanding Subsection (d) of this section, to serve 24-49 as director of the authority representing, or to be listed on a 24-50 ballot as a candidate for director of the authority representing, a 24-51 director precinct under Section 2.02 of this Act that includes any 24-52 part of the City of Katy, an individual must: 24-53 (1) meet the qualifications provided by Subsections 24-54 (d)(1)-(3) of this section; and 24-55 (2) must have served as: 24-56 (A) the mayor or a member of the city council of 24-57 the City of Katy for any period; or 24-58 (B) a director of a district for four years or 24-59 more. 24-60 (f) A director serves until the director's successor has 24-61 qualified. 24-62 (g) The common law doctrine of incompatibility does not 24-63 disqualify an official or employee of a municipality from serving 24-64 as a director of the authority. Notwithstanding any other law, a 24-65 director may participate in all votes and decisions pertaining to 24-66 the business of the authority. A director who is also an officer 24-67 or employee of a public entity may not participate in the 24-68 discussion of or vote on a matter regarding a contract with that 24-69 public entity. 25-1 SECTION 2.02. METHOD OF APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS. (a) The 25-2 governing bodies of the districts and municipalities located within 25-3 each director precinct jointly shall appoint one director to 25-4 represent the precinct by a vote conducted as provided by this 25-5 section. 25-6 (b) If a district or municipality is located within two or 25-7 more director precincts, the district or municipality is 25-8 considered, for purposes of this article, to be located only within 25-9 the director precinct in which the greatest amount of territory of 25-10 the district or municipality is located. 25-11 (c) For the appointment of a director for a director 25-12 precinct, the board shall determine the number of votes each 25-13 district or municipality may cast. The number of votes for a 25-14 governing body of a district or municipality within the precinct is 25-15 equal to the number computed by dividing the total number of units 25-16 of water, as determined by the board, used within the district or 25-17 municipality during the calendar year preceding the year in which 25-18 the selection of the director is done by the total number of units 25-19 of water used by all districts and municipalities in the precinct, 25-20 multiplying that quotient by 100, and rounding that result to the 25-21 nearest tenth. The board shall provide the presiding officer of 25-22 each governing body of a district or municipality within each 25-23 director precinct written notice of the number of votes computed 25-24 for that governing body to cast. 25-25 (d) For purposes of Subsection (c), the board shall 25-26 determine the amount of water usage of all districts and 25-27 municipalities within each director precinct. 25-28 (e) The governing body of each district or municipality in 25-29 the authority by resolution shall nominate one candidate for the 25-30 position of director for the director precinct in which the 25-31 district or municipality is located. Each district or municipality 25-32 shall submit the name of its candidate to the presiding officer of 25-33 the authority by February 15 of each even-numbered year. Before 25-34 March 15 of each even-numbered year, the board shall prepare, for 25-35 each director precinct, a ballot listing all the candidates for 25-36 that director precinct and shall provide a copy of the ballot to 25-37 the presiding officer of the governing body of each district or 25-38 municipality located within that director precinct. An individual 25-39 may not be listed as a candidate on the ballot of more than one 25-40 director precinct. If a candidate is nominated in more than one 25-41 director precinct, the candidate must choose to be on the ballot of 25-42 only one director precinct. 25-43 (f) The governing body of each district or municipality 25-44 shall determine its vote for director by resolution and submit it 25-45 to the presiding officer of the authority before May 1 of each 25-46 even-numbered year. In casting its vote for director, the 25-47 governing body of each district or municipality may vote for only 25-48 one candidate on the ballot for the director precinct in which the 25-49 district or municipality is located. For each director precinct, 25-50 the board shall count the votes, declare elected the candidate who 25-51 received the greatest number of votes from districts or 25-52 municipalities located within that director precinct, and submit 25-53 the results before May 15 of each even-numbered year to the 25-54 governing body of each district or municipality within the 25-55 authority. 25-56 (g) The board may adopt rules regarding: 25-57 (1) the manner and timing of determinations and 25-58 calculations required by this section; 25-59 (2) the reporting of water usage to the authority by 25-60 districts and municipalities; and 25-61 (3) the conduct and process of the appointment of 25-62 directors. 25-63 SECTION 2.03. VACANCY IN OFFICE OF DIRECTOR. A vacancy in 25-64 the office of director shall be filled by appointment by the 25-65 governing bodies of the districts and municipalities that are 25-66 located within the director precinct for which the vacancy 25-67 occurred. The appointment process shall follow the procedures of 25-68 Section 2.02 of this Act. The board may establish dates different 25-69 than those specified by Sections 2.02(e) and (f) of this Act, but 26-1 the date for the board's submission of the voting results to each 26-2 district and municipality may not be later than the 120th day after 26-3 the date the vacancy occurs. 26-4 SECTION 2.04. INITIAL DIRECTORS. (a) The initial board 26-5 consists of: 26-6 Name of Director: Representing Director Precinct: 26-7 Larry Weppler 1 26-8 Bruce Parker 2 26-9 Art Garden 3 26-10 Stacey L. Burnett 4 26-11 Karla Cannon 5 26-12 Douglas C. Postle 6 26-13 George L. Rush, Jr. 7 26-14 Dan Sallee 8 26-15 Johnny Nelson 9 26-16 (b) At the first meeting of the initial board, or as soon as 26-17 practicable after that meeting, the directors shall draw lots to 26-18 determine their terms so that: 26-19 (1) five directors serve until the first appointment 26-20 of directors under Section 2.02 of this Act; and 26-21 (2) four directors serve until the second appointment 26-22 of directors under Section 2.02 of this Act. 26-23 ARTICLE 3. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 26-24 SECTION 3.01. MEETINGS AND ACTIONS OF BOARD. (a) The board 26-25 may meet as many times each year as the board considers 26-26 appropriate. 26-27 (b) Directors of the authority are public officials and are 26-28 entitled to governmental immunity for their actions in their 26-29 capacity as directors and officers of the authority. 26-30 SECTION 3.02. GENERAL MANAGER. (a) The board may employ a 26-31 general manager of the authority or contract with a person to 26-32 perform the duties of a general manager. The board may delegate to 26-33 the general manager full authority to manage and operate the 26-34 affairs of the authority subject only to orders of the board. 26-35 (b) The board may delegate to the general manager the 26-36 authority to employ all persons necessary for the proper handling 26-37 of the business and operation of the authority and to determine the 26-38 compensation to be paid to all employees, other than the general 26-39 manager. 26-40 ARTICLE 4. POWERS AND DUTIES 26-41 SECTION 4.01. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. (a) The authority 26-42 has all of the rights, powers, privileges, authority, functions, 26-43 and duties necessary and convenient to accomplish the purposes of 26-44 this Act, including those provided by Chapter 49, Water Code. 26-45 (b) The authority may: 26-46 (1) provide for the conservation, preservation, 26-47 protection, recharge, and prevention of waste of groundwater, and 26-48 for the reduction of groundwater withdrawals as necessary to 26-49 develop, implement, or enforce a groundwater reduction plan, in a 26-50 manner consistent with the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, 26-51 Texas Constitution, and facilitate compliance with subsidence 26-52 district rules, orders, regulations, or requirements; 26-53 (2) acquire or develop surface water and groundwater 26-54 supplies from sources inside or outside the boundaries of the 26-55 authority and may conserve, store, transport, treat, purify, 26-56 distribute, sell, and deliver water to or among persons, 26-57 corporations, municipalities, municipal corporations, political 26-58 subdivisions of the state, and others, inside and outside the 26-59 boundaries of the authority, and allocate water among persons 26-60 participating in the authority's groundwater reduction plan whether 26-61 they are located inside or outside the authority's boundaries; 26-62 (3) enter into contracts with persons inside or 26-63 outside the authority on terms and conditions the board considers 26-64 desirable, fair, and advantageous for the performance of its 26-65 rights, powers, and authority under this Act; 26-66 (4) coordinate water services provided inside, 26-67 outside, or into the authority; and 26-68 (5) administer and enforce the provisions of this Act. 26-69 (c) The authority's rights, powers, privileges, authority, 27-1 functions, and duties are subject to the continuing right of 27-2 supervision of the state, to be exercised by and through the 27-3 commission. 27-4 (d) Sections 49.451-49.455, Water Code, do not apply to the 27-5 authority. 27-6 SECTION 4.02. AUTHORITY RULES. The authority may adopt and 27-7 enforce rules reasonably required to implement this Act, including 27-8 rules governing procedures before the board and rules regarding 27-9 implementation, enforcement, and any other matters related to the 27-10 authority's water supply or groundwater reduction plan. 27-11 SECTION 4.03. FEES, USER FEES, RATES, AND CHARGES. (a) The 27-12 authority may establish fees, user fees, rates, and charges and 27-13 classifications of fee and ratepayers, as necessary to enable the 27-14 authority to fulfill the authority's purposes and regulatory 27-15 functions provided by this Act. The authority may impose fees, 27-16 user fees, rates, and charges on any person within the authority, 27-17 including a local government. 27-18 (b) The authority may charge the owner of a well located 27-19 within the authority's boundaries a fee or user fee according to 27-20 the amount of water pumped from the well. 27-21 (c) The board shall make reasonable efforts to send 27-22 districts and municipalities within the authority written notice of 27-23 the date, time, and location of the meeting at which the board 27-24 intends to adopt a proposed charge under Subsection (b), and the 27-25 amount of the proposed charge. 27-26 (d) The board shall exempt from the charge under Subsection 27-27 (b) classes of wells that are not subject to any groundwater 27-28 reduction requirement imposed by the subsidence district. If any 27-29 of those classes of wells become subject to a groundwater reduction 27-30 requirement imposed by the subsidence district, the authority may 27-31 impose the charge under Subsection (b) on those classes. The board 27-32 by rule may exempt any other classes of wells from the charge under 27-33 Subsection (b). The board may not apply the charge under 27-34 Subsection (b) to a well: 27-35 (1) with a casing diameter of less than five inches 27-36 that solely serves a single-family dwelling; or 27-37 (2) regulated under Chapter 27, Water Code. 27-38 (e) The authority may establish fees, user fees, rates, and 27-39 charges that are sufficient to: 27-40 (1) achieve water conservation; 27-41 (2) prevent waste of water; 27-42 (3) serve as a disincentive to pumping groundwater; 27-43 (4) develop, implement, or enforce a groundwater 27-44 reduction plan; 27-45 (5) accomplish the purposes of this Act, including 27-46 making available alternative water supplies; 27-47 (6) enable the authority to meet operation and 27-48 maintenance expenses; 27-49 (7) pay the principal of and interest on notes, bonds, 27-50 and other obligations issued in connection with the exercise of the 27-51 authority's general powers and duties; and 27-52 (8) satisfy all rate covenants relating to the 27-53 issuance of notes, bonds, and other obligations. 27-54 (f) The authority may charge rates established by the 27-55 authority for water purchased from the authority. 27-56 SECTION 4.04. PURCHASE OF WATER FROM ANOTHER ENTITY. If the 27-57 authority purchases water from another entity for resale to local 27-58 governments, the authority shall use its best efforts in 27-59 negotiating with the entity to determine the amount of capital 27-60 costs included in any rates or charges paid by the authority. The 27-61 authority shall determine the amount of expected capital costs of 27-62 its own system. The authority shall provide each district or 27-63 municipality within its boundaries information regarding the share 27-64 of the capital costs to be paid by the district or municipality, as 27-65 determined by the authority, and shall provide each district or 27-66 municipality the opportunity to fund its share of the capital costs 27-67 with proceeds from the sale of bonds or fees and charges collected 27-68 by the districts or municipalities. A district or municipality may 27-69 use any lawful source of revenue, including bond funds, to make 28-1 payment for any sums due to the authority. 28-2 SECTION 4.05. ASSESSMENTS. (a) The board may undertake 28-3 improvement projects and services that confer a special benefit on 28-4 all or a definable part of the authority. The board may impose 28-5 special assessments on property in that area, including property of 28-6 a local government, based on the benefit conferred by the 28-7 improvement project or services, to pay all or part of the cost of 28-8 the project and services. The board may provide improvements and 28-9 services to an area outside the boundaries of the authority if the 28-10 board determines that there is a benefit to the authority. The 28-11 authority may finance with special assessments any improvement 28-12 project or service authorized by this Act or any other applicable 28-13 law. 28-14 (b) Services or improvement projects may be financed with 28-15 special assessments under this Act only after the board holds a 28-16 public hearing on the advisability of the improvements and services 28-17 and the proposed assessments. 28-18 (c) The board shall publish notice of the hearing in a 28-19 newspaper or newspapers with general circulation in Harris and Fort 28-20 Bend counties. The final publication must be made not later than 28-21 the 30th day before the date of the hearing. 28-22 (d) Notice provided under this section must include: 28-23 (1) the time and place of the hearing; 28-24 (2) the general nature of the proposed improvement 28-25 project or services; 28-26 (3) the estimated cost of the improvement, including 28-27 interest during construction and associated financing costs; and 28-28 (4) the proposed method of assessment. 28-29 (e) Written notice containing the information required by 28-30 Subsection (d) of this section shall be mailed by certified mail, 28-31 return receipt requested, not later than the 30th day before the 28-32 date of the hearing. The notice shall be mailed to each person 28-33 within the authority who holds a permit for a well issued by the 28-34 subsidence district under Chapter 151, Water Code, and whose well 28-35 is subject to a groundwater reduction requirement imposed by the 28-36 subsidence district. The subsidence district shall provide to the 28-37 authority a list of persons who hold a permit for a well issued by 28-38 the subsidence district. 28-39 (f) The board may establish rules regarding procedures for a 28-40 hearing. A hearing on the services or improvement project, whether 28-41 conducted by the board or a hearings examiner, may be adjourned 28-42 from time to time. At the conclusion of a hearing conducted by the 28-43 board, the board shall make written findings and conclusions 28-44 relating to the advisability of the improvement project or 28-45 services, the nature of the improvement project or services, the 28-46 estimated cost, and the area benefited. If the board appoints a 28-47 hearings examiner to conduct the hearing, after conclusion of the 28-48 hearing, the hearings examiner shall file with the board a written 28-49 report of the examiner's findings and conclusions. 28-50 (g) At a hearing on proposed assessments, on adjournment of 28-51 the hearing, or after consideration of the hearings examiner's 28-52 report, the board shall hear and rule on all objections to each 28-53 proposed assessment. The board may amend proposed assessments for 28-54 any property. After the board hears and takes action on those 28-55 objections, the board, by order: 28-56 (1) shall impose the assessments as special 28-57 assessments on the property; 28-58 (2) shall specify the method of payment of the 28-59 assessments; and 28-60 (3) may provide that those assessments, including 28-61 interest, be paid in periodic installments. 28-62 (h) Periodic installments must be in amounts sufficient to 28-63 meet annual costs for services and improvements as provided by 28-64 Subsection (j) of this section and continue for the number of years 28-65 required to retire the indebtedness or pay for the services to be 28-66 rendered. The board may provide interest charges or penalties for 28-67 failure to make timely payment and may impose an amount to cover 28-68 delinquencies and expenses of collection. 28-69 (i) If assessments are imposed for more than one service or 29-1 improvement project, the board may provide that assessments 29-2 collected for one service or improvement project may be borrowed to 29-3 be used for another service or improvement project. The board 29-4 shall establish a procedure for the distribution or use of any 29-5 assessments in excess of those necessary to finance the services or 29-6 improvement project for which those assessments were collected. 29-7 (j) The board shall apportion the cost of an improvement 29-8 project or services to be assessed against the property in the 29-9 authority according to the special benefits that accrue to the 29-10 property because of the improvement project or services. The board 29-11 may assess the cost only according to the number of gallons of 29-12 groundwater pumped from wells within the authority that are subject 29-13 to a groundwater reduction requirement imposed by the subsidence 29-14 district. The board may not assess the cost according to 29-15 groundwater pumped from: 29-16 (1) a well with a casing diameter of less than five 29-17 inches that solely serves a single-family dwelling; or 29-18 (2) a well that is regulated by Chapter 27, Water 29-19 Code. 29-20 (k) The area of the authority to be assessed according to 29-21 the findings of the board may be the entire authority or any part 29-22 of the authority and may be less than the area proposed in the 29-23 notice of the hearing. 29-24 (l) The area to be assessed may not include property that is 29-25 not within the authority boundaries at the time of the hearing 29-26 unless there is an additional hearing, following the required 29-27 notice. 29-28 (m) Notwithstanding Subsection (l), the owner of land 29-29 annexed to the authority after the authority has imposed 29-30 assessments may waive the right to notice and an assessment hearing 29-31 and may agree to the imposition and payment of assessments at an 29-32 agreed rate for land annexed to the authority. A district or 29-33 municipality may waive the right to notice and an assessment 29-34 hearing for land within its boundaries annexed to the authority and 29-35 may agree to the imposition and payment of assessments at an agreed 29-36 rate for the annexed land. 29-37 (n) The board shall have prepared an assessment roll showing 29-38 the assessments against each property and the board's basis for the 29-39 assessment. The assessment roll shall be: 29-40 (1) filed with the secretary of the board or other 29-41 officer who performs the function of secretary; and 29-42 (2) open for public inspection. 29-43 (o) After notice and hearing in the manner required for an 29-44 original assessment, the board may make supplemental assessments to 29-45 correct omissions or mistakes in the assessment: 29-46 (1) relating to the total cost of the improvement 29-47 project or services; or 29-48 (2) covering delinquencies or costs of collection. 29-49 SECTION 4.06. INTEREST AND PENALTIES. The board may require 29-50 the payment of interest on any late or unpaid fees, user fees, 29-51 rates, charges, and special assessments due the authority, but the 29-52 interest rate may not exceed the interest rate permitted by Section 29-53 2251.025, Government Code. The board may also impose penalties for 29-54 the failure to completely or timely make payments to the authority. 29-55 SECTION 4.07. CIVIL PENALTY; INJUNCTION. (a) A person who 29-56 violates a rule or order of the authority is subject to a civil 29-57 penalty of not more than $5,000, as determined by the board, for 29-58 each violation or each day of a continuing violation. The person 29-59 shall pay the penalty to the authority. 29-60 (b) The authority may bring an action to recover the penalty 29-61 in a district court in the county where the violation occurred. 29-62 (c) The authority may bring an action for injunctive relief 29-63 in a district court in the county where a violation of an authority 29-64 rule or order occurs or is threatened to occur. The court may 29-65 grant to the authority, without bond or other undertaking, a 29-66 prohibitory or mandatory injunction that the facts warrant, 29-67 including a temporary restraining order, temporary injunction, or 29-68 permanent injunction. 29-69 (d) The authority may bring an action for a civil penalty 30-1 and injunctive relief in the same proceeding. 30-2 SECTION 4.08. WATER SUPPLY OR DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLANS. The 30-3 authority by rule may develop, prepare, revise, adopt, implement, 30-4 enforce, and manage comprehensive water supply or drought 30-5 contingency plans for the authority, or any portion of the 30-6 authority. 30-7 SECTION 4.09. GROUNDWATER REDUCTION PLAN. (a) 30-8 Notwithstanding any other law, irrespective of whether the 30-9 authority enters into contracts with local governments located 30-10 within its boundaries, and irrespective of whether the authority 30-11 holds any well permit issued by the subsidence district under 30-12 Chapter 151, Water Code, the authority by rule may, in whole or in 30-13 part, develop, prepare, revise, adopt, implement, enforce, manage, 30-14 or participate in a groundwater reduction plan that is applicable 30-15 only to the authority or a groundwater reduction plan that is 30-16 applicable to the authority and one or more persons outside the 30-17 authority. The authority may require that any groundwater 30-18 reduction plan that the authority, in whole or in part, develops, 30-19 prepares, revises, adopts, implements, enforces, or manages or in 30-20 which the authority participates be the exclusive groundwater 30-21 reduction plan that is binding and mandatory on some or all of the 30-22 territory, persons, or wells located within the authority. A 30-23 groundwater reduction plan may: 30-24 (1) specify the measures to be taken to reduce 30-25 groundwater withdrawals; 30-26 (2) identify alternative sources of water to be 30-27 provided to those affected; 30-28 (3) identify the rates, terms, and conditions under 30-29 which alternative sources of water will be provided, which may be 30-30 changed from time to time as considered necessary by the authority; 30-31 (4) specify the dates and extent to which persons or 30-32 districts within the authority's boundaries shall reduce or cease 30-33 reliance on groundwater and accept water from alternative sources; 30-34 (5) include other terms and measures that are 30-35 consistent with the powers and duties of the authority; 30-36 (6) exceed the minimum requirements imposed by the 30-37 subsidence district, including any applicable groundwater reduction 30-38 requirements; and 30-39 (7) be amended from time to time at the discretion of 30-40 the authority. 30-41 (b) Fees, user fees, rates, charges, and special assessments 30-42 of the authority may be imposed under this Act for a person's 30-43 participation in and benefit derived from the authority's 30-44 groundwater reduction plan or a groundwater reduction plan in which 30-45 the authority participates. 30-46 SECTION 4.10. ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND OPERATION OF 30-47 SYSTEMS. (a) The authority may: 30-48 (1) acquire by purchase, gift, lease, contract, or any 30-49 other legal means a water treatment or supply system, or any other 30-50 works, plants, improvements, or facilities necessary or convenient 30-51 to accomplish the purposes of the authority, or any interest of the 30-52 authority, inside or outside the authority's boundaries; 30-53 (2) design, finance, operate, maintain, or construct a 30-54 water treatment or supply system, or any other works, plants, 30-55 improvements, or facilities necessary or convenient to accomplish 30-56 the purposes of the authority, and provide water services inside or 30-57 outside the authority's boundaries; 30-58 (3) lease or sell a water treatment or supply system, 30-59 or any other works, plants, improvements, or facilities necessary 30-60 or convenient to accomplish the purposes of the authority, that the 30-61 authority constructs or acquires inside or outside the authority's 30-62 boundaries; 30-63 (4) contract with any person to operate or maintain a 30-64 water treatment or supply system the person owns; or 30-65 (5) acquire water rights under any law or permit. 30-66 (b) The competitive bidding laws provided by Chapter 49, 30-67 Water Code, apply to the authority. 30-68 (c) The authority may, according to terms and conditions the 30-69 board considers desirable, fair, and advantageous, contract with a 31-1 person outside the authority's boundaries: 31-2 (1) to allow the person to be included in a 31-3 groundwater reduction plan adopted or implemented, in whole or in 31-4 part, by the authority or in a groundwater reduction plan in which 31-5 the authority participates; 31-6 (2) to sell water to the person; or 31-7 (3) to sell the person available excess capacity or 31-8 additional capacity of the authority's water treatment or supply 31-9 system. 31-10 (d) The authority by rule may require that the plans and 31-11 specifications of water lines to be constructed within the 31-12 authority that are designed or intended to serve more than one 31-13 district or more than one person owning or holding a well permit 31-14 issued by the subsidence district under Chapter 151, Water Code, be 31-15 approved by the authority before the commencement of construction 31-16 of the water lines. 31-17 SECTION 4.11. SALE OR REUSE OF WATER OR BY-PRODUCT. The 31-18 authority may store, sell, or reuse: 31-19 (1) water; or 31-20 (2) any by-product from the authority's operations. 31-21 SECTION 4.12. CONTRACTS. (a) The authority may enter into a 31-22 contract with a person for the performance of a purpose or function 31-23 of the authority, including a contract to design, construct, 31-24 finance, lease, own, manage, operate, or maintain works, 31-25 improvements, facilities, plants, equipment, or appliances 31-26 necessary to accomplish a purpose or function of the authority. A 31-27 contract may be of unlimited duration. 31-28 (b) The authority may purchase, acquire, finance, or lease 31-29 an interest in a project used for a purpose or function of the 31-30 authority. 31-31 (c) The authority may contract for: 31-32 (1) the purchase, sale, or lease of water or water 31-33 rights; 31-34 (2) the performance of activities within the powers of 31-35 the authority through the purchase, construction, or installation 31-36 of works, improvements, facilities, plants, equipment, or 31-37 appliances; or 31-38 (3) the design, construction, ownership, management, 31-39 maintenance, or operation of any works, improvements, facilities, 31-40 plants, equipment, or appliances of the authority or another 31-41 person. 31-42 (d) The authority may purchase surplus property from this 31-43 state, the United States, or another public entity through a 31-44 negotiated contract without bids. 31-45 SECTION 4.13. COOPERATION WITH AND ASSISTANCE OF OTHER 31-46 GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES. (a) In implementing this Act, the board may 31-47 cooperate with and request the assistance of the Texas Water 31-48 Development Board, the commission, the United States Geological 31-49 Survey, the subsidence district, other local governments, and other 31-50 agencies of the United States and this state. 31-51 (b) The subsidence district may enter into an interlocal 31-52 contract with the authority to carry out the authority's purposes 31-53 and may carry out the governmental functions and services specified 31-54 in the interlocal contract. 31-55 (c) The board shall endeavor to coordinate with the City of 31-56 Houston to develop a plan for a system to distribute surface water 31-57 in an economical and efficient manner to the authority. 31-58 (d) In an attempt to minimize costs associated with 31-59 preparing a groundwater reduction plan, the board shall consider 31-60 the usefulness of water supply studies and plans prepared by or on 31-61 behalf of the North Harris County Regional Water Authority, the 31-62 City of Houston, or other governmental entities to the extent such 31-63 studies or plans are available and applicable to the authority. 31-64 SECTION 4.14. GIFTS AND GRANTS. The authority may accept a 31-65 gift or grant from money collected by the subsidence district under 31-66 Chapter 151, Water Code, to fund the construction, maintenance, or 31-67 operation of a water treatment or supply system. 31-68 SECTION 4.15. EXPENDITURES. (a) The authority's money may 31-69 be disbursed only by check, draft, order, federal reserve wire 32-1 system, or other instrument or authorization. 32-2 (b) Disbursements of the authority must be signed by at 32-3 least a majority of the directors. Notwithstanding any other law, 32-4 the board by resolution may allow the general manager, treasurer, 32-5 bookkeeper, or other employee of the authority to sign 32-6 disbursements, except as limited by Subsection (c) of this section. 32-7 (c) The board by resolution may allow disbursements to be 32-8 transferred by federal reserve wire system to accounts in the name 32-9 of the authority without the necessity of any directors signing the 32-10 disbursement. Disbursements of the authority's money by federal 32-11 reserve wire system to any accounts not in the name of the 32-12 authority must be signed by at least a majority of the directors. 32-13 SECTION 4.16. AD VALOREM TAXATION. The authority may not 32-14 impose an ad valorem tax. 32-15 SECTION 4.17. EMINENT DOMAIN. (a) The authority may acquire 32-16 by condemnation any land, easements, or other property inside the 32-17 authority's boundaries to further authorized purposes, powers, or 32-18 duties of the authority. The authority may acquire by condemnation 32-19 any land, easements, or other property outside the authority's 32-20 boundaries for the purposes of pumping, storing, treating, or 32-21 transporting water. When exercising the power of eminent domain 32-22 granted by this section, the authority may elect to condemn either 32-23 the fee simple title or a lesser property interest. 32-24 (b) The authority shall exercise the right of eminent domain 32-25 in the manner provided by Chapter 21, Property Code. The authority 32-26 is not required to give bond for appeal or bond for costs in a 32-27 condemnation suit or other suit to which it is a party. The 32-28 authority is not required to deposit more than the amount of an 32-29 award in a suit. 32-30 (c) The authority may not use the power of eminent domain 32-31 for the condemnation of land for the purpose of acquiring rights to 32-32 underground water or for the purpose of acquiring water or water 32-33 rights. 32-34 (d) The authority may not use the power of eminent domain 32-35 for the condemnation of property that is: 32-36 (1) owned by a municipality with a population of 1.6 32-37 million or more or any instrumentality of a municipality with a 32-38 population of 1.6 million or more, including any local government 32-39 corporation created under Chapter 431, Transportation Code, to aid 32-40 or act on behalf of such a municipality; or 32-41 (2) located within the municipal limits of a 32-42 municipality with a population of 1.6 million or more. 32-43 (e) Notwithstanding Subsection (d)(2) of this section, the 32-44 authority may use the power of eminent domain to acquire property 32-45 that is not owned by a municipality of 1.6 million or more that is 32-46 within the municipal limits of a municipality with a population of 32-47 1.6 million or more if: 32-48 (1) the property is located in an area of the 32-49 municipality that is less than 1,000 feet wide at its narrowest 32-50 point; or 32-51 (2) the municipality grants permission for the 32-52 condemnation. 32-53 (f) The authority may not exercise the power of eminent 32-54 domain under this section to acquire property of any kind in a 32-55 county that: 32-56 (1) has a population of more than 245,000; 32-57 (2) borders on the Gulf of Mexico; and 32-58 (3) is adjacent to a county with a population of more 32-59 than 1.6 million. 32-60 ARTICLE 5. BONDS AND NOTES 32-61 SECTION 5.01. REVENUE BONDS AND NOTES. (a) The authority 32-62 may issue bonds or notes payable solely from revenue from any 32-63 source, including: 32-64 (1) tolls, charges, rates, fees, user fees, and 32-65 special assessments the authority imposes or collects; 32-66 (2) the sale of water, water services, water rights or 32-67 capacity, water transmission rights or services, water pumping, or 32-68 any other service or product of the authority provided inside or 32-69 outside the boundaries of the authority; 33-1 (3) grants or gifts; 33-2 (4) the ownership or operation of all or a designated 33-3 part of the authority's works, improvements, facilities, plants, or 33-4 equipment; and 33-5 (5) contracts between the authority and any person. 33-6 (b) Notes issued by the authority may be first or 33-7 subordinate lien notes at the board's discretion. 33-8 (c) In connection with any bonds or notes of the authority, 33-9 the authority may exercise any power of an issuer under Chapter 33-10 1371, Government Code. 33-11 (d) The authority may conduct a public, private, or 33-12 negotiated sale of the bonds or notes. 33-13 (e) The authority may enter into one or more indentures of 33-14 trust to further secure its bonds or notes. 33-15 (f) The authority may issue bonds or notes in more than one 33-16 series as necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. In 33-17 issuing bonds or notes secured by revenue of the authority, the 33-18 authority may reserve the right to issue additional bonds or notes 33-19 secured by the authority's revenue that are on a parity with or are 33-20 senior or subordinate to the bonds or notes issued earlier. 33-21 (g) A resolution of the board authorizing the bonds or notes 33-22 or a trust indenture securing the bonds or notes may specify 33-23 additional provisions that constitute a contract between the 33-24 authority and its bondholders or noteholders. 33-25 (h) Bonds and notes may be additionally secured by deed of 33-26 trust or mortgage on any or all of the authority's facilities. 33-27 (i) Section 49.181, Water Code, does not apply to bonds or 33-28 notes issued by the authority. 33-29 SECTION 5.02. REFUNDING BONDS. The authority may issue 33-30 refunding bonds and notes to refund any of its bonds or notes in 33-31 any manner provided by law. 33-32 ARTICLE 6. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 33-33 SECTION 6.01. FINDINGS RELATED TO PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS. 33-34 (a) The proper and legal notice of the intention to introduce this 33-35 Act, setting out the general substance of this Act, has been 33-36 published as provided by law, and the notice and a copy of this Act 33-37 have been furnished to all persons, agencies, officials, or 33-38 entities to which they are required to be furnished by the 33-39 constitution and other laws of this state, including the governor, 33-40 who has submitted the notice and this Act to the commission. 33-41 (b) The commission has filed its recommendations relating to 33-42 this Act with the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the 33-43 house of representatives within the required time. 33-44 (c) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this 33-45 state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect 33-46 to notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled and 33-47 accomplished. 33-48 SECTION 6.02. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect 33-49 immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members 33-50 elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, 33-51 Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote 33-52 necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 33-53 2001. 33-54 * * * * *