By: Phillips H.B. No. 4737

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the creation of the Lake Texoma Municipal Utility District No. 1; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; incorporating by reference the limited power of eminent domain granted by general law.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subtitle F, Title 6, Special District Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Chapter 8.____ to read as follows:

CHAPTER 8___ LAKE TEXOMA MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1

SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 8___.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:

(1) "board" means the district's board of directors.

(2) "director" means a board member.

(3) "district" means the Lake Texoma Municipal Utility District No. 1.

Section 8___.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

Section 8___.003. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTORS' ELECTION REQUIRED. (a) The temporary directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.

(b) The temporary directors of any new district created under Section 8 _____.107 may not hold an election under Subsection (a) until either the land in the new district has been annexed into the City of Denison or the City of Denison does not annex the land in the new district within 180 days after receipt of a written petition by the landowner requesting annexation. The petition must (1) request annexation of land that is contiguous and adjacent to the corporate limits of the City of Denison, (2)include all the land in the new district, and (3) include land covered by the development agreement executed under Section 8___.004, including the consent of the landowner to abide by the comprehensive land use plan and development regulations as defined in the development agreement.

(c) If at the time a new district is created under Section 8_____.107, the development agreement for the land included in the new district has expired, the petition must include the consent of the landowner to reinstate the comprehensive land use plan and development regulations as defined in the expired development agreement.

Section 8___.004 DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT REQUIRED. The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 8___.003 until a development agreement pursuant to Section 212.171 et. seq., Local Government Code, covering all the land in the district, or a lesser amount of such land only if approved by the City of Denison, is executed by the owners of the land covered by the development agreement and by the City of Denison.

Section 8___.005. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT. (a) The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit.

(b) All land and other property included in the district will benefit from the improvements and services to be provided by the district under powers conferred by Sections 52, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other powers granted under this chapter.

(c) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:

(1) a municipal utility district as provided by general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and

(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, maintenance, or operation of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.

Section 8___.006. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY. (a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2 of this Act.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of this Act form a closure. A mistake made in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect the district's:

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

(2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on a bond;

(3) right to impose a tax or assessment; or

(4) legality or operation.

Section 8___.007. ELIGIBILITY FOR INCLUSION IN SPECIAL ZONE. (a) All or any part of the area of the district is eligible to be included in a tax increment reinvestment zone created by the city under Chapter 311, Tax Code.

(b) If the City of Denison creates a tax increment reinvestment zone described by Subsection (a), the City of Denison and the board of directors of the zone, by contract with the district, may grant money deposited in the tax increment fund to the district to be used by the district for the purposes permitted for money granted to a corporation under Section 380.002(b), Local Government Code, including the right to pledge the money as security for any bonds issued by the district.

[Sections 8___.008 - 8___.050 reserved for expansion]

SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section 8___.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district is governed by a board of five elected directors.

(b) Except as provided by Section 8___.052, directors serve staggered four-year terms.

Section 8___.052. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS. (a) The temporary board consists of:

(1) Ben Munson ____________;

(2) Gifford Jackson _______;

(3) Robert Vaughn _________;

(4) Denice Lucas __________; and

(5) Patrick O'Toole _______.

(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 8___.003; or

(2) September 1, 2013.

(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under Section 8___.003 and the terms of the temporary directors have expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that expire on the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 8___.003; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the appointment or reappointment.

(d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality requesting that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.

[Sections 8___.053 - 8___.100 reserved for expansion]

SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES

Section 8___.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created.

Section 8___.102. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES. The district has the powers and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

Section 8___.103. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS. Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may construct, acquire, improve, maintain, or operate macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.

Section 8___.104. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS. (a) A road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located.

(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road project must meet all applicable construction standards, subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which the road project is located.

(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and specifications of the road project.

Section 8___.105. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION. (a) The district shall comply with any ordinance or resolution adopted by the City of Denison in accordance with Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the district. The consent of the City of Denison to the district created by this Act may limit the amount of the district's bonds and tax rate.

(b) The consent of the City of Denison to the inclusion of additional land in the district created by this Act may be conditioned upon such additional land being covered by the development agreement executed under Section 8 .004.

(c) to The City of Denison may not include any restrictions or conditions on any new district created under Section 8______.107 or to the inclusion of land in any such new district other than those expressly provided in Section 54.016(e), Water Code. The restrictions or conditions on the creation of any new district under Section 8______.107 or to the inclusion of land in any such new district shall not (1) limit the amount of the new district's bonds or tax rate or (2) restrict the purposes authorized by this Act for which the new district may issue bonds.

(d) The district may annex into the boundaries of the district prior to an election under Section 8___.003 and without the consent of the City of Denison any land previously owned by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. The district may also annex land into the boundaries of the district prior to an election under Section 8___.003 and in accordance with Section 54.016, Water Code, if such land is located within the extraterritorial jurisdiction or corporate limits of the City of Denison and if the City of Denison has consented by ordinance or resolution to the annexation of such land. The district may not annex land located outside the corporate limits and extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Denison.

Section 8___.106. EFFECT OF ANNEXATION BY CITY OF DENISON. (a) The City of Denison may annex part of the district into its corporate limits without annexing the entire district pursuant to the terms of the development agreement executed under Section 8 .004 between the City of Denison and the owners of the land within the district and covered by the development agreement. If no development agreement is executed under Section 8______.004 or the terms of such development agreement have expired, nothing in this Act shall limit the right of the City of Denison to annex the district.

(b) If the City of Denison annexes all or part of the district into its corporate limits, the district shall not be dissolved, the ability of the district to issue bonds shall not be impaired or precluded, and, unless otherwise approved by the board and the governing body of the City of Denison, the City of Denison shall not take over the property or other assets of the district, shall not assume any debts, liabilities, or other obligations of the district, shall not be obligated to perform any functions of the district, and shall not be obligated to pay any landowner or developer for costs and expenses incurred by the landowner or developer in connection with the district that would otherwise be eligible for reimbursement from the proceeds of bonds issued by the district.

(c) Notwithstanding Section 54.016(f)(2), Water Code, a contract ("allocation agreement") between the City of Denison and the district that provides for the allocation of the taxes or revenues of the district and the city following the date of inclusion of all the district's territory within the corporate limits of the city, may provide that the total annual ad valorem taxes collected by the city and the district from taxable property within the district may exceed an amount greater than the city's ad valorem tax upon such property.

Section 8___.107 DIVISION OF DISTRICT. (a) The district may be divided into two or more new districts only if the district:

(1) has no outstanding bonded debt; and

(2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes.

(b) This chapter applies to any new district created by the division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and duties of the district.

(c) Any new district created by the division of the district may, at the time the new district is created, contain any land within the area described by Section 2 of this Act, any land previously owned by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, and any land adjacent to the area described in Section 2 of this Act if such adjacent land is within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Denison and if such adjacent land has been approved by the City of Denison under Section 8___.005.

(d) The board, on its own motion or on receipt of a petition signed by the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district, may adopt an order dividing the district.

(e) The board may adopt an order dividing the district only after the date the board holds an election under Section 8___.003 to confirm the district's creation.

(f) An order dividing the district shall:

(1) name each new district;

(2) include the metes and bounds description of the territory of each new district;

(3) appoint temporary directors for each new district; and

(4) provide for the division of assets and liabilities between or among the new districts.

(g) On or before the 30th day after the date of adoption of an order dividing the district, the district shall file the order with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and record the order in the real property records of each county in which the district is located.

(h) Any new district created by the division of the district shall hold a confirmation and directors' election as required by Section 8___.003.

(i) No municipal consent of the City of Denison shall be required to the creation of any new district created under this Section 8____.107.

(j) Any new district created by the division of the district must hold an election as required by this chapter to obtain voter approval before the district may impose a maintenance tax or issue bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes.

Section 8___.108. DISSOLUTION OF THE DISTRICT. The district may be dissolved by ordinance or resolution of the governing body of the City of Denison when at least 95% of the infrastructure authorized by this Act and the Texas Water Code to serve full development within the district has been completed. Upon such dissolution, the City of Denison shall take over the property and other assets of the district, shall assume all debts, liabilities, or other obligations of the district, shall be obligated to perform the functions of the district, and shall be obligated to pay any landowner or developer for costs and expenses incurred by the landowner or developer in connection with the district that would otherwise be eligible for reimbursement from the proceeds of bonds issued by the district.

Section 8___.109. LIMITATION ON USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN. The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain outside the district to acquire a site or easement for:

(1) a road project authorized by Section 8.___.104; or

(2) a recreational facility as defined by Section 49.462, Water Code.

[Sections 8___.110 - 8.___.150 reserved for expansion]

SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

Section 8___.151. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS. (a) The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other obligations secured by:

(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or

(2) contract payments described by Section 8___.153.

(b) The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.

(c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

Section 8___.152. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. (a) If authorized at an election held under Section 8___.151, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.

Section 8___.153. CONTRACT TAXES. (a) In accordance with Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by the board without further voter approval.

[Sections 8___.154 - 8___.200 reserved for expansion]

SUBCHAPTER E. BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS

Section 8___.201 AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS. The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, other district money, revenue from a tax increment reinvestment zone created under Chapter 311, Tax Code, revenue from economic development agreements under Section 380, Local Government Code, or any combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district purpose.

Section 8___.202. TAXES FOR BONDS. At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.

Section 8___.203. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS. At the time of issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district.

SECTION 2. The Lake Texoma Municipal Utility District No. 1 initially includes all the territory contained in the following area:

Situated in the County of Grayson, State of Texas, being a part of the Stephen Cox Survey, Abstract No. 299, the H. K. Needham Survey, Abstract No. 1520, the Sarah Hall Survey, Abstract No. 1485, the Levi T. Loveall Survey, Abstract No. 746, the Bledsoe Holder Survey, Abstract No. 614, the William J. Reeves Survey, Abstract No. 1018, the Thomas M. Reeves Survey, Abstract No. 1017, the William Bean Survey, Abstract No. 84, the Greenberry Gates Survey, Abstract No. 443, the Jacob Wilcox Survey, Abstract No. 1358, the Polly Stamps Survey, Abstract No. 1098, the Joshua West Survey, Abstract No. 1316, and being all of the J. C. Jamison Survey, Abstract No. 665, the T. E. Jones Survey, Abstract No. 55, the R. J. Lefever Survey, Abstract No. 753, the Mary E. Bowe Survey, Abstract No. 181, the Charles F. Daugherty Survey, Abstract No. 1566, the H. B. Thomas Survey, Abstract No. 1572, and the Juan Armendaris Survey, Abstract No. 40, and being various tracts of land conveyed in various interests to Preston Harbour, L.P., Jack Schuler, Farmington Estates, Ltd., Forest Grove Land Company, L.L.C., and Preston Harbour Homeplace by descriptions in deed recorded in Volume 3449, Page 257, Volume 3599, Page 455, Volume 4323, Page 875, Volume 4323, Page 881, Volume 3295, Page 526, Volume 3276, Page 526, Volume 3944, Pages 609 and 615, Volume 3276, Page 398, Volume 4323, Page 888, Volume 3718, Page 878, Volume 4323, Page 895, and Volume 3941, Page 871, all of the Official Public Records, Grayson County, Texas, and being described as follows:

Beginning at a point for the most Southerly Southeast corner of the herein described tract the intersection of the East line of the said Cox Survey with the North right-of-way line of F.M. Highway No. 406;

Thence Westerly with said North right-of-way line as follows:

North 44°00'30" West, a distance of 76.92 feet;

Northwesterly with a curve to the left having a radius of 1,517.39 feet (chord bears North 57°12'58" West, 449.54 feet) an arc distance of 451.20 feet;

North 01°57'58" East, a distance of 20.01 feet;

North 87°10'26" West, a distance of 53.63 feet;

Westerly with a non-tangent curve to the left having a radius of 1,517.39 feet (chord bears North 77°32'28" West, 507.89 feet) an arc distance of 510.29 feet;

North 87°34'14" West, a distance of 724.69 feet;

North 87°42'32" West, a distance of 215.02 feet;

North 88°14'34" West, a distance of 199.86 feet;

North 75°33'45" West, a distance of 205.00 feet;

North 88°14'34" West, a distance of 200.00 feet;

South 84°37'56" West, a distance of 201.56 feet;

North 88°14'34" West, a distance of 338.31 feet;

North 87°02'49" West, a distance of 314.69 feet;

North 77°52'42" West, a distance of 41.24 feet to the intersection of said North right-of-way line with the East line of the USA property embracing City of Denison;

Thence with the USA boundary as follows:

North 00°04'03" East, a distance of 1,381.78 feet;

North 89°53'11" West, a distance of 650.19 feet;

North 00°07'13" East, a distance of 1,949.53 feet;

South 89°51'06" East, a distance of 840.00 feet;

North 00°03'31" East, a distance of 850.00 feet;

North 89°57'20" West, a distance of 500.00 feet;

North 00°00'29" East, a distance of 1,057.78 feet;

North 00°00'44" West, a distance of 1,530.00 feet;

North 89°59'16" East, a distance of 800.00 feet;

North 00°00'44" West, a distance of 1,099.40 feet;

South 87°26'08" East, a distance of 4,441.44 feet;

North 01°25'48" East, a distance of 1,465.32 feet;

North 87°08'00" West, a distance of 2,370.30 feet;

North 10°19'33" East, a distance of 1,184.67 feet;

North 86°06'49" West, a distance of 1,106.58 feet;

North 02°02'54" East, a distance of 969.85 feet;

North 86°15'15" West, a distance of 425.41 feet;

North 03°32'53" East, a distance of 1,251.67 feet;

North 88°27'30" East, a distance of 2,465.83 feet

North 01°45'27" East, a distance of 1,293.09 feet;

South 87°21'00" East, a distance of 125.56 feet;

North 00°00'56" East, a distance of 788.69 feet;

North 89°58'45" West, a distance of 1,280.23 feet;

North 00°01'20" East, a distance of 1,029.44 feet;

South 89°56'44" West, a distance of 537.47 feet;

North 07°13'40" East, a distance of 355.69 feet;

North 89°52'44" West, a distance of 463.09 feet;

North 00°07'06" East, a distance of 850.09 feet;

South 89°54'25" East, a distance of 821.95 feet;

North 00°03'52" West, a distance of 872.97 feet;

North 89°59'31" East, a distance of 750.35 feet;

South 00°14'40" East, a distance of 1,000.21 feet;

North 89°55'46" East, a distance of 980.28 feet;

North 00°12'25" West, a distance of 1,450.28 feet;

South 89°50'21" East, a distance of 515.07 feet;

North 00°04'55" East, a distance of 449.79 feet;

North 89°56'16" East, a distance of 694.55 feet;

South 03°06'32" West, a distance of 3,023.73 feet;

South 87°37'57" East, a distance of 1,030.28 feet;

South 03°04'54" West, a distance of 920.08 feet;

South 87°38'30" East, a distance of 86.17 feet;

South 02°59'45" West, a distance of 411.56 feet;

Thence South 87°01'15" East, passing a USA property corner, departing said USA boundary and continuing for a total distance of 512.48 feet;

Thence South 01°34'09" West, a distance of 49.43 feet;

Thence South 10°45'31" East, a distance of 64.75 feet;

Thence North 46°17'19" East, a distance of 86.01 feet;

Thence North 43°42'41" West, a distance of 23.21 feet;

Thence North 01°31'40" East, a distance of 33.82 feet;

Thence South 87°01'15" East, a distance of 939.51 feet to a corner in the West right-of-way line of State Highway No. 84;

Thence in Southerly direction with said West right-of-way line and a non-tangent curve to the right having a radius of 5,679.58 feet (chord bears South 01°50'38" East, 179.72 feet) an arc distance of 179.73 feet;

Thence South 00°56'14" East, a distance of 2,744.58 feet to the intersection of said West right-of-way line with the North line of a 30 foot wide strip of land;

Thence with the boundary of said strip of land as follows:

South 78°43'18" West, a distance of 476.49 feet;

North 08°55'55" West, a distance of 184.27 feet;

North 87°59'26" West, a distance of 768.80 feet;

South 02°52'06" West, a distance of 30.00 feet;

South 87°59'26" East, a distance of 744.49 feet;

South 08°55'55" East, a distance of 190.77 feet;

North 78°43'18" East, a distance of 502.27 feet to the intersection of the South line of said strip of land with the said West right-of-way line of Highway No. 84;

Thence continuing with said West right-of-way line as follows:

South 00°56'14" East, a distance of 429.67 feet;

Southerly with a curve to the left having a radius of 2,914.79 feet (chord bears South 08°27'14" East, 762.59 feet), an arc distance of 764.79 feet;

South 15°58'14" East, a distance of 3,853.45 feet;

Thence departing said West right-of-way line and continuing as follows:

South 01°12'38" West, a distance of 499.66 feet;

North 87°44'23" West, a distance of 2,445.14 feet;

South 01°58'12" West, a distance of 1,215.19 feet;

South 01°35'30" West, a distance of 1,643.46 feet;

South 01°46'06" West, a distance of 2,228.41 feet;

North 88°02'55" West, a distance of 3,103.33 feet;

South 01°42'59" West, a distance of 1,738.89 feet to the Point of Beginning and containing approximately 2,272.6 acres of land.

SECTION 3. (a) The legal notice of the intention to introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies, officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313, Government Code.

(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of representatives within the required time.

(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled and accomplished.