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        |  | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | 
      
        |  | AN ACT | 
      
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        |  | relating to the creation of Kendleton Improvement District; | 
      
        |  | providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose | 
      
        |  | assessments, fees, or taxes. | 
      
        |  | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
      
        |  | SECTION 1.  Subtitle C, Title 4, Special District Local Laws | 
      
        |  | Code, is amended by adding Chapter 3928 to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | CHAPTER 3928.  KENDLETON IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER A.  GENERAL PROVISIONS | 
      
        |  | Sec. 3928.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter: | 
      
        |  | (1)  "Board" means the district's board of directors. | 
      
        |  | (2)  "City" means the City of Kendleton. | 
      
        |  | (3)  "County" means Fort Bend County. | 
      
        |  | (4)  "Director" means a board member. | 
      
        |  | (5)  "District" means the Kendleton Improvement | 
      
        |  | District. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 3928.002.  NATURE OF DISTRICT.  The Kendleton | 
      
        |  | Improvement District is a special district created under Section | 
      
        |  | 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 3928.003.  PURPOSE; DECLARATION OF INTENT.  (a)  The | 
      
        |  | creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of | 
      
        |  | Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, | 
      
        |  | Texas Constitution, and other public purposes stated in this | 
      
        |  | chapter.  By creating the district and in authorizing the city, the | 
      
        |  | county, and other political subdivisions to contract with the | 
      
        |  | district, the legislature has established a program to accomplish | 
      
        |  | the public purposes set out in Section 52-a, Article III, Texas | 
      
        |  | Constitution. | 
      
        |  | (b)  The creation of the district is necessary to promote, | 
      
        |  | develop, encourage, and maintain employment, commerce, | 
      
        |  | transportation, housing, tourism, recreation, the arts, | 
      
        |  | entertainment, economic development, safety, and the public | 
      
        |  | welfare in the district. | 
      
        |  | (c)  This chapter and the creation of the district may not be | 
      
        |  | interpreted to relieve the city or the county from providing the | 
      
        |  | level of services provided as of the effective date of the Act | 
      
        |  | enacting this chapter to the area in the district.  The district is | 
      
        |  | created to supplement and not to supplant city or county services | 
      
        |  | provided in the district. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 3928.004.  FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.  (a) | 
      
        |  | The district is created to serve a public use 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 and 52-a, | 
      
        |  | Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and | 
      
        |  | other powers granted under this chapter. | 
      
        |  | (c)  The creation of the district is in the public interest | 
      
        |  | and is essential to further the public purposes of: | 
      
        |  | (1)  developing and diversifying the economy of the | 
      
        |  | state; | 
      
        |  | (2)  eliminating unemployment and underemployment; and | 
      
        |  | (3)  developing or expanding transportation and | 
      
        |  | commerce. | 
      
        |  | (d)  The district will: | 
      
        |  | (1)  promote the health, safety, and general welfare of | 
      
        |  | residents, employers, potential employees, employees, visitors, | 
      
        |  | and consumers in the district, and of the public; | 
      
        |  | (2)  provide needed funding for the district to | 
      
        |  | preserve, maintain, and enhance the economic health and vitality of | 
      
        |  | the district territory as a community and business center; | 
      
        |  | (3)  promote the health, safety, welfare, and enjoyment | 
      
        |  | of the public by providing pedestrian ways and by landscaping and | 
      
        |  | developing certain areas in the district, which are necessary for | 
      
        |  | the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of scenic beauty; | 
      
        |  | and | 
      
        |  | (4)  provide for water, wastewater, drainage, road, | 
      
        |  | rail, and recreational facilities for the district. | 
      
        |  | (e)  Pedestrian ways along or across a street, whether at | 
      
        |  | grade or above or below the surface, and street lighting, street | 
      
        |  | landscaping, parking, and street art objects are parts of and | 
      
        |  | necessary components of a street and are considered to be a street | 
      
        |  | or road improvement. | 
      
        |  | (f)  The district will not act as the agent or | 
      
        |  | instrumentality of any private interest even though the district | 
      
        |  | will benefit many private interests as well as the public. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 3928.005.  INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.  (a)  The | 
      
        |  | district is initially composed of the territory described by | 
      
        |  | Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter. | 
      
        |  | (b)  The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of | 
      
        |  | the Act enacting this chapter form a closure.  A mistake 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 bonds for the purposes | 
      
        |  | for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and | 
      
        |  | interest on the bonds; | 
      
        |  | (3)  right to impose or collect an assessment or tax; or | 
      
        |  | (4)  legality or operation. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 3928.006.  ELIGIBILITY FOR INCLUSION IN SPECIAL ZONES. | 
      
        |  | All or any part of the area of the district is eligible to be | 
      
        |  | included in: | 
      
        |  | (1)  a tax increment reinvestment zone created under | 
      
        |  | Chapter 311, Tax Code; | 
      
        |  | (2)  a tax abatement reinvestment zone created under | 
      
        |  | Chapter 312, Tax Code; | 
      
        |  | (3)  an enterprise zone created under Chapter 2303, | 
      
        |  | Government Code; or | 
      
        |  | (4)  an industrial district created under Chapter 42, | 
      
        |  | Local Government Code. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 3928.007.  APPLICABILITY OF MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT | 
      
        |  | DISTRICTS LAW.  Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, | 
      
        |  | Chapter 375, Local Government Code, applies to the district. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 3928.008.  CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER.  This chapter shall | 
      
        |  | be liberally construed in conformity with the findings and purposes | 
      
        |  | stated in this chapter. | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER B.  BOARD OF DIRECTORS | 
      
        |  | Sec. 3928.051.  GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.  (a)  The district is | 
      
        |  | governed by a board of five voting directors who serve staggered | 
      
        |  | terms of four years, with two or three directors' terms expiring | 
      
        |  | June 1 of each odd-numbered year. | 
      
        |  | (b)  The board by resolution may change the number of voting | 
      
        |  | directors on the board if the board determines that the change is in | 
      
        |  | the best interest of the district.  The board may not consist of | 
      
        |  | fewer than 5 or more than 15 directors. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 3928.052.  APPOINTMENT OF VOTING DIRECTORS.  The Texas | 
      
        |  | Commission on Environmental Quality shall appoint voting directors | 
      
        |  | from persons recommended by the board. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 3928.053.  NONVOTING DIRECTORS.  The board may appoint | 
      
        |  | nonvoting directors to serve at the pleasure of the voting | 
      
        |  | directors. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 3928.054.  QUORUM.  For purposes of determining the | 
      
        |  | requirements for a quorum of the board, the following are not | 
      
        |  | counted: | 
      
        |  | (1)  a board position vacant for any reason, including | 
      
        |  | death, resignation, or disqualification; | 
      
        |  | (2)  a director who is abstaining from participation in | 
      
        |  | a vote because of a conflict of interest; or | 
      
        |  | (3)  a nonvoting director. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 3928.055.  COMPENSATION.  A director is entitled to | 
      
        |  | receive fees of office and reimbursement for actual expenses as | 
      
        |  | provided by Section 49.060, Water Code.  Sections 375.069 and | 
      
        |  | 375.070, Local Government Code, do not apply to the board. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 3928.056.  INITIAL VOTING DIRECTORS.  (a) The initial | 
      
        |  | board consists of the following directors: | 
      
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        |  | (b)  Of the initial directors, the terms of directors | 
      
        |  | appointed for positions one through three expire June 1, 2015, and | 
      
        |  | the terms of directors appointed for positions four and five expire | 
      
        |  | June 1, 2017. | 
      
        |  | (c)  Section 3928.052 does not apply to this section. | 
      
        |  | (d)  This section expires September 1, 2017. | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER C.  POWERS AND DUTIES | 
      
        |  | Sec. 3928.101.  GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.  The district has | 
      
        |  | the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for | 
      
        |  | which the district is created. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 3928.102.  IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND SERVICES.  The | 
      
        |  | district may provide, design, construct, acquire, improve, | 
      
        |  | relocate, operate, maintain, or finance an improvement project or | 
      
        |  | service using any money available to the district, or contract with | 
      
        |  | a governmental or private entity to provide, design, construct, | 
      
        |  | acquire, improve, relocate, operate, maintain, or finance an | 
      
        |  | improvement project or service authorized under this chapter or | 
      
        |  | Chapter 375, Local Government Code. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 3928.103.  RAIL FACILITIES.  The district may | 
      
        |  | construct, acquire, improve, maintain, and operate rail facilities | 
      
        |  | and improvements in aid of those facilities. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 3928.104.  DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION POWERS.  The | 
      
        |  | district, using money available to the district, may exercise the | 
      
        |  | powers given to a development corporation under Chapter 505, Local | 
      
        |  | Government Code, including the power to own, operate, acquire, | 
      
        |  | construct, lease, improve, or maintain a project under that | 
      
        |  | chapter. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 3928.105.  NONPROFIT CORPORATION.  (a)  The board by | 
      
        |  | resolution may authorize the creation of a nonprofit corporation to | 
      
        |  | assist and act for the district in implementing a project or | 
      
        |  | providing a service authorized by this chapter. | 
      
        |  | (b)  The nonprofit corporation: | 
      
        |  | (1)  has each power of and is considered to be a local | 
      
        |  | government corporation created under Subchapter D, Chapter 431, | 
      
        |  | Transportation Code; and | 
      
        |  | (2)  may implement any project and provide any service | 
      
        |  | authorized by this chapter. | 
      
        |  | (c)  The board shall appoint the board of directors of the | 
      
        |  | nonprofit corporation. The board of directors of the nonprofit | 
      
        |  | corporation shall serve in the same manner as the board of directors | 
      
        |  | of a local government corporation created under Subchapter D, | 
      
        |  | Chapter 431, Transportation Code, except that a board member is not | 
      
        |  | required to reside in the district. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 3928.106.  AGREEMENTS; GRANTS.  (a)  As provided by | 
      
        |  | Chapter 375, Local Government Code, the district may make an | 
      
        |  | agreement with or accept a gift, grant, or loan from any person. | 
      
        |  | (b)  The implementation of a project is a governmental | 
      
        |  | function or service for the purposes of Chapter 791, Government | 
      
        |  | Code. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 3928.107.  LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES.  To protect the | 
      
        |  | public interest, the district may contract with a qualified party, | 
      
        |  | including the county or the city, to provide law enforcement | 
      
        |  | services in the district for a fee. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 3928.108.  MEMBERSHIP IN CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS.  The | 
      
        |  | district may join and pay dues to a charitable or nonprofit | 
      
        |  | organization that performs a service or provides an activity | 
      
        |  | consistent with the furtherance of a district purpose. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 3928.109.  ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.  (a)  The district may | 
      
        |  | engage in activities that accomplish the economic development | 
      
        |  | purposes of the district. | 
      
        |  | (b)  The district may establish and provide for the | 
      
        |  | administration of one or more programs to promote state or local | 
      
        |  | economic development and to stimulate business and commercial | 
      
        |  | activity in the district, including programs to: | 
      
        |  | (1)  make loans and grants of public money; and | 
      
        |  | (2)  provide district personnel and services. | 
      
        |  | (c)  The district may create economic development programs | 
      
        |  | and exercise the economic development powers provided to | 
      
        |  | municipalities by: | 
      
        |  | (1)  Chapter 380, Local Government Code; and | 
      
        |  | (2)  Subchapter A, Chapter 1509, Government Code. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 3928.110.  PARKING FACILITIES.  (a)  The district may | 
      
        |  | acquire, lease as lessor or lessee, construct, develop, own, | 
      
        |  | operate, and maintain parking facilities or a system of parking | 
      
        |  | facilities, including lots, garages, parking terminals, or other | 
      
        |  | structures or accommodations for parking motor vehicles off the | 
      
        |  | streets and related appurtenances. | 
      
        |  | (b)  The district's parking facilities serve the public | 
      
        |  | purposes of the district and are owned, used, and held for a public | 
      
        |  | purpose even if leased or operated by a private entity for a term of | 
      
        |  | years. | 
      
        |  | (c)  The district's parking facilities are parts of and | 
      
        |  | necessary components of a street and are considered to be a street | 
      
        |  | or road improvement. | 
      
        |  | (d)  The development and operation of the district's parking | 
      
        |  | facilities may be considered an economic development program. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 3928.111.  STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT.  The | 
      
        |  | district may negotiate and enter into a written strategic | 
      
        |  | partnership agreement under Section 43.0751, Local Government | 
      
        |  | Code, with a municipality in whose extraterritorial jurisdiction | 
      
        |  | the district is located. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 3928.112.  ANNEXATION OR EXCLUSION OF LAND.  (a)  The | 
      
        |  | district may annex land as provided by Subchapter J, Chapter 49, | 
      
        |  | Water Code. | 
      
        |  | (b)  The district may exclude land as provided by Subchapter | 
      
        |  | J, Chapter 49, Water Code.  Section 375.044(b), Local Government | 
      
        |  | Code, does not apply to the district. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 3928.113.  NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER.  The district may | 
      
        |  | not exercise the power of eminent domain. | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER D.  GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS; ASSESSMENTS | 
      
        |  | Sec. 3928.151.  DISBURSEMENTS AND TRANSFERS OF MONEY.  The | 
      
        |  | board by resolution shall establish the number of directors' | 
      
        |  | signatures and the procedure required for a disbursement or | 
      
        |  | transfer of district money. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 3928.152.  MONEY USED FOR IMPROVEMENTS OR SERVICES. | 
      
        |  | The district may acquire, construct, finance, operate, or maintain | 
      
        |  | any improvement or service authorized under this chapter or Chapter | 
      
        |  | 375, Local Government Code, using any money available to the | 
      
        |  | district. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 3928.153.  PETITION REQUIRED FOR FINANCING SERVICES AND | 
      
        |  | IMPROVEMENTS WITH ASSESSMENTS.  (a)  The board may not finance a | 
      
        |  | service or improvement project with assessments under this chapter | 
      
        |  | unless a written petition requesting that service or improvement | 
      
        |  | has been filed with the board. | 
      
        |  | (b)  A petition filed under Subsection (a) must be signed by | 
      
        |  | the owners of a majority of the assessed value of real property in | 
      
        |  | the district subject to assessment according to the most recent | 
      
        |  | certified tax appraisal roll for the county. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 3928.154. METHOD OF NOTICE FOR HEARING.  The district | 
      
        |  | may mail the notice required by Section 375.115(c), Local | 
      
        |  | Government Code, by certified or first-class United States mail. | 
      
        |  | The board shall determine the method of notice. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 3928.155.  ASSESSMENTS; LIENS FOR ASSESSMENTS.  (a) | 
      
        |  | The board by resolution may impose and collect an assessment for any | 
      
        |  | purpose authorized by this chapter in all or any part of the | 
      
        |  | district. | 
      
        |  | (b)  An assessment, a reassessment, or an assessment | 
      
        |  | resulting from an addition to or correction of the assessment roll | 
      
        |  | by the district, penalties and interest on an assessment or | 
      
        |  | reassessment, an expense of collection, and reasonable attorney's | 
      
        |  | fees incurred by the district: | 
      
        |  | (1)  are a first and prior lien against the property | 
      
        |  | assessed; | 
      
        |  | (2)  are superior to any other lien or claim other than | 
      
        |  | a lien or claim for county, school district, or municipal ad valorem | 
      
        |  | taxes; and | 
      
        |  | (3)  are the personal liability of and a charge against | 
      
        |  | the owners of the property even if the owners are not named in the | 
      
        |  | assessment proceedings. | 
      
        |  | (c)  The lien is effective from the date of the board's | 
      
        |  | resolution imposing the assessment until the date the assessment is | 
      
        |  | paid.  The board may enforce the lien in the same manner that the | 
      
        |  | board may enforce an ad valorem tax lien against real property. | 
      
        |  | (d)  The board may make a correction to or deletion from the | 
      
        |  | assessment roll that does not increase the amount of assessment of | 
      
        |  | any parcel of land without providing notice and holding a hearing in | 
      
        |  | the manner required for additional assessments. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 3928.156.  RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY NOT EXEMPT.  Section | 
      
        |  | 375.161, Local Government Code, does not apply to a tax authorized | 
      
        |  | or approved by the voters of the district or a required payment for | 
      
        |  | a service provided by the district, including water and sewer | 
      
        |  | services. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 3928.157.  COMPETITIVE BIDDING.  Subchapter I, Chapter | 
      
        |  | 49, Water Code, applies to the district.  Sections 375.221 and | 
      
        |  | 375.223, Local Government Code, do not apply to the district. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 3928.158.  TAX AND ASSESSMENT ABATEMENTS.  The district | 
      
        |  | may designate reinvestment zones and may grant abatements of | 
      
        |  | district taxes or assessments on property in the zones. | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER E.  TAXES AND BONDS | 
      
        |  | Sec. 3928.201.  ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES AND BONDS.  (a) | 
      
        |  | The district may issue, without an election, bonds, notes, and | 
      
        |  | other obligations secured by: | 
      
        |  | (1)  revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or | 
      
        |  | (2)  contract payments described by Section 3928.203. | 
      
        |  | (b)  The district must hold an election in the manner | 
      
        |  | provided by Subchapter L, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, to | 
      
        |  | obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem | 
      
        |  | tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes. | 
      
        |  | (c)  Section 375.243, Local Government Code, does not apply | 
      
        |  | to the district. | 
      
        |  | (d)  All or any part of any facilities or improvements that | 
      
        |  | may be acquired by a district by the issuance of its bonds may be | 
      
        |  | submitted as a single proposition or as several propositions to be | 
      
        |  | voted on at the election. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 3928.202.  OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.  (a)  If | 
      
        |  | authorized by a majority of the district voters voting at an | 
      
        |  | election held in accordance with Section 3928.201, the district may | 
      
        |  | impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the | 
      
        |  | district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code, for any | 
      
        |  | district purpose, including to: | 
      
        |  | (1)  maintain and operate the district; | 
      
        |  | (2)  construct or acquire improvements; or | 
      
        |  | (3)  provide a service. | 
      
        |  | (b)  The board shall determine the tax rate.  The rate may not | 
      
        |  | exceed the rate approved at the election. | 
      
        |  | (c)  Section 49.107(h), Water Code, does not apply to the | 
      
        |  | district. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 3928.203.  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. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 3928.204.  AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY AND TO ISSUE BONDS | 
      
        |  | AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.  (a)  The district may borrow money on terms | 
      
        |  | determined by the board.  Section 375.205, Local Government Code, | 
      
        |  | does not apply to a loan, line of credit, or other borrowing from a | 
      
        |  | bank or financial institution secured by revenue other than ad | 
      
        |  | valorem taxes. | 
      
        |  | (b)  The district may issue bonds, notes, or other | 
      
        |  | obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, | 
      
        |  | assessments, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or | 
      
        |  | other district money, or any combination of those sources of money, | 
      
        |  | to pay for any authorized district purpose. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 3928.205.  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 annual ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, | 
      
        |  | for each year that all or part of the bonds are outstanding as | 
      
        |  | required and in the manner provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, | 
      
        |  | Water Code. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 3928.206.  TAXES AND BONDS FOR RECREATIONAL FACILITIES. | 
      
        |  | The limitation on the outstanding principal amount of bonds, notes, | 
      
        |  | and other obligations provided by Section 49.4645, Water Code, does | 
      
        |  | not apply to the district. | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER F.  DEFINED AREAS | 
      
        |  | Sec. 3928.251.  AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH DEFINED AREAS OR | 
      
        |  | DESIGNATED PROPERTY.  The district may define areas or designate | 
      
        |  | certain property of the district to pay for improvements, | 
      
        |  | facilities, or services that primarily benefit that area or | 
      
        |  | property and do not generally and directly benefit the district as a | 
      
        |  | whole. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 3928.252.  PROCEDURE FOR ELECTION.  (a)  Before the | 
      
        |  | district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds payable from ad | 
      
        |  | valorem taxes of the defined area or designated property, the board | 
      
        |  | shall hold an election in the defined area or in the designated | 
      
        |  | property only. | 
      
        |  | (b)  The board may submit the issues to the voters on the same | 
      
        |  | ballot to be used in another election. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 3928.253.  DECLARING RESULT AND ISSUING ORDER.  (a)  If | 
      
        |  | a majority of the voters voting at the election approve the | 
      
        |  | proposition or propositions, the board shall declare the results | 
      
        |  | and, by order, shall establish the defined area and describe it by | 
      
        |  | metes and bounds or designate the specific property. | 
      
        |  | (b)  A court may not review the board's order except on the | 
      
        |  | ground of fraud, palpable error, or arbitrary and confiscatory | 
      
        |  | abuse of discretion. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 3928.254.  TAXES FOR SERVICES, IMPROVEMENTS, AND | 
      
        |  | FACILITIES IN DEFINED AREAS OR DESIGNATED PROPERTY.  On voter | 
      
        |  | approval and adoption of the order described by Section 3928.253, | 
      
        |  | the district may apply separately, differently, equitably, and | 
      
        |  | specifically its taxing power and lien authority to the defined | 
      
        |  | area or designated property to provide money to construct, | 
      
        |  | administer, maintain, and operate services, improvements, and | 
      
        |  | facilities that primarily benefit the defined area or designated | 
      
        |  | property. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 3928.255.  ISSUANCE OF BONDS FOR DEFINED AREA OR | 
      
        |  | DESIGNATED PROPERTY.  After the order under Section 3928.253 is | 
      
        |  | adopted, the district may issue bonds to provide for any land, | 
      
        |  | improvements, facilities, plants, equipment, and appliances for | 
      
        |  | the defined area or designated property. | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER G.  DISSOLUTION AND MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION | 
      
        |  | Sec. 3928.301.  MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION; DISSOLUTION.  (a)  The | 
      
        |  | district is a "water or sewer district" under Section 43.071, Local | 
      
        |  | Government Code. | 
      
        |  | (b)  Section 43.075, Local Government Code, applies to the | 
      
        |  | district. | 
      
        |  | (c)  Section 375.264, Local Government Code, does not apply | 
      
        |  | to the dissolution of the district by a municipality. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 2.  The Kendleton Improvement District initially | 
      
        |  | includes all territory contained in the following area: | 
      
        |  | A 274 ACRES TRACT OF LAND, IN THE ISAAC MCGARY LEAGUE, ABSTRACT NO. | 
      
        |  | 58, FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, SAID TRACT OF LAND BEING MORE | 
      
        |  | PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS AS FOLLOWS: | 
      
        |  | BEGINNING at a point at the intersection of the northwesterly | 
      
        |  | right-of-way line of G.H. & S.A. Railroad and the westerly line of | 
      
        |  | West End Tavener Road; | 
      
        |  | (1)  THENCE, South 56°08'39” West, along the northerly right-of-way | 
      
        |  | line of said G.H. & S.A. Railroad, a distance of 4169.55 feet to a | 
      
        |  | point in the centerline of Brooks Branch; | 
      
        |  | (2)  THENCE, North 04°58'48” West, along the centerline of Brooks | 
      
        |  | Branch, a distance of 76.95 feet to a point; | 
      
        |  | (3)  THENCE, North 20°38'09” West, along the centerline of Brooks | 
      
        |  | Branch, a distance of 112.84 feet to a point; | 
      
        |  | (4)  THENCE, North 27°38'06” West, along the centerline of Brooks | 
      
        |  | Branch, a distance of 229.19 feet to a point; | 
      
        |  | (5)  THENCE, North 59°22'20” West, along the centerline of Brooks | 
      
        |  | Branch, a distance of 97.47 feet to a point; | 
      
        |  | (6)  THENCE, North 72°10'20” West, along the centerline of Brooks | 
      
        |  | Branch, a distance of 181.22 feet to a point; | 
      
        |  | (7)  THENCE, North 30°00'00” West, along the centerline of Brooks | 
      
        |  | Branch, a distance of 257.39 feet to a point in the south line of a | 
      
        |  | called 41.374 acres tract described to Anthony Humphrey in vol. | 
      
        |  | 2371, pg. 1473, F.B.C.C.F.; | 
      
        |  | (8)  THENCE, South 57°15'05” West, a distance of 833.50 feet to a | 
      
        |  | point; | 
      
        |  | (9)  THENCE, North 23°45'00” West, a distance of 911.49 feet to a | 
      
        |  | point in the south line of a called 42.0 acres tract described to | 
      
        |  | Lisa Davis in 2007122421, F.B.C.C.F.; | 
      
        |  | (10)  THENCE, South 60°00'00”  West, along the south line of said | 
      
        |  | 42.0 acres tract, a distance of 665.77 feet to a point; | 
      
        |  | (11)  THENCE, North 30°00'00” West, a distance of 462.00 feet to a | 
      
        |  | point; | 
      
        |  | (12)  THENCE, North 60°00'00” East, along the north line of said | 
      
        |  | 42.0 acres, a distance of 992.15 feet to a point in the west line of | 
      
        |  | a called 9.74 acres tract described to Admiral, TLC in 2013037496, | 
      
        |  | F.B.C.C.F.; | 
      
        |  | (13)  THENCE, North 29°54'53” West, a distance of 748.50 feet to a | 
      
        |  | point marking the northwesterly corner of a called 4.6 acres tract | 
      
        |  | described to Curtis Lucas in 2000102582, F.B.C.C.F.; | 
      
        |  | (14)  THENCE, North 60°09'26” East, a distance of 2245.57 feet to a | 
      
        |  | point marking the northeasterly corner of a called 19.47 acres | 
      
        |  | tract described to TD Phan in 2011011742, F.B.C.C.F.; | 
      
        |  | (15)  THENCE, South 30°00'00” East, along the easterly line of said | 
      
        |  | 19.47 acres tract, a distance of 742.34 feet to a point; | 
      
        |  | (16)  THENCE, North 60°00'00” East, a distance of 1211.18 feet to a | 
      
        |  | point; | 
      
        |  | (17)  THENCE, North 59°02'24" East, a distance of 1295.34 feet to a | 
      
        |  | point in the west right-of-way line of West End Tavener Road; | 
      
        |  | (18)  THENCE, South 31°02'43" East, along the west right-of-way | 
      
        |  | line of West End Tavener Road, a distance of 1194.29 feet to a | 
      
        |  | point; | 
      
        |  | (19)  THENCE, South 59°14'00" West, along the west right-of-way | 
      
        |  | line of West End Tavener Road, a distance of 21.92 feet to a point; | 
      
        |  | (20)  THENCE, South 24°14'50" East, along the said west line | 
      
        |  | right-of-way line of West End Tavener Road, a distance of 765.58 | 
      
        |  | feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 274 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, | 
      
        |  | lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives | 
      
        |  | within the required time. | 
      
        |  | (d)  The general law relating to consent by political | 
      
        |  | subdivisions to the creation of districts with conservation, | 
      
        |  | reclamation, and road powers and the inclusion of land in those | 
      
        |  | districts has been complied with. | 
      
        |  | (e)  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 have been | 
      
        |  | fulfilled and accomplished. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | 
      
        |  | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | 
      
        |  | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this | 
      
        |  | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | 
      
        |  | Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | 
      
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