84R4793 TSR-F
 
  By: Creighton S.B. No. 2024
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
  relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility
  District No. 146; granting a limited power of eminent domain;
  providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose
  assessments, fees, and taxes.
         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 7906 to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 7906.  MONTGOMERY COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 146
  SUBCHAPTER A.  GENERAL PROVISIONS
         Sec. 7906.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:
               (1)  "Board" means the district's board of directors.
               (2)  "Commission" means the Texas Commission on
  Environmental Quality.
               (3)  "Director" means a board member.
               (4)  "District" means the Montgomery County Municipal
  Utility District No. 146.
         Sec. 7906.002.  NATURE OF DISTRICT.  The district is a
  municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI,
  Texas Constitution.
         Sec. 7906.003.  CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTORS' ELECTION
  REQUIRED.  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.
         Sec. 7906.004.  CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED. (a)  The
  temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 7906.003
  until each municipality in whose corporate limits or
  extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has
  consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the
  district and to the inclusion of land in the district.
         (b)  Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to
  the inclusion of land in the district granted under this section
  acts as municipal consent to the creation of any new district
  created by the division of the district and to the inclusion of land
  in the new district.
         Sec. 7906.005.  FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT. (a)  
  The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit.
         (b)  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, operation,
  or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or
  improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
         Sec. 7906.006.  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 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
               (4)  legality or operation.
  SUBCHAPTER B.  BOARD OF DIRECTORS
         Sec. 7906.051.  GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.  (a)  The district is
  governed by a board of five elected directors.
         (b)  Except as provided by Section 7906.052, directors serve
  staggered four-year terms.
         Sec. 7906.052.  TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.  (a)  On or after
  September 1, 2015, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed
  value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to
  the commission requesting that the commission appoint as temporary
  directors the five persons named in the petition.  The commission
  shall appoint as temporary directors the five persons named in the
  petition.
         (b)  Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:
               (1)  the date permanent directors are elected under
  Section 7906.003; or
               (2)  September 1, 2019.
         (c)  If permanent directors have not been elected under
  Section 7906.003 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 7906.003; 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 commission requesting that the
  commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five
  persons named in the petition.  The commission shall appoint as
  successor temporary directors the five persons named in the
  petition.
  SUBCHAPTER C.  POWERS AND DUTIES
         Sec. 7906.101.  GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.  The district has
  the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
  which the district is created.
         Sec. 7906.102.  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.
         Sec. 7906.103.  AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS. Under Section
  52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design,
  acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate,
  maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for
  operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or
  improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
         Sec. 7906.104.  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.
         Sec. 7906.105.  COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCE
  OR RESOLUTION.  (a)  The district shall comply with all applicable
  requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under
  Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that consents to the
  creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the
  district.
         (b)  Section 54.016(f), Water Code, does not apply to the
  district.
         Sec. 7906.106.  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 not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land
  outside the area described by Section 2 of the Act creating this
  chapter.
         (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
  before or after the date the board holds an election under Section
  7906.003 to confirm the creation of the district and before or after
  an election under Section 7906.151 to authorize the issuance of
  bonds.
         (f)  An order dividing the district must:
               (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 commission 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 7906.003.
         (i)  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.
         (j)  If the creation of the new district is confirmed, the
  new district shall provide the election date and results to the
  commission.
  SUBCHAPTER D.  GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
         Sec. 7906.151.  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 7906.153.
         (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.
         Sec. 7906.152.  OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.  (a)  If
  authorized at an election held under Section 7906.151, 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.
         Sec. 7906.153.  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.
  SUBCHAPTER E.  BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS
         Sec. 7906.201.  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, or other district money, or any
  combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district
  purpose.
         Sec. 7906.202.  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.
         Sec. 7906.203.  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 Montgomery County Municipal Utility District
  No. 146 initially includes all the territory contained in the
  following area:
  428.212 Acres
  Joseph G. Ferguson Survey, A-221
  Montgomery County, Texas
  Being 428.212 acres of land situated in the Joseph G. Ferguson
  Survey, A-221, Montgomery County, Texas, and being out of a
  residual of a certain 1936.077 acres of land as described in deed
  recorded under County Clerk's File No. 2007-037712 of the Real
  Property Records of Montgomery County, Texas, said 428.212 acres of
  land being more particularly described by metes and bounds as
  follows:
  BEGINNING at a concrete monument found in the west line of F.M.
  1486, a 110 foot right-of-way, for the southeast corner of Blake
  Ranch as described in deed recorded under County Clerk's File
  No. 9366055 of the Real Property Records of Montgomery County,
  Texas, same being the northeast corner and POINT OF BEGINNING of
  the herein described tract;
  THENCE South 02 degrees 33 minutes 01 seconds East, along the west
  line of said F.M. 1486 and the east boundary line of the said
  1936.077 acres of land, same being the east boundary line of the
  herein described tract, a distance of 2677.01 feet to a 5/8 inch
  iron rod with survey cap (Moyer) set for the northeast corner of Lot
  1, Block 8, Crown Ranch Section One Amending Plat No. 1, according
  to the map or plat thereof recorded in Cabinet Z, Sheets 755 thru
  759 of the Map Records of Montgomery County, Texas, and the
  southeast corner of the herein described tract;
  THENCE North 85 degrees 35 minutes 50 seconds West, along the north
  boundary line of Lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, Block 8, of said Crown Ranch
  and the southerly boundary line of the herein described tract, a
  distance of 1128.30 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod with survey cap
  (Moyer) set for an angle point;
  THENCE South 59 degrees 34 minutes 02 seconds West, continuing
  along the north boundary line of said Lot 4 and the north boundary
  line of Lots 5 and 6, Block 8 of said Crown Ranch and continuing
  along the south boundary line of the herein described tract, a
  distance of 635.56 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod with survey cap
  (Moyer) set for the northwest corner of said Lot 6 and a southerly
  corner of the herein described tract;
  THENCE in a southeasterly direction along the west boundary line of
  said Lot 6 and a southerly boundary line of the herein described
  tract along a non-tangent curve to the left having as its elements:
  a radius of 616.14 feet, a central angle of 37 degrees 40 minutes 18
  seconds, an arc length of 405.11 feet, and a chord bearing of South
  23 degrees 38 minutes 52 seconds East, a distance of 397.85 feet to
  a 5/8 inch iron rod with survey cap (Moyer) set in the north line of
  Crown Ranch Boulevard (a northwesterly cut-back corner) for the
  southwest corner of said Lot 6 and a southerly corner of the herein
  described tract;
  THENCE South 37 degrees 53 minutes 49 seconds West, continuing
  along the northwesterly line of said Crown Ranch Boulevard and the
  southerly boundary line of the herein described tract, a distance
  of 60.78 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod with survey cap (Moyer) set for
  the most easterly southeast corner of Restricted Reserve "F" of
  said Crown Ranch and a southerly corner of the herein described
  tract;
  THENCE in a northwesterly direction along the northeast boundary
  line of said Restricted Reserve "F" and continuing along the
  southerly boundary line of the herein described tract along a
  non-tangent curve to the right having as its elements: a radius of
  676.14 feet, a central angle of 27 degrees 37 minutes 46 seconds, an
  arc length of 326.05 feet, and a chord bearing of North 29 degrees
  31 minutes 46 seconds West, a distance of 322.90 feet to a 5/8 inch
  iron rod with survey cap (Moyer) set for the northeast corner of
  said Restricted Reserve "F" and a southerly corner of the herein
  described tract;
  THENCE South 59 degrees 34 minutes 02 seconds West, along the north
  boundary line of said Restricted Reserve "F" and continuing along
  the southerly boundary line of the herein described tract, a
  distance of 657.92 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod with survey cap
  (Moyer) set for the northwest corner of said Restricted Reserve "F"
  and a southerly corner of the herein described tract;
  THENCE South 14 degrees 38 minutes 43 seconds West, along the west
  boundary line of said Restricted Reserve "F" and continuing along
  the southerly boundary line of the herein described tract, a
  distance of 243.59 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod with survey cap
  (Moyer) set for an angle point;
  THENCE South 02 degrees 30 minutes 07 seconds East, continuing
  along the west boundary line of said Restricted Reserve "F" and the
  southerly boundary line of the herein described tract, a distance
  of 89.62 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod with survey cap (Moyer) set in
  the north line of said Crown Ranch Boulevard for the southwest
  corner of said Restricted Reserve "F" and a southerly corner of the
  herein described tract;
  THENCE South 87 degrees 29 minutes 53 seconds West, along the north
  line of said Crown Ranch Boulevard and continuing along the
  southerly boundary line of the herein described tract, a distance
  of 850.45 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod with survey cap (Moyer) set for
  the southeast corner of Lot 1, Block 7, of said Crown Ranch and a
  southerly corner of the herein described tract;
  THENCE North 02 degrees 30 minutes 07 seconds West, along the east
  boundary line of said Lot 1, Block 7 and continuing along the
  southerly boundary line of the herein described tract, a distance
  of 405.55 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod with survey cap (Moyer) set for
  the northeast corner of said Lot 1, Block 7 and a southerly corner
  of the herein described tract;
  THENCE South 87 degrees 29 minutes 53 seconds West, along the north
  boundary line of Lots 1 and 2, Block 7 and continuing along the
  southerly boundary line of the herein described tract, a distance
  of 383.12 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod with survey cap (Moyer) set for
  the northwest corner of said Lot 2, Block 7 and a southerly corner
  of the herein described tract;
  THENCE South 02 degrees 30 minutes 07 seconds East, along the west
  boundary line of said Lot 2 and continuing along the southerly
  boundary line of the herein described tract, a distance of 380.55
  feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod with survey cap (Moyer) set in the north
  line of said Crown Ranch Boulevard for the southwest corner of said
  Lot 2 and a southerly corner of the herein described tract;
  THENCE South 87 degrees 29 minutes 53 seconds West, along the north
  line of said Crown Ranch Boulevard and continuing along the
  southerly boundary line of the herein described tract, a distance
  of 60.00 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod with survey cap (Moyer) set for
  the southeast corner of Lot 1, Block 6 of said Crown Ranch and a
  southerly corner of the herein described tract;
  THENCE North 02 degrees 30 minutes 07 seconds West, along the east
  boundary line of said a Lot 1, Block 6 and continuing along the
  southerly boundary line of the herein described tract, a distance
  of 380.55 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod with survey cap (Moyer) set for
  the northeast corner of said Lot 1, Block 6 and a southerly corner
  of the herein described tract;
  THENCE South 87 degrees 29 minutes 53 second West, along the north
  boundary lines of Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, Block 6 of said Crown Ranch
  Section One and continuing along the southerly boundary line of the
  herein described tract, a distance of 865.08 feet to a 5/8 inch iron
  rod with survey cap (Moyer) set for the northeast corner of Lot 1,
  Block 5, of said Crown Ranch and a southerly angle point of the
  herein described tract;
  THENCE North 59 degrees 17 minutes 57 seconds West, along the
  northeast boundary line of Lots 1, 2, and 3, Block 5 of said Crown
  Ranch and along the southwesterly boundary line of the herein
  described tract, a distance of 451.13 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod
  with survey cap (Moyer) set for the common corner of Lots 3 and 4,
  Block 5 of said Crown Ranch and an angle point of the herein
  described tract;
  THENCE North 47 degrees 07 minutes 57 seconds West, along the
  northeast boundary line of Lots 4 and 5, Block 5 of said Crown Ranch
  and continuing along the southwesterly boundary line of the herein
  described tract, a distance of 298.12 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod
  with survey cap (Moyer) set for the common corner of Lots 5 and 6,
  Block 5 of said Crown Ranch and an angle point of the herein
  described tract;
  THENCE North 37 degrees 48 minutes 49 seconds West, along the
  northeast boundary line of Lots 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10, Block 5, of said
  Crown Ranch and continuing along the southwesterly boundary line of
  the herein described tract, a distance of 901.31 feet to a 5/8 inch
  iron rod with survey cap (Moyer) set in a curve for the north corner
  of said Lot 10 common to a southerly corner of the herein described
  tract;
  THENCE in a southwesterly direction along the northwest boundary
  line of said Lot 10 and continuing along the southwesterly boundary
  line of the herein described tract along a non-tangent curve to the
  right having as its elements: a radius of 1030.00 feet, a central
  angle of 01 degrees 09 minutes 44 seconds, an arc length of 20.90
  feet, and a chord bearing of South 51 degrees 36 minutes 18 seconds
  West, a distance of 20.89 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod with survey cap
  (Moyer) set for the end of the curve;
  THENCE South 52 degrees 11 minutes 11 seconds West, continuing
  along the northwest boundary line of said Lot 10 and continuing
  along the southwesterly boundary line of the herein described
  tract, a distance of 332.11 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod with survey
  cap (Moyer) set in the northeast line of Crown Ranch Boulevard, a 60
  foot private right-of-way, for the southwest corner of said Lot 10,
  same being a southerly corner of the herein described tract;
  THENCE North 37 degrees 48 minutes 49 seconds West, along the
  northeast line of said Crown Ranch Boulevard and continuing along
  the southwesterly boundary line of the herein described tract, a
  distance of 60.00 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod with survey cap
  (Moyer) set for the southeast corner of Lot 1, Block 4, of said
  Crown Ranch Section One and a southerly corner of the herein
  described tract;
  THENCE North 52 degrees 11 minutes 10 seconds East, along the
  southeast boundary line of said Lot 1 and continuing along the
  southwesterly boundary line of the herein described tract, a
  distance of 332.11 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod with survey cap for
  the beginning of a curve;
  THENCE in a northeasterly direction continuing along the southeast
  boundary line of said Lot 1 and continuing along the southwesterly
  boundary line of the herein described tract along a curve to the
  left having as its elements: a radius of 970.00 feet, a central
  angle of 01 degrees 11 minutes 13 seconds, an arc length of 20.09
  feet, and a chord bearing of North 51 degrees 35 minutes 34 seconds
  East, a distance of 20.09 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod with survey cap
  (Moyer) set for the northeast corner of said Lot 1 and a southerly
  corner of the herein described tract;
  THENCE North 43 degrees 36 minutes 42 seconds West, along the
  northeast boundary line of Lots 1, 2, and 3, Block 4 of said Crown
  Ranch, and continuing along the southwesterly boundary line of the
  herein described tract, a distance of 552.90 feet to a 5/8 inch iron
  rod with survey cap (Moyer) set for an angle point;
  THENCE North 58 degrees 26 minutes 29 seconds West, along the
  northeast boundary line of said Lots 3, 4, 5, and 6, Block 4, of said
  Crown Ranch and continuing along the southwesterly boundary line of
  the herein described tract, a distance of 561.07 feet to a 5/8 inch
  iron rod with survey cap (Moyer) set for an angle point;
  THENCE North 73 degrees 22 minutes 49 seconds West, along the
  northeast boundary line of Lots 6, 7, 8, and Restricted Reserve "E",
  Block 4 of said Crown Ranch, and the southwesterly boundary line of
  the herein described tract, a distance of 561.07 feet to a 5/8 inch
  iron rod with survey cap (Moyer) set for an angle point;
  THENCE North 87 degrees 16 minutes 13 seconds West, along the north
  boundary line of Restricted Reserve "E" and Lot 9, Block 4, of said
  Crown Ranch and continuing along the southwesterly boundary line
  of the herein described tract, a distance of 247.65 feet to a point
  for the southeast corner of Restricted Reserve "G" of Crown Ranch
  Section Three, according to the map or plat thereof recorded in
  Cabinet Z, Sheet 1208 of the Map Records of Montgomery County, Texas
  and a northwest corner of the herein described tract;
  THENCE North 27 degrees 21 minutes 07 seconds East, along the east
  boundary line of said Restricted Reserve "G", southeast boundary
  line of said Lot 35 and the northwest boundary line of the herein
  described tract, a distance of 164.86 feet to a point for the most
  easterly southeast corner of said Lot 35 and an interior
  northwesterly corner of the herein described tract;
  THENCE North 65 degrees 26 minutes 22 seconds West, along the
  northeast boundary line of Lot 35, Block 2, of said Crown Ranch
  Section Three, and continuing along the northwest boundary line of
  the herein described tract, a distance of 188.65 feet to an angle
  point;
  THENCE North 40 degrees 41 minutes 22 seconds West, continuing
  along the northeast boundary line of said Lot 35 and the east
  boundary line of Lot 34 and 33, Block 2, of said Crown Ranch Section
  Three, common to the northwest boundary line of the herein
  described tract, a distance of
  443.41 feet to an angle point;
  THENCE North 03 degrees 49 minutes 38 seconds West, along the east
  boundary line of Lots 33 and 32, and Restricted Reserve "F", Block
  2, of said Crown Ranch Section Three and continuing along the
  northwest boundary line of the herein described tract, a distance
  of 259.25 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod with survey cap (Moyer) set in
  the common boundary line of the aforesaid Blake Ranch Property and
  the 1936.077 acres of land for the northeast corner of Restricted
  Reserve "F" of said Crown Ranch Section Three, and the northwest
  corner of the herein described tract;
  THENCE North 86 degrees 10 minutes 23 seconds East, along the said
  common boundary line and the north boundary line of the herein
  described tract, a distance of 7650.14 feet to the POINT OF
  BEGINNING and containing 428.212 acres of land.
  Job No. 11014-B
  Job No. 10080
  1929.279 Acres
  Joseph G. Ferguson Survey, A-227; Charles Weaver Survey, A-624;
  Alexander Robblis Survey, A-464; Robert Elgin Survey, A-199
  Montgomery County, Texas
  Alexander Robblis Survey, A-400; Charles Weaver Survey, A-482;
  P.G. Moffitt Survey, A-330; E.T. Estis Survey, A-194
  William R. Wheelis Survey, A-481
  Grimes County, Texas
  Being 1929.279 acres of land situated in the Josepgh G. Ferguson
  Survey, A-227; the Charles Weaver Susrvey, A-624; the Alexander
  Robblis Survey, A-464; and the Robert Elgin Survey, A-199,
  Montgomery County, Texas, and situated in the Alexander Robblis
  Survey, A-400; the Charles Weaver Survey, A-482; the P.G. Moffitt
  Survey, A-330; and the E.T. Estis Survey, A-194, Grimes County,
  Texas, and being 1988.459 acres of land save and except 59.180 acres
  of land, said 1929.279 acres of land being more particularly
  described by metes and bounds as follows:
  BEGINNING at a 5/8 inch iron rod with survey cap set in the west line
  of F.M. 1486, a 110 foot right of way per Tx Dot ROW Map R-1416-3-1
  February 22, 1960, for the southeast corner of Crown Ranch Section
  One, according to the map or plat thereof recorded in Cabinet Z,
  Sheets 755 thru 759 of the Map Records of Montgomery County, Texas,
  and the northeast corner of a certain 1,675.016 acres of land
  (Parcel N7395-C2) as described in deed recorded in Volume 849, Page
  205 of the Deed Records of Grimes County, Texas, and under County
  Clerk's File No. 968009 of the Real Property Records of Montgomery
  County, Texas, same being the northeast corner and POINT OF
  BEGINNING of the herein described tract;
  THENCE South 02 degrees 43 minutes 16 seconds East, along the west
  line of said F.M. 1486 and the common east boundary line of the said
  1,675.016 acres of land and the herein described tract, a distance
  of 5,114.36 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod with survey cap (Burgess)
  found for the southeast corner of the herein described tract;
  THENCE South 87 degrees 31 minutes 55 seconds West along the common
  south boundary line of the said 1675.016 acres of land and the
  herein described tract, passing at 10,209.67 feet, a 3 inch brass
  disc in concrete stamped Moyer Surveying 5656 Grimes and Montgomery
  County Line, continuing in all a distance of 12,654.87 feet to a 5/8
  inch iron rod with survey cap (Burgess) found in the east boundary
  line of a certain 16.0 acres of land as described in deed recorded
  in Volume 362, Page 558 of the Deed Records of Grimes County, Texas,
  for the most southerly southwest corner of the herein described
  tract;
  THENCE North 03 degrees 31 minutes 33 seconds West, along the east
  boundary line of the said 16.0 acres of land and continuing along
  the east boundary line of a certain 49.963 acres of land as
  described in deed recorded in Volume 324, Page 60 of the Deed
  Records of Grimes County, Texas, same being a southwesterly
  boundary line of the herein described tract, a distance of 2371.80
  feet to a concrete monument found for the northeast corner of the
  said 49.963 acres of land and an interior southwesterly corner of
  the herein described tract from which a 1 inch iron pipe found for
  reference bears South 46 degrees 26 minutes 12 seconds East, a
  distance of 0.92 feet;
  THENCE South 86 degrees 27 minutes 11 seconds West, along the north
  boundary line of the said 49.963 acres of land and a northerly
  boundary line of a certain 193.424 acres of land as described in
  deed recorded in Volume 932, Page 105 of the Deed Records of Grimes
  County, Texas, same being a southwesterly boundary line of the
  herein described tract, a distance of 2219.95 feet to a 5/8 inch
  iron rod with survey cap (Moyer) set for an interior northwesterly
  corner of the said 193.424 acres of land and a southwesterly corner
  of the herein described tract from which a 1 inch iron pipe found
  for reference bears North 60 degrees 31 minutes 23 seconds East, a
  distance of 0.55 feet;
  THENCE North 03 degrees 32 minutes 32 seconds West, along a
  northerly boundary line of the said 193.424 acres of land and a
  southwesterly boundary line of the herein described tract, a
  distance of 1245.68 feet to a 1 inch iron pipe found for a
  northwesterly corner of the said 193.424 acres and an interior
  westerly corner of the herein described tract;
  THENCE South 86 degrees 51 minutes 46 seconds West, along the
  northwest boundary line of the said 193.424 acres of land and an
  interior westerly boundary line of the herein described tract, a
  distance of 731.85 feet to a 1 inch iron pipe found for the
  northwest corner of the said 193.424 acres of land from which a 1
  inch iron pipe found for reference bears North 04 degrees 27 minutes
  04 seconds West, a distance of 34.76 feet;
  THENCE South 03 degrees 41 minutes 41 seconds East, along the east
  boundary line of a certain 261.066 acres of land as described in
  deed recorded in Volume 849, Page 205 of the Deed Records of Grimes
  County, Texas, common to the west boundary line of the said 193.424
  acres of land, same being an interior westerly boundary line of the
  herein described tract, a distance of 2879.52 feet to a 1 inch iron
  pipe found for the northeast corner of a certain 49.0 acres of land
  as described in deed recorded in Volume 286, Page 737 of the Deed
  Records of Grimes County, Texas, and the southeast corner of the
  said 261.066 acres of land, same being a southwesterly corner of the
  herein described tract;
  THENCE South 86 degrees 10 minutes 28 seconds West, along the north
  boundary line of the said 49.0 acres of land and the south boundary
  line of the said 261.066 acres of land, same being the southwest
  boundary line of the herein described tract, a distance of 1531.74
  feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod with survey cap (Moyer) set in the
  centerline of Mill Creek for the southeast corner of a certain 68.50
  acres of land as described in deed recorded in Volume 625, Page 691
  of the Deed Records of Grimes County, Texas, and the southwest
  corner of the herein described tract;
  THENCE in a northerly direction along the east boundary line of the
  said 68.50 acres of land and a southwest boundary line of the herein
  described tract along the centerline meanders of said Mill Creek
  the following courses and distances:
  1.  North 04 deg. 01 min. 17 sec. West, a distance of 43.26 feet;
  2.  North 01 deg. 25 min. 10 sec. West, a distance of 298.68 feet;
  3.  North 05 deg. 22 min. 10 sec. West, a distance of 183.35 feet;
  4.  North 18 deg. 31 min. 11 sec. West, a distance of 76.10 feet;
  5.  North 22 deg. 46 min. 19 sec. West, a distance of 212.60 feet;
  6.  North 23 deg. 35 min. 43 sec. West, a distance of 114.58 feet;
  7.  North 34 deg. 17 min. 37 sec. West, a distance of 82.07 feet;
  8.  North 22 deg. 34 min. 55 sec. West, a distance of 334.57 feet;
  9.  North 03 deg. 41 min. 04 sec. West, a distance of 60.79 feet;
  10.  North 58 deg. 40 min. 35 sec. West, a distance of 98.49 feet;
  11.  North 66 deg. 35 min. 20 sec. West, a distance of 151.67 feet;
  12.  North 87 deg. 34 min. 10 sec. West, a distance of 58.50 feet;
  13.  North 87 deg. 53 min. 47 sec. West, a distance of 28.52 feet;
  14.  North 78 deg. 35 min. 48 sec. West, a distance of 42.79 feet;
  15.  North 64 deg. 57 min. 06 sec. West, a distance of 100.15 feet;
  16.  North 58 deg. 19 min. 28 sec. West, a distance of 108.07 feet;
  17.  North 51 deg. 08 min. 18 sec. West, a distance of 154.36 feet;
  18.  North 56 deg. 11 min. 55 sec. West, a distance of 47.73 feet;
  19.  North 41 deg. 02 min. 54 sec. West, a distance of 48.93 feet;
  20.  North 26 deg. 22 min. 46 sec. West, a distance of 70.52 feet;
  21.  North 18 deg. 55 min. 33 sec. West, a distance of 115.55 feet
  to a point for the northeasterly corner of the said 68.50 acres of
  land and an interior southwesterly corner of the herein described
  tract;
  THENCE South 87 degrees 41 minutes 36 seconds West, along the north
  boundary line of the said 68.50 acres of land and a southwesterly
  boundary line of the herein described tract, passing at 6.88 feet, a
  railroad tie fence post found for reference continuing in all a
  distance of 1661.16 feet to a 1 inch iron pipe found in the east line
  of F.M. 1774, a 100 foot right-of-way, for the northwest corner of a
  certain 2.0 acres of land as described in deed recorded in Volume
  583, Page 462 of the Deed Records of Grimes County, Texas, and a
  southwesterly corner of the herein described tract from which a 1
  inch iron pipe found for reference bears South 87 degrees 45 minutes
  38 seconds West, a distance of 99.0 feet;
  THENCE North 07 degrees 15 minutes 44 seconds West, passing at 42.05
  feet, a 5/8 inch iron rod found for reference continuing in all, a
  distance of 1324.41 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod found for the
  southwest corner of a certain 100.36 acres of land and the most
  westerly corner of the herein described tract from which a 1 inch
  iron pipe found for reference bears North 86 degrees 07 minutes 28
  seconds East, a distance of 13.65 feet;
  THENCE North 86 degrees 38 minutes 28 seconds East, along the south
  boundary line of the said 100.36 acres of land and a northwesterly
  boundary line of the herein described tract, passing at 1501.19
  feet, a fence post found for reference continuing in all, a distance
  of 1571.95 feet to a point in the centerline of said Mill Creek for
  the southeast corner of the said 100.36 acres of land and an
  interior northeasterly corner of the herein described tract;
  THENCE in a northerly direction along the east boundary line of the
  said 100.36 acres of land and the northwesterly boundary line of the
  herein described tract along the centerline meanders of said Mill
  Creek the following courses and distances:
  1.  North 05 deg. 22 min. 57 sec. East, a distance of 591.86 feet;
  2.  North 06 deg. 00 min. 52 sec. West, a distance of 250.76 feet;
  3.  North 09 deg. 54 min. 50 sec. West, a distance of 347.55 feet;
  4.  North 29 deg. 37 min. 27 sec. West, a distance of 268.49 feet;
  5.  North 41 deg. 51 min. 19 sec. West, a distance of 155.57 feet;
  6.  North 36 deg. 30 min. 59 sec. West, a distance of 215.63 feet to
  a point for the northwest corner of the herein described tract;
  THENCE North 86 degrees 26 minutes 31 seconds East, along a
  northwesterly boundary line of the herein described tract, passing
  at 93.64 feet, a 1 and 1/2 inch iron pipe found for reference and the
  southwest corner of a certain 130 acres of land as described in deed
  recorded in Volume 897, Page 443 of the Deed Records of Grimes
  County, Texas, continuing in all a distance of 3756.33 feet to a 1
  inch iron pipe found for the southeast corner of the said 130 acres
  of land and a northwesterly corner of the herein described tract;
  THENCE South 03 degrees 26 minutes 39 seconds East, along a
  northwesterly boundary line of the herein described tract, a
  distance of 617.42 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod with survey cap set
  for an interior northwesterly corner of the herein described tract;
  THENCE North 87 degrees 31 minutes 20 seconds East, along the north
  boundary line of the herein described tract, passing at 4,751.81
  feet, a brass disc in concrete stamped Moyer Surveying 5656 Grimes
  and Montgomery County Line and set for the southeast corner of Crown
  Ranch Section Two, a corrected plat according to the map or plat
  thereof recorded in Volume 1221, Page 315 of the Map Records of
  Grimes County, Texas, and the southwest corner of Crown Ranch
  Section One-A Amending Plat No. 1, according to the map or plat
  thereof recorded in Cabinet Z, Sheet 762 of the Map Records of
  Montgomery County, Texas, continuing in all a distance of 14,947.98
  feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 1,988.459 acres of
  land;
  SAVE AND EXCEPT a certain 59.180 acres of land described in deed as
  60 acres recorded in Volume 156, Page 217 of the Deed Records of
  Grimes County, Texas, said 59.180 acres being more particularly
  described by metes and bounds as follows:
  COMMENCING at a 1 inch iron pipe found for the northwest corner of
  the aforesaid 193.424 acres of land;
  THENCE North 04 degrees 27 minutes 04 seconds West, a distance of
  34.76 feet to a 1 inch iron pipe found for refernce;
  TEHNCE South 87 degrees 49 minutes 37 seconds West, a distance of
  72.03 feet to a 1 and 1/4 inch iron pipe found for the southeast
  corner and POINT OF BEGINNING of the herein described tract;
  THENCE South 87 degrees 21 minutes 15 seconds West, along the south
  boundary line of the herein described tract, a distance of 1352.68
  feet to a 1 inch iron pipe found for the southwest corner of the
  herein described tract;
  THENCE North 02 degrees 43 minutes 52 seconds West, along the west
  boundary line of the herein described tract, a distance of 1868.58
  feet to a 1 and 1/4 inch iron pipe found for the northwest corner of
  the herein described tract;
  THENCE North 87 degrees 17 minutes 50 seconds East, along the north
  boundary line of the herein described tract, a distance of 1451.45
  feet to a concrete monument (disturbed ) for the northeast corner of
  the herein described tract;
  THECNE South 02 degrees 33 minutes 59 seconds East, along the east
  boundary line of the herein described tract, a distance of 486.58
  feet to a concrete monument (broken) found for a northeasterly
  corner of the herein described tract;
  THENCE South 86 degrees 05 minutes 18 seconds West, along
  continuing along the east boundary line of the herein described
  tract, a distance of 95.11 feet to a concrete monument found for an
  interior northeasterly corner of the herein described tract;
  THENCE South 02 degrees 38 minutes 11 seconds East, continuing
  along the east boundary line of the herein described tract, a
  distance of 1381.34 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing
  59.180 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.
         SECTION 4.  (a)  If this Act does not receive a two-thirds
  vote of all the members elected to each house, Subchapter C, Chapter
  7906, Special District Local Laws Code, as added by Section 1 of
  this Act, is amended by adding Section 7906.107 to read as follows:
         Sec. 7906.107.  NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. The district may
  not exercise the power of eminent domain.
         (b)  This section is not intended to be an expression of a
  legislative interpretation of the requirements of Section 17(c),
  Article I, Texas Constitution.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.