85R25020 TSR-F
 
  By: Dukes H.B. No. 4348
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the creation of the Vision East Municipal Utility
  District No. 1; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.
  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 8016 to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 8016. VISION EAST MUNICIPAL UTILITY
  DISTRICT NO. 1
  SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
         Sec. 8016.001.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
               (1)  "Board" means the district's board of directors.
               (2)  "City" means the City of Austin, Texas.
               (3)  "Commission" means the Texas Commission on
  Environmental Quality.
               (4)  "County" means Travis County.
               (5)  "Director" means a board member.
               (6)  "District" means the Vision East Municipal Utility
  District No. 1.
         Sec. 8016.002.  NATURE OF DISTRICT.  The district is a
  municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI,
  Texas Constitution.
         Sec. 8016.003.  CONFIRMATION ELECTION REQUIRED.  The
  temporary directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation
  of the district.
         Sec. 8016.004.  CONSENT OF CITY REQUIRED; ENFORCEABILITY OF
  CONSENT AGREEMENT. (a)  The temporary directors may not hold an
  election under Section 8016.003 until the city has consented by
  ordinance or resolution to the creation of the district and to the
  inclusion of land in the district.
         (b)  If the city does not consent to the creation of the
  district under this section before September 1, 2019:
               (1)  the district is dissolved September 1, 2019,
  except that:
                     (A)  any debts incurred shall be paid;
                     (B)  any assets that remain after the payment of
  debts shall be transferred to the city or another local
  governmental entity to be used for a public purpose; and
                     (C)  the organization of the district shall be
  maintained until all debts are paid and remaining assets are
  transferred; and
               (2)  this chapter expires September 1, 2019.
         Sec. 8016.005.  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;
               (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; and
               (3)  Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution.
         (c)  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.
         Sec. 8016.006.  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.
         Sec. 8016.007.  ELIGIBILITY FOR INCLUSION IN TAX ABATEMENT
  REINVESTMENT ZONE. All or any part of the area of the district is
  eligible to be included in a tax abatement reinvestment zone under
  Chapter 312, Tax Code.
  SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
         Sec. 8016.051.  GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a)  The district is
  governed by a board of five directors who serve staggered terms of
  four years, with two or three directors' terms expiring June 1 of
  each odd-numbered year.
         (b)  A director may not serve more than two full terms of four
  years.
         Sec. 8016.052.  APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS. (a) Except as
  provided by Subsection (c), the members of the governing body of the
  city shall appoint the directors.  Four of the five directors must
  be appointed from persons recommended by the board.
         (b)  A person is appointed if a majority of the members of the
  governing body vote to appoint the person.
         (c)  Beginning on January 1, 2047, the members of the
  governing body of the city may appoint all of the directors without
  the recommendation of the board. This subsection applies only to a
  director whose term expires on or after January 1, 2047.
         Sec. 8016.053.  QUALIFICATIONS. A person recommended by the
  board must:
               (1)  reside in the district; or
               (2)  own real property in the district.
         Sec. 8016.054.  TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.  (a)  The temporary
  board consists of:
               (1)  _________________;
               (2)  _________________;
               (3)  _________________;
               (4)  _________________; and
               (5)  _________________.
         (b)  Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:
               (1)  the date permanent directors are appointed under
  Section 8016.052; or
               (2)  September 1, 2021.
         (c)  Section 8016.053 does not apply to this section.
  SUBCHAPTER C.  POWERS AND DUTIES
         Sec. 8016.101.  GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.  The district has
  the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
  which the district is created.
         Sec. 8016.102.  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. 8016.103.  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. 8016.104.  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. 8016.105.  COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT
  AGREEMENT, 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)  Any agreement between the district and the city related
  to the city's consent to the creation of the district is valid and
  enforceable.
         (c)  On the issuance of bonds, the district is considered to
  have acknowledged and consented to the exercise of the city's
  authority as to actions taken by the city under Section 54.016(g),
  Water Code.
         Sec. 8016.106.  CONTRACT TO FURTHER REGIONAL COOPERATION.
  The district and city may contract on terms that the board and
  governing body of the city agree will further regional cooperation
  between the district and city.
         Sec. 8016.107.  ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.  (a)  Before
  exercising a power under this section, the district must obtain the
  city's consent.
         (b)  The district may engage in activities that accomplish
  the economic development purposes of the district.
         (c)  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.
         (d)  The district may create economic development programs
  and exercise the economic development powers that Chapter 380,
  Local Government Code, provides to a municipality.
         Sec. 8016.108.  MASS GRADING AND IMPROVEMENTS TO LAND IN THE
  DISTRICT. The district may construct, acquire, improve, maintain,
  finance, or operate a facility or improvement related to reclaiming
  or grading land in the district.
         Sec. 8016.109.  NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. The district may
  not exercise the power of eminent domain.
  SUBCHAPTER D. DIVISION OF DISTRICT INTO MULTIPLE DISTRICTS
         Sec. 8016.151.  DIVISION OF DISTRICT; PREREQUISITES. 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.
         Sec. 8016.152.  LAW APPLICABLE TO NEW DISTRICT. This
  chapter applies to any new district created by division of the
  district, and a new district has all the powers and duties of the
  district.
         Sec. 8016.153.  LIMITATION ON AREA OF NEW DISTRICT. A 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 enacting this chapter.
         Sec. 8016.154.  CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY OR COUNTY.  (a)  If
  the district is located wholly or partly in the corporate limits or
  the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the district
  may not divide under this subchapter unless the municipality by
  resolution or ordinance first consents to the division of the
  district.
         (b)  If the district is not located wholly or partly in the
  corporate limits or the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a
  municipality, the district may not divide under this subchapter
  unless the commissioners court of each county in which the district
  is wholly or partly located first adopts a resolution or order in
  support of the division of the district.
         Sec. 8016.155.  DIVISION PROCEDURES. (a) 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.
         (b)  The board may adopt an order dividing the district
  before or after the date the board holds an election under Section
  8016.003 to confirm the district's creation.
         (c)  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 the new districts.
         (d)  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.
         Sec. 8016.156.  TAX OR BOND ELECTION.  Before a new district
  created by the division of the district may impose a sales and use
  tax or an operation and maintenance tax or issue bonds payable
  wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the new district must hold
  an election as required by this chapter.
  SUBCHAPTER E.  GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
         Sec. 8016.201.  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 8016.203.
         (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. 8016.202.  OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.  (a)  If
  authorized at an election held under Section 8016.201, 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.
         (c)  If required by an agreement between the district and
  city under Section 8016.106, the total ad valorem tax rate of the
  district may not be less than the total ad valorem tax rate of the
  city.
         Sec. 8016.203.  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. 8016.204.  APPROVAL BY CITY OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
  BUDGET.  If the district obtains approval from the city's governing
  body of a capital improvements budget for a period not to exceed 10
  years, the district may finance the capital improvements and issue
  bonds specified in the budget without further approval from the
  city.
  SUBCHAPTER F.  BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS
         Sec. 8016.251.  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, sales and use taxes, hotel occupancy taxes, contract
  payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of
  those sources, to pay for any authorized district purpose, except
  for bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from hotel
  occupancy taxes, which may only be used to pay for an authorized use
  of hotel occupancy tax revenue under Chapter 351, Tax Code.
         Sec. 8016.252.  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. 8016.253.  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.
         Sec. 8016.254.  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 G. SALES AND USE TAX
         Sec. 8016.301.  APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN TAX CODE
  PROVISIONS. (a)  Chapter 321, Tax Code, governs the imposition,
  computation, administration, enforcement, and collection of the
  sales and use tax authorized by this subchapter except to the extent
  Chapter 321, Tax Code, is inconsistent with this chapter.
         (b)  A reference in Chapter 321, Tax Code, to a municipality
  or the governing body of a municipality is a reference to the
  district or the board, respectively.
         Sec. 8016.302.  ELECTION; ADOPTION OF TAX. (a) The district
  may adopt a sales and use tax if:
               (1)  the city consents to the adoption of the tax; and
               (2)  the tax is authorized by a majority of the voters
  of the district voting at an election held for that purpose.
         (b)  Subject to city consent under Subsection (a), the board
  by order may call an election to authorize the adoption of the sales
  and use tax. The election may be held on any uniform election date
  and in conjunction with any other district election.
         (c)  The district shall provide notice of the election and
  shall hold the election in the manner prescribed by Section
  8016.201.
         (d)  The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or
  against the proposition: "Authorization of a sales and use tax in
  the (insert name of district or name of new district created under
  Subchapter D) at a rate not to exceed ____ percent" (insert rate of
  one or more increments of one-eighth of one percent).
         Sec. 8016.303.  SALES AND USE TAX RATE. (a) Not later than
  the 10th day after the date the results are declared of an election
  held under Section 8016.302, at which the voters approved
  imposition of the tax authorized by this subchapter, the board
  shall determine the initial rate of the tax, which must be in one or
  more increments of one-eighth of one percent.
         (b)  After the election held under Section 8016.302, the
  board may decrease the rate of the tax by one or more increments of
  one-eighth of one percent. The board may not decrease the rate of
  the tax if the decrease would impair the repayment of any
  outstanding debt or obligation payable from the tax.
         (c)  The rate of the tax may not exceed the lesser of:
               (1)  the maximum rate authorized by the district voters
  at the election held under Section 8016.302; or
               (2)  a rate that, when added to the rates of all sales
  and use taxes imposed by other political subdivisions with
  territory in the district, would result in the maximum combined
  rate prescribed by Section 321.101(f), Tax Code, at any location in
  the district.
         (d)  The board shall notify the comptroller of any changes
  made to the tax rate in the same manner the municipal secretary
  provides notice to the comptroller under Section 321.405(b), Tax
  Code.
         Sec. 8016.304.  USE OF REVENUE. Revenue from the sales and
  use tax imposed under this subchapter is for the use and benefit of
  the district and may be used for any district purpose. The district
  may pledge all or part of the revenue to the payment of bonds,
  notes, or other obligations, and that pledge of revenue may be in
  combination with other revenue, including tax revenue, available to
  the district.
         Sec. 8016.305.  ABOLITION OF TAX. (a)  The board may abolish
  the tax imposed under this subchapter without an election.
         (b)  If the board abolishes the tax, the board shall notify
  the comptroller of that action in the same manner the municipal
  secretary provides notice to the comptroller under Section
  321.405(b), Tax Code.
         (c)  If the board abolishes the tax or decreases the tax rate
  to zero, a new election to authorize a sales and use tax must be held
  under Section 8016.302 before the district may subsequently impose
  the tax.
  SUBCHAPTER H. HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX
         Sec. 8016.351.  DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "hotel" has
  the meaning assigned by Section 156.001, Tax Code.
         Sec. 8016.352.  APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN TAX CODE
  PROVISIONS.  (a)  In this subchapter:
               (1)  a reference in Subchapter A, Chapter 352, Tax
  Code, to a county is a reference to the district; and
               (2)  a reference in Subchapter A, Chapter 352, Tax
  Code, to the commissioners court is a reference to the board.
         (b)  Except as inconsistent with this subchapter, Subchapter
  A, Chapter 352, Tax Code, governs a hotel occupancy tax authorized
  by this subchapter, including the collection of the tax, subject to
  the limitations prescribed by Sections 352.002(b) and (c), Tax
  Code.
         Sec. 8016.353.  TAX AUTHORIZED; USE OF REVENUE. (a)  The
  district may not impose a hotel occupancy tax unless the city
  consents to the imposition.
         (b)  The district may impose the hotel occupancy tax for:
               (1)  any purpose authorized under Chapter 351, Tax
  Code; or
               (2)  the construction, operation, or maintenance of a
  sports-related facility of the district if the city is authorized
  to impose the tax under Section 351.002, Tax Code, for that purpose
  that:
                     (A)  has a notable impact on tourism and hotel
  activity; and
                     (B)  is available to the public.
         Sec. 8016.354.  TAX RATE.  The amount of the hotel occupancy
  tax may not exceed seven percent of the price paid for a room in a
  hotel.
         Sec. 8016.355.  INFORMATION.  The district may examine and
  receive information related to the imposition of hotel occupancy
  taxes to the same extent as if the district were a county.
  SUBCHAPTER I. MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION AND DISSOLUTION
         Sec. 8016.401.  APPLICABILITY OF LAW ON ANNEXATION OF
  DISTRICT.  (a)  The district is a "water or sewer district" for the
  purposes of Section 43.071, Local Government Code.
         (b)  Sections 43.0561 and 43.0562, Local Government Code, do
  not apply to the annexation of the district.
         Sec. 8016.402.  APPLICABILITY OF LAW ON WATER-RELATED
  SPECIAL DISTRICT THAT BECOMES PART OF NOT MORE THAN ONE
  MUNICIPALITY.  Section 43.075, Local Government Code, applies to
  the district.
         Sec. 8016.403.  STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP; CONTINUATION OF
  DISTRICT AFTER ANNEXATION BY MUNICIPALITY.  (a)  The district may
  continue to exist as a limited district after full-purpose
  annexation by a municipality if the district and the annexing
  municipality state the terms of the limited district's existence in
  a strategic partnership agreement under Section 43.0751, Local
  Government Code.
         (b)  The strategic partnership agreement may provide for an
  original or renewed term of any number of years.  The limitation in
  Section 43.0751(g)(2), Local Government Code, on the length of the
  term does not apply to a limited district created under this
  section.
         Sec. 8016.404.  NOTICE OF FUTURE CITY ANNEXATION REQUIRED.
  (a) Not later than the 30th day after the date the city consents to
  the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the
  district under Section 8016.004(a), the city shall file, in the
  real property records of the county, a notice to a purchaser of real
  property in the district that describes:
               (1)  the city's authority and intention to annex the
  district; and
               (2)  the anticipated date of the annexation.
         (b)  After the notice is filed, a person who proposes to sell
  or otherwise convey real property in the district must provide a
  copy of the notice to a purchaser of the property before selling or
  conveying the property to the purchaser.
         SECTION 2.  The Vision East Municipal Utility District No. 1
  initially includes all the territory contained in the following
  area:
  Being a 23.92 acre tract or parcel of land, situated in the Oliver
  Buckman Survey, Number 40, Abstract 60, Travis County, Texas, and
  being the remainders of "Tract 1", a called 20.00 acre tract of
  land, "Tract 2", a called 5.00 acre tract of land and "Tract 3", a
  called 20.05 acre tract of land, all as conveyed to Hayes Modular
  Group, Inc., recorded in Document No. 2009120857, Official Public
  Records of Travis County, Texas, save and except that portion
  conveyed to the State of Texas in Document No. 2005052171, Official
  Public Records of Travis County, Texas, also being the remainder of
  that certain called 5.15 acre tract of land conveyed to Hayes
  Trucking Service, Inc., recorded in Document No. 2003226321,
  Official Public Records of Travis County, Texas, save and except
  that portion described in a Possession and Use Agreement for
  Transportation Purposes, recorded in Document No. 2006027200,
  Official Public Records of Travis County, Texas, and being more
  particularly described as follows:
  BEGINNING at a 1/2" iron rod found on the east line of that certain
  tract of land called 402.07 acres, as described in a deed to the
  City of Austin, recorded in Volume 3428, Page 565, Deed Records of
  Travis County, Texas, marking the northwest corner of the said
  Tract 3, also marking the southeast corner of that certain tract of
  land called 269.22 acres, as described in a deed to Ann Bloor
  Schryver, recorded in Volume 8251, Page 216, Deed Records of Travis
  County, Texas, for the northwest corner hereof;
  THENCE, with the north line of the said Tract 3, the south line of
  the said Schryver tract, S 62° 16' 13" E, passing the northwest
  corner of the said Tract 2, for a distance of 619.37 feet to a 1/2"
  iron rod found on the north line of the said Tract 3 and the north
  line of the said Tract 2, being on the west right-of-way of State
  Highway 130, as described in a deed to the State of Texas, recorded
  in Document No. 2005052171, Official Public Records of Travis
  County, Texas, marking the northeast corner of the said remainder
  of Tract 2 and Tract 3, for the northeast corner hereof;
  THENCE, with the west right-of-way of State Highway 130, the east
  line of the remainders of Tract 2 and Tract 3, S 31° 20' 06" W, 646.66
  feet to a 1/2" iron rod found, marking the southeast corner of the
  remainder of Tract 3 and the northeast corner of the remainder of
  Tract 1, for an angle point hereof;
  THENCE, with the west right-of-way of State Highway 130 and the east
  line of the said remainder of Tract 1, S 24° 47' 53" W, 710.79 feet to
  an iron rod found with an aluminum cap marked "TXDOT" on the
  northeast line of the remainder of the said Hayes Trucking tract, on
  the southwest right-of-way of State Highway 130, marking the
  southeast corner of the said Remainder of Tract 1, for an angle
  point hereof;
  THENCE, with the southwest right-of-way of State Highway 130 and
  the northeast line of the remainder of the said Hayes Trucking
  tract, S 15° 27' 52" E, 50.67 feet to a calculated point on the
  southwest line of the said State Highway 130 tract recorded in
  Document No. 2005052171, marking the most northerly corner of that
  certain tract of land called 0.474 of an acre as described in a
  Possession and Use Agreement for Transportation Purposes, recorded
  in Document No. 2006027200, Official Public Records of Travis
  County, Texas, also marking the most easterly southeast corner of
  the remainder of the said Hayes Trucking tract, for an angle point
  hereof;
  THENCE, with the west right-of-way of State Highway 130 and the east
  line of the remainder of the said Hayes Trucking tract, the
  following three (3) calls:
         S 48° 58' 27" W, 147.87 feet to a calculated point for an angle
  point hereof;
         N 89° 08' 20" W, 42.86 feet to an iron rod found with an
  aluminum cap marked "TXDOT" for an angle point hereof;
         S 40° 50' 32" W, 90.78 feet to an iron rod found with an
  aluminum cap marked "TXDOT" on the north right-of-way of Farm to
  Market Highway 973, marking the southwest corner of the said
  Possession and Use Agreement tract, also marking the most southerly
  southeast corner of the remainder of the said Hayes Trucking tract,
  for the southeast corner hereof;
  THENCE, with the north right-of-way of Farm to Market Highway 973
  and the south line of the remainder of the said Hayes Trucking
  tract, N 88° 59' 51" W, 607.68 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found, marking
  the southwest corner of the remainder of the said Hayes Trucking
  tract, also marking the southeast corner of that certain tract of
  land called 77.52 acres, as described in a deed to the City of
  Austin, recorded in Volume 3555, Page 1196, Deed Records of Travis
  County, Texas, for the southwest corner hereof;
  THENCE, with the west line of the remainders of the said Hayes
  Trucking tract, Tract 1 and Tract 3, the following four (4) calls:
         With the east line of the said City of Austin 77.52 acre
  tract, N 29° 02' 43" E, 345.28 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found marking
  the northwest corner of the remainder of the said Hayes Trucking
  tract and the southwest corner of the remainder of the said Tract 1;
         N 29° 04' 04" E, passing the northeast corner of the said City
  of Austin 77.52 acre tract and the southeast corner of the said City
  of Austin 402.07 acre tract, 439.37 feet to a round head bolt found
  on the west line of the said Tract 1 remainder, for an angle point
  hereof;
         With the east line of the said City of Austin 402.07 acre
  tract, N 27° 07' 24" E, 478.47 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found marking
  the northwest corner of the said Tract 1 remainder and the southwest
  corner of the said Tract 3 remainder, for an angle point hereof;
         With the east line of the said City of Austin 402.07 acre
  tract, N 27° 03' 16" E, 648.87 feet to the PLACE OF BEGINNING, and
  containing 23.92 acres of land in all, more or less, based on a map
  or plat prepared by Holt Carson, Inc. on October 4, 2011.
         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)  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, 2017.