86R9811 TSR-F
 
  By: Paul H.B. No. 4652
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility
  District No. 568; 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 8349 to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 8349. HARRIS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 568
  SUBCHAPTER A.  GENERAL PROVISIONS
         Sec. 8349.0101.  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 Harris County Municipal
  Utility District No. 568.
         Sec. 8349.0102.  NATURE OF DISTRICT.  The district is a
  municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI,
  Texas Constitution.
         Sec. 8349.0103.  CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTOR 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. 8349.0104.  CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED. The
  temporary directors may not hold an election under Section
  8349.0103 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.
         Sec. 8349.0105.  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. 8349.0106.  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. 8349.0201.  GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.  (a)  The district is
  governed by a board of five elected directors.
         (b)  Except as provided by Section 8349.0202, directors
  serve staggered four-year terms.
         Sec. 8349.0202.  TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.  (a)  The temporary
  board consists of:
               (1)  James M. Pratt;
               (2)  Eric P. Mayfield;
               (3)  Spencer Harkness;
               (4)  Courtney Blackburn; and
               (5)  Bryson Grover.
         (b)  Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:
               (1)  the date permanent directors are elected under
  Section 8349.0103; or
               (2)  the fourth anniversary of the effective date of
  the Act enacting this chapter.
         (c)  If permanent directors have not been elected under
  Section 8349.0103 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 8349.0103; 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. 8349.0301.  GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.  The district
  has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
  which the district is created.
         Sec. 8349.0302.  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. 8349.0303.  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. 8349.0304.  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. 8349.0305.  COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT
  ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION.  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.
  SUBCHAPTER D.  GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
         Sec. 8349.0401.  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 8349.0403.
         (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. 8349.0402.  OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.  (a)  If
  authorized at an election held under Section 8349.0401, 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. 8349.0403.  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. 8349.0501.  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. 8349.0502.  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. 8349.0503.  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 Harris County Municipal Utility District No.
  568 initially includes all the territory contained in the following
  area:
         Being 134.40 acres of land located in the Thomas Choate
  League, Abstract No. 12, Harris County, Texas; being a portion of
  that certain called 381.61 acre tract of land described in an
  instrument of record under in Volume 834, Page 533, of the Deed
  Records of said Harris County, Texas (H.C.D.R.) (hereinafter
  referred to as the 381.61 acre Beamer Tract), of which one quarter
  (1/4) interests in said 381.61 acre Beamer Tract were conveyed
  equally to Kathryn Beamer Breiling, individually and as Trustee and
  Scott Beamer, individually and as Trustee by an instrument of
  record under File Number K242495, of the Official Public Records of
  Real Property of Harris County, Texas (H.C.O.P.R.R.P.) and a
  portion of a separate called 381.61 acre tract of land was conveyed
  to George A. Scott by an instrument of record under in Volume 834,
  Page 534, H.C.D.R. (hereinafter referred to as the 381.61 acre
  Scott Tract), said 130.40 acres being more particularly described
  by metes and bounds as follows, all bearings referenced to the Texas
  Coordinate System, South Central Zone, NAD 83 (1993 adjustment):
         BEGINNING at a 5/8-inch iron rod with cap stamped "Baseline
  Corp" found for the southeast corner of a 3.1271 acre tract of land
  (described as Parcel No. 2, Part 2B) conveyed to County of Houston
  for the widening of Beamer Road of record under File Number
  2014032626, H.C.O.P.R.R.P., also being the northwest corner of
  Restricted Reserve "A" of Clear Creek I.S.D. Intermediate School
  No. 9, a subdivision of record under Film Code Number 579002, of the
  Map Records of Harris County, Texas (H.C.M.R.), said point being on
  the easterly right-of-way line of Beamer Road (width varies) Volume
  69, Page 231 and Volume 663, Page 272, Deed Records of Harris County
  Texas (H.C.D.R.), Volume 315, Page 30, H.C.M.R. and Film Code
  Number 579002, H.C.M.R. and File Number 2014032626,
  H.C.O.P.R.R.P.;
         Thence, along the easterly line of said Beamer Road described
  in File Number 2014032626, H.C.O.P.R.R.P. the following six (6)
  courses:
         1.  North 48° 26' 02" West, 42.19 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod
  with cap stamped "Baseline Corp" found for corner, the beginning of
  a curve;
         2.  141.83 feet, along the arc of a tangent curve to the
  right, having a radius of 1,849.86 feet, a central angle of 04° 23'
  34", and a chord which bears North 46° 14' 14" West 141.79 feet to a
  5/8-inch iron rod with cap stamped "Baseline Corp" found for
  corner;
         3.  North 44° 02' 27" West, 304.11 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod
  with cap stamped "Baseline Corp" found for corner, the beginning of
  a curve;
         4.  147.99 feet, along the arc of a tangent curve to the left,
  having a radius of 1,969.86 feet, a central angle of 04° 18' 16", and
  a chord which bears North 46° 11' 35" West 147.95 feet to a 5/8-inch
  iron rod with cap stamped "Baseline Corp" found for corner;
         5.  North 48° 20' 43" West, 1,827.98 feet to a 5/8-inch iron
  rod with cap stamped "Baseline Corp" found for corner;
         6.  South 41° 39' 45" West, 61.62 feet to a point for the
  northwest corner of the aforementioned 3.1271 acre tract, said
  point being on the easterly right-of-way line of Beamer Road
  described in Volume 663, Page 272, H.C.D.R. (called 60 feet wide at
  this point);
         Thence, North 48° 24' 53" West, continuing along the easterly
  line of said Beamer Road, 1,216.93 feet to a point for corner;
         Thence, North 18° 55' 59" East, departing said easterly
  right-of-way line, at 2.30 feet pass a 5/8-inch iron rod with
  aluminum disk stamped HL&P CO PT 103C found for the southwest corner
  of a 2.298 acre Houston Lighting & Power Company right-of-way
  easement (120 feet wide at this point) granted under File Number
  L544227, H.C.O.P.R.R.P., continuing in all a total distance of
  54.36 feet to an angle point on the southeasterly line of said
  right-of-way easement (80 feet wide at this point);
         Thence, North 44° 16' 59" East, continuing along the
  southeasterly line of said right-of-way easement, 520.81 feet to a
  point for corner, from which a found 5/8-inch iron rod with aluminum
  disk stamped HL&P CO PT 101A at an angle point on the southeasterly
  line of said right-of-way easement bears North 44° 16' 59" East,
  360.31 feet;
         Thence, South 46° 14' 34" East, departing said southeasterly
  line and generally along the westerly line of a dirt road, 325.93
  feet to a point for corner ;
         Thence, North 41° 35' 30" East, generally along the remains of
  a 4 foot barbed wire fence, 1,134.09 feet to a point for corner on
  the easterly line of the aforementioned 381.61 acre Scott Tract,
  same being the westerly line of the residue of that certain called
  76.52 acre tract described conveyed to Thomas Franklin Riggs,
  Catherine Riggs, Brian Riggs and Grace India Riggs by an instrument
  of record under File Number F028674, H.C.O.P.R.R.P., to Bumble Bee
  Partners, Ltd by an instrument of record under File Number T669265,
  H.C.O.P.R.R.P., and to Tessa Ellen Blake by an instrument of record
  under File Number W794835, H.C.O.P.R.R.P.;
         Thence, South 49° 45' 00" East, along the easterly line of
  said 381.61 acre Scott Tract and the westerly line of said 76.52
  acre tract and its extension along Glenwest Drive (60 feet wide at
  this point) as shown on Film Code Number 660047, H.C.M.R., 3,351.29
  feet to a 3/4-inch iron pipe for the northeast corner of that
  certain called 99.19 acre tract conveyed to Lakefield Realty, Inc.
  by an instrument of record under File Number U476294,
  H.C.O.P.R.R.P., said point being an angle point on the westerly
  right-of-way line of Glenwest Drive;
         Thence, South 41° 34' 48" West, along the northwesterly line
  of said 99.19 acre tract, at 466.79 feet pass a 1-1/4-inch iron pipe
  found for the most western northeast corner of Restricted Reserve
  "A" of the aforementioned Clear Creek I.S.D. Intermediate School
  No. 9 subdivision, continuing along the northwest line of said
  Reserve "A", in all a total distance of 1,745.13 feet to the POINT
  OF BEGINNING and containing 134.40 acre 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
  8349, Special District Local Laws Code, as added by Section 1 of
  this Act, is amended by adding Section 8349.0306 to read as follows:
         Sec. 8349.0306.  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 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, 2019.