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  By: Anderson H.B. No. 4666
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the creation of the Lorena Municipal Management
  District No. 1; 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 C, Title 4, Special District Local Laws
  Code, is amended by adding Chapter 3791 to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 3791. LORENA MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICT NO. 1
  SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
         Sec. 3791.0101.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
               (1)  "Board" means the district's board of directors.
               (2)  "City" means the City of Lorena.
               (3)  "County" means McLennan County.
               (4)  "Director" means a board member.
               (5)  "District" means the Lorena Municipal Management
  District No. 1.
         Sec. 3791.0102.  NATURE OF DISTRICT. The Lorena Municipal
  Management District No. 1 is a special district created under
  Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
         Sec. 3791.0103.  PURPOSE; DECLARATION OF INTENT. (a) The
  creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of
  Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI,
  Texas Constitution, and other public purposes stated in this
  chapter.
         (b)  By creating the district and in authorizing the county,
  the city, 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.
         (c)  The creation of the district is necessary to promote,
  develop, encourage, and maintain employment, commerce,
  transportation, housing, tourism, recreation, the arts,
  entertainment, economic development, safety, and the public
  welfare in the district.
         (d)  This chapter and the creation of the district may not be
  interpreted to relieve the county or the city from providing the
  level of services provided as of the effective date of the Act
  enacting this chapter to the area in the district. The district is
  created to supplement and not to supplant county or city services
  provided in the district.
         Sec. 3791.0104.  FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
  (a) All land and other property included in the district will
  benefit from the improvements and services to be provided by the
  district under powers conferred by Sections 52 and 52-a, Article
  III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other
  powers granted under this chapter.
         (b)  The district is created to serve a public use and
  benefit.
         (c)  The creation of the district is in the public interest
  and is essential to further the public purposes of:
               (1)  developing and diversifying the economy of the
  state;
               (2)  eliminating unemployment and underemployment; and
               (3)  developing or expanding transportation and
  commerce.
         (d)  The district will:
               (1)  promote the health, safety, and general welfare of
  residents, employers, potential employees, employees, visitors,
  and consumers in the district, and of the public;
               (2)  provide needed funding for the district to
  preserve, maintain, and enhance the economic health and vitality of
  the district territory as a community and business center;
               (3)  promote the health, safety, welfare, and enjoyment
  of the public by providing pedestrian ways and by landscaping and
  developing certain areas in the district, which are necessary for
  the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of scenic beauty;
  and
               (4)  provide for water, wastewater, drainage, road, and
  recreational facilities for the district.
         (e)  Pedestrian ways along or across a street, whether at
  grade or above or below the surface, and street lighting, street
  landscaping, parking, and street art objects are parts of and
  necessary components of a street and are considered to be a street
  or road improvement.
         (f)  The district will not act as the agent or
  instrumentality of any private interest even though the district
  will benefit many private interests as well as the public.
         Sec. 3791.0105.  INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY. (a) The
  district is initially composed of the territory described by
  Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.
         (b)  The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of
  the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake in the
  field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process
  does not affect the district's:
               (1)  organization, existence, or validity;
               (2)  right to issue any type of bonds for the purposes
  for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and
  interest on the bonds;
               (3)  right to impose or collect an assessment or tax; or
               (4)  legality or operation.
         Sec. 3791.0106.  ELIGIBILITY FOR INCLUSION IN SPECIAL ZONES.
  All or any part of the area of the district is eligible to be
  included in:
               (1)  a tax increment reinvestment zone created under
  Chapter 311, Tax Code; or
               (2)  a tax abatement reinvestment zone created under
  Chapter 312, Tax Code.
         Sec. 3791.0107.  APPLICABILITY OF MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT
  DISTRICTS LAW. Except as otherwise provided by this chapter,
  Chapter 375, Local Government Code, applies to the district.
         Sec. 3791.0108.  CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER. This chapter
  shall be liberally construed in conformity with the findings and
  purposes stated in this chapter.
  SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
         Sec. 3791.0201.  GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.  (a)  The district is
  governed by a board of five directors elected or appointed as
  provided by this chapter and Subchapter D, Chapter 49, Water Code.
         (b)  Except as provided by Section 3791.0203, directors
  serve staggered four-year terms.
         Sec. 3791.0202.  COMPENSATION. A director is entitled to
  receive fees of office and reimbursement for actual expenses as
  provided by Section 49.060, Water Code. Sections 375.069 and
  375.070, Local Government Code, do not apply to the board.
         Sec. 3791.0203.  TEMPORARY DIRECTORS. (a) On or after the
  effective date of the Act creating this chapter, the owner or owners
  of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the
  district according to the most recent certified tax appraisal roll
  for the county may submit a petition to the Texas Commission on
  Environmental Quality 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)  The temporary or successor temporary directors shall
  hold an election to elect five permanent directors as provided by
  Section 49.102, Water Code.
         (c)  Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:
               (1)  the date permanent directors are elected under
  Subsection (b); or
               (2)  the fourth anniversary of the effective date of
  the Act creating this chapter.
         (d)  If permanent directors have not been elected under
  Subsection (b) and the terms of the temporary directors have
  expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or
  reappointed as provided by Subsection (e) to serve terms that
  expire on the earlier of:
               (1)  the date permanent directors are elected under
  Subsection (b); or
               (2)  the fourth anniversary of the date of the
  appointment or reappointment.
         (e)  If Subsection (d) applies, the owner or owners of a
  majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district
  according to the most recent certified tax appraisal roll for the
  county may submit a petition to the Texas Commission on
  Environmental Quality 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.
         Sec. 3791.0204.  NONVOTING DIRECTORS. The board may appoint
  nonvoting directors to serve at the pleasure of the voting
  directors.
         Sec. 3791.0205.  QUORUM. For purposes of determining the
  requirements for a quorum of the board, the following are not
  counted:
               (1)  a board position vacant for any reason, including
  death, resignation, or disqualification;
               (2)  a director who is abstaining from participation in
  a vote because of a conflict of interest; or
               (3)  a nonvoting director.
  SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES
         Sec. 3791.0301.  GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district
  has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
  which the district is created.
         Sec. 3791.0302.  IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND SERVICES. (a)
  The district, using any money available to the district for the
  purpose, may provide, design, construct, acquire, improve,
  relocate, operate, maintain, or finance an improvement project or
  service authorized under this chapter or Chapter 375, Local
  Government Code.
         (b)  The district may contract with a governmental or private
  entity to carry out an action under Subsection (a). 
         (c)  The implementation of a district project or service is a
  governmental function or service for the purposes of Chapter 791,
  Government Code.
         Sec. 3791.0303.  NONPROFIT CORPORATION. (a) The board by
  resolution may authorize the creation of a nonprofit corporation to
  assist and act for the district in implementing a project or
  providing a service authorized by this chapter.
         (b)  The nonprofit corporation:
               (1)  has each power of and is considered to be a local
  government corporation created under Subchapter D, Chapter 431,
  Transportation Code; and
               (2)  may implement any project and provide any service
  authorized by this chapter.
         (c)  The board shall appoint the board of directors of the
  nonprofit corporation. The board of directors of the nonprofit
  corporation shall serve in the same manner as the board of directors
  of a local government corporation created under Subchapter D,
  Chapter 431, Transportation Code, except that a board member is not
  required to reside in the district.
         Sec. 3791.0304.  LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES. To protect the
  public interest, the district may contract with a qualified party,
  including the county or the city, to provide law enforcement
  services in the district for a fee.
         Sec. 3791.0305.  MEMBERSHIP IN CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS.
  The district may join and pay dues to a charitable or nonprofit
  organization that performs a service or provides an activity
  consistent with the furtherance of a district purpose.
         Sec. 3791.0306.  ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. (a) The
  district may engage in activities that accomplish the economic
  development purposes of the district.
         (b)  The district may establish and provide for the
  administration of one or more programs to promote state or local
  economic development and to stimulate business and commercial
  activity in the district, including programs to:
               (1)  make loans and grants of public money; and
               (2)  provide district personnel and services.
         (c)  The district may create economic development programs
  and exercise the economic development powers provided to
  municipalities by:
               (1)  Chapter 380, Local Government Code; and
               (2)  Subchapter A, Chapter 1509, Government Code.
         Sec. 3791.0307.  PARKING FACILITIES. (a) The district may
  acquire, lease as lessor or lessee, construct, develop, own,
  operate, and maintain parking facilities or a system of parking
  facilities, including lots, garages, parking terminals, or other
  structures or accommodations for parking motor vehicles off the
  streets and related appurtenances.
         (b)  The district's parking facilities serve the public
  purposes of the district and are owned, used, and held for a public
  purpose even if leased or operated by a private entity for a term of
  years.
         (c)  The district's parking facilities are parts of and
  necessary components of a street and are considered to be a street
  or road improvement.
         (d)  The development and operation of the district's parking
  facilities may be considered an economic development program.
         Sec. 3791.0308.  ADDING OR EXCLUDING LAND. The district may
  add or exclude land in the manner provided by Subchapter J, Chapter
  49, Water Code, or by Subchapter H, Chapter 54, Water Code.
         Sec. 3791.0309.  DISBURSEMENTS AND TRANSFERS OF MONEY. The
  board by resolution shall establish the number of directors'
  signatures and the procedure required for a disbursement or
  transfer of district money.
         Sec. 3791.0310.  NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. The district may
  not exercise the power of eminent domain.
  SUBCHAPTER D. ASSESSMENTS
         Sec. 3791.0401.  PETITION REQUIRED FOR FINANCING SERVICES
  AND IMPROVEMENTS WITH ASSESSMENTS. (a) The board may not finance a
  service or improvement project with assessments under this chapter
  unless a written petition requesting that service or improvement
  has been filed with the board.
         (b)  A petition filed under Subsection (a) must be signed by
  the owners of a majority of the assessed value of real property in
  the district subject to assessment according to the most recent
  certified tax appraisal roll for the county.
         Sec. 3791.0402.  ASSESSMENTS; LIENS FOR ASSESSMENTS. (a)
  The board by resolution may impose and collect an assessment for any
  purpose authorized by this chapter in all or any part of the
  district.
         (b)  An assessment, a reassessment, or an assessment
  resulting from an addition to or correction of the assessment roll
  by the district, penalties and interest on an assessment or
  reassessment, an expense of collection, and reasonable attorney's
  fees incurred by the district:
               (1)  are a first and prior lien against the property
  assessed;
               (2)  are superior to any other lien or claim other than
  a lien or claim for county, school district, or municipal ad valorem
  taxes; and
               (3)  are the personal liability of and a charge against
  the owners of the property even if the owners are not named in the
  assessment proceedings.
         (c)  The lien is effective from the date of the board's
  resolution imposing the assessment until the date the assessment is
  paid. The board may enforce the lien in the same manner that the
  board may enforce an ad valorem tax lien against real property.
         (d)  The board may make a correction to or deletion from the
  assessment roll that does not increase the amount of assessment of
  any parcel of land without providing notice and holding a hearing in
  the manner required for additional assessments.
  SUBCHAPTER E. TAXES AND BONDS
         Sec. 3791.0501.  TAX ELECTION REQUIRED. The district must
  hold an election in the manner provided by Chapter 49, Water Code,
  or, if applicable, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, to obtain
  voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax.
         Sec. 3791.0502.  OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. (a) If
  authorized by a majority of the district voters voting at an
  election under Section 3791.0501, the district may impose an
  operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district
  in the manner provided by Section 49.107, Water Code, for any
  district purpose, including to:
               (1)  maintain and operate the district;
               (2)  construct or acquire improvements; or
               (3)  provide a service.
         (b)  The board shall determine the operation and maintenance
  tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the
  election.
         Sec. 3791.0503.  AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY AND TO ISSUE
  BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS. (a) The district may borrow money on
  terms determined by the board.
         (b)  The district may issue bonds, notes, or other
  obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes,
  assessments, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or
  other district money, or any combination of those sources of money,
  to pay for any authorized district purpose.
         Sec. 3791.0504.  BONDS SECURED BY REVENUE OR CONTRACT
  PAYMENTS. The district may issue, without an election, bonds
  secured by:
               (1)  revenue other than ad valorem taxes, including
  contract revenues; or
               (2)  contract payments, provided that the requirements
  of Section 49.108, Water Code, have been met.
         Sec. 3791.0505.  BONDS SECURED BY AD VALOREM TAXES;
  ELECTIONS. (a) If authorized at an election under Section
  3791.0501, the district may issue bonds payable from ad valorem
  taxes.
         (b)  Section 375.243, Local Government Code, does not apply
  to the district.
         (c)  At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or
  partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual
  imposition of a continuing direct annual ad valorem tax, without
  limit as to rate or amount, for each year that all or part of the
  bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by
  Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
         (d)  All or any part of any facilities or improvements that
  may be acquired by a district by the issuance of its bonds may be
  submitted as a single proposition or as several propositions to be
  voted on at the election.
         Sec. 3791.0506.  CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED. (a) The
  board may not issue bonds 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)  This section applies only to the district's first
  issuance of bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.
  SUBCHAPTER I. DISSOLUTION
         Sec. 3791.0901.  DISSOLUTION. (a) The board shall dissolve
  the district on written petition filed with the board by the owners
  of at least two-thirds of the assessed value of the property subject
  to assessment or taxation by the district based on the most recent
  certified county property tax rolls.
         (b)  The board by majority vote may dissolve the district at
  any time.
         (c)  The district may not be dissolved by its board under
  Subsection (a) or (b) if the district:
               (1)  has any outstanding bonded indebtedness until that
  bonded indebtedness has been repaid or defeased in accordance with
  the order or resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds;
               (2)  has a contractual obligation to pay money until
  that obligation has been fully paid in accordance with the
  contract; or
               (3)  owns, operates, or maintains public works,
  facilities, or improvements unless the district contracts with
  another person for the ownership, operation, or maintenance of the
  public works, facilities, or improvements.
         (d)  Sections 375.261, 375.262, and 375.264, Local
  Government Code, do not apply to the district.
         SECTION 2.  The Lorena Municipal Management District No. 1
  initially includes all the territory contained in the following
  area:
         BEING A 441.17 ACRE TRACT OF LAND, SITUATED IN THE J. STEWART
  SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 815, McLENNAN COUNTY, TEXAS, AND BEING THE
  REMAINDER OF THAT CALLED 144.720 ACRE TRACT OF LAND DESCRIBED IN
  DEED TO RKS TEXAS INVESTMENTS, LP, AS RECORDED IN McLENNAN COUNTY
  CLERKS FILE NUMBER 2012019521 OF THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS OF
  McLENNAN COUNTY, TEXAS (O.P.R.M.C.T.), THE REMAINDER OF THAT CALLED
  24.442 ACRE TRACT OF LAND DESCRIBED IN DEED TO RKS LORENA 25, LLC,
  AS RECORDED IN McLENNAN COUNTY CLERKS FILE NUMBER 2014015394 OF
  SAID O.P.R.M.C.T., THE REMAINDER OF THAT CALLED 107.547 ACRE TRACT
  OF LAND DESCRIBED IN DEED TO RKS PROPERTIES LORENA, LLC, AS RECORDED
  IN McLENNAN COUNTY CLERKS FILE NUMBER 2006041369 OF SAID
  O.P.R.M.C.T., ALL OF THAT CALLED 0.2646 ACRE TRACT OF LAND, "TRACT
  3" AND ALL OF THAT CALLED 1.0205 ACRE TRACT OF LAND "TRACT 1" AS
  DESCRIBED IN AN UNRECORDED DOCUMENT KNOWN AS PART 2 AGREEMENT TO RKS
  PROPERTIES LORENA, LLC, ALL OF THAT CALLED 65.150 ACRE TRACT OF LAND
  DESCRIBED AS "TRACT ONE" AND ALL OF THAT CALLED 17.325 ACRE TRACT OF
  LAND DESCRIBED AS "TRACT 2" IN DEED TO RKS PROPERTIES LORENA, LLC,
  AS RECORDED IN McLENNAN COUNTY CLERKS FILE NUMBER 2006041363 OF
  SAID O.P.R.M.C.T., A PORTION OF THAT CALLED 31.91 ACRE TRACT OF LAND
  DESCRIBED IN DEED TO LORENA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AS RECORDED
  IN McLENNAN COUNTY CLERKS FILE NUMBER 2003014830 OF SAID
  O.P.R.M.C.T., ALL OF THAT CALLED 67.477 ACRE TRACT OF LAND
  DESCRIBED AS "TRACT 1" AND ALL OF THAT CALLED 9.607 ACRE TRACT OF
  LAND DESCRIBED AS "TRACT 2" IN DEED TO RKS PROPERTIES LORENA, LLC,
  AS RECORDED IN McLENNAN COUNTY CLERKS FILE NUMBER 2006041359 OF
  SAID O.P.R.M.C.T., AND ALSO THOSE PORTIONS OF FARM TO MARKET ROAD
  2837 AND THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD SITUATED BETWEEN SAID TRACTS.
  SAID 441.17 ACRE TRACT BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY METES
  AND BOUNDS AS FOLLOWS:
         BEGINNING at a 3/8 inch capped iron rod found and stamped
  "RODEN 772-8150", being the north corner of said 144.720 acre tract
  and lying in the east Right of Way (ROW) line of Union Pacific
  Railroad (100' wide ROW) for the northeast corner of the herein
  described tract;
         THENCE along the northeast lines of said 144.720 acres, the
  following three (3) courses and distances:
         1)  S 30° 36' 06" E, a distance of 2,484.04 feet, to a 40D nail
  found for an angle point hereof;
         2)  S 30° 25' 29" E, a distance of 1,267.27 feet, to a 1/2 inch
  iron rod found for an angle point hereof;
         3)  S 30° 45' 05" E, a distance of 188.59 feet, to a TXDOT Type
  II Monument found for corner hereof, being an interior corner of
  said 144.720 acre tract, and lying in the westerly ROW line of
  Interstate Highway 35 (Variable width ROW);
         THENCE along the west lines of said Interstate Highway 35,
  the following eight (8) courses and distances:
         1)  S 31° 26' 52" E, a distance of 15.31 feet, to a TXDOT Type
  II Monument found for corner hereof, for the easternmost corner
  hereof;
         2)  S 19° 07' 52" W, a distance of 57.76 feet, to a point for
  corner hereof;
         3)  S 19° 21' 11" W, passing at an approximate distance of
  46.7 feet, the common line of said 144.720 and 24.442 acre tracts,
  and continuing for a total distance of 512.57 feet, to a TXDOT Type
  II Monument found for corner hereof;
         4)  S 19° 22' 29" W, a distance of 160.08 feet, to a point for
  corner hereof;
         5)  S 25° 32' 45" W, a distance of 945.94 feet, to a point for
  corner hereof;
         6)  S 20° 12' 44" W, a distance of 386.76 feet, to a point for
  corner hereof;
         7)  S 20° 48' 22" W, a distance of 69.78 feet, to a point for
  corner hereof;
         8)  S 45° 40' 04" W, a distance of 254.36 feet, to a point for
  corner hereof, being the northeast corner of that called 3.859 acre
  tract of land described as "Parcel 1" in deed to the State of Texas,
  as recorded in McLennan County Clerks File Number 2014015395 of
  said O.P.R.M.C.T., also lying in the north ROW line of Farm to
  Market Road 2837 (FM 2837, variable width ROW);
         THENCE N 86° 15' 06" W, leaving said Interstate Highway 35
  ROW, along the north ROW line of said FM 2837, a distance of 141.86
  feet, to a point for corner hereof. From which, a TXDOT Type II
  Monument found, being the northwest corner of said 3.859 acre
  tract, bears N 86° 15' 06" W, a distance of 474.09 feet;
         THENCE S 03° 44' 54" W, over and across said FM 2837, a
  distance of 166.77 feet, to a point for corner hereof, lying in the
  south ROW line of said FM 2837;
         THENCE along the southwest lines of said FM 2837, the
  following two (2) courses and distances:
         1)  S 26° 28' 52" W, a distance of 256.60 feet, to a point for
  corner hereof;
         2)  S 50° 30' 15" E, a distance of 8.77 feet, to a 5/8 inch
  iron rod found for corner hereof, being the northerly common corner
  of said 3.859 acre tract and said 0.2646 acre tract;
         THENCE leaving said ROW line, with the north lines of said
  0.2646 acre tract, the following three (3) courses and distances:
         1)  S 55° 37' 49" E, a distance of 113.33 feet, to a point for
  corner hereof;
         2)  S 38° 17' 59" E, a distance of 50.54 feet, to a point for
  corner hereof;
         3)  S 35° 39' 56" E, a distance of 72.50 feet, to a TXDOT Type
  II Monument found for corner hereof, being the northeast corner of
  said 0.2646 acre tract, also lying in the east ROW line of said FM
  2837;
         THENCE S 59° 11' 08" W, with the northwest line of said Lot 2
  and the southeast line of said 0.2646 acre tract, a distance of
  22.69 feet, to a point for corner hereof, being the southeast corner
  of said 0.2646 acre tract, also lying in the east ROW line of said FM
  2837;
         THENCE leaving said ROW line, with the south lines of said
  0.2646 acre tract, the following three (3) courses and distances:
         1)  N 30° 04' 50" W, a distance of 7.30 feet, to a point for
  corner hereof, being the beginning of a curve to the left, having a
  central angle of 56° 10' 45", a radius of 160.00 feet, and having a
  chord bearing N 58° 09' 58" W, a chord distance of 150.67 feet;
         2)  Along said curve to the left, an arc distance of 156.88
  feet, to a point for corner hereof at the end of said curve;
         3)  N 86° 15' 09" W, a distance of 281.27 feet, to a point for
  corner hereof, being the southerly southwest corner of said 0.2646
  acre tract, also being the south end of a southeasterly cutback in
  the east ROW line of said FM 2837;
         THENCE S 03° 44' 27" W, leaving said 0.2646 acre tract, a
  distance of 80.00 feet, to a point for corner hereof, being the
  northerly northwest corner of said 1.0205 acre tract, also being
  the north end of a northeasterly cutback in the east ROW line of
  said FM 2837;
         THENCE along the north lines of said 1.0205 acre tract, the
  following four (4) courses and distances:
         1)  S 86° 15' 09" E, a distance of 171.85 feet, to a point for
  corner hereof;
         2)  S 41° 15' 32" E, a distance of 14.16 feet, to a point for
  corner hereof;
         3)  S 03° 44' 30" W, a distance of 80.91 feet, to a point for
  corner hereof, being the beginning of a non-tangent curve to the
  left, having a central angle of 97° 27' 02", a radius of 56.00 feet,
  and having a chord bearing S 16° 47' 50" W a chord distance of 84.17
  feet;
         4)  Along said non-tangent curve the left, an arc distance of
  95.25 feet, to a point for corner hereof, being the southeast corner
  of said 1.0205 acre tract, also lying in the south ROW line of said
  FM 2837;
         THENCE along the southeast lines of said 1.0205 acre tract,
  the following three (3) courses and distances:
         1)  S 59° 02' 20" W, a distance of 58.10 feet, to a point for
  corner hereof;
         2)  S 39° 28' 58" W, a distance of 111.31 feet, to a point for
  corner hereof;
         3)  S 59° 13' 38" W, a distance of 85.55 feet, to a TXDOT Type
  II Monument found for corner hereof, being the south corner of said
  1.0205 acre tract;
         THENCE along the southwest lines of said 1.0205 acre tract,
  the following three (3) courses and distances:
         1)  N 33° 27' 47" W, a distance of 40.93 feet, to a point for
  corner hereof, being the beginning of a non-tangent curve to the
  left, having a central angle of 11° 56' 58", a radius of 132.50 feet,
  and having a chord bearing N 39° 26' 15" W a chord distance of 27.58
  feet,
         2)  Along said non-tangent curve to the left, an arc distance
  of 27.63 feet, to a point for corner hereof;
         3)  N 11° 43' 31" W, a distance of 28.45 feet, to a point for
  corner hereof, being the southwest corner of said 1.0205 acre tract
  and lying in the southeast line of said 3.859 acre tract;
         THENCE N 62° 54' 54" W, over and across said 3.859 acre tract,
  a distance of 100.01 feet, to a point for corner hereof, lying in
  the west line of said 3.859 acre tract, being the west ROW line of
  said FM 2837, being the beginning of a non-tangent curve to the
  right, having a central angle of 24° 00' 58", a radius of 500.00
  feet, and having a chord bearing S 39° 05' 35" W, a chord distance of
  208.05 feet;
         THENCE along said non-tangent curve to the right, an arc
  distance of 209.58 feet, to a TXDOT Type II Monument found for
  corner hereof, being the southerly common corner of said 107.547
  acre and 3.859 acre tracts, also being the beginning of a
  non-tangent curve to the right, having a central angle of 15° 20'
  28", a radius of 894.93 feet, and having a chord bearing S 66° 07'
  01" W a chord distance of 238.91 feet;
         THENCE Along said non-tangent curve to the right, with the
  common line of said 107.547 acre tract and FM 2837 ROW, an arc
  distance of 239.62 feet, to a 1/2 inch iron rod found for corner
  hereof, being the southerly common corner of said 107.547 acres and
  that called 1.75 acre tract of land described in deed to Lorena
  Lodge 594 A.F. & A.M., as recorded in Volume 1543, Page 814, of the
  Deed Records of McLennan County, Texas (D.R.M.C.T.);
         THENCE leaving said ROW line, along the common lines of said
  107.547 acre and 1.75 acre tracts, the following two (2) courses and
  distances:
         1)  N 12° 55' 40" E, a distance of 300.04 feet, to a 1/2 inch
  iron rod found for corner hereof, being the northeasterly common
  corner of said 107.547 acre and 1.75 acre tracts;
         2)  S 85° 15' 44" W, a distance of 272.77 feet, to a 1/2 inch
  iron rod found for corner hereof, being the northerly common corner
  of said 107.547 acre and 1.75 acre tracts, and lying in the east
  line of that called 1.12 acre tract of land described in deed to
  Lorena Church of Christ, as recorded in McLennan County Clerks File
  Number 2004009723 of said O.P.R.M.C.T.,
         THENCE along the common lines of said 107.547 acre and said
  1.12 acre tracts, the following three (3) courses and distances:
         1)  N 09° 25' 45" E, a distance of 94.99 feet, to a 3/8 inch
  capped iron rod found and stamped "RODEN 772-8150" for corner
  hereof, being the northeasterly common corner of said 107.547 acre
  and 1.12 acre tracts;
         2)  N 83° 25' 07" W, a distance of 219.90 feet, to a 3/8 inch
  capped iron rod found and stamped "RODEN 772-8150" for corner
  hereof, being the northwesterly common corner of said 107.547 acre
  and 1.12 acre tracts;
         3)  S 10° 46' 15" W, a distance of 408.55 feet, to a 3/8 inch
  capped iron rod found and stamped "RODEN 772-8150" for corner
  hereof, being the southerly common corner of said 107.547 acre and
  1.12 acre tracts, also lying in the north ROW line of said FM 2837;
         THENCE N 79° 11' 23" W, along the common line of said 107.547
  acre tract and FM 2837 ROW, a distance of 370.51 feet, to a 3/8 inch
  capped iron rod found and stamped "RODEN 772-8150" for corner
  hereof, being the southerly common corner of said 107.547 acre and
  144.720 acre tracts;
         THENCE N 79° 42' 25" W, along the common line of said 144.720
  acre tract and FM 2837 ROW, a distance of 100.06 feet, to a 3/8 inch
  capped iron rod found and stamped "RODEN 772-8150" for corner
  hereof, being the southwest corner of said 144.720 acre tract and
  lying in the east ROW line of said Union Pacific Railroad;
         THENCE N 78° 26' 04" W, leaving said 144.720 acre tract, over
  and across said railroad, a distance of 100.00 feet, to a 1/2 inch
  capped iron rod found and stamped "Walker Partners" for corner
  hereof, being the southeast corner of said 65.150 acre tract, being
  the beginning of a non-tangent curve to the left, having a central
  angle of 09° 25' 43", a radius of 2914.79 feet, and having a chord
  bearing S 7° 12' 10" W, a chord distance of 479.12 feet;
         THENCE Along said non-tangent curve to the left, passing at
  an approximate distance of 120 feet, the south ROW line of said FM
  2837 and the northeast corner of said 17.325 acre tract, and
  continuing for a total arc distance of 479.66 feet, to a 1/2 inch
  capped iron rod found and stamped "G. E. Walker" for corner hereof,
  being the southeast corner of said 17.325 acre tract;
         THENCE S 60° 52' 47" W, along the southeast line of said 17.325
  acre tract, a distance of 744.49 feet, to a point for corner hereof,
  being the south corner of said 17.325 acres, also lying in the
  northeast ROW line of Houston Street (Variable width ROW);
         THENCE along the southwest lines of said 17.325 acre tract,
  the following four (4) courses and distances:
         1)  N 30° 28' 33" W, a distance of 542.38 feet, to a 3/8 inch
  iron rod found for corner hereof, also lying in the northeast ROW
  line of said Houston Street;
         2)  N 63° 10' 56" E, a distance of 151.88 feet, to a point for
  corner hereof;
         3)  N 22° 53' 34" W, a distance of 907.25 feet, to a point for
  corner hereof, also lying in the east ROW line of Williams Road (80'
  wide ROW);
         4)  N 66° 38' 13" E, along the east ROW of said Williams Road,
  a distance of 149.47 feet, to a point for corner hereof, being the
  northwest corner of said 17.325 acre tract, also lying at the
  beginning of a cutback of said FM 2837 south ROW line;
         THENCE N 61° 36' 59" E, over and across said FM 2837, a
  distance of 169.86 feet, to a point for corner hereof, lying in
  common line of said 65.150 acre tract and FM 2837 ROW, being the
  beginning of a non-tangent curve to the right, having a central
  angle of 05° 41' 41", a radius of 1,372.40 feet, and having a chord
  bearing N 26° 19' 32" W, a chord distance of 136.35 feet;
         THENCE along the common line of said FM 2837 and said 65.150
  acre tract, the following two (2) courses and distances:
         1)  Along said non-tangent curve to the right, an arc
  distance of 136.40 feet, to a TXDOT Type II Monument found at the
  end of said curve for corner hereof;
         2)  N 23° 28' 30" W, a distance of 982.67 feet, to a 3/8 inch
  iron rod found for corner hereof, being the southerly common corner
  of said 65.150 acre and 31.91 acre tracts;
         THENCE N 59° 06' 45" E, along the common line of said 65.150
  acre and 31.91 acre tracts, a distance of 1,360.66 feet, to a 1/2
  inch capped iron rod found and stamped "1519" for corner hereof;
         THENCE N 50° 11' 21" W, leaving said common line, over and
  across said 31.91 acre tract, a distance of 649.11 feet, to a 1/2
  inch capped iron rod found and stamped "1519" for corner hereof,
  lying in the common line of said 31.91 acre and 67.477 acre tracts;
         THENCE S 59° 05' 23" W, along said common line, passing at a
  distance of 1,066.46 feet, a 1/2 inch iron rod found for corner
  hereof, being the southerly common corner of said 31.91 and 67.477
  acre tracts, also lying in the north ROW line of said FM 2837,
  continuing over and across said FM 2837, passing at an approximate
  distance of 121 feet, the east corner of said 9.607 acre tract, also
  lying in the south ROW line of said FM 2837, continuing along the
  southeast line of said 9.607 acre tract, for a total distance of
  1,620.59 feet, to a 5/8 inch iron rod found with a damaged cap for
  corner hereof, being the south corner of said 9.607 acre tract, also
  lying in the northeast ROW line of said Houston Street;
         THENCE N 22° 18' 00" W, along the southwest line of said 9.607
  acre tract, a distance of 1,077.22 feet, to a 5/8 inch iron rod
  found with a damaged cap for corner hereof, being the west corner of
  said 9.607 acre tract, also lying in the northeast ROW line of said
  Houston Street;
         THENCE N 57° 53' 00" E, along the northwest line of said 9.607
  acre tract, passing at an approximate distance of 316.6 feet, the
  north corner of said 9.607 acre tract, also lying in the south ROW
  line of said FM 2837, continuing over and across said FM 2837, for a
  total distance of 436.66 feet, to a 1/2 inch iron rod found for
  corner hereof, being the southwest corner of said 67.477 acre
  tract;
         THENCE along the northwest line of said 67.477 acre tract,
  the following three (3) courses and distances:
         1)  N 58° 24' 35" E, a distance of 667.90 feet, to a 1/2 inch
  iron rod found with a damaged cap for corner hereof;
         2)  N 59° 04' 47" E, a distance of 1,012.75 feet, to a 3/8 inch
  iron rod found for corner hereof;
         3)  N 58° 24' 19" E, a distance of 1,131.68 feet, to an 8 inch
  wood corner post found for corner hereof, being the northwest
  corner of said 67.477 acre tract;
         THENCE S 37° 19' 56" E, along the northeast line of said 67.477
  acre tract, a distance of 431.30 feet, to a 1/2 inch iron rod found
  for corner hereof, being the northeast corner of said 67.477 acre
  tract, also lying in the west ROW line of said Union Pacific
  Railroad;
         THENCE leaving said 67.477 acre tract, along the west ROW
  line of said railroad, the following three (3) courses and
  distances:
         1)  N 03°50'13" E, a distance of 141.26 feet, to a point for
  corner hereof, being the beginning of a non-tangent curve to the
  right, having a central angle of 11° 51' 41", a radius of 5779.58
  feet, and having a chord bearing N 09° 41' 11" E a chord distance of
  1,194.35 feet;
         2)  Along said non-tangent curve to the right, an arc
  distance of 1,196.48 feet, to a point at the end of said curve for
  corner hereof;
         3)  N 15° 40' 18" E, a distance of 887.46 feet, to a point for
  the northwest corner hereof;
         THENCE S 74° 19'42" E, over and across said railroad ROW, a
  distance of 100.00 feet, to the POINT OF BEGINNING, and containing
  441.17 acres, more or less.
         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, 2021.