By: Creighton S.B. No. 2197
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility
  District No. 183; 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 7910A to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 7910A. MONTGOMERY COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT
  NO. 183
  SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
         Sec. 7910A.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 Montgomery County Municipal
  Utility District No. 183.
         Sec. 7910A.0102.  NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a
  municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI,
  Texas Constitution.
         Sec. 7910A.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. 7910A.0104.  CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED. The
  temporary directors may not hold an election under Section
  7910A.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. 7910A.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. 7910A.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. 7910A.0201.  GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district
  is governed by a board of five elected directors.
         (b)  Except as provided by Section 7910A.0202, directors
  serve staggered four-year terms.
         Sec. 7910A.0202.  TEMPORARY DIRECTORS. (a) The temporary
  board consists of:
               (1)  Stephanie King;
               (2)  Rose Clay;
               (3)  Stephen Jones;
               (4)  Jennie Barber; and
               (5)  James Holt.
         (b)  Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:
               (1)  the date permanent directors are elected under
  Section 7910A.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 7910A.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 7910A.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. 7910A.0301.  GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district
  has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
  which the district is created.
         Sec. 7910A.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. 7910A.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. 7910A.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. 7910A.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. 7910A.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
  7910A.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. 7910A.0402.  OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. (a) If
  authorized at an election held under Section 7910A.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. 7910A.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. 7910A.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. 7910A.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. 7910A.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 Montgomery County Municipal Utility District
  No. 183 initially includes all the territory contained in the
  following area:
         TRACT 1:
         Being 389.92 acres of land in the Mary Corner Survey,
  Abstract 9, Montgomery County, Texas, and being a portion of the
  called 390.786 acre tract described in the deed from Lucie McComb
  Dunwoody Brand to Charles Traylor Dunwoody recorded under Volume
  795, Page 31 of the Official Public Records of Real Property of
  Montgomery County, Texas, and being all of the called 31.4975 acre
  tract described in the deed from Jatex Development, Inc. to McComb
  Realty I, Ltd. recorded in Document Number 9736794 of the Official
  Public Records of Real Property of Montgomery County, Texas and
  described by metes and bounds as follows with bearings based on the
  Texas Coordinate System of 1983, Central Zone:
         BEGINNING at a 1-1/2-inch iron pipe found for the most
  northerly corner of said 390.786 acre tract and of the herein
  described tract and being on the southwesterly right-of-way line of
  Old Highway 105 based on a 60-feet width;
         THENCE South 50° 18' 11" East - 348.50 feet to a point;
         THENCE South 26° 42' 49" West - 1078.00 feet to a point;
         THENCE South 47° 30' 40" East - 819.26 feet to a point;
         THENCE South 03° 48' 16" East - 1343.81 feet to a point;
         THENCE North 85° 58' 49" East - 640.62 feet to a point;
         THENCE South 03° 41' 11" East - 39.95 feet to a point;
         THENCE South 85° 55' 33" West - 424.41 feet to a point;
         THENCE South 07° 36' 26" East - 498.44 feet to a point;
         THENCE South 86° 03' 59" West - 206.07 feet to a point;
         THENCE South 68° 37' 04" West - 751.70 feet to a point;
         THENCE South 74° 53' 07" West - 217.57 feet to a point;
         THENCE South 02° 17' 08" West - 623.47 feet to a point;
         THENCE South 04° 05' 40" East - 2015.27 feet to a point;
         THENCE North 87° 07' 00" West - 369.58 feet to a point;
         THENCE North 03° 27' 53" West - 601.48 feet to a point;
         THENCE North 87° 08' 11" West - 2333.30 feet to a point;
         THENCE North 87° 12' 22" West - 1158.38 feet to a point;
         THENCE South 01° 53' 42" East - 590.49 feet to a point;
         THENCE North 87° 22' 08" West - 496.92 feet to a point;
         THENCE North 02° 51' 12" West - 694.60 feet to a point;
         THENCE North 50° 50' 05" East - 746.39 feet to a point;
         THENCE North 03° 24' 42" West - 149.97 feet to a point;
         THENCE North 86° 34' 44" East - 1064.74 feet to a point;
         THENCE North 02° 33' 01" West - 3620.62 feet to a point;
         THENCE North 86° 34' 58" East - 2003.88 feet to a point;
         THENCE North 43° 20' 39" East - 1701.57 feet to a point and the
  POINT OF BEGINNING of the herein described tract and containing
  389.92 acres of land.
         TRACT 2:
         Being 4.01 acres of land in the Mary Corner Survey, Abstract
  9, Montgomery County, Texas, and being the called 4.0 acre tract
  described in the deed to Peggie Lee Cooper, recorded under Volume
  1124, Page 206 (Doc. No. 7910888) of the Official Public Records of
  Real Property of Montgomery County, Texas, and described by metes
  and bounds as follows with bearings based on the Texas Coordinate
  System of 1983, Central Zone:
         BEGINNING at a point in the west end of the right-of-way of
  Hill Drive and being the northeast corner of herein described
  tract;
         THENCE South 07° 36' 26" East - 290.73 feet to a point;
         THENCE South 86° 08' 34" West - 208.71 feet to a point;
         THENCE South 07° 36' 26" East - 208.71 feet to a point;
         THENCE South 86° 08' 34" West - 229.35 feet to a point;
         THENCE North 07° 36' 26" West - 498.44 feet to a point;
         THENCE North 85° 55' 33" East - 437.95 feet to a point and the
  POINT OF BEGINNING of the herein described tract and containing
  4.01 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
  7910A, Special District Local Laws Code, as added by Section 1 of
  this Act, is amended by adding Section 7910A.0306 to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 7910A.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, 2021.