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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the boundaries of the Fort Bend County Municipal |
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Utility District No. 144. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. DEFINITION. In this Act, "district" means the |
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Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 144. |
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SECTION 2. EXCLUSION OF TERRITORY. The boundaries of the |
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district are adjusted to exclude the following parcel of land: |
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35.460 acres of land situated in the Wm. Lusk Survey, |
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Abstract 276, Fort Bend County, Texas, being that certain called |
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35.46-acre tract of land as described in deed and recorded in the |
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Official Public Records of Real Property of Fort Bend County, Texas |
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under County Clerk's File Number 2003148301, said 35.460 acres of |
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land being more particularly described by metes and bounds as |
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follows, bearing orientation is based on the Texas Coordinate |
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System of 1983, South Central Zone: |
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COMMENCING at a P.K. nail found at the northeasterly corner |
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of the Wm. Lusk Survey, Abstract 276, being the southeasterly |
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corner of the Jane H. Long Survey, Abstract 55 and being in the |
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northwesterly line of the Wiley Martin Survey, Abstract 56; |
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Thence, N 67'42'50" W, with the common line of the Wm. Lusk |
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and Jane H. Long Surveys, a distance of 2765.00 feet to a 5/8-inch |
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iron rod with cap set for the POINT OF BEGINNING of the herein |
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described tract; |
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Thence, S 22'17'36" W, with the northwesterly line of that |
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certain called 3.42-acre tract of land as described in deed and |
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recorded In the Official Public Records of Real Property of Fort |
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Bend County, Texas under County Clerk's File Number 9722217, a |
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distance of 261.42 feet to a point in the northerly right-of-way |
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line of F.M. 762 (based on a width of 100.00 feet), from which a |
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found 3/4 inch iron pipe bears N 29°32' E, a distance of 0.4 feet; |
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Thence, N 83'10'49" W, with the northerly right-of-way line |
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of F.M. 762, a distance of 858.67 feet to a 3/4-inch iron pipe found |
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for a point of curvature to the right; |
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Thence in a northwesterly direction along the northeasterly |
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right-of-way line of F.M. 762 with said curve to the right, having a |
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central angle of 19'38'05', a radius of 5670.00 feet, an arc length |
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of 1943.07 feet and having a chord bearing of N 73°21'47' W, a |
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distance of 1933.57 feet to a 3/4 inch iron pipe found In the |
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southeasterly line of the Robert E. Hardy Survey, Abstract 187; |
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Thence, N 22°22'55" E, with the southeasterly line of the |
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Robert E. Hardy Survey, a distance of 680.74 feet to a 3/4 Inch iron |
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pipe found in the southwesterly line of the Jane H. Long Survey; |
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Thence, S 67°42'50" E, with the southwesterly line of the Jane |
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H. Long Survey, a distance of 2750.66 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING |
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and containing 35.460 acres of land. |
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SECTION 3. RIGHTS OF BONDHOLDERS. The exclusion of |
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property under this Act does not diminish or impair the rights of |
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the holders of any outstanding and unpaid bonds, warrants, or other |
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certificates of indebtedness of the district. |
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SECTION 4. APPORTIONMENT OF DISTRICT INDEBTEDNESS. (a) |
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The excluded property is not released from the payment of its pro |
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rata share of the district's indebtedness. |
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(b) The district shall continue to levy taxes each year on |
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the property excluded from the district at the same rate levied on |
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other property of the district until the taxes collected from the |
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excluded property equal the property's pro rata share of the |
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indebtedness of the district on the effective date of this Act. The |
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taxes collected shall be applied exclusively to the payment of the |
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excluded property's pro rata share of the indebtedness. |
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(c) The owner of any part of the excluded property at any |
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time may pay in full the owner's share of the pro rata share of the |
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indebtedness of the district. |
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SECTION 5. NOTICE. (a) The legal notice of the intention |
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to introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this |
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Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a |
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copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies, |
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officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished |
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under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313, |
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Government Code. |
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(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has |
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submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on |
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Environmental Quality. |
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(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed |
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its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the |
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lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of |
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representatives within the required time. |
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(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this |
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state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect |
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to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled |
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and accomplished. |
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SECTION 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect |
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immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members |
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elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas |
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Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for |
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immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |