88R8738 SCP-F
 
  By: Wilson H.B. No. 5382
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the creation of the Jarrell Estates Municipal Utility
  District No. 1; 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 7962 to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 7962. JARRELL ESTATES MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1
  SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
         Sec. 7962.0101.  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 Jarrell Estates Municipal
  Utility District No. 1.
         Sec. 7962.0102.  NATURE OF DISTRICT.  The district is a
  municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI,
  Texas Constitution.
         Sec. 7962.0103.  CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTORS' 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. 7962.0104.  CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED. The
  temporary directors may not hold an election under Section
  7962.0103 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. 7962.0105.  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. 7962.0106.  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. 7962.0201.  GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.  (a)  The district is
  governed by a board of five elected directors.
         (b)  Except as provided by Section 7962.0202, directors
  serve staggered four-year terms.
         Sec. 7962.0202.  TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.  (a)  The temporary
  board consists of:
               (1)  Jake Newman;
               (2)  Davis Craig;
               (3)  Brad Harwick;
               (4)  LouAnn Covington; and
               (5)  Stephen Fowler.
         (b)  Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:
               (1)  the date permanent directors are elected under
  Section 7962.0103; 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 7962.0103 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 7962.0103; 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. 7962.0301.  GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.  The district
  has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
  which the district is created.
         Sec. 7962.0302.  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. 7962.0303.  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. 7962.0304.  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. 7962.0305.  COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL REGULATIONS.  Any
  water, sanitary sewer, road, drainage, or other infrastructure or
  public facilities constructed, acquired, improved, maintained, or
  operated by the district shall comply with any subdivision or other
  applicable regulations of any municipality in whose corporate
  limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the infrastructure or
  public facilities are located unless other regulations are
  specified in a development agreement between the district and the
  municipality.
         Sec. 7962.0306.  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.
         Sec. 7962.0307.  DIVISION OF DISTRICT. (a)  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.
         (b)  This chapter applies to any new district created by the
  division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and
  duties of the district.
         (c)  Any 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.
         (d)  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.
         (e)  The board may adopt an order dividing the district
  before or after the date the board holds an election under Section
  7962.0103 to confirm the district's creation.
         (f)  An order dividing the district shall:
               (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 or among the new districts.
         (g)  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.
         (h)  Any new district created by the division of the district
  shall hold a confirmation and directors' election as required by
  Section 7962.0103.  If the voters of a new district do not confirm
  the creation of the new district, the assets, obligations,
  territory, and governance of the new district revert to the
  original district.
         (i)  If the creation of the new district is confirmed, the
  new district shall provide the election date and results to the
  commission.
         (j)  Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to
  the inclusion of land in the district granted under Section
  7962.0104 acts as municipal consent to the creation of any new
  district created by the division of the district and to the
  inclusion of land in the new district.
         (k)  Any new district created by the division of the district
  must hold an election as required by this chapter to obtain voter
  approval before the district may impose a maintenance tax or issue
  bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes.
         (l)  This chapter applies to any new district created by the
  division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and
  duties of the district.
  SUBCHAPTER D.  GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
         Sec. 7962.0401.  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 7962.0403.
         (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. 7962.0402.  OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.  (a)  If
  authorized at an election held under Section 7962.0401, 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.
         (c)  Section 49.107(f), Water Code, does not apply to
  reimbursements for projects constructed or acquired under Section
  7962.0303.
         Sec. 7962.0403.  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. 7962.0501.  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. 7962.0502.  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. 7962.0503.  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 Jarrell Estates Municipal Utility District
  No. 1 initially includes all the territory contained in the
  following area:
         (a)  BEGINNING: At a 2" pipe post found in the North line of
  County Road 232 for the lower Southeast corner of a 649.53 Acre
  Tract (Document #2004074055, Official Public Records, described in
  Volume 2520, Page 200 and Volume 2598, Page 457, Official Public
  Records) and an exterior corner of said 3072.64 Acre Tract and of
  this tract from which a 2" pipe post found in the South line of said
  county road for the Northwest corner of a 48.65 Acre Tract (surveyed
  March 10, 2022) bears S 00° 18' 48" W 56.15 feet;
         THENCE: Along a fence with the lower East line of said 649.53
  Acre Tract and a West line of said 3072.64 Acre Tract and of this
  tract as follows:
         N 04° 31' 43" W 735.20 feet to a 3" pipe post found for an angle
  point;
         N 10° 51' 27" W 14.01 feet to a 3" pipe post found for an
  interior corner of said 649.53 Acre Tract and an exterior corner of
  said 3072.64 Acre Tract and of this tract;
         THENCE: Along a fence with the upper South line of said 649.53
  Acre Tract and a North line of said 3072.64 Acre Tract and of this
  tract as follows:
         N 65° 24' 32" E 680.46 feet to a 2" pipe post found for an angle
  point;
         N 65° 28' 50" E 651.69 feet to a 2" pipe post found for an angle
  point;
         N 68° 01' 01" E 2635.82 feet to a 100D nail set for the
  Southeast corner of said 649.53 Acre Tract and an interior corner of
  said 3072.64 Acre Tract and of this tract;
         THENCE: Along a fence with the East line of Abstract No. 358,
  Survey No. 1, and said 649.53 Acre Tract, the lower East line of a
  1209.24 Acre Tract (Document #2014012037, Official Public
  Records), the West line of Survey No. 21, and the upper West line of
  said 3072.64 Acre Tract and of this tract as follows:
         N 21° 16' 42" W 2553.70 feet to a 2" pipe post found for an
  angle point;
         N 21° 14' 51" W 877.13 feet to a steel post found for an angle
  point;
         N 20° 54' 03" W 2216.78 feet to a 3" pipe post found for the
  Northeast corner of said 649.53 Acre Tract and an angle point of
  this tract;
         S 69° 04' 53" W 13.57 feet with the North line of said 649.53
  Acre Tract to a 3" pipe post found for the Southeast corner of said
  1209.24 Acre Tract and an angle point of this tract;
         N 20° 05' 30" W 1230.33 feet to a 2" pipe post found for an
  interior corner of said 1209.24 Acre Tract and the upper Northwest
  corner of said 3072.64 Acre Tract and of this tract;
         THENCE: Along a fence with the upper South line of said
  1209.24 Acre Tract, the South line of a 5611 Acre Tract (Volume 365,
  Page 115, Deed Records) and the North line of said 3072.64 Acre
  Tract and of this tract as follows:
         N 68° 20' 52" E 277.73 feet to a 1/2" iron pin found by 10"
  cedar post for the upper Southeast corner of said 1209.24 Acre
  Tract, the upper Southwest corner of said 5611 Acre Tract, and an
  angle point of this tract;
         N 68° 26' 45" E 5079.62 feet to a 2" pipe post found for an
  angle point;
         S 86° 22' 04" E 411.00 feet to a 1/2" iron pin found by 6" cedar
  post for an interior corner of said 5611 Acre Tract and the upper
  Northeast corner of this tract;
         S 20° 51' 48" E 2076.49 feet to a 5/8" iron pin found by 3" pipe
  post for an exterior corner of said 5611 Acre Tract and an interior
  corner of this tract;
         N 69° 23' 59" E 1379.50 feet to a 3" pipe post found for an
  interior corner of said 5611 Acre Tract and an exterior corner of
  this tract;
         S 21° 50' 49" E 1736.87 feet to a 3" pipe post found for an
  angle point;
         S 20° 41' 55" E 1761.43 feet to a 3" pipe post found for the
  lower Southwest corner of said 5611 Acre Tract, an interior corner
  of said 3072.64 Acre Tract, an exterior corner of a 1205.00 Acre
  Tract (this day surveyed), and an angle point of this tract;
         S 21° 05' 42" E 540.16 feet into said 3072.64 Acre Tract to a
  5/8" iron pin set for an interior corner of said 1205.00 Acre Tract
  and the upper Southeast corner of this tract;
         THENCE: S 68° 43' 40" W 5320.62 feet to a 5/8" iron pin set for
  the Northwest corner of said 1205.00 Acre Tract and an interior
  corner of this tract;
         THENCE: S 21° 02' 32" E 5182.49 feet, at 2584.32 feet pass a
  5/8" iron pin set for an angle point of said 1205.00 Acre Tract and
  the upper Northwest corner of a 514.30 Acre Tract (this day
  surveyed), continuing to a 5/8" iron pin set for an interior corner
  of said 514.30 Acre Tract and an exterior corner of this tract;
         THENCE: S 68° 57' 28" W 1870.94 feet to a 5/8" iron pin set for
  the lower Northwest corner of said 514.30 Acre Tract and the lower
  Southwest corner of this tract;
         THENCE: N 20° 44' 59" W 1603.97 feet along a fence with the
  East line of Survey No. 13 and a 195.5 Acre Tract (Volume 2458, Page
  859, Deed Records) and the West line of Survey No. 21 to a 1/2" iron
  pin found by 10" cedar post for the Northeast corner of Survey
  No. 13 and said 195.5 Acre Tract, the Southeast corner of Abstract
  No. 358, and an interior corner of said 3072.64 Acre Tract and of
  this tract;
         THENCE: S 68° 20' 05" W 3102.03 feet along a fence with the
  North line of Survey No. 13 and the South line of Abstract No. 358
  to a 6" cedar post found for an exterior corner of said 3072.64 Acre
  Tract and of this tract;
         THENCE: Along a fence with the East line of said county road
  and a West line of said 3072.64 Acre Tract and of this tract passing
  2" pipe posts found as follows:
         N 32° 07' 47" W 379.77 feet to an angle point;
         N 33° 01' 44" W 321.50 feet to an angle point;
         N 50° 45' 25" W 315.12 feet to an angle point;
         N 41° 41' 33" W 368.36 feet to an angle point;
         N 17° 54' 39" W 267.13 feet to an angle point;
         N 22° 26' 20" W 168.35 feet to an angle point;
         N 46° 44' 55" W 100.13 feet to an angle point;
         N 71° 41' 21" W 102.15 feet to an angle point;
         N 81° 36' 11" W 539.79 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING.
         (b)  BEGINNING: At a 5/8" iron pin set under fence in the West
  line of a 673.33 Acre Tract (Document #2021159264, Official Public
  Records) and the lower East line of said 3072.64 Acre Tract for the
  lower Southeast corner of a 1205.00 Acre Tract (this day surveyed)
  and the lower Northeast corner of this tract from which a 1/2" iron
  pin found for an angle point of said 1205.00 Acre Tract bears N 20°
  43' 12med" W 159.01 feet;
         THENCE: Along a fence with the West line of said 673.33 Acre
  Tract and the lower East line of said 3072.64 Acre Tract and of this
  tract as follows:
         S 20° 43' 10" E 519.72 feet to a 1/2" iron pin found for an
  angle point;
         S 12° 01' 50" E 291.83 feet to a 5/8" iron pin found for an
  interior corner of said 673.33 Acre Tract, an exterior corner of
  said 3072.64 Acre Tract, and the upper Southeast corner of this
  tract;
         THENCE: Along a fence with the North line of Survey No. 20,
  the lower North line of said 673.33 Acre Tract, and the North line
  of a 30-foot Nature Trail of Spear's Ranch on Salado Creek Section
  One (Cabinet T, Slides 209 thru 223, Plat Records), and the South
  line of Survey No. 21, and a South line of this tract as follows:
         S 69° 56' 54" W 252.66 feet to a 1/2" iron pin found by 3" pipe
  post for the lower Northwest corner of said 673.33 Acre Tract, the
  Northeast corner of said nature trail, and an angle point of this
  tract;
         S 69° 04' 11" W 416.61 feet to an angle point;
         S 69° 08' 40" W 1831.06 feet to an angle point;
         S 68° 48' 01" W 760.40 feet to an angle point;
         S 67° 55' 49" W 1390.64 feet to an angle point;
         S 69° 24' 50" W 1554.14 feet to a 2" pipe post found for the
  Northwest corner of said nature trail, the Northeast corner of said
  67.66 Acre Tract, and an interior corner of this tract;
         THENCE: Along a fence with the West line of said nature trail,
  the East line of said 67.66 Acre Tract, and the lower East line of
  this tract as follows:
         S 02° 25' 02" E 30.04 feet to a 1/2" iron pin found by 26" Live
  Oak tree for an angle point;
         S 26° 21' 04" E 218.30 feet to a 3/8" iron pin found for an
  angle point;
         S 26° 19' 50" E 456.50 feet to a 3/8" iron pin found by 16" Live
  Oak tree for an angle point;
         S 25° 01' 14" E 305.56 feet to an 18" Oak tree found for an
  angle point;
         S 21° 39' 46" E 165.35 feet to a 3/8" iron pin found for an
  angle point;
         S 16° 12' 10" E 339.66 feet to an 18" Cedar tree found for an
  angle point;
         S 14° 12' 03" E 533.49 feet to a 1/2" iron pin found by 18" Oak
  tree for an angle point;
         S 19° 05' 16" E 202.66 feet to a 3/8" iron pin found by 12" Live
  Oak for an angle point;
         S 14° 09' 26" E 650.74 feet to a 3/8" iron pin found by 4" cedar
  post for an angle point;
         S 15° 16' 20" E 383.91 feet to a 10" cedar post found for the
  Northeast corner of the remainder of a 2161.001 Acre Tract
  (Document #2000028918, Official Public Records), the Southeast
  corner of said 67.66 Acre Tract, and the lower Southeast corner of
  this tract;
         THENCE: S 71° 03' 19" W 770.90 feet along a fence to a 1/2"
  iron pin found by 10" creosote post for the Northwest corner of the
  remainder of said 2161.001 Acre Tract, the Southwest corner of said
  67.66 Acre Tract, and the lower Southwest corner of this tract;
         THENCE: N 21° 37' 35" W 1396.02 feet along a fence with the
  East line of Survey No. 13 and a 106.95 Acre Tract (Volume 2255,
  Page 742, Official Public Records) and the West line of Survey
  No. 20 to a 1/2" iron pin found by 8" creosote post for the
  Northeast corner of said 106.95 Acre Tract, an angle point of said
  67.66 Acre Tract, an exterior corner of said 3072.64 Acre Tract, and
  an interior corner of this tract;
         THENCE: Along a fence with the North line of said 106.95 Acre
  Tract and a South line of said 3072.64 Acre Tract and of this tract
  as follows:
         S 68° 18' 48" W 1267.81 feet to a 1/2" iron pin found for an
  angle point;
         S 76° 37' 01" W 136.62 feet to a 40D nail found by Elm for an
  angle point;
         S 83° 29' 14" W 102.48 feet to a 40D nail found by Elm for an
  angle point;
         N 61° 35' 19" W 10.73 feet to a 6" cedar post found for an angle
  point;
         N 87° 05' 38" W 119.71 feet to a 1/2" iron pin found by 2" pipe
  post for an angle point;
         S 06° 13' 12" E 175.36 feet to a 1/2" iron pin found by 2" pipe
  post for an angle point;
         S 56° 36' 48" W 75.04 feet to a 1/2" iron pin found for an angle
  point;
         S 44° 41' 09" W 113.47 feet to a 2" pipe post found for an angle
  point;
         S 42° 07' 36" W 152.96 feet to a 5/8" iron pin set for the
  Northwest corner of said 106.95 Acre Tract and an exterior corner of
  said 3072.64 Acre Tract and of this tract;
         THENCE: Along a fence with the East line of County Road 232
  and a West line of said 3072.64 Acre Tract and of this tract as
  follows:
         N 19° 17' 35" E 134.40 feet to an angle point;
         N 24° 00' 25" W 138.58 feet to an angle point;
         N 38° 19' 18" W 658.87 feet to a 1/2" iron pin found by 2" pipe
  post for an angle point;
         N 39° 31' 29" W 250.06 feet, at 51.76 feet pass the South
  terminus of a 50-foot Road Easement (this day surveyed), continuing
  to an angle point;
         N 44° 04' 25" W 261.31 feet to an angle point;
         N 44° 10' 37" W 593.32 feet to a 2" pipe post found for an angle
  point;
         N 14° 32' 04" W 211.93 feet to an angle point;
         N 04° 30' 47" W 470.65 feet to a 1/2" iron pin found in the
  South line of a 195.5 Acre Tract (Volume 2458, Page 859, Deed
  Records) and an exterior corner of said 3072.64 Acre Tract and of
  this tract;
         THENCE: N 68° 15' 37" E 2341.32 feet along a fence to a 10"
  cedar post found for the Southeast corner of said 195.5 Acre Tract
  and an interior corner of said 3072.64 Acre Tract and of this tract;
         THENCE:  N 20° 44' 59" W 702.86 feet along a fence with the
  East line of Survey No. 13 and said 195.5 Acre Tract and the West
  line of Survey No. 21 and said 3072.64 Acre Tract to a 5/8" iron pin
  set for an exterior corner of a 1419.57 Acre Tract (this day
  surveyed) and the lower Northwest corner of this tract;
         THENCE:  Crossing said 3072.64 Acre Tract with the North line
  of this tract as follows:
         N 68° 57' 28" E 1870.94 feet to a 5/8" iron pin set for the
  lower Southeast corner of said 1419.57 Acre Tract and an interior
  corner of this tract;
         N 21° 02' 32" W 2598.17 feet with the lower East line of said
  1419.57 Acre Tract to a 5/8" iron pin set for an angle point of said
  1205.00 Acre Tract and the upper Northwest corner of this tract;
         Continuing with the North line of this tract and the South
  line of said 1205.00 Acre Tract as follows:
         S 64° 48' 25" E 1376.79 feet, at 618.20 feet pass the North
  terminus of said road easement, continuing to a 5/8" iron pin set
  for an angle point;
         N 72° 00' 34" E 2659.37 feet to a 5/8" iron pin set for an
  interior corner of said 1205.00 Acre Tract and the upper Northeast
  corner of this tract;
         S 20° 22' 11" E 1911.75 feet to a 5/8" iron pin set for the
  Southwest corner of said 1205.00 Acre Tract and an interior corner
  of this tract;
         N 67° 49' 03" E 1727.05 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING.
         (c)  BEGINNING:  At a 1/2" iron pin found in the West line of
  County Road 232 and the South line of a 195.5 Acre Tract (Volume
  2458, Page 859, Deed Records) for the Northeast corner of this tract
  from which a 1/2" iron pin found in the East line of said county road
  for an exterior corner of a 514.30 Acre Tract (this day surveyed)
  bears N 68° 50' 18" E 54.24 feet;
         THENCE:  With the West line of said road and the East line of
  this tract passing 1/2" iron pins found as follows:
         S 04° 49' 16" E 455.90 feet to an angle point;
         S 14° 52' 48" E 238.88 feet to an angle point;
         S 44° 15' 55" E 602.34 feet to an angle point;
         S 44° 13' 37" E 256.82 feet to an angle point;
         S 39° 27' 01" E 248.02 feet to an angle point;
         S 38° 18' 33" E 658.46 feet to an angle point;
         S 24° 31' 17" E 109.18 feet to a 1/2" iron pin found for the
  Southeast corner of this tract;
         THENCE:  With the North line of said county road and the South
  line of this tract as follows:
         S 18° 59' 07" W 95.53 feet to a 5/8" iron pin set for an angle
  point;
         S 44° 19' 36" W 271.53 feet to a 5/8" iron pin set for an angle
  point;
         S 43° 01' 41" W 369.83 feet to a 1/2" iron pin found for an
  angle point;
         S 42° 33' 02" W 219.62 feet to a 1/2" iron pin found for an
  angle point;
         S 04° 07' 18" W 76.42 feet to a 5/8" iron pin set for an angle
  point;
         S 37° 56' 47" W 139.57 feet, at 79.09 feet pass a found 2" pipe
  post, continuing to the Southwest corner of this tract;
         THENCE:  Along the center of North Salado Creek with the East
  line of a 12.00 Acre Tract (Document #2020075231, Official Public
  Records) and a 124.74 Acre Tract (Document #2016095553, Official
  Public Records) and the West line of this tract as follows:
         N 41° 03' 59" W 131.42 feet to an angle point;
         N 11° 53' 19" W 40.63 feet to an angle point;
         N 76° 36' 27" W 45.17 feet to an angle point;
         N 30° 48' 05" W 126.68 feet to an angle point;
         N 78° 57' 33" W 87.41 feet to an angle point;
         N 12° 44' 59" E 79.02 feet to an angle point;
         N 11° 00' 13" W 73.47 feet to an angle point;
         S 88° 36' 10" W 82.16 feet to an angle point;
         N 66° 02' 15" W 98.65 feet to an angle point;
         N 06° 27' 32" W 106.86 feet to an angle point;
         N 30° 17' 17" E 145.33 feet to an angle point;
         N 03° 28' 06" W 75.42 feet to an angle point;
         N 37° 44' 59" W 146.89 feet to an angle point;
         N 63° 26' 06" W 145.44 feet to an angle point;
         N 38° 31' 49" W 136.06 feet to an angle point;
         N 12° 39' 09" W 86.38 feet to an angle point;
         N 04° 05' 08" W 70.68 feet to an angle point;
         S 86° 18' 31" W 52.15 feet to an angle point;
         N 76° 52' 51" W 106.01 feet to an angle point;
         N 12° 38' 00" W 83.15 feet to an angle point;
         N 23° 29' 55" W 105.25 feet to an angle point;
         N 10° 37' 11" E 136.64 feet to an angle point;
         N 04° 47' 52" W 86.56 feet to an angle point;
         N 34° 45' 21" W 139.44 feet to an angle point;
         N 06° 54' 40" W 77.72 feet to an angle point;
         N 17° 40' 47" E 51.12 feet to an angle point;
         N 52° 40' 44" E 193.31 feet to an angle point;
         N 18° 45' 31" E 85.20 feet to an angle point;
         N 23° 41' 26" W 105.23 feet to an angle point;
         N 86° 35' 59" W 152.93 feet to an angle point;
         N 60° 31' 27" W 77.06 feet to an angle point;
         N 30° 15' 23" W 81.04 feet to an angle point;
         N 67° 37' 12" W 107.25 feet to an angle point;
         S 79° 56' 22" W 183.67 feet to an angle point;
         N 73° 48' 39" W 94.15 feet to an angle point;
         S 88° 10' 54" W 91.93 feet to an angle point;
         N 53° 44' 46" W 180.85 feet to an angle point;
         N 74° 50' 45" W 120.88 feet to an angle point;
         N 39° 12' 26" W 60.40 feet to the Southwest corner of said
  195.5 Acre Tract and the Northwest corner of this tract;
         THENCE:  N 68° 20' 39" E 1386.29 feet with the South line of
  said 195.5 Acre Tract, at 19.37 feet pass a found 12" Pecan stump,
  continuing along a fence to the POINT OF BEGINNING.
         (d)  BEGINNING: At a 2" pipe post found in the South line of
  County Road 232 and the lower East line of a 649.53 Acre Tract
  (Document # #2004074055, Official Public Records, described in
  Volume 2520, Page 200 and Volume 2598, Page 457, Official Public
  Records) for the Northwest corner of this tract from which a 2" pipe
  post found in the North line of said county road for the upper
  Southwest corner of a 1419.57 Acre Tract (this day surveyed) bears N
  00° 18' 48" E 56.15 feet;
         THENCE:  Along a fence with the South and West line of said
  county road and the North and East line of this tract as follows:
         S 83° 15' 32" E 491.41 feet to a 6" cedar post found for an
  angle point;
         S 71° 41' 57" E 76.53 feet to a 6" cedar post found for an angle
  point;
         S 48° 56' 34" E 139.44 feet to a 6" cedar post found for an
  angle point;
         S 19° 57' 48" E 414.71 feet to a 5" cedar post found for an
  angle point;
         S 41° 43' 21" E 317.47 feet to a 5" cedar post found for an
  angle point;
         S 49° 16' 01" E 370.58 feet to a 6" cedar post found for an
  angle point;
         S 32° 42' 02" E 683.73 feet to a 2" pipe post found for the
  Southeast corner of this tract;
         THENCE:  S 68° 22' 29" W 1256.52 feet along a fence with the
  North line of Survey No. 13 and a 195.5 Acre Tract (Volume 2458,
  Page 859, Deed Records) and the South line of Abstract No. 358, at
  1209.80 feet pass a 1/2" iron pin found by 14" Elm, continuing
  without fence to the Northwest corner of said 195.5 Acre Tract and
  the lower Southwest corner of this tract;
         THENCE: Along the center of North Salado Creek with the North
  line of a 61.80 Acre Tract (Document #2010063430, Official Public
  Records) and the South line of this tract as follows:
         N 02° 31' 01" W 103.87 feet to an angle point;
         N 52° 32' 58" W 74.50 feet to an angle point;
         N 84° 29' 40" W 104.92 feet to an angle point;
         S 85° 34' 16" W 152.08 feet to an angle point;
         N 80° 01' 20" W 218.89 feet to the lower Southeast corner of
  said 649.53 Acre Tract and the Southwest corner of this tract;
         THENCE:  With the lower East line of said 649.53 Acre Tract
  and the West line of this tract as follows:
         N 04° 31' 03" E 649.14 feet, at 72.82 feet pass a found 2" pipe
  post, continuing along a fence to a 12" cedar post found for an
  angle point;
         N 02° 28' 22" E 641.86 feet along a fence to a 2" pipe post
  found for an angle point;
         N 04° 10' 33" W 608.21 feet along a fence to the POINT OF
  BEGINNING.
         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
  7962, Special District Local Laws Code, as added by Section 1 of
  this Act, is amended by adding Section 7962.0308 to read as follows:
         Sec. 7962.0308.  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, 2023.