89R25573 JTZ-F
	By: Cook	H.B. No. 5696

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	relating to the creation of The Reserve Municipal Management
	District; 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 4026 to read as follows:
	CHAPTER 4026. THE RESERVE MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
	SUBCHAPTER A.  GENERAL PROVISIONS
	Sec. 4026.0101.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:
	(1)  "Board" means the district's board of directors.
	(2)  "City" means the City of Mansfield.
	(3)  "Director" means a board member.
	(4)  "District" means The Reserve Municipal Management
	District.
	Sec. 4026.0102.  NATURE OF DISTRICT. The Reserve Municipal
	Management District is a special district created under Section 59,
	Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
	Sec. 4026.0103.  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 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 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 city services provided in the
	district.
	Sec. 4026.0104.  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. 4026.0105.  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. 4026.0106.  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. 4026.0107.  APPLICABILITY OF MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT
	DISTRICTS LAW. Except as otherwise provided by this chapter,
	Chapter 375, Local Government Code, applies to the district.
	Sec. 4026.0108.  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. 4026.0201.  GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district is
	governed by a board of five elected directors who serve staggered
	terms of four years.
	(b)  Directors are elected in the manner provided by
	Subchapter D, Chapter 49, Water Code.
	Sec. 4026.0202.  COMPENSATION; EXPENSES. (a) The district
	may compensate each director in an amount not to exceed $150 for
	each board meeting. The total amount of compensation for each
	director in one year may not exceed $7,200.
	(b)  A director is entitled to reimbursement for necessary
	and reasonable expenses incurred in carrying out the duties and
	responsibilities of the board.
	(c)  Sections 375.069 and 375.070, Local Government Code, do
	not apply to the board.
	Sec. 4026.0203.  INITIAL DIRECTORS. (a) The initial board
	consists of the following directors:
	Pos. No. Name of Director
	1 Clay Roby
	2 Jimmy O'Neal
	3 Dan White
	4 Joe Smolinski
	5 Jason Moore
	(b)  Of the initial directors, the terms of directors
	appointed for positions one through three expire June 1, 2027, and
	the terms of directors appointed for positions four and five expire
	June 1, 2029.
	SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES
	Sec. 4026.0301.  GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district
	has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
	which the district is created.
	Sec. 4026.0302.  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, including a canal, waterway, bulkhead, or dock,
	inside or outside the district's boundaries, that is necessary to,
	incidental to, or in aid of the navigation of inland water for the
	purposes of the district.
	(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. 4026.0303.  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. 4026.0304.  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. 4026.0305.  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. 4026.0306.  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. 4026.0307.  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. 4026.0308.  ADDING OR EXCLUDING LAND. Except as
	provided by Section 4026.0309, 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. 4026.0309.   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)  An order dividing the district must:
	(1)  name each new district;
	(2)  include the metes and bounds description of the
	territory of each new district;
	(3)  appoint initial directors for each new district;
	and
	(4)  provide for the division of assets and liabilities
	between or among the new districts.
	(f)  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 Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and record the
	order in the real property records of each county in which the
	district is located.
	(g)  Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to
	the inclusion of land in the district granted under Section
	4026.0506 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.
	Sec. 4026.0310.  NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. The district may
	not exercise the power of eminent domain.
	SUBCHAPTER D. ASSESSMENTS
	Sec. 4026.0401.  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. 4026.0402.  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. 4026.0501.  TAX ELECTION REQUIRED. (a)  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.
	(b)  Section 375.243, Local Government Code, does not apply
	to the district.
	Sec. 4026.0502.  OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. (a) If
	authorized by a majority of the district voters voting at an
	election under Section 4026.0501, 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. 4026.0503.  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, by public or private sale,
	bonds, notes, or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad
	valorem taxes, assessments, impact fees, revenue, including
	contract revenues, contract payments, grants, or other district
	money, or any combination of those sources of money, to pay for any
	authorized district purpose.
	(c)  The district may issue, by public or private sale,
	bonds, notes, or other obligations payable wholly or partly from
	assessments in the manner provided by Subchapter A, Chapter 372,
	Local Government Code, if the improvement financed by the
	obligation issued under this section will be conveyed to or
	operated and maintained by a municipality or other retail utility
	provider pursuant to an agreement with the district entered into
	before the issuance of the obligation.
	Sec. 4026.0504.  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. 4026.0505.  BONDS SECURED BY AD VALOREM TAXES;
	ELECTIONS. (a) If authorized at an election under Section
	4026.0501, the district may issue bonds payable from ad valorem
	taxes.
	(b)  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.
	(c)  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. 4026.0506.  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 as
	required by applicable law.
	(b)  This section applies only to the district's first
	issuance of bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.
	SUBCHAPTER I. DISSOLUTION
	Sec. 4026.0901.  DISSOLUTION. (a) The board shall dissolve
	the district on written petition filed with the board by the owners
	of:
	(1)  at least two-thirds of the assessed value of the
	property subject to assessment by the district based on the most
	recent certified county property tax rolls; or
	(2)  at least two-thirds of the surface area of the
	district, excluding roads, streets, highways, utility
	rights-of-way, other public areas, and other property exempt from
	assessment by the district according to 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 Reserve Municipal Management District
	initially includes all territory contained in the following area:
	BEGINNING, at the west line of Matlock Road having a Texas State
	Plane Coordinate System, NAD 83, North Central Zone (4202) grid
	coordinate of North 6,892,348.42, East 2,400,693.84;
	THENCE, South 29 degrees, 55 minutes, 44.23 seconds East, a
	distance of 567.590 feet to a point for corner;
	THENCE, South 33 degrees, 06 minutes, 30.23 seconds East, a
	distance of 90.140 feet to a point for corner;
	THENCE, South 29 degrees, 55 minutes, 43.23 seconds East, a
	distance of 85.000 feet to a point for corner; said point being the
	beginning of a curve to the right;
	THENCE, Along said curve, having a central angle of 30 degrees, 33
	minutes, 43.20 seconds, a radius of 995.000 feet, a chord bearing
	and distance of South 14 degrees, 38 minutes, 52.23 seconds East,
	524.470 feet, an arc distance of 530.740 feet to a point at the end
	of said curve;
	THENCE, South 00 degrees, 38 minutes, 00.77 seconds West, a
	distance of 129.510 feet to a point for corner; said point being the
	beginning of a non-tangent curve to the left;
	THENCE, Along said curve, having a central angle of 110 degrees, 30
	minutes, 03.96 seconds, a radius of 115.000 feet, a chord bearing
	and distance of South 05 degrees, 13 minutes, 08.77 seconds West,
	188.980 feet, an arc distance of 221.790 feet to a point at the end
	of said curve;
	THENCE, South 29 degrees, 51 minutes, 36.23 seconds East, a
	distance of 78.956 feet to a point for corner; said point being the
	beginning of a non-tangent curve to the left;
	THENCE, Along said curve, having a central angle of 18 degrees, 08
	minutes, 03.84 seconds, a radius of 1105.000 feet, a chord bearing
	and distance of South 20 degrees, 37 minutes, 21.23 seconds East,
	348.280 feet, an arc distance of 349.738 feet to a point at the end
	of said curve;
	THENCE, South 29 degrees, 41 minutes, 23.23 seconds East, a
	distance of 177.850 feet to a point for corner; said point being the
	beginning of a non-tangent curve to the right;
	THENCE, Along said curve, having a central angle of 5 degrees, 07
	minutes, 57.36 seconds, a radius of 500.610 feet, a chord bearing
	and distance of South 27 degrees, 07 minutes, 18.23 seconds East,
	44.830 feet, an arc distance of 44.845 feet to a point at the end of
	said curve; said point being the beginning of a non-tangent curve to
	the left;
	THENCE, Along said curve, having a central angle of 6 degrees, 22
	minutes, 12.72 seconds, a radius of 527.610 feet, a chord bearing
	and distance of South 27 degrees, 44 minutes, 32.23 seconds East,
	58.630 feet, an arc distance of 58.660 feet to a point at the end of
	said curve;
	THENCE, South 29 degrees, 41 minutes, 27.23 seconds East, a
	distance of 81.270 feet to a point for corner; said point being the
	beginning of a non-tangent curve to the right;
	THENCE, Along said curve, having a central angle of 88 degrees, 46
	minutes, 15.60 seconds, a radius of 58.000 feet, a chord bearing and
	distance of South 14 degrees, 41 minutes, 29.77 seconds West,
	81.140 feet, an arc distance of 89.862 feet to a point at the end of
	said curve;
	THENCE, South 59 degrees, 04 minutes, 23.77 seconds West, a
	distance of 1606.253 feet to a point for corner;
	THENCE, North 75 degrees, 40 minutes, 33.00 seconds West, a
	distance of 36.018 feet to a point for corner;
	THENCE, North 30 degrees, 28 minutes, 34.00 seconds West, a
	distance of 25.140 feet to a point for corner;
	THENCE, North 30 degrees, 22 minutes, 19.00 seconds West, a
	distance of 51.590 feet to a point for corner; said point being the
	beginning of a non-tangent curve to the left;
	THENCE, Along said curve, having a central angle of 17 degrees, 48
	minutes, 18.00 seconds, a radius of 914.000 feet, a chord bearing
	and distance of North 39 degrees, 17 minutes, 25.00 seconds West,
	282.890 feet, an arc distance of 284.031 feet to a point at the end
	of said curve; said point being the beginning of a compound curve to
	the left;
	THENCE, Along said curve, having a central angle of 30 degrees, 33
	minutes, 24.84 seconds, a radius of 914.000 feet, a chord bearing
	and distance of North 63 degrees, 28 minutes, 16.85 seconds West,
	481.697 feet, an arc distance of 487.454 feet to a point at the end
	of said curve;
	THENCE, North 29 degrees, 15 minutes, 04.00 seconds West, a
	distance of 1147.565 feet to a point for corner;
	THENCE, North 29 degrees, 26 minutes, 33.00 seconds West, a
	distance of 839.410 feet to a point for corner;
	THENCE, North 30 degrees, 07 minutes, 05.99 seconds West, a
	distance of 667.664 feet to a point for corner;
	THENCE, North 30 degrees, 07 minutes, 05.00 seconds West, a
	distance of 599.046 feet to a point for corner;
	THENCE, North 59 degrees, 34 minutes, 19.00 seconds East, a
	distance of 602.393 feet to a point for corner; said point being the
	beginning of a non-tangent curve to the right;
	THENCE, Along said curve, having a central angle of 46 degrees, 33
	minutes, 12.60 seconds, a radius of 145.000 feet, a chord bearing
	and distance of North 82 degrees, 50 minutes, 53.00 seconds East,
	114.600 feet, an arc distance of 117.814 feet to a point at the end
	of said curve;
	THENCE, South 73 degrees, 44 minutes, 12.00 seconds East, a
	distance of 164.490 feet to a point for corner; said point being the
	beginning of a non-tangent curve to the right;
	THENCE, Along said curve, having a central angle of 14 degrees, 56
	minutes, 32.64 seconds, a radius of 785.370 feet, a chord bearing
	and distance of South 66 degrees, 04 minutes, 21.00 seconds East,
	204.240 feet, an arc distance of 204.820 feet to a point at the end
	of said curve;
	THENCE, North 28 degrees, 27 minutes, 50.00 seconds East, a
	distance of 339.780 feet to a point for corner;
	THENCE, North 74 degrees, 40 minutes, 12.00 seconds East, a
	distance of 20.780 feet to a point for corner; said point being the
	beginning of a non-tangent curve to the right;
	THENCE, Along said curve, having a central angle of 11 degrees, 33
	minutes, 58.68 seconds, a radius of 1140.000 feet, a chord bearing
	and distance of South 52 degrees, 57 minutes, 45.68 seconds East,
	229.741 feet, an arc distance of 230.132 feet to a point at the end
	of said curve;
	THENCE, South 47 degrees, 10 minutes, 47.17 seconds East, a
	distance of 302.870 feet to a point for corner; said point being the
	beginning of a non-tangent curve to the left;
	THENCE, Along said curve, having a central angle of 50 degrees, 36
	minutes, 33.84 seconds, a radius of 1060.000 feet, a chord bearing
	and distance of South 72 degrees, 29 minutes, 03.06 seconds East,
	906.156 feet, an arc distance of 936.299 feet to a point at the end
	of said curve;
	THENCE, South 06 degrees, 24 minutes, 37.23 seconds East, a
	distance of 73.347 feet to a point for corner; said point being the
	beginning of a non-tangent curve to the left;
	THENCE, Along said curve, having a central angle of 23 degrees, 41
	minutes, 22.20 seconds, a radius of 115.000 feet, a chord bearing
	and distance of South 18 degrees, 15 minutes, 09.23 seconds East,
	47.210 feet, an arc distance of 47.548 feet to a point at the end of
	said curve;
	THENCE, South 30 degrees, 06 minutes, 00.23 seconds East, a
	distance of 218.970 feet to a point for corner;
	THENCE, North 60 degrees, 04 minutes, 59.77 seconds East, a
	distance of 348.680 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING;
	CONTAINING: 7,564,921 square feet or 173.667 acres of land, 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, 2025.