Bill Text: TX HB5375 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Management District No. 2; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-12 - Effective immediately [HB5375 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB5375-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Management District No. 2; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-12 - Effective immediately [HB5375 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB5375-Comm_Sub.html
By: Metcalf (Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst) | H.B. No. 5375 | |
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 15, 2023; | ||
May 15, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Local | ||
Government; May 19, 2023, reported favorably by the following | ||
vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 19, 2023, sent to printer.) | ||
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relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Management | ||
District No. 2; 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 3800 to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 3800. MONTGOMERY COUNTY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT NO. 2 | ||
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS | ||
Sec. 3800.0101. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: | ||
(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors. | ||
(2) "County" means Montgomery County. | ||
(3) "Director" means a board member. | ||
(4) "District" means the Montgomery County Management | ||
District No. 2. | ||
Sec. 3800.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The Montgomery County | ||
Management District No. 2 is a special district created under | ||
Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution. | ||
Sec. 3800.0103. 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 | ||
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 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 municipal services | ||
provided in the district. | ||
Sec. 3800.0104. 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. 3800.0105. 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. 3800.0106. 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. 3800.0107. APPLICABILITY OF MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT | ||
DISTRICTS LAW. Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, | ||
Chapter 375, Local Government Code, applies to the district. | ||
Sec. 3800.0108. 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. 3800.0201. 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 3800.0203, directors | ||
serve staggered four-year terms. | ||
Sec. 3800.0202. 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. 3800.0203. 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. | ||
SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES | ||
Sec. 3800.0301. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district | ||
has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for | ||
which the district is created. | ||
Sec. 3800.0302. 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. 3800.0303. LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES. To protect the | ||
public interest, the district may contract with a qualified party, | ||
including the county, to provide law enforcement services in the | ||
district for a fee. | ||
Sec. 3800.0304. 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. 3800.0305. 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. 3800.0306. 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. 3800.0307. 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. 3800.0308. 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. 3800.0309. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. The district may | ||
not exercise the power of eminent domain. | ||
SUBCHAPTER D. ASSESSMENTS | ||
Sec. 3800.0401. 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. 3800.0402. 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. 3800.0501. 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. 3800.0502. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. (a) If | ||
authorized by a majority of the district voters voting at an | ||
election under Section 3800.0501, 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. 3800.0503. 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. | ||
(c) The limitation on the outstanding principal amount of | ||
bonds, notes, or other obligations provided by Section 49.4645, | ||
Water Code, does not apply to the district. | ||
Sec. 3800.0504. 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. 3800.0505. BONDS SECURED BY AD VALOREM TAXES; | ||
ELECTIONS. (a) If authorized at an election under Section | ||
3800.0501, 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. 3800.0506. 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 F. SALES AND USE TAX | ||
Sec. 3800.0601. APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN TAX CODE | ||
PROVISIONS. (a) Chapter 321, Tax Code, governs the imposition, | ||
computation, administration, enforcement, and collection of the | ||
sales and use tax authorized by this subchapter except to the extent | ||
Chapter 321, Tax Code, is inconsistent with this chapter. | ||
(b) A reference in Chapter 321, Tax Code, to a municipality | ||
or the governing body of a municipality is a reference to the | ||
district or the board, respectively. | ||
Sec. 3800.0602. ELECTION; ADOPTION OF TAX. (a) The | ||
district may adopt a sales and use tax if authorized by a majority | ||
of the voters of the district voting at an election held for that | ||
purpose. | ||
(b) The board by order may call an election to authorize the | ||
adoption of the sales and use tax. The election may be held on any | ||
uniform election date and in conjunction with any other district | ||
election. | ||
(c) The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or | ||
against the proposition: "Authorization of a sales and use tax in | ||
the Montgomery County Management District No. 2 at a rate not to | ||
exceed ____ percent" (insert rate of one or more increments of | ||
one-eighth of one percent). | ||
Sec. 3800.0603. SALES AND USE TAX RATE. (a) On or after the | ||
date the results are declared of an election held under Section | ||
3800.0602 at which the voters approved imposition of the tax | ||
authorized by this subchapter, the board shall determine and adopt | ||
by resolution or order the initial rate of the tax, which must be in | ||
one or more increments of one-eighth of one percent. | ||
(b) After the authorization of a tax under Section | ||
3800.0602, the board may increase or decrease the rate of the tax by | ||
one or more increments of one-eighth of one percent. | ||
(c) The board may not decrease the rate of the tax if the | ||
decrease would impair the repayment of any outstanding debt or | ||
obligation payable from the tax. | ||
(d) The initial rate of the tax or any rate resulting from | ||
subsequent increases or decreases may not exceed the lesser of: | ||
(1) the maximum rate authorized by the district voters | ||
at the election held under Section 3800.0602; or | ||
(2) a rate that, when added to the rates of all sales | ||
and use taxes imposed by other political subdivisions with | ||
territory in the district, would result in the maximum combined | ||
rate prescribed by Section 321.101(f), Tax Code, at any location in | ||
the district. | ||
(e) In determining whether the combined sales and use tax | ||
rate under Subsection (d)(2) would exceed the maximum combined rate | ||
prescribed by Section 321.101(f), Tax Code, at any location in the | ||
district, the board shall include: | ||
(1) any sales and use tax imposed by a political | ||
subdivision whose territory overlaps all or part of the district; | ||
(2) any sales and use tax to be imposed by the county | ||
or a municipality in which the district is located as a result of an | ||
election held on the same date as the election held under Section | ||
3800.0602; and | ||
(3) any increase to an existing sales and use tax | ||
imposed by the county or a municipality in which the district is | ||
located as a result of an election held on the same date as the | ||
election held under Section 3800.0602. | ||
(f) If the district adopts a sales and use tax authorized at | ||
an election under Section 3800.0602 and subsequently includes new | ||
territory in the district, the district: | ||
(1) is not required to hold another election to | ||
approve the imposition of the sales and use tax in the included | ||
territory; and | ||
(2) shall impose the sales and use tax in the included | ||
territory as provided by Chapter 321, Tax Code. | ||
(g) If the district adopts a sales and use tax authorized at | ||
an election under Section 3800.0602 and subsequently excludes | ||
territory in the district, the sales and use tax is inapplicable to | ||
the excluded territory as provided by Chapter 321, Tax Code, but is | ||
applicable to the territory remaining in the district. | ||
Sec. 3800.0604. TAX AFTER MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION. (a) This | ||
section applies to the district after a municipality annexes part | ||
of the territory in the district and imposes the municipality's | ||
sales and use tax in the annexed territory. | ||
(b) If at the time of annexation the district has | ||
outstanding debt or other obligations payable wholly or partly from | ||
district sales and use tax revenue, Section 321.102(g), Tax Code, | ||
applies to the district. | ||
(c) If at the time of annexation the district does not have | ||
outstanding debt or other obligations payable wholly or partly from | ||
district sales and use tax revenue, the district may: | ||
(1) exclude the annexed territory from the district, | ||
if the district has no outstanding debt or other obligations | ||
payable from any source; or | ||
(2) reduce the sales and use tax in the annexed | ||
territory by resolution or order of the board to a rate that, when | ||
added to the sales and use tax rate imposed by the municipality in | ||
the annexed territory, is equal to the sales and use tax rate | ||
imposed by the district in the district territory that was not | ||
annexed by the municipality. | ||
Sec. 3800.0605. NOTIFICATION OF RATE CHANGE. The board | ||
shall notify the comptroller of any changes made to the tax rate | ||
under this subchapter in the same manner the municipal secretary | ||
provides notice to the comptroller under Section 321.405(b), Tax | ||
Code. | ||
Sec. 3800.0606. USE OF REVENUE. Revenue from the sales and | ||
use tax imposed under this subchapter is for the use and benefit of | ||
the district and may be used for any district purpose. The district | ||
may pledge all or part of the revenue to the payment of bonds, | ||
notes, or other obligations, and that pledge of revenue may be in | ||
combination with other revenue, including tax revenue, available to | ||
the district. | ||
Sec. 3800.0607. ABOLITION OF TAX. (a) Except as provided | ||
by Subsection (b), the board may abolish the tax imposed under this | ||
subchapter without an election. | ||
(b) The board may not abolish the tax imposed under this | ||
subchapter if the district has any outstanding debt or obligation | ||
secured by the tax, and repayment of the debt or obligation would be | ||
impaired by the abolition of the tax. | ||
(c) If the board abolishes the tax, the board shall notify | ||
the comptroller of that action in the same manner the municipal | ||
secretary provides notice to the comptroller under Section | ||
321.405(b), Tax Code. | ||
(d) If the board abolishes the tax or decreases the tax rate | ||
to zero, a new election to authorize a sales and use tax must be held | ||
under Section 3800.0602 before the district may subsequently impose | ||
the tax. | ||
(e) This section does not apply to a decrease in the sales | ||
and use tax authorized under Section 3800.0604(c)(2). | ||
SUBCHAPTER I. DISSOLUTION | ||
Sec. 3800.0901. 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 Montgomery County Management District No. 2 | ||
initially includes all territory contained in the following area: | ||
Being 57.4 acres of land, more or less, located in the Raleigh | ||
Rogers Survey, Abstract 33, Montgomery County, Texas, out of land | ||
conveyed to Homeplace Lands, LLC, as recorded under Clerk's File | ||
No. 2012125424 of the Official Public Records of Real Property, | ||
Montgomery County, Texas, (O.P.R.M.C.), being comprised of three | ||
(3) tracts as described below; said 57.4 acres, more or less, being | ||
more particularly described as follows, with all bearings | ||
referenced to the Texas Coordinate System, Central Zone, NAD83 | ||
(NA2011) Epoch 2010.00: | ||
TRACT 1: 8.1 Acres | ||
BEGINNING at a corner of a 50 acre tract (Tract 7), as | ||
recorded under Clerk's File No. 2012125424 of the O.P.R.M.C., also | ||
being the northeast corner of an 18.69 acre tract as described under | ||
Clerk's File No. 2005-078277 of the Official Public Records of Real | ||
Property Montgomery County, Texas (O.P.R.R.P.M.C.), lying in the | ||
westerly right-of-way line of F.M. 2854; | ||
THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY approximately 612 feet, more or less, | ||
with and adjoining the northerly line of said 18.69 acre tract, to | ||
an easterly corner of a 123.962 acre tract as defined under Clerk's | ||
File No. 2009-017518 of the O.P.R.R.P.M.C., | ||
THENCE NORTHWESTERLY approximately 512 feet, more or less, | ||
with and adjoining an easterly line of said 123.962 acre tract, also | ||
being the centerline of the meanders of MOUND CREEK, to a westerly | ||
corner of the herein described tract, lying in a southerly | ||
right-of-way line of a proposed 80 foot public road, as reserved in | ||
document recorded under Clerk's File No. 2009-017518; | ||
THENCE NORTHEASTERLY approximately 729 feet, more or less, | ||
with and adjoining said southerly line of said proposed 80 foot | ||
public road , to the southwesterly right-of-way line of F.M. 2854 | ||
(width varies); | ||
THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY approximately 586 feet, more or less, | ||
with and adjoining said southwesterly right-of-way line of F.M. | ||
2854, to the POINT OF BEGINNING, and containing approximately 8.1 | ||
acres of land. This document was prepared under 22 Texas | ||
Administrative Code §138.95, does not reflect the results of an on | ||
the ground survey, and is not to be used to convey or establish | ||
interests in real property except those rights and interests | ||
implied or established by the creation or reconfiguration of the | ||
boundary of the political subdivision for which it was prepared. | ||
TRACT 2: 25.7 Acres | ||
COMMENCING at a southeast corner of a 50 acre tract (Tract 7), | ||
as recorded under Clerk's File No. 2012125424 of the O.P.R.M.C., | ||
also being the northeast corner of an 18.69 acre tract as described | ||
under Clerk's File No. 2005-078277 of the Official Public Records | ||
of Real Property Montgomery County, Texas (O.P.R.R.P.M.C.), lying | ||
in the westerly right-of-way line of F.M. 2854; | ||
THENCE NORTHWESTERLY approximately 716.1 feet, more or less, | ||
with and adjoining said southwesterly right-of-way line of F.M. | ||
2854, to the POINT OF BEGINNING of the herein described tract, also | ||
being the intersection of the northerly line of a right-of-way line | ||
of a proposed 80 foot public road, (southerly alignment) as | ||
reserved in document recorded under Clerk's File No. 2009-017518 of | ||
the O.P.R.R.P.M.C., and the southwesterly right-of-way line of said | ||
F.M. 2854, said public road being a portion of a 123.962 acre tract | ||
described under Clerk's File No. 2009-017518 of the | ||
O.P.R.R.P.M.C.; | ||
THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY approximately 810 feet, more or less, | ||
with and adjoining the northwesterly line of said proposed 80 feet | ||
public road, to centerline of MOUND CREEK and easterly line of said | ||
123.962 acre tract; | ||
THENCE NORTHWESTERLY approximately 2,239 feet, more or less, | ||
with and adjoining said easterly line of the 123.962 acre tract, | ||
also being the meanders of MOUND CREEK, to the northwest corner of | ||
the herein described tract, lying in the northwesterly line of said | ||
123.962 acre tract, also being a northwesterly corner of a 0.8579 | ||
acre tract as recorded under Clerk's File No. 2018005220 of the | ||
O.P.R.M.C.; | ||
THENCE NORTHEASTERLY approximately 859 feet, more or less, | ||
with and adjoining the northwesterly line of said 0.8579 acre | ||
tract, to a northerly corner of the herein described tract, lying in | ||
the southwesterly right-of-way line of said F.M. 2854; | ||
THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY approximately 1,268 feet, more or less, | ||
with and adjoining said southwesterly right-of-way line of F.M. | ||
2854, to the POINT OF BEGINNING, and containing approximately 25.7 | ||
acres. This document was prepared under 22 Texas Administrative | ||
Code §138.95, does not reflect the results of an on the ground | ||
survey, and is not to be used to convey or establish interests in | ||
real property except those rights and interests implied or | ||
established by the creation or reconfiguration of the boundary of | ||
the political subdivision for which it was prepared. | ||
TRACT 3: 23.6 Acres | ||
BEGINNING at a northeast corner of an 18.984 acre tract, as | ||
described in a deed recorded under Clerk's File No. 8216886 of the | ||
Official Public Records of Real Property Montgomery County, Texas | ||
(O.P.R.R.P.M.C.)., lying in the southwesterly right-of-way line of | ||
F.M. 2854; | ||
THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY approximately 982 feet, more or less, | ||
with and adjoining said southwesterly right-of-way line of F.M. | ||
2854, to the southeast corner of the herein described tract, also | ||
being the north corner of a 0.8579 acre tract as recorded under | ||
Clerk's File No. 2018005219 of the Official Public Records of | ||
Montgomery County, Texas (O.P.R.M.C.); | ||
THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY approximately 1,174 feet, more or less, | ||
with and adjoining the northwesterly line of said 0.8579 acre tract | ||
and a 2.975 acre tract as recorded under Clerk's File No, 2018005218 | ||
of the O.P.R.M.C., to a southwesterly corner of the herein | ||
described tract; | ||
THENCE NORTHWESTERLY approximately 353 feet, more or less, to | ||
a westerly corner of the herein described tract, also being the | ||
southwest corner of said 18.984 acre tract; | ||
THENCE NORTHERLY approximately 950 feet, more or less, to a | ||
northwesterly corner of the herein described tract; | ||
THENCE NORTHEASTERLY approximately 523 feet, more or less, to | ||
the POINT OF BEGINNING, and containing approximately 23.6 acres. | ||
This document was prepared under 22 Texas Administrative Code § | ||
138.95, does not reflect the results of an on the ground survey, | ||
and is not to be used to convey or establish interests in real | ||
property except those rights and interests implied or established | ||
by the creation or reconfiguration of the boundary of the political | ||
subdivision for which it was prepared. | ||
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, 2023. | ||
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