Bill Text: TX SB1277 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to validating certain acts and proceedings of Harris County Improvement District No. 5 and to the boundaries of the district.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-20 - Left pending in committee [SB1277 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB1277-Introduced.html
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| By: Ellis | S.B. No. 1277 | |
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| relating to validating certain acts and proceedings of Harris | ||
| County Improvement District No. 5 and to the boundaries of the | ||
| district. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. BOUNDARIES. (a) The boundaries of Harris County | ||
| Improvement District No. 5 are enlarged to include the following | ||
| tracts of land: | ||
| TRACT 1-COMMENCING at the existing boundary of Harris County | ||
| Improvement District No. 5 at the intersection of N ROW of Bissonnet | ||
| St and E ROW of US 59 (Southwest Fwy) Access Road N/B; | ||
| THENCE, northeast along E ROW of US 59 (Southwest Fwy) Access | ||
| Road N/B to W ROW of S Gessner Rd; | ||
| THENCE, south along W ROW of S Gessner Rd to S ROW of | ||
| Bissonnet Rd; | ||
| THENCE, northeast along S ROW of Bissonnet Rd to E ROW | ||
| Hillcroft St; | ||
| THENCE, along E ROW of Hillcroft St to N ROW of N. Braeswood | ||
| Blvd where it intersects the existing boundary of Harris County | ||
| Improvement District No. 5; | ||
| THENCE, west along the existing boundary of Harris County | ||
| Improvement District No. 5 to THE POINT OF BEGINNING. | ||
| Tract 2-COMMENCING at the existing boundary of Harris County | ||
| Improvement District No. 5 at intersection of E ROW of Hillcroft St | ||
| Blvd and N ROW of Willowbend Blvd; | ||
| THENCE, north along E ROW of Hillcroft St to S boundary of | ||
| utility easement; | ||
| THENCE, east along the S boundary of utility easement to the E | ||
| ROW of S Post Oak Rd; | ||
| THENCE, south along the E ROW of S Post Oak Rd to NW corner of | ||
| 0.375 acre parcel (TR 5K ABST 135 W N BRONAUGH); | ||
| THENCE, east along N boundary of 0.375 acre parcel (TR 5K ABST | ||
| 135 W N BRONAUGH) to NE corner of said parcel; | ||
| THENCE, south along E boundary of 0.375 acre parcel (TR 5K | ||
| ABST 135 W N BRONAUGH) to SE corner of said parcel and N boundary of | ||
| 0.45 acre parcel (TR 5C (001*TR 5E-1) (WILLOW WATERHOLE DETENTION) | ||
| ABST 135 W N BRONAUGH); | ||
| THENCE, east along N boundary of 0.45 acre parcel (TR 5C | ||
| (001*TR 5E-1) (WILLOW WATERHOLE DETENTION) ABST 135 W N BRONAUGH) | ||
| to NE corner of said parcel; | ||
| THENCE, southeast along E boundary 0.45 acre parcel (TR 5C | ||
| (001*TR 5E-1) (WILLOW WATERHOLE DETENTION) ABST 135 W N BRONAUGH) | ||
| to SE corner of said parcel and N boundary of 5.0 acre parcel (TRS | ||
| 6D-3 & 6G ABST 135 W N BRONAUGH); | ||
| THENCE, east along N boundary of 5.0 acre parcel (TRS 6D-3 & | ||
| 6G ABST 135 W N BRONAUGH) to NE corner of said parcel; | ||
| THENCE, south along E boundary of 5.0 acre parcel (TRS 6D-3 & | ||
| 6G ABST 135 W N BRONAUGH) to SE corner of said parcel and adjacent NE | ||
| corner of 52 acre parcel (TRS 6 & 6D ABST 135 W N BRONAUGH); | ||
| THENCE, south and southeast along E boundary of 52 acre | ||
| parcel (TRS 6 & 6D ABST 135 W N BRONAUGH) to N ROW of So. Pacific | ||
| Rail line; | ||
| THENCE, southwest along N ROW of So. Pacific Rail line to SE | ||
| corner of 52 acre parcel (TRS 6 & 6D ABST 135 W N BRONAUGH); | ||
| THENCE, west along S boundary of 52 acre parcel (TRS 6 & 6D | ||
| ABST 135 W N BRONAUGH) and S ROW of Gasmer Dr to E ROW of S Post Oak | ||
| Rd; | ||
| THENCE, south along E ROW of S Post Oak Rd to N ROW of So. | ||
| Pacific Rail line; | ||
| THENCE, southwest along N ROW of So. Pacific Rail line to E | ||
| ROW of Haviland St to the existing boundary of Harris County | ||
| Improvement District No. 5; | ||
| THENCE, north and east along the existing boundary TO THE | ||
| POINT OF BEGINNING. | ||
| (b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Subsection | ||
| (a) of this section 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 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. | ||
| SECTION 2. VALIDATION. (a) The legislature validates and | ||
| confirms all governmental acts and proceedings of the Harris County | ||
| Improvement District No. 5 that were taken before the effective | ||
| date of this Act. An act or proceeding may not be held invalid | ||
| because the act or proceeding was not in accordance with Chapter | ||
| 3834, Special District Local Laws Code, or other law. | ||
| (b) This section does not apply to any matter that on the | ||
| effective date of this Act: | ||
| (1) is involved in litigation if the litigation | ||
| ultimately results in the matter being held invalid by a final court | ||
| judgment; or | ||
| (2) has been held invalid by a final court judgment. | ||
| SECTION 3. NOTICE. (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) The general law relating to consent by political | ||
| subdivisions to the creation of districts with conservation, | ||
| reclamation, and road powers and the inclusion of land in those | ||
| districts has been complied with. | ||
| (e) 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. EFFECTIVE DATE. 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, 2011. | ||
