Bill Text: TX SB2299 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to the temporary board of and financing of certain facilities and improvements by the LaSalle Municipal Utility District No. 5; providing authority to impose an assessment.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2017-06-12 - Effective immediately [SB2299 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-SB2299-Engrossed.html

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By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 2299

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the temporary board of and financing of certain
facilities and improvements by the LaSalle Municipal Utility
District No. 5; providing authority to impose an assessment.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 8476.052(a) and (b), Special District
Local Laws Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) The temporary board consists of:
(1) Jack Wilhelm;
(2) David Tuckfield;
(3) Jon Cobb;
(4) Bob Ruggio; and
(5) Adam Van Ackeren [On or after the effective date of
the Act enacting this chapter, 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 temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The
commission shall appoint as temporary directors the five persons
named in the petition].
(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:
(1) the date permanent directors are elected under
Section 8476.003; or
(2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of
their designation [the Act enacting this chapter].
SECTION 2. Section 8476.201, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 8476.201. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER
OBLIGATIONS. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the [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.
(b) The district may not issue bonds payable wholly or
partly from assessments.
SECTION 3. Chapter 8476, Special District Local Laws Code,
is amended by adding Subchapter F to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER F. ASSESSMENTS; APPLICABILITY OF ASSESSMENTS
Sec. 8476.251. PETITION REQUIRED FOR FINANCING
IMPROVEMENTS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES WITH ASSESSMENTS.
(a) Except as provided by this subchapter, the board may finance
the construction or maintenance of a recreational facility or
improvement with assessments on property under this subchapter only
if:
(1) a written petition requesting that facility or
improvement has been filed with the board; and
(2) the board holds a hearing on the proposed
assessments.
(b) The petition 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. 8476.252. MISCELLANEOUS DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND
MAINTENANCE. An improvement or recreational facility project may
include the planning, design, construction, improvement, and
maintenance of:
(1) landscaping;
(2) marinas and bridges;
(3) lighting, banners, and signs;
(4) hiking and cycling paths or trails;
(5) sidewalks, pedestrian walkways, skywalks,
crosswalks, or tunnels;
(6) ponds, lakes, recreational facilities, or scenic
areas;
(7) plazas or pedestrian malls;
(8) drainage or navigation improvements; or
(9) solid waste, water, sewer, or power facilities,
including electrical and gas power facilities.
Sec. 8476.253. METHOD OF NOTICE FOR HEARING. The district
shall mail notice of the hearing to each property owner in the
district who will be subject to the assessment at the current
address to be assessed as reflected on the tax rolls. The district
may mail the notice by certified or first class United States mail.
The board shall determine the method of notice.
Sec. 8476.254. ASSESSMENTS; LIENS FOR ASSESSMENTS. (a) An
assessment or a reassessment imposed under this subchapter 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.
(b) 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.
(c) 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.
Sec. 8476.255. UTILITY PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM ASSESSMENTS.
The district may not impose an assessment on the property,
including the equipment, rights-of-way, facilities, or
improvements, of:
(1) an electric utility or a power generation company
as defined by Section 31.002, Utilities Code;
(2) a gas utility as defined by Section 101.003 or
121.001, Utilities Code;
(3) a telecommunications provider as defined by
Section 51.002, Utilities Code; or
(4) a person who provides to the public cable
television or advanced telecommunications services.
SECTION 4. Section 2, Chapter 503, Acts of the 83rd
Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2. The LaSalle Municipal Utility District No. 5
initially includes all the territory contained in the following
area:
DESCRIPTION OF A TRACT OF LAND CONTAINING 272.071 ACRES OF
LAND OUT OF THE WILLIAM HEMPHILL SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 221, SITUATED
IN HAYS COUNTY, TEXAS, BEING A PORTION OF THE 811.38 ACRE TRACT
CONVEYED TO LASALLE HOLDINGS LTD., BY DEED OF RECORD IN VOLUME 2909,
PAGE 684, OF THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS OF HAYS COUNTY, TEXAS; SAID
272.071 ACRE TRACT BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY METES AND
BOUNDS AS FOLLOWS:
BEGINNING AT A 1/2-INCH IRON ROD FOUND AT THE MOST SOUTHERLY
CORNER OF SAID 811.38 ACRE TRACT, SAID POINT BEING THE NORTHERLY
COMMON CORNER OF THE 305 ACRE TRACT CONVEYED TO CEDAR STUMP LP, BY
DEED OF RECORD IN VOLUME 1489, PAGE 800, OF SAID OFFICIAL PUBLIC
RECORDS, AND OF THE 199.17 ACRE TRACT CONVEYED TO KYLE THREE
PARTNERS LP, BY DEED OF RECORD IN VOLUME 2940, PAGE 195, OF SAID
OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS, FOR THE MOST SOUTHERLY CORNER AND POINT OF
BEGINNING HEREOF;
THENCE, ALONG THE COMMON LINE OF SAID 199.17 ACRE TRACT, AND
OF SAID 811.38 ACRE TRACT, GENERALLY WITH A BARBED WIRE FENCE, THE
FOLLOWING THIRTEEN (13) COURSES AND DISTANCES:
1) N54°50'51"W, A DISTANCE OF 771.35 FEET TO A FOUND 1/2-INCH
IRON ROD;
2) S82°34'23"W, A DISTANCE OF 840.87 FEET TO A FOUND 1/2-INCH
IRON ROD;
3) N52°52'15"W, A DISTANCE OF 690.88 FEET TO A FOUND 1/2-INCH
IRON ROD;
4) N62°34'40"W, A DISTANCE OF 68.98 FEET TO A FOUND 1/2-INCH
IRON ROD;
5) N68°34'23"W, A DISTANCE OF 56.45 FEET TO A FOUND 1/2-INCH
IRON ROD;
6) N72°57'43"W, A DISTANCE OF 88.21 FEET TO A FOUND 1/2-INCH
IRON ROD;
7) N73°27'40"W, A DISTANCE OF 53.90 FEET TO A FOUND 1/2-INCH
IRON ROD;
8) N78°51'26"W, A DISTANCE OF 427.41 FEET TO A FOUND 1/2-INCH
IRON ROD WITH "BYRN" CAP;
9) N88°42'40"W, A DISTANCE OF 82.89 FEET TO A FOUND 1/2-INCH
IRON ROD WITH "BYRN" CAP;
10) S89°20'36"W, A DISTANCE OF 252.54 FEET TO A FOUND WOOD
FENCE POST;
11) N78°22'26"W, A DISTANCE OF 289.01 FEET TO A FOUND WOOD
FENCE POST;
12) N70°19'37"W, A DISTANCE OF 133.26 FEET TO A FOUND
1/2-INCH IRON ROD;
13) N65°54'03"W, A DISTANCE OF 1059.47 FEET TO A 1/2-INCH
IRON ROD FOUND ON THE SOUTHEASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF COUNTY
ROAD 158 (UNDEDICATED RIGHT-OF-WAY), AS USED ON THE GROUND;
THENCE ALONG THE COMMON LINE OF SAID 811.38 ACRE TRACT AND OF
THE SOUTHEASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF COUNTY ROAD 158, THE
FOLLOWING TWO (2) COURSES AND DISTANCES:
1) N42°58'24"E, A DISTANCE OF 3,243.10 FEET TO A FOUND
1/2-INCH IRON ROD;
2) N42°52'47"E, A DISTANCE OF 570.78 FEET TO A CALCULATED
POINT;
THENCE OVER AND ACROSS SAID 811.38 ACRE TRACT THE FOLLOWING
TWO (2) COURSES AND DISTANCES:
1) S45°40'51"E, A DISTANCE OF 942.00 FEET TO A CALCULATED
POINT;
2) S46°24'34"E, A DISTANCE OF 3,289.74 FEET TO A CALCULATED
POINT ON THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID 305 ACRE TRACT;
THENCE ALONG THE COMMON LINE OF SAID 811.38 ACRE TRACT AND OF
SAID 305 ACRE TRACT, S43°29'59"W, A DISTANCE OF 1,830.79 FEET THE
POINT OF BEGINNING, AND CONTAINING 272.071 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR
LESS.
[FIELD NOTE DESCRIPTION OF 275.81 ACRES OF LAND OUT OF THE WILLIAM
HEMPHILL SURVEY ABSTRACT No. 221 IN HAYS COUNTY, TEXAS, BEING A
PORTION OF THAT CERTAIN (811.38 ACRE) TRACT OF LAND AS CONVEYED TO
LASALLE HOLDINGS, LTD. BY SPECIAL WARRANTY DEED RECORDED IN VOLUME
2909 PAGE 684 OF THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS OF HAYS COUNTY, TEXAS,
AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS AS
FOLLOWS:
[BEGINNING FOR REFERENCE at a capped iron rod found (marked
"ProTech") in the Northwest line of the Old San Antonio Road for the
most Easterly corner of that certain (811.38 acre) tract of land as
conveyed to LaSalle Holdings by Special Warranty Deed recorded in
Volume 2909 Page 684 of the Official Public Records of Hays County,
Texas;
[THENCE with the Southeast line of said LaSalle Holdings (811.38
acre) tract, S 48 deg. 44' 13" W 178.85 ft. to a capped iron rod
found (marked "Byrn") at the point of intersection with the curving
Northwest right-of-way line State Highway No. 21;
[THENCE with the Northwest right-of-way line of State Highway No.
21, the following two (2) courses;
[1) along a curve to the left with a radius of 5779.51 ft. for
an arc length of 830.52 ft. and which chord bears S 52 deg. 53' 22" W
829.80 ft. to a PK nail found in a broken concrete monument for a
point of tangency;
[2) S 48 deg. 46' 22" W 1475.74 ft. to a 1/2" iron rod found
for the most Southerly corner of said LaSalle Holdings (811.38
acre) tract;
[THENCE leaving the Northwest right-of-way line of State Highway
No. 21 with a Southerly line of said LaSalle Holdings (811.38 acre)
tract, the following two (2) courses;
[1) N 45 deg. 31' 36" W 2950.62 ft.;
[2) S 44 deg. 02' 00" W 1300.00 ft. to a point for an Easterly
angle corner and PLACE OF BEGINNING of the herein described tract of
land;
[THENCE continuing with a Southerly or Southeasterly line of said
LaSalle Holdings (811.38 acre) tract, S 44 deg. 02' 00" W 1863.28
ft. to a point for the most Southerly corner of this tract;
[THENCE continuing with a Southerly line of said LaSalle Holdings
(811.38 acre) tract, the following thirteen (13) courses;
[1) N 54 deg. 17' 20" W 771.66 ft.;
[2) S 83 deg. 08' 18" W 840.88 ft.;
[3) N 52 deg. 17' 55" W 690.89 ft.;
[4) N 62 deg. 00' 02" W 69.27 ft.;
[5) N 68 deg. 09' 41" W 56.18 ft.;
[6) N 72 deg. 20' 49" W 88.29 ft.;
[7) N 73 deg. 00' 27" W 53.89 ft.;
[8) N 78 deg. 17' 31" W 427.31 ft.;
[9) N 88 deg. 16' 13" W 82.92 ft.;
[10) S 89 deg. 50' 43" W 252.84 ft.;
[11) N 77 deg. 42' 55" W 289.03 ft;
[12) N 69 deg. 45' 12" W 133.17 ft.;
[13) N 65 deg. 20' 24" W 1059.29 ft. to a point in the
Southeast line of Hays County Road No. 158 for the most Westerly
corner of said LaSalle Holdings (811.38 acre) tract and being the
most Westerly corner of this tract;
[THENCE with the Southeast line of Hays County Road No. 158 and with
the Northwest line of said LaSalle Holdings (811.38 acre) tract,
the following two (2) courses;
[1) N 43 deg. 32' 03" E 3243.31 ft. to a 1/2" iron rod found;
[2) N 43 deg. 26' 25" E 605.66 ft. to a point for the most
Northerly corner of this tract, and from which a capped iron rod
found (marked "Byrn") in the Southeast line of Hays County Road No.
158 and in the Northwest line of said LaSalle Holdings (811.38 acre)
tract bears N 43 deg. 26' 25" E 482.55 ft;
[THENCE crossing the interior of said LaSalle Holdings (811.38
acre) tract with the Northeast line of this tract, S 45 deg. 39' 03"
E 4231.53 ft. to the PLACE OF BEGINNING, containing 275.81 acres of
land.]
SECTION 5. (a) All governmental and proprietary actions of
the LaSalle Municipal Utility District No. 5 taken before the
effective date of this Act, including the creation of the district,
the consent to create the district granted by the City of San
Marcos, the consent agreement relating to the district and any
amendments to that agreement, and any extension of time in which to
hold a confirmation election for the district, are validated,
ratified, and confirmed in all respects.
(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 6. (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 7. For purposes of Section 8476.052(b)(2), Special
District Local Laws Code, as amended by this Act, the effective date
of the temporary directors' designation is the effective date of
this Act.
SECTION 8. 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, 2017.