Bill Text: TX SB2516 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 179; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-10 - Recommendations filed with the Senate [SB2516 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB2516-Comm_Sub.html

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By: Nichols S.B. No. 2516
(In the Senate - Filed April 3, 2019; April 3, 2019, read
first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
Relations; April 23, 2019, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; April 23, 2019, sent to printer.)
Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility
District No. 179; 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 8082 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 8082. MONTGOMERY COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 179
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 8082.0101. 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 Montgomery County Municipal
Utility District No. 179.
Sec. 8082.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a
municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI,
Texas Constitution.
Sec. 8082.0103. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTOR 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. 8082.0104. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED. The
temporary directors may not hold an election under Section
8082.0103 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. 8082.0105. 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. 8082.0106. 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. 8082.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district
is governed by a board of five elected directors.
(b) Except as provided by Section 8082.0202, directors
serve staggered four-year terms.
Sec. 8082.0202. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS. (a) 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 8082.0103; 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 8082.0103 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 8082.0103; 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. 8082.0301. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district
has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
which the district is created.
Sec. 8082.0302. 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. 8082.0303. 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. 8082.0304. 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. 8082.0305. 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. 8082.0306. CERTAIN NAVIGATION IMPROVEMENTS. (a) The
district is created for the following purposes and has the power to
purchase, construct, acquire, own, operate, maintain, improve, or
extend, inside or outside the district, a canal or other waterway,
bulkhead, dock, or improvement in aid of such canals, waterways,
bulkheads, or docks.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, the powers provided by
Subsection (a) are subject to the applicable rules, regulations,
and approval of the San Jacinto River Authority.
(c) In the event the district adopts a rule or regulation
relating to boating or navigation, the rule or regulation must be
consistent with the applicable rules or regulations of the San
Jacinto River Authority.
SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 8082.0401. 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 8082.0403.
(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. 8082.0402. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. (a) If
authorized at an election held under Section 8082.0401, 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.
Sec. 8082.0403. 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. 8082.0501. 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. 8082.0502. 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. 8082.0503. 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 Montgomery County Municipal Utility District
No. 179 initially includes all the territory contained in the
following area:
BEING 56.7111 NET ACRES of land, situated in the John Corner
Survey, Abstract Number 8 in Montgomery County, Texas, consisting
of a 50.61 acre tract and 7.16 acre tract, described in Deed to
General Monitors Transnational, LLC., recorded under Clerk's File
Number 2007-020435 and a 2.4988 acre tract described in Deed to
General Monitors Transnational, LLC., recorded under Clerk's File
Number 2007-121045, together with a called 0.83 acre tract and a
called 0.04 acre tract, described in that certain Boundary Line
Agreement between Philip LeFevre and wife, Holly LeFevre and
Grandview Development, Inc., recorded under Clerk's File Number
2006-093056, all in the Real Property Records of Montgomery County,
Texas; said 56.7111 acres being more particularly described by
metes and bounds as follows with all bearings referenced to the
North line of Lonestar Parkway, a variable width right-of-way
recorded under Clerk's File Number 2004-134115 Real Property
Records as found monumented on the ground:
BEGINNING at an iron rod with a survey cap marked "C&R", found
for the Southeast corner of the herein described tract and the
Southwest corner of the Replat of Grandview, Section 4, the plat
thereof recorded in Cabinet Z, Sheet 2594 of the Map Records of
Montgomery County, Texas, and being located in the North line of
Lonestar Parkway;
THENCE with the following courses and distances along the
North line of Lonestar Parkway:
North 74°14'01" West, a chord distance of 345.27 feet along a
curve to the left, having as its elements: a central angle of
09°15'16", a radius of 2140.00 feet and an arc length of 345.65 feet
to an iron rod with a survey cap marked "C&R", found for an angle
point;
North 74°57'21" West, a distance of 105.35 feet to a 5/8 inch
iron rod with a survey cap marked "Glezman, RPLS 4627", set for the
beginning of a curve to the left;
North 87°15'30" West, a chord distance of 418.73 feet along a
curve to the left, having as its elements: a central angle of
11°10'36", a radius of 2150.00 feet and an arc length of 419.39 feet
to an iron rod with a survey cap marked "Carter Burgess", found for
an angle point;
South 80°31'57" West, a distance of 104.82 feet, to an iron
rod with a survey cap marked "Carter Burgess", found for the
beginning of a curve to the left;
South 80°06'43" West, a chord distance of 309.95 feet along a
curve to the left, having as its elements: a central angle of
08°18'21", a radius of 2140.00 feet and an arc length of 310.22 feet
to an iron rod with a survey cap marked "Carter Burgess", found for
an angle point;
South 76°06'31" West, a distance of 43.83 feet to a 5/8 inch
iron rod with survey cap, set for the Southwest corner of the herein
described tract and the Southeast corner of the LeFevre
Development, Inc., called 33.527 acre tract as described in Deed
recorded under Clerk's File Number 2008-096315 Real Property
Records;
THENCE North 13°56'40" West, a distance of 631.37 feet,
leaving the North line of Lonestar Parkway, along the East line of
the called 33.527 acre tract, to a 5/8 inch iron rod with survey
cap, set for an angle point;
THENCE North 03°32'31" West, a distance of 568.53 feet to a
5/8 inch iron rod, found for an angle point at the Northeast corner
of the called 33.527 acre tract at the Southeast corner of Buffalo
Crossing, a subdivision with the plat thereof recorded in Cabinet
Z, Sheet 1462 of the Montgomery County Map Records;
THENCE North 27°56'22" East, a distance of 659.88 feet along
the Southeast line of Buffalo Crossing and the Northwesterly line
of the called 50.61 acre tract and the called 7.16 acre tract, to an
iron rod with a survey cap marked "Town & Country", found for an
angle point at the Northwest corner of the called 7.16 acre tract
and the Southwest corner of the called 2.4988 acre tract;
THENCE North 00°12'04" West, a distance of 100.04 feet along
the East line of Buffalo Crossing, passing at 70.92 feet, a "PK"
nail in a wood bulkhead; in all, a distance of 100.04 feet to the
Northwest corner of the herein described tract, in the South line of
Reserve "F" of the Amending Plat Of Waterstone On Lake Conroe,
Section 1, the plat thereof recorded in Cabinet Z, Sheet 1356 of the
Map Records;
THENCE South 89°47'03" East, a distance of 372.87 feet along
the South line of Reserve "F" of the Amending Plat Of Waterstone On
Lake Conroe, Section 1 and the North line of the called 2.4988 acre
tract, to an angle point;
THENCE North 75°17'26" East, a distance of 457.41 feet along
the South line of Reserve "F" of the Amending Plat Of Waterstone On
Lake Conroe, Section 1 and the North line of the called 2.4988 acre
tract, to an angle point;
THENCE North 83°09'49" East, a distance of 294.06 feet along
the South line of Reserve "F" of the Amending Plat Of Waterstone On
Lake Conroe, Section 1 and the North line of the called 2.4988 acre
tract, to an angle point;
THENCE South 54°29'34" East, a distance of 181.92 feet along
the South line of Reserve "F" of the Amending Plat Of Waterstone On
Lake Conroe, Section 1 and passing the East corner the called 2.4988
acre tract, along the North line of the called 0.83 acre tract
Boundary Line Agreement and the Southwesterly line of the
Waterstone On Lake Conroe, Inc. called 155.2494 acre tract as
recorded under Clerk's File Number 2007-109227 Real Property
Records, to an angle point;
THENCE North 69°37'08" East, a distance of 50.61 feet along
the North line of the called 0.83 acre tract Boundary Line Agreement
to an angle point;
THENCE South 38°05'40" East, a distance of 110.95 feet along
the North line of the called 0.83 acre tract Boundary Line Agreement
to the Northeast corner of the herein described tract at the
Northwest corner of Grandview Section 2, the plat thereof recorded
in Cabinet Z, Sheet 280 of the Map Records;
THENCE along the West line of Grandview Section 2 and the
aforesaid Boundary Line Agreement, with the following bearings and
distance:
South 87°14'15" West, passing at a distance of 17.12 feet, a
"PK" nail with washer marker "Glezman Surveying", set for reference
in a wood bulkhead; a total distance of 114.00 feet to an angle
point;
South 23°44'52" West, a distance of 294.00 feet to an
angle point;
South 05°20'19" West, a distance of 91.97 feet to an
angle point;
South 05°20'56" West, a distance of 84.97 feet to an
angle point;
South 14°28'08" West, a distance of 171.11 feet to an
angle point;
South 26°24'26" East, a distance of 90.34 feet to an
angle point;
South 05°57'54" East, a distance of 127.78 feet to an
angle point;
South 11°05'43" West, a distance of 147.63 feet to an
angle point;
South 40°13'26" East, a distance of 64.64 feet to an
angle point;
South 40°13'26" East, a distance of 49.21 feet to an
angle point;
South 25°23'41" East, a distance of 207.16 feet to an
angle point;
South 03°53'33" East, a distance of 376.46 feet to a 5/8 inch
iron rod with survey cap, set at the Northwest corner of the Replat
of Grandview Section 4, the plat thereof recorded in Cabinet Z,
Sheet 2594 of the Map Records;
THENCE South 21°39'21" West, a distance of 300.00 feet along
the West line of the Replat of Grandview Section 4, back to the
Point of Beginning and containing 60.293 gross acres of land, based
on the survey and plat prepared by Glezman Surveying Inc., dated
July 3, 2014.
SAVE AND EXCEPT the following described tract or parcel of
land:
Being 3.5819 acres (156,029 square feet) of land, situated in
the John Corner Survey, Abstract Number 8 in Montgomery County,
Texas and being out of the Consolidated Ventures, Inc. 60.293 acre
tract as recorded under Clerk's File Number 2015056092 Real
Property Records of Montgomery County, Texas; said 3.5819 acres
being more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows
with all bearings referenced to the North line of Lonestar Parkway,
a variable width right-of-way recorded under Clerk's File Number
2004-134115 Real Property Records, as found monumented on the
ground:
BEGINNING at an iron rod with a survey cap marked "C&R", found
at the Southeast corner of the herein described tract and Southeast
corner of the 60.293 acre tract, at the Southwest comer of the
Replat of Grandview, Section 4, the plat thereof recorded in
Cabinet Z, Sheet 2594 of the Map Records of Montgomery County, Texas
and being the North line of Lonestar Parkway;
THENCE with the following courses and distances along the
North line of Lonestar Parkway:
North 74°14'01" West, a chord distance of 345.27 feet along a
curve to the left, having as its elements: a central angle of
09°15'15", a radius of 2140.00 feet and an arc length of 345.65 feet
to an iron rod with a survey cap marked "C&R", found for an angle
point;
North 74°57'21" West, a distance of 105.35 feet to a 5/8 inch
iron rod with a survey cap marked "Glezman, RPLS 4627", set for the
beginning of a curve to the left;
North 81°55'50" West, a chord distance of 19.54 feet along a
curve to the left, having as its elements: a central angle of
00°31'15", a radius of 2150.00 feet and an arc length of 19.54 feet
to an iron rod with a survey cap marked "Glezman RPLS 4627", set for
the Southwest corner of the herein described tract;
THENCE North 15°17'07" East, a distance of 325.00 feet,
severing the 60.293 acre tract to a 5/8 inch iron rod with survey
cap, set for the Northwest corner of the herein described tract;
THENCE South 74°42'53" East, a distance of 493.95 feet,
severing the 60.293 acre tract, to an iron rod with survey cap, set
for the Northeast corner of the herein described tract and being in
the East line of the 60.293 acre tract and the West line of
Grandview Section 2, the plat thereof recorded in Cabinet Z, Sheet
280 of the Map Records of Montgomery County, Texas;
THENCE South 03°53'33" East, a distance of 28.43 feet along
the East line of the 60.293 acre tract and West line of Grandview
Section 2, to a 5/8 inch iron rod with survey cap, set for an angle
point and being the Northwest corner of the aforementioned Replat
of Grandview, Section 4;
THENCE South 21°39'21" West, a distance of 300.00 feet along
the West line of the Replat of Grandview, Section 4, back to the
Point of beginning and containing 3.5819 acres of land based on the
survey and plat prepared by Glezman Surveying, Inc., dated March 7,
2017.
Resulting in 56.7111 net acres of land.
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
8082, Special District Local Laws Code, as added by Section 1 of
this Act, is amended by adding Section 8082.0307 to read as follows:
Sec. 8082.0307. 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, 2019.
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