Bill Text: TX HB5414 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of the Mountain Springs Municipal Utility District of Cooke County; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose fees and taxes.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-18 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB5414 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB5414-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 5414 |
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relating to the creation of the Mountain Springs Municipal Utility | ||
District of Cooke County; granting a limited power of eminent | ||
domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to | ||
impose 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 7982A to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 7982A. MOUNTAIN SPRINGS MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT OF | ||
COOKE COUNTY | ||
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS | ||
Sec. 7982A.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 Mountain Springs Municipal | ||
Utility District of Cooke County. | ||
Sec. 7982A.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a | ||
municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, | ||
Texas Constitution. | ||
Sec. 7982A.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. 7982A.0104. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED. The | ||
temporary directors may not hold an election under Section | ||
7982A.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 as required by | ||
applicable law. | ||
Sec. 7982A.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. 7982A.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. 7982A.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district | ||
is governed by a board of five elected directors. | ||
(b) Except as provided by Section 7982A.0202, directors | ||
serve staggered four-year terms. | ||
Sec. 7982A.0202. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS. (a) On or after | ||
September 1, 2023, 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 7982A.0103; or | ||
(2) September 1, 2027. | ||
(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under | ||
Section 7982A.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 7982A.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. 7982A.0301. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district | ||
has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for | ||
which the district is created. | ||
Sec. 7982A.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. 7982A.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. 7982A.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. 7982A.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. 7982A.0306. DIVISION OF DISTRICT. (a) 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. | ||
(b) An order dividing a district may create one or more new | ||
districts and may provide for the continuation of the district. | ||
(c) An order dividing the district shall: | ||
(1) name any new district; | ||
(2) include the metes and bounds description of the | ||
territory of each of the districts; | ||
(3) appoint temporary directors for any new district; | ||
and | ||
(4) provide for the division of assets and liabilities | ||
between the districts. | ||
(d) The board may adopt an order dividing the district | ||
before or after the date the board holds an election to confirm the | ||
district's creation. | ||
(e) The district may be divided only if the district: | ||
(1) has never issued any bonds; and | ||
(2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes. | ||
(f) A 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. | ||
(g) 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 commission and record the order in the real property | ||
records of each county in which the district is located. | ||
(h) 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. | ||
(i) A new district created by the division of the district | ||
shall hold a confirmation and directors' election. | ||
(j) If the creation of the new district is confirmed, the | ||
new district shall provide the election date and results to the | ||
commission. | ||
(k) A new district created by the division of the district | ||
must hold an election as required by this chapter to obtain voter | ||
approval before the district may impose a maintenance tax or issue | ||
bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes. | ||
(l) The district may continue to rely on confirmation, | ||
directors', bond, or tax elections held prior to the division. | ||
(m) Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to | ||
the inclusion of land in the district 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. | ||
SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS | ||
Sec. 7982A.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 | ||
7982A.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. 7982A.0402. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. (a) If | ||
authorized at an election held under Section 7982A.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. 7982A.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. 7982A.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. 7982A.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. 7982A.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 Mountain Springs Municipal Utility District | ||
of Cooke County initially includes all the territory contained in | ||
the following area: | ||
Tract 1: | ||
Being a tract of land situated in the Charles Martin Survey, | ||
Abstract No. 683, the JJ Ozment Survey, Abstract No. 807, the James | ||
Martin Survey, Abstract No. 690, and the James Neely Survey, | ||
Abstract No. 796, Cooke County, Texas being all of a called 10.02 | ||
acres tract of land described in Deed to M. B. Rudman, Alvrone | ||
Sater, Alvrone Sater Trust No. 3, Alvrone Sater Trust Under Will of | ||
I. Rudman, Deseased as recorded in Volume 738, Page 528, Deed | ||
Records, Cooke County, Texas, being all of a called 14.90 acres | ||
tract of land described in Deed to M. B. Rudman, Alvrone Sater, Will | ||
of O. I. Rudman, and Alvrone Sater Trust No. 3 as recorded in Volume | ||
743, Page 661, said Deed Records, and being all of a called 15.00 | ||
acres tract of land (Tract 2), all of a called 28.149 acres tract of | ||
land (Tract 3), all of a called 153.51 acres tract of land (Tract | ||
5), all of a called 6.376 acres tract of land (Tract 6: Tract Ten), | ||
all of a called 5.000 acres tract of land (Tract 6: Tract Twelve), | ||
all of a called 5.000 acres tract of land (Tract 6: Tract Fourteen), | ||
all of a called 5.000 acres tract of land (Tract 6: Tract Fifteen), | ||
all of a called 5.000 acres tract of land (Tract 16), and all of a | ||
called 5 acres tract of land (Tract 7) described in Deed to MER | ||
Energy, Ltd. as recorded in Volume 1806, Page 263, Official Public | ||
Records, Cooke County, Texas, and being more particularly described | ||
herein as follows: | ||
BEGINNING at a 1/2 inch iron rod found at the intersection of the | ||
South line of Burn City Road (a public road) and the East | ||
Right-of-Way line of F.M. 372 (a called 100' R.O.W.) for the | ||
Northwest corner of said 10.02 acres tract; | ||
THENCE North 00 degrees 04 minutes 08 seconds West, with the North | ||
line of said 10.02 acres tract, along the South line of said Burns | ||
City Road, a distance of 768.43 feet to a 2 inch steel fence corner | ||
post found in a West line of said Tract 5 for the Northeast corner of | ||
said 10.02 acres tract; | ||
THENCE North 00 degrees 04 minutes 08 seconds West, with a West line | ||
of said Tract 5, a distance of 18.20 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod with | ||
plastic cap stamped "PLS, INC" (typical) set in said Burns City Road | ||
for the Northwest corner of said Tract 5; | ||
THENCE with the North line of said Tract 5, along said Burns City | ||
Road, the following three (3) courses and distances: | ||
1. North 88 degrees 56 minutes 41 seconds East, a distance of | ||
1513.55 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod with plastic cap stamped "PLS, | ||
INC" (typical) set for corner; | ||
2. South 75 degrees 12 minutes 28 seconds East, a distance of | ||
606.25 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod set for corner; | ||
3. North 88 degrees 53 minutes 15 seconds East, a distance of | ||
403.19 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod set for the most Northerly | ||
Northeast corner of said Tract 5 and the Northwest corner of said | ||
Peggy Lou Stevens Tuck and Rita Sue Stevens Reasor as recorded in | ||
Volume 958, Page 537, said Deed Records; | ||
THENCE South 01 degrees 46 minutes 26 seconds East, with an East | ||
line of said Tract 5, a distance of 1355.00 feet to a 1/2 inch iron | ||
rod capped "RPLS 1849" found for an interior corner thereof; | ||
THENCE North 88 degrees 54 minutes 22 seconds East, with a North | ||
line of said Tract 5, a distance of 694.93 feet to a 30 inch oak tree | ||
fence corner post found for the most Easterly corner thereof; | ||
THENCE South 05 degrees 09 minutes 01 seconds East, with the East | ||
line of said Tract 5, a distance of 1430.55 feet to a 1/2 inch iron | ||
rod found for most Easterly Southeast corner thereof; | ||
THENCE South 88 degrees 02 minutes 10 seconds West, a distance of | ||
814.96 feet to a 20 inch tree stump found in the East line of a | ||
called 41.20 acres tract of land described in Deed to LMAC Property | ||
Management, LLC as recorded in Volume 2458, Page 21, said Official | ||
Public Records for the most Easterly Southwest corner of said Tract | ||
5; | ||
THENCE North 00 degrees 12 minutes 38 seconds West, with a West line | ||
of said Tract 5 and the East line of said 41.20 acres tract, a | ||
distance of 110.12 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod found for an interior | ||
corner of said Tract 5 and the Northeast corner of said 41.20 acres | ||
tract; | ||
THENCE North 88 degrees 04 minutes 52 seconds West, with a South | ||
line of said Tract 5 and the North line of said 41.20 acres tract, a | ||
distance of 1,298.11 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod found in the East | ||
line of said Tract 3 for the middle Southwest corner of said Tract 5 | ||
and the Northwest corner of said 41.20 acres tract; | ||
THENCE South 00 degrees 38 minutes 13 seconds East, with the East | ||
line of said Tract 3 and the West line of said 41.20 acres tract, a | ||
distance of 411.50 feet to a 7 inch steel fence corner post found | ||
for the Southeast corner of said Tract 3 and the Northeast corner of | ||
a called 10 acres tract of land described in Deed to LMAC Property | ||
Management, LLC as recorded in Volume 2246, Page 318, said Official | ||
Public Records; | ||
THENCE South 88 degrees 25 minutes 15 seconds West, with the South | ||
line of said Tract 3, a distance of 2,114.62 feet to a 1/2 inch iron | ||
rod found in the East Right-of-Way line of said F.M. 372 for the | ||
Southwest corner of said Tract 3 and the Northwest corner of a | ||
called 4 acres tract of land described in Deed to Stuart Kim | ||
McFadden and Agnes Ann McFadden as recorded in Volume 1581, Page | ||
565, said Official Public Records; | ||
THENCE with the West line of said Tract 3, said Tract 6: Tract Ten, | ||
and said Tract 2 and with the East Right-of-Way line of said F.M. | ||
372, the following eight (8) courses and distances: | ||
1. North 01 degrees 18 minutes 24 seconds West, a distance of | ||
169.53 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod set at the beginning of a curve to | ||
the right having a radius of 5,679.36 feet; | ||
2. Northerly, along the arc of said curve, a distance of 148.36 | ||
feet with a delta angle of 1 degree 29 minutes 48 seconds, a chord | ||
bearing of North 00 degrees 33 minutes 30 seconds West, and a chord | ||
length of 148.35 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod set at the beginning of | ||
a compound curve to the right having a radius of 1,859.86 feet; | ||
3. Northerly, along the arc of said compound curve, a distance of | ||
291.02 feet with a delta angle of 8 degrees 57 minutes 55 seconds, a | ||
chord bearing of North 05 degrees 26 minutes 10 seconds East, and a | ||
chord length of 290.72 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod set at the | ||
beginning of a compound curve to the right having a radius of | ||
5,679.36 feet; | ||
4. Northerly along the arc of said compound curve, a distance of | ||
148.36 feet with a delta angle of 1 degree 29 minutes 48 seconds, a | ||
chord bearing of North 11 degrees 25 minutes 49 seconds East, and a | ||
chord length of 148.35 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod set for corner; | ||
5. North 12 degrees 10 minutes 43 seconds East, a distance of | ||
113.15 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod set at the beginning of a curve to | ||
the left having a radius of 5,779.36 feet; | ||
6. Northerly along the arc of said curve, a distance of 151.63 feet | ||
with a delta angle of 1 degree 30 minutes 12 seconds, a chord | ||
bearing of North 11 degrees 25 minutes 37 seconds East, and a chord | ||
length of 151.62 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod set at the beginning of | ||
a compound curve to the left having a radius of 1,959.86 feet; | ||
7. Northerly, along the arc of said compound curve, a distance of | ||
316.85 feet with a delta angle of 9 degrees 15 minutes 47 seconds, a | ||
chord bearing of North 05 degrees 18 minutes 24 seconds East, and a | ||
chord length of 316.50 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod set at the | ||
beginning of a compound curve to the right having a radius of | ||
5,779.36 feet; | ||
8. Northerly, along the arc of said compound curve, a distance of | ||
151.63 feet with a delta angle of 1 degree 30 minutes 12 seconds, a | ||
chord bearing of North 00 degrees 48 minutes 48 seconds West, and a | ||
chord length of 151.62 to a 5/8 inch iron rod set for corner; | ||
THENCE North 01 degrees 33 minutes 44 seconds West, continuing with | ||
the West line of said Tract 2 and the East Right-of-Way line of said | ||
F.M. 372, passing at a distance of 251.62 feet a 1/2 inch iron rod | ||
found for the Northwest corner of said Tract 2 and the Southwest | ||
corner of said 14.90 acres tract, and continuing along said course, | ||
passing at a distance of 1,127.79 feet a 1/2 inch iron rod found for | ||
the Northwest corner of said 14.90 acres tract and the Southwest | ||
corner of said 10.02 acres tract, and continuing along said course, | ||
with the West line of said 10.02 acres tract, for a total distance | ||
of 1,690.04 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing, within | ||
the metes and bounds herein recited, 253.103 acres of land, more or | ||
less. | ||
Tract 2: | ||
Being a tract of land situated in the James Bourland Survey, | ||
Abstract No. 183, Cooke County, Texas and being all of a called | ||
141.814 acres tract of land described in Deed to Rose Rudman as | ||
recorded in Volume 535, Page 738, Deed Records, Cooke County, | ||
Texas, and being more particularly described herein as follows: | ||
BEGINNING at a 2 inch steel fence corner post found in the East | ||
Right-of-Way line of F.M. 372 (a called 100' R.O.W.) for the | ||
occupied and recognized Southwest corner of said Rudman tract and | ||
the Northwest corner of a called 27.00 acres tract of land as deeded | ||
to Richard A. Ness and wife, Pamala N. Ness recorded in Volume 1563, | ||
Page 831, Official Public Records, Cooke County, Texas and being | ||
described in Deed recorded in Volume 616, Page 729, said Deed | ||
Records; | ||
THENCE North 00 degrees 05 minutes 37 seconds West, with the West | ||
line of said Rudman tract, along the the East line of said F.M. 372, | ||
a distance of 1,466.64 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod with plastic cap | ||
stamped "PLS, INC" (typical) set at the beginning of a transition | ||
curve to the left having a radius of 3,487.33 feet; | ||
THENCE Northerly, along the arc of said curve, with the West line of | ||
said Rudman tract and the East line of said F.M. 372, a distance of | ||
96.46 feet with a delta angle of 1 degree 35 minutes 05 seconds, a | ||
chord bearing of North 00 degrees 52 minutes 46 seconds West, and a | ||
chord length of 96.46 feet to a railroad tie fence corner post found | ||
for the most Southerly Northwest corner of said Rudman tract and the | ||
most Westerly Southwest corner of a called 36.36 acres tract of land | ||
described in Deed to T & D Leasing, Inc. as recorded in Volume 1451, | ||
Page 341, said Official Public Records, from which a 1/2 inch iron | ||
rod found bears South 73 degrees 22 minutes 44 seconds East, a | ||
distance of 1.72 feet; | ||
THENCE with the common line of said Rudman tract and said 36.36 | ||
acres tract, generally along and near a fence, the following five | ||
(5) courses and distances: | ||
1. North 84 degrees 10 minutes 15 seconds East, a distance of | ||
198.55 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod found near a fence corner post for | ||
corner; | ||
2. South 02 degrees 53 minutes 58 seconds West, a distance of 76.43 | ||
feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod found near a fence corner post for | ||
corner; | ||
3. North 82 degrees 47 minutes 53 seconds East, a distance of | ||
875.73 feet to a railroad tie fence corner post found for corner; | ||
4. North 04 degrees 25 minutes 10 seconds West, a distance of | ||
1,105.24 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod found near a fence corner post | ||
for the most Northerly Northwest corner of said Rudman tract; | ||
5. North 88 degrees 02 minutes 24 seconds East, a distance of | ||
580.94 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod found near a fence corner post for | ||
the most Easterly Southeast corner of said 36.36 acres tract and the | ||
most Westerly Southwest corner of a called 45.24 acres tract of land | ||
described in Deed to Inaganti Rao as recorded in Volume 2023, Page | ||
329, said Official Public Records; | ||
THENCE with the common line of said Rudman tract and said Rao tract, | ||
the following four (4) courses and distances: | ||
1. North 88 degrees 39 minutes 11 seconds East, a distance of | ||
265.26 feet to a 18 inch oak tree found for the most Northerly | ||
Northeast corner of said Rudman tract; | ||
2. South 01 degrees 23 minutes 38 seconds West, passing at a | ||
distance of 837.24 feet a 1/2 inch capped iron rod "RPLS 1896" found | ||
on the North bank of Spring Creek Branch for reference, and | ||
continuing for a total distance of 847.21 feet to a point in said | ||
branch for corner; | ||
3. South 83 degrees 32 minutes 19 seconds East, generally with said | ||
branch, a distance of 613.22 feet to a point for corner, from which | ||
a 1/2 inch capped iron rod "RPLS 1896" found on the North bank of | ||
said branch bears North 01 degrees 37 minutes 55 seconds East, a | ||
distance of 9.68 feet; | ||
4. South 89 degrees 05 minutes 05 seconds East, generally with said | ||
branch, a distance of 401.96 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod capped | ||
"RPLS 1896" found in the East line of said Robinson Survey and the | ||
West line of said Huey Survey and a called 30.62 acres tract of land | ||
described in Deed to Jeremy David and Stacie David as recorded in | ||
Volume 1337, Page 288, said Official Public Records for the most | ||
middle Northeast corner of said Rudman tract and the most Southerly | ||
Southeast corner of said Rao tract; | ||
THENCE South 00 degrees 00 minutes 45 seconds West, with an East | ||
line of said Rudman tract and said Robinson Survey and the West line | ||
of said Huey Survey and said David tract, a distance of 923.93 feet | ||
to a 1/2 inch iron rod found for an interior corner of said Rudman | ||
tract and the Southwest corner of said David tract; | ||
THENCE North 88 degrees 02 minutes 53 seconds East, with a North | ||
line of said Rudman tract and the South line of said David tract, a | ||
distance of 820.68 feet to a 2 inch steel fence corner post found | ||
for the most Easterly Northeast corner of said Rudman tract and the | ||
most Southerly Southeast corner of said David tract; | ||
THENCE South 01 degrees 08 minutes 10 seconds East, with the East | ||
line of said Rudman tract, a distance of 815.17 feet to a 1/2 inch | ||
iron rod found in the North line of a called 11.245 acres tract of | ||
land described in Deed to Landon Hale and Amber Hale as recorded in | ||
Volume 2401, Page 742, said Official Public Records for the | ||
Southeast corner of said Rudman tract and the Southwest corner of a | ||
called 16.54 acres tract of land described in Deed to Richard D. | ||
Westbrook and Kelly M. Westbrook as recorded in Volume 1343, Page | ||
11, said Official Public Records; | ||
THENCE South 88 degrees 33 minutes 50 seconds West, with the South | ||
line of said Rudman tract and the North line of said Hale tract, | ||
passing at a distance of 743.51 feet a 1/2 inch iron rod capped | ||
"RPLS 1896" found for the Northwest corner of said Hale tract and | ||
the Northeast corner of a called 22.00 acres tract of land described | ||
in Deed to Patricia Marie Aldridge as recorded in Volume 2430, Page | ||
67, said Official Public Records, and continuing along said course, | ||
with the North line of said Aldridge tract for a total distance of | ||
837.14 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod found for the Southwest corner of | ||
said Huey Survey and the Southeast corner of said Robinson Survey; | ||
THENCE South 88 degrees 04 minutes 25 seconds West, continuing with | ||
the South line of said Rudman tract and the North line of said | ||
Aldridge tract, passing at a distance of 436.23 feet a 1/2 inch iron | ||
rod capped "RPLS 1896" found at the Northwest corner of said | ||
Aldridge tract, and continuing along said course, passing at 994.87 | ||
feet a 1/2 inch iron rod capped "RPLS 1896" found at the Northeast | ||
corner of a called 22.478 acres tract described in Deed to Michael | ||
Dean Sanders and Janet D. Sanders as recorded in Volume 2470, Page | ||
517 of said Official Public Records, and continuing along said | ||
course, passing at 1435.07 feet a 1/2 inch iron rod capped "RPLS | ||
1896" found at the Northwest corner thereof and the Northeast | ||
corner of a called 22.478 acres tract described in Deed to Dola | ||
Lanette Sanders f/k/a Dola Lanette Schindler as recorded in Volume | ||
2470, Page 512 of said Official Public Records, and continuing | ||
along said course for a total distance of 2,117.40 feet to a 1/2 | ||
inch iron rod found for the Northwest corner thereof and the | ||
Northeast corner of said Ness tract; | ||
THENCE South 88 degrees 24 minutes 36 seconds West, with the South | ||
line of said Rudman tract and the North line of said Ness tract, a | ||
distance of 693.20 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing, | ||
within the metes and bounds herein recited, 141.299 acres of land, | ||
more or less. | ||
Tract 3: | ||
Being a tract of land situated in the F. L. Green Survey, Abstract | ||
No. 425, the Zilitha Newton Survey, Abstract No. 798, the Walter L. | ||
Tubbs Survey, Abstract No. 1732, the Cooke County School Land | ||
Survey, Abstract No. 205, the B.B.B. & C. R.R. Co. Survey, Abstract | ||
No. 171, and the John W. Elkins Survey, Abstract No. 359, Cooke | ||
County, Texas and being part of a called 92-1/2 acres tract of land | ||
described in Deed to Alvrone Sater, M. B. Rudman, Alvrone Sater, | ||
Trustee of the Alvrone Sater Trust No. 3, Rose Rudman, Trustee for | ||
M. B. Rudman and Mike Rudman as recorded in Volume 630, Page 233, | ||
Deed Records, Cooke County, Texas, all of a called 171.90 acres | ||
tract of land described in Deed to The Rudman Partnership as | ||
recorded in Volume 1406, Page 523, Official Public Records, Cooke | ||
County, Texas and all of a called 87.183 acres tract of land | ||
described in Deed to M. B. Rudman, Alvrone Sater, Trustee, Rose | ||
Rudman, Trustee for Alvrone Sater, and Rose Rudman, Trustee for M. | ||
B. Rudman, as recorded in Volume 538, Page 436, said Deed Records, | ||
and being more particularly described herein as follows: | ||
BEGINNING at a 1/2 inch iron rod found for the Southwest corner of | ||
the herein described tract at the intersection of Union Grove Road | ||
(a public road) and Morrow Road (a public road) and in the West line | ||
of said Green Survey common to the East line of said Cooke County | ||
School Land Survey at the Southwest corner of said 92-1/2 acres | ||
tract and the Northwest corner of a called 10.097 acres tract of | ||
land described in Deed to Jason S. Wulzer and Rebecca G. Wulzer as | ||
recorded in Volume 2201, Page 521, said Official Public Records; | ||
THENCE North 01 degrees 14 minutes 47 seconds West, with the West | ||
line of said 92-1/2 acres tract and said Green Survey, a distance of | ||
726.65 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod found for the Southeast corner of | ||
a called 1.50 acres tract of land described in Deed to Emily Gay L. | ||
Houser as recorded in Volume 941, Page 18, said Official Public | ||
Records; | ||
THENCE North 01 degrees 13 minutes 20 seconds West, with the West | ||
line of said 92-1/2 acres tract and said Green Survey and the East | ||
line of said 1.50 acres tract, a distance of 274.76 feet to a 1/2 | ||
inch iron rod found for the Northeast corner of said 1.50 acres | ||
tract and the most Easterly Southeast corner of a called 25.49 acres | ||
tract of land described in said Houser Deed; | ||
THENCE North 00 degrees 49 minutes 48 seconds West, with the West | ||
line of said 92-1/2 acres tract and said Green Survey and the East | ||
line of said 24.49 acres tract, passing at a distance of 63.13 feet | ||
a 1/2 inch iron rod found at the Northwest corner of said 92-1/2 | ||
acres tract and the Southwest corner of said 171.90 acres tract, and | ||
continuing along said course, with the West line of said 171.90 | ||
acres tract for a total distance of 919.34 feet to a 1/2 inch iron | ||
rod found for a re-entrant corner of said 171.90 acres tract and the | ||
Northeast corner of said 25.49 acres tract; | ||
THENCE North 89 degrees 34 minutes 08 seconds West, with a South | ||
line of said 171.90 acres tract and the North line of said 25.49 | ||
acres tract, passing at a distance of 1219.73 feet a 1/2 inch iron | ||
rod found at the Northwest corner of said 25.49 acres tract and the | ||
most Easterly Northeast corner of a called 30.60 acres tract of land | ||
described in Deed to Levi Brandon Hall and Kori Lynn Hall as | ||
recorded in Volume 2029, Page 501, said Official Public Records for | ||
reference, and continuing along said course for a total distance of | ||
1245.60 feet to a 3/8 inch iron rod found in said Morrow Road for the | ||
most Westerly Southwest corner of said 171.90 acres tract and an | ||
interior corner in the East line of said 30.60 acres tract; | ||
THENCE North 00 degrees 05 minutes 38 seconds West, with the West | ||
line of said 171.90 acres tract and the East line of said 30.60 | ||
acres tract, along said Morrow Road, a distance of 210.51 feet to a | ||
3/8 inch iron rod found for the most Westerly Northwest corner of | ||
said 171.90 acres tract and the Southwest corner of a called 3.75 | ||
acres tract of land described in Deed to Gerald Childs and Kathryn | ||
Childs as recorded in Volume 1015, Page 11, said Official Public | ||
Records; | ||
THENCE South 89 degrees 36 minutes 43 seconds East, with a North | ||
line of said 171.90 acres tract and the South line of said 3.75 | ||
acres tract, passing the Southeast corner thereof and the Southwest | ||
corner of a called 3.75 acres tract of land described in Deed to | ||
Gerald Childs and Kathryn Childs as recorded in Volume 1015, Page 8, | ||
said Official Public Records, and continuing along said course, a | ||
distance of 1242.98 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod found in the West | ||
line of said newton Survey for a re-entrant corner of said 171.90 | ||
acres tract and the Southeast corner of said 3.75 acres tract | ||
(1015/8); | ||
THENCE North 00 degrees 48 minutes 16 seconds West, with the West | ||
line of said 171.90 acres tract and said Newton Survey, passing the | ||
northwest corner of said newton Survey common to the Southwest | ||
corner of said Tubbs Survey, and continuing for a total distance of | ||
1966.31 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod found at an angle point in the | ||
South line of a called 104.73 acres tract of land described in Deed | ||
to J. Kent Sweezey as recorded in Volume 1134, Page 698, said | ||
Official Public Records for the Northwest corner of said 171.90 | ||
acres tract and said Tubbs Survey and the Northeast corner of a | ||
called 4.49 acres tract of land (Tract 1) described in Deed to | ||
Rebecca Lynn Ray as recorded in Volume 958, Page 671, said Official | ||
Public Records; | ||
THENCE North 89 degrees 40 minutes 36 seconds East, with the North | ||
line of said 171.90 acres tract and the South line of said 104.73 | ||
acres tract, a distance of 1121.28 feet to a 60d nail found near an | ||
old 6 inch wood post and a 2 inch steel fence corner post in the West | ||
line of said 87.183 acres tract for the most Northerly Northeast | ||
corner of said 171.90 acres tract, the Northeast corner of said | ||
Tubbs Survey and the Southeast corner of said 104.73 acres tract; | ||
THENCE North 00 degrees 54 minutes 01 seconds West, with the West | ||
line of said 87.183 acres tract and the East line of said 104.73 | ||
acres tract, a distance of 379.00 feet to a 3/8 inch iron rod found | ||
for the Northwest corner of said 87.183 acres tract and the | ||
Southwest corner of a called 16.000 acres tract of land described in | ||
Deed to Eugenio Jesus Bortone and Andida Rojas Voltani as recorded | ||
in Volume 2247, Page 797, said Official Public Records; | ||
THENCE North 89 degrees 59 minutes 37 seconds East, with the North | ||
line of said 87.183 acres tract and the South line of said 16.000 | ||
acres tract, a distance of 1464.19 feet to a 3/8 inch iron rod found | ||
for a re-entrant corner of said 87.183 acres tract and the Southeast | ||
corner of said 16.000 acres tract; | ||
THENCE North 00 degrees 06 minutes 49 seconds West, with a West line | ||
of said 87.183 acres tract and the East line of said 16.000 acres | ||
tract, a distance of 409.76 feet to a 3/8 inch iron rod found for the | ||
most Northerly Northwest corner of said 87.183 acres tract and a | ||
re-entrant corner of said 16.000 acres tract; | ||
THENCE South 89 degrees 29 minutes 39 seconds East, with the North | ||
line of said 87.183 acres tract and a South line of said 16.000 | ||
acres tract, passing the most Northerly Southeast corner of said | ||
16.000 acres tract and the Southwest corner of a called 17.044 acres | ||
tract of land described in Deed to Cassie Lee Shelton and Joey Todd | ||
Shelton as recorded in Volume 2200, Page 145, said Official Public | ||
Records, and continuing along said course, a distance of 431.82 | ||
feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod found for the most Northerly Northeast | ||
corner of said 87.183 acres tract and a re-entrant corner of said | ||
17.044 acres tract; | ||
THENCE South 00 degrees 10 minutes 12 seconds East, with an East | ||
line of said 87.183 acres tract and a West line of said 17.044 acres | ||
tract, a distance of 389.89 feet to a 1 inch axle found near a 9 inch | ||
wood fence corner post for a re-entrant corner of said 87.183 acres | ||
tract and the most Southerly Southwest corner of said 17.044 acres | ||
tract; | ||
THENCE North 89 degrees 42 minutes 50 seconds East, with a North | ||
line of said 87.183 acres tract and the South line of said 17.044 | ||
acres tract, passing at a distance of 682.15 feet an 8 inch wood | ||
fence corner post found for the most Southerly Southeast corner of | ||
said 17.044 acres tract and the occupied Southwest corner of a | ||
called 4.99 acres tract of land described in Deed to Christopher | ||
Payne as recorded in Volume 2087, Page 35, Deed Records, Cooke | ||
County, Texas, and continuing along said course for a total | ||
distance of 823.68 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod found at a turn in Mt. | ||
Pleasant Road (a public road) for the Northeast corner of said | ||
87.183 acres tract and said B.B.B. & C. R.R. Co. Survey and the | ||
Northwest corner of a called 9.55 acres tract of land described in | ||
Deed to Kenneth Douglas Passons as recorded in Volume 1967, Page | ||
734, said Official Public Records; | ||
THENCE South 00 degrees 33 minutes 35 seconds East, with the East | ||
line of said 87.183 acres tract and the West line of said 9.55 acres | ||
tract, along said Mt. Pleasant Road, passing at a distance of 896.49 | ||
feet a 1/2 inch square tube found for the Southwest corner of said | ||
9.55 acres tract and the Northwest corner of a called 2.789 acres | ||
tract of land described in Deed to Roger Duckworth as recorded in | ||
Volume 2109, Page 758, said Official Public Records, continuing | ||
along said course for a total distance of 1315.55 feet to a "Mag" | ||
spike set for the Southeast corner of said 87.183 acres tract and | ||
said B.B.B. & C. R.R. Co. Survey and the Northeast corner of JEHL | ||
Ranch Estates, an Addition to Cooke County according to the Plat | ||
thereof recorded in Cabinet A, Slide 83, Plat Records, Cooke | ||
County, Texas; | ||
THENCE South 88 degrees 55 minutes 22 seconds West, with the South | ||
line of said 87.183 acres tract and the North line of said JEHL | ||
Ranch Estates, passing at a distance of 30.03 feet a 1/2 inch iron | ||
rod found for reference, and continuing along said course for a | ||
total distance of 866.19 feet to a 60d nail found near a 2 inch steel | ||
fence corner post for the Northeast corner of said 171.90 acres | ||
tract and the Northwest corner of said JEHL Ranch Estates; | ||
THENCE South 01 degrees 14 minutes 57 seconds East, with the East | ||
line of said 171.90 acres tract and the West line of said JEHL Ranch | ||
Estates, a distance of 938.59 feet to a 6 inch wood fence corner | ||
post found for an angle point corner of said 171.90 acres tract and | ||
said JEHL Ranch Estates and being the occupied North corner of a | ||
called 11.75 acres tract described in Deed to the United States of | ||
America as recorded in Volume 714, Page 536, said Deed Records; | ||
THENCE South 01 degrees 24 minutes 32 seconds East, with the East | ||
line of said 171.90 acres tract and the West line of said 11.75 | ||
acres tract, a distance of 1118.34 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod with | ||
plastic cap stamped "PLS, INC" (typical) set at a wood fence corner | ||
post for the Southwest corner of said 11.75 acres tract; | ||
THENCE South 89 degrees 51 minutes 30 seconds East, with the North | ||
line of the herein described tract and the South line of said 11.75 | ||
acres tract, a distance of 204.57 feet to a 4 inch concrete monument | ||
with a brass cap stamped "COE" found at the Northwest corner of a | ||
called 10.78 acres tract of land described in Deed to the United | ||
States of America as recorded in Volume 714, Page 46, said Deed | ||
Records; | ||
THENCE South 00 degrees 24 minutes 57 seconds West, with an East | ||
line of the herein described tract and the West line of said 10.78 | ||
acres tract, a distance of 522.82 feet to a 4 inch concrete monument | ||
with a brass cap stamped "COE" found for an angle point corner of | ||
the herein described tract and said 10.78 acres tract; | ||
THENCE South 55 degrees 17 minutes 55 seconds East, with a Northeast | ||
line of the herein described tract and the Southwest line of said | ||
10.78 acres tract, a distance of 730.65 feet to a 4 inch concrete | ||
monument with a brass cap stamped "COE" found in the West | ||
Right-of-Way line of F.M. Highway 3002 for the South corner of said | ||
10.78 acres tract and a Southeasterly corner of the herein | ||
described tract; | ||
THENCE South 43 degrees 50 minutes 34 seconds West, with an East | ||
line of the herein described tract and the West line of said F.M. | ||
3002, a distance of 146.69 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod set on the | ||
North side of said Union Grove Road for corner; | ||
THENCE South 00 degrees 26 minutes 27 seconds West, continuing with | ||
an East line of the herein described tract and the West line of said | ||
F.M. 3002, a distance of 20.44 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod found in | ||
said Union Grove Road and in the South line of said 92 1/2 acres | ||
tract for the Southeast corner of the herein described tract and the | ||
Northerly Northeast corner of a called 63.61 acres tract described | ||
in Deed to ALTI Investments, LLC as recorded in Volume 2142, Page | ||
285, said Official Records; | ||
THENCE South 89 degrees 13 minutes 07 seconds West, with the South | ||
line of said 92-1/2 acres tract, along said Union Grove Road, a | ||
distance of 3664.58 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing, | ||
within the metes and bounds herein recited, 340.853 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, 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 | ||
7982A, Special District Local Laws Code, as added by Section 1 of | ||
this Act, is amended by adding Section 7982A.0307 to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 7982A.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 September 1, 2023. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 5414 was passed by the House on May | ||
12, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 104, Nays 36, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 5414 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
24, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
_____________________ | ||
Governor |