Bill Text: TX HB1697 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of the Wood Trace Municipal Utility District No. 4 of Montgomery County, Texas; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective immediately [HB1697 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1697-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1697 |
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relating to the creation of the Wood Trace Municipal Utility | ||
District No. 4 of Montgomery County, Texas; 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 8052 to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 8052. WOOD TRACE MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 4 OF | ||
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TEXAS | ||
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS | ||
Sec. 8052.0101. 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 Wood Trace Municipal Utility | ||
District No. 4 of Montgomery County, Texas. | ||
Sec. 8052.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a | ||
municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, | ||
Texas Constitution. | ||
Sec. 8052.0103. 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. 8052.0104. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED. The | ||
temporary directors may not hold an election under Section | ||
8052.0103 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. 8052.0105. 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. 8052.0106. 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. 8052.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district is | ||
governed by a board of five elected directors. | ||
(b) Except as provided by Section 8052.0202, directors | ||
serve staggered four-year terms. | ||
Sec. 8052.0202. 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 8052.0103; 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 8052.0103 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 8052.0103; 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. 8052.0301. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district | ||
has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for | ||
which the district is created. | ||
Sec. 8052.0302. 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. 8052.0303. 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. 8052.0304. 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. 8052.0305. 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. 8052.0306. DIVISION OF DISTRICT. (a) The district may | ||
be divided into two or more new districts only if the district: | ||
(1) has no outstanding bonded debt; and | ||
(2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes. | ||
(b) 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. | ||
(c) Any 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. | ||
(d) 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. | ||
(e) The board may adopt an order dividing the district | ||
before or after the date the board holds an election under Section | ||
8052.0103 to confirm the district's creation. | ||
(f) An order dividing the district shall: | ||
(1) name each new district; | ||
(2) include the metes and bounds description of the | ||
territory of each new district; | ||
(3) appoint temporary directors for each new district; | ||
and | ||
(4) provide for the division of assets and liabilities | ||
between or among the new districts. | ||
(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) Any new district created by the division of the district | ||
shall hold a confirmation and directors' election as required by | ||
Section 8052.0103. | ||
(i) Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to | ||
the inclusion of land in the district granted under Section | ||
8052.0104 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. | ||
(j) Any 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. | ||
(k) If the creation of the new district is confirmed, the | ||
new district shall provide the election date and results to the | ||
commission. | ||
SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS | ||
Sec. 8052.0401. 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 8052.0403. | ||
(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. 8052.0402. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. (a) If | ||
authorized at an election held under Section 8052.0401, 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. 8052.0403. 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. 8052.0501. 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. 8052.0502. 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. 8052.0503. 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 Wood Trace Municipal Utility District No. 4 | ||
of Montgomery County, Texas initially includes all the territory | ||
contained in the following area: | ||
TRACT 1 - 505.83 ACRES: | ||
Being a 505.83-acre tract of land, located in the Andrew J. | ||
Hensley, Abstract No. 255 and the J.D. Cochran Survey, A-123 in | ||
Montgomery County, Texas; said 505.83-acre tract being out of a | ||
called 2,253.2253-acre tract of land conveyed to Terra Investments, | ||
LP in Clerk's File Number 2004023496 of the Official Public Records | ||
of Real Property of Montgomery County Texas (O.P.R.R.P.M.C.T.); | ||
said 505.83 acre tract being more particularly described by metes | ||
and bounds as follows (all bearings are referenced to the north line | ||
of said 2,253.2253-acre tract): | ||
Beginning at the northwest corner of a called 34.6647-acre | ||
tract of land recorded in Clerk's File Number 2018021947 of the | ||
O.P.R.R.P.M.C.T., same being on the northwest line of said called | ||
2,253.2253-acre tract; | ||
Thence, with the northwest line of said called | ||
2,253.2253-acre tract, the following three (3) courses: | ||
1. North 43 degrees 05 minutes 06 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 63.12 feet; | ||
2. North 41 degrees 30 minutes 39 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 1,876.15 feet; | ||
3. North 41 degrees 50 minutes 49 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 3,343.49 feet to the most northerly corner of aforesaid called | ||
2,253.2253-acre tract; | ||
4. Thence, with the northeast line of said called | ||
2,253.2253-acre tract, South 47 degrees 49 minutes 11 seconds East, | ||
a distance of 3,142.99 feet; | ||
5. Thence, with an interior northeasterly line, South 41 | ||
degrees 26 minutes 02 seconds West, a distance of 317.57 feet to the | ||
centerline of Mills Creek; | ||
Thence, with the meanders of the centerline of said Mills | ||
Creek, the following twelve (12) courses: | ||
6. South 40 degrees 14 minutes 25 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 3.45 feet; | ||
7. South 58 degrees 25 minutes 02 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 201.92 feet; | ||
8. South 73 degrees 09 minutes 05 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 115.58 feet; | ||
9. North 74 degrees 20 minutes 37 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 46.27 feet; | ||
10. North 73 degrees 47 minutes 22 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 166.85 feet; | ||
11. North 17 degrees 09 minutes 37 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 45.08 feet; | ||
12. North 26 degrees 27 minutes 19 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 23.35 feet; | ||
13. North 82 degrees 53 minutes 07 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 26.89 feet; | ||
14. South 84 degrees 07 minutes 38 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 30.93 feet; | ||
15. South 55 degrees 11 minutes 42 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 34.75 feet; | ||
16. South 15 degrees 00 minutes 28 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 61.82 feet; | ||
17. South 58 degrees 09 minutes 25 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 25.03 feet to a northerly corner of a called 1295.994-acre tract | ||
of land (Tract B) recorded in Clerk's File Number 99074137 of the | ||
O.P.R.R.P.M.C.T.; | ||
Thence, with the northwest line of said called 1295.994-acre | ||
tract, the following eight (8) courses: | ||
18. South 41 degrees 15 minutes 36 seconds West, a distance | ||
of 462.62 feet; | ||
19. South 41 degrees 34 minutes 29 seconds West, a distance | ||
of 189.21 feet; | ||
20. South 41 degrees 16 minutes 52 seconds West, a distance | ||
of 919.78 feet; | ||
21. South 41 degrees 02 minutes 20 seconds West, a distance | ||
of 705.64 feet; | ||
22. South 42 degrees 48 minutes 40 seconds West, a distance | ||
of 1,020.09 feet; | ||
23. South 44 degrees 10 minutes 27 seconds West, a distance | ||
of 494.99 feet; | ||
24. South 44 degrees 52 minutes 56 seconds West, a distance | ||
of 1,038.47 feet; | ||
25. South 44 degrees 34 minutes 39 seconds West, a distance | ||
of 736.16 feet to the northerly northwest corner of aforesaid | ||
called 1295.994-acre tract, same being on an interior southwesterly | ||
line of aforesaid called 2,253.2253-acre tract; | ||
Thence, with a southerly interior line of said called | ||
2,253.2253-acre tract, the following three (3) courses: | ||
26. North 47 degrees 37 minutes 18 seconds West, a distance | ||
of 408.29 feet; | ||
27. South 41 degrees 26 minutes 02 seconds West, a distance | ||
of 257.19 feet; | ||
28. South 41 degrees 39 minutes 25 seconds West, a distance | ||
of 1,370.07 feet to the east corner of aforesaid called | ||
34.6647-acre tract; | ||
Thence, with the northeast line of said called 34.6647-acre | ||
tract, the following seven (7) courses: | ||
29. 803.07 feet along the arc of a curve to the right, said | ||
curve having a central angle of 08 degrees 19 minutes 16 seconds, a | ||
radius of 5,529.58 feet and a chord that bears North 14 degrees 15 | ||
minutes 32 seconds West, a distance of 802.36 feet; | ||
30. North 10 degrees 05 minutes 54 seconds West, a distance | ||
of 516.07 feet; | ||
31. North 10 degrees 05 minutes 54 seconds West, a distance | ||
of 300.00 feet; | ||
32. North 10 degrees 05 minutes 54 seconds West, a distance | ||
of 415.32 feet; | ||
33. 1,374.38 feet along the arc of a curve to the left, said | ||
curve having a central angle of 25 degrees 41 minutes 38 seconds, a | ||
radius of 3,064.79 feet and a chord that bears North 22 degrees 56 | ||
minutes 43 seconds West, a distance of 1,362.89 feet; | ||
34. North 07 degrees 44 minutes 45 seconds West, a distance | ||
of 123.56 feet; | ||
35. 219.14 feet (called 214.12 feet) along the arc of a | ||
curve to the left, said curve having a central angle of 04 degrees | ||
01 minutes 06 seconds, a radius of 3,124.79 feet and a chord that | ||
bears North 39 degrees 48 minutes 05 seconds West, a distance of | ||
219.10 feet to the Point of Beginning and containing 505.83 acres of | ||
land. | ||
TRACT 2 - 344.04 ACRES: | ||
Being a 344.04-acre tract of land, located in the J.D. | ||
Cochran Survey, A-123 in Montgomery County, Texas; said 344.04-acre | ||
tract being out of a called 1295.994-acre tract of land conveyed to | ||
Primewood Investments, LP in Clerk's File Number 99074137 of the | ||
Official Public Records of Real Property of Montgomery County Texas | ||
(O.P.R.R.P.M.C.T.); said 344.04-acre tract being more particularly | ||
described by metes and bounds as follows (all bearings are | ||
referenced to the northwest line of said called 1295.994-acre | ||
tract): | ||
Beginning at a 5/8-inch iron rod (bent)found for a westerly | ||
corner of said called 1295.994-acre tract, same being on the | ||
southwesterly line of said J.D. Cochran Survey; | ||
1. Thence, with the southwest line of said called | ||
1295.994-acre tract, North 22 degrees 08 minutes 07 seconds East, a | ||
distance of 273.34 feet to an axle found; | ||
2. Thence, continuing with said southwest line, North 47 | ||
degrees 37 minutes 18 seconds West, a distance of 85.96 feet to the | ||
south corner of a called 4.080-acre tract of land recorded in | ||
Clerk's File Number 2008111916 of the O.P.R.R.P.M.C.T.; | ||
Thence, with the southeast, northeast and northwest lines of | ||
said 4.080-acre tract common with a southerly interior line of said | ||
called 1295.994-acre tract, the following three (3) courses: | ||
3. North 44 degrees 38 minutes 41 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 485.30 feet; | ||
4. North 49 degrees 09 minutes 03 seconds West, a distance | ||
of 370.80 feet; | ||
5. South 44 degrees 38 minutes 42 seconds West, a distance | ||
of 475.40 feet to the west corner of aforesaid called 4.080-acre | ||
tract and exterior corner of aforesaid 1295.994 acre tract; | ||
6. Thence, continuing with the southwest line of said called | ||
1295.994-acre tract, North 47 degrees 37 minutes 18 seconds West, a | ||
distance of 25.00 feet; | ||
7. Thence, with the northwest line of said called | ||
1295.994-acre tract, North 44 degrees 34 minutes 39 seconds East, a | ||
distance of 736.16 feet; | ||
8. Thence, continuing with the northwest line of said called | ||
1295.994-acre tract, North 44 degrees 52 minutes 56 seconds East, a | ||
distance of 808.31 feet; | ||
Thence, through said called 1295.994-acre tract, the | ||
following seven (7) courses: | ||
9. 1,450.72 feet along the arc of a curve to the right, said | ||
curve having a central angle of 10 degrees 23 minutes 24 seconds, a | ||
radius of 8,000.00 feet and a chord that bears South 82 degrees 21 | ||
minutes 13 seconds East, a distance of 1,448.73 feet; | ||
10. South 77 degrees 09 minutes 31 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 335.90 feet; | ||
11. 1,858.47 feet along the arc of a curve to the left, said | ||
curve having a central angle of 13 degrees 18 minutes 37 seconds, a | ||
radius of 8,000.00 feet and a chord that bears South 83 degrees 48 | ||
minutes 49 seconds East, a distance of 1,854.29 feet; | ||
12. South 00 degrees 28 minutes 20 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 3,754.11 feet; | ||
13. 1,342.91 feet along the arc of a curve to the right, said | ||
curve having a central angle of 19 degrees 14 minutes 09 seconds, a | ||
radius of 4,000.00 feet and a chord that bears South 09 degrees 08 | ||
minutes 44 seconds West, a distance of 1,336.62 feet; | ||
14. North 47 degrees 50 minutes 58 seconds West, a distance | ||
of 492.91 feet; | ||
15. North 47 degrees 50 minutes 58 seconds West, a distance | ||
of 2,930.27 feet to a westerly interior corner of aforesaid called | ||
1295.994-acre tract; | ||
16. Thence, with the southwest line of said called | ||
1295.944-acre tract, North 47 degrees 39 minutes 46 seconds West, a | ||
distance of 2,329.59 feet to the Point of Beginning and containing | ||
344.04 acres of land. | ||
TRACT 3 - 602.53 ACRES: | ||
Being a 209.21-acre tract of land (Tract A) and a 393.32-acre | ||
tract of land (Tract B), both located in the J.D. Cochran Survey, | ||
A-123 in Montgomery County, Texas; said 209.21-acre tract being out | ||
of a called 1295.994-acre tract of land conveyed to Primewood | ||
Investments, LP in Clerk's File Number 99074137 and said | ||
393.32-acre tract being out of a called 2,253.2253-acre tract of | ||
land conveyed to Terra Investments, LP in Clerk's File Number | ||
2004023496, both of the Official Public Records of Real Property of | ||
Montgomery County Texas (O.P.R.R.P.M.C.T.); said tracts being more | ||
particularly described by metes and bounds as follows (all bearings | ||
are referenced to the northwest line of said called 1295.994-acre | ||
tract): | ||
TRACT A - 209.21 ACRES: | ||
Beginning at a 3-inch iron pipe found for the north corner of | ||
a called 38.52-acre tract of land recorded in Clerk's File Number | ||
9471668 of the O.P.R.R.P.M.C.T. and a northeasterly corner of said | ||
called 1295.994, same being the north corner of a called | ||
43.0969-acre tract (Ninth Tract) and on the southwesterly line of a | ||
called 26.3229- acre tract of land (Tenth Tract) both described in | ||
Clerk's File Number 2004023496 of the O.P.R.R.P.M.C.T.; | ||
Thence, with the common line of said called 1295.994-acre | ||
tract and said called 38.52-acre tract, the following five (5) | ||
courses: | ||
1. South 41 degrees 42 minutes 29 seconds West, a distance | ||
of 1,630.66 feet to a concrete monument found; | ||
2. South 47 degrees 58 minutes 31 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 1,233.64 feet to a concrete monument found; | ||
3. North 42 degrees 11 minutes 59 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 587.70 feet; | ||
4. South 24 degrees 12 minutes 25 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 500.00 feet; | ||
5. North 42 degrees 12 minutes 04 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 439.67 feet to the east corner of aforesaid called 43.0969-acre | ||
tract, same being on the common line of aforesaid called | ||
26.3229-acre tract and aforesaid called 1295.994-acre tract; | ||
6. Thence, with said common line, South 24 degrees 12 | ||
minutes 25 seconds East, a distance of 938.29 feet; | ||
Thence, through said called 1295.994-acre tract, the | ||
following six (6) courses: | ||
7. 1,679.81 feet along the arc of a curve to the right, said | ||
curve having a central angle of 12 degrees 01 minutes 51 seconds, a | ||
radius of 8,000.00 feet and a chord that bears South 83 degrees 30 | ||
minutes 57 seconds West, a distance of 1,676.73 feet; | ||
8. North 00 degrees 28 minutes 21 seconds West, a distance | ||
of 1.74 feet; | ||
9. South 00 degrees 28 minutes 21 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 1.74 feet; | ||
10. 1,858.47 feet along the arc of a curve to the right, said | ||
curve having a central angle of 13 degrees 18 minutes 37 seconds, a | ||
radius of 8,000.00 feet and a chord that bears North 83 degrees 48 | ||
minutes 49 seconds West, a distance of 1,854.29 feet; | ||
11. North 77 degrees 09 minutes 31 seconds West, a distance | ||
of 335.90 feet; | ||
12. 1,450.73 feet along the arc of a curve to the left, said | ||
curve having a central angle of 10 degrees 23 minutes 24 seconds, a | ||
radius of 8,000.00 feet and a chord that bears North 82 degrees 21 | ||
minutes 13 seconds West, a distance of 1,448.74 feet to the | ||
northwest line of aforesaid called 1295.994-acre tract; | ||
Thence, with said northwest line, the following seven (7) | ||
courses: | ||
13. North 44 degrees 53 minutes 03 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 230.17 feet; | ||
14. North 44 degrees 10 minutes 27 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 494.99 feet; | ||
15. North 42 degrees 48 minutes 40 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 1,020.09 feet; | ||
16. North 41 degrees 02 minutes 20 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 705.64 feet; | ||
17. North 41 degrees 16 minutes 52 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 919.78 feet; | ||
18. North 41 degrees 34 minutes 29 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 189.21 feet; | ||
19. North 41 degrees 15 minutes 36 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 462.69 feet to the center line of Mills Creek, same being a | ||
northwesterly corner of said called 1295.994-acre tract; | ||
Thence, with the meanders of the centerline of said Mills | ||
Creek and the north line of said called 1295.994-acre tract, the | ||
following thirty-one (31) courses: | ||
20. South 58 degrees 09 minutes 25 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 18.91 feet; | ||
21. North 75 degrees 25 minutes 05 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 44.23 feet; | ||
22. North 76 degrees 29 minutes 06 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 46.94 feet; | ||
23. South 80 degrees 42 minutes 55 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 64.72 feet; | ||
24. South 86 degrees 50 minutes 45 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 60.53 feet; | ||
25. North 36 degrees 39 minutes 15 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 73.15 feet; | ||
26. North 18 degrees 33 minutes 02 seconds West, a distance | ||
of 57.31 feet; | ||
27. North 18 degrees 45 minutes 50 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 83.26 feet; | ||
28. North 27 degrees 55 minutes 55 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 34.76 feet; | ||
29. South 85 degrees 18 minutes 17 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 34.54 feet; | ||
30. South 29 degrees 46 minutes 38 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 30.04 feet; | ||
31. South 17 degrees 21 minutes 13 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 55.65 feet; | ||
32. South 02 degrees 17 minutes 41 seconds West, a distance | ||
of 19.33 feet; | ||
33. South 25 degrees 27 minutes 35 seconds West, a distance | ||
of 31.69 feet; | ||
34. South 36 degrees 58 minutes 17 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 29.30 feet; | ||
35. North 66 degrees 24 minutes 25 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 27.50 feet; | ||
36. North 30 degrees 38 minutes 53 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 68.33 feet; | ||
37. North 66 degrees 53 minutes 07 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 42.01 feet; | ||
38. South 69 degrees 35 minutes 09 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 51.93 feet; | ||
39. South 83 degrees 58 minutes 20 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 33.40 feet; | ||
40. South 57 degrees 01 minutes 02 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 20.46 feet; | ||
41. South 55 degrees 56 minutes 01 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 45.88 feet; | ||
42. South 52 degrees 24 minutes 02 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 35.24 feet; | ||
43. North 85 degrees 55 minutes 25 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 35.59 feet; | ||
44. North 73 degrees 28 minutes 31 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 45.24 feet; | ||
45. North 53 degrees 54 minutes 24 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 41.78 feet; | ||
46. North 15 degrees 19 minutes 11 seconds West, a distance | ||
of 36.63 feet; | ||
47. North 39 degrees 16 minutes 38 seconds West, a distance | ||
of 61.69 feet; | ||
48. North 22 degrees 42 minutes 12 seconds West, a distance | ||
of 26.40 feet; | ||
49. North 71 degrees 43 minutes 49 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 98.69 feet; | ||
50. South 83 degrees 02 minutes 24 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 172.00 feet to the northwest corner of aforesaid called | ||
26.3229-acre tract; | ||
Thence, with the southwest line of said called 26.3229-acre | ||
tract and the northeast line of aforesaid called 1295.994-acre | ||
tract, the following three (3) courses: | ||
51. South 24 degrees 12 minutes 25 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 750.22 feet; | ||
52. North 65 degrees 47 minutes 35 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 100.00 feet; | ||
53. South 24 degrees 12 minutes 25 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 275.57 feet to the Point of Beginning and containing 209.21 acres | ||
of land. | ||
TRACT B - 393.32 ACRES: | ||
Beginning at a 5/8-inch iron rod found for the most easterly | ||
corner of the aforesaid Tenth Tract and the most southerly corner of | ||
a called 23.686-acre Houston Lighting and Power Company easement | ||
recorded in Clerk's File number 8316278 of the O.P.R.R.P.M.C.T., | ||
same being on the southeasterly line of aforesaid called | ||
2,253.2253-acre tract and the northwesterly line of Decker Woods, a | ||
subdivision recorded in Cabinet C, Sheets 109 A and B of the | ||
Montgomery County Plat Records (M.C.P.R.) | ||
Thence, with the common line of said Tenth Tract and said | ||
called 23.686-acre tract, the following fifteen (15) courses: | ||
1. North 24 degrees 12 minutes 25 seconds West, a distance | ||
of 863.48 feet to a 1/2-iron rod found; | ||
2. North 65 degrees 47 minutes 35 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 50.00 feet to a 1/2-iron rod found; | ||
3. North 24 degrees 12 minutes 25 seconds West, a distance | ||
of 1,700.00 feet; | ||
4. South 65 degrees 47 minutes 35 seconds West, a distance | ||
of 50.00 feet; | ||
5. North 24 degrees 12 minutes 25 seconds West, a distance | ||
of 1,001.00 feet; | ||
6. North 65 degrees 47 minutes 35 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 50.00 feet; | ||
7. North 24 degrees 12 minutes 25 seconds West, a distance | ||
of 1,501.00 feet; | ||
8. South 65 degrees 47 minutes 35 seconds West, a distance | ||
of 50.00 feet; | ||
9. North 24 degrees 12 minutes 25 seconds West, a distance | ||
of 1,000.00 feet; | ||
10. North 65 degrees 47 minutes 35 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 25.00 feet; | ||
11. North 24 degrees 12 minutes 25 seconds West, a distance | ||
of 300.00 feet; | ||
12. South 65 degrees 47 minutes 35 seconds West, a distance | ||
of 25.00 feet; | ||
13. North 24 degrees 12 minutes 25 seconds West, a distance | ||
of 400.00 feet; | ||
14. North 65 degrees 47 minutes 35 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 100.00 feet to 5/8-inch iron rod (bent) found; | ||
15. North 24 degrees 12 minutes 25 seconds West, a distance | ||
of 261.27 feet to the most easterly northeast corner of aforesaid | ||
Tenth Tract and the most northerly northwest corner of aforesaid | ||
called 23.686-acre tract, same being on the north line of aforesaid | ||
called 2,253.2253-acre tract in the centerline of Mill Creek; | ||
Thence, with the north line of said called 2,253.2253-acre | ||
tract common with the meanders of the centerline of said Mill Creek, | ||
the following forty-three (43) courses; | ||
16. North 86 degrees 04 minutes 11 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 16.99 feet; | ||
17. North 65 degrees 03 minutes 06 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 35.22 feet; | ||
18. North 28 degrees 51 minutes 31 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 24.61 feet; | ||
19. North 38 degrees 48 minutes 42 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 22.80 feet; | ||
20. North 55 degrees 36 minutes 13 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 32.36 feet; | ||
21. North 78 degrees 50 minutes 25 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 74.30 feet; | ||
22. North 50 degrees 08 minutes 54 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 28.09 feet; | ||
23. North 26 degrees 11 minutes 13 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 22.71 feet; | ||
24. North 19 degrees 28 minutes 17 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 26.11 feet; | ||
25. North 14 degrees 06 minutes 25 seconds West, a distance | ||
of 20.13 feet; | ||
26. North 42 degrees 38 minutes 46 seconds West, a distance | ||
of 43.42 feet; | ||
27. North 12 degrees 00 minutes 05 seconds West, a distance | ||
of 113.03 feet; | ||
28. North 39 degrees 02 minutes 17 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 34.22 feet; | ||
29. South 69 degrees 43 minutes 50 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 27.69 feet; | ||
30. South 30 degrees 14 minutes 18 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 56.66 feet; | ||
31. North 36 degrees 24 minutes 53 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 29.94 feet; | ||
32. North 44 degrees 53 minutes 54 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 37.03 feet; | ||
33. North 03 degrees 15 minutes 42 seconds West, a distance | ||
of 51.37 feet; | ||
34. North 49 degrees 56 minutes 32 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 29.20 feet; | ||
35. South 82 degrees 03 minutes 05 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 102.24 feet; | ||
36. North 14 degrees 15 minutes 56 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 47.43 feet; | ||
37. North 70 degrees 36 minutes 01 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 52.42 feet; | ||
38. North 61 degrees 12 minutes 25 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 104.30 feet; | ||
39. North 20 degrees 17 minutes 28 seconds West, a distance | ||
of 166.23 feet; | ||
40. North 62 degrees 49 minutes 54 seconds West, a distance | ||
of 40.61 feet; | ||
41. North 32 degrees 41 minutes 01 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 40.55 feet; | ||
42. North 60 degrees 40 minutes 18 seconds West, a distance | ||
of 46.50 feet; | ||
43. North 30 degrees 09 minutes 24 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 37.94 feet; | ||
44. North 43 degrees 46 minutes 37 seconds West, a distance | ||
of 42.24 feet; | ||
45. North 45 degrees 55 minutes 50 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 37.07 feet; | ||
46. North 08 degrees 17 minutes 58 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 142.81 feet; | ||
47. North 33 degrees 29 minutes 34 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 100.25 feet; | ||
48. North 64 degrees 02 minutes 14 seconds West, a distance | ||
of 59.00 feet; | ||
49. North 71 degrees 17 minutes 47 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 133.57 feet; | ||
50. North 64 degrees 02 minutes 14 seconds West, a distance | ||
of 100.00 feet; | ||
51. North 68 degrees 32 minutes 18 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 140.42 feet; | ||
52. North 64 degrees 02 minutes 14 seconds West, a distance | ||
of 104.80 feet; | ||
53. North 72 degrees 14 minutes 34 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 151.92 feet; | ||
54. North 07 degrees 44 minutes 37 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 67.17 feet; | ||
55. North 57 degrees 14 minutes 54 seconds West, a distance | ||
of 42.30 feet; | ||
56. North 12 degrees 46 minutes 20 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 26.29 feet; | ||
57. North 13 degrees 07 minutes 58 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 99.07 feet; | ||
58. North 26 degrees 58 minutes 13 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 44.75 feet (called 45.08 feet) to a northerly corner of aforesaid | ||
called 2,253.2253-acre tract, same being the common line of | ||
aforesaid J.D. Cochran Survey and the J.H. Smith Survey, A-553; | ||
59. Thence, with the northeast line of said called | ||
2,253.2253-acre tract, same being the common line of said J.D. | ||
Cochran Survey and J.H. Smith Survey, South 47 degrees 56 minutes 17 | ||
seconds East, a distance of 2,140.08 feet (called 2140.82 feet) to | ||
an angle iron found for the north corner of a called 55-acre tract | ||
recorded in Volume 189, Page 286 of the Montgomery County Deed | ||
Records; | ||
60. Thence, with the north line of said called 55-acre tract | ||
and a southerly interior line of said called 2,253.2253-acre tract, | ||
South 42 degrees 29 minutes 43 seconds West, a distance of 1,756.17 | ||
feet (called 1727.49) to the west corner of said called 55-acre | ||
tract, same being the centerline of aforesaid Mills Creek; | ||
Thence, with the meanders of the centerline of said Mills | ||
Creek and an interior line of said called 2,253.2253-acre tract, | ||
the following thirty-six (36) courses | ||
61. South 64 degrees 41 minutes 47 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 2.74 feet; | ||
62. South 21 degrees 48 minutes 18 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 52.81 feet; | ||
63. South 64 degrees 41 minutes 36 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 54.96 feet; | ||
64. South 83 degrees 18 minutes 32 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 61.10 feet; | ||
65. South 54 degrees 20 minutes 49 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 27.20 feet; | ||
66. South 11 degrees 07 minutes 49 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 113.60 feet; | ||
67. South 27 degrees 09 minutes 49 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 45.71 feet; | ||
68. South 07 degrees 58 minutes 28 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 42.29 feet; | ||
69. South 17 degrees 45 minutes 44 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 32.30 feet; | ||
70. South 21 degrees 41 minutes 48 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 61.06 feet; | ||
71. South 44 degrees 44 minutes 07 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 56.04 feet; | ||
72. South 34 degrees 40 minutes 32 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 30.79 feet; | ||
73. South 55 degrees 36 minutes 46 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 90.41 feet; | ||
74. South 73 degrees 54 minutes 21 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 118.49 feet; | ||
75. South 85 degrees 59 minutes 57 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 83.51 feet; | ||
76. North 84 degrees 57 minutes 13 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 116.43 feet; | ||
77. North 57 degrees 37 minutes 43 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 140.93 feet; | ||
78. South 57 degrees 05 minutes 09 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 84.24 feet; | ||
79. South 17 degrees 30 minutes 52 seconds West, a distance | ||
of 51.67 feet; | ||
80. South 04 degrees 55 minutes 00 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 10.08 feet; | ||
81. South 31 degrees 47 minutes 41 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 55.23 feet; | ||
82. North 89 degrees 15 minutes 06 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 224.42 feet; | ||
83. South 48 degrees 47 minutes 25 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 107.54 feet; | ||
84. North 74 degrees 55 minutes 17 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 61.27 feet; | ||
85. South 78 degrees 55 minutes 54 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 121.00 feet; | ||
86. North 71 degrees 52 minutes 15 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 77.90 feet; | ||
87. North 49 degrees 58 minutes 05 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 278.38 feet; | ||
88. North 26 degrees 38 minutes 59 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 43.39 feet; | ||
89. North 09 degrees 39 minutes 19 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 135.91 feet; | ||
90. North 73 degrees 14 minutes 43 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 110.43 feet; | ||
91. North 72 degrees 44 minutes 00 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 130.57 feet; | ||
92. South 61 degrees 47 minutes 52 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 31.32 feet; | ||
93. South 14 degrees 45 minutes 20 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 47.51 feet; | ||
94. South 37 degrees 46 minutes 20 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 70.58 feet; | ||
95. South 79 degrees 12 minutes 47 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 37.44 feet; | ||
96. South 47 degrees 23 minutes 10 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 6.47 feet to the most easterly south corner of a called | ||
44.3605-acre tract recorded in Clerk's File Number 9342675 of the | ||
O.P.R.R.P.M.C.T.; | ||
97. Thence, with the common line of said called 44.3605-acre | ||
tract and said called 2,253.2253-acre tract, North 42 degrees 36 | ||
minutes 51 seconds East, at 25.66 feet pass a 1-inch pipe found, | ||
continuing a total a distance of 557.63 feet to a northeasterly | ||
exterior corner of said called 2,253.2253-acre tract; | ||
98. Thence, with the northeast line of said 2,253.2253-acre | ||
tract, South 47 degrees 32 minutes 00 seconds East, a distance of | ||
2,965.39 feet (called 2965.05 feet) to the east corner of said | ||
called 2,253.2253-acre tract; | ||
99. Thence, with the southeast line of said called | ||
2,253.2253-acre tract, South 41 degrees 31 minutes 41 seconds West, | ||
a distance of 3,998.52 feet to a 4" X 4" concrete monument found; | ||
100. Thence, continuing with said southeast line, South 41 | ||
degrees 31 minutes 03 seconds West, a distance of 446.14 feet | ||
(called S41°32'47"W, 446.10') to the Point of Beginning and | ||
containing 393.32 acres of land. | ||
TRACT 4 - 306.03 ACRES: | ||
Being a 306.03-acre tract of land, located in the J.D. | ||
Cochran Survey, A-123 in Montgomery County, Texas; said 306.03-acre | ||
tract being out of a called 1295.994-acre tract of land conveyed to | ||
Primewood Investments, LP in Clerk's File Number 99074137 of the | ||
Official Public Records of Real Property of Montgomery County Texas | ||
(O.P.R.R.P.M.C.T.); said 306.03-acre tract being more particularly | ||
described by metes and bounds as follows (all bearings are | ||
referenced to the northwest line of said called 1295.994-acre | ||
tract): | ||
Beginning at the most easterly corner of said called | ||
1295.994-acre tract and the most southerly corner of a called | ||
26.3329-acre tract of land (Tenth Tract) described in Clerk's File | ||
Number 2004023496 of the O.P.R.R.P.M.C.T. from which a 5/8-inch | ||
iron rod found for the most easterly corner of said called | ||
26.3229-acre tract bears N41°32'34"E, 109.67', same being on the | ||
common line of aforesaid J.D. Cochran Survey and the E. R. Hale | ||
Survey, A-264; | ||
54. Thence, with the southwest line of said called | ||
1295.994-acre tract, the northwest line of said E. R. Hale Survey | ||
and the southeast line of said J.D. Cochran Survey, South 41 degrees | ||
32 minutes 47 seconds West, at a distance of 2,079.24 feet pass and | ||
interior corner of said called 1295.994-acre tract, continuing | ||
through said called 1295.994-acre tract and with the common line of | ||
said J.D. Cochran Survey and the E.R Hale Survey, a total distance | ||
of 3698.53 feet to the south corner of said J.D. Cochran Survey and | ||
a northerly interior corner of said E.R. Hale Survey; | ||
55. Thence, with the common line of said J.D. Cochran Survey | ||
and said E.R. Hale Survey, North 47 degrees 50 minutes 58 seconds | ||
West, a distance of 1,298.58 feet; | ||
Thence, through said called 1295.994-acre tract, the | ||
following three (3) courses: | ||
56. 1,342.91 feet along the arc of a curve to the left, said | ||
curve having a central angle of 19 degrees 14 minutes 09 seconds, a | ||
radius of 4,000.00 feet and a chord that bears North 09 degrees 08 | ||
minutes 44 seconds East, a distance of 1,336.62 feet; | ||
57. North 00 degrees 28 minutes 20 seconds West, a distance | ||
of 3,754.11 feet; | ||
58. 1,679.81 feet along the arc of a curve to the left, said | ||
curve having a central angle of 12 degrees 01 minutes 51 seconds, a | ||
radius of 8,000.00 feet and a chord that bears North 83 degrees 30 | ||
minutes 57 seconds East, a distance of 1,676.73 feet to the | ||
southwest line of aforesaid called 26.3229-acre tract common with | ||
the northeast line of aforesaid called 1295.994-acre tract; | ||
Thence, with said common line, the following seven (7) | ||
courses: | ||
59. South 24 degrees 12 minutes 25 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 103.86 feet; | ||
60. North 65 degrees 47 minutes 35 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 50.00 feet; | ||
61. South 24 degrees 12 minutes 25 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 1,001.00 feet; | ||
62. South 65 degrees 47 minutes 35 seconds West, a distance | ||
of 50.00 feet; | ||
63. South 24 degrees 12 minutes 25 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 1,700.00 feet; | ||
64. North 65 degrees 47 minutes 35 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 50.00 feet; | ||
65. South 24 degrees 12 minutes 25 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 908.52 feet to the Point of Beginning and containing 306.03 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 | ||
8052, Special District Local Laws Code, as added by Section 1 of | ||
this Act, is amended by adding Section 8052.0307 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 8052.0307. 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. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1697 was passed by the House on April | ||
12, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 5, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1697 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
_____________________ | ||
Governor |