Bill Text: TX HB4307 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub


Bill Title: Relating to the creation of the Maxwell Municipal Utility District No. 1; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-12 - Laid on the table subject to call [HB4307 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB4307-Comm_Sub.html
  88R7967 ANG-F
 
  By: Gerdes H.B. No. 4307
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the creation of the Maxwell Municipal Utility District
  No. 1; 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 7961 to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 7961. MAXWELL MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1
  SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
         Sec. 7961.0101.  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 Maxwell Municipal Utility
  District No. 1.
         Sec. 7961.0102.  NATURE OF DISTRICT.  The district is a
  municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI,
  Texas Constitution.
         Sec. 7961.0103.  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. 7961.0104.  CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED. The
  temporary directors may not hold an election under Section
  7961.0103 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. 7961.0105.  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. 7961.0106.  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. 7961.0201.  GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.  (a)  The district is
  governed by a board of five elected directors.
         (b)  Except as provided by Section 7961.0202, directors
  serve staggered four-year terms.
         Sec. 7961.0202.  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 7961.0103; 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 7961.0103 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 7961.0103; 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. 7961.0301.  GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.  The district
  has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
  which the district is created.
         Sec. 7961.0302.  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. 7961.0303.  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. 7961.0304.  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. 7961.0305.  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.
  SUBCHAPTER D.  GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
         Sec. 7961.0401.  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 7961.0403.
         (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. 7961.0402.  OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.  (a)  If
  authorized at an election held under Section 7961.0401, 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. 7961.0403.  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. 7961.0501.  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. 7961.0502.  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. 7961.0503.  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 Maxwell Municipal Utility District No. 1
  initially includes all the territory contained in the following
  area:
  BEING A 1,044.73 ACRE TRACT IN OF THE C. WESTERFELD SURVEY, ABSTRACT
  NUMBER 324, THE J.H. FOLLEY SURVEY, ABSTRACT NUMBER 107, THE H.
  MCNEIL SURVEY, ABSTRACT NUMBER 199, AND THE W. BARBER SURVEY
  ABSTRACT NUMBER 48, CALDWELL COUNTY, TEXAS, SAID 1,044.73 ACRE
  TRACT BEING ALL OF A CALLED 1.9077 ACRE TRACT (KNOWN AS TRACT 3), A
  CALLED 141.205 ACRE TRACT (KNOWN AS TRACT 1) AND A 600.607 ACRE
  TRACT (KNOWN AS TRACT 2), DESCRIBED IN A DEED TO TACK REDWOOD
  PARTNERS, AS RECORDED IN DOCUMENT NUMBER 2021009027 OF THE OFFICIAL
  PUBLIC RECORDS OF CALDWELL COUNTY, TEXAS [O.P.R.C.C.T.], ALSO BEING
  ALL OF A CALLED 149.979 ACRE TRACT DESCRIBED IN A DEED TO DORIS
  STEUBING RECORDED IN DOCUMENT NUMBER 2019005265 [O.P.R.C.C.T.],
  AND ALL OF A CALLED 150.00 ACRE TRACT DESCRIBED IN A DEED TO KYRAN W.
  FEY JR., AND WIFE JUDY A. FEY RECORDED IN VOLUME 206, PAGE 627
  [O.P.R.C.C.T.[, SAID 1,004.73 ACRE TRACT BEING MORE PARTICULARLY
  DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS AS FOLLOWS:
  BEGINNING at a 1/2-inch iron rod found on the south right-of-way
  line of Highway 142 (deed of record not found) at the northeast
  corner of a called 25.977-acre tract described in a deed to Lawrence
  V. Bumb recorded in Volume 320, Page 296, Deed Records of Caldwell
  County, Texas [D.R.C.C.T.], and for the northwest corner of the
  said 1.9077-acre tract, same being for the POINT OF BEGINNING of the
  tract described herein;
  THENCE with the south right-of-way line of the said Highway 142, and
  the north line of the said 1.9077-acre tract and the northwest line
  of the said 141.205-acre tract, the following three (3) courses and
  distances:
         1)  N87°16'44"E, a distance of 785.16 feet to a concrete
  highway monument found for the most easterly corner of the said
  1.9077-acre tract,
         2)  N87° 18'58"E, a distance of 1585.93 feet to a concrete
  highway monument found for an angle corner of the tract described
  herein, and
         3)  N87°20'00 'E, a distance of 73.38 feet to a fence post
  found for the most northwesterly corner of a called 86.278-acre
  tract conveyed to Straight Down LLC (deed of record not found, tax
  Parcel ID number 113768), same being for the most northerly corner
  of the said 141.205-acre tract and the tract described herein;
  THENCE with the northeast line of the said 141.205-acre tract and
  the southwest line of the said 86.278-acre tract the following
  three (3) courses and distances:
         1)  S40°44'58 'E, a distance of 896.28 feet to a 5/8-inch iron
  rod found for an angle corner,
         2)  S48°48'24 'W, a distance of 468.42 feet to a 5/8-inch iron
  rod found for an angle corner, and
         3)  S40°26'28"E, a distance of 2,795.99 feet to a 1/2-inch
  iron rod with cap stamped "Chap" found for the most southeasterly
  corner of the said 86.278-acre tract, and on a northwest line of the
  said 600.507-acre tract and an angle corner of the tract described
  herein;
  THENCE N58°02'10"E, with the line common to the said 600.507-acre
  tract and the said 86.278-acre tract, a distance of 1,189.91 feet to
  a 4-inch iron pipe found on the southeast line of a called 2.78-acre
  tract conveyed to Frazier Land & Cattle Co. LLC., (deed of record
  not found, Tax Parcel ID 40622), for the southwest corner of a
  called 5.96-acre tract conveyed to Frazier Land & Cattle (deed of
  record not found, Tax Parcel ID 40623) and for a north corner of the
  said 600.507-acre tract and the tract described herein;
  THENCE S33°23'09"E with the line common to the said 600.507-acre
  tract the said 5.96-acre tract, a called 7.07-acre tract described
  in a deed to Richard W. Castillion recorded in Document Number
  2016-001683 [O.P.R.C.C.T.], a called 5.59-acre tract described in a
  deed to Clyde S. Arms & Tina M. McFerrin recorded in Volume 370,
  Page 843 [D.R.C.C.T.], a called 8.5-acre tract conveyed to Sabine
  Hinkle (deed of record not found, Tax Parcel ID 40627), and a called
  340.368-acre tract described in a deed to LLTXLP LLC., recorded in
  Document Number 2021-005216 [O.P.R.C.C.T.] a distance of 4,230.64
  feet to a 4-inch metal Fence Post found on the west line of the said
  149.979-acre tract, and for the southeast corner of the said
  340.368-acre tract and for an angle corner of the tract described
  herein;
  THENCE N48°18'30"E, with the east line of the said 340.368-acre
  tract and the west line of the said 149.979-acre tract, a distance
  of 978.30 feet to a 1/2-inch iron rod with cap stamped "Hinkle"
  found on the south right-of-way line of Tower Road (deed of record
  not found), at the northwest corner of the said 149.979-acre tract
  and for an angle corner of the tract described herein;
  THENCE S28°41'54"E, with the south right-of-way line of the said
  Tower Road and the north line of the said 149.979-acre tract, a
  distance of 1,548.68 feet to a 1/2-inch iron rod with cap stamped
  "Hinkle" found for the most northwesterly corner of a called
  11.413-acre tract described in a deed to Stacey M. Sjogren recorded
  in Document Number 2021-000069 [O.P.R.C.C.T.];
  THENCE with the east line of the said 149.979-acre tract and the
  west line of the said 11.413-acre tract and the west line of a
  called 11-acre tract described to Hernandez recorded in Document
  Number 2019-003033 [O.P.R.C.C.T.], the following 3 courses and
  distances:
         1)  S54°09'43"W, a distance of 2,428.50 feet to a 1/2-inch
  iron rod with cap stamped "Hinkle" found for an angle point of the
  said 11-acre tract, the said 149.979-acre tract and the tract
  described herein,
         2)  S40°18'17"W, a distance of 145.04 feet to a 1/2-inch iron
  rod with cap stamped "Hinkle" found for the most southwesterly
  corner of the said 11-acre tract, for an angle point of the said
  149.979-acre tract and the tract described herein, and
         3)  S49°47'47"E, a distance of 201.60 feet to a Fence Post
  found for a northwesterly corner of the said 150.00-acre tract,
  same being a southeasterly corner of the said 11-acre tract and an
  angle corner of the said 149.979-acre tract and the tract described
  herein;
  THENCE N78°32'26"E, with the north line of the said 150.00-acre
  tract and the southeast line of the said 11-acre tract, a distance
  of 393.17 feet to a 1/2-inch iron rod found on the southeast line of
  the said 11-acre tract, for the most westerly corner of a called
  26.166-acre tract described in a deed to Veterans Land Board
  recorded in Document Number 370-114820 [O.P.R.C.C.T.], and for an
  angle corner of the said 150.00-acre tract and the tract described
  herein;
  THENCE S41°30'17"E, with the north line of the said 150.00-acre
  tract, the south line of the said 26.166-acre tract, and the south
  line of a called 5.00-acre tract described in a deed to Stairtown
  LTD., recorded in Volume 217, Page 713 [O.P.R.C.C.T.], a distance
  of 2,387.02 feet passing a 1/2-inch iron rod found at the southeast
  corner of the said 25.166-acre tract, same being at the southwest
  corner of the said 5.00-acre tract, and continuing a total distance
  of 3,234.01 feet to a fence post found on the west right-of-way line
  of Dickerson Road (deed of record not found), at the southeast
  corner of the said 5.00-acre tract, at the east corner of the said
  150.00-acre tract and the tract described herein;
  THENCE with the east line of the said 150.00-acre tract and the west
  right-of-way line of the said Dickerson Road, the following three
  (3) courses and distances:
         1)  S48°36'10"W, a distance of 50.41 feet passing a 1/2-inch
  iron rod found, and continuing a total distance of 799.53 feet to an
  8-inch wood Fence Post found for an angle corner,
         2)  S48°34'49"W, a distance of 515.97 feet to an 8-inch wood
  Fence Post found for an angle corner, and
         3)  S47°56'04"W, a distance of 545.47 feet to a 2-inch metal
  Fence Post found at the lower northeast corner of a called
  150.00-acre tract described in a deed to Robert D. Norris recorded
  in Volume 392, Page 217 [O.P.R.C.C.T.], for the southeast corner of
  the said 150.00-acre tract (Fey Tract), and the tract described
  herein;
  THENCE N41°29'29"W, with the south line of the said 150.00-acre
  tract (Fey Tract) and the north line of the said 150.00-acre tract
  (Norris Tract), a distance of 3,647.86 feet to a Fence Post found
  for the southwest corner of the said 150.00-acre tract (Fey Tract),
  same being on the east line of the said 149.979-acre tract and for
  an angle corner of the said 150.00-acre tract (Norris Tract) and the
  tract described herein;
  THENCE with the lines common to the said 149.979-acre tract and the
  said 150.00-acre tract (Norris Tract), the following two (2)
  courses and distances:
         1)  S51°24'05"W, a distance of 601.81 feet to a 1/2-inch iron
  rod with cap stamped "Hinkle" found for the southeast corner of the
  said 149.979-acre tract, same being an angle corner of the said
  150.00-acre tract (Norris Tract) and the tract described herein,
  and
         2)  N38°40'27"W, a distance of 1254.84 feet to a 1/2-inch iron
  rod with cap stamped "Hinkle" found on the east line of a called
  150.4-acre tract conveyed to Capital Land Investments I LP (deed of
  record not found, Tax Parcel ID 103433), for the most westerly
  northwest corner of the said 150.00-acre tract (Norris Tract), at
  the southwest corner of the said 149.979-acre tract, and for an
  angle corner of the tract described herein;
  THENCE N48°29'20"E, with the line common to the said 149.979-acre
  tract and the said 150.4-acre tract, a distance of 342.25 feet to a
  1/2-inch iron rod with cap stamped "Hinkle" found for the northeast
  corner of the said 150.4-acre tract, for the southeast corner of the
  said 600.507-acre tract, and for an angle corner of the tract
  described herein;
  THENCE N41°43'31"W, with the south line of the said 600.507-acre
  tract, the north line of the said 150.4-acre tract, and the north
  line of a called 251.37-acre tract described in a deed to Capital
  Land Investments I LP., recorded in Document Number 2020-003860
  [O.P.R.C.C.T.], a distance of 9,229.35 feet to a 1/2-inch iron rod
  with cap stamped "Chap" found on the east right-of-way line of
  Railroad Street, for the most northerly corner of the said
  251.37-are tract, same being the most westerly corner of the said
  600.507-acre tract and the tract described herein;
  THENCE with the east right-of-way line of the said Railroad Street
  and the west line of the said 600.507-acre tract the following two
  (2) courses and distances:
         1)  N47°56'05"E, a distance of 346.41 feet to a fence post
  found for an angle corner, and
         2)  N37°04'12"W, a distance of 12.70 feet to a fence post
  found for the south corner of the said 25.977-acre tract, same being
  an angle corner of the said 600.507-acre tract and the tract
  described herein;
  THENCE with the east line of the said 25.977-acre tract and the west
  line of the said 600.507-acre tract the following five (5) courses
  and distances:
         1)  N48°29'32"E, a distance of 638.15 feet to an 8-inch wood
  Fence Post found for an angle corner,
         2)  N60°57'02"E, a distance of 77.24 feet an 8-inch wood Fence
  Post found for an angle corner,
         3)  N45°38'08"E, a distance of 812.56 feet to a 4-inch metal
  pipe found for the most easterly corner of the said 25.977-acre
  tract,
         4)  S58°09'22"W, a distance of 176.54 feet to a 1/2-inch iron
  rod found for an angle corner,
         5)  N41°17'54"W, a distance of 297.33 feet to the POINT OF
  BEGINNING and containing 1,044.73-acres, more or less.
  Basis of bearings is the Texas Coordinate System, South Central
  Zone [4204], NAD83 (2011), Epoch 2010. All distances are surface
  values and may be converted to grid by using the surface adjustment
  factor of 1.00012 using CP1 as point of origin.
  Units: U.S. Survey Feet.
         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
  7961, Special District Local Laws Code, as added by Section 1 of
  this Act, is amended by adding Section 7961.0306 to read as follows:
         Sec. 7961.0306.  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, 2023.
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