Bill Text: TX HB4701 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of the West Pecos Management District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-06 - Received from the House [HB4701 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4701-Introduced.html
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By: Nevárez | H.B. No. 4701 |
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relating to the creation of the West Pecos Management District; | ||
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 C, Title 4, Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is amended by adding Chapter 3962 to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 3962. WEST PECOS MANAGEMENT DISTRICT | ||
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS | ||
Sec. 3962.0101. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: | ||
(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors. | ||
(2) "City" means the City of Pecos. | ||
(3) "County" means Reeves County. | ||
(4) "Director" means a board member. | ||
(5) "District" means the West Pecos Management | ||
District. | ||
(6) "School district" means Pecos Barstow Toyah | ||
Independent School District. | ||
Sec. 3962.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The West Pecos | ||
Management District is a special district created under Section 59, | ||
Article XVI, Texas Constitution. | ||
Sec. 3962.0103. PURPOSE; DECLARATION OF INTENT. (a) The | ||
creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of | ||
Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, | ||
Texas Constitution, and other public purposes stated in this | ||
chapter. | ||
(b) By creating the district and in authorizing the county, | ||
the city, the school district, and other political subdivisions to | ||
contract with the district, the legislature has established a | ||
program to accomplish the public purposes set out in Section 52-a, | ||
Article III, Texas Constitution. | ||
(c) The creation of the district is necessary to promote, | ||
develop, encourage, and maintain employment, commerce, | ||
transportation, housing, tourism, recreation, the arts, | ||
entertainment, economic development, safety, and the public | ||
welfare in the district. | ||
(d) This chapter and the creation of the district may not be | ||
interpreted to relieve the county or the city from providing the | ||
level of services provided as of the effective date of the Act | ||
enacting this chapter to the area in the district. The district is | ||
created to supplement and not to supplant county or city services | ||
provided in the district. | ||
Sec. 3962.0104. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE. | ||
(a) All land and other property included in the district will | ||
benefit from the improvements and services to be provided by the | ||
district under powers conferred by Sections 52 and 52-a, Article | ||
III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other | ||
powers granted under this chapter. | ||
(b) The district is created to serve a public use and | ||
benefit. | ||
(c) The creation of the district is in the public interest | ||
and is essential to further the public purposes of: | ||
(1) developing and diversifying the economy of the | ||
state; | ||
(2) eliminating unemployment and underemployment; and | ||
(3) developing or expanding transportation and | ||
commerce. | ||
(d) The district will: | ||
(1) promote the health, safety, and general welfare of | ||
residents, employers, potential employees, employees, visitors, | ||
and consumers in the district, and of the public; | ||
(2) provide needed funding for the district to | ||
preserve, maintain, and enhance the economic health and vitality of | ||
the district territory as a community and business center; | ||
(3) promote the health, safety, welfare, and enjoyment | ||
of the public by providing pedestrian ways and by landscaping and | ||
developing certain areas in the district, which are necessary for | ||
the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of scenic beauty; | ||
and | ||
(4) provide for water, wastewater, drainage, and road | ||
facilities for the district. | ||
(e) Pedestrian ways along or across a street, whether at | ||
grade or above or below the surface, and street lighting, street | ||
landscaping, parking, and street art objects are parts of and | ||
necessary components of a street and are considered to be a street | ||
or road improvement. | ||
(f) The district will not act as the agent or | ||
instrumentality of any private interest even though the district | ||
will benefit many private interests as well as the public. | ||
Sec. 3962.0105. 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 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 bonds for the purposes | ||
for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and | ||
interest on the bonds; | ||
(3) right to impose or collect an assessment or tax; or | ||
(4) legality or operation. | ||
Sec. 3962.0106. ELIGIBILITY FOR INCLUSION IN SPECIAL ZONES. | ||
All or any part of the area of the district is eligible to be | ||
included in: | ||
(1) a tax increment reinvestment zone created under | ||
Chapter 311, Tax Code; or | ||
(2) a tax abatement reinvestment zone created under | ||
Chapter 312, Tax Code. | ||
Sec. 3962.0107. APPLICABILITY OF MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT | ||
DISTRICTS LAW. Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, | ||
Chapter 375, Local Government Code, applies to the district. | ||
Sec. 3962.0108. CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER. This chapter | ||
shall be liberally construed in conformity with the findings and | ||
purposes stated in this chapter. | ||
SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS | ||
Sec. 3962.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. The district is | ||
governed by a board of seven voting directors who serve staggered | ||
terms of four years with three or four directors' terms expiring | ||
June 1 of each odd-numbered year. | ||
Sec. 3962.0202. QUALIFICATIONS AND APPOINTMENT OF VOTING | ||
DIRECTORS. (a) Section 375.063, Local Government Code, does not | ||
apply to the district. | ||
(b) To be qualified to serve as a director, a person must be | ||
at least 18 years of age. | ||
(c) The governing body of the city shall appoint five | ||
directors from persons recommended by the board in the manner | ||
provided by Section 375.064, Local Government Code, each of whom | ||
must be: | ||
(1) an owner of property in the district; | ||
(2) an owner of a beneficial interest in a trust, or a | ||
trustee in a trust, that directly or indirectly owns property in the | ||
district; or | ||
(3) an agent, employee, or tenant of a person | ||
described by Subdivision (1) or (2). | ||
(d) The governing body of the city and the governing body of | ||
the county shall each appoint an additional director. A director | ||
appointed under this subsection is not required to have a | ||
qualification listed in Subsection (c). | ||
Sec. 3962.0203. NONVOTING DIRECTORS. The board may appoint | ||
representatives of taxing entities in the district to serve as | ||
nonvoting directors. | ||
Sec. 3962.0204. INITIAL DIRECTORS. (a) The governing body | ||
of the city shall appoint five initial directors to Positions 1-5 | ||
who have the qualifications prescribed by Sections 3962.0202(b) and | ||
(c). | ||
(b) The governing body of the city shall appoint an initial | ||
director to Position 6 and the governing body of the county shall | ||
appoint an initial director to Position 7. Each director must have | ||
the qualification prescribed by Section 3962.0202(b). An initial | ||
director appointed under this subsection is not required to have a | ||
qualification listed in Section 3962.0202(c). | ||
(c) The terms of the initial directors in Positions 1 | ||
through 4 expire June 1, 2021, and the terms of the initial | ||
directors in Positions 5 through 7 expire June 1, 2023. | ||
(d) This section expires September 1, 2023. | ||
SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES | ||
Sec. 3962.0301. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district | ||
has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for | ||
which the district is created. | ||
Sec. 3962.0302. IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND SERVICES. (a) The | ||
district, using any money available to the district for the | ||
purpose, may provide, design, construct, acquire, improve, | ||
relocate, operate, maintain, or finance an improvement project or | ||
service authorized under this chapter or Chapter 375, Local | ||
Government Code. | ||
(b) The district may contract with a governmental or private | ||
entity to carry out an action under Subsection (a). | ||
(c) The implementation of a district project or service is a | ||
governmental function or service for the purposes of Chapter 791, | ||
Government Code. | ||
(d) The city, the county, the school district, the Reeves | ||
County Hospital District, and any other local government or | ||
political subdivision may contract with the district to provide for | ||
financing, construction, maintenance, and operation of public | ||
infrastructure or to carry out a district purpose. | ||
(e) The district may not undertake a project on land owned | ||
by the city unless the city consents to the project. | ||
Sec. 3962.0303. NONPROFIT CORPORATION. (a) The board by | ||
resolution may authorize the creation of a nonprofit corporation to | ||
assist and act for the district in implementing a project or | ||
providing a service authorized by this chapter. | ||
(b) The nonprofit corporation: | ||
(1) has each power of and is considered to be a local | ||
government corporation created under Subchapter D, Chapter 431, | ||
Transportation Code; and | ||
(2) may implement any project and provide any service | ||
authorized by this chapter. | ||
(c) The board shall appoint the board of directors of the | ||
nonprofit corporation. The board of directors of the nonprofit | ||
corporation shall serve in the same manner as the board of directors | ||
of a local government corporation created under Subchapter D, | ||
Chapter 431, Transportation Code, except that a board member is not | ||
required to reside in the district. | ||
Sec. 3962.0304. AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY | ||
SERVICES. To protect the public interest, the district may | ||
contract with a qualified party, including the city, the county, or | ||
any other governmental entity to provide law enforcement, public | ||
safety, fire protection, ambulance, emergency, or code enforcement | ||
services in the district for a fee. | ||
Sec. 3962.0305. MEMBERSHIP IN CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS. | ||
The district may join and pay dues to a charitable or nonprofit | ||
organization that performs a service or provides an activity | ||
consistent with the furtherance of a district purpose. | ||
Sec. 3962.0306. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. (a) The | ||
district may engage in activities that accomplish the economic | ||
development purposes of the district. | ||
(b) The district may establish and provide for the | ||
administration of one or more programs to promote state or local | ||
economic development and to stimulate business and commercial | ||
activity in the district, including programs to: | ||
(1) make loans and grants of public money; and | ||
(2) provide district personnel and services. | ||
(c) The district may create economic development programs | ||
and exercise the economic development powers provided to | ||
municipalities by: | ||
(1) Chapter 380, Local Government Code; and | ||
(2) Subchapter A, Chapter 1509, Government Code. | ||
Sec. 3962.0307. PARKING FACILITIES. (a) The district may | ||
acquire, lease as lessor or lessee, construct, develop, own, | ||
operate, and maintain parking facilities or a system of parking | ||
facilities, including lots, garages, parking terminals, or other | ||
structures or accommodations for parking motor vehicles off the | ||
streets and related appurtenances. | ||
(b) The district's parking facilities serve the public | ||
purposes of the district and are owned, used, and held for a public | ||
purpose even if leased or operated by a private entity for a term of | ||
years. | ||
(c) The district's parking facilities are parts of and | ||
necessary components of a street and are considered to be a street | ||
or road improvement. | ||
(d) The development and operation of the district's parking | ||
facilities may be considered an economic development program. | ||
Sec. 3962.0308. ADDING OR EXCLUDING LAND. The district may | ||
add or exclude land in the manner provided by Subchapter J, Chapter | ||
49, Water Code, or by Subchapter H, Chapter 54, Water Code. | ||
Sec. 3962.0309. DISBURSEMENTS AND TRANSFERS OF MONEY. The | ||
board by resolution shall establish the number of directors' | ||
signatures and the procedure required for a disbursement or | ||
transfer of district money. | ||
Sec. 3962.0310. RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY NOT EXEMPT. Section | ||
375.161, Local Government Code, does not apply to the district. | ||
Sec. 3962.0311. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. The district may | ||
not exercise the power of eminent domain. | ||
SUBCHAPTER D. ASSESSMENTS | ||
Sec. 3962.0401. PETITION REQUIRED FOR FINANCING SERVICES | ||
AND IMPROVEMENTS WITH ASSESSMENTS. (a) The board may not finance a | ||
service or improvement project with assessments under this chapter | ||
unless a written petition requesting that service or improvement | ||
has been filed with the board. | ||
(b) A petition filed under Subsection (a) must be signed by | ||
the owners of a majority of the assessed value of real property in | ||
the district subject to assessment according to the most recent | ||
certified tax appraisal roll for the county. | ||
Sec. 3962.0402. ASSESSMENTS; LIENS FOR ASSESSMENTS. (a) | ||
The board by resolution may impose and collect an assessment for any | ||
purpose authorized by this chapter in all or any part of the | ||
district. | ||
(b) An assessment, a reassessment, or an assessment | ||
resulting from an addition to or correction of the assessment roll | ||
by the district, penalties and interest on an assessment or | ||
reassessment, an expense of collection, and reasonable attorney's | ||
fees incurred by the district: | ||
(1) are a first and prior lien against the property | ||
assessed; | ||
(2) are superior to any other lien or claim other than | ||
a lien or claim for county, school district, or municipal ad valorem | ||
taxes; and | ||
(3) are the personal liability of and a charge against | ||
the owners of the property even if the owners are not named in the | ||
assessment proceedings. | ||
(c) The lien is effective from the date of the board's | ||
resolution imposing the assessment until the date the assessment is | ||
paid. The board may enforce the lien in the same manner that the | ||
board may enforce an ad valorem tax lien against real property. | ||
(d) The board may make a correction to or deletion from the | ||
assessment roll that does not increase the amount of assessment of | ||
any parcel of land without providing notice and holding a hearing in | ||
the manner required for additional assessments. | ||
SUBCHAPTER E. TAXES AND BONDS | ||
Sec. 3962.0501. TAX ELECTION REQUIRED. The district must | ||
hold an election in the manner provided by Chapter 49, Water Code, | ||
or, if applicable, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, to obtain | ||
voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax. | ||
Sec. 3962.0502. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. (a) If | ||
authorized by a majority of the district voters voting at an | ||
election under Section 3962.0501, the district may impose an | ||
operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district | ||
in the manner provided by Section 49.107, Water Code, for any | ||
district purpose, including to: | ||
(1) maintain and operate the district; | ||
(2) construct or acquire improvements; or | ||
(3) provide a service. | ||
(b) The board shall determine the operation and maintenance | ||
tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the | ||
election. | ||
Sec. 3962.0503. AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY AND TO ISSUE | ||
BONDS. (a) The district may borrow money on terms determined by | ||
the board. | ||
(b) The district may issue bonds, notes, or other | ||
obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, | ||
assessments, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or | ||
other district money, or any combination of those sources of money, | ||
to pay for any authorized district purpose. | ||
Sec. 3962.0504. BONDS SECURED BY REVENUE OR CONTRACT | ||
PAYMENTS. The district may issue, without an election, bonds | ||
secured by: | ||
(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes, including | ||
contract revenues; or | ||
(2) contract payments, provided that the requirements | ||
of Section 49.108, Water Code, have been met. | ||
Sec. 3962.0505. BONDS SECURED BY AD VALOREM TAXES; | ||
ELECTIONS. (a) If authorized at an election under Section | ||
3962.0501, the district may issue bonds payable from ad valorem | ||
taxes. | ||
(b) Section 375.243, Local Government Code, does not apply | ||
to the district. | ||
(c) 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 annual ad valorem tax, without | ||
limit as to rate or amount, for each year that all or part of the | ||
bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by | ||
Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code. | ||
(d) All or any part of any facilities or improvements that | ||
may be acquired by a district by the issuance of its bonds may be | ||
submitted as a single proposition or as several propositions to be | ||
voted on at the election. | ||
Sec. 3962.0506. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED. (a) The | ||
board may not issue bonds until the city has consented by ordinance | ||
or resolution to the creation of the district and to the inclusion | ||
of land in the district. | ||
(b) This section applies only to the district's first | ||
issuance of bonds payable from ad valorem taxes. | ||
SUBCHAPTER F. DEFINED AREAS | ||
Sec. 3962.0601. AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH DEFINED AREAS OR | ||
DESIGNATED PROPERTY. The district may define areas or designate | ||
certain property of the district to pay for improvements, | ||
facilities, or services that primarily benefit that area or | ||
property and do not generally and directly benefit the district as a | ||
whole. | ||
Sec. 3962.0602. PROCEDURE FOR ELECTION. (a) Before the | ||
district may impose an ad valorem tax applicable only to the defined | ||
area or designated property or issue bonds payable from ad valorem | ||
taxes of the defined area or designated property, the board shall | ||
hold an election in the defined area or designated property only. | ||
(b) The board may submit the proposition to the voters on | ||
the same ballot to be used in another election. | ||
Sec. 3962.0603. DECLARING RESULT AND ISSUING ORDER. (a) If | ||
a majority of the voters voting at an election held under Section | ||
3962.0602 approve the proposition or propositions, the board shall | ||
declare the results and, by order, shall establish the defined area | ||
or designated property and describe it by metes and bounds or | ||
designate the specific area or property. | ||
(b) A court may not review the board's order except on the | ||
ground of fraud, palpable error, or arbitrary and confiscatory | ||
abuse of discretion. | ||
Sec. 3962.0604. TAXES FOR SERVICES, IMPROVEMENTS, AND | ||
FACILITIES IN DEFINED AREAS OR DESIGNATED PROPERTY. On voter | ||
approval and adoption of an order described by Section 3962.0603, | ||
the district may apply separately, differently, equitably, and | ||
specifically its taxing power and lien authority to the defined | ||
area or designated property to provide money to construct, | ||
administer, maintain, and operate services, improvements, and | ||
facilities that primarily benefit the defined area or designated | ||
property. | ||
Sec. 3962.0605. ISSUANCE OF BONDS FOR DEFINED AREA OR | ||
DESIGNATED PROPERTY. After an order under Section 3962.0603 is | ||
adopted, the district may issue bonds to provide for any land, | ||
improvements, facilities, plants, equipment, and appliances for | ||
the defined area or designated property. | ||
SUBCHAPTER I. DISSOLUTION | ||
Sec. 3962.0901. DISSOLUTION. (a) The board shall dissolve | ||
the district on written petition filed with the board by the owners | ||
of: | ||
(1) 66 percent or more of the assessed value of the | ||
property subject to assessment by the district based on the most | ||
recent certified county property tax rolls; or | ||
(2) 66 percent or more of the surface area of the | ||
district, excluding roads, streets, highways, utility | ||
rights-of-way, other public areas, and other property exempt from | ||
assessment by the district according to the most recent certified | ||
county property tax rolls. | ||
(b) The board by majority vote may dissolve the district at | ||
any time. | ||
(c) The district may not be dissolved by its board under | ||
Subsection (a) or (b) if the district: | ||
(1) has any outstanding bonded indebtedness until that | ||
bonded indebtedness has been repaid or defeased in accordance with | ||
the order or resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds; | ||
(2) has a contractual obligation to pay money until | ||
that obligation has been fully paid in accordance with the | ||
contract; or | ||
(3) owns, operates, or maintains public works, | ||
facilities, or improvements unless the district contracts with | ||
another person for the ownership, operation, or maintenance of the | ||
public works, facilities, or improvements. | ||
(d) Sections 375.261, 375.262, and 375.264, Local | ||
Government Code, do not apply to the district. | ||
SECTION 2. The West Pecos Management District initially | ||
includes all territory contained in the following area: | ||
Tract 1 - 620.00 Acres | ||
FIELD NOTE DESCRIPTION OF 640.000 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, SAVE | ||
AND EXCEPT 20.000 ACRES, IN THE H. & G. N. RR. CO. SURVEY, BLOCK 5, | ||
SECTION 19, ABSTRACT 430, REEVES COUNTY, TEXAS IN A DEED TO EVANS I | ||
LTD RECORDED IN VOLUME 538, PAGE 682, DRRCT (DEED RECORDS OF REEVES | ||
COUNTY, TEXAS) AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY METES AND | ||
BOUNDS AS FOLLOWS: | ||
BEGINNING at a railroad spike found at the northwest corner | ||
of said Section 19, in the south right-of-way line of Farm to Market | ||
Road 204, also being the northeast corner of H. & G. N. RR. Co. | ||
Survey, Block 5, Section 20, Abstract 3540, for the northwest | ||
corner of this description; | ||
THENCE leaving said Section 20, along the north line of said | ||
Section 19, for the south line of said Farm to Market Road | ||
right-of-way, S 77°11'26" E a distance of 5286.37 feet to a 2" | ||
aluminum cap found at the northeast corner of said Section 19 and | ||
the northwest corner of that tract called 162.70 acres in a deed to | ||
Evans I Ltd, recorded in Volume 534, Page 130, DRRCT, also being the | ||
northwest corner for H. & G. N. RR. Co. Survey, Block 5, Section 22, | ||
Abstract 4987, for the northeast corner of this description; | ||
THENCE along the east line of said Section 19, for the west | ||
line of said Section 22, S 12°53'43" W a distance of 2776.45 feet | ||
passing a 1/2" iron rod found at the southwest corner of said 162.70 | ||
acre tract, for a total of 5283.92 feet to a 2" iron pipe found at | ||
the southeast corner of said Section 19, for the southwest corner of | ||
said Section 22, also being the northeast corner of H. & G. N. RR. | ||
Co. Survey, Block 5, Section 38, Abstract 1389, for the southeast | ||
corner of this description; | ||
THENCE along the south line of said Section 19, for the north | ||
line of said Section 38, N 76°59'27" W a distance of 5282.11 feet to | ||
a 1/2" iron rod set at the southwest corner of said Section 19, for | ||
the northwest corner of said Section 38, Abstract 1124, also being | ||
the southeast corner of said Section 20, for the southwest corner of | ||
this description; | ||
THENCE along the west line of said Section 19, for the east | ||
line of said Section 20, N 12°50'56" E a distance of 5265.50 feet to | ||
the POINT OF BEGINNING. There are 640.000 acres, more or less, | ||
described in these field notes. | ||
SAVE AND EXCEPT 20 ACRES: | ||
BEGINNING at a 1 1/2" iron rod set in the south right-of-way | ||
line of Farm to Market Road 204, in the north line of Section 19 from | ||
which a 2" aluminum cap found at the northeast corner of said | ||
Section 19 and the northwest corner of that tract called 162.70 | ||
acres in a deed to Evans I Ltd, recorded in Volume 534, Page 130, | ||
DRRCT bears: S 77°11'26" E a distance of 40.00, for the northeast | ||
corner of this description; | ||
THENCE leaving Farm to Market Road right-of-way, with and 40 | ||
feet from the east line of Section 19, severing said 640 acre tract, | ||
S 12°53'43" W a distance of 933.38 feet to a 1/2" iron rod set, for | ||
the southeast corner of this description; | ||
THENCE continuing across said Section 19, N 77°11'26" W a | ||
distance of 933.38 feet to a 1/2" iron rod set, for the southwest | ||
corner of this description; | ||
THENCE N 12°53'43" E a distance of 933.38 feet to a 1/2" iron | ||
rod set in the north line of said Section 19 and the south line of | ||
said Farm to Market Road right-of-way, from which a railroad spike | ||
found at the northwest corner of said Section 19 and the northeast | ||
corner of H.& G. N. RR. Co. Survey, Block 5, Section 20, Abstract | ||
3540, bears N 77°11'26" W a distance of 4312.99 feet; | ||
THENCE along the north line of said Section 19, for the south | ||
line of said right-of- way, S 77°11'26" E a distance of 933.38 feet | ||
to the POINT OF BEGINNING. There are 20.000 acres, more or less, | ||
described in these field notes. | ||
Tract 2 - 513.56 Acres | ||
BEING ALL THAT CERTAIN TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND CONTAINING | ||
513.67 ACRES OF LAND CONVEYED IN A WARRANTY DEED TO HIGHWAY 20 | ||
PROPERTIES, LLC, A TEXAS LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AND AS DESCRIBED | ||
AND RECORDED IN VOLUME 785, PAGE 618 IN THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS | ||
OF REEVES COUNTY, TEXAS (OPRRCT) SAID TRACT LOCATED IN SECTION 76, | ||
BLOCK 04, W.M. HIGGINS SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 3661 & SECTION 18, BLOCK | ||
05, G.S. JOHNSON SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 1332 & SECTION 17, BLOCK 05, | ||
H. & G.N. RR. CO. SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 429 ALL IN REEVES COUNTY, | ||
TEXAS SAID 513.67 ACRE TRACT DESCRIBED MORE FULLY BY METES AND | ||
BOUNDS AS FOLLOWS: | ||
BEGINNING AT A 1/2" IRON ROD, CAPPED AND MARKED "TRANSGLOBAL | ||
SERVICES", SET ON THE COMMON LINE OF SAID SECTION 18 AND SECTION 17 | ||
FOR A CORNER OF SAID 528.29 ACRE TRACT, FROM WHICH A 1/2" IRON ROD, | ||
CAPPED AND MARKED "RPLS 2158" FOUND AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID | ||
SECTION 18 AND THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 17 BEARS S | ||
32°39'40" E A DISTANCE OF 1319.48 FEET; | ||
THENCE: N 77°11'40" W A DISTANCE OF 4662.73 FEET TO A 1/2" IRON | ||
ROD, CAPPED AND MARKED "TRANSGLOBAL SERVICES" SET FOR A CORNER OF | ||
SAID 528.29 ACRE TRACT; | ||
THENCE: N 13°37'23" E A DISTANCE OF 741.23 FEET TO A 1/2" IRON | ||
ROD, CAPPED AND MARKED "TRANSGLOBAL SERVICES" SET FOR A CORNER OF | ||
SAID 528.29 ACRE TRACT; | ||
THENCE: N 77°16'57" W A DISTANCE OF 679.21 FEET TO A 1/2" IRON | ||
ROD, CAPPED AND MARKED "TRANSGLOBAL SERVICES" SET FOR A CORNER OF | ||
SAID 528.29 ACRE TRACT; | ||
THENCE: N 32°00'17" W A DISTANCE OF 1767.74 FEET TO A 1/2" IRON | ||
ROD, CAPPED AND MARKED "TRANSGLOBAL SERVICES" SET FOR A CORNER OF | ||
SAID 528.29 ACRE TRACT; | ||
THENCE: N 69°42'16" E A DISTANCE OF 510.63 FEET TO A 1/2" IRON | ||
ROD, CAPPED AND MARKED "TRUJILLO RPLS 5358" FOUND FOR A CORNER OF | ||
SAID 528.29 ACRE TRACT; | ||
THENCE: S 32°00'17" E A DISTANCE OF 1645.55 FEET TO A 1/2" IRON | ||
ROD, CAPPED AND MARKED "TRUJILLO RPLS 5358" FOUND FOR A CORNER OF | ||
SAID 528.29 ACRE TRACT; | ||
THENCE: N 57°59'42" E A DISTANCE OF 3303.39 FEET TO A 1/2" IRON | ||
ROD, CAPPED AND MARKED "TRUJILLO RPLS 5358" FOUND FOR A CORNER OF | ||
SAID 528.29 ACRE TRACT; | ||
THENCE: S 72°40'13" E A DISTANCE OF 2282.07 FEET TO A 1/2" IRON | ||
ROD, CAPPED AND MARKED "TRANSGLOBAL SERVICES" SET FOR A CORNER OF | ||
SAID 528.29 ACRE TRACT; | ||
THENCE: S 12°52'49" W A DISTANCE OF 1537.42 FEET TO A 1/2" IRON | ||
ROD, CAPPED AND MARKED "TRUJILLO RPLS 5358" FOUND FOR A CORNER OF | ||
SAID 528.29 ACRE TRACT; | ||
THENCE: S 77°07'10" E A DISTANCE OF 1320.00 FEET TO A RAILROAD | ||
SPIKE FOUND FOR A CORNER OF SAID 528.29 ACRE TRACT; | ||
THENCE: N 12°31'50" E A DISTANCE OF 879.27 FEET TO A 1/2" IRON | ||
ROD, CAPPED AND MARKED "TRUJILLO RPLS 5358" FOUND FOR A CORNER OF | ||
SAID 528.29 ACRE TRACT; | ||
THENCE: S 77°20'53" E A DISTANCE OF 4733.55 FEET TO A 1/2" IRON | ||
ROD, CAPPED AND MARKED "TRUJILLO RPLS 5358" FOUND FOR A CORNER OF | ||
SAID 528.29 ACRE TRACT; | ||
THENCE: S 12°35'02" W A DISTANCE OF 968.08 FEET TO A 1/2" IRON | ||
PIN FOUND FOR A CORNER OF SAID 528.29 ACRE TRACT; | ||
THENCE: N 78°06'01" W A DISTANCE OF 1169.78 FEET TO A 1/2" IRON | ||
PIN FOUND FOR A CORNER OF SAID 528.29 ACRE TRACT; | ||
THENCE: S 12°37'49" W A DISTANCE OF 775.60 FEET TO A 1/2" IRON | ||
PIN FOUND FOR A CORNER OF SAID 528.29 ACRE TRACT; | ||
THENCE: N 77°20'53" W A DISTANCE OF 3571.02 FEET TO A 1/2" IRON | ||
ROD, CAPPED AND MARKED "TRUJILLO RPLS 5358" FOUND FOR A CORNER OF | ||
SAID 528.29 ACRE TRACT; | ||
THENCE: N 12°50'17" E A DISTANCE OF 101.51 FEET TO A POINT; | ||
THENCE: N 76°48'14" W A DISTANCE OF 944.25 FEET TO A POINT; | ||
THENCE: S 12°38'52" W A DISTANCE OF 942.79 FEET TO THE PLACE OF | ||
BEGINNING OF THE HEREIN DESCRIBED TRACT, IN ALL CONTAINING 513.67 | ||
ACRES 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, | ||
lieutenant governor, and 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 have been | ||
fulfilled and accomplished. | ||
SECTION 4. 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. |