88R13043 ANG-F
 
  By: King of Uvalde H.B. No. 5317
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the creation of the Atascosa County Municipal Utility
  District No. 2; 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 7957A to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 7957A. ATASCOSA COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 2
  SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
         Sec. 7957A.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 Atascosa County Municipal
  Utility District No. 2.
         Sec. 7957A.0102.  NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a
  municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI,
  Texas Constitution.
         Sec. 7957A.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. 7957A.0104.  CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED. The
  temporary directors may not hold an election under Section
  7957A.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. 7957A.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. 7957A.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. 7957A.0201.  GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district
  is governed by a board of five elected directors.
         (b)  Except as provided by Section 7957A.0202, directors
  serve staggered four-year terms.
         Sec. 7957A.0202.  TEMPORARY DIRECTORS. (a) The temporary
  board consists of:
               (1)  Bruce Bartlett;
               (2)  G. Bailey Woods, Jr.;
               (3)  Sloan Thomas;
               (4)  Andrew B. Price; and
               (5)  Foard Houston.
         (b)  Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:
               (1)  the date permanent directors are elected under
  Section 7957A.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 7957A.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 7957A.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. 7957A.0301.  GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district
  has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
  which the district is created.
         Sec. 7957A.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. 7957A.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. 7957A.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. 7957A.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. 7957A.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)  A new district created by the division of the district
  may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land
  outside the area described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this
  chapter.
         (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
  7957A.0103 to confirm the district's creation.
         (f)  An order dividing the district must:
               (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 7957A.0103.
         (i)  If the creation of the new district is confirmed, the
  new district shall provide the election date and results to the
  commission.
         (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)  Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to
  the inclusion of land in the district granted under Section
  7957A.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.
         Sec. 7957A.0307.  STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT. The
  district may negotiate and enter into a written strategic
  partnership agreement with a municipality under Section 43.0751,
  Local Government Code.
  SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
         Sec. 7957A.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
  7957A.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. 7957A.0402.  OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. (a) If
  authorized at an election held under Section 7957A.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. 7957A.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. 7957A.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. 7957A.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. 7957A.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 Atascosa County Municipal Utility District
  No. 2 initially includes all the territory contained in the
  following area:
         Being a boundary survey of 0.616 acre, more or less, of land
  lying in Atascosa County, Texas, being out of and a part of E.S.
  Harper Survey 1202, Abstract No. 366, Atascosa County, Texas. Said
  0.616 acre being bounded on the northwest by the fenced
  southeasterly margin of F.M. 1470 (Leming Drive); on the northeast
  by 11.25 acres, James P. Shone, et ux., Book 857, Page 700 of the
  Atascosa County Deed Records; and on the southeast by 4.52 acres
  simultaneously surveyed this same day. Said 0.616 acre being more
  particularly described by metes and bounds as follows: (The
  courses, distances, areas and any coordinates cited herein or shown
  on the corresponding survey plat conform to the Texas Coordinate
  System, North American Datum 1983, Texas South Central Zone.) (All
  corners called for as being set are marked on the ground with 1/2"
  diameter rebar with plastic identification caps stamped
  "RPLS/6418" attached unless otherwise noted or shown.)
         BEGINNING at a found broken TxDOT Type I right-of-way
  monument at the intersection of F.M. 1470 and an unnamed county
  road, marking a deflection point of the herein described tract;
         THENCE: N 26° 16' 04" E, with the southwesterly margin of F.M.
  1470 and the herein described tract for a distance of 25.94 feet to
  a 3" diameter pipe 3-way fence corner post at a point on the
  ostensible common survey line of said Survey 1202 and I. Wautz
  Survey 1176, Abstract No. 895, marking a deflection point of said
  11.25 acres, and marking the north corner of the herein described
  tract, from which a found TxDOT Type I right-of-way monument bears N
  15° 48' 34" E at a distance of 24.43 feet;
         THENCE: S 35° 21' 31" E, generally with the fence, with the
  ostensible common survey line of said Survey 1202 and said Survey
  1176, and with the common boundary line of said 11.25 acres and the
  herein described tract for a distance of 1154.04 feet to a 3"
  diameter pipe fence angle post marking a deflection point of said
  11.25 acres, marking the west corner of said 4.52 acres, and marking
  a deflection point of the herein described tract;
         THENCE: S 56° 44' 15" E, with the common boundary line of said
  4.52 acres and the herein described tract for a distance of 50.89
  feet to an unmarked corner marking a deflection point of said 4.52
  acres, and marking the east corner of the herein described tract;
         THENCE: With the southwesterly margin of said unnamed county
  road and the herein described tract for the following two (2) calls:
               1.)  N 79° 52' 38" W, for a distance of 59.02 feet to an
  unmarked corner marking a deflection point of the herein described
  tract;
               2.)  N 35° 21' 31" W, for a distance of 1147.02 feet to
  the Place of Beginning and containing 0.616 acre, more or less, of
  land within the herein described boundary according to an actual on
  the ground survey made by Smyth Surveyors, Inc. and completed on
  November 30, 2022.
         Being a boundary survey of 101.73 acres, more or less, of land
  lying in Atascosa County, Texas, being out of and a part of N. Mcada
  Survey 1198, Abstract No. 566, and also being out of and a part of
  that same certain tract called Tract II (328.52 acres) as described
  in conveyance document to The J W Gorman Family Partnership, Ltd.,
  recorded in Document Number 137428 of the Atascosa County Official
  Public Records, Atascosa County, Texas. Said 101.73 acres being
  bounded on the southeast by the fenced northwesterly margin of Red
  Barn Road; on the northeast and northwest by 404.48 acres
  simultaneously surveyed this same day; and on the southwest by a 40'
  unnamed county road (unimproved). Said 101.73 acres being more
  particularly described by metes and bounds as follows: (The
  courses, distances, areas and any coordinates cited herein or shown
  on the corresponding survey plat conform to the Texas Coordinate
  System, North American Datum 1983, Texas South Central Zone.) (All
  corners called for as being set are marked on the ground with 1/2"
  diameter rebar with plastic identification caps stamped
  "RPLS/6418" attached unless otherwise noted or shown.)
         BEGINNING at an unmarked corner at a point on the fenced
  northwesterly margin of Red Barn Road, at a point on a southeasterly
  line of said Tract II, marking an exterior corner of said 404.48
  acres, and marking the east corner of the herein described tract,
  from which a 4.5" diameter pipe fence angle post marking a
  deflection point of said 404.48 acres bears N 18° 36' 23" E at a
  distance of 1644.49 feet;
         THENCE: Crossing into and across Tract II, and generally with
  the fence for the following thirteen (13) calls:
         1.)  N 72° 35' 23" W, for a distance of 464.92 feet to a
  leaning 7" diameter cedar fence angle post marking a deflection
  point of the herein described tract;
         2.)  N 24° 16' 53" W, for a distance of 222.53 feet to a 4.5"
  diameter pipe 2-way fence corner post marking an interior corner of
  the herein described tract;
         3.)  S 66° 54' 13" W, for a distance of 904.65 feet to a 3"
  diameter pipe 2-way fence corner post marking a deflection point of
  the herein described tract;
         4.)  N 67° 10' 57" W, for a distance of 20.12 feet to a 3"
  diameter pipe 3-way fence corner post marking a deflection point of
  the herein described tract;
         5.)  S 24° 00' 54" W, for a distance of 183.78 feet to a t-
  post fence angle post marking a deflection point of the herein
  described tract;
         6.)  S 24° 12' 38" W, for a distance of 641.60 feet to a 3"
  diameter pipe fence angle post marking a deflection point of the
  herein described tract;
         7.)  S 54° 15' 53" W, for a distance of 625.15 feet to a 3"
  diameter pipe 2-way fence corner post marking a deflection point of
  the herein described tract;
         8.)  S 02° 26' 22" E, for a distance of 20.35 feet to a 3"
  diameter pipe fence angle post marking a deflection point of the
  herein described tract;
         9.)  S 18° 20' 46" W, for a distance of 1138.27 feet to a 4.5"
  diameter pipe 2-way fence corner post at a point on the ostensible
  common survey line of said Survey 1198 and said Survey 1199, at a
  point in the northeasterly margin of an unnamed county road, and
  marking an interior corner of the herein described tract;
         10.)  S 70° 45' 38" E, with the ostensible common survey line
  of said Survey 1198 and said Survey 1199, and with the northeasterly
  margin of an unnamed county road for a distance of 563.24 feet to a
  5" diameter cedar fence angle post marking a deflection point of the
  herein described tract;
         11.)  S 70° 57' 07" E, with the ostensible common survey line
  of said Survey 1198 and said Survey 1199, and with the northeasterly
  margin of an unnamed county road for a distance of 593.07 feet to a
  t-post fence angle post marking a deflection point of the herein
  described tract;
         12.)  S 70° 48' 28" E, with the ostensible common survey line
  of said Survey 1198 and said Survey 1199, and with the northeasterly
  margin of an unnamed county road for a distance of 498.03 feet to a
  2.5" diameter pipe fence angle post marking a deflection point of
  the herein described tract;
         13.)  S 71° 01' 04" E, with the ostensible common survey line
  of said Survey 1198 and said Survey 1199, and with the northeasterly
  margin of an unnamed county road for a distance of 62.86 feet to a
  4.5" diameter pipe fence angle post at the intersection of Red Barn
  Road and an unnamed county road, and marking a deflection point of
  the herein described tract;
         THENCE: Generally with the fenced margin of Red Barn Road and
  the herein described tract for the following two (2) calls:
         1.)  N 64° 53' 53" E, for a distance of 36.73 feet to a 4.5"
  diameter pipe fence angle post marking a deflection point of the
  herein described tract;
         2.)  N 18° 36' 23" E, for a distance of 2924.62 feet to the
  Place of Beginning and containing 101.73 acres, more or less, of
  land within the herein described boundary, according to an actual
  on the ground survey made by Smyth Surveyors, Inc. and completed on
  October 19, 2022.
         Being a boundary survey of 404.48 acres, more or less, of land
  lying in Atascosa County, Texas, being out of and parts of N. Mcada
  Survey 1198, Abstract No. 566, I. Wautz Survey 1175, Abstract
  No. 896, M. Moritz Survey 1292, Abstract No. 586, G. Hectorne
  Survey 1199, Abstract No. 370, and W. Morrow Survey 1200, Abstract
  No. 589, being out of and a part of John T. Horton Ranch, recorded
  in Slide 25-A of the Atascosa County New Plat Cabinet, and also
  being comprised of a composite of those same certain tracts called
  Tract II (328.52 acres), Tract IV (remainder of 184.3 acres), and
  Tract V (101.87 acres) as described in conveyance document to The J
  W Gorman Family Partnership, Ltd., recorded in Document Number
  137428 of the Atascosa County Official Public Records, Atascosa
  County, Texas. Said 404.48 acres being bounded on the northwest by
  the following: 1.) fenced southeasterly margin of F.M. 1470 (Leming
  Drive), 2.) 26.73 acres, Maurilio Gonzales, Jr., PID: 16584 of the
  Atascosa County Appraisal District, 3.) 81.60 acres, James P.
  Shone, et ux., Book 707, Page 93 of the Atascosa County Deed
  Records, and 4.) 11.25 acres, James P. Shone, et ux., Book 857, Page
  700 of the Atascosa County Deed Records; on the southeast by the
  fenced northwesterly margin of Red Barn Road; and on the southwest
  by the following: 1.) 100 acres, Carolyn Daniel, Document Number
  143664 of the Atascosa County Official Public Records, and 2.)
  311.94 acres simultaneously surveyed this same day. Said 404.48
  acres being more particularly described by metes and bounds as
  follows: (The courses, distances, areas and any coordinates cited
  herein or shown on the corresponding survey plat conform to the
  Texas Coordinate System, North American Datum 1983, Texas South
  Central Zone.) (All corners called for as being set are marked on
  the ground with 1/2" diameter rebar with plastic identification
  caps stamped "RPLS/6418" attached unless otherwise noted or shown.)
         BEGINNING at a found TxDOT Type II right-of-way monument at a
  point on the southeasterly margin of F.M. 1470, and marking the
  north corner of the herein described tract;
         THENCE: S 46° 38' 59" E, generally with the fence, and with the
  southeasterly margin of F.M. 1470 and the herein described tract
  for a distance of 60.45 feet to a found TxDOT Type II right- of-way
  monument at the intersection of F.M. 1470 and Red Barn Road, and
  marking an exterior corner of the herein described tract;
         THENCE: Generally with the fenced margin of Red Barn Road and
  the herein described tract for the following four (4) calls:
         1.)  S 18° 25' 10" W, passing the ostensible common survey
  line of said Survey 1175 and said Survey 1292 for a distance of
  939.25 feet to a 4.5" diameter pipe fence angle post marking a
  deflection point of the herein described tract;
         2.)  S 19° 27' 20" E, passing the ostensible common survey
  line of said Survey 1175 and said Survey 1198, continuing on the
  same course for a distance of 194.92 feet to a 4.5" diameter pipe
  fence angle post marking a deflection point of the herein described
  tract;
         3.)  S 18° 36' 23" W, for a distance of 1644.49 feet to an
  unmarked corner marking an exterior corner of the herein described
  tract;
         THENCE: Crossing into and across Tract II, and generally with
  the fence for the following thirteen (13) calls:
         14.)  N 72° 35' 23" W, for a distance of 464.92 feet to a
  leaning 7" diameter cedar fence angle post marking a deflection
  point of the herein described tract;
         15.)  N 24° 16' 53" W, for a distance of 222.53 feet to a 4.5"
  diameter pipe 2-way fence corner post marking an interior corner of
  the herein described tract;
         16.)  S 66° 54' 13" W, for a distance of 904.65 feet to a 3"
  diameter pipe 2-way fence corner post marking a deflection point of
  the herein described tract;
         17.)  N 67° 10' 57" W, for a distance of 20.12 feet to a 3"
  diameter pipe 3-way fence corner post marking a deflection point of
  the herein described tract;
         18.)  S 24° 00' 54" W, for a distance of 183.78 feet to a t-
  post fence angle post marking a deflection point of the herein
  described tract;
         19.)  S 24° 12' 38" W, for a distance of 641.60 feet to a 3"
  diameter pipe fence angle post marking a deflection point of the
  herein described tract;
         20.)  S 54° 15' 53" W, for a distance of 625.15 feet to a 3"
  diameter pipe 2-way fence corner post marking a deflection point of
  the herein described tract;
         21.)  S 02° 26' 22" E, for a distance of 20.35 feet to a 3"
  diameter pipe fence angle post marking a deflection point of the
  herein described tract;
         22.)  S 18° 20' 46" W, for a distance of 1138.27 feet to a 4.5"
  diameter pipe 2-way fence corner post at a point on the ostensible
  common survey line of said Survey 1198 and said Survey 1199, at a
  point in the northeasterly margin of an unnamed county road, and
  marking an interior corner of the herein described tract;
         23.)  S 70° 45' 38" E, with the ostensible common survey line
  of said Survey 1198 and said Survey 1199, and with the northeasterly
  margin of an unnamed county road for a distance of 563.24 feet to a
  5" diameter cedar fence angle post marking a deflection point of the
  herein described tract;
         24.)  S 70° 57' 07" E, with the ostensible common survey line
  of said Survey 1198 and said Survey 1199, and with the northeasterly
  margin of an unnamed county road for a distance of 593.07 feet to a
  t-post fence angle post marking a deflection point of the herein
  described tract;
         25.)  S 70° 48' 28" E, with the ostensible common survey line
  of said Survey 1198 and said Survey 1199, and with the northeasterly
  margin of an unnamed county road for a distance of 498.03 feet to a
  2.5" diameter pipe fence angle post marking a deflection point of
  the herein described tract;
         26.)  S 71° 01' 04" E, with the ostensible common survey line
  of said Survey 1198 and said Survey 1199, and with the northeasterly
  margin of an unnamed county road for a distance of 62.86 feet to a
  4.5" diameter pipe fence angle post at the intersection of Red Barn
  Road and an unnamed county road, and marking a deflection point of
  the herein described tract;
         THENCE: Generally with the fenced margin of Red Barn Road and
  the herein described tract for the following three (3) calls:
         3.)  S 10° 11' 13" W, with the southeasterly margin of said
  unnamed county road and the herein described tract for a distance of
  40.83 feet to a 4.5" diameter pipe fence angle post at the
  intersection of Red Barn Road and an unnamed county road, and
  marking a deflection point of the herein described tract;
         4.)  S 18° 05' 52" E, for a distance of 63.42 feet to a 4.5"
  diameter pipe fence angle post marking a deflection point of the
  herein described tract;
         5.)  S 19° 15' 01" W, passing the ostensible common survey
  line of said Survey 1199 and said Survey 1200, continuing on the
  same course for a distance of 2557.83 feet to a leaning 9" diameter
  creosote fence angle post marking the east corner of said 100 acres,
  and marking the south corner of the herein described tract;
         THENCE: Generally with the fence, and with the common
  boundary lines of said 100 acres and the herein described tract for
  the following four (4) calls:
         1.)  N 70° 50' 51" W, for a distance of 951.03 feet to a 4.5"
  diameter pipe 3-way fence corner post marking an interior corner of
  said 100 acres, and marking an exterior corner of the herein
  described tract;
         2.)  N 19° 24' 09" E, for a distance of 331.50 feet to an
  unmarked corner marking an exterior corner of said 100 acres, and
  marking an interior corner of the herein described tract;
         3.)  N 43° 41' 40" W, at 52.90 feet passing a 3" diameter pipe
  3-way fence corner post, continuing on the same course for a total
  distance of 635.25 feet to a 3" diameter pipe fence angle post
  marking a deflection point of said 100 acres, and marking a
  deflection point of the herein described tract;
         4.)  N 53° 40' 55" W, for a distance of 154.71 feet to a 3"
  diameter pipe 2-way fence corner post marking the north corner of
  said 100 acres, marking the east corner of said 311.94 acres, and
  marking a deflection point of the herein described tract;
         THENCE: N 56° 44' 15" W, crossing into and across said Tract V
  and said Tract IV, and with the common boundary line of said 311.94
  acres, crossing the ostensible common survey line of said Survey
  1199 and said Survey 1200, continuing on the same course, crossing
  the ostensible common survey line of said Survey 1176 and said
  Survey 1199, continuing on the same course for a distance of 2768.17
  feet to a 3" diameter pipe fence angle post marking a deflection
  point of said 11.25 acres, marking a deflection point of said 311.94
  acres, and marking the west corner of the herein described tract;
         THENCE: Generally with the fence, and with the common
  boundary lines of said 11.25 acres and the herein described tract
  for the following two (2) calls:
         1.)  S 79° 52' 38" E, for a distance of 79.02 feet to a 3"
  diameter pipe fence angle post, marking the south corner of said
  11.25 acres, and marking an interior corner of the herein described
  tract;
         2.)  N 53° 53' 08" E, for a distance of 296.62 feet to a found
  leaning 1/2" diameter rebar marking the common corner of said 11.25
  acres and said 81.60 acres, and marking a deflection point of the
  herein described tract;
         THENCE: Generally with the fence, and with the common
  boundary line of said 81.60 acres and the herein described tract for
  the following four (4) calls:
         1.)  N 53° 51' 54" E, for a distance of 1255.14 feet to a 4.5"
  diameter pipe 3-way fence corner post at a point on the ostensible
  common survey line of said Survey 1198 and said Survey 1199, marking
  an exterior corner of said 81.60 acres, and marking an interior
  corner of the herein described tract;
         2.)  N 70° 48' 28" W, with the ostensible common survey line
  of said Survey 1198 and said Survey 1199 for a distance of 12.11
  feet to a 4.5" diameter pipe 2-way fence corner post marking the
  ostensible common survey corner of said Survey 1198 and said Survey
  1199, at a point on the ostensible southeasterly survey line of said
  Survey 1176, marking an interior corner of said 81.60 acres, and
  marking an exterior corner of the herein described tract;
         3.)  N 55° 07' 54" E, with the ostensible common survey line
  of said Survey 1176 and said Survey 1198 for a distance of 625.25
  feet to a 3" diameter pipe 2-way fence corner post marking the
  ostensible common survey corner of said Survey 1176 and said Survey
  1175, marking an exterior corner of said 81.60 acres, and marking an
  interior corner of the herein described tract;
         4.)  N 35° 15' 11" W, with the ostensible common survey line
  of said Survey 1175 and said Survey 1176 for a distance of 532.31
  feet to a 3" diameter pipe 3-way fence corner post marking the south
  corner of said 26.73 acres, and marking an interior corner of the
  herein described tract;
         THENCE: Generally with the fence, and with the common
  boundary line of said 26.73 acres and the herein described tract for
  the following two (2) calls:
         1.)  N 54° 27' 18" E, for a distance of 564.53 feet to a 3"
  diameter pipe 3-way fence corner post marking the east corner of
  said 26.73 acres, and marking an interior corner of the herein
  described tract;
         2.)  N 07° 14' 52" W, at 1318.99 feet passing a 4.5" diameter
  pipe 3-way fence corner post, continuing on the same course for a
  total distance of 1320.13 feet to an unmarked corner at a point on
  the southeasterly margin of F.M. 1470, marking the north corner of
  said 26.73 acres, and marking an exterior corner of the herein
  described tract;
         THENCE: N 65° 54' 29" E, with the fenced southeasterly margin
  of F.M. 1470 and the herein described tract, at 251.24 feet passing
  a found TxDOT Type II right-of-way monument, continuing on the same
  course, at 2250.89 feet passing a found TxDOT Type II right- of-way
  monument, continuing on the same course, at 3750.75 feet passing a
  found TxDOT Type II right-of-way monument, continuing on the same
  course for a total distance of 4773.87 feet to the Place of
  Beginning and containing 404.48 acres, more or less, of land within
  the herein described boundary, of which approximately 4.52 acres
  lie within an unnamed county road (40' R.O.W.), of which
  approximately 2.17 acres lie within Old Pleasanton & Benton Road
  (60' R.O.W., platted, and unimproved), and of which approximately
  4.59 acres lie within enclosure fence (record title unknown),
  according to an actual on the ground survey made by Smyth Surveyors,
  Inc. and completed on September 28, 2022.
         Being a boundary survey of 4.52 acres, more or less, of land
  lying in Atascosa County, Texas, and being out of and a part of G.
  Hectorne Survey 1199, Abstract No. 370, Atascosa County, Texas.
  Said 4.52 acres being bounded on the northeast by Tract II (328.52
  acres), The J W Gorman Family Partnership, Ltd., Document Number
  137428 of the Atascosa County Official Public Records; on the
  northwest by the following: 1.) 81.60 acres, James P. Shone, et ux.,
  Book 707, Page 93 of the Atascosa County Deed Records, and 2.) 11.25
  acres, James P. Shone, et ux., Book 857, Page 700 of the Atascosa
  County Deed Records; on the southwest by 0.616 acre simultaneously
  surveyed this same day; on the south by Tract IV (184.3 acres) The J
  W Gorman Family Partnership, Ltd., Document Number 137428 of the
  Atascosa County Official Public Records; and on the southeast by
  the fenced northwesterly margin of Red Barn Road. Said 4.52 acres
  being more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows:
  (The courses, distances, areas and any coordinates cited herein or
  shown on the corresponding survey plat conform to the Texas
  Coordinate System, North American Datum 1983, Texas South Central
  Zone.) (All corners called for as being set are marked on the ground
  with 1/2" diameter rebar with plastic identification caps stamped
  "RPLS/6418" attached unless otherwise noted or shown.)
         BEGINNING at a 4.5" diameter pipe fence angle post at a point
  on the ostensible common survey line of said Survey 1199 and N.
  Mcada Survey 1198, Abstract No. 566, at the intersection of Red
  Barn Road and an unnamed county road, and marking an exterior corner
  of the herein described tract;
         THENCE: S 10° 11' 13" W, with the southeasterly margin of said
  unnamed county road and the herein described tract for a distance of
  40.83 feet to a 4.5" diameter pipe fence angle post at the
  intersection of Red Barn Road and an unnamed county road, and
  marking an exterior corner of the herein described tract;
         THENCE: With the southerly margin of said unnamed county road
  and said 184.3 acres for the following five (5) calls:
         1.)  N 70° 52' 16" W, for a distance of 1715.73 feet to an
  unmarked corner marking a deflection point of the herein described
  tract;
         2.)  N 71° 28' 14" W, for a distance of 1614.73 feet to an
  unmarked corner marking an interior corner of the herein described
  tract;
         3.)  S 53° 51' 54" W, for a distance of 1234.46 feet to an
  unmarked corner marking a deflection point of the herein described
  tract;
         4.)  S 53° 53' 08" W, for a distance of 286.02 feet to an
  unmarked corner marking an exterior corner of the herein described
  tract;
         5.)  N 79° 52' 38" W, for a distance of 68.45 feet to an
  unmarked corner marking the east corner of said 0.616 acre, and
  marking a deflection point of the herein described tract;
         THENCE: N 56° 44' 15" W, with the common boundary line of said
  0.616 acre and the herein described tract for a distance of 50.89
  feet to a 3" diameter pipe fence angle post marking a deflection
  point of said 11.25 acres, marking a deflection point of said 0.616
  acre, and marking the west corner of the herein described tract;
         THENCE: Generally with the fence, and with the common
  boundary lines of said 11.25 acres and the herein described tract
  for the following two (2) calls:
         3.)  S 79° 52' 38" E, for a distance of 79.02 feet to a 3"
  diameter pipe fence angle post, marking the south corner of said
  11.25 acres, and marking an interior corner of the herein described
  tract;
         4.)  N 53° 53' 08" E, for a distance of 296.62 feet to a found
  leaning 1/2" diameter rebar marking the common corner of said 11.25
  acres and said 81.60 acres, and marking a deflection point of the
  herein described tract;
         THENCE: N 53° 51' 54" E, generally with the fence, and with the
  common boundary line of said 81.60 acres and the herein described
  tract for a distance of 1255.14 feet to a 4.5" diameter pipe 3-way
  fence corner post at a point on the ostensible common survey line of
  said Survey 1198 and said Survey 1199, marking an exterior corner of
  said 81.60 acres, at a point on a southwesterly line of said 328.52
  acres, and marking the north corner of the herein described tract;
         THENCE: With the ostensible common survey line of said Survey
  1198 and said Survey 1199, and with the common boundary lines of
  said 328.52 acres and the herein described tract for the following
  two (2) calls:
         3.)  S 71° 28' 14" E, for a distance of 1635.61 feet to an
  unmarked corner marking a deflection point of the herein described
  tract;
         4.)  S 70° 52' 56" E for a distance of 1709.60 feet to the
  Place of Beginning and containing 4.52 acres, more or less, of land
  within the herein described boundary according to an actual on the
  ground survey made by Smyth Surveyors, Inc. and completed on
  November 30, 2022.
         Being a boundary survey of 311.94 acres, more or less, of land
  lying in Atascosa County, Texas, being out of and parts of G.
  Hectorne Survey 1199, Abstract No. 370, W. Morrow Survey 1200,
  Abstract No. 589, C. Horton Survey 1201, Abstract No. 380, and E.S.
  Harper Survey 1202, Abstract No. 366, being out of and a part of
  John T. Horton Ranch, recorded in Slide 25-A of the Atascosa County
  New Plat Cabinet, and also being comprised of a composite of those
  same certain tracts called Tract III (146.374 acres), Tract IV
  (remainder of 184.3 acres), Tract V (101.87 acres), and Tract VI
  (57.46 acres) as described in conveyance document to The J W Gorman
  Family Partnership, Ltd., recorded in Document Number 137428 of the
  Atascosa County Official Public Records, Atascosa County, Texas.
  Said 311.94 acres being bounded on the northwest by the fenced
  southeasterly margin of F.M. 1470 (Leming Drive); on the northeast
  by 11.25 acres, James P. Shone, et ux., Book 857, Page 700 of the
  Atascosa County Deed Records; on the southeast by 100 acres,
  Carolyn Daniel, Document Number 143664 of the Atascosa County
  Official Public Records; and on the southwest by the fenced
  northeasterly margin of Strawberry City Road. Said 311.94 acres
  being more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows:
  (The courses, distances, areas and any coordinates cited herein or
  shown on the corresponding survey plat conform to the Texas
  Coordinate System, North American Datum 1983, Texas South Central
  Zone.) (All corners called for as being set are marked on the ground
  with 1/2" diameter rebar with plastic identification caps stamped
  "RPLS/6418" attached unless otherwise noted or shown.)
         BEGINNING at a 3" diameter pipe 2-way fence corner post
  marking the north corner of said 100 acres, and marking the east
  corner of the herein described tract;
         THENCE: S 18° 52' 45" W, generally with the fence, passing the
  ostensible common survey line of said Survey 1200 and said Survey
  1201, continuing on the same course for a distance of 3122.32 feet
  to a 3" diameter pipe 3-way fence corner post marking the west
  corner of said 100 acres, and marking the south corner of the herein
  described tract;
         THENCE: Generally with the fenced northeasterly margin of
  Strawberry City Road and the herein described tract for the
  following three (3) calls:
         1.)  N 71° 46' 34" W, for a distance of 1069.95 feet to a 3"
  diameter pipe fence angle post marking a deflection point of the
  herein described tract;
         2.)  N 71° 35' 54" W, for a distance of 405.81 feet to a 3"
  diameter pipe fence angle post marking a deflection point of the
  herein described tract;
         3.)  N 70° 56' 03" W, for a distance of 2171.57 feet to a found
  leaning TxDOT Type I right-of-way monument at the intersection of
  Strawberry City Road and F.M. 1470, and marking a deflection point
  of the herein described tract;
         THENCE: Generally with the fenced southeasterly margin of
  F.M. 1470 and the herein described tract for the following four (4)
  calls:
         1.)  N 26° 01' 40" W, for a distance of 106.32 feet to a found
  TxDOT Type II right-of-way monument at a point on the ostensible
  common survey line of said Survey 1200 and said Survey 1201, and
  marking the west corner of the herein described tract;
         2.)  N 19° 25' 08" E, with the ostensible common survey line
  of said Survey 1200 and said Survey 1201, passing the ostensible
  common survey corner of said Survey 1200 and said Survey 1201,
  continuing on the same course, at 2898.84 feet passing a found TxDOT
  Type II right-of-way monument, continuing on the same course,
  passing the ostensible common survey line of said Survey 1200 and
  said Survey 1202, continuing on the same course for a total distance
  of 4363.12 feet to a found TxDOT Type II right-of-way monument
  marking a deflection point of the herein described tract;
         3.)  N 83° 05' 12" E, for a distance of 66.64 feet to a found
  broken TxDOT Type I right-of-way monument marking a deflection
  point of the herein described tract;
         4.)  N 26° 16' 04" E, for a distance of 25.94 feet to a 3"
  diameter pipe 3-way fence corner post at a point on the ostensible
  common survey line of said Survey 1202 and I. Wautz Survey 1176,
  Abstract No. 895, marking a deflection point of said 11.25 acres,
  and marking the north corner of the herein described tract;
         THENCE: S 35° 21' 31" E, generally with the fence, with the
  ostensible common survey line of said Survey 1202 and said Survey
  1176, and with the common boundary lines of said 11.25 acres and the
  herein described tract for a distance of 1154.04 feet to a 3"
  diameter pipe fence angle post marking a deflection point of said
  11.25 acres, and marking a deflection point of the herein described
  tract;
         THENCE: S 56° 44' 15" E, crossing into and across said Tract IV
  and said Tract V, crossing the ostensible common survey line of said
  Survey 1176 and said Survey 1199, continuing on the same course,
  crossing the ostensible common survey line of said Survey 1199 and
  said Survey 1200, continuing on the same course for a distance of
  2768.17 feet to the Place of Beginning and containing 311.94 acres,
  more or less, of land within the herein described boundary, of which
  approximately 0.61 acre lie within an unnamed county road (40'
  R.O.W.), and of which approximately 2.76 acres lie within Old
  Pleasanton & Benton Road (60' R.O.W., platted, and unimproved),
  according to an actual on the ground survey made by Smyth Surveyors,
  Inc. and completed on September 20, 2022.
         Being a boundary survey of 399.52 acres, more or less, of land
  lying in Atascosa County, Texas, being out of and parts of S.
  Arreola Survey 1120, Abstract No. 37, S. Arreola Survey 1119,
  Abstract No. 36, I. Wautz Survey 1175, Abstract No. 896, and M.
  Moritz Survey 1292, Abstract No. 586, and also being that same
  certain tract called Tract I (400.01 acres) as described in
  conveyance document to The J W Gorman Family Partnership, Ltd.,
  recorded in Document Number 137428 of the Atascosa County Official
  Public Records, Atascosa County, Texas. Said 399.52 acres being
  bounded on the southeast by the fenced northwesterly margin of F.M.
  1470 (Leming Drive); on the west by 48.24 acres, Maurilio and Diane
  Gonzales, Document Number 152961 of the Atascosa County Official
  Public Records; on the northwest by the following: 1.) 101.21
  acres, Maurilio and Diane Gonzales, Jr., Document Number 152953 of
  the Atascosa County Official Public Records, 2.) 94.42 acres,
  Maurilio and Diane Gonzales, Document Number 152956 of the Atascosa
  County Official Public Records, and 3.) 100.00 acres, David L.
  Domsch, Volume 173, Page 690 of the Atascosa Official Public
  Records; and on the northeast by the fenced margin of Red Barn Road.
  Said 399.52 acres being more particularly described by metes and
  bounds as follows: (The courses, distances, areas and any
  coordinates cited herein or shown on the corresponding survey plat
  conform to the Texas Coordinate System, North American Datum 1983,
  Texas South Central Zone.) (All corners called for as being set are
  marked on the ground with 1/2" diameter rebar with plastic
  identification caps stamped "RPLS/6418" attached unless otherwise
  noted or shown.)
         BEGINNING at an unmarked corner at a point on the
  northwesterly margin of F.M. 1470, marking the southeast corner of
  said 48.24 acres, and marking the south corner of the herein
  described tract, from which a found TxDOT Type I right-of-way
  monument bears S 65° 54' 36" W at a distance of 1453.64 feet;
         THENCE: N 07° 18' 28" W, with the common boundary line of said
  48.24 acres and the herein described tract, at 0.35 feet passing a
  4.5" diameter pipe 3-way fence corner post, continuing on the same
  course and now generally with the fence for a total distance of
  1240.29 feet to a 3" diameter pipe 3-way fence corner post at a
  point on the ostensible common survey line of said Survey 1175 and
  S. Arreola Survey 1119, Abstract No. 36, marking a deflection point
  of said 48.24 acres, marking the south corner of said 101.21 acres,
  and marking an exterior corner of the herein described tract;
         THENCE: N 54° 01' 39" E, generally with the fence, with the
  ostensible common survey line of said Survey 1175 and said Survey
  1119, and with the common boundary line of said 101.21 acres and the
  herein described tract, passing the common corner of said 101.21
  acres and said 94.42 acres, continuing on the same course and now
  with the common boundary line of said 94.42 acres and the herein
  described tract for a distance of 2591.83 feet to a 11" diameter
  creosote 2-way fence corner post marking the ostensible common
  survey corner of said Survey 1175 and said Survey 1119, at a point
  on the ostensible southwesterly survey line of said Survey 1120,
  marking the east corner of said 94.42 acres, and marking an interior
  corner of the herein described tract;
         THENCE: N 36° 08' 32" W, generally with the diverging fence,
  with the ostensible common survey line of said Survey 1119 and said
  Survey 1120, and with the common boundary line of said 94.42 acres
  and the herein described tract for a distance of 2093.55 feet to a
  found 5/8" diameter rebar with a plastic cap marked "JOHN
  HOWARD/RPLS 4611" marking the south corner of said 100.00 acres,
  and marking an exterior corner of the herein described tract;
         THENCE: N 55° 00' 19" E, with the common boundary line of said
  100.00 acres and the herein described tract for a distance of
  3594.33 feet to a found 5/8" diameter rebar with a plastic cap
  marked "JOHN HOWARD/RPLS 4611" at a point on the southwesterly
  margin of Red Barn Road, marking the east corner of said 100.00
  acres, and marking the north corner of the herein described tract;
         THENCE: S 35° 14' 40" E, generally with the converging fence,
  and with the southwesterly margin of Red Barn Road and the herein
  described tract for a distance of 1793.52 feet to a 9" diameter
  creosote fence angle post marking a deflection point of the herein
  described tract;
         THENCE: Generally with the fenced margin of Red Barn Road and
  the herein described tract for the following four (4) calls:
         4.)  S 34° 53' 17" E, for a distance of 764.74 feet to a 9"
  diameter creosote fence angle post marking a deflection point of
  the herein described tract;
         5.)  S 13° 30' 50" E, passing the ostensible common survey
  line of said Survey 1120 and said Survey 1292, continuing on the
  same course for a distance of 221.66 feet to an 8" diameter creosote
  fence angle post marking a deflection point of the herein described
  tract;
         6.)  S 15° 45' 50" W, for a distance of 584.06 feet to an 8"
  diameter creosote fence angle post marking a deflection point of
  the herein described tract;
         7.)  S 18° 08' 23" W, for a distance of 1666.51 feet to a found
  TxDOT Type II right-of-way monument at the intersection of Red Barn
  Road and F.M. 1470, and marking a deflection point of the herein
  described tract;
         THENCE: With the fenced northwesterly margin of F.M. 1470 and
  the herein described tract for the following two (2) calls:
         1.)  S 41° 45' 44" W, for a distance of 91.46 feet to an
  unmarked corner marking a deflection point of the herein described
  tract, from which point a 4.5" diameter pipe fence angle post bears
  N 53° 54' 38" W at a distance of 2.48 feet;
         2.)  S 65° 54' 36" W, passing the ostensible common survey
  line of said Survey 1292 and said Survey 1175, continuing on the
  same course, at 1137.84 feet passing a found TxDOT Type II
  right-of-way monument, continuing on the same course, at 2637.64
  feet passing a found TxDOT Type II right-of-way monument,
  continuing on the same course, at 3121.06 feet passing a found TxDOT
  Type II right-of-way monument, continuing on the same course, at
  4637.23 feet passing 1.12 feet to the right of a found TxDOT Type II
  right-of-way monument, continuing on the same course, for a total
  distance of 4858.45 feet to the Place of Beginning and containing
  399.52 acres, more or less, of land within the herein described
  boundary, according to an actual on the ground survey made by D. G.
  Smyth & Co., Inc. and completed on August 26, 2022.
         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
  7957A, Special District Local Laws Code, as added by Section 1 of
  this Act, is amended by adding Section 7957A.0308 to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 7957A.0308.  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.