Bill Text: TX HB5322 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the administration, powers, territory, and financing of the Garfield Municipal Utility District No. 1.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-18 - Effective immediately [HB5322 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB5322-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the administration, powers, territory, and financing of the Garfield Municipal Utility District No. 1.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-18 - Effective immediately [HB5322 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB5322-Introduced.html
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By: Gerdes | H.B. No. 5322 |
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relating to the administration, powers, territory, and financing of | ||
the Garfield Municipal Utility District No. 1. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 776, Acts of the 78th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2003, is amended by adding Section 5A to read as | ||
follows: | ||
SECTION 5A. EXCLUDED LAND. The following land is excluded | ||
from the territory of the district: | ||
Approximately 402.839 acres of land, consisting of the | ||
following tracts: | ||
Tract 1: a 267.792 acre portion of that parcel of land | ||
described by metes and bounds in Section 15(g) of this Act; | ||
Tract 2: being a 135.047 acre portion of that parcel of land | ||
described by metes and bounds in Section 15(h) of this Act. | ||
SECTION 2. Chapter 776, Acts of the 78th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2003, is amended by adding Sections 7A, 7B, 7C, 7D, | ||
and 7E to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 7A. 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. | ||
SECTION 7B. 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. | ||
SECTION 7C. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS | ||
FOR ROAD PROJECTS. 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 a road project | ||
authorized by Section 7A of this Act. 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 7D. TAXES FOR ROAD PROJECT BONDS. At the time the | ||
district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem | ||
taxes for a road project authorized by Section 7A of this Act, 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. | ||
SECTION 7E. ELECTIONS REGARDING ROAD PROJECT BONDS. 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. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 11(a), Chapter 776, Acts of the 78th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The temporary board consists of: | ||
(1) C. T. Granger III [ |
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(2) Nathan L. Kennedy [ |
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(3) Jason Howell Levine [ |
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(4) David Gonzalez [ |
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(5) William J. Murphy [ |
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SECTION 4. Section 12, Chapter 776, Acts of the 78th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, is amended to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 12. CONFIRMATION AND INITIAL DIRECTORS ELECTION. | ||
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confirm establishment of the district and to elect five initial | ||
directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code. | ||
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SECTION 5. Section 15, Chapter 776, Acts of the 78th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, is amended by adding | ||
Subsections (g) and (h) to read as follows: | ||
(g) FIELD NOTES FOR A 267.792 ACRE TRACT OF LAND OUT OF THE | ||
REUBEN GAGE SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 31, BASTROP COUNTY, TEXAS; BEING | ||
ALL OF A CALLED 261.430 ACRE TRACT OF LAND DESCRIBED AS TRACT 1 AS | ||
CONVEYED TO CTX HWY 21, LP BY WARRANTY DEED WITH VENDOR'S LIEN | ||
RECORDED IN DOCUMENT NUMBER 202216695 OF THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC | ||
RECORDS OF BASTROP COUNTY, TEXAS, BEING ALL OF A CALLED 6.362 ACRE | ||
TRACT OF LAND AS CONVEYED TO CTX HWY 21, LP BY SPECIAL WARRANTY DEED | ||
100' ROW RECORDED IN DOCUMENT NUMBER 202221197 OF THE OFFICIAL | ||
PUBLIC RECORDS OF BASTROP COUNTY, TEXAS, BEING A PORTION OF A | ||
100-FOOT WIDE UNIMPROVED RIGHT-OF-WAY AS DEDICATED BY VOLUME 427, | ||
PAGE 848 OF THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS OF BASTROP COUNTY, TEXAS, | ||
AND BEING A PORTION OF LOTS 7, 8, 10 AND 11 OF MARK YOUNG RANCH, A | ||
SUBDIVISION AS REFERENCED IN VOLUME 52, PAGE 351 OF THE DEED RECORDS | ||
OF BASTROP COUNTY, TEXAS; SAID 267.792 ACRES OF LAND BEING MORE | ||
PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS AS FOLLOWS: | ||
BEGINNING at a 1/2-inch iron rod with cap stamped "BGE Inc" | ||
set on the southeast line of THE RANCH, a subdivision recorded in | ||
Cabinet 1, Page 74-B of the Plat Records of Bastrop County, Texas, | ||
at the most westerly corner of the above described CTX HWY 21 Tract | ||
1, and at the most northerly corner of a called 100.842 acre tract | ||
of land described as Tract 1 as conveyed to Cedar Creek East LP by | ||
Special Warranty Deed recorded in Document Number 202114074 of the | ||
Official Public Records of Bastrop County, Texas, for the most | ||
westerly corner of the herein described tract, from which a found | ||
1/2-inch iron rod bears N 46°52'57" W a distance of 2.59 feet, and | ||
from which a found 1/2-inch iron pipe bears S 43°03'13" W a distance | ||
of 321.19 feet; | ||
THENCE, with a northwest line of said CTX HWY 21 Tract 1 and | ||
the southeast line of said THE RANCH, N 43°08'04" E a distance of | ||
314.84 feet to a 1/2-inch iron rod with cap stamped "BGE Inc" set at | ||
an exterior corner of said CTX HWY 21 Tract 1, and at the most | ||
westerly corner of a called 135.047 acre tract of land described as | ||
Tract 2 as conveyed to CTX SPE 4, LP by Warranty Deed with Vendor's | ||
Lien recorded in said Document Number 202216695 of the Official | ||
Public Records of Bastrop County, Texas, for an exterior corner of | ||
the herein described tract, from which a 1/2-inch iron rod with cap | ||
stamped "BGE Inc" set at the most easterly corner of said THE RANCH, | ||
at the most southerly corner of FOREST LAKES, a subdivision | ||
recorded in Cabinet 1, Page 164-A of the Plat Records of Bastrop | ||
County, Texas, and at the most southerly terminus of Lakeview Drive | ||
(50 feet wide) as dedicated by said FOREST LAKES, bears | ||
N 43°08'04" E a distance of 204.63 feet; | ||
THENCE, departing the southeast line of said THE RANCH, with | ||
the north line of said CTX HWY 21 Tract 1 and the south line of said | ||
CTX SPE 4 Tract, the following six (6) courses: | ||
(1) S 84°51'25" E a distance of 407.47 feet to a 1/2-inch iron rod | ||
with cap stamped "BGE Inc" set for an angle point; | ||
(2) N 77°52'25" E a distance of 373.22 feet to a 1/2-inch iron rod | ||
with cap stamped "BGE Inc" set for an angle point; | ||
(3) N 27°47'35" E a distance of 215.08 feet to a 1/2-inch iron rod | ||
with cap stamped "BGE Inc" set for an exterior corner of said CTX | ||
HWY 21 Tract 1, and at an interior corner of said CTX SPE 4 Tract, | ||
for an exterior corner of the herein described tract; | ||
(4) S 62°12'25" E a distance of 1,071.49 feet to a 1/2-inch iron rod | ||
with cap stamped "BGE Inc" set for an interior corner of said CTX | ||
HWY 21 Tract 1, and at an exterior corner of said CTX SPE 4 Tract, | ||
for an interior corner of the herein described tract; | ||
(5) N 60°51'43" E a distance of 490.04 feet to a 1/2-inch iron rod | ||
with cap stamped "BGE Inc" set for an angle point; and | ||
(6) N 43°03'50" E a distance of 2,814.94 feet to a 1/2-inch iron rod | ||
with cap stamped "BGE Inc" set on the southwest line of THOUSAND | ||
OAKS, a subdivision recorded in Cabinet 1, Page 129-A of the Plat | ||
Records of Bastrop County, Texas, at the most northerly corner of | ||
said CTX HWY 21 Tract 1, and at the most easterly corner of said CTX | ||
SPE 4 Tract, for the most northerly corner of the herein described | ||
tract, from which a 1/2-inch iron rod found at the most southerly | ||
corner of Lot 53 and the most westerly corner of Lot 52, both of said | ||
THOUSAND OAKS, bears N 47°03'28" W a distance of 206.43 feet; | ||
THENCE, with the northeast line of said CTX HWY 21 Tract 1 and | ||
the southwest line of said THOUSAND OAKS, S 47°03'28" E a distance | ||
of 1,016.21 feet to a 3/8-inch iron rod found at the most southerly | ||
corner of Lot 48 and the most westerly corner of Lot 47, both of said | ||
THOUSAND OAKS, for an angle point; | ||
THENCE, continuing with the northeast line of said CTX HWY 21 | ||
Tract 1 and the southwest line of said THOUSAND OAKS and partly with | ||
the southwest line of AMENDED PLAT OF LOT 46 AND PORTION OF LOT 47, | ||
THOUSAND OAKS, a subdivision recorded in Cabinet 6, Sheet 28A of the | ||
Plat Records of Bastrop County, Texas, S 46°46'54" E a distance of | ||
770.36 feet to a 3/8-inch iron rod found for an angle point; | ||
THENCE, continuing with the northeast line of said CTX HWY 21 | ||
Tract 1 and the southwest line of said AMENDED PLAT OF LOT 46 AND | ||
PORTION OF LOT 47, THOUSAND OAKS, S 46°27'13" E a distance of 342.84 | ||
feet to a fence post found at the most easterly corner of said CTX | ||
HWY 21 Tract 1, and at the most northerly corner of a called 587.274 | ||
acre tract of land described as Tract 3 as conveyed to Cedar Creek | ||
East LP by Special Warranty Deed recorded in said Document Number | ||
202114074 and Correction Instruments as to a Recorded Original | ||
Instrument recorded in Document Numbers 202216447 and 202216495, | ||
all of the Official Public Records of Bastrop County, Texas, for the | ||
most easterly corner of the herein described tract, from which a | ||
1/2-inch iron rod found at the most southerly corner of said AMENDED | ||
PLAT OF LOT 46 AND PORTION OF LOT 47, THOUSAND OAKS, bears | ||
S 46°52'02" E a distance of 1,345.39 feet; | ||
THENCE, generally along a fence, with the southeast line of | ||
said CTX HWY 21 Tract 1 and the northwest line of said Cedar Creek | ||
East Tract 3, S 42°54'02" W a distance of 4,643.68 feet to a | ||
1/2-inch iron rod found at the most southerly corner of said CTX HWY | ||
21 Tract 1, and at the most easterly corner of a called 121.000 acre | ||
tract of land described as Tract 2 as conveyed to Cedar Creek East | ||
LP by Special Warranty Deed recorded in said Document Number | ||
202114074 of the Official Public Records of Bastrop County, Texas, | ||
for the most southerly corner of the herein described tract, from | ||
which a found 3/8-inch iron rod bears N 38°41'24" W a distance of | ||
0.68 feet, and from which a 1/2-inch iron rod with cap stamped "BGE | ||
Inc" found on the north line of a called 141.079 acre tract of land | ||
as conveyed to NEU Community Creekside LLC by Special Warranty Deed | ||
recorded in Document Number 202207532 of the Official Public | ||
Records of Bastrop County, Texas, at a common corner of the | ||
remainders of said Cedar Creek East Tract 2 and said Cedar Creek | ||
East Tract 3, bears S 43°02'33" W a distance of 2,032.33 feet; | ||
THENCE, generally along a fence, with the southwest line of | ||
said CTX HWY 21 Tract 1 and the northeast line of said Cedar Creek | ||
East Tract 2, N 46°52'57" W, pass a 1/2-inch iron rod with cap | ||
stamped "BGE Inc" set on the south line of said 100-foot wide | ||
unimproved right-of-way, at an exterior corner of said CTX HWY 21 | ||
Tract 1, at the most southerly corner of the above described CTX HWY | ||
21 6.362 acre tract, and at the northeast corner of said Cedar Creek | ||
East Tract 2 at a distance of 476.83 feet, and continuing on | ||
generally along a fence, with the southwest line of said CTX HWY 21 | ||
6.362 acre tract and over and across said 100-foot wide unimproved | ||
right-of-way, pass a 1/2-inch iron rod with cap stamped "BGE Inc" | ||
set on the north line of said 100-foot wide unimproved | ||
right-of-way, at an exterior corner of said CTX HWY 21 Tract 1, at | ||
the most westerly corner of said CTX HWY 21 6.362 acre tract, and at | ||
the most easterly corner of said Cedar Creek East Tract 1 at a | ||
distance of 588.33 feet, and continuing on generally along a fence, | ||
with the southwest line of said CTX HWY 21 Tract 1 and the northeast | ||
line of said Cedar Creek East Tract 1 for a total distance of | ||
3,804.30 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 267.792 | ||
acres of land, more or less. | ||
(h) FIELD NOTES FOR A 135.047 ACRE TRACT OF LAND OUT OF THE | ||
REUBEN GAGE SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 31, THE HIRAM BEALES SURVEY, | ||
ABSTRACT NO. 12, AND THE ISAAC LINDSEY SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 226, ALL | ||
OF BASTROP COUNTY, TEXAS; BEING A PORTION OF A CALLED 808.872 ACRE | ||
TRACT OF LAND AS CONVEYED TO FREDDIE WAYNE HOSKINS, TRUSTEE OF THE | ||
HOSKINS GRANTOR RETAINED ANNUITY TRUST BY WARRANTY DEED RECORDED IN | ||
DOCUMENT NUMBER 200411085 OF THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS OF BASTROP | ||
COUNTY, TEXAS, AND BEING A PORTION OF LOT 7 AND LOT 10 OF MARK YOUNG | ||
RANCH, A SUBDIVISION AS REFERENCED IN VOLUME 52, PAGE 351 OF THE | ||
DEED RECORDS OF BASTROP COUNTY, TEXAS; SAID 135.047 ACRES OF LAND | ||
BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS AS FOLLOWS: | ||
BEGINNING at a 1/2-inch iron rod found on the northwest line | ||
of the above described Hoskins Tract and the southwest right-of-way | ||
line of Privada Drive (50 feet wide) as shown on the plat of | ||
ESCONDIDO, a subdivision recorded in Cabinet 1, Page 66-A of the | ||
Plat Records of Bastrop County, Texas, at the most easterly corner | ||
of Lot 20 of said ESCONDIDO, for the most northerly corner and POINT | ||
OF BEGINNING of the herein described tract; | ||
THENCE, leaving the southeast line of said ESCONDIDO, over | ||
and across said Hoskins Tract and with the apparent southwest | ||
right-of-way line of said Privada Drive, S 47°24'40" E a distance of | ||
31.39 feet to a 1/2-inch iron rod with cap stamped "BGE Inc" set on a | ||
southeast line of said Hoskins Tract and the northwest line of | ||
THOUSAND OAKS, a subdivision recorded in Cabinet 1, Page 129-A of | ||
the Plat Records of Bastrop County, Texas, at the intersection with | ||
the southeast right-of-way line of Elm Forest Loop (called 12 varas | ||
wide) as recorded in Volume 55, Page 223 of the Deed Records of | ||
Bastrop County, Texas, and as shown on said ESCONDIDO and said | ||
THOUSAND OAKS, for an exterior corner of the herein described | ||
tract; | ||
THENCE, with a southeast line of said Hoskins Tract and the | ||
northwest line of said THOUSAND OAKS, S 43°23'38" W a distance of | ||
65.41 feet to a 1/2-inch iron rod found at an interior corner of | ||
said Hoskins Tract, and at the most westerly corner of said THOUSAND | ||
OAKS, for an interior corner of the herein described tract; | ||
THENCE, with the northeast line of said Hoskins Tract and the | ||
southwest line of said THOUSAND OAKS, S 46°56'10" E a distance of | ||
1,427.18 feet to a 1/2-inch iron rod found at the most southerly | ||
corner of Lot 53 and the most westerly corner of Lot 52, both of said | ||
THOUSAND OAKS, for an angle point; | ||
THENCE, continuing with the northeast line of said Hoskins | ||
Tract and the southwest line of said THOUSAND OAKS, S 47°03'28" E a | ||
distance of 206.43 feet to a 1/2-inch iron rod with cap stamped "BGE | ||
Inc" set for the most easterly corner of the herein described tract, | ||
from which a 3/8-inch iron rod found at the most southerly corner of | ||
Lot 48 and the most westerly corner of Lot 47, both of said THOUSAND | ||
OAKS, bears S 47°03'28" E a distance of 1,016.21 feet; | ||
THENCE, leaving the southwest line of said THOUSAND OAKS, | ||
over and across said Hoskins Tract, S 43°03'50" W a distance of | ||
2,814.94 feet to a 1/2-inch iron rod with cap stamped "BGE Inc" set | ||
for an angle point; | ||
THENCE, continuing over and across said Hoskins Tract, | ||
S 60°51'43" W a distance of 490.04 feet to a 1/2-inch iron rod with | ||
cap stamped "BGE Inc" set for the most southerly corner of the | ||
herein described tract; | ||
THENCE, continuing over and across said Hoskins Tract, | ||
N 62°12'25" W a distance of 1,071.49 feet to a 1/2-inch iron rod | ||
with cap stamped "BGE Inc" set for an interior corner of the herein | ||
described tract; | ||
THENCE, continuing over and across said Hoskins Tract, | ||
S 27°47'35" W a distance of 215.08 feet to a 1/2-inch iron rod with | ||
cap stamped "BGE Inc" set for an angle point; | ||
THENCE, continuing over and across said Hoskins Tract, | ||
S 77°52'25" W a distance of 373.22 feet to a 1/2-inch iron rod with | ||
cap stamped "BGE Inc" set for an angle point; | ||
THENCE, continuing over and across said Hoskins Tract, | ||
N 84°51'25" W a distance of 407.47 feet to a 1/2-inch iron rod with | ||
cap stamped "BGE Inc" set on the northwest line of said Hoskins | ||
Tract and the southeast line of Lot 22, THE RANCH, a subdivision | ||
recorded in Cabinet 1, Page 74-B of the Plat Records of Bastrop | ||
County, Texas, for the most westerly corner of the herein described | ||
tract, from which a 1/2-inch iron rod with cap stamped "BGE Inc" set | ||
at the most westerly corner of said Hoskins Tract, and at the most | ||
northerly corner of a called 100.842 acre tract of land described as | ||
Tract 1 as conveyed to Cedar Creek East LP by Special Warranty Deed | ||
recorded in Document Number 202114074 of the Official Public | ||
Records of Bastrop County, Texas, bears S 43°08'04" W a distance of | ||
314.84 feet; | ||
THENCE, with the northwest line of said Hoskins Tract and the | ||
southeast line of said THE RANCH, N 43°08'04" E a distance of 204.63 | ||
feet to a 1/2-inch iron rod with cap stamped "BGE Inc" set at the | ||
most easterly corner of said THE RANCH, at the most southerly corner | ||
of FOREST LAKES, a subdivision recorded in Cabinet 1, Page 164-A of | ||
the Plat Records of Bastrop County, Texas, and at the most southerly | ||
terminus of Lakeview Drive (50 feet wide) as dedicated by said | ||
FOREST LAKES, for an angle point, from which a found flagged | ||
3/8-inch iron rod extruding from the ground bears N 38°18'55" W a | ||
distance of 2.42 feet; | ||
THENCE, continuing with the northwest line of said Hoskins | ||
Tract, S 84°13'54" E a distance of 34.74 feet to 1/2-inch iron rod | ||
with cap stamped "BGE Inc" set at an angle point, from which a found | ||
flagged t-post bears N 40°56'38" W a distance of 2.76 feet; | ||
THENCE, continuing with the northwest line of said Hoskins | ||
Tract, N 42°44'59" E a distance of 1,113.08 feet to a 1/2-inch iron | ||
rod found at the most southerly corner of said ESCONDIDO, for an | ||
angle point; | ||
THENCE, continuing with the northwest line of said Hoskins | ||
Tract and the southeast line of said ESCONDIDO the following eight | ||
(8) courses: | ||
(1) N 43°11'44" E a distance of 720.41 feet to an 8-foot tall | ||
10-inch by 10-inch concrete pillar found at the most easterly | ||
corner of Lot 39 of said ESCONDIDO, and at the most southerly | ||
terminus of Escondido Drive (50 feet wide) as dedicated by said | ||
ESCONDIDO, for an angle point; | ||
(2) N 43°40'05" E a distance of 48.94 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod | ||
found at the most easterly terminus of said Escondido Drive, and at | ||
the most southerly corner of Lot 29 of said ESCONDIDO, for an angle | ||
point; | ||
(3) N 43°09'00" E a distance of 456.59 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod | ||
found for an angle point; | ||
(4) N 43°03'58" E a distance of 629.59 feet to a 1/2-inch iron rod | ||
found for an angle point; | ||
(5) N 43°30'21" E a distance of 145.94 feet to a 1/2-inch iron rod | ||
found at the most easterly corner of said Lot 29, and at the most | ||
southerly corner of Lot 20 of said ESCONDIDO, for an angle point; | ||
(6) N 43°01'51" E a distance of 681.62 feet to a 1/2-inch iron rod | ||
with cap stamped "BGE Inc" set for an angle point; | ||
(7) N 07°13'53" E a distance of 52.30 feet to a 1/2-inch iron rod | ||
with cap stamped "BGE Inc" set for an angle point; and | ||
(8) N 43°23'23" E a distance of 328.55 feet to the POINT OF | ||
BEGINNING and containing 135.047 acres of land, more or less. | ||
SECTION 6. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
of this Act, the temporary board of the Garfield Municipal Utility | ||
District No. 1 shall hold an election to confirm the establishment | ||
of the district and to elect five initial directors as provided by | ||
Section 12, Chapter 776, Acts of the 78th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2003, as amended by this Act. | ||
SECTION 7. (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 8. 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. |