Bill Text: TX SB871 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the creation of the Caldwell 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.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-22 - Effective immediately [SB871 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB871-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of the Caldwell 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.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-22 - Effective immediately [SB871 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB871-Introduced.html
86R7771 BRG-F | ||
By: Zaffirini | S.B. No. 871 |
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relating to the creation of the Clear Fork Ranch Municipal Utility | ||
District; 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 8053 to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 8053. CLEAR FORK RANCH MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT | ||
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS | ||
Sec. 8053.0101. 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 Clear Fork Ranch Municipal | ||
Utility District. | ||
Sec. 8053.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a | ||
municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, | ||
Texas Constitution. | ||
Sec. 8053.0103. 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. 8053.0104. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED. The | ||
temporary directors may not hold an election under Section | ||
8053.0103 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. 8053.0105. 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. 8053.0106. 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. 8053.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district is | ||
governed by a board of five elected directors. | ||
(b) Except as provided by Section 8053.0202, directors | ||
serve staggered four-year terms. | ||
Sec. 8053.0202. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS. (a) On or after | ||
September 1, 2019, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed | ||
value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to | ||
the commission requesting that the commission appoint as temporary | ||
directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission | ||
shall appoint as temporary directors the five persons named in the | ||
petition. | ||
(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of: | ||
(1) the date permanent directors are elected under | ||
Section 8053.0103; or | ||
(2) September 1, 2023. | ||
(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under | ||
Section 8053.0103 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 8053.0103; 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. 8053.0301. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district | ||
has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for | ||
which the district is created. | ||
Sec. 8053.0302. 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. 8053.0303. 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. 8053.0304. 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. 8053.0305. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT | ||
ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION. The district shall comply with all | ||
applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is | ||
adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that | ||
consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land | ||
in the district. | ||
SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS | ||
Sec. 8053.0401. 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 8053.0403. | ||
(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. 8053.0402. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. (a) If | ||
authorized at an election held under Section 8053.0401, 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. 8053.0403. 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. 8053.0501. 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. 8053.0502. 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. 8053.0503. 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 Clear Fork Ranch Municipal Utility District | ||
initially includes all the territory contained in the following | ||
area: | ||
BEING approximately 472.126 acres of land in Caldwell County, | ||
Texas, said land being all of the 155.27 acres as described in Tract | ||
"A", and all of the 316.856 acres as described in Tract "B". Those | ||
individual tracts being described as follows: | ||
Tract "A" | ||
BEING 155.27 ACRES OF LAND CONSISTING OF A CALLED 35.0 ACRES OF | ||
LAND, DESCRIBED AS FOURTH TRACT IN THE W. C. STEFFEY SURVEY, | ||
ABSTRACT NUMBER 274 IN CALDWELL COUNTY, TEXAS; AND CONSISTING OF | ||
THE REMAINDER OF A CALLED 142.5 ACRES OF LAND, DESCRIBED AS FIFTH | ||
TRACT IN THE M. HUNT SURVEY, ABSTRACT NUMBER 137 IN CALDWELL COUNTY, | ||
TEXAS; SAID FOURTH TRACT AND FIFTH TRACT, HAVING A COMBINED TOTAL OF | ||
177.5 ACRES, BEING A PORTION OF A 494.8 ACRE TRACT OF LAND CONVEYED | ||
IN A DEED TO WILLIAM JANNEY GAMBLE, TRUSTEE OF THE KATIE THOMSON | ||
JANNEY REVOCABLE TRUST "A" AND RECORDED IN VOLUME 403, PAGE 671 OF | ||
THE DEED RECORDS OF CALDWELL COUNTY, TEXAS (DRCCTX); SAID 155.27 | ||
ACRES OF LAND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS AS | ||
FOLLOWS: | ||
COMMENCING at a 1 1/2-inch iron pipe found in the southwest | ||
Right-of-Way (ROW) line of Borchert Loop (County Road 108), being | ||
the east corner of a 2.000 acre tract of land in the J. George | ||
Survey, Abstract Number 118 in Caldwell County, Texas, described in | ||
a deed to Dennis R. & Shalaina T. Walker, recorded in Volume 433, | ||
Page 203, DRCCTC, and being the north corner of the remainder of | ||
said 177.5 acre Gamble tract; | ||
THENCE along the southeast line of said J. George Survey, Abstract | ||
Number 118, being also the southeast line of said 2.000 acre Walker | ||
tract; same being the northwest line of said M. Hunt Survey, | ||
Abstract Number 137 and the northwest line of said 177.5 acre Gamble | ||
tract, S59°45'36"W, a distance of 329.74 feet to an iron rod set with | ||
a cap marked "TMG" for the north corner and POINT of BEGINNING of | ||
the herein described tract of land; | ||
THENCE through the interior of said 177.5 acre Gamble tract, the | ||
following two (2) courses and distances: | ||
1) S32°37'51"E, a distance of 560.05 to an iron rod set with a cap | ||
marked "TMG" for an angle point, and | ||
2) N57°21'07"E, a distance of 320.50 feet to an iron rod set with a | ||
cap marked "TMG", being in the southwest ROW of Borchert Loop for an | ||
angle point; | ||
THENCE with the southwest ROW line of Borchert Loop, being the | ||
northeast line of this 155.27 acre tract, S31°41'23"E, a distance of | ||
90.01 feet to an iron rod set with a cap marked "TMG", for an angle | ||
point; | ||
THENCE continuing through the interior of said 177.5 acre Gamble | ||
tract, the following three (3) courses and distances: | ||
3) S57°21'07"W, a distance of 319.02 feet to an iron rod set with a | ||
cap marked "TMG" for an angle point, | ||
4) S32°37'51"E, a distance of 1817.85 feet to an iron rod set with a | ||
cap marked "TMG" for an angle point, and | ||
5) N57°23'55"E, a distance of 289.15 feet to an iron rod set with a | ||
cap marked "TMG", being in the southwest ROW of Borchert Loop for an | ||
angle point; | ||
THENCE with the southwest ROW line of Borchert Loop, being the | ||
northeast line of this 155.27 acre tract, S31°41'23"E, a distance of | ||
90.01 feet to an iron rod set with a cap marked "TMG", for an angle | ||
point; | ||
THENCE continuing through the interior of said 177.5 acre Gamble | ||
tract, the following four (4) courses and distances: | ||
6) S57°23'55"W, a distance of 287.68 feet to an iron rod set with a | ||
cap marked "TMG" for an angle point, | ||
7) S32°37'51"E, a distance of 678.17 feet to an iron rod set with a | ||
cap marked "TMG" for an angle point, | ||
8) S81°34'47"E, a distance of 52.54 feet to an iron rod set with a | ||
cap marked "TMG" for an angle point, and | ||
9) N49°28'18"E, a distance of 239.16 feet to an iron rod set with a | ||
cap marked "TMG", being in the southwest ROW of Borchert Loop for an | ||
angle point; | ||
THENCE with the southwest ROW line of Borchert Loop, being the | ||
northeast line of this 155.27 acre tract, S31°41'23"E, a distance of | ||
40.34 feet to a 60d nail found in the top of a wooden post being the | ||
north corner of a 99.0 acre tract of land in the J. H. Finch Survey, | ||
Abstract Number 108 in Caldwell County, Texas, described as Tract I | ||
in a deed to Edgar L. and wife, Dorothy June Vogel, recorded in | ||
Volume 8, Page 21, DRCCTC, and being the east corner of the | ||
remainder of said 177.5 acre Gamble tract and being the east corner | ||
of the herein described tract of land; | ||
THENCE with the northwest line of said 99.0 acre tract, being the | ||
southeast line of the remainder of said 177.5 acre Gamble tract, | ||
S49°28'18"W, a distance of 2216.10 feet to a 1 1/2-inch iron pipe | ||
found in the northwest line of said 99.0 acre tract, being the east | ||
corner of a 340.331 acre tract of land described in a deed to Nami | ||
Ranch, L.L.C. and recorded in Document Number 087087 of the | ||
Official Public Records of Real Property for Caldwell County, Texas | ||
(OPRRPCCTX), for the south corner of the remainder of said 177.5 | ||
acre Gamble tract and being the south corner of the herein described | ||
tract of land; | ||
THENCE with the northeast line of said 340.331 acre tract, being the | ||
southwest line of the remainder of said 177.5 acre Gamble tract, | ||
N32°37'49"W, at 3520.81 feet passing a calculated point marking the | ||
north corner of said 340.331 acre tract and the southeast corner of | ||
a 7.779 acre tract of land described in a deed to Belinda N. Garza | ||
and recorded in Document Number 121466, OPRRPCCTX, from said point, | ||
a 6" cedar fence corner post bears S57°22'11"W, 1.87 feet; and | ||
continuing along the northeast line of said 7.779 acre tract, a | ||
total distance of 3662.56 feet to a 1 1/2-inch iron pipe found in | ||
the northeast line of said 7.779 acre tract, being along the | ||
southeast line of the J. George Survey, Abstract Number 118, at the | ||
south corner of a 5.052 acre tract of land described in a deed to | ||
Woodmen of the World recorded in Volume 212, Page 545, DRCCTX, for | ||
the west corner of the remainder of said 177.5 acre Gamble tract and | ||
being the west corner of the herein described tract of land; | ||
THENCE along the southeast line of said 5.052 acre tract, being the | ||
northwest line of the remainder of said 177.5 acre Gamble tract, | ||
N59°43'07"E, a distance of 356.48 feet to a | ||
1/2-inch iron rod found for the east corner of said 5.052 acre | ||
tract, being the south corner of a 5.583 acre tract of land | ||
described in a deed to Raul & Christine Ybarra and recorded in | ||
Volume 639, Page 893, DRCCTX, for an angle point in the northwest | ||
line of the remainder of said 177.5 acre Gamble tract and being an | ||
angle point in the northwest line of the herein described tract of | ||
land; | ||
THENCE continuing along the southeast line of said J. George | ||
Survey, Abstract Number 118 and the northwest line of said 177.5 | ||
acre tract, N59°45'34"E, at a distance of 603.32 feet passing a | ||
1/2-inch iron rod found for the east corner of said 5.583 acre | ||
tract, being the south corner of a 5.162 acre tract of land | ||
described in a deed to Pamala Francine Hunt and recorded in Volume | ||
565, Page 474, DRCCTX; at a distance of 828.27 feet passing a | ||
1/2-inch iron rod found for the east corner of said 5.162 acre | ||
tract, being the south corner of 5.090 acre tract of land described | ||
in a deed to Juan Carlos & Ramiro Ruvalcaba and recorded in Volume | ||
306, Page 393, DRCCTX; at a distance of 1068.37 feet passing a | ||
1/2-inch iron rod found for the east corner of said 5.090 acre | ||
tract, being the south corner of a 5.028 acre tract of land | ||
described in a deed to United Pentecostal Church and recorded in | ||
Volume 484, Page 135, DRCCTX; at a distance of 1328.42 feet passing | ||
a 1/2-inch iron rod found for the east corner of said 5.028 acre | ||
tract, being the south corner of said 2.000 acre Walker tract; and, | ||
in all, a total distance of 1564.29 feet to the PLACE of BEGINNING | ||
and containing 155.27 acres of land, more or less. | ||
Tract "B" | ||
BEING 316.856 ACRES OF LAND LYING IN AND BEING SITUATED OUT OF | ||
THE J.B. GRAY SURVEY, ABSTRACT 116 AND THE W. HOUSE SURVEY, ABSTRACT | ||
15 IN CALDWELL COUNTY, TEXAS AND BEING ALL OF THAT CERTAIN 283 ACRE | ||
TRACT AND 31.3 ACRE TRACT OF LAND CONVEYED TO GLENVOIR FARM AS | ||
SECOND TRACT AND THIRD TRACT BY DEED RECORDED IN VOLUME 403, PAGE | ||
671 OFFICIAL RECORDS, CALDWELL COUNTY, TEXAS; SAID 316.856 ACRES | ||
BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS AND AS SURVEYED UNDER | ||
THE SUPERVISION OF JAMES E. GARON & ASSOCIATES IN JUNE, 2016: | ||
BEGINNING at a 2" steel fence found on the easterly line of Borchert | ||
Loop for the southwest corner hereof and said 31.3 acre tract and | ||
the northwest corner of that certain 59.289 acre tract of land | ||
conveyed to Jay S. Cheek and Brenda A. Cheek by deed recorded in | ||
Volume 243, Page 830 of said official records; | ||
THENCE along Borchert Loop, N 31°43'40" W a distance of 831.80 feet | ||
to a 60D nail found in old fence post for the northwest corner of | ||
said 31.3 acre tract and a common corner with said 283 acre tract | ||
and N 31°07'52" W a distance of 1783.62 feet to a railroad tie fence | ||
corner post found for the northwest corner hereof and said 283 acre | ||
tract and the southwest corner of that certain 136 acre tract of | ||
land conveyed to William R. Clark by deed recorded in Document # | ||
122818 of said official records; | ||
THENCE N 58°48'35" E a distance of 3760.23 feet to a "T" post found | ||
in rock mound for a northerly, northeast corner hereof and said 283 | ||
acre tract and the northwest corner of that certain 57.29 acre tract | ||
of land conveyed to Lisa Kay Jolley King and as described by deed | ||
recorded in Volume 130, Page 865 of said official records; | ||
THENCE S 31°48'55" E a distance of 1102.81 feet to a "T" post found | ||
in 2" iron pipe found in rock mound for an ell corner hereof and the | ||
southeast corner of said King 57.29 acre tract; | ||
THENCE N 59°08'24" E a distance of 2444.46 feet to a 12" fence corner | ||
post found on the westerly line of that certain 17.18 acre tract of | ||
land conveyed to Kenneth D. Willenberg by deed recorded in Document | ||
#2015-001132 of said official records for an ell corner hereof and | ||
the southeast corner of that certain 5.257 acre tract of land | ||
conveyed to Jose A. Cardenas and Carmen Cardenas by deed recorded in | ||
Volume 439, Page 372 of said official records; | ||
THENCE S 32°00'32" E a distance of 654.53 feet to a 2" steel fence | ||
corner post found on the approximate common line of the J.B. Gray | ||
Survey and the W. House Survey for an ell corner hereof and the | ||
southwest corner of said Willenberg 17.18 acre tract; | ||
THENCE N 59°17'01" E a distance of 262.32 feet along said line to a | ||
2" steel fence corner post found for an ell corner hereof and the | ||
northwest corner of that certain 14.6 acre tract of land conveyed to | ||
Kenneth D. Willenberg by deed recorded in Document #2015-001132 of | ||
said official records; | ||
THENCE S 30°57'43" E a distance of 849.75 feet to a 2" steel fence | ||
corner post found on the northerly line of that certain 45.76 acre | ||
tract of land conveyed to Stephen R. Knox and Bonnie Lee Knox by | ||
deed recorded in Volume 184, Page 505 of said official records for | ||
the southeast corner hereof and said 283 acre tract and the | ||
southwest corner of said Willenberg 14.6 acre tract; | ||
THENCE S 58°49'37" W a distance of 2282.66 feet to a cotton gin | ||
spindle set at a 3/4" iron pipe found for the northwest corner of | ||
said Knox 45.76 acre tract and the northeast corner of the aforesaid | ||
Cheek 59.289 acre tract; | ||
THENCE S 58°54'26" W a distance of 4196.34 feet to the POINT OF | ||
BEGINNING, containing 316.856 acres of land, 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, 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 | ||
8053, Special District Local Laws Code, as added by Section 1 of | ||
this Act, is amended by adding Section 8053.0306 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 8053.0306. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. The district may | ||
not exercise the power of eminent domain. | ||
(b) This section is not intended to be an expression of a | ||
legislative interpretation of the requirements of Section 17(c), | ||
Article I, Texas Constitution. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |