Bill Text: TX HB5359 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of the Williamson County Development District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-15 - Referred to Local Government [HB5359 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB5359-Engrossed.html
By: Bucy, Wilson, Harris of Williamson | H.B. No. 5359 |
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relating to the creation of the Williamson County Development | ||
District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing | ||
authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subtitle C, Title 4, Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is amended by adding Chapter 4006 to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 4006. WILLIAMSON COUNTY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NO. 1 | ||
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS | ||
Sec. 4006.0101. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: | ||
(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors. | ||
(2) "County" means Williamson County. | ||
(3) "Director" means a board member. | ||
(4) "District" means the Williamson County | ||
Development District No. 1. | ||
Sec. 4006.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The Williamson County | ||
Development District No. 1 is a special district created under | ||
Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, and has all the | ||
rights, powers, privileges, authority, functions, and duties | ||
provided by Chapter 383, Local Government Code. | ||
Sec. 4006.0103. PURPOSE; DECLARATION OF INTENT. (a) The | ||
creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of | ||
Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution, and other | ||
public purposes stated in this chapter and Chapter 383, Local | ||
Government Code. | ||
(b) The district will serve the public purpose of developing | ||
and diversifying the economy of the state and the district by | ||
providing for the development of projects to attract visitors and | ||
tourists and increase employment in the manner provided by Chapter | ||
383, Local Government Code. | ||
(c) By creating the district and in authorizing the county | ||
and other political subdivisions to contract with the district, the | ||
legislature has established a program to accomplish the public | ||
purposes set out in Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution. | ||
(d) The creation of the district is necessary to promote, | ||
develop, encourage, and maintain employment, commerce, | ||
transportation, housing, tourism, recreation, the arts, | ||
entertainment, economic development, safety, and the public | ||
welfare in the district. | ||
Sec. 4006.0104. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE. | ||
(a) All land and other property included in the district will | ||
benefit from the improvements and services to be provided by the | ||
district under powers conferred by this chapter. | ||
(b) The district is created to serve a public use and | ||
benefit. | ||
(c) The creation of the district is in the public interest | ||
and is essential to further the public purposes of: | ||
(1) developing and diversifying the economy of the | ||
state; | ||
(2) eliminating unemployment and underemployment; and | ||
(3) developing or expanding transportation and | ||
commerce. | ||
(d) The district will: | ||
(1) promote the health, safety, and general welfare of | ||
residents, employers, potential employees, employees, visitors, | ||
and consumers in the district, and of the public; | ||
(2) provide needed funding for the district to | ||
preserve, maintain, and enhance the economic health and vitality of | ||
the district territory as a community and business center; | ||
(3) promote the health, safety, welfare, and enjoyment | ||
of the public by providing pedestrian ways and by landscaping and | ||
developing certain areas in the district, which are necessary for | ||
the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of scenic beauty; | ||
and | ||
(4) provide for water, wastewater, drainage, and road | ||
facilities for the district authorized by Section 52, Article III, | ||
Texas Constitution. | ||
(e) The district will not act as the agent or | ||
instrumentality of any private interest even though the district | ||
will benefit many private interests as well as the public. | ||
Sec. 4006.0105. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY. (a) The | ||
district is initially composed of the territory described by | ||
Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter. | ||
(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of | ||
the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake in the | ||
field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process | ||
does not affect the district's: | ||
(1) organization, existence, or validity; | ||
(2) right to issue any type of revenue bond for the | ||
purposes for which the district is created or to pay the principal | ||
of and interest on the bonds; | ||
(3) right to impose or collect an assessment; or | ||
(4) legality or operation. | ||
Sec. 4006.0106. ELIGIBILITY FOR INCLUSION IN SPECIAL ZONES. | ||
All or any part of the area of the district is eligible to be | ||
included in: | ||
(1) a tax increment reinvestment zone created under | ||
Chapter 311, Tax Code; | ||
(2) a tax abatement reinvestment zone created under | ||
Chapter 312, Tax Code; or | ||
(3) an enterprise zone created under Chapter 2303, | ||
Government Code. | ||
Sec. 4006.0107. CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER. This chapter | ||
shall be liberally construed in conformity with the findings and | ||
purposes stated in this chapter. | ||
SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS | ||
Sec. 4006.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) Except in the | ||
case of a conflict with this subchapter, Subchapter C, Chapter 383, | ||
Local Government Code, applies to the district. | ||
(b) The district is governed by a board of five directors | ||
who serve staggered terms of four years with two or three directors' | ||
terms expiring June 1 of each odd-numbered year. | ||
Sec. 4006.0202. QUALIFICATIONS OF DIRECTOR. To be | ||
qualified to serve as a director, a person must be: | ||
(1) at least 21 years old; | ||
(2) a resident of this state; and | ||
(3) either: | ||
(A) an owner of property in the district; or | ||
(B) a qualified voter of the county. | ||
Sec. 4006.0203. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SUCCEEDING DIRECTORS. | ||
(a) Before the expiration of a director's term or upon a vacancy, | ||
the board shall submit to the commissioners court of the county the | ||
name of a candidate to serve as a director. | ||
(b) If the commissioners court determines that the | ||
candidate is qualified under Section 4006.0202, the court shall | ||
approve the candidate to serve on the board. If the commissioners | ||
court determines that the candidate is not qualified under Section | ||
4006.0202, the board shall submit an alternate candidate on the | ||
request of the commissioners court. | ||
Sec. 4006.0204. QUORUM. For purposes of determining the | ||
requirements for a quorum of the board, the following are not | ||
counted: | ||
(1) a board position vacant for any reason, including | ||
death, resignation, or disqualification; or | ||
(2) a director who is abstaining from participation in | ||
a vote because of a conflict of interest. | ||
Sec. 4006.0205. COMPENSATION. A director is entitled to | ||
receive fees of office and reimbursement for actual expenses in the | ||
manner provided by Section 49.060, Water Code. Sections 375.069 | ||
and 375.070, Local Government Code, do not apply to the board. | ||
Sec. 4006.0206. INITIAL DIRECTORS; DISSOLUTION. (a) On or | ||
after the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter, the owner | ||
or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property | ||
in the district may submit a petition to the commissioners court of | ||
the county requesting that the commissioners court appoint as | ||
initial directors five persons named in the petition. The | ||
commissioners court shall appoint as initial directors the persons | ||
named in the petition. | ||
(b) The initial directors shall determine by lot which three | ||
positions expire June 1, 2025, and which two positions expire June | ||
1, 2027. | ||
(c) The district is considered to have been dissolved on | ||
September 1, 2025, if initial directors are not appointed before | ||
that date. | ||
SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES | ||
Sec. 4006.0301. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district | ||
has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for | ||
which the district is created, including the rights, powers, | ||
privileges, authority, functions, and duties provided by Chapter | ||
383, Local Government Code, to county development districts. | ||
Sec. 4006.0302. SPECIFIC POWERS AND DUTIES. The district's | ||
rights, powers, privileges, authority, functions, and duties | ||
include: | ||
(1) utilizing funds, whether the funds are derived | ||
from sales and use taxes, hotel occupancy taxes, assessments, | ||
revenues from a project, or any other source, for payment of | ||
projects or services in the manner authorized by Section 375.181, | ||
Local Government Code, and Chapter 383, Local Government Code; | ||
(2) entering into obligations, including lease | ||
purchase agreements, certificates of participation in lease | ||
purchase agreements, revenue bonds and notes, and other | ||
interest-bearing obligations, in the manner specified in Sections | ||
375.201-375.205, Local Government Code; | ||
(3) exercising the rights, powers, and authority given | ||
to a development corporation under Chapter 505, Local Government | ||
Code, including the power to own, operate, acquire, construct, | ||
lease, improve, or maintain a project described by that chapter; | ||
(4) providing for public improvements described by | ||
Section 372.003(b), Local Government Code; and | ||
(5) exercising all of the rights, powers, and | ||
authority granted to the district by this chapter, and all of the | ||
rights, powers, and authority granted to the district by Chapter | ||
383, Local Government Code, to finance, construct, or otherwise | ||
acquire public improvements in the district, including the costs of | ||
issuance of the obligations of the district. | ||
Sec. 4006.0303. AGREEMENTS; GRANTS. (a) The district may | ||
make an agreement with or accept a gift, grant, or loan from any | ||
person. | ||
(b) The implementation of a project is a governmental | ||
function or service for the purposes of Chapter 791, Government | ||
Code. | ||
Sec. 4006.0304. LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES. To protect the | ||
public interest, the district may contract with a qualified party, | ||
including the county or a municipality, to provide law enforcement | ||
services in the district for a fee. | ||
Sec. 4006.0305. MEMBERSHIP IN CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS. | ||
The district may join and pay dues to a charitable or nonprofit | ||
organization that performs a service or provides an activity | ||
consistent with the furtherance of a district purpose. | ||
Sec. 4006.0306. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. (a) The | ||
district may engage in activities that accomplish the economic | ||
development purposes of the district. | ||
(b) The district may establish and provide for the | ||
administration of one or more programs to promote state or local | ||
economic development and to stimulate business and commercial | ||
activity in the district, including programs to: | ||
(1) make loans and grants of public money; and | ||
(2) provide district personnel and services. | ||
(c) The district may create economic development programs | ||
and exercise the economic development powers provided to | ||
municipalities by Chapter 380, Local Government Code. | ||
Sec. 4006.0307. 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. | ||
Sec. 4006.0308. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS. (a) A | ||
road project must meet all applicable construction standards, | ||
subdivision requirements, and regulations of the county in which | ||
the road project is located. | ||
(b) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the | ||
Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and | ||
specifications of the road project. | ||
Sec. 4006.0309. NO AD VALOREM TAX. The district may not | ||
impose an ad valorem tax. | ||
Sec. 4006.0310. NO EMINENT DOMAIN. The district may not | ||
exercise the power of eminent domain. | ||
SUBCHAPTER D. PUBLIC PARKING FACILITIES | ||
Sec. 4006.0401. PARKING FACILITIES AUTHORIZED; OPERATION | ||
BY PRIVATE ENTITY. (a) The district may acquire, lease as lessor | ||
or lessee, construct, develop, own, operate, and maintain parking | ||
facilities or a system of parking facilities, including: | ||
(1) lots, garages, parking terminals, or other | ||
structures or accommodations for parking motor vehicles off the | ||
streets; and | ||
(2) equipment, entrances, exits, fencing, and other | ||
accessories necessary for safety and convenience in parking | ||
vehicles. | ||
(b) A parking facility of the district may be leased to or | ||
operated for the district by an entity other than the district. | ||
(c) The district's parking facilities are a program | ||
authorized by the legislature under Section 52-a, Article III, | ||
Texas Constitution. | ||
(d) The district's parking facilities serve the public | ||
purposes of the district and are owned, used, and held for a public | ||
purpose even if leased or operated by a private entity for a term of | ||
years. | ||
Sec. 4006.0402. RULES. The district may adopt rules | ||
governing the district's parking facilities. | ||
Sec. 4006.0403. FINANCING OF PARKING FACILITIES. (a) The | ||
district may use any of its resources, including revenue, | ||
assessments, sales and use taxes, hotel occupancy taxes, or grant | ||
or contract proceeds, to pay the cost of acquiring or operating | ||
parking facilities. | ||
(b) The district may: | ||
(1) set, charge, impose, and collect fees, charges, or | ||
tolls for the use of the parking facilities; and | ||
(2) issue revenue bonds or notes to finance the cost of | ||
the parking facilities. | ||
SUBCHAPTER E. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS; ASSESSMENTS | ||
Sec. 4006.0501. DISBURSEMENTS AND TRANSFERS OF MONEY. The | ||
board by resolution shall establish the number of director's | ||
signatures and the procedure required for a disbursement or | ||
transfer of the district's money. | ||
Sec. 4006.0502. MONEY USED FOR IMPROVEMENTS OR SERVICES. | ||
The district may acquire, construct, finance, operate, or maintain | ||
an improvement or service authorized under this chapter or Chapter | ||
383, Local Government Code, using any money available to the | ||
district for that purpose. | ||
Sec. 4006.0503. ASSESSMENTS; LIENS FOR ASSESSMENTS. (a) | ||
The board may impose and collect assessments in the manner | ||
specified by Subchapter F, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, and | ||
this section for any purpose authorized by this chapter in all or | ||
any part of the district. | ||
(b) An assessment, a reassessment, or an assessment | ||
resulting from an addition to or correction of the assessment roll | ||
by the district, penalties and interest on an assessment or | ||
reassessment, an expense of collection, and reasonable attorney's | ||
fees incurred by the district: | ||
(1) are a first and prior lien against the property | ||
assessed; | ||
(2) are superior to any other lien or claim other than | ||
a lien or claim for county, school district, or municipal ad valorem | ||
taxes; and | ||
(3) are the personal liability of and a charge against | ||
the owners of the property even if the owners are not named in the | ||
assessment proceedings. | ||
(c) The lien is effective from the date of the board's | ||
resolution imposing the assessment until the date the assessment is | ||
paid. The board may enforce the lien in the same manner that a | ||
taxing unit, as that term is defined by Section 1.04, Tax Code, may | ||
enforce an ad valorem tax lien against real property. | ||
(d) The board may make a correction to or deletion from the | ||
assessment roll that does not increase the amount of assessment of | ||
any parcel of land without providing notice and holding a hearing in | ||
the manner required for additional assessments. | ||
Sec. 4006.0504. UTILITY PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM ASSESSMENTS. | ||
The district may not impose an assessment on the property, | ||
including the equipment, rights-of-way, facilities, or | ||
improvements, of: | ||
(1) an electric utility or a power generation company | ||
as defined by Section 31.002, Utilities Code; | ||
(2) a gas utility as defined by Section 101.003 or | ||
121.001, Utilities Code; | ||
(3) a telecommunications provider as defined by | ||
Section 51.002, Utilities Code; or | ||
(4) a person who provides to the public cable | ||
television or advanced telecommunications services. | ||
Sec. 4006.0505. AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY AND TO ISSUE | ||
BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS. (a) The district may borrow money on | ||
terms determined by the board. Section 375.205, Local Government | ||
Code, does not apply to a loan, line of credit, or other borrowing | ||
from a bank or financial institution secured by revenue. | ||
(b) The district may, without an election, issue revenue | ||
bonds, notes, or other obligations payable wholly or partly from | ||
sales and use taxes, hotel occupancy taxes, assessments, revenue, | ||
contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any | ||
combination of those sources of money, to pay for any authorized | ||
district purpose. | ||
Sec. 4006.0506. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY NOT REQUIRED. The | ||
board is not required to obtain consent to the creation of the | ||
district or to the inclusion of land in the district from any | ||
municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial | ||
jurisdiction the district is located before the board issues bonds. | ||
SUBCHAPTER F. SALES AND USE TAX | ||
Sec. 4006.0601. MEANINGS OF WORDS AND PHRASES. A word or | ||
phrase used in this subchapter that is defined by Chapters 151 and | ||
321, Tax Code, has the meaning assigned by Chapters 151 and 321, Tax | ||
Code. | ||
Sec. 4006.0602. APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN TAX CODE | ||
PROVISIONS. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, | ||
Subtitles A and B, Title 2, Tax Code, and Chapter 151, Tax Code, | ||
apply to taxes imposed under this subchapter and to the | ||
administration and enforcement of those taxes in the same manner | ||
that those laws apply to state taxes. | ||
(b) Chapter 321, Tax Code, relating to municipal sales and | ||
use taxes, applies to the application, collection, change, and | ||
administration of a sales and use tax imposed under this subchapter | ||
to the extent consistent with this chapter, as if references in | ||
Chapter 321, Tax Code, to a municipality referred to the district | ||
and references to a governing body referred to the board. | ||
(c) Sections 321.106, 321.401, 321.402, 321.403, 321.404, | ||
321.406, 321.409, 321.506, 321.507, and 321.508, Tax Code, do not | ||
apply to a tax imposed under this subchapter. | ||
Sec. 4006.0603. AUTHORIZATION; ELECTION. (a) The district | ||
may adopt a sales and use tax to serve the purposes of the district | ||
after an election in which a majority of the voters of the district | ||
voting in the election authorize the adoption of the tax. | ||
(b) The board by order may call an election to authorize a | ||
sales and use tax. The election may be held with any other district | ||
election. | ||
(c) The district shall provide notice of the election and | ||
shall call the election in the manner prescribed by Sections | ||
383.031 and 383.032, Local Government Code. | ||
(d) The ballots shall be printed to provide for voting for | ||
or against the proposition: "Authorization of a sales and use tax in | ||
the Williamson County Development District No. 1 at a rate not to | ||
exceed ___ percent." | ||
Sec. 4006.0604. ABOLISHING SALES AND USE TAX. (a) Except | ||
as provided by Subsection (b), the board may abolish the sales and | ||
use tax without an election. | ||
(b) The board may not abolish the sales and use tax if the | ||
district has outstanding debt secured by the tax. | ||
Sec. 4006.0605. SALES AND USE TAX RATE. (a) On adoption of | ||
the tax authorized by this subchapter, a tax is imposed on the | ||
receipts from the sale at retail of taxable items in the district | ||
and an excise tax is imposed on the use, storage, or other | ||
consumption in the district of taxable items purchased, leased, or | ||
rented from a retailer during the period that the tax is in effect. | ||
(b) The board shall determine the rate of the tax, which may | ||
be in one-eighth of one percent increments not to exceed the maximum | ||
rate authorized by the district voters at the election. The board | ||
may lower the tax rate to the extent the rate does not impair any | ||
outstanding debt or obligations payable from the tax. | ||
(c) The rate of the excise tax is the same as the rate of the | ||
sales tax portion of the tax and is applied to the sales price of the | ||
taxable item. | ||
SUBCHAPTER G. HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAXES | ||
Sec. 4006.0701. HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX. (a) In this section, | ||
"hotel" has the meaning assigned by Section 156.001, Tax Code. | ||
(b) For purposes of this section, a reference in Chapter | ||
351, Tax Code, to a municipality is a reference to the district and | ||
a reference in Chapter 351, Tax Code, to the municipality's | ||
officers or governing body is a reference to the board. | ||
(c) Except as inconsistent with this section, Subchapter A, | ||
Chapter 351, Tax Code, governs a hotel occupancy tax authorized by | ||
this section. | ||
(d) The district may impose a hotel occupancy tax and use | ||
the revenue from the tax for any district purpose that is an | ||
authorized use of hotel occupancy tax revenue under Chapter 351, | ||
Tax Code. | ||
(e) The board by order may impose, repeal, increase, or | ||
decrease the rate of a tax on a person who, under a lease, | ||
concession, permit, right of access, license, contract, or | ||
agreement, pays for the use or possession or for the right to the | ||
use or possession of a room that: | ||
(1) is in a hotel located in the district's boundaries; | ||
(2) costs $2 or more each day; and | ||
(3) is ordinarily used for sleeping. | ||
(f) The amount of the tax may not exceed seven percent of the | ||
price paid for a room in a hotel. | ||
(g) The district may examine and receive information | ||
related to the imposition of hotel occupancy taxes to the same | ||
extent as if the district were a municipality. | ||
SECTION 2. The Williamson County Development District No. 1 | ||
initially includes all territory contained in the following area: | ||
BEING a 148.88 acre tract of land situated in the Rachael Saul | ||
Survey, Abstract Number 551 and the Thomas P. Davy Survey, Abstract | ||
Number 169, in Williamson County, Texas, being all portion of the | ||
tracts of land described as Tract One and Tract Two in the deed to | ||
Pearson Ranch, LLC recorded in Document Number 2019122036, Official | ||
Public Records of Williamson County, Texas, and a portion of | ||
Pearson Ranch West, Phase 1, an addition in Williamson County, | ||
Texas recorded in Document Number 2021146789, Official Public | ||
Records of Williamson County, Texas, said 148.88 acre tract of land | ||
being more particularly described as follows; | ||
BEGINNING at a point in the north right-of-way line of North | ||
State Highway 45W (a variable width right-of-way) being the common | ||
south corner of said Pearson Ranch, LLC tract and a tract of land | ||
described as Tract 1 in the deed to JME-JFE Limited Partnership | ||
recorded in Document Number 2012056983, Official Public Records of | ||
Williamson County, Texas; | ||
THENCE South 68 degrees 25 minutes 02 seconds West, along the | ||
north right-of-way line of North State Highway 45W, a distance of | ||
95.48 feet to a point for corner; | ||
THENCE South 22 degrees 12 minutes 41 seconds West, | ||
continuing along the north right-of-way line of North State Highway | ||
45W, a distance of 27.72 feet to a point for corner; | ||
THENCE South 67 degrees 43 minutes 05 seconds West, | ||
continuing along the north right-of-way line of North State Highway | ||
45W, a distance of 1,426.94 feet to a point for corner; | ||
THENCE South 65 degrees 14 minutes 23 seconds West, | ||
continuing along the north right-of-way line of North State Highway | ||
45W, a distance of 228.74 feet to a point for the beginning of a | ||
circular curve to the right, having a radius of 2,844.79 feet and | ||
whose chord bears South 66 degrees 13 minutes 40 seconds West, a | ||
chord distance of 110.08 feet; | ||
THENCE Southwesterly, continuing along the north | ||
right-of-way line of North State Highway 45W and said circular | ||
curve to the left, through a central angle of 02 degrees 13 minutes | ||
02 seconds, an arc length of 110.09 feet to point for corner at the | ||
end of said curve; | ||
THENCE South 67 degrees 16 minutes 38 seconds West, | ||
continuing along the north right-of-way line of North State Highway | ||
45W, a distance of 12.96 feet to a point for corner; | ||
THENCE South 67 degrees 32 minutes 33 seconds West, | ||
continuing along the north right-of-way line of North State Highway | ||
45W, a distance of 830.67 feet to point for corner; | ||
THENCE South 68 degrees 18 minutes 17 seconds West, | ||
continuing along the north right-of-way line of North State Highway | ||
45W, a distance of 841.90 feet to point for corner in the north | ||
right-of-way line of the Southern Pacific Railroad (100' wide); | ||
THENCE North 69 degrees 12 minutes 37 seconds West, departing | ||
the north right-of-way line of North State Highway 45W and along the | ||
north right-of-way line of the Southern Pacific Railroad, a | ||
distance of 545.04 feet to a point for corner; | ||
THENCE North 00 degrees 07 minutes 59 seconds West, departing | ||
the north right-of-way line of the Southern Pacific Railroad, a | ||
distance of 275.22 feet to a point for corner; | ||
THENCE North 00 degrees 09 minutes 50 seconds West, a | ||
distance of 981.45 feet to a point for corner; | ||
THENCE North 68 degrees 46 minutes 14 seconds East, a | ||
distance of 1,549.15 feet to a point for corner; | ||
THENCE North 68 degrees 50 minutes 57 seconds East, a | ||
distance of 590.38 feet to a point for corner; | ||
THENCE North 17 degrees 54 minutes 02 seconds West, a | ||
distance of 1,320.44 feet to a point for corner; | ||
THENCE North 68 degrees 59 minutes 52 seconds East, a | ||
distance of 708.02 feet to a point for corner; | ||
THENCE South 17 degrees 54 minutes 30 seconds East, a | ||
distance of 1,137.92 feet to a point for corner; | ||
THENCE North 84 degrees 50 minutes 51 seconds East, a | ||
distance of 930.90 feet to a point for corner; | ||
THENCE South 10 degrees 36 minutes 54 seconds East, a | ||
distance of 674.79 feet to a point for corner; | ||
THENCE South 10 degrees 40 minutes 16 seconds East, a | ||
distance of 290.66 feet to a point for corner; | ||
THENCE South 10 degrees 37 minutes 54 seconds East, a | ||
distance of 417.94 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING and CONTAINING a | ||
computed area of 155.79 acres, or 6,786,298 square feet of land, | ||
more or less. | ||
SAVE AND EXCEPT that portion located within the municipality, | ||
all of Lot 1, Block A, said Pearson Ranch West, Texas, Phase 1, | ||
being 6.909 acres or 300,970 square feet LEAVING A NET ACREAGE of | ||
148.88 acres or 6,485,328 square feet 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. | ||
(b) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this | ||
state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect | ||
to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act have been | ||
fulfilled and accomplished. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |