Bill Text: TX SB2424 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the creation of the Missouri City Redevelopment District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-21 - Referred to Intergovernmental Relations [SB2424 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB2424-Introduced.html

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86R8436 JCG-F
By: Miles S.B. No. 2424

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the creation of the Missouri City Redevelopment
District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority
to impose assessments, fees, or 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 3978 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 3978. MISSOURI CITY REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 3978.0101. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.
(2) "City" means the City of Missouri City.
(3) "County" means Fort Bend County.
(4) "Director" means a board member.
(5) "District" means the Missouri City Redevelopment
District.
Sec. 3978.0102. CREATION AND NATURE OF DISTRICT. The
district is a special district created under Section 59, Article
XVI, Texas Constitution.
Sec. 3978.0103. PURPOSE; LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS. (a) The
creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of
Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI,
Texas Constitution, and other public purposes stated in this
chapter. By creating the district and in authorizing 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.
(b) 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.
(c) The district is created to supplement and not to
supplant county services provided in the district.
Sec. 3978.0104. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
(a) The district is created to serve a public use and benefit.
(b) All land and other property included in the district
will benefit from the improvements and services to be provided by
the district under powers conferred by Sections 52 and 52-a,
Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and
other powers granted under this chapter.
(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;
(3) developing or expanding transportation and
commerce; and
(4) providing quality residential housing.
(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 residential community and business
center; and
(3) promote the health, safety, welfare, and enjoyment
of the public by providing pedestrian ways and by landscaping,
removing graffiti from, and developing certain areas in the
district, which are necessary for the restoration, preservation,
and enhancement of scenic beauty.
(e) Pedestrian ways along or across a street, whether at
grade or above or below the surface, and street lighting, street
landscaping, vehicle parking, and street art objects are parts of
and necessary components of a street and are considered to be an
improvement project that includes a street or road improvement.
(f) The district will not act as the agent or
instrumentality of any private interest even though the district
will benefit many private interests as well as the public.
Sec. 3978.0105. 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 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 or collect an assessment or tax; or
(4) legality or operation.
Sec. 3978.0106. ELIGIBILITY FOR INCLUSION IN SPECIAL ZONES.
(a) 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.
(b) A tax increment reinvestment zone created by the city in
the district is not subject to the limitations provided by Section
311.006, Tax Code.
(c) If the city creates a tax increment reinvestment zone
under Chapter 311, Tax Code, the city, by contract with the
district, may grant money deposited in the tax increment fund to the
district to be used by the district for the purposes permitted for
money granted to a corporation under Section 380.002(b), Local
Government Code, including the right to pledge the money as
security for any bonds issued by the district for an improvement
project.
Sec. 3978.0107. APPLICABILITY OF MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT
DISTRICTS LAW. Except as otherwise provided by this chapter,
Chapter 375, Local Government Code, applies to the district.
Sec. 3978.0108. CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER. This chapter
shall be liberally construed in conformity with the findings and
purposes stated in this chapter.
SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Sec. 3978.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district is
governed by a board of nine voting directors who must be qualified
under and appointed by the governing body of the city as provided by
Subchapter D, Chapter 375, Local Government Code.
(b) The directors serve staggered terms of four years with
four or five directors' terms expiring June 1 of each odd-numbered
year.
Sec. 3978.0202. DIRECTOR'S OATH OR AFFIRMATION. (a) A
director shall file the director's oath or affirmation of office
with the district, and the district shall retain the oath or
affirmation in the district records.
(b) A director shall file a copy of the director's oath or
affirmation with the clerk of the county.
Sec. 3978.0203. QUORUM. A vacant director position is not
counted for purposes of establishing a quorum.
Sec. 3978.0204. OFFICERS. The board shall elect from among
the directors a chair, a vice chair, and a secretary. The offices
of chair and secretary may not be held by the same person.
Sec. 3978.0205. COMPENSATION; EXPENSES. (a) The district
may compensate each director in an amount not to exceed $50 for each
board meeting. The total amount of compensation a director may
receive each year may not exceed $2,000.
(b) A director is entitled to reimbursement for necessary
and reasonable expenses incurred in carrying out the duties and
responsibilities of the board.
Sec. 3978.0206. LIABILITY INSURANCE. The district may
obtain and pay for comprehensive general liability insurance
coverage from a commercial insurance company or other source that
protects and insures a director against personal liability and from
all claims relating to:
(1) actions taken by the director in the director's
capacity as a member of the board;
(2) actions and activities taken by the district; or
(3) the actions of others acting on behalf of the
district.
Sec. 3978.0207. NO EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. The board may not
create an executive committee to exercise the powers of the board.
Sec. 3978.0208. BOARD MEETINGS. The board shall hold
meetings at a place accessible to the public.
Sec. 3978.0209. INITIAL DIRECTORS. (a) The initial board
consists of:
Pos. No. Name of Director
1. _______________
2. _______________
3. _______________
4. _______________
5. _______________
6. _______________
7. _______________
8. _______________
9. _______________
(b) Of the initial directors, the terms of directors serving
in positions 1 through 5 expire June 1, 2023, and the terms of
directors serving in positions 6 through 9 expire June 1, 2021.
(c) Section 375.063, Local Government Code, does not apply
to the initial directors named by Subsection (a).
SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES
Sec. 3978.0301. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district
has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
which the district is created.
Sec. 3978.0302. IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND SERVICES. The
district may provide, design, construct, acquire, improve,
relocate, operate, maintain, or finance an improvement project or
service using money available to the district, or contract with a
governmental or private entity to provide, design, construct,
acquire, improve, relocate, operate, maintain, or finance an
improvement project or service authorized under this chapter or
Chapter 375, Local Government Code.
Sec. 3978.0303. LOCATION OF IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. An
improvement project described by Section 3978.0302 may be located:
(1) in the district; or
(2) in an area outside but adjacent to the district if
the project is for the purpose of extending a public infrastructure
improvement beyond the district's boundaries to a logical terminus.
Sec. 3978.0304. DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION POWERS. The
district, using money available to the district, may exercise the
powers 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 under that
chapter.
Sec. 3978.0305. NONPROFIT CORPORATION. (a) The board by
resolution may authorize the creation of a nonprofit corporation to
assist and act for the district in implementing a project or
providing a service authorized by this chapter.
(b) The nonprofit corporation:
(1) has each power of and is considered to be a local
government corporation created under Subchapter D, Chapter 431,
Transportation Code; and
(2) may implement any project and provide any service
authorized by this chapter.
(c) The board shall appoint the board of directors of the
nonprofit corporation. The board of directors of the nonprofit
corporation shall serve in the same manner as the board of directors
of a local government corporation created under Subchapter D,
Chapter 431, Transportation Code, except that a board member is not
required to reside in the district.
Sec. 3978.0306. AGREEMENTS; GRANTS. (a) As provided by
Chapter 375, Local Government Code, 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. 3978.0307. LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES. To protect the
public interest, the district may contract with a qualified party,
including the county, to provide law enforcement services in the
district for a fee.
Sec. 3978.0308. 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. 3978.0309. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. (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 that:
(1) Chapter 380, Local Government Code, provides to a
municipality; and
(2) Subchapter A, Chapter 1509, Government Code,
provides to a municipality.
Sec. 3978.0310. CONCURRENCE ON ADDITIONAL POWERS. If the
territory of the district is located in the corporate boundaries or
the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the district
may not exercise a power granted to the district after the date the
district was created unless the governing body of the municipality
by resolution consents to the district's exercise of the power.
Sec. 3978.0311. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. The district may
not exercise the power of eminent domain.
SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 3978.0401. DISBURSEMENTS AND TRANSFERS OF MONEY. The
board by resolution shall establish the number of signatures and
the procedure required for a disbursement or transfer of the
district's money.
Sec. 3978.0402. MONEY USED FOR IMPROVEMENTS OR SERVICES.
The district may acquire, construct, finance, operate, or maintain
an improvement project or service authorized under this chapter or
Chapter 375, Local Government Code, using any money available to
the district.
Sec. 3978.0403. GENERAL POWERS REGARDING PAYMENT OF
DISTRICT BONDS, OBLIGATIONS, OR OTHER COSTS. The district may
provide or secure the payment or repayment of any bond, note, or
other temporary or permanent obligation or reimbursement or other
contract with any person and the costs and expenses of the
establishment, administration, and operation of the district and
the district's costs or share of the costs or revenue of an
improvement project or district contractual obligation or
indebtedness by:
(1) the imposition of an ad valorem tax or sales and
use tax or an assessment, user fee, concession fee, or rental
charge; or
(2) any other revenue or resources of the district.
Sec. 3978.0404. COSTS FOR IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. The
district may undertake separately or jointly with other persons,
including the city or the county, all or part of the cost of an
improvement project, including an improvement project:
(1) for improving, enhancing, and supporting public
safety and security, fire protection and emergency medical
services, and law enforcement in or adjacent to the district; or
(2) that confers a general benefit on the entire
district or a special benefit on a definable part of the district.
Sec. 3978.0405. TAX AND ASSESSMENT ABATEMENTS. The
district may designate reinvestment zones and may grant abatements
of a tax or assessment on property in the zones.
Sec. 3978.0406. PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM IMPACT FEES. The
district may not impose an impact fee on a residential property,
including a multiunit residential property, or a condominium.
SUBCHAPTER E. ASSESSMENTS
Sec. 3978.0501. PETITION REQUIRED FOR FINANCING SERVICES
AND IMPROVEMENTS WITH ASSESSMENTS. (a) The board may not finance a
service or improvement project with assessments under this chapter
unless a written petition requesting that service or improvement
has been filed with the board.
(b) The petition must be signed by the owners of at least 50
percent of the property in the district subject to assessment
according to the most recent certified tax appraisal roll for the
county.
Sec. 3978.0502. ASSESSMENTS; LIENS FOR ASSESSMENTS. (a)
The board by resolution may impose and collect an assessment for any
purpose authorized by this chapter in all or any part of the
district that is not a residential property, including a multiunit
residential property or a condominium.
(b) An assessment, a reassessment, or an assessment
resulting from an addition to or correction of the assessment roll
by the district, penalties and interest on an assessment or
reassessment, an expense of collection, and reasonable attorney's
fees incurred by the district:
(1) are a first and prior lien against the property
assessed;
(2) are superior to any other lien or claim other than
a lien or claim for county, school district, or municipal ad valorem
taxes; and
(3) are the personal liability of and a charge against
the owners of the property even if the owners are not named in the
assessment proceedings.
(c) The lien is effective from the date of the board's
resolution imposing the assessment until the date the assessment is
paid. The board may enforce the lien in the same manner that the
board may enforce an ad valorem tax lien against real property.
(d) The board may make a correction to or deletion from the
assessment roll that does not increase the amount of assessment of
any parcel of land without providing notice and holding a hearing in
the manner required for additional assessments.
Sec. 3978.0503. METHOD OF NOTICE FOR HEARING. The district
may mail the notice required by Section 375.115(c), Local
Government Code, by certified or first class United States mail.
The board shall determine the method of notice.
SUBCHAPTER F. TAXES AND BONDS
Sec. 3978.0601. TAX ABATEMENT. The district may enter into
a tax abatement agreement in accordance with the general laws of
this state authorizing and applicable to a tax abatement agreement
by a municipality.
Sec. 3978.0602. PROPERTY TAX AUTHORIZED. (a) The district
may impose an ad valorem tax on all taxable property in the district
to:
(1) pay for an improvement project of the types
authorized by Section 52(b), Article III, and Section 59, Article
XVI, Texas Constitution; or
(2) secure the payment of bonds issued for a purpose
described by Subdivision (1).
(b) The district may not impose an ad valorem tax to pay for
an improvement project under this chapter unless:
(1) a written petition has been filed with the board
requesting an election to approve the imposition of the tax signed
by the owners of at least 50 percent of the property in the district
subject to assessment as determined from the most recent certified
county property tax rolls; and
(2) the imposition of the tax is approved by the voters
of the district voting at the requested election.
(c) The district may not impose an ad valorem tax on a
residential property, including a multiunit residential property
or a condominium.
Sec. 3978.0603. SALES AND USE TAX. (a) The district may
impose a sales and use tax if authorized by a majority of the voters
of the district voting at an election called for that purpose.
Revenue from the tax may be used for any purpose for which ad
valorem tax revenue of the district may be used.
(b) The district may not adopt a sales and use tax if as a
result of the adoption of the tax the combined rate of all sales and
use taxes imposed by the district and other political subdivisions
of this state having territory in the district would exceed two
percent at any location in the district.
(c) If the voters of the district approve the adoption of
the tax at an election held on the same election date on which
another political subdivision adopts a sales and use tax or
approves an increase in the rate of its sales and use tax and as a
result the combined rate of all sales and use taxes imposed by the
district and other political subdivisions of this state having
territory in the district would exceed two percent at any location
in the district, the election to adopt a sales and use tax under
this chapter has no effect.
Sec. 3978.0604. BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS. (a) The
district may issue, by public or private sale, bonds, notes, or
other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes,
sales and use taxes, or assessments in the manner provided by
Subchapter A, Chapter 372, or Subchapter J, Chapter 375, Local
Government Code.
(b) In exercising the district's borrowing power, the
district may issue a bond or other obligation in the form of a bond,
note, certificate of participation or other instrument evidencing a
proportionate interest in payments to be made by the district, or
other type of obligation.
(c) In addition to the sources of money described by
Subchapter A, Chapter 372, or Subchapter J, Chapter 375, Local
Government Code, district bonds may be secured and made payable
wholly or partly by a pledge of any part of the money the district
receives from improvement revenue or from any other source.
Sec. 3978.0605. BOND MATURITY. Bonds may mature not more
than 40 years from their date of issue.
Sec. 3978.0606. TAXES FOR BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS. At
the time bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad
valorem taxes are issued:
(1) the board shall impose a continuing direct annual
ad valorem tax for each year that all or part of the bonds are
outstanding; and
(2) the district annually shall impose an ad valorem
tax on all taxable property in the district in an amount sufficient
to:
(A) pay the interest on the bonds or other
obligations as the interest becomes due; and
(B) create a sinking fund for the payment of the
principal of the bonds or other obligations when due or the
redemption price at any earlier required redemption date.
SUBCHAPTER G. DISSOLUTION
Sec. 3978.0701. DISSOLUTION BY ORDINANCE. (a) A
municipality that includes territory of the district, in the
corporate boundaries or extraterritorial jurisdiction of the
municipality, by ordinance may dissolve the district.
(b) The municipality may not dissolve the district until the
district's outstanding debt or contractual obligations that are
payable from ad valorem taxes have been repaid or discharged, or the
municipality has affirmatively assumed the obligation to pay the
outstanding debt from municipal revenue.
Sec. 3978.0702. COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENTS AND OTHER
REVENUE. (a) If the dissolved district has bonds or other
obligations outstanding secured by and payable from assessments or
other revenue, other than ad valorem taxes, the municipality that
dissolves the district shall succeed to the rights and obligations
of the district regarding enforcement and collection of the
assessments or other revenue.
(b) The municipality shall have and exercise all district
powers to enforce and collect the assessments or other revenue to
pay:
(1) the bonds or other obligations when due and
payable according to their terms; or
(2) special revenue or assessment bonds or other
obligations issued by the municipality to refund the outstanding
bonds or obligations.
Sec. 3978.0703. ASSUMPTION OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES. (a)
If a municipality dissolves the district, the municipality assumes,
subject to the appropriation and availability of funds, the
obligations of the district, including any bonds or other debt
payable from assessments or other district revenue.
(b) If a municipality dissolves the district, the board
shall transfer ownership of all district property to the
municipality.
SECTION 2. The Missouri City Redevelopment District
initially includes all the territory contained in the following
area:
The Missouri City Redevelopment District is +/- 2,084 acres (3.26
sq. miles) in size and is within the City of Missouri City Municipal
Limits, Fort Bend County. It is centered on the intersection of
Texas Pkwy/FM Rd 2234 and Scanlin Rd/Buffalo Run.
With the beginning point being the west right-of-way (ROW) of
Fondren Rd and north ROW of Buffalo Run at coincident boundary line
of City of Missouri City/City of Houston;
Then generally south along coincident boundary line of City of
Missouri City/City of Houston to 3.267 acre tract (0263 I AND GN RY,
ACRES 3.267, JOGGING TRACT);
Then west along south boundary said 3.267 acre tract to southwest
corner of said tract and east boundary of 8.097 acre drainage
easement (HUNTERS GLEN SEC 1, ACRES 8.097, DRNG ESMT ON NORTH SIDE
OF BLOCK 1 & BLOCK 14);
Then north along east boundary of said 8.097 acre drainage easement
to northeast corner of said easement;
Then west and southwest along north boundary of said 8.097 acre
drainage easement to west corner of said easement and northeast
corner of 1.4679 acre lot (HUNTERS GLEN NTL CHILD CARE, LOT 1, ACRES
1.4679);
Then generally south southeast along east boundary of said 1.4679
acre lot to northwest corner of HUNTERS GLEN SEC 1 Subdivision;
Then south along west boundary of HUNTERS GLEN SEC 1 Subdivision,
across ROW of Lexington Blvd, and HUNTERS POINT ESTATES, BLOCK 1
Subdivision to southwest corner of said subdivision and north ROW
of Grand Park Dr;
Then south by west across ROW of Grand Park Dr to northwest corner
of HUNTERS GLEN PARK (Hunters Point Park Sec 1, 17.018 acres);
Then south, east and south along west boundary of HUNTERS GLEN PARK
to southwest corner of said park and north ROW of Independence Blvd;
Then south by west across ROW of Independence Blvd to south ROW line
and northwest corner of 0.1 acre drainage easement (JENSEN TRACT,
LOT PT 2, ACRES 0.100, (DRAINAGE EASEMENT));
Then south along west boundary of said 0.1 acre easement, and 8.945
acre drainage easement (0264 I AND GN RY, ACRES 8.945) to southwest
corner of said easement and north boundary of 1.738 acre drainage
easement (QUAIL GREEN SEC 1, ACRES 1.738, 120' WIDE DRAINAGE
EASEMENT);
Then west along north boundary of said 1.738 acre drainage easement
to east ROW of Texas Pkwy;
Then south along east ROW of Texas Pkwy to northwest corner of 0.517
acre lot (MCCOURT PLAZA, LOT 1, ACRES 0.517);
Then east along north boundary of said 0.517 acre lot to northeast
corner of said lot;
Then south along east boundary of said 0.517 acre lot, and 0.5154
acre lot (MCCOURT PLAZA, ACRES 0.5154), across ROW of Greendale Dr
and along east boundary of 0.8422 acre lot (QUAIL GREEN SEC 2, ACRES
0.8422, Reserve "A") to southeast corner of said 0.8422 acre lot;
Then west along south boundary of said 0.8422 acre lot to southwest
corner of said lot and east ROW of Texas Pkwy;
Then south along east ROW of Texas Pkwy to northwest corner of 1.262
acre tract (0013 D BRIGHT, ACRES 1.262, RESERVE "A" QUAIL GREEN
SOUTH);
Then southeast along north boundary of said 1.262 acre tract to
northeast corner of said tract;
Then south along east boundary of said 1.262 acre tract, across ROW
of Cartwright Dr and along east boundary of 1.073 acre tract (0013 D
BRIGHT, ACRES 1.073, RESERVE "E" QUAIL GREEN SOUTH) to southeast
corner of said tract and northeast corner of 0.8807 acre lot (0013 D
Bright, ACRES 0.8807, Restricted Reserve "A" (Commercial), Block 1,
Automax);
Then generally east southeast along east boundary of said 0.8807
acre lot, and 2.1488 acre tract (0013 D Bright, ACRES 2.1488,
Unrestricted Reserve, Block 1, Minimax) to east corner of said
2.1488 acre tract;
Then southwest along boundary of said 2.1488 acre tract to north
corner of 0.55 acre tract (QUAIL GREEN SOUTH SEC 1, ACRES 0.550,
RESTRICTED RESERVE "B" (WIDENING OF TEXAS PKWY));
Then generally east along north boundary of said 0.55 acre tract to
southwest corner of 1.457 acre tract (QUAIL GREEN SOUTH SEC 1, ACRES
1.457, COMMERCIAL TRACT 1);
Then north by east along west boundary of said 1.457 acre tract to
northwest corner of said tract;
Then east along north boundary of said 1.457 acre tract, across ROW
of Turtle Creek Dr, and along north boundary of 1.785 acre tract
(QUAIL GREEN SOUTH SEC 1, ACRES 1.785, COMMERCIAL TRACT 2) to
northeast corner of said 1.785 acre tract and coincident boundary
line of City of Houston/City of Missouri City limits;
Then south along coincident boundary line of City of Houston/City
of Missouri City limits, across ROW of Texas Pkwy/FM 2234, and along
east boundary of 0.8025 acre tract (QUAIL VALLEY THUNDERBIRD NORTH
SEC 1, ACRES 0.8025, RESERVE "C-1"), 1.417 acre tract (QUAIL VALLEY
THUNDERBIRD NORTH SEC 1, ACRES 1.417, RESERVE "C" (PT)), 0.675 acre
lot (QUAIL VALLEY THUNDERBIRD NORTH SEC 1, ACRES 0.675, RESERVE "C"
(PT)) to southeast corner of said 0.675 acre lot;
Then west along south boundary of said 0.675 acre lot, across ROW of
Turtle Creek Dr, and 1.7180 acre tract (QUAIL VALLEY THUNDERBIRD
NORTH SEC 1, ACRES 1.7180, RESERVE "D" (PT), 0.758 acre easement
(0013 D Bright, ACRES 0.758, Christian Bible Baptist Church
Subdivision, Block 1, Reserve 1 (Part), 60' Rd Esmt), and 19.7824
acre tract (0013 D Bright, ACRES 19.7824, Christian Bible Baptist
Church Subdivision, Block 1, Reserve 1 (Part)) to southwest corner
of said 19.7824 acre tract;
Then north along west boundary of said 19.7284 acre tract, and
boundary line of PARK GATE SEC 1 Subdivision to south corner of
1.455 acre tract (R/P RANDALLS CTR-QUAIL VALLEY, ACRES 1.455,
RESERVE D (DETENTION POND));
Then northwest and west along north boundary of PARK GATE SEC 1
Subdivision to southeast corner of 2 acre tract (0013 D BRIGHT,
ACRES 2.00);
Then north along east boundary of said 2 acre tract to south ROW of
Cartwright Rd;
Then west along south ROW of Cartwright Rd to point south of east
ROW line of Columbia Blue Dr;
Then north along east ROW of Columbia Blue Dr, across ROW of Court
Rd to northwest corner of 6.69 acre tract (QUAIL GREEN WEST SEC 2,
ACRES 6.69, RESERVE A) and south boundary of QUAIL GREEN WEST SEC 2
Subdivision;
Then east along south boundary of QUAIL GREEN WEST SEC 2 Subdivision
to southeast corner of said subdivision;
Then generally north along east boundary of said QUAIL GREEN WEST
SEC 2 Subdivision, across ROW of Independence Blvd, to northeast
corner of 0.1584 acre lot (QUAIL GREEN WEST SEC 1, BLOCK 10, LOT 24)
and south boundary of 0.155 acre lot (QUAIL GREEN WEST SEC 1, BLOCK
10, LOT 22);
Then east, north and east along boundary of QUAIL GREEN WEST SEC 1,
BLOCK 10 to west ROW of Texas Pkwy/FM 2234;
Then north along west ROW of Texas Pkwy/FM 2234 to southeast corner
of 20.09 acre tract (0264 I AND GN RY, ACRES 20.09);
Then west along south boundary of said 20.09 acre tract to southwest
corner of said tract;
Then north along west boundary of said 20.09 acre tract, across ROW
of Thomas Taylor Pkwy, and along west boundary of 21.84 acre tract
(0264 I AND GN RY, ACRES 21.84, Reserve "A", Block 1, Houston
Community College Missouri City Campus) and 17.873 acre tract (0264
I AND GN RY, ACRES 17.873) to south ROW of Scanlin Rd;
Then northeast along south ROW of Scanlin Rd to coincident boundary
line of City of Stafford/Missouri City Limits;
Then east along coincident boundary line of City of
Stafford/Missouri City Limits to west ROW of Texas Pkwy/FM Rd 2234;
Then north along west ROW of Texas Pkwy/FM Rd 2234 and coincident
boundary line of City of Stafford/Missouri City Limits to northwest
corner of 18.1052 acre tract (0264 I AND GN RY, ACRES 18.1052,
(FM.2234 ROW));
Then east along north boundary of said 18.1052 acre tract and
coincident boundary line of City of Stafford/Missouri City Limits
to centerline ROW of Texas Pkwy/FM Rd 2234;
Then generally north and northwest along coincident boundary line
of City of Stafford/Missouri City Limits to south ROW of Adams St;
Then southwest and west along south ROW of Adams St to south ROW of
5th St;
Then southwest along south ROW of 5th St and coincident boundary
line of City of Stafford/Missouri City Limits to ROW centerline of
Present St;
Then northwest and north northwest along ROW centerline of Present
St., and coincident boundary line of City of Stafford/Missouri City
Limits, across ROW of US 90 Hwy Alternate, and S Pacific Railway
easement, to west corner of 39.54 acre tract (0117 BBB AND C RY,
ACRES 39.54, Unrestricted Reserve "B", Block 1, TXI - Missouri City
Amending Plat (HLA));
Then northeast along boundary of said 39.54 ac. tract and
coincident boundary line of City of Stafford/Missouri City Limits
to east ROW of Pike Rd;
Then northwest along east ROW of Pike Rd and coincident boundary
line of City of Stafford/Missouri City Limits to east ROW of
Stafford Rd;
Then generally north northeast along east ROW of Stafford Rd to
north corner of 10.176 acre tract (0117 BBB AND C RY, ACRES 10.176,
SAND PIT) and coincident boundary line of City of Stafford/Missouri
City Limits;
Then southeast along east boundary of said 10.176 ac. tract and
coincident boundary line of VACCARO MANOR Subdivision, and
coincident boundary line of City of Stafford/Missouri City Limits
to south corner of said subdivision;
Then northeast along boundary of VACCARO MANOR and ENCLAVE AT
STAFFORD Subdivisions and coincident boundary line of City of
Stafford/Missouri City Limits to east ROW of S Cravens Rd;
Then northwest along east ROW of S Cravens Rd and coincident
boundary line of City of Stafford/Missouri City Limits to Harris
and Fort Bend County Line;
Then east southeast along Harris and Fort Bend County Line to
coincident boundary line of City of Houston/City of Missouri City
Limits;
Then southeast along coincident boundary line of City of
Houston/City of Missouri City Limits, across ROW of Buffalo Lakes
Dr and 3.33 acre tract (Park 8ninety, BLOCK 2, ACRES 3.33, Reserve 5
(77% in Fort Bend County)) and along boundary of 2.59 acre tract
(Park 8ninety, BLOCK 2, ACRES 2.59, Reserve 7) to east corner of
said 2.59 acre tract;
Then southwest along east boundary of said 2.59 ac. tract and
boundary line of City of Missouri City Limits to north corner of
1.194 acre drainage easement (0629 N A RECTOR, ACRES 1.194,
CANGELOSI DITCH - SIMMS BAYOU, DRNG ESMT);
Then south along boundary line of City of Missouri City Limits and
east boundary of said 1.194 acre easement, 0.2754 acre lot (0629 N A
RECTOR, ACRES 0.2754), 6.373 acre tract (0629 N A RECTOR, ACRES
6.373), 19.0189 acre tract (0629 N A RECTOR, ACRES 19.0189, (PT)
RESTRICTED RESERVE "B" (PUBLIC PARK & DRAINAGE), FBISD HIGH SCHOOL
#9) to north boundary of 66.898 acre tract (0626 G B LUCAS, ACRES
66.898, (PT) RESERVE "B" (PUBLIC PARK & DRAINAGE), FBISD HIGH
SCHOOL #9, EXEMPT);
Then east along boundary line of City of Missouri City Limits and
north boundary of said 66.898 acre tract to northeast corner of said
tract and west ROW of Settemont Rd. and coincident boundary line of
City of Houston/City of Missouri City Limits;
Then south along west ROW of Settemont Rd and coincident boundary
line of City of Houston/City of Missouri City Limits to north ROW of
Buffalo Run;
Then east northeast along north ROW of Buffalo Run and coincident
boundary line of City of Houston/City of Missouri City Limits to
west ROW of Fondren Rd. and beginning point of +/- 2,084 acre tract;
SECTION 3. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
Government Code.
(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality.
(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor,
lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives
within the required time.
(d) The general law relating to consent by political
subdivisions to the creation of districts with conservation,
reclamation, and road powers and the inclusion of land in those
districts has been complied with.
(e) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act have been
fulfilled and accomplished.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2019.