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  H.B. No. 4017
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility
  District No. 510; providing authority to impose a tax and issue
  bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.
         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 8240 to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 8240. HARRIS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT
  NO. 510
  SUBCHAPTER A.  GENERAL PROVISIONS
         Sec. 8240.001.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
               (1)  "Board" means the district's board of directors.
               (2)  "Director" means a board member.
               (3)  "District" means the Harris County Municipal
  Utility District No. 510.
         Sec. 8240.002.  NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a
  municipal utility district in Harris County created under and
  essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 52, Article III,
  and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
         Sec. 8240.003.  CONFIRMATION ELECTION REQUIRED. If the
  creation of the district is not confirmed at a confirmation
  election held under Section 8240.023 before September 1, 2011:
               (1)  the district is dissolved September 1, 2011,
  except that the district shall:
                     (A)  pay any debts incurred;
                     (B)  transfer to Harris County any assets that
  remain after the payment of debts; and
                     (C)  maintain the organization of the district
  until all debts are paid and remaining assets are transferred; and
               (2)  this chapter expires September 1, 2014.
         Sec. 8240.004.  INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY. (a) The
  district is initially composed of the territory described by
  Section 2 of the Act creating this chapter.
         (b)  The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of
  the Act creating 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:
               (1)  the organization, existence, or validity of the
  district;
               (2)  the right of the district to impose taxes;
               (3)  the validity of the district's bonds, notes, or
  indebtedness; or
               (4)  the legality or operation of the district or the
  board.
  [Sections 8240.005-8240.020 reserved for expansion]
  SUBCHAPTER A-1. TEMPORARY PROVISIONS
         Sec. 8240.021.  TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.  (a) On or after
  September 1, 2007, a person who owns land in the district may submit
  a petition to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
  requesting that the commission appoint as temporary directors the
  five persons named in the petition.
         (b)  The commission shall appoint as temporary directors the
  five persons named in the first petition received by the commission
  under Subsection (a).
         (c)  If a temporary director fails to qualify for office, the
  commission shall appoint a person to fill the vacancy.
         (d)  Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:
               (1)  the date directors are elected under Section
  8240.023; or
               (2)  the date this chapter expires under Section
  8240.003.
         Sec. 8240.022.  ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING OF TEMPORARY
  DIRECTORS. As soon as practicable after all the temporary
  directors have qualified under Section 49.055, Water Code, the
  temporary directors shall meet at a location in the district
  agreeable to a majority of the directors.  At the meeting, the
  temporary directors shall elect officers from among the temporary
  directors and conduct any other district business.
         Sec. 8240.023.  CONFIRMATION AND INITIAL DIRECTORS'
  ELECTION.  The temporary directors shall hold an election to
  confirm the creation of the district and to elect five directors as
  provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
         Sec. 8240.024.  INITIAL ELECTED DIRECTORS; TERMS.  The
  directors elected under Section 8240.023 shall draw lots to
  determine which two shall serve until the first regularly scheduled
  election of directors and which three shall serve until the second
  regularly scheduled election of directors.
         Sec. 8240.025.  EXPIRATION OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter
  expires September 1, 2014.
  [Sections 8240.026-8240.050 reserved for expansion]
  SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
         Sec. 8240.051.  GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district is
  governed by a board of five directors.
         (b)  Directors serve staggered four-year terms.
  [Sections 8240.052-8240.100 reserved for expansion]
  SUBCHAPTER C.  POWERS AND DUTIES
         Sec. 8240.101.  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. 8240.102.  ROAD PROJECTS. (a)  To the extent authorized
  by Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may
  construct, acquire, improve, maintain, or operate macadamized,
  graveled, or paved roads or turnpikes, or improvements in aid of
  those roads or turnpikes, inside the district.
         (b)  A road project must meet all applicable construction
  standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of
  each municipality in whose corporate limits the district is
  located.
         Sec. 8240.103.  DIVISION OF DISTRICT.  (a)  The district may
  be divided into two new districts only if the district:
               (1)  has no outstanding bonded debt; and
               (2)  is not imposing ad valorem taxes.
         (b)  The division procedure is prescribed by Sections 53.030
  through 53.041, Water Code.
         (c)  Any new district created by the division of the district
  has all the powers and duties of the district.
         (d)  Any new district created by the division of the district
  may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land
  outside the area described by Section 2 of the Act creating this
  chapter.
         Sec. 8240.104.  COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT
  RESOLUTIONS. The district shall comply with all applicable
  requirements of any ordinance or resolution adopted by the city
  council of the City of Baytown.
  [Sections 8240.105-8240.150 reserved for expansion]
  SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
         Sec. 8240.151.  TAX TO REPAY BONDS. The district may impose
  a tax to pay the principal of or interest on bonds or other
  obligations issued under Section 8240.201.
  [Sections 8240.152-8240.200 reserved for expansion]
  SUBCHAPTER E.  BONDS
         Sec. 8240.201.  AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER
  OBLIGATIONS. (a) The district may issue bonds or other obligations
  as provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to finance the
  construction, maintenance, or operation of a project under Section
  8240.101 or 8240.102.
         (b)  The district may not issue bonds or other obligations to
  finance projects authorized by Section 8240.102 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.
         (c)  Bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance
  projects authorized by Section 8240.102 may not exceed one-fourth
  of the assessed value of the real property in the district.
         SECTION 2.  The Harris County Municipal Utility District No.
  510 includes all the territory contained in the following area:
  TRACT 1
  ALL THAT CERTAIN TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND CONTAINING 116.133 ACRES
  (5,058,773 SQUARE FEET) MORE OF LESS, BEING AN OVERALL DESCRIPTION
  OF TRACTS 1, 2, 3,4 AND 5 AS DESCRIBED IN WARRANTY DEED WITH
  VENDOR'S LIEN FROM VELMA, INC. TO GEORGE GILMAN, TRUSTEE, RECORDED
  UNDER COUNTY CLERK'S FILE NO. F592126 OF THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC
  RECORDS OF REAL PROPERTY, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, SAID 116.133 ACRES
  BEING COMPILED FROM DESCRIPTIONS ONLY, NO FIELD SURVEYING HAS BEEN
  DONE, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS AS
  FOLLOWS;
  BEGINNING AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE NORTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF
  INTERSTATE HIGHWAY NO. 10, WITH THE WEST BOUNDARY LINE OF A 203 ACRE
  TRACT KNOWN AS TRACT 4 OF THE GEORGE ELLIS SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO.21;
  THENCE NORTH 10 DEGREES 30 MINUTES 10 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF
  2516.60 FEET;
  THENCE SOUTH 79 DEGREES 05 MINUTES 30 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF
  17.79 FEET;
  THENCE NORTH 10 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 30 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF
  687.30 FEET TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE HEREIN DESCRIBED TRACT;
  THENCE NORTH 79 DEGREES 23 MINUTES 30 SECONDS EAST 1238.32 FEET TO
  THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE HEREIN DESCRIBED TRACT;
  THENCE SOUTH 10 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 30 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF
  2195.79 FEET TO AN INTERIOR CORNER OF THE HEREIN DESCRIBED TRACT;
  THENCE NORTH 78 DEGREES 34 MINUTES 30 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF
  467.78 FEET TO A POINT IN THE WEST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF A 60 FOOT
  WIDE ROAD;
  THENCE IN A SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION ALONG SAID ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY
  LINE WITH A CURVE TO THE LEFT HAVING A RADIUS OF 85.00 FEET, A
  CENTRAL ANGLE OF 72 DEG. 55 MIN. 26 SEC., AN ARC LENGTH OF 108.18
  FEET AND HAVING A CHORD BEARING AND DISTANCE OF SOUTH 64 DEGREES 59
  MINUTES 26 SECONDS EAST, 101.03 FEET TO THE END OF SAID CURVE;
  THENCE NORTH 78 DEGREES 34 MINUTES 30 SECONDS EAST ALONG THE SOUTH
  LINE OF SAID ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE 846.20 FEET TO THE INTERSECTION
  OF THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID 60 FOOT WIDE ROAD WITH THE WEST
  RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF CEDAR-BAYOU-CROSBY ROAD (60 FEET WIDE);
  THENCE SOUTH 11 DEGREES 25 MINUTES 30 SECONDS EAST ALONG THE WEST
  LINE OF SAID CEDAR-BAYOU-CROSBY ROAD A DISTANCE OF 625.00 FEET;
  THENCE SOUTH 78 DEGREES 34 MINUTES 30 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF
  250.30 FEET;
  THENCE SOUTH 11 DEGREES 25 MINUTES 30 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF
  207.50 FEET TO THE NORTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAY
  NO. 10;
  THENCE SOUTH 79 DEGREES 57 MINUTES 30 SECONDS WEST ALONG THE NORTH
  LINE OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAY NO. 10 A DISTANCE OF 217.50 TO AN ANGLE
  POINT;
  THENCE SOUTH 69 DEGREES 57 MINUTES 30 SECONDS WEST ALONG THE NORTH
  LINE OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAY NO. 10 A DISTANCE OF 103.66 TO THE
  BEGINNING OF A CURVE;
  THENCE IN A WESTERLY DIRECTION CONTINUING ALONG SAID HIGHWAY 10,
  WITH A CURVE TO THE LEFT HAVING A RADIUS OF 6092.77 FEET, A CENTRAL
  ANGLE OF 04 DEGREES 02 MINUTES 44 SECONDS, AN ARC LENGTH OF 430.21
  FEET, HAVING A CHORD BEARING AND DISTANCE OF SOUTH 77 DEGREES 05
  MINUTES 58 SECONDS WEST, 430.12 FEET TO THE END OF SAID CURVE;
  THENCE SOUTH 75 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 30 SECONDS WEST CONTINUING ALONG
  SAID HIGHWAY 10, A DISTANCE OF 1644.24 FEET TO THE PLACE OF
  BEGINNING AND CONTAINING 116.13 ACRES (5,058,773 SQUARE FEET) MORE
  OR LESS. SAID 116.133 ACRES BEING COMPILED FROM DESCRIPTIONS ONLY,
  NO FIELD SURVEYING HAS BEEN DONE.
  TRACT 2
  ALL THAT CERTAIN TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND CONTAINING 455.708 ACRES
  (19,850,652 SQUARE FEET) MORE OF LESS, BEING AN OVERALL DESCRIPTION
  OF THE FOLLOWING FOUR TRACTS OF LAND, A CALLED 69.95 ACRE TRACT
  DESCRIBED IN GENERAL WARRANTY DEED RECORDED UNDER HARRIS COUNTY
  CLERK'S FILE NO. G061967, A CALLED 116.00 ACRE TRACT DESCRIBED
  GENERAL WARRANTY DEED RECORDED UNDER HARRIS COUNTY CLERK'S FILE
  NO. G061963, A CALLED 43.31 ACRE TRACT DESCRIBED IN SPECIAL
  WARRANTY DEED WITH VENDOR'S LEIN RECORDED UNDER HARRIS COUNTY
  CLERK'S FILE NO. T086062, AND A CALLED 226.453 ACRE TRACT DESCRIBED
  UNDER HARRIS COUNTY CLERK'S FILE NO. G350652 SAID 455.708 ACRES
  BEING COMPILED FROM
  DESCRIPTIONS ONLY, NO FIELD SURVEYING HAS BEEN DONE, AND BEING MORE
  PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS AS FOLLOWS;
  BEGINNING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID 226.453 ACRE TRACT IN THE
  WEST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF SJOLANDER ROAD AND BEING IN THE SOUTH LINE
  OF A SAN JACINTO RIVER AUTORITY CANAL;
  THENCE SOUTH 12 DEGREES 59 MINUTES 35 SECONDS EAST ALONG THE WEST
  LINE OF SAID SJOLANDER ROAD A DISTANCE OF 2680.36 FEET TO THE
  NORTHERLY SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE HEREIN DESCRIBED TRACT, BEING THE
  NORTHEAST CORNER OF A CALLED 1.0 ACRE TRACT DESCRIBED IN
  VOLUME  3142, PAGE 30 HARRIS COUNTY DEED RECORDS;
  THENCE SOUTH 63 DEGREES 42 MINUTES 21 SECONDS WEST WITH THE NORTH
  LINE OF SAID 1.0 ACRE TRACT A DISTANCE OF 223.99 FEET TO THE
  NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID 1.0 ACRE TRACT FOR A RE-ENTRANT CORNER OF
  THE HEREIN DESCRIBED TRACT;
  THENCE SOUTH 13 DEGREES 03 MINUTES 53 SECONDS EAST ALONG THE WEST
  LINE OF SAID 1.0 ACRE TRACT A DISTANCE OF 200.00 FEET TO THE
  SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID 1.0 ACRE TRACT AND THE SOUTHERLY SOUTHEAST
  CORNER OF THE HEREIN DESCRIBED TRACT, LYING IN THE NORTH
  RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 10 (WIDTH VARIES);
  THENCE SOUTH 63 DEGREES 41 MINUTES 07 SECONDS WEST ALONG THE NORTH
  LINE OF SAID INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 10 A DISTANCE OF 298.01 FEET TO THE
  BEGINNING OF A CURVE;
  THENCE IN AN WESTERLY DIRECTION CONTINUING ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF
  SAID INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 10 WITH A CURVE TO THE RIGHT HAVING A RADIUS
  OF 5456.18 FEET, A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 10 DEGREES 17 MINUTES 23
  SECONDS, AN ARC LENGTH OF 979.86 FEET, AND HAVING A CHORD BEARING
  AND DISTANCE OF SOUTH 77 DEGREES 08 MINUTES 38 SECONDS WEST, 978.54
  FEET TO THE END OF SAID CURVE;
  THENCE SOUTH 82 DEGREES 17 MINUTES 19 SECONDS WEST ALONG THE NORTH
  LINE OF SAID INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 10 A DISTANCE OF 1858.84 FEET TO AN
  ANGLE POINT IN THE NORTH LINE OF SAID INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 10;
  THENCE SOUTH 82 DEGREES 12 MINUTES 00 SECONDS WEST CONTINUING ALONG
  THE NORTH LINE OF SAID INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 10 A DISTANCE OF 2604.74
  FEET TO AN ANGLE POINT IN THE NORTH LINE OF SAID INTERSTATE HIGHWAY
  10;
  THENCE SOUTH 82 DEGREES 17 MINUTES 14 SECONDS WEST CONTINUING ALONG
  THE NORTH LINE OF SAID INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 10 A DISTANCE OF 608.34
  FEET TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID 43.31 ACRE TRACT AND THE HEREIN
  DESCRIBED TRACT,
  AND BEING THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF A CALLED 40 ACRE TRACT DESCRIBED
  UNDER CLERK'S FILE NO. B460680;
  THENCE NORTH 08 DEGREES 45 MINUTES 54 SECONDS WEST WITH THE EAST
  LINE OF SAID CALLED 40 ACRE TRACT A DISTANCE OF 3087.70 FEET TO THE
  NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID 43.31 ACRE TRACT AND THE HEREIN DESCRIBED
  TRACT;
  THENCE NORTH 81 DEGREES 58 MINUTES 01 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF
  613.11 FEET TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID 43.31 ACRE TRACT, FOR AN
  ANGLE POINT OF THE HEREIN DESCRIBED TRACT;
  THENCE SOUTH 08 DEGREES 43 MINUTES 32 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF
  0.51 FEET ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID 43.31 ACRE TRACT TO THE
  NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID 116.00 ACRE TRACT;
  THENCE NORTH 82 DEGREES 11 MINUTES 59 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF
  2637.78 FEET TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID 69.95 ACRE TRACT, IN
  THE WEST LINE OF SAID 226.453 ACRE TRACT;
  THENCE NORTH 08 DEGREES 06 MINUTES 47 SECONDS WEST WITH THE WEST
  LINE OF SAID 226.453 ACRE TRACT A DISTANCE OF 16.52 FEET TO ITS
  NORTHWEST CORNER;
  THENCE NORTH 81 DEGREES 59 MINUTES 51 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF
  3084.62 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING AND CONTAINING 455.708 ACRES
  (19,850,652 SQUARE FEET) MORE OR LESS. SAID 455.708 ACRES BEING
  COMPILED FROM DESCRIPTIONS ONLY, NO FIELD SURVEYING HAS BEEN DONE.
         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.  This Act takes effect on the date on or after
  September 1, 2007, on which all of the territory described by
  Section 2 of this Act is annexed into the City of Baytown. If the
  annexation occurs before September 1, 2007, this Act takes effect
  September 1, 2007.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 4017 was passed by the House on May 9,
  2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 4017 was passed by the Senate on May
  23, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor