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  H.B. No. 4083
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility
  District No. 117; providing authority to impose taxes and issue
  bonds.
         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 8268 to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 8268. MONTGOMERY COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 117
  SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
         Sec. 8268.001.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
               (1)  "Board" means the board of directors of the
  district.
               (2)  "Director" means a member of the board.
               (3)  "District" means the Montgomery County Municipal
  Utility District No. 117.
         Sec. 8268.002.  NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a
  municipal utility district in Montgomery County created under and
  essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI,
  Texas Constitution.
         Sec. 8268.003.  CONFIRMATION ELECTION REQUIRED. If the
  creation of the district is not confirmed at a confirmation
  election held under Section 8268.023 before September 1, 2015:
               (1)  the district is dissolved September 1, 2015,
  except that the district shall:
                     (A)  pay any debts incurred;
                     (B)  transfer to Montgomery 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, 2016.
         Sec. 8268.004.  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.
         (b)  The district is created to accomplish:
               (1)  the purposes of a municipal utility district as
  provided by general law; and
               (2)  to the extent authorized by Section 52, Article
  III, Texas Constitution, the construction, acquisition,
  improvement, maintenance, or operation of arterial or main feeder
  roads or improvements in aid of those roads.
         Sec. 8268.005.  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 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.
  [Sections 8268.006-8268.020 reserved for expansion]
  SUBCHAPTER A-1.  TEMPORARY PROVISIONS
         Sec. 8268.021.  TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.  (a)  The temporary
  board consists of:
               (1)  Arthur J. Sullivan, III;
               (2)  Linda Grant Jones;
               (3)  James H. Pouns;
               (4)  Lee Lupher; and
               (5)  Thomas Vann.
         (b)  Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:
               (1)  the date initial directors are elected under
  Section 8268.023; or
               (2)  the date this subchapter expires under Section
  8268.025.
         Sec. 8268.022.  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. 8268.023.  CONFIRMATION AND INITIAL DIRECTORS'
  ELECTION. Not later than the second anniversary of the
  organizational meeting held under Section 8268.022, the temporary
  directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the
  district and to elect five initial directors as provided by Section
  49.102, Water Code.
         Sec. 8268.024.  INITIAL ELECTED DIRECTORS; TERMS.  Unless
  the initial board otherwise agrees, the directors elected under
  Section 8268.023 shall draw lots to determine which two shall serve
  until the first regularly scheduled election of directors under
  Section 8268.052 and which three shall serve until the second
  regularly scheduled election of directors.
         Sec. 8268.025.  EXPIRATION OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter
  expires September 1, 2015.
  [Sections 8268.026-8268.050 reserved for expansion]
  SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
         Sec. 8268.051.  DIRECTORS; TERMS.  (a)  The district is
  governed by a board of five directors.
         (b)  Except for temporary or initial directors, directors
  serve staggered four-year terms.
         Sec. 8268.052.  ELECTION OF DIRECTORS. On the uniform
  election date in May of each even-numbered year, the appropriate
  number of directors shall be elected.
  [Sections 8268.053-8268.100 reserved for expansion]
  SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES
         Sec. 8268.101.  MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND
  DUTIES.  (a)  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.
         (b)  The district has the powers and duties necessary to
  accomplish the purposes for which the district is created.
         Sec. 8268.102.  ROAD PROJECTS.  (a)  To the extent authorized
  by Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may
  acquire, construct, or finance a road that meets the criteria or
  requirements for a thoroughfare, arterial, or collector road of the
  county in which the road is located or the municipality in whose
  corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road is
  located or improvements in aid of that road.
         (b)  A road project must meet all applicable standards,
  regulations, and ordinances of the municipality or county in whose
  jurisdiction the district is located.
         Sec. 8268.103.  RECREATIONAL FACILITIES; LIMIT ON EMINENT
  DOMAIN POWER. (a) In this section, "recreational facilities" and
  "develop and maintain" have the meanings assigned by Section
  49.462, Water Code.
         (b)  The district may develop and maintain recreational
  facilities.
         (c)  The district may not, for the development or maintenance
  of a recreational facility, acquire by condemnation land, an
  easement, or other property inside or outside the district.
         Sec. 8268.104.  COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT
  ORDINANCES OR RESOLUTIONS. Subject to the limitations of Section
  54.016, Water Code, the district shall comply with all applicable
  requirements of any ordinance or resolution adopted by the
  governing body of the municipality that consents to the creation of
  the district or to the inclusion of lands within the district.
  [Sections 8268.105-8268.150 reserved for expansion]
  SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
         Sec. 8268.151.  ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS. (a)  The
  district may issue, without an election, bonds and other
  obligations secured by revenue or contract payments from any source
  other than ad valorem taxation.
         (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 operation and maintenance tax or
  issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.
         Sec. 8268.152.  OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.  (a)  If
  authorized at an election held under Section 8268.151, 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.
  [Sections 8268.153-8268.200 reserved for expansion]
  SUBCHAPTER E. BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS
         Sec.  8268.201.  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, grants, or other district money, or any combination of
  those sources, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
         Sec. 8268.202.  BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS.  (a)  The district
  may not issue bonds to finance projects authorized by Section
  8268.102 unless the issuance is approved by a vote of a two-thirds
  majority of the voters of the district voting at an election called
  for that purpose.
         (b)  Bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance
  projects authorized by Section 8268.102 may not exceed one-fourth
  of the assessed value of the real property in the district.
         Sec. 8268.203.  BONDS FOR RECREATIONAL FACILITIES. If
  authorized at an election under Section 8268.151, the district may
  issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes to pay for the development
  and maintenance of recreational facilities.
         Sec. 8268.204.  TAXES FOR BONDS. At the time bonds payable
  wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes are issued:
               (1)  the board shall impose a continuing direct annual
  ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, 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 as the interest
  becomes due;
                     (B)  create a sinking fund for the payment of the
  principal of the bonds when due or the redemption price at any
  earlier required redemption date; and
                     (C)  pay the expenses of imposing the taxes.
         SECTION 2.  The Montgomery County Municipal Utility District
  No. 117 initially includes all the territory contained in the
  following area:
  TRACT 1
  All that certain 735.094 acre (32,020,707 Square Feet) parcel of
  land situated in the Joseph A. Parker Survey, Abstract Number 418,
  in Montgomery County, Texas, and being out of and a portion of that
  certain call 2,086.441 acre tract of land described in a Warranty
  Deed to Pacific Indio Properties, Inc., in Clerk's File Number
  2005-116793 of the Official Public Records of Real Property at
  Montgomery County, Texas (O.P.R.R.P.M.C.T.), and out of and a
  portion of that certain call 877.775 acre tract of land as described
  in a Warranty Deed to Pacific Indio Properties, Inc., in Clerk's
  File Number 2005-116796 of the O.P.R.R.P.M.C.T., said 735.094 tract
  being more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows:
  (All bearings are referenced to the Texas State Plane Coordinate
  System, South Central Zone)
  COMMENCING at a 5/8-inch iron rod with plastic cap stamped
  "BENCHMARK ENGR." found in the southerly line of said 877.775 acre
  tract for the upper northeast corner of said 2,086.441 acre tract
  and the northwest corner of that certain call 435.784 acre tract
  described in a Warranty Deed to Pacific Indio Properties, Inc., in
  Clerk's File Number 2005-116798 of the O.P.R.R.P.M.C.T.;
  THENCE, with the southerly line of said 877.775 acre tract and the
  northerly line of said 2,086.441 acre tract, South 56 Degrees 46
  Minutes 11 Seconds West, a distance of 5,077.32 feet to the
  intersection of the northerly line of said 2,086.441 acre tract
  with the northerly line of the of the herein described tract for the
  POINT OF BEGINNING;
  THENCE, through and across said 2,086.441 acre tract and with the
  northerly line of the herein described tract, North 90 Degrees 00
  Minutes 00 Seconds East, a distance of 3,323.25 feet to the
  intersection of the northerly line of the herein described tract
  with the westerly right-of-way of proposed Townsen Road (100 feet
  wide) for the upper northeast corner of the herein described tract;
  THENCE, continuing through and across said 2,086.441 acre tract,
  and with the westerly R.O.W. line of said proposed Townsen Road, the
  following three (3) courses:
         1)   1,137.04 feet along the arc of a curve to the left having
  a radius of 2,050.00 feet, a central angle of 31 Degrees
  46 Minutes 45 Seconds, and a chord that bears South 33
  Degrees 17 Minutes 04 Seconds East, a distance of
  1,122.52 feet;
         2)   South 49 Degrees 10 Minutes 27 Seconds East, a distance
  of 805.47 feet to the beginning of a curve to the right;
         3)   781.30 feet along the arc of said curve to the right
  having a radius of 2,950.00 feet, a central angle of 15
  Degrees 10 Minutes 28 Seconds, and a chord that bears
  South 41 Degrees 35 Minutes 12 Seconds East, a distance
  of 779.02 feet to the intersection of the westerly
  R.O.W. of said proposed Townsen Road with a west line of
  the he City of Houston City Limits, as prepared by the
  City of Houston Geographic Information System Office
  and made available to the public in Release 12, dated
  June 2006 for the lower northeast corner of the herein
  described tract;
  THENCE, continuing through and across said 2,086.441 acre tract and
  with said west City of Houston City Limit line, the following two
  (2) courses:
         1)   South 02 Degrees 47 Minutes 24 Seconds East, a distance
  of 1,313.89 feet to an angle point;
         2)   South 02 Degrees 47 Minutes 12 Seconds East, a distance
  of 3,425.25 feet to the intersection of the west City of
  Houston City Limit Line with the north bank of Spring
  Creek;
  THENCE, with the meanders of the north and east bank of Spring
  Creek, the following one hundred eight (108) courses:
         1)   North 49 Degrees 05 Minutes 53 Seconds West, a distance
  of 19.99 feet:
         2)   North 57 Degrees 20 Minutes 48 Seconds West, a distance
  of 135.77 feet;
         3)   North 62 Degrees 25 Minutes 32 Seconds West, a distance
  of 137.51 feet;
         4)   North 65 Degrees 43 Minutes 11 Seconds West, a distance
  of 84.57 feet;
         5)   North 64 Degrees 48 Minutes 29 Seconds West, a distance
  of 137.90 feet;
         6)   North 58 Degrees 37 Minutes 43 Seconds West, a distance
  of 176.05 feet;
         7)   North 60 Degrees 41 Minutes 48 Seconds West, a distance
  of 117.33 feet;
         8)   North 56 Degrees 46 Minutes 25 Seconds West, a distance
  of 77.06 feet;
         9)   North 55 Degrees 51 Minutes 52 Seconds West, a distance
  of 101.56 feet;
         10)  North 56 Degrees 09 Minutes 58 Seconds West, a distance
  of 155.42 feet;
         11)  North 65 Degrees 48 Minutes 53 Seconds West, a distance
  of 74.18 feet;
         12)   North 58 Degrees 45 Minutes 09 Seconds West, a distance
  of 107.02 feet;
         13)  North 67 Degrees 56 Minutes 47 Seconds West, a distance
  of 60.93 feet;
         14)  North 67 Degrees 02 Minutes 03 Seconds West, a distance
  of 71.72 feet;
         15)  North 72 Degrees 24 Minutes 16 Seconds West, a distance
  of 68.26 feet;
         16)  North 76 Degrees 27 Minutes 38 Seconds West, a distance
  of 61.13 feet;
         17)  North 77 Degrees 37 Minutes 24 Seconds West, a distance
  of 58.17 feet;
         18)  North 81 Degrees 12 Minutes 43 Seconds West, a distance
  of 61.49 feet;
         19)  North 76 Degrees 14 Minutes 05 Seconds West, a distance
  of 75.16 feet;
         20)  North 76 Degrees 21 Minutes 11 Seconds West, a distance
  of 49.48 feet;
         21)  North 69 Degrees 36 Minutes 09 Seconds West, a distance
  of 37.50 feet;
         22)  North 43 Degrees 21 Minutes 14 Seconds West, a distance
  of 54.11 feet;
         23)  North 50 Degrees 23 Minutes 53 Seconds West, a distance
  of 33.81 feet;
         24)  North 51 Degrees 23 Minutes 51 Seconds West, a distance
  of 61.36 feet;
         25)  North 63 Degrees 35 Minutes 38 Seconds West, a distance
  of 90.19 feet;
         26)  North 67 Degrees 47 Minutes 52 Seconds West, a distance
  of 100.45 feet;
         27)  North 68 Degrees 11 Minutes 20 Seconds West, a distance
  of 108.69 feet;
         28)  North 73 Degrees 13 Minutes 32 Seconds West, a distance
  of 117.05 feet;
         29)  North 70 Degrees 00 Minutes 22 Seconds West, a distance
  of 151.55 feet;
         30)  North 78 Degrees 02 Minutes 09 Seconds West, a distance
  of 103.31 feet;
         31)  South 87 Degrees 00 Minutes 49 Seconds West, a distance
  of 83.97 feet;
         32)  North 87 Degrees 56 Minutes 37 Seconds West, a distance
  of 88.95 feet;
         33)  South 81 Degrees 04 Minutes 57 Seconds West, a distance
  of 106.98 feet;
         34)  South 68 Degrees 37 Minutes 37 Seconds West, a distance
  of 93.90 feet;
         35)  South 60 Degrees 46 Minutes 32 Seconds West, a distance
  of 87.27 feet;
         36)  South 56 Degrees 50 Minutes 14 Seconds West, a distance
  of 145.92 feet;
         37)  South 43 Degrees 19 Minutes 52 Seconds West, a distance
  of 129.53 feet;
         38)  South 11 Degrees 41 Minutes 16 Seconds West, a distance
  of 63.73 feet;
         39)  South 14 Degrees 06 Minutes 39 Seconds West, a distance
  of 35.47 feet;
         40)  South 11 Degrees 31 Minutes 36 Seconds West, a distance
  of 135.92 feet;
         41)  South 07 Degrees 33 Minutes 39 Seconds West, a distance
  of 173.98 feet;
         42)  South 16 Degrees 35 Minutes 36 Seconds West, a distance
  of 202.30 feet;
         43)  South 20 Degrees 46 Minutes 19 Seconds West, a distance
  of 60.02 feet;
         44)  South 13 Degrees 41 Minutes 13 Seconds West, a distance
  of 69.86 feet;
         45)  South 11 Degrees 54 Minutes 31 Seconds West, a distance
  of 90.00 feet;
         46)  South 41 Degrees 05 Minutes 52 Seconds West, a distance
  of 105.79 feet;
         47)  South 44 Degrees 29 Minutes 50 Seconds West, a distance
  of 144.95 feet;
         48)  South 70 Degrees 17 Minutes 01 Second West, a distance
  of 86.14 feet;
         49)  South 80 Degrees 22 Minutes 04 Seconds West, a distance
  of 72.00 feet;
         50)  South 83 Degrees 55 Minutes 32 Seconds West, a distance
  of 55.78 feet;
         51)  North 62 Degrees 32 Minutes 12 Seconds West, a distance
  of 55.35 feet;
         52)  North 46 Degrees 07 Minutes 56 Seconds West, a distance
  of 50.63 feet;
         53)  North 60 Degrees 53 Minutes 30 Seconds West, a distance
  of 91.05 feet;
         54)  North 43 Degrees 48 Minutes 09 Seconds West, a distance
  of 68.28 feet;
         55)  North 38 Degrees 31 Minutes 17 Seconds West, a distance
  of 94.63 feet;
         56)  North 36 Degrees 31 Minutes 53 Seconds West, a distance
  of 129.74 feet;
         57)  North 33 Degrees 10 Minutes 58 Seconds West, a distance
  of 149.99 feet;
         58)  North 39 Degrees 11 Minutes 59 Seconds West, a distance
  of 148.77 feet;
         59)  North 46 Degrees 30 Minutes 43 Seconds West, a distance
  of 132.39 feet;
         60)  North 50 Degrees 47 Minutes 36 Seconds West, a distance
  of 128.98 feet;
         61)  North 57 Degrees 41 Minutes 23 Seconds West, a distance
  of 116.30 feet;
         62)  North 59 Degrees 09 Minutes 40 Seconds West, a distance
  of 109.25 feet;
         63)  North 63 Degrees 32 Minutes 05 Seconds West, a distance
  of 107.54 feet;
         64)  North 68 Degrees 17 Minutes 10 Seconds West, a distance
  of 93.47 feet;
         65)   North 47 Degrees 28 Minutes 49 Seconds West, a distance
  of 157.27 feet;
         66)  North 63 Degrees 12 Minutes 00 Seconds West, a distance
  of 197.97 feet;
         67)  South 87 Degrees 59 Minutes 56 Seconds West, a distance
  of 253.67 feet;
         68)  North 88 Degrees 56 Minutes 41 Seconds West, a distance
  of 205.97 feet;
         69)  North 51 Degrees 29 Minutes 07 Seconds West, a distance
  of 198.79 feet;
         70)  North 39 Degrees 26 Minutes 04 Seconds West, a distance
  of 161.54 feet;
         71)  North 29 Degrees 31 Minutes 37 Seconds West, a distance
  of 191.59 feet;
         72)  North 26 Degrees 12 Minutes 58 Seconds West, a distance
  of 158.00 feet;
         73)  North 26 Degrees 53 Minutes 05 Seconds West, a distance
  of 130.95 feet;
         74)  North 15 Degrees 30 Minutes 53 Seconds West, a distance
  of 156.75 feet;
         75)  North 10 Degrees 25 Minutes 12 Seconds West, a distance
  of 244.97 feet;
         76)  North 00 Degrees 33 Minutes 19 Seconds East, a distance
  of 352.07 feet;
         77)  North 02 Degrees 25 Minutes 41 Seconds East, a distance
  of 187.85 feet;
         78)  North 03 Degrees 05 Minutes 08 Seconds East, a distance
  of 202.17 feet;
         79)  North 07 Degrees 15 Minutes 30 Seconds East, a distance
  of 183.96 feet;
         80)  North 09 Degrees 11 Minutes 15 Seconds East, a distance
  of 181.92 feet;
         81)  North 14 Degrees 16 Minutes 58 Seconds East, a distance
  of 185.88 feet;
         82)  North 19 Degrees 53 Minutes 49 Seconds East, a distance
  of 146.95 feet;
         83)  North 07 Degrees 51 Minutes 38 Seconds East, a distance
  of 198.72 feet;
         84)  North 14 Degrees 47 Minutes 18 Seconds East, a distance
  of 190.46 feet;
         85)  North 09 Degrees 25 Minutes 46 Seconds East, a distance
  of 201.96 feet;
         86)  North 23 Degrees 08 Minutes 43 Seconds East, a distance
  of 163.58 feet;
         87)  North 26 Degrees 59 Minutes 51 Seconds East, a distance
  of 103.85 feet;
         88)  North 61 Degrees 15 Minutes 09 Seconds East, a distance
  of 197.16 feet;
         89)  North 52 Degrees 56 Minutes 56 Seconds East, a distance
  of 175.88 feet;
         90)  North 50 Degrees 29 Minutes 41 Seconds East, a distance
  of 191.99 feet;
         91)  North 48 Degrees 50 Minutes 23 Seconds East, a distance
  of 166.90 feet;
         92)  North 23 Degrees 13 Minutes 09 Seconds East, a distance
  of 171.31 feet;
         93)  North 12 Degrees 23 Minutes 15 Seconds East, a distance
  of 208.72 feet;
         94)  North 04 Degrees 25 Minutes 08 Seconds West, a distance
  of 182.71 feet;
         95)  North 12 Degrees 31 Minutes 27 Seconds West, a distance
  of 142.73 feet;
         96)  North 21 Degrees 11 Minutes 58 Seconds West, a distance
  of 123.87 feet;
         97)  North 33 Degrees 29 Minutes 34 Seconds West, a distance
  of 103.15 feet;
         98)  North 59 Degrees 45 Minutes 36 Seconds West, a distance
  of 174.32 feet;
         99)  North 46 Degrees 47 Minutes 40 Seconds West, a distance
  of 143.33 feet;
         100)  North 45 Degrees 52 Minutes 37 Seconds West, a distance
  of 209.78 feet;
         101)  North 50 Degrees 35 Minutes 13 Seconds West, a distance
  of 160.08 feet;
         102)  North 50 Degrees 56 Minutes 49 Seconds West, a distance
  of 194.50 feet;
         103)  North 51 Degrees 36 Minutes 47 Seconds West, a distance
  of 190.95 feet;
         104)  North 42 Degrees 40 Minutes 45 Seconds West, at 82.74
  feet pass the northwest corner of said 2,086.441 acre
  tract and the southwest corner of said 877.775 acre
  tract, and continue, a distance of 170.71 feet;
         105)  North 34 Degrees 11 Minutes 22 Seconds West, a distance
  of 120.56 feet;
         106)  North 24 Degrees 33 Minutes 24 Seconds West, a distance
  of 115.82 feet;
         107)  North 14 Degrees 29 Minutes 23 Seconds West, a distance
  of 106.78 feet;
         108)  North 07 Degrees 36 Minutes 39 Seconds West, a distance
  of 76.06 feet to northeast corner of the herein
  described tract;
  THENCE, through and across said 877.775 acre tract and with the
  northerly line of the herein described tract, North 90 Degrees 00
  Minutes 00 Seconds East, a distance of 896.92 to the POINT OF
  BEGINNING and containing 735.094 acres (32,020,707 square feet) of
  land.
  TRACT 2
  All that certain 676.356 acre (29,462,071 Square Feet) parcel of
  land situated in the Joseph A. Parker Survey, Abstract Number 418,
  in Montgomery County, Texas, and being out of and a portion of that
  certain call 2,086.441 acre tract of land described in a Warranty
  Deed to Pacific Indio Properties, Inc., in Clerk's File Number
  2005-116793 of the Official Public Records of Real Property at
  Montgomery County Texas (O.P.R.R.P.M.C.T.), out of and a portion of
  that certain call 877.775 acre tract of land as described in a
  Warranty Deed to Pacific Indio Properties, Inc., in Clerk's File
  Number 2005-116796 of the O.P.R.R.P.M.C.T., and out of and a
  portion of that certain 435.784 acre tract of land described in a
  Warranty Deed to Pacific Indio Properties, Inc., in Clerk's File
  Number 2005-116798 of the O.P.R.R.P.M.C.T., said 676.356 tract
  being more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows:
  (All bearings are referenced to the Texas State Plane Coordinate
  System, South Central Zone)
  COMMENCING at a 5/8-inch iron rod with plastic cap stamped
  "BENCHMARK ENGR." found in the southerly line of said 877.775 acre
  tract for the upper northeast corner of said 2,086.441 acre tract
  and the northwest corner of said 435.784 acre tract;
  THENCE, with the southerly line of said 877.775 acre tract and the
  northerly line of said 435.784 acre tract, North 56 Degrees 46
  Minutes 11 Seconds East, a distance of 216.03 feet to the
  intersection of the northerly line of said 435.784 acre tract with
  the southeasterly line of a proposed 100 foot wide right-of-way
  (R.O.W.) for the POINT OF BEGINNING of the herein described tract;
  THENCE, with the southeasterly line of said proposed 100 foot wide
  R.O.W., the following three (3) courses:
         1)   South 49 Degrees 02 Minutes 17 Seconds East, a distance
  of 2,530.65 feet to the beginning of a curve to the
  left;
         2)   2,871.92 feet along the arc of said curve to the left
  having a radius of 3,050.00 feet, a central angle of 53
  Degrees 57 Minutes 02 Seconds, and a chord that bears
  South 76 Degrees 00 Minutes 47 Seconds East, a distance
  of 2,766.99 feet;
         3)   North 77 Degrees 00 Minutes 42 Seconds East, a distance
  of 2,590.10 feet to the intersection of the
  southeasterly R.O.W. line of said proposed 100 foot
  wide R.O.W. with the west bank of the West Fork of the
  San Jacinto River for the northeast corner of the herein
  described tract;
  THENCE, southerly, with the meanders of the west bank of the west
  Fork of the San Jacinto River, the following thirty five (35)
  courses:
         1)   South 20 Degrees 54 Minutes 34 Seconds East, a distance
  of 90.07 feet;
         2)   South 15 Degrees 10 Minutes 46 Seconds East, a distance
  of 94.85 feet;
         3)   South 05 Degrees 11 Minutes 27 Seconds East, a distance
  of 138.40 feet;
         4)   South 13 Degrees 20 Minutes 15 Seconds East, a distance
  of 106.90 feet;
         5)   South 17 Degrees 02 Minutes 24 Seconds East, a distance
  of 184.74 feet;
         6)   South 18 Degrees 31 Minutes 37 Seconds East, a distance
  of 72.83 feet;
         7)   South 21 Degrees 18 Minutes 30 Seconds East, a distance
  of 96.94 feet;
         8)   South 20 Degrees 27 Minutes 25 Seconds East, a distance
  of 135.53 feet;
         9)   South 23 Degrees 48 Minutes 02 Seconds East, a distance
  of 89.22 feet;
         10)  South 31 Degrees 48 Minutes 44 Seconds East, a distance
  of 155.41 feet;
         11)  South 51 Degrees 54 Minutes 43 Seconds East, a distance
  of 87.30 feet;
         12)  South 49 Degrees 45 Minutes 54 Seconds East, a distance
  of 86.80 feet;
         13)  South 54 Degrees 16 Minutes 12 Seconds East, a distance
  of 124.37 feet;
         14)  South 70 Degrees 16 Minutes 35 Seconds East, a distance
  of 118.51 feet;
         15)  South 75 Degrees 03 Minutes 39 Seconds East, a distance
  of 159.40 feet;
         16)  South 65 Degrees 46 Minutes 25 Seconds East, a distance
  of 191.57 feet;
         17)  South 49 Degrees 33 Minutes 59 Seconds East, a distance
  of 76.96 feet;
         18)  South 46 Degrees 37 Minutes 26 Seconds East, a distance
  of 78.69 feet;
         19)  South 41 Degrees 30 Minutes 29 Seconds East, a distance
  of 87.46 feet;
         20)  South 38 Degrees 14 Minutes 33 Seconds East, a distance
  of 117.42 feet;
         21)  South 28 Degrees 14 Minutes 23 Seconds East, a distance
  of 68.75 feet;
         22)  South 25 Degrees 30 Minutes 55 Seconds East, a distance
  of 78.09 feet;
         23)  South 17 Degrees 53 Minutes 26 Seconds East, a distance
  of 73.60 feet;
         24)  South 02 Degrees 04 Minutes 27 Seconds East, a distance
  of 65.61 feet;
         25)  South 16 Degrees 40 Minutes 41 Seconds West, a distance
  of 54.58 feet;
         26)  South 24 Degrees 40 Minutes 20 Seconds West, a distance
  of 175.36 feet;
         27)  South 34 Degrees 59 Minutes 05 Seconds West, a distance
  of 91.48 feet;
         28)  South 41 Degrees 19 Minutes 30 Seconds West, a distance
  of 97.55 feet;
         29)  South 34 Degrees 13 Minutes 57 Seconds West, a distance
  of 80.78 feet;
         30)  South 40 Degrees 11 Minutes 16 Seconds West, a distance
  of 126.37 feet;
         31)  South 40 Degrees 02 Minutes 09 Seconds West, a distance
  of 106.90 feet;
         32)  South 38 Degrees 22 Minutes 31 Seconds West, a distance
  of 124.90 feet;
         33)  South 44 Degrees 29 Minutes 56 Seconds West, a distance
  of 171.72 feet;
         34)  South 38 Degrees 00 Minutes 29 Seconds West, a distance
  of 230.93 feet;
         35)  South 24 Degrees 34 Minutes 53 Seconds West, a distance
  of 5.05 feet to the intersection of the west bank of the
  west fork of the San Jacinto River with a northerly line
  of the City of Houston City Limits, as prepared by the
  City of Houston Geographic Information System Office
  and made available to the public in Release 12, dated
  June 2006;
  THENCE, departing the meanders of the west bank of the west Fork of
  the San Jacinto River, through and across said 2,086.441 acre
  tract, and with said northerly City of Houston City Limit Line, the
  following three (3) courses:
         1)   South 88 Degrees 08 Minutes 36 Seconds West, a distance
  of 1,430.41 feet to an angle point;
         2)   South 87 Degrees 57 Minutes 42 Seconds West, a distance
  of 6.34 feet to an angle point;
         3)   South 88 Degrees 42 Minutes 54 Seconds West, a distance
  of 5,604.84 feet to the intersection of said City of
  Houston City Limit Line with the easterly R.O.W. line of
  proposed Townsen Road (100 foot wide) for the southwest
  corner of the herein described tract;
  THENCE, continuing through and across said 2,086.441 acre tract and
  said 877.775 acre tract, respectively, and with the with the
  easterly R.O.W. line of said proposed Townsen Road, the following
  eight (8) courses;
         1)   810.33 feet along the arc of a curve to the left having a
  radius of 3,050.00 feet, a central angle of 15 Degrees
  13 Minutes 21 Seconds, and a chord that bears North 41
  Degrees 33 Minutes 46 Seconds West, a distance of 807.95
  feet;
         2)   North 49 Degrees 10 Minutes 27 Seconds West, a distance
  of 805.47 feet to the beginning of a curve to the right;
         3)   1,543.71 feet along the arc of said curve to the right
  having a radius of 1,950.00 feet, a central angle of 45
  Degrees 21 Minutes 29 Seconds, and a chord that bears
  North 26 Degrees 29 Minutes 42 Seconds West, a distance
  of 1,503.72 feet;
         4)   North 03 Degrees 48 Minutes 58 Seconds West, a distance
  of 458.87 feet to the beginning of a curve to the left;
         5)   1,157.93 feet along the arc of said curve to the left
  having a radius of 2,050.00 feet, a central angle of 32
  Degrees 21 Minutes 47 Seconds, and a chord that bears
  North 19 Degrees 59 Minutes 51 Seconds West, a distance
  of 1,142.60 feet;
         6)   North 36 Degrees 10 Minutes 45 Seconds West, a distance
  of 425.92 feet to the beginning of a curve to the right;
         7)   1,254.73 feet along the arc of said curve to the right
  having a radius of 1,950.00 feet, a central angle of 36
  Degrees 52 Minutes 01 Second, and a chord that bears
  North 17 Degrees 44 Minutes 44 Seconds West, a distance
  of 1,233.19 feet;
         8)   North 00 Degrees 41 Minutes 16 Seconds East, a distance
  of 200.00 feet to the intersection of easterly R.O.W.
  line of said proposed Townsen Road with the southerly
  R.O.W. line of a said proposed 100 foot wide R.O.W. for
  the north corner of the herein described tract;
  THENCE, with the southerly and southeasterly R.O.W. line of said
  proposed 100 foot wide R.O.W, the following three (3) courses:
         1)   South 89 Degrees 18 Minutes 44 Seconds East, a distance
  of 116.49 feet to the beginning of a curve to the right;
         2)   2,073.61 feet along the arc of said curve to the right
  having a radius of 2,950.00 feet, a central angle of 40
  Degrees 16 Minutes 27 Seconds, and a chord that bears
  South 69 Degrees 10 Minutes 30 Seconds East, a distance
  of 2,031.18 feet;
         3)   South 49 Degrees 02 Minutes 17 Seconds East, a distance
  of 165.70 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing
  676.356 acres (29,462,071 square feet) of land.
         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.  The legislature finds that:
               (1)  the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District
  No. 117, as created by Chapter 8268, Special District Local Laws
  Code, as added by this Act, is not officially created until
  confirmed by a majority of the voters of the district voting at an
  election held for that purpose;
               (2)  securing the consent of political subdivisions to
  the creation of the district before the introduction or passage of
  this Act may be impractical because of the uncertainties of the
  legislative process; and
               (3)  the constitutional requirement for the district's
  compliance with the provisions of the general laws relating to the
  consent of political subdivisions to the creation of the district
  and the inclusion of land within the district is satisfied if that
  consent is secured before the date and hour of canvassing the
  returns and declaring the results of the confirmation election.
         SECTION 5.  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, 2007.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 4083 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. 4083 was passed by the Senate on May
  23, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor