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  S.B. No. 1483
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the creation of the Galveston County Municipal Utility
  District No. 76; providing authority to impose a tax and issue
  bonds; granting a limited 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 8332 to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 8332.  GALVESTON COUNTY MUNICIPAL
  UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 76
  SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
         Sec. 8332.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:
               (1)  "Board" means the district's board of directors.
               (2)  "Director" means a board member.
               (3)  "District" means the Galveston County Municipal
  Utility District No. 76.
         Sec. 8332.002.  NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a
  municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI,
  Texas Constitution.
         Sec. 8332.003.  CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTORS' ELECTION
  REQUIRED.  The temporary directors shall hold an election to
  confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent
  directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
         Sec. 8332.004.  CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED. The
  temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 8332.003
  until each municipality in whose corporate limits or
  extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has
  consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the
  district and to the inclusion of land in the district.
         Sec. 8332.005.  FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
  (a)  The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit.
         (b)  The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:
               (1)  a municipal utility district as provided by
  general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution;
               (2)  Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that
  relate to the construction, acquisition, or improvement of
  macadamized, graveled, or paved roads described by Section 54.234,
  Water Code, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of
  those roads; and
               (3)  a navigation district as provided by general law
  and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
         Sec. 8332.006.  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 a tax; or
               (4)  legality or operation.
  [Sections 8332.007-8332.050 reserved for expansion]
  SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
         Sec. 8332.051.  GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.  (a)  The district is
  governed by a board of five elected directors.
         (b)  Except as provided by Section 8332.052, directors serve
  staggered four-year terms.
         Sec. 8332.052.  TEMPORARY DIRECTORS. (a)  On or after the
  effective date of the Act creating 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 Texas Commission on
  Environmental Quality requesting that the commission appoint as
  temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.  The
  commission shall appoint as temporary directors the five persons
  named in the petition.
         (b)  Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:
               (1)  the date permanent directors are elected under
  Section 8332.003; or
               (2)  the fourth anniversary of the effective date of
  the Act creating this chapter.
         (c)  If permanent directors have not been elected under
  Section 8332.003 and the terms of the temporary directors have
  expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or
  reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that
  expire on the earlier of:
               (1)  the date permanent directors are elected under
  Section 8332.003; or
               (2)  the fourth anniversary of the date of the
  appointment or reappointment.
         (d)  If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a
  majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district
  may submit a petition to the Texas Commission on Environmental
  Quality requesting that the commission appoint as successor
  temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The
  commission shall appoint as successor temporary directors the five
  persons named in the petition.
  [Sections 8332.053-8332.100 reserved for expansion]
  SUBCHAPTER C.  POWERS AND DUTIES
         Sec. 8332.101.  GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district has
  the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
  which the district is created.
         Sec. 8332.102.  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. 8332.103.  AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS. (a)  Under
  Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may
  design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, and
  convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for operation and
  maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads described by
  Section 54.234, Water Code, or improvements, including storm
  drainage, in aid of those roads.
         (b)  The district may exercise the powers provided by this
  section without submitting a petition to or obtaining approval from
  the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality as required by
  Section 54.234, Water Code.
         Sec. 8332.104.  APPROVAL OF ROAD PROJECT. (a)  The district
  may not undertake a road project authorized by Section 8332.103
  unless:
               (1)  each municipality or county that will operate and
  maintain the road has approved the plans and specifications of the
  road project, if a municipality or county will operate and maintain
  the road; or
               (2)  the Texas Transportation Commission has approved
  the plans and specifications of the road project, if the state will
  operate and maintain the road.
         (b)  Except as provided by Subsection (a), the district is
  not required to obtain approval from the Texas Transportation
  Commission to design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for,
  improve, or convey a road project.
         Sec. 8332.105.  CERTAIN NAVIGATION IMPROVEMENTS. The
  district has the power to purchase, construct, acquire, own,
  operate, maintain, improve, or extend, inside or outside the
  district, a canal or other waterway, bulkhead, dock, or other
  improvement necessary or convenient to accomplish the purposes of
  the district.
         Sec. 8332.106.  COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCE
  OR RESOLUTION.  The district shall comply with all applicable
  requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under
  Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that consents to the
  creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the
  district.
         Sec. 8332.107.  LIMITATION ON USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN. The
  district may not exercise the power of eminent domain outside the
  district to acquire a site or easement for:
               (1)  a road project authorized by Section 8332.103;
               (2)  a recreational facility as defined by Section
  49.462, Water Code; or
               (3)  a navigation facility described by Section
  8332.105.
  [Sections 8332.108-8332.150 reserved for expansion]
  SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
         Sec. 8332.151.  ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS.
  (a)  The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other
  obligations secured by:
               (1)  revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or
               (2)  contract payments described by Section 8332.153.
         (b)  The district must hold an election in the manner
  provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval
  before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds
  payable from ad valorem taxes.
         (c)  The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem
  taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a
  vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an
  election held for that purpose.
         Sec. 8332.152.  OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.  (a)  If
  authorized at an election held under Section 8332.151, 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.
         Sec. 8332.153.  CONTRACT TAXES.  (a)  In accordance with
  Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than
  an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from
  the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of
  the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters
  voting at an election held for that purpose.
         (b)  A contract approved by the district voters may contain a
  provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by
  the board without further voter approval.
  [Sections 8332.154-8332.200 reserved for expansion]
  SUBCHAPTER E. BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS
         Sec. 8332.201.  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, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any
  combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district
  purpose.
         Sec. 8332.202.  TAXES FOR BONDS. At the time the district
  issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the
  board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing
  direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all
  or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner
  provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
         Sec. 8332.203.  BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS. At the time of
  issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations
  issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad
  valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the
  real property in the district.
         SECTION 2.  The Galveston County Municipal Utility District
  No. 76 initially includes all the territory contained in the
  following area:
         TRACT I:
         All that certain 94.0 acres of land, more or less, being
  partially out of and a part of Lots 493 - 494, and intervening 50
  foot wide roadways (closed and abandoned in Volume 2263, Pages 767,
  770, and 773, Galveston County Deed Records), in the TRIMBLE AND
  LINDSEY SURVEY OF GALVESTON ISLAND, SECTION ONE, and partially out
  of and a part of Lots 8 - 9, 12 - 13, 28 - 29, 32 - 33, 49, 52, and
  intervening 50 foot wide roadways (closed and abandoned in Volume
  2263, Pages 767, 770, and 773, Galveston County Deed Records), in
  the TRIMBLE AND LINDSEY SURVEY OF GALVESTON ISLAND, SECTION TWO,
  and said 94.0 acres being more particularly described by metes and
  bounds as follows:
         COMMENCING at the point of intersection for the Southwesterly
  line of 8-Mile Road, a 50 foot wide public roadway right-of-way, and
  the Northwesterly line of Sportsman Road, a 100 foot wide public
  roadway (as occupied), and being at the Northeasterly line of said
  Lot 49;
         THENCE N 25°00'00" W, along the Southwesterly line of said
  8-Mile Road and the Northeasterly line of said Lot 49, a distance of
  100.00 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING;
         THENCE S 65°00'00" W, a distance of 100.00 feet to a point for
  corner;
         THENCE S 25°00'00" E, a distance of 50.00 feet to a point for
  corner;
         THENCE S 65°00'00" W, a distance of 50.00 feet to a point for
  corner;
         THENCE S 25°00'00" E, a distance of 50.00 feet to a point for
  corner, said point being at the Northwesterly line of said
  Sportsman Road;
         THENCE S 65°00'00" W, along the Northwesterly line of said
  Sportsman Road, a distance of 290.00 feet to a point for corner;
         THENCE N 25°00'00" W, a distance of 543.47 feet to a point for
  corner and being at the Southeasterly Meander Line of Mean High
  Water for West Galveston Bay as determined on October 1, 2007, and
  shown on survey by William E. Merten, LSLS;
         THENCE generally in a Northeasterly direction, along the said
  Southeasterly Meander Line of Mean High Water, the following
  courses and distances:
               N 51°40'03" E, 167.74 feet to a point for angle to the
  left;
               N 42°38'41" E, 36.00 feet to a point for angle to the
  right;
               N 49°24'38" E, 45.32 feet to a point for angle to the
  right;
               N 54°51'52" E, 36.32 feet to a point for angle to the
  right;
               N 71°33'09" E, 108.24 feet to a point for angle to the
  right;
               N 86°07'04" E, 113.71 feet to a point for angle to the
  right;
               S 74°30'24" E, 49.36 feet to a point for angle to the
  left;
               S 81°57'01" E, 52.45 feet to a point for angle to the
  left;
               S 89°27'17" E, 49.93 feet to a point for angle to the
  left;
               N 87°43'18" E, 75.98 feet to a point for angle to the
  left;
               N 70°44'28" E, 61.99 feet to a point for angle to the
  left;
               N 08°52'18" E, 45.82 feet to a point for angle to the
  right;
               N 50°56'26" E, 66.99 feet to a point for angle to the
  left;
               N 43°50'05" E, 267.40 feet to a point for angle to the
  right;
               N 65°40'59" E, 52.31 feet to a point for angle to the
  left;
               N 35°53'07" E, 54.23 feet to a point for angle to the
  left;
               N 34°00'27" E, 50.32 feet to a point for angle to the
  right;
               N 53°56'40" E, 60.77 feet to a point for angle to the
  right;
               S 67°46'17" E, 39.46 feet to a point for angle to the
  left;
               N 68°35'12" E, 64.04 feet to a point for angle to the
  left;
               N 12°09'44" E, 59.62 feet to a point for angle to the
  left;
               N 30°30'28" W, 51.17 feet to a point for angle to the
  right;
               N 32°52'16" E, 66.62 feet to a point for angle to the
  left;
               N 23°03'13" E, 47.19 feet to a point for angle to the
  right;
               N 48°59'46" E, 34.38 feet to a point for angle to the
  right;
               N 63°41'11" E, 93.85 feet to a point for angle to the
  right;
               N 64°29'03" E, 84.09 feet to a point for angle to the
  right;
               N 86°11'31" E, 103.40 feet to a point for angle to the
  left;
               N 73°07'13" E, 81.54 feet to a point for angle to the
  left;
               N 64°38'05" E, 85.88 feet to a point for angle to the
  left;
               N 44°07'54" E, 156.85 feet to a point for angle to the
  right;
               N 59°54'17" E, 72.93 feet to a point for angle to the
  left; and,
               N 55°37'46" E, 43.92 feet to a point for corner and being
  at the common line for said Lot 493 and Lot 490 of said SECTION ONE;
         THENCE S 25°00'00" E, leaving the said Southeasterly Meander
  Line of Mean High Water, along the Northeasterly line of said Lot
  493 and the Southwesterly line of said Lot 490, a distance of
  2,005.31 feet to a point for corner;
         THENCE S 31°58'38" W, a distance of 284.15 feet to a point for
  corner;
         THENCE S 61°00'34" E, a distance of 208.20 feet to a point for
  corner;
         THENCE S 28°59'26" W, a distance of 60.00 feet to a point for
  corner;
         THENCE N 61°00'34" W, a distance of 215.85 feet to a point for
  corner;
         THENCE S 45°34'49" W, a distance of 658.78 feet to a point for
  angle to the right;
         THENCE S 51°17'37" W, a distance of 266.07 feet to a point for
  angle to the right;
         THENCE S 57°17'39" W, a distance of 275.04 feet to a point for
  angle to the right;
         THENCE S 65°00'00" W, a distance of 306.38 feet to a point for
  corner at the Northeasterly line of said 8-Mile Road, same being the
  Southwesterly line of said Lot 33;
         THENCE N 25°00'00" W, along the Northeasterly line of said
  8-Mile Road and the Southwesterly line of said Lots 33 and 32 of
  said SECTION TWO, a distance of 2,176.41 feet to a point for corner
  at the most Northwesterly terminus of said 8-Mile Road;
         THENCE S 65°00'00" W, along the Northwesterly terminus of said
  8-Mile Road, a distance of 50.00 feet to a point for corner and
  being at the Northeasterly line of said Lot 49;
         THENCE S 25°00'00" E, along the Southwesterly line of said
  8-Mile Road, same being the Northeasterly line of said Lot 49, a
  distance of 280.82 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing
  within said boundaries a calculated area of 94.0 acres of land, more
  or less.
         TRACT II:
         All that certain 6.6 acres of land, more or less, being out of
  and a part of Lot 49, in the TRIMBLE AND LINDSEY SURVEY OF GALVESTON
  ISLAND, SECTION TWO, and further including all of Lots 1 - 3 and
  Lots 11 - 14 of ANDERSON WAY'S ADDITION NO. ONE (1), a subdivision
  in Galveston County, Texas, according to the map or plat thereof
  recorded in Volume 254-A, Page 78, and transferred to Volume 11,
  Page 20, both of the Map Records in the Office of the County Clerk of
  Galveston County, Texas, and said 6.6 acres being more particularly
  described by metes and bounds as follows:
         BEGINNING at the point of intersection for the Southwesterly
  line of 8-Mile Road, a 50 foot wide public roadway right-of-way, and
  the Southeasterly line of Sportsman Road, a 100 foot wide public
  roadway (as occupied), same being the North corner of said Lot 1,
  and being at the Northeasterly line of said Lot 49;
         THENCE S 25°00'00" E, along the Southwesterly line of said
  8-Mile Road, same being the Northeasterly line of said Lot 49 and
  Lots 1 - 3, a distance of 150.00 feet to a point for corner;
         THENCE S 65°00'00" W, along the Southeasterly line of said Lot
  3, a distance of 100.00 feet to a point for corner;
         THENCE S 25°00'00" E, along the Southwesterly line of Lots 4 -
  10 of said ANDERSON WAY'S ADDITION NUMBER ONE (1), a distance of
  350.00 feet to a point for corner, same being the West corner of
  said Lot 11;
         THENCE N 65°00'00" E, along the Northwesterly line of said Lot
  11, a distance of 100.00 feet to a point for corner at the
  Southwesterly line of said 8-Mile Road, same being the
  Northeasterly line of said Lot 49;
         THENCE S 25°00'00" E, along the Southwesterly line of said
  8-Mile Road, same being the Northeasterly line of said Lot 49 and
  said Lots 11 - 14, a distance of 200.00 feet to a point for corner;
         THENCE S 65°00'00" W, along the Southeasterly line of said Lot
  14, a distance of 100.00 feet to a point for corner;
         THENCE S 25°00'00" E, along the Southwesterly line of Lots 15
  - 22 of said ANDERSON WAY'S ADDITION NUMBER ONE (1), a distance of
  400.00 feet to a point for corner and being at the Southeasterly
  line of said Lot 49, same being the Northwesterly line of Lot 48 of
  said SECTION TWO;
         THENCE S 65°00'00" W, along the common line for said Lots 48
  and 49, a distance of 230.00 feet to a point for corner, same being
  the common corner for said Lots 48 and 49 and Lots 52 and 53 of said
  SECTION TWO;
         THENCE N 25°00'00" W, along the common line for said Lots 49
  and 52, a distance of 1,100.00 feet to a point for corner at the
  Southeasterly line of said Sportsman Road;
         THENCE N 65°00'00" E, along the Southeasterly line of said
  Sportsman Road, a distance of 330.00 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING
  and containing within said boundaries a calculated area of 6.6
  acres of land, more or less.
         SECTION 3.  (a)  The legal notice of the intention to
  introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
  Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
  copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
  officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
  under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
  Government Code.
         (b)  The governor, one of the required recipients, has
  submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
  Environmental Quality.
         (c)  The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
  its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
  lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
  representatives within the required time.
         (d)  All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
  state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
  to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
  and accomplished.
         SECTION 4.  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, 2009.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1483 passed the Senate on
  May 7, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1483 passed the House on
  May 25, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, one
  present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor