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  S.B. No. 2485
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility
  District No. 118; 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 8366 to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 8366. MONTGOMERY COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 118
  SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
         Sec. 8366.001.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
               (1)  "Board" means the district's board of directors.
               (2)  "Director" means a board member.
               (3)  "District" means the Montgomery County Municipal
  Utility District No. 118.
         Sec. 8366.002.  NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a
  municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI,
  Texas Constitution.
         Sec. 8366.003.  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. 8366.004.  CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED. The
  temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 8366.003
  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. 8366.005.  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; and
               (2)  Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that
  relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation,
  or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or
  improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
         Sec. 8366.006.  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 8366.007-8366.050 reserved for expansion]
  SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
         Sec. 8366.051.  GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a)  The district is
  governed by a board of five elected directors.
         (b)  Except as provided by Section 8366.052, directors serve
  staggered four-year terms.
         Sec. 8366.052.  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 8366.003; 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 8366.003 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 8366.003; 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 8366.053-8366.100 reserved for expansion]
  SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES
         Sec. 8366.101.  GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district has
  the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
  which the district is created.
         Sec. 8366.102.  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. 8366.103.  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. 8366.104.  APPROVAL OF ROAD PROJECT. (a)  The district
  may not undertake a road project authorized by Section 8366.103
  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. 8366.105.  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. 8366.106.  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 8366.103; or
               (2)  a recreational facility as defined by Section
  49.462, Water Code.
  [Sections 8366.107-8366.150 reserved for expansion]
  SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
         Sec. 8366.151.  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 8366.153.
         (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. 8366.152.  OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. (a)  If
  authorized at an election held under Section 8366.151, 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. 8366.153.  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 8366.154-8366.200 reserved for expansion]
  SUBCHAPTER E. BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS
         Sec. 8366.201.  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. 8366.202.  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. 8366.203.  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 Montgomery County Municipal Utility District
  No. 118 initially includes all the territory contained in the
  following area:
         All that certain 875.426 acre (38,133,574 square feet) parcel
  of land situated in the Joseph A. Parker Survey, Abstract Number
  418, in Montgomery County, Texas, and being a portion of that
  certain call 2,086.441 acre tract described in a Warranty Deed to
  Pacific Indio Properties, Inc. recorded in Montgomery County
  Clerk's File (M.C.C.F.) Number 2005-116973 of the Official Public
  Records of Real Property at Montgomery County, Texas
  (O.P.R.R.P.M.C.T), and being all of that certain call 347.750 net
  acres described in a Warranty Deed to Pacific Indio Properties in
  M.C.C.F. Number 2006-026099 of the O.P.R.R.P.M.C.T, SAVE AND EXCEPT
  that certain call 14.9 acres described in a deed to the City of
  Houston in Volume 287, Page 22, of the M.C.D.R. and resulting in a
  net acreage of 860.526 acres (37,484,513 square feet), said 875.426
  acre 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 90d nail found for an interior corner of said
  2,086.441 acre tract and the northwest corner of said 347.750 acre
  tract;
         THENCE, generally along a barbed wire fence line marking the
  occupied southerly line of said 2,086.441 acre tract and the
  occupied northerly line of said 347.750 acre tract, the following
  three (3) courses:
               1)  North 76 Degrees 42 Minutes 28 Seconds East, a
  distance of 1,639.86 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod with plastic cap
  stamped "BENCHMARK ENGR." found for an angle point;
               2)  North 77 Degrees 50 Minutes 35 Seconds East, a
  distance of 1,494.90 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod with plastic cap
  stamped "BENCHMARK ENGR." found for an angle point;
               3)  North 73 Degrees 20 Minutes 40 Seconds East, a
  distance of 896.00 feet to the intersection of the north line of
  said 347.570 acre tract and the west bank of the West Fork of the San
  Jacinto River for the POINT OF BEGINNING 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 fifty-five (55)
  courses:
               1)  South 13 Degrees 34 Minutes 14 Seconds West, a
  distance of 16.30 feet;
               2)  South 09 Degrees 53 Minutes 26 Seconds East, a
  distance of 133.74 feet;
               3)  South 16 Degrees 38 Minutes 15 Seconds East, a
  distance of 73.61 feet;
               4)  South 19 Degrees 31 Minutes 13 Seconds East, a
  distance of 116.98 feet;
               5)  South 32 Degrees 54 Minutes 28 Seconds East, a
  distance of 145.16 feet;
               6)  South 38 Degrees 38 Minutes 20 Seconds East, a
  distance of 103.32 feet;
               7)  South 41 Degrees 57 Minutes 28 Seconds East, a
  distance of 118.10 feet;
               8)  South 54 Degrees 00 Minutes 34 Seconds East, a
  distance of 129.83 feet;
               9)  South 55 Degrees 39 Minutes 23 Seconds East, a
  distance of 110.71 feet
               10)  South 66 Degrees 53 Minutes 44 Seconds East, a
  distance of 73.22 feet;
               11)  South 72 Degrees 25 Minutes 29 Seconds East, a
  distance of 88.16 feet;
               12)  South 65 Degrees 50 Minutes 00 Seconds East, a
  distance of 65.94 feet;
               13)  South 79 Degrees 17 Minutes 56 Seconds East, a
  distance of 92.74 feet;
               14)  South 78 Degrees 35 Minutes 31 Seconds East, a
  distance of 79.11 feet;
               15)  South 58 Degrees 09 Minutes 49 Seconds East, a
  distance of 56.76 feet;
               16)  South 88 Degrees 59 Minutes 24 Seconds East, a
  distance of 70.62 feet;
               17)  South 54 Degrees 16 Minutes 32 Seconds East, a
  distance of 41.79 feet;
               18)  South 78 Degrees 54 Minutes 47 Seconds East, a
  distance of 69.93 feet;
               19)  North 59 Degrees 26 Minutes 39 Seconds East, a
  distance of 59.52 feet;
               20)  South 71 Degrees 42 Minutes 48 Seconds East, a
  distance of 70.58 feet;
               21)  South 70 Degrees 36 Minutes 57 Seconds East, a
  distance of 57.20 feet;
               22)  South 82 Degrees 34 Minutes 32 Seconds East, a
  distance of 43.73 feet;
               23)  North 85 Degrees 40 Minutes 02 Seconds East, a
  distance of 75.16 feet;
               24)  North 67 Degrees 42 Minutes 24 Seconds East, a
  distance of 47.81 feet;
               25)  South 85 Degrees 01 Minute 45 Seconds East, a
  distance of 20.48 feet;
               26)  South 73 Degrees 26 Minutes 33 Seconds East, a
  distance of 28.81 feet;
               27)  South 68 Degrees 02 Minutes 14 Seconds East, a
  distance of 158.38 feet;
               28)  South 63 Degrees 08 Minutes 39 Seconds East, a
  distance of 88.71 feet;
               29)  South 56 Degrees 06 Minutes 22 Seconds East, a
  distance of 123.11 feet;
               30)  South 49 Degrees 42 Minutes 41 Seconds East, a
  distance of 102.06 feet;
               31)  South 48 Degrees 16 Minutes 29 Seconds East, a
  distance of 116.52 feet;
               32)  South 43 Degrees 01 Minutes 51 Seconds East, a
  distance of 119.92 feet;
               33)  South 12 Degrees 48 Minutes 47 Seconds East, a
  distance of 104.77 feet;
               34)  South 31 Degrees 16 Minutes 58 Seconds East, a
  distance of 116.13 feet;
               35)  South 18 Degrees 57 Minutes 55 Seconds East, a
  distance of 108.66 feet;
               36)  South 14 Degrees 02 Minutes 37 Seconds East, a
  distance of 112.14 feet;
               37)  South 20 Degrees 36 Minutes 57 Seconds East, a
  distance of 99.63 feet;
               38)  South 17 Degrees 52 Minutes 48 Seconds East, a
  distance of 121.18 feet;
               39)  South 17 Degrees 33 Minutes 50 Seconds East, a
  distance of 140.50 feet;
               40)  South 11 Degrees 20 Minutes 12 Seconds East, a
  distance of 78.23 feet;
               41)  South 08 Degrees 46 Minutes 43 Seconds East, a
  distance of 70.75 feet;
               42)  South 09 Degrees 28 Minutes 02 Seconds East, a
  distance of 74.18 feet;
               43)  South 08 Degrees 38 Minutes 18 Seconds East, a
  distance of 116.59 feet;
               44)  South 14 Degrees 33Minutes 32 Seconds East, a
  distance of 100.26 feet;
               45)  South 12 Degrees 02 Minutes 45 Seconds East, a
  distance of 102.47 feet;
               46)  South 12 Degrees 22 Minutes 20 Seconds East, a
  distance of 92.49 feet;
               47)  South 00 Degrees 03 Minutes 09 Seconds East, a
  distance of 72.45 feet;
               48)  South 10 Degrees 50 Minutes 22 Seconds East, a
  distance of 37.82 feet;
               49)  South 08 Degrees 02 Minutes 58 Seconds East, a
  distance of 102.61 feet;
               50)  South 00 Degrees 09 Minutes 26 Seconds East, a
  distance of 143.92 feet;
               51)  South 04 Degrees 42 Minutes 52 Seconds East, a
  distance of 150.23 feet;
               52)  South 09 Degrees 19 Minutes 25 Seconds East, a
  distance of 115.79 feet;
               53)  South 08 Degrees 57 Minutes 42 Seconds East, a
  distance of 70.29 feet;
               54)  South 24 Degrees 11 Minutes 10 Seconds East, a
  distance of 53.99 feet;
               55)  South 16 Degrees 29 Minutes 30 Seconds East, a
  distance of 9.15 feet to the point of intersection of the west bank
  of the west fork of the San Jacinto River with the north bank of
  Spring Creek;
         THENCE, westerly, with the meanders of the north bank of
  Spring Creek, the following one hundred eleven (111) courses:
               1)  South 84 Degrees 10 Minutes 17 Seconds West, a
  distance of 12.16 feet;
               2)  North 82 Degrees 05 Minutes 24 Seconds West, a
  distance of 52.61 feet;
               3)  South 87 Degrees 30 Minutes 52 Seconds West, a
  distance of 53.69 feet;
               4)  North 85 Degrees 13 Minutes 30 Seconds West, a
  distance of 55.97 feet;
               5)  North 89 Degrees 58 Minutes 05 Seconds West, a
  distance of 63.43 feet;
               6)  South 83 Degrees 59 Minutes 32 Seconds West, a
  distance of 56.18 feet;
               7)  South 83 Degrees 08 Minutes 53 Seconds West, a
  distance of 57.94 feet;
               8)  South 87 Degrees 05 Minutes 35 Seconds West, a
  distance of 54.78 feet;
               9)  South 79 Degrees 12 Minutes 39 Seconds West, a
  distance of 57.57 feet;
               10)  North 87 Degrees 18 Minutes 08 Seconds West, a
  distance of 53.43 feet;
               11)  South 78 Degrees 02 Minutes 27 Seconds West, a
  distance of 66.74 feet;
               12)  South 81 Degrees 04 Minutes 10 Seconds West, a
  distance of 59.60 feet;
               13)  South 80 Degrees 01 Minutes 09 Seconds West, a
  distance of 65.19 feet;
               14)  South 83 Degrees 14 Minutes 43 Seconds West, a
  distance of 56.92 feet;
               15)  North 86 Degrees 02 Minutes 02 Seconds West, a
  distance of 70.98 feet;
               16)  South 80 Degrees 01 Minute 36 Seconds West, a
  distance of 30.04 feet;
               17)  South 79 Degrees 51 Minutes 57 Seconds West, a
  distance of 45.86 feet;
               18)  South 82 Degrees 10 Minutes 15 Seconds West, a
  distance of 51.35 feet;
               19)  South 88 Degrees 49 Minutes 36 Seconds West, a
  distance of 112.54 feet;
               20)  South 86 Degrees 30 Minutes 18 Seconds West, a
  distance of 72.53 feet;
               21)  North 88 Degrees 51 Minutes 59 Seconds West, a
  distance of 68.44 feet;
               22)  North 64 Degrees 05 Minutes 26 Seconds West, a
  distance of 114.39 feet;
               23)  North 71 Degrees 33 Minutes 04 Seconds West, a
  distance of 103.48 feet;
               24)  North 76 Degrees 15 Minutes 50 Seconds West, a
  distance of 103.87 feet;
               25)  North 73 Degrees 28 Minutes 22 Seconds West, a
  distance of 104.56 feet;
               26)  North 81 Degrees 02 Minutes 43 Seconds West, a
  distance of 90.53 feet;
               27)  North 83 Degrees 54 Minutes 04 Seconds West, a
  distance of 58.82 feet;
               28)  North 78 Degrees 20 Minutes 21 Seconds West, a
  distance of 58.65 feet;
               29)  North 76 Degrees 33 Minutes 35 Seconds West, a
  distance of 145.88 feet;
               30)  North 68 Degrees 50 Minutes 05 Seconds West, a
  distance of 103.05 feet;
               31)  South 84 Degrees 44 Minutes 17 Seconds West, a
  distance of 105.88 feet;
               32)  South 88 Degrees 03 Minutes 24 Seconds West, a
  distance of 183.85 feet;
               33)  South 88 Degrees 18 Minutes 37 Seconds West, a
  distance of 67.90 feet;
               34)  South 83 Degrees 52 Minutes 15 Seconds West, a
  distance of 94.33 feet;
               35)  South 78 Degrees 45 Minutes 34 Seconds West, a
  distance of 185.77 feet;
               36)  South 68 Degrees 52 Minutes 14 Seconds West, a
  distance of 96.12 feet;
               37)  South 89 Degrees 42 Minutes 53 Seconds West, a
  distance of 114.36 feet;
               38)  South 69 Degrees 18 Minutes 57 Seconds West, a
  distance of 182.63 feet;
               39)  South 65 Degrees 05 Minutes 47 Seconds West, a
  distance of 131.79 feet;
               40)  South 67 Degrees 49 Minutes 48 Seconds West, a
  distance of 118.11 feet;
               41)  South 67 Degrees 30 Minutes 43 Seconds West, a
  distance of 78.96 feet;
               42)  South 65 Degrees 36 Minutes 02 Seconds West, a
  distance of 107.52 feet;
               43)  South 63 Degrees 46 Minutes 55 Seconds West, a
  distance of 95.81 feet;
               44)  South 66 Degrees 23 Minutes 06 Seconds West, a
  distance of 90.69 feet;
               45)  South 65 Degrees 35 Minutes 24 Seconds West, a
  distance of 154.98 feet;
               46)  South 70 Degrees 11 Minutes 48 Seconds West, a
  distance of 137.88 feet;
               47)  South 68 Degrees 16 Minutes 20 Seconds West, a
  distance of 134.82 feet;
               48)  South 73 Degrees 02 Minutes 10 Seconds West, a
  distance of 58.11 feet;
               49)  South 87 Degrees 44 Minutes 52 Seconds West, a
  distance of 67.81 feet;
               50)  South 64 Degrees 43 Minutes 04 Seconds West, a
  distance of 177.66 feet;
               51)  South 72 Degrees 04 Minutes 22 Seconds West, at
  69.77 feet pass the southeast corner of said 2086.441 acre tract and
  the southwest corner of said 347.750 acre tract, and continue, a
  distance of 83.18 feet;
               52)  South 73 Degrees 00 Minutes 42 Seconds West, a
  distance of 117.01 feet;
               53)  South 72 Degrees 17 Minutes 35 Seconds West, a
  distance of 92.37 feet;
               54)  South 74 Degrees 11 Minutes 33 Seconds West, a
  distance of 108.18 feet;
               55)  South 79 Degrees 35 Minutes 08 Seconds West, a
  distance of 78.91 feet;
               56)  South 75 Degrees 45 Minutes 12 Seconds West, a
  distance of 102.58 feet;
               57)  South 77 Degrees 55 Minutes 50 Seconds West, a
  distance of 80.73 feet;
               58)  South 82 Degrees 28 Minutes 28 Seconds West, a
  distance of 71.66 feet;
               59)  South 81 Degrees 17 Minutes 42 Seconds West, a
  distance of 109.60 feet;
               60)  North 83 Degrees 14 Minutes 34 Seconds West, a
  distance of 106.79 feet;
               61)  North 86 Degrees 49 Minutes 24 Seconds West, a
  distance of 410.41 feet;
               62)  South 79 Degrees 58 Minutes 36 Seconds West, a
  distance of 109.74 feet;
               63)  South 68 Degrees 32 Minutes 22 Seconds West, a
  distance of 95.21 feet;
               64)  South 71 Degrees 53 Minutes 23 Seconds West, a
  distance of 129.93 feet;
               65)  South 68 Degrees 57 Minutes 45 Seconds West, a
  distance of 82.76 feet;
               66)  South 72 Degrees 17 Minutes 01 Second West, a
  distance of 97.06 feet;
               67)  South 69 Degrees 59 Minutes 14 Seconds West, a
  distance of 102.77 feet;
               68)  South 64 Degrees 30 Minutes 13 Seconds West, a
  distance of 57.73 feet;
               69)  South 69 Degrees 58 Minutes 22 Seconds West, a
  distance of 93.93 feet;
               70)  South 69 Degrees 12 Minutes 15 Seconds West, a
  distance of 70.45 feet;
               71)  South 64 Degrees 35 Minutes 58 Seconds West, a
  distance of 59.79 feet;
               72)  South 64 Degrees 44 Minutes 57 Seconds West, a
  distance of 59.16 feet;
               73)  South 60 Degrees 13 Minutes 56 Seconds West, a
  distance of 252.86 feet;
               74)  South 64 Degrees 10 Minutes 28 Seconds West, a
  distance of 62.59 feet;
               75)  South 65 Degrees 06 Minutes 39 Seconds West, a
  distance of 91.82 feet;
               76)  South 59 Degrees 53 Minutes 47 Seconds West, a
  distance of 163.90 feet;
               77)  South 54 Degrees 16 Minutes 56 Seconds West, a
  distance of 74.01 feet;
               78)  South 61 Degrees 44 Minutes 05 Seconds West, a
  distance of 60.82 feet;
               79)  South 64 Degrees 41 Minutes 37 Seconds West, a
  distance of 111.39 feet;
               80)  South 66 Degrees 07 Minutes 21 Seconds West, a
  distance of 98.40 feet;
               81)  South 57 Degrees 41 Minutes 49 Seconds West, a
  distance of 68.10 feet;
               82)  South 47 Degrees 45 Minutes 02 Seconds West, a
  distance of 170.94 feet;
               83)  South 35 Degrees 08 Minutes 27 Seconds West, a
  distance of 103.10 feet;
               84)  South 24 Degrees 52 Minutes 57 Seconds West, a
  distance of 90.42 feet;
               85)  South 22 Degrees 05 Minutes 54 Seconds West, a
  distance of 76.13 feet;
               86)  South 25 Degrees 51 Minutes 39 Seconds West, a
  distance of 122.93 feet;
               87)  South 41 Degrees 59 Minutes 34 Seconds West, a
  distance of 113.29 feet;
               88)  South 34 Degrees 52 Minutes 05 Seconds West, a
  distance of 131.64 feet;
               89)  South 31 Degrees 35 Minutes 15 Seconds West, a
  distance of 151.54 feet;
               90)  South 43 Degrees 25 Minutes 49 Seconds West, a
  distance of 56.67 feet;
               91)  South 52 Degrees 48 Minutes 42 Seconds West, a
  distance of 70.82 feet;
               92)  South 63 Degrees 40 Minutes 47 Seconds West, a
  distance of 73.57 feet;
               93)  South 72 Degrees 43 Minutes 32 Seconds West, a
  distance of 68.14 feet;
               94)  South 82 Degrees 33 Minutes 04 Seconds West, a
  distance of 68.37 feet;
               95)  South 86 Degrees 13 Minutes 24 Seconds West, a
  distance of 82.31 feet;
               96)  South 89 Degrees 05 Minutes 31 Seconds West, a
  distance of 140.91 feet;
               97)  North 73 Degrees 28 Minutes 38 Seconds West, a
  distance of 122.17 feet;
               98)  North 62 Degrees 37 Minutes 33 Seconds West, a
  distance of 93.38 feet;
               99)  North 71 Degrees 03 Minutes 25 Seconds West, a
  distance of 140.97 feet;
               100)  North 23 Degrees 11 Minutes 48 Seconds West, a
  distance of 72.02 feet;
               101)  North 10 Degrees 48 Minutes 54 Seconds West, a
  distance of 100.46 feet;
               102)  North 36 Degrees 54 Minutes 49 Seconds West, a
  distance of 77.90 feet;
               103)  North 30 Degrees 44 Minutes 55 Seconds West, a
  distance of 98.44 feet;
               104)  North 22 Degrees 41 Minutes 08 Seconds West, a
  distance of 68.29 feet;
               105)  North 10 Degrees 14 Minutes 18 Seconds West, a
  distance of 68.35 feet;
               106)  North 14 Degrees 47 Minutes 43 Seconds West, a
  distance of 97.80 feet;
               107)  North 21 Degrees 31 Minutes 02 Seconds West, a
  distance of 154.31 feet;
               108)  North 24 Degrees 31 Minutes 13 Seconds West, a
  distance of 106.92 feet;
               109)  North 28 Degrees 31 Minutes 21 Seconds West, a
  distance of 106.37 feet;
               110)  North 33 Degrees 54 Minutes 39 Seconds West, a
  distance of 94.11 feet;
               111)  North 49 Degrees 05 Minutes 53 Seconds West, a
  distance of 166.66 feet to the intersection of the southerly line of
  said 2,086.441 acre tract and a west 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 north high bank of Spring Creek,
  through and across said 2,086.441 acre tract, and with the west line
  of said City of Houston City Limit Line, the following two (2)
  courses:
               1)  North 02 Degrees 47 Minutes 12 Seconds West, a
  distance of 3,425.25 feet to an angle point;
               2)  North 02 Degree 47 Minutes 24 Seconds West, a
  distance of 1,365.81 feet to an exterior corner of said City of
  Houston City Limit line and the northwest corner of the herein
  described tract;
         THENCE, continuing through and across said 2,086.441 acre
  tract and with a north line of said City of Houston City Limit Line
  and the north line of the herein described tract, the following
  three (3) courses:
               1)  North 88 Degrees 42 Minutes 54 Seconds East, a
  distance of 5,691.72 feet to an angle point;
               2)  North 87 Degrees 57 Minutes 42 Seconds East, a
  distance of 6.34 feet to an angle point;
               3)  North 88 Degrees 08 Minutes 36 Seconds East, a
  distance of 1,430.41 feet to the intersection of the north line of
  said City of Houston City Limit Line with the west bank of the west
  fork of the San Jacinto River;
         THENCE, southerly, with the meanders of the west bank of the
  West Fork of the San Jacinto River, the following three (3) courses:
               1)  South 24 Degrees 34 Minutes 53 Seconds West, a
  distance of 88.11 feet;
               2)  South 17 Degrees 20 Minutes 07 Seconds West, a
  distance of 78.44 feet;
               3)  South 13 Degrees 34 Minutes 14 Seconds West, a
  distance of 118.21 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing
  875.426 acres (gross) (38,133,574 square feet) of land, SAVE AND
  EXCEPT said call 14.9 acres described in a deed to the City of
  Houston in Volume 287, Page 22, of the M.C.D.R., resulting in a net
  acreage of 860.526 Acres (37,484,513 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.  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. 2485 passed the Senate on
  May 12, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2485 passed the House on
  May 26, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 0, two present
  not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor