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  H.B. No. 1355
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the creation of the North San Gabriel Municipal Utility
  District of Williamson County; providing authority to issue bonds;
  providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subtitle F, Title 6, Special District Local Laws
  Code, is amended by adding Chapter 8432 to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 8432.  NORTH SAN GABRIEL MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT OF
  WILLIAMSON COUNTY
  SUBCHAPTER A.  GENERAL PROVISIONS
         Sec. 8432.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:
               (1)  "Board" means the district's board of directors.
               (2)  "Commission" means the Texas Commission on
  Environmental Quality.
               (3)  "Director" means a board member.
               (4)  "District" means the North San Gabriel Municipal
  Utility District of Williamson County.
         Sec. 8432.002.  NATURE OF DISTRICT.  The district is a
  municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI,
  Texas Constitution.
         Sec. 8432.003.  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. 8432.004.  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. 8432.005.  INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.  (a)  The
  district is initially composed of the territory described by
  Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.
         (b)  The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of
  the Act enacting this chapter form a closure.  A mistake 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.
  SUBCHAPTER B.  BOARD OF DIRECTORS
         Sec. 8432.051.  GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.  (a)  The district is
  governed by a board of five elected directors.
         (b)  Except as provided by Section 8432.052, directors serve
  staggered four-year terms.
         Sec. 8432.052.  TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.  (a)  The temporary
  board consists of:
               (1)  Julie Lane;
               (2)  Jennifer Johnson;
               (3)  Heidi Parker;
               (4)  Mary Elizabeth Hix; and
               (5)  Mindy Montford.
         (b)  Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:
               (1)  the date permanent directors are elected under
  Section 8432.003; or
               (2)  September 1, 2017.
         (c)  If permanent directors have not been elected under
  Section 8432.003 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 8432.003; 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 commission 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.
  SUBCHAPTER C.  POWERS AND DUTIES
         Sec. 8432.101.  GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.  The district has
  the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
  which the district is created.
         Sec. 8432.102.  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. 8432.103.  AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS. Under Section
  52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design,
  acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate,
  maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for
  operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or
  improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
         Sec. 8432.104.  ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS. (a) A road
  project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and
  subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in
  whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road
  project is located.
         (b)  If a road project is not located in the corporate limits
  or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road
  project must meet all applicable construction standards,
  subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which
  the road project is located.
         (c)  If the state will maintain and operate the road, the
  Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and
  specifications of the road project.
         (d)  After September 1, 2023, the district, at the district's
  expense, shall repair and maintain any streets in the district.
         (e)  The district's repair and maintenance of a street under
  this section must comply with all applicable construction standards
  and regulations of Williamson County.
         Sec. 8432.105.  DIVISION OF DISTRICT. (a) The district may
  be divided into two or more new districts only if the district:
               (1)  has no outstanding bonded debt; and
               (2)  is not imposing ad valorem taxes.
         (b)  This chapter applies to any new district created by the
  division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and
  duties of the district.
         (c)  Any new district created by the division of the district
  may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land
  outside the area described by Section 2 of the Act creating this
  chapter.
         (d)  The board, on its own motion or on receipt of a petition
  signed by the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of
  the real property in the district, may adopt an order dividing the
  district.
         (e)  The board may adopt an order dividing the district
  before or after the date the board holds an election under Section
  8432.003 to confirm the district's creation.
         (f)  An order dividing the district shall:
               (1)  name each new district;
               (2)  include the metes and bounds of each new district;
               (3)  appoint temporary directors for each new district;
  and
               (4)  provide for the division of assets and liabilities
  between or among the new districts.
         (g)  On or before the 30th day after the date of adoption of
  an order dividing the district, the district shall file the order
  with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and record the
  order in the real property records of each county in which the
  district is located.
         (h)  Any new district created by the division of the district
  shall hold a confirmation and directors' election as required by
  Section 8432.003.
         (i)  Any new district created by the division of the district
  must hold an election as required by this chapter to obtain voter
  approval before the district may impose a maintenance tax or issue
  bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes.
         Sec. 8432.106.  NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. The district may
  not exercise the power of eminent domain.
  SUBCHAPTER D.  GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
         Sec. 8432.151.  ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS. (a) The
  district may issue, without an election, bonds and other
  obligations secured by revenue other than ad valorem taxes.
         (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. 8432.152.  OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.  (a)  If
  authorized at an election held under Section 8432.151, 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.
  SUBCHAPTER E.  BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS
         Sec. 8432.201.  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, tax increment payments, grants, or
  other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay
  for any authorized district purpose.
         Sec. 8432.202.  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. 8432.203.  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 North San Gabriel Municipal Utility District
  of Williamson County initially includes all the territory contained
  in the following area:
  TRACT 1
  BEING 846.46 acres which is situated in Williamson County, Texas;
  and including a portion of an existing County Roadway No. 214, which
  is in use as an undedicated public roadway crossing this site. This
  property is situated in the following land grant surveys: Richard
  West A-643, James Hackett A-312, John McDevitt A-415, William H.
  McCullough A-465, J.H. Lee A-835, J.L. Brown A-788, and E. Mather
  A-434. This property includes a tract called 832.52 acres as
  described in a deed to ASC River Oaks Ranch Ltd. by deed filed in
  Doc. 2006063875, Official Records of Williamson County, Texas
  (ORWCT); and encloses a 5.00 acre tract which is subject to the Life
  Estate of H.C. & B.Z. Carothers. Said 5.00 acres being conveyed to
  ASC River Oaks Ranch Ltd. by deed filed in Doc. 2006063874 (ORWCT).
  An Exception Tract which is enclosed by this description (and
  having a separate chain of title) is the 1.00 acre tract (43637
  square feet area) which is described in a deed to Frank Haskell as
  conveyed in Doc. 9862950 (Lot 1 of the Longhorn Sub., a plat filed
  in Cab. G, Slide 96, Plat Records). Also included in this tract and
  being conveyed as a part of this property is the 12.94 acre property
  and associated easement rights which were conveyed to ASC River
  Oaks Ranch Ltd. as described in Doc. 2006063876 (ORWCT). This
  description does not include a separate 20.03 acre tract which was
  conveyed to ASC River Oaks Ranch Ltd. (Doc. 2006063876). It is noted
  that all monumentation found is in agreement with the record
  descriptions except as specifically described hereafter. The
  bearing basis for this survey is the State Plane Coordinate System
  Grid North, Texas Central Zone. Line codes used in this description
  are in agreement with the survey plat prepared in February of 2008
  and revised in August of 2008. This property was surveyed on the
  ground in February of 2008, by William F. Forest, Jr., Registered
  Professional Land Surveyor No. 1847.
  BEGINNING at a 1/2 inch iron pin which was found in the Southeast
  line of County Road 214, at the Southwest corner of the said 20.03
  acre property conveyed to ASC River Oaks Ranch Ltd. and at a corner
  in the East boundary of the said 832.52 acre tract. This corner is
  the record Point of Beginning of the said adjoining properties.
  THENCE with the South line of the said 20.03 acre tract and the
  North line of the 832.52 acre property, N 78 deg. 19 min. 30 sec. E
  476.51 feet to a 3 inch pipe post found; N 80 deg. 18 min. 03 sec. E
  271.33 feet to a 1/2 inch iron pin found; and (L63) N 80 deg. 18
  min. 03 sec. E 176.43 feet to the approximate center of the North
  San Gabriel River.
  THENCE following the East boundary of the said 832.52 acre property
  and its common boundary with the property of Bill D. Warren (10
  10/502), downstream with the approximate center of the river, (L11)
  S 46 deg. 43
  min. 33 sec. E 109.42 feet, S 59 deg. 27 min. 32 sec. E 282.99 feet;
  (L12) S 73 deg. 26 min. 53 sec. E 193.06 feet; S 68 deg. 45 min. 42
  sec. E 657.07 feet; S 52 deg. 49 min. 13 sec. E joining the common
  boundary of the property of Don Hart (681/877), in all 301.0 feet; S
  42 deg. 59 min. 41 sec. E 276.64 feet to a 1/2 inch iron pin found; S
  18 deg. 08 min. 05 sec. E 301.01 feet to a 1/2, inch iron pin found;
  S 35 deg. 58 min. 46 sec. E 475.93 feet; and (L13) S 23 deg. 17 min.
  44 sec. E 171.50 feet to the most Easterly Southeast corner of the
  said property called 832.52 acres as described in the deed to ASC
  River Oaks Ranch Ltd.
  THENCE with the boundary of 40.13 acres conveyed to M.C.
  Huffstutler, Jr. as described in Vol. 2541, Pg. 236; (with the
  centerline of a dry branch) finding 1/2 inch iron pins as follows;
  (L14) S 86 deg. 46 min. 55 sec. W 90.15 feet; (L15) N 51 deg. 39 min.
  52 sec. W 61.91 feet; (L16) S 82 deg. 01 min. 17 sec. W 125.42 feet;
  (L17) N 52 deg. 08 min. 49 sec. W 202.61 feet; N 33 deg. 11 min. 17
  sec. W 243.66 feet; (LI8) N 18 deg. 31 min. 22 sec. W 104.48 feet;
  and (L19) S 61 deg. 41 min. 42 sec. W 181.21 feet.
  THENCE continuing with the Huffstutler boundary, (L20) S 31 deg. 56
  min. 46 sec. E 21.38 feet to a nail found in an 18 inch Liveoak;
  finding 1/2 inch iron pins in a fence as follows; (L21) S 21 deg. 42
  min. 35 sec. E 48.27 feet; (L22) S 13 deg. 23 min. 48 sec. E 96.79
  feet; (L23) S 02 deg. 18 min. 51 sec. E 100.41 feet to a nail found
  in a 36" cedar; (L24) S 08 deg. 11 min. 11 sec. W 129.91 feet; (L25)
  S 36 deg. 39 min. 40 sec. W 198.04 feet; and S 19 deg. 33 min. 23 sec.
  E 831.90 feet.
  THENCE along or near an existing fence, S 19 deg. 36 min. 59 sec. E
  549.98 feet to a nail found in a 30 inch Liveoak at a West corner of
  a 16.68 acre tract conveyed to R. Scott Mokry by Doc. 9706618.
  THENCE with the South line of the John McDevitt Survey and the North
  line of the E.B. Smith Survey, Abstract No. 585, along or near an
  existing fence, finding 1/2 inch iron pins as follows; (with common
  boundary of D.Q. Cardwell Doc. 9721391, and Pamela S. Cardwell Doc.
  9707840) S 70 deg. 24 deg. 03 min. W385.43 feet; S 70 deg. 32 min. 54
  sec. W319.14 feet to the common North corner of David Parker Doc.
  9903918 and Thad Gillespie 6 ac. Doc. 2001025074; S 70 deg. 36 min.
  34 sec. W325.40 feet; S 70 deg. 46 min. 17 sec. W 350.12 feet to the
  common North corner of Thad Gillespie 5.29 ac. Doc. 2000027374 and
  Thad Gillespie 10.12 ac. Doc. 2002029891; S 70 deg. 26 min. 23 sec.
  W 293.45 feet; S 70 deg. 54 min. 05 sec. W572.40 feet to the common
  North corner between properties conveyed to Richard Cox, et. ux.
  Doc. 9831913; S 70 deg. 57 min. 57 sec. W 401.66 feet to a 3 inch
  pipe post found.
  THENCE continuing with the North line of the J.L. Brown Survey,
  Abstract No. 788 and the boundary of the Steve Watson property
  (2692/186); S 70 deg. 57 min. 19 sec. W 2602.47 feet to a 1/2 inch
  capped iron pin set in place of a nail found; S 71 deg. 11 min. 32
  sec. W 262.71 feet to a 3 inch pipe found; finding 1/2 inch iron pins
  as follows S 70 deg. 31 min. 24 sec. W 536.78 feet; S 22 deg. 34 min.
  56 sec. E 224.93 feet; (L26) S 17 deg. 31 min. 43 sec. E 160.30 feet
  to a nail found in an 18 inch Liveoak; S 19 deg. 55 min. 24 sec. E
  294.43 feet to a 1/2 inch capped iron pin set in place of a nail
  found in an 18 inch Liveoak; (L27) S 24 deg. 57 min. 31 sec. E 176.20
  feet to a 3 inch pipe post found; S 30 deg. 52 min. 42 sec. E 527.65
  feet to a 1/2 inch iron pin found; finding 3 inch pipe posts as
  follows; S 30 deg. 57 min. 25 sec. E 330.08 feet; (L28) S 26 deg. 03
  min. 07 sec. E 98.67 feet; (L29) S 19 deg. 41 min. 50 sec. E 124.35
  feet; and S 19 deg. 48 min. 19 sec. E 248.65 feet to a 1/2 inch iron
  pin found
  THENCE along or near the general line of an existing fence with the
  South boundary of the said 832.52 acre tract and its common boundary
  with Lot 10 of Rolling Hills Unit 2 a subdivision of record in Cab.
  G, Slide 308, S 49 deg. 46 min. W 181.28 feet to a 1/2 inch iron pin
  found in the curved East line of a cul-de-sac which is the Northern
  termination of Rolling Hills Road according the plat for Rolling
  Hills Unit 2.
  THENCE departing the existing fence with the curved line of the
  cul-de-sac, 151.61 feet with the arc of the curve to the left having
  a radius of 50 feet, the chord bears S 27 deg. 53 min. 28 sec. W
  99.85 feet to a steel cotton spindle found; continuing with the
  right-of-way line of Rolling Hills Road, (UO) S 01 deg. 01 min. 35
  sec. W 45.55 feet to a 1/2 inch iron pin found.
  THENCE with the boundary of Rolling Hills Unit 2, (finding 1/2 inch
  iron pins as follows); (L31) N 76 deg. 33 min. 45 sec. W 294.62 feet;
  (L32) S 13 deg. 25 min. 29 sec. W 151.80 feet; (L33) S 13 deg. 26
  min. 33 sec. W 152.11 feet; (L34) S 13 deg. 25 min. 13 sec. W 151.95
  feet; (L35) S 13 deg. 26 min. 21 sec. W 152.02 feet; (L36) S 13 deg.
  27 min. 37 sec. W 70.03 feet; (L37) S 54 deg. 17 min. 07 sec. W
  157.77 feet; (L38) S 54 deg. 10 min. 16 sec. W 49.90 feet; S 54 deg.
  11 min. 36 sec. W 294.40 feet; S 65 deg. 31 min. 15 sec. W662.90
  feet; (L39) S 65 deg. 17 min. 23 sec. W 126.78 feet; N 78 deg. 29
  min. 47 sec. W 271.11 feet to a 3 inch pipe post; (L40) N 73 deg. 15
  min. 45 sec. W 50.57 feet to a 3/8 inch iron pin found; (finding 1/2
  inch iron pins as follows); N 73 deg. 25 min. 34 sec. W 198.52 feet;
  (L42) N 73 deg. 40 min. 42 sec. W 153.10 feet; (L43) N 73 deg. 33
  min. 36 sec. W 152.93 feet; (L44) N 73 deg. 29 min. 12 sec. W 152.37
  feet; (L45) N 73 deg. 29 min. 12 sec. W 157.59 feet; N 81 deg. 27
  min. 07 sec. W 285.15 feet to a 5/8 inch iron pin found; and S 81
  deg. 08 min. 08 sec. W 230.99 feet to a 1/2 inch iron pin found.
  THENCE with the boundary of the Mexican Cemetery as marked by 1/2
  inch iron pins found, along or near an existing fence; (L46) N 05
  deg. 24min. 10 sec. W 95.60 feet; and (L47) S 84 deg. 46 min. 22 sec.
  W 138.82 feet to the East line of County Road 214.
  THENCE with the East line of County Road 214, finding 1/2 inch iron
  pins as follows; N 06 deg. 40 min. 53 sec. W608.80 feet (to the
  Southwest corner of the easement described in Doc. 2003028132, as
  formerly providing access to the 12.94 acre property which is now
  interior to this tract); (L67) N 06 deg. 43 min. 49 sec. W 79.97
  feet; and N 06 deg. 16min. 25 sec. W 421.81 feet.
  THENCE with the boundary of the 3.18 acres described in Vol. 629,
  Pg. 362, (L71) N 42 deg. 29 min. 44 sec. E 22.33 feet to a 1/2 inch
  iron pin found; N 69 deg. 33 min. 53 sec. E 346.98 feet to a 1/2 inch
  iron pin found at a fence corner; N 18 deg. 30 min. 21 sec. W 490.07
  feet to a 1/2 inch iron pin found; and N 18 deg. 30 min. 14 sec. W 21
  1.08 feet to a 1/2 inch iron pin found at a fence corner.
  THENCE with the boundary of the 70.2436 acres conveyed to Lookout
  Partners in Doc. 2004087804, finding 1/2 inch iron pins at fence
  corners except as noted as follows; N 35 deg. 17 min. 23 sec. E
  630.33 feet (nail found in 30" Liveoak); S 39 deg. 05 min. 40 sec. E
  263.98 feet; N 28 deg. 35 min. 09 sec. E 836.76 feet; S 77 deg. 05
  min. 53 sec. E 829.57 feet; N 42 deg. 05 min. 13 sec. E 1013.97 feet;
  N 19 deg. 50 min. 49 sec. W 1273.08 feet; and N 21 deg. 44 min. 39
  sec. W 12.65 feet to a nail found in a 30 inch Liveoak.
  THENCE with the boundary of a 7.2865 ac. tract conveyed to Lookout
  Partners Development Group L.P. as described in Doc. 2004078613, N
  33 deg. 10 min. 05 sec. E 488.58 feet to a 1/2, inch pin found at a
  fence corner; and (L54) N 16 deg. 54 min. 31 sec. W 170.32 feet to a
  1/2 inch iron pin found.
  THENCE crossing County Road 214, N 04 deg. 17 min. 39 sec. W (L53) at
  80.53 feet pass the intersection of the East line of San Gabriel
  Ranch Road with the North line of County Road 214, continuing in all
  191.67 feet to an iron pin found at a bend in the fence; continuing
  along the general line of an existing fence with the East line of
  San Gabriel Ranch Road, and the West line of the said 832.52 acre
  property, finding 1/2 inch iron pins as follows; N 18 deg. 50 min.
  37 sec. W 554.52 feet; N 19 deg. 23 min. 57 sec. W591.32 feet; and N
  20 deg. 12 min. 27 sec. W 691.83 feet. This corner exists at the
  Southwest fence corner of the Bart Brown Life Estate (71.657 ac.)
  retained in a deed to Danna G.B. Langston et. al. of record in Doc.
  9611608.
  THENCE along the fenced boundary of the said 71.657 acres, N 70 deg.
  49 min. 59 sec. E 567.13 feet to a 1/2 inch iron pin found; N 70 deg.
  14 min. 48 sec. E 519.63 feet to a nail found in an 18 inch Liveoak;
  N 70 deg. 51min. 58 sec. E 440.53 feet to a 1/2 inch iron pin found
  at a fence corner; (L1) N 17 deg. 55 min. 56 sec. W 166.71 feet to a
  1/2 inch iron pin found; (L2) N 17 deg. 30 min. 30 sec. W 146.58 feet
  to a nail found in a 14 inch Liveoak; (L3) N 18 deg. 12 min. 14 sec. W
  154.94 feet to a 1/2 inch iron pin found; N 17 deg. 39 min. 05 sec. W
  421.57 feet to a 1/2 inch iron pin found; N 17 deg. 38 min. 21 sec.
  W356.03 feet to a 3/4 inch pipe found at a fence corner; finding 1/2
  inch iron pins in remnants of the fence as follows; N 71 deg. 05 min.
  47 sec. E 725.49 feet; N 70 deg. 07 min. 08 sec. E 288.93 feet; N 71
  deg. 17 min. 02 sec. E 446.41 feet; and N 71 deg. 17 min. 02 sec. E
  252.90 feet to the approximate center of the North San Gabriel
  River.
  THENCE downstream with the approximate center of the river, finding
  1/2 inch iron pins in the bed of the river as follows; (L4) S 25 deg.
  36 min. 25 sec. E 16.47 feet; S 70 deg. 24 min. 37 sec. E 565.27
  feet; and N 76 deg. 52 min. 27 sec. E 337.99 feet.
  THENCE with the East line of County Road 214 and with the West line
  of the 20.03 acre tract conveyed to ASC River Oaks Ranch, Ltd.,
  (L55) S 04 deg. 51 min. 34 sec. E 111.48 feet to a 1/2 inch iron pin
  found; finding nails as follows; (L56) S 24 deg. 51 min. 57 sec. E
  54.51 feet (in post); continuing along or near an existing fence as
  follows; (L57) S 49 deg. 34 min. 02 sec. E 85.47 feet (by post); S 51
  deg. 37 min. 44 sec. E 253.37 feet (in a 12 inch Liveoak); S 44 deg.
  21 min. 21 sec. E 486.27 feet (to a capped iron pin set in place of a
  nail found in a cattle guard, called nail by post); finding pipe
  posts as follows; (L58) S 40 deg. 51 min. 46 sec. E 101.23 feet;
  (L59) S 15 deg. 39 min. 39 sec. E 82.86 feet; (L60) S 04 deg. 23 min.
  52 sec. E 88.87 feet; and (L61) S 13 deg. 48 min. W 309.86 feet to
  the POINT OF BEGINNING.
  TRACT 2
  BEING 20.03 acres (872,584 square feet area) of the John McDevitt
  Survey, Abstract No. 415, in Williamson County, Texas. This tract
  is the same 20.03 acre property which was conveyed to ASC River Oaks
  Ranch, Ltd. as described in a deed of record in Doc. 2006063877, of
  the Official Records of Williamson County, Texas. The bearing basis
  for this survey is the State Plane Coordinate System Grid North,
  Texas Central Zone. Line codes used in this description are in
  agreement with the Land Title Survey plat revised this date. This
  tract was surveyed on the ground in February of 2008, by William F.
  Forest, Jr., Registered Professional Land Surveyor No. 1847.
  BEGINNING at an iron pin which was found in the East line of County
  Road 214 at the Southwest corner of the said 20.03 acre property
  conveyed to ASC River Oaks Ranch, Ltd. and at a corner in the East
  boundary of the 832.52 acre property which was conveyed to ASC River
  Oaks Ranch, Ltd. as described in Doc. 2006063875 (ORWCT).
  THENCE with the East line of County Road 214, and a boundary of the
  said 832.52 acre tract, along the general line of an existing fence,
  finding pipe posts as follows; (L61) N 13 deg. 48 min. E 309.86
  feet; (L60) N 04 deg. 23 min. 52 sec. W 88.87 feet; (L59) N 15 deg.
  39 min. 39 sec. W 82.86 feet; (L58) N 40 deg. 51 min. 46 sec. W
  101.23 feet to a capped iron pin set in place of a nail found in a
  cattle guard, called nail by post); and N 44 deg. 21 min. 21 sec. W
  486.27 feet to a nail found in a 12 inch Liveoak.
  THENCE with the East line of County Road 214, N 51 deg. 37 min. 44
  sec. W 253.37 feet to a nail found by a post; (L57) N 49 deg. 34 min.
  02 sec. W 85.47 feet to a nail found by a post; (L56) N 24 deg. 51
  min. 57 sec. W 54.51 feet to a 1/2 inch iron pin found; and (L55) N
  04 deg. 51 min. 34 sec. W 111.48 feet to a 1/2, inch iron pin found
  in a gravel bar, near the center of the channel of the North San
  Gabriel River.
  THENCE downstream with the approximate center of the channel of the
  River, and the common boundary between the said 20.03 acre tract and
  the property conveyed to Bill D. Warren (1010/502) as follows; N 71
  deg. 52 min. 46 sec. E 293.16 feet; (L5) N 87 deg. 04 min. E 119.72
  feet; (L6) S 78 deg. 06 min. 07 sec. E 65.15 feet; (L7) S 64 deg. 07
  min. 30 sec. E 93.18 feet; S 54 deg. 57 min. 49 sec. E 210.41 feet;
  (L8) S 41 deg. 36 min. 49 sec. E 130.55 feet; S 44 deg. 31 min. 58
  sec. E 229.38 feet; S 42 deg. 57 min. 17 sec. E 229.44 feet; (L9) S
  31 deg. 47 min. 19 sec. E 183.70 feet; (LI0) S 35 deg. 42 min. 24
  sec. E 155.03 feet; and S 39 deg. 55 min. 32 sec. E 399.37 feet.
  THENCE with the South line of the said 20.03 ac. tract conveyed to
  ASC River Oaks Ranch, Ltd., and with the lower North line of the
  said 832.52 acre tract, (L63) S 80 deg. 18 min. 03 sec. W 176.43 feet
  to a 1/2 inch iron pin found; S 80 deg. 18 min. 03 sec. W 271.33 feet
  to a 3 inch pipe post; and S 78 deg. 19 min. 30 sec. W 476.51 feet to
  the POINT OF BEGINNING.
  EXCEPTION TRACT
  BEING 1.00 acre (43637 square feet area) in Williamson County,
  Texas, Lot 1 of the Longhorn Subdivision, a plat filed in Cabinet G,
  Slide 96, Plat Records (Retrieval number called Doc. 8522659
  Official Records) of Williamson County, Texas. This tract is the
  same property which is described in a deed to Frank Haskell of
  record in Doc. 9862950, Official Records of Williamson County,
  Texas (ORWCT) and is the same 1 acre Exception tract which is
  described in a deed to ASC River Oaks Ranch, Ltd. of record in Doc.
  2006063875 (ORWCT). The bearing basis for this survey is the State
  Plane Coordinate System Grid North, Texas Central Zone. Lines codes
  used in this description are in agreement with the Land Title Survey
  plat prepared in February of 2008 and revised in August of 2008.
  This tract was surveyed on the ground in February of 2008, by
  William F. Forest, Jr., Registered Professional Land Surveyor No.
  1847.
  BEGINNING at a 1/2 inch iron pin which was found in the North line of
  County Road 214 at the Southwest corner of said Lot 1 of the
  Longhorn Subdivision and at the Southwest corner of the property
  conveyed to Frank Haskell. A 1/2 inch iron pin which was found at a
  corner of the 832.52 property conveyed to ASC River Oaks Ranch, Ltd.
  as described in Doc. 2006063875 which encircles this tract, (said
  corner existing at the intersection of the extension of the East
  line of San Gabriel Ranch Road with the South line of County Road
  214) stands (L52) S 47 deg. 53 min. 13 sec. W 309.03 feet and (L53) S
  04 deg. 17 min. 39 sec. E 80.53 feet.
  THENCE (LSI) N 18 deg. 40 min. 53 sec. W 339.11 feet to a 1/2 inch
  iron pin found.
  THENCE (L48) N 71 deg. 19 min. 07 sec. E 139.43 feet to a 1/2 inch
  iron pin found. THENCE (L49) S 18 deg. 40 min. 53 sec. E 285.73 feet
  to a 1/2 inch iron pin found. THENCE with the North line of County
  Road 214, (L50) S 50 deg. 22 min. 07 sec. W 149.30 feet to the POINT
  OF BEGINNING.
  TRACT 3
  BEING A 77.5254 ACRE TRACT OF LAND OUT OF THE JAMES HACKETT SURVEY
  ABSTRACT NO. 312 AND THE WILLIAM H. McCULLOUGH SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO.
  465 IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS, WHICH INCLUDES A PORTION IN USE AS
  COUNTY ROAD 214 (NO DEDICATING INSTRUMENT FOUND), BEING ALL OF A
  7.2865 ACRE TRACT CONVEYED TO LOOKOUT PARTNERS DEVELOPMENT GROUP LP
  IN DOCUMENT NO. 2004078913, OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS, WILLIAMSON
  COUNTY, TEXAS, AND ALL OF A 70.2436 ACRE TRACT ALSO CONVEYED TO
  LOOKOUT PARTNERS DEVELOPMENT GROUP LP IN DOCUMENT NO. 2004087804,
  OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS, WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS AND BEING MORE
  PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS AS FOLLOWS
  BEGINNING at a 1/2" iron rod found at a fence intersection on the
  South R.O.W. line of County Road No. 214, being the Northerly corner
  of a 3.18 acre tract conveyed to Williamson County in Vol. 629, Pg.
  362, Deed Records, Williamson County, Texas, and the Northwest
  corner of an 865.49 acre tract conveyed to Texas Land Fund No.6, LP,
  in Document No. 2008064005, Official Public Records, Williamson
  County, Texas. Said iron rod also being the Southwest corner of the
  said 70.2436 acre tract, the Southwest corner of this tract, and the
  POINT OF BEGINNING.
  THENCE N 20° 46' 16" W, across County Road 214, 79.51 feet to a 1/2'"
  iron rod found at a fence corner being an angle point in the West
  line of this tract.
  THENCE N 19° 34' 18" W, at 116.44 feet pass the Southeast corner of
  Lot 104, Sundance Ranch North Phase Two, as recorded in Cab. R, Sl.
  7-11, Plat Records, Williamson County, Texas, continuing with the
  East line of Lots 104 and 159 of said Sundance Ranch North Phase
  Two, a total distance of 1213.04 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found on the
  South line of Lot 158 of said subdivision being the Northeast corner
  of said Lot 159, the Northwest corner of the said 70.2436 acre
  tract, and the Northwest corner of this tract.
  THENCE with the South line of Lots 158, 157, and 156 of said
  subdivision, the following two courses and distances:
  1) N 70° 12' 54" E, 584.47 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found.
  2) N 71 ° 04' 10" E, at 697.99 feet pass a 1/2" iron rod found being
  an angle point in the South line of said Lot 156 also being the
  Northeast corner of a 20' strip dedicated for additional
  right-of-way by said Sundance Ranch North Phase Two plat, in all a
  total distance of739.67 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found at a fence
  corner on the North R.O.W. line of County Road No. 214.
  THENCE S 73° 39' 17" E, crossing County Road 214, 71.80 feet to a
  1/2" iron rod found on the fenced South line of County Road 214,
  being the Easternmost corner of the said 7.2865 acre tract.
  THENCE with the fenced South R.O.W. line of County Road No. 214,
  also being the North line of the said 7.2865 acre tract, the
  following six (6) courses and distances.
  1) N 26° 36' 41" E, 344.09 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found for an angle
  point.
  2) N 37° 07' 31" E, 601.88 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found for an angle
  point.
  3) N 48° 23' 19" E, 317.01 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found for an angle
  point.
  4) N 41 ° 44' 47" E, 579.63 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found for an angle
  point.
  5) N 36° 39' 30" E, 282.33 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found for an angle
  point.
  6) N 40° 45' 15" E, 88.37 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found at an angle
  point on the North line of the said Texas Land Fund No.6 LP tract,
  being the Northeast corner of the said 7.2865 acre tract and the
  Northeast corner of this tract.
  THENCE with the North and West line of the said Texas Land Fund No.6
  LP tract, the following nine (9) courses and distances:
  1) S 16° 04' 55" E, 170.29 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found, being the
  Southeast corner of the said 7.2865 acre tract.
  2) S 34° 02' 01" W, 488.61 feet to a 60d nail found at the base of a
  36" live oak, being the Northeast corner of the said 70.2436 acre
  tract.
  3) S 20° 43' 18" E, 12.64 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found.
  4) S 19° 00' 00" E, 1273.16 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found, being the
  Southeast corner of the said 70.2436 acre tract.
  5) S 42° 57' 24" W, 1013.90 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found.
  6) N 76° 14' 43" W, 829.54 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found.
  7) S 29° 26' 44" W, 836.72 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found.
  8) N 38° 11' 05"W, 264.07 feet to a 60d nail found at the base of a
  17' live oak.
  9) S 36° 10' 28" W, 630.29 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING and
  containing 77.5254 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, 2013.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1355 was passed by the House on May 2,
  2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1355 was passed by the Senate on May
  22, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor