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  S.B. No. 1878
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the creation of Highway 380 Municipal Management
  District No. 1; 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 C, Title 4, Special District Local Laws
  Code, is amended by adding Chapter 3920 to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 3920.  HIGHWAY 380 MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICT NO. 1
  SUBCHAPTER A.  GENERAL PROVISIONS
         Sec. 3920.001.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
               (1)  "Board" means the district's board of directors.
               (2)  "City" means the Town of Little Elm.
               (3)  "County" means Denton County.
               (4)  "Director" means a board member.
               (5)  "District" means the Highway 380 Municipal
  Management District No. 1.
         Sec. 3920.002.  NATURE OF DISTRICT. The Highway 380
  Municipal Management District No. 1 is a special district created
  under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
         Sec. 3920.003.  PURPOSE; DECLARATION OF INTENT. (a)  The
  creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of
  Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI,
  Texas Constitution, and other public purposes stated in this
  chapter. By creating the district and in authorizing the city, the
  county, and other political subdivisions to contract with the
  district, the legislature has established a program to accomplish
  the public purposes set out in Section 52-a, Article III, Texas
  Constitution.
         (b)  The creation of the district is necessary to promote,
  develop, encourage, and maintain employment, commerce,
  transportation, housing, tourism, recreation, the arts,
  entertainment, economic development, safety, and the public
  welfare in the district.
         (c)  This chapter and the creation of the district may not be
  interpreted to relieve the city or the county from providing the
  level of services provided as of the effective date of the Act
  enacting this chapter to the area in the district. The district is
  created to supplement and not to supplant city or county services
  provided in the district.
         Sec. 3920.004.  FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
  (a)  The district is created to serve a public use and benefit.
         (b)  All land and other property included in the district
  will benefit from the improvements and services to be provided by
  the district under powers conferred by Sections 52 and 52-a,
  Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and
  other powers granted under this chapter.
         (c)  The creation of the district is in the public interest
  and is essential to further the public purposes of:
               (1)  developing and diversifying the economy of the
  state;
               (2)  eliminating unemployment and underemployment; and
               (3)  developing or expanding transportation and
  commerce.
         (d)  The district will:
               (1)  promote the health, safety, and general welfare of
  residents, employers, potential employees, employees, visitors,
  and consumers in the district, and of the public;
               (2)  provide needed funding for the district to
  preserve, maintain, and enhance the economic health and vitality of
  the district territory as a community and business center;
               (3)  promote the health, safety, welfare, and enjoyment
  of the public by providing pedestrian ways and by landscaping and
  developing certain areas in the district, which are necessary for
  the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of scenic beauty;
  and
               (4)  provide for water, wastewater, drainage, road, and
  recreational facilities for the district.
         (e)  Pedestrian ways along or across a street, whether at
  grade or above or below the surface, and street lighting, street
  landscaping, parking, and street art objects are parts of and
  necessary components of a street and are considered to be a street
  or road improvement.
         (f)  The district will not act as the agent or
  instrumentality of any private interest even though the district
  will benefit many private interests as well as the public.
         Sec. 3920.005.  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 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 bonds for the purposes
  for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and
  interest on the bonds;
               (3)  right to impose or collect an assessment or tax; or
               (4)  legality or operation.
         Sec. 3920.006.  ELIGIBILITY FOR INCLUSION IN SPECIAL ZONES.
  All or any part of the area of the district is eligible to be
  included in:
               (1)  a tax increment reinvestment zone created under
  Chapter 311, Tax Code;
               (2)  a tax abatement reinvestment zone created under
  Chapter 312, Tax Code;
               (3)  an enterprise zone created under Chapter 2303,
  Government Code; or
               (4)  an industrial district created under Chapter 42,
  Local Government Code.
         Sec. 3920.007.  APPLICABILITY OF MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT
  DISTRICTS LAW. Except as otherwise provided by this chapter,
  Chapter 375, Local Government Code, applies to the district.
         Sec. 3920.008.  CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER. This chapter shall
  be liberally construed in conformity with the findings and purposes
  stated in this chapter.
  SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
         Sec. 3920.051.  GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. The district is
  governed by a board of five voting directors who serve staggered
  terms of four years, with two or three directors' terms expiring
  June 1 of each odd-numbered year.
         Sec. 3920.052.  APPOINTMENT OF VOTING DIRECTORS. The Texas
  Commission on Environmental Quality shall appoint voting directors
  from persons recommended by the board.
         Sec. 3920.053.  NONVOTING DIRECTORS. The board may appoint
  nonvoting directors to serve at the pleasure of the voting
  directors.
         Sec. 3920.054.  QUORUM. For purposes of determining the
  requirements for a quorum of the board, the following are not
  counted:
               (1)  a board position vacant for any reason, including
  death, resignation, or disqualification;
               (2)  a director who is abstaining from participation in
  a vote because of a conflict of interest; or
               (3)  a nonvoting director.
         Sec. 3920.055.  COMPENSATION. A director is entitled to
  receive fees of office and reimbursement for actual expenses as
  provided by Section 49.060, Water Code. Sections 375.069 and
  375.070, Local Government Code, do not apply to the board.
         Sec. 3920.056.  INITIAL VOTING 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 according to the most recent certified tax appraisal
  roll for the county may submit a petition to the Texas Commission on
  Environmental Quality requesting that the commission appoint as
  initial voting directors the five persons named in the petition.
  The commission shall appoint the five persons named in the petition
  as initial directors by position.
         (b)  Of the initial directors, the terms of directors
  appointed for positions one through three expire June 1, 2015, and
  the terms of directors appointed for positions four and five expire
  June 1, 2017.
         (c)  Section 3920.052 does not apply to this section.
         (d)  This section expires September 1, 2017.
  SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES
         Sec. 3920.101.  GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district has
  the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
  which the district is created.
         Sec. 3920.102.  IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND SERVICES. The
  district may provide, design, construct, acquire, improve,
  relocate, operate, maintain, or finance an improvement project or
  service using any money available to the district, or contract with
  a governmental or private entity to provide, design, construct,
  acquire, improve, relocate, operate, maintain, or finance an
  improvement project or service authorized under this chapter or
  Chapter 375, Local Government Code.
         Sec. 3920.103.  DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION POWERS. The
  district, using money available to the district, may exercise the
  powers given to a development corporation under Chapter 505, Local
  Government Code, including the power to own, operate, acquire,
  construct, lease, improve, or maintain a project under that
  chapter.
         Sec. 3920.104.  NONPROFIT CORPORATION. (a)  The board by
  resolution may authorize the creation of a nonprofit corporation to
  assist and act for the district in implementing a project or
  providing a service authorized by this chapter.
         (b)  The nonprofit corporation:
               (1)  has each power of and is considered to be a local
  government corporation created under Subchapter D, Chapter 431,
  Transportation Code; and
               (2)  may implement any project and provide any service
  authorized by this chapter.
         (c)  The board shall appoint the board of directors of the
  nonprofit corporation. The board of directors of the nonprofit
  corporation shall serve in the same manner as the board of directors
  of a local government corporation created under Subchapter D,
  Chapter 431, Transportation Code, except that a board member is not
  required to reside in the district.
         Sec. 3920.105.  AGREEMENTS; GRANTS. (a)  As provided by
  Chapter 375, Local Government Code, the district may make an
  agreement with or accept a gift, grant, or loan from any person.
         (b)  The implementation of a project is a governmental
  function or service for the purposes of Chapter 791, Government
  Code.
         Sec. 3920.106.  LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES. To protect the
  public interest, the district may contract with a qualified party,
  including the county or the city, to provide law enforcement
  services in the district for a fee.
         Sec. 3920.107.  MEMBERSHIP IN CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS. The
  district may join and pay dues to a charitable or nonprofit
  organization that performs a service or provides an activity
  consistent with the furtherance of a district purpose.
         Sec. 3920.108.  ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. (a)  The district may
  engage in activities that accomplish the economic development
  purposes of the district.
         (b)  The district may establish and provide for the
  administration of one or more programs to promote state or local
  economic development and to stimulate business and commercial
  activity in the district, including programs to:
               (1)  make loans and grants of public money; and
               (2)  provide district personnel and services.
         (c)  The district may create economic development programs
  and exercise the economic development powers provided to
  municipalities by:
               (1)  Chapter 380, Local Government Code; and
               (2)  Subchapter A, Chapter 1509, Government Code.
         Sec. 3920.109.  PARKING FACILITIES. (a)  The district may
  acquire, lease as lessor or lessee, construct, develop, own,
  operate, and maintain parking facilities or a system of parking
  facilities, including lots, garages, parking terminals, or other
  structures or accommodations for parking motor vehicles off the
  streets and related appurtenances.
         (b)  The district's parking facilities serve the public
  purposes of the district and are owned, used, and held for a public
  purpose even if leased or operated by a private entity for a term of
  years.
         (c)  The district's parking facilities are parts of and
  necessary components of a street and are considered to be a street
  or road improvement.
         (d)  The development and operation of the district's parking
  facilities may be considered an economic development program.
         Sec. 3920.110.  ANNEXATION OF LAND. The district may annex
  land as provided by Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code.
         Sec. 3920.111.  NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER.  The district may
  not exercise the power of eminent domain.
  SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS; ASSESSMENTS
         Sec. 3920.151.  DISBURSEMENTS AND TRANSFERS OF MONEY. The
  board by resolution shall establish the number of directors'
  signatures and the procedure required for a disbursement or
  transfer of district money.
         Sec. 3920.152.  MONEY USED FOR IMPROVEMENTS OR SERVICES.
  The district may acquire, construct, finance, operate, or maintain
  any improvement or service authorized under this chapter or Chapter
  375, Local Government Code, using any money available to the
  district.
         Sec. 3920.153.  PETITION REQUIRED FOR FINANCING SERVICES AND
  IMPROVEMENTS WITH ASSESSMENTS. (a)  The board may not finance a
  service or improvement project with assessments under this chapter
  unless a written petition requesting that service or improvement
  has been filed with the board.
         (b)  A petition filed under Subsection (a) must be signed by
  the owners of a majority of the assessed value of real property in
  the district subject to assessment according to the most recent
  certified tax appraisal roll for the county.
         Sec. 3920.154.  ASSESSMENTS; LIENS FOR ASSESSMENTS.
  (a)  The board by resolution may impose and collect an assessment
  for any purpose authorized by this chapter in all or any part of the
  district.
         (b)  An assessment, a reassessment, or an assessment
  resulting from an addition to or correction of the assessment roll
  by the district, penalties and interest on an assessment or
  reassessment, an expense of collection, and reasonable attorney's
  fees incurred by the district:
               (1)  are a first and prior lien against the property
  assessed;
               (2)  are superior to any other lien or claim other than
  a lien or claim for county, school district, or municipal ad valorem
  taxes; and
               (3)  are the personal liability of and a charge against
  the owners of the property even if the owners are not named in the
  assessment proceedings.
         (c)  The lien is effective from the date of the board's
  resolution imposing the assessment until the date the assessment is
  paid. The board may enforce the lien in the same manner that the
  board may enforce an ad valorem tax lien against real property.
         (d)  The board may make a correction to or deletion from the
  assessment roll that does not increase the amount of assessment of
  any parcel of land without providing notice and holding a hearing in
  the manner required for additional assessments.
         Sec. 3920.155.  RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY NOT EXEMPT. Section
  375.161, Local Government Code, does not apply to a tax authorized
  or approved by the voters of the district or a required payment for
  a service provided by the district, including water and sewer
  services.
         Sec. 3920.156.  TAX AND ASSESSMENT ABATEMENTS. The district
  may designate reinvestment zones and may grant abatements of
  district taxes or assessments on property in the zones.
  SUBCHAPTER E. TAXES AND BONDS
         Sec. 3920.201.  CONSENT OF CITY REQUIRED. The district may
  not impose a tax or issue a bond until the city has consented by
  ordinance or resolution to the creation of the district and to the
  inclusion of land in the district.
         Sec. 3920.202.  ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES AND BONDS.
  (a)  The district may issue, without an election, bonds, notes, and
  other obligations secured by:
               (1)  revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or
               (2)  contract payments described by Section 3920.204.
         (b)  The district must hold an election in the manner
  provided by Subchapter L, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, to
  obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem
  tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.
         (c)  Section 375.243, Local Government Code, does not apply
  to the district.
         (d)  All or any part of any facilities or improvements that
  may be acquired by a district by the issuance of its bonds may be
  submitted as a single proposition or as several propositions to be
  voted on at the election.
         Sec. 3920.203.  OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. (a)  If
  authorized by a majority of the district voters voting at an
  election held in accordance with Section 3920.202, the district may
  impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the
  district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code, for any
  district purpose, including to:
               (1)  maintain and operate the district;
               (2)  construct or acquire improvements; or
               (3)  provide a service.
         (b)  The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not
  exceed the rate approved at the election.
         (c)  Section 49.107(h), Water Code, does not apply to the
  district.
         Sec. 3920.204.  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.
         Sec. 3920.205.  AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY AND TO ISSUE BONDS
  AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS. (a)  The district may borrow money on terms
  determined by the board. Section 375.205, Local Government Code,
  does not apply to a loan, line of credit, or other borrowing from a
  bank or financial institution secured by revenue other than ad
  valorem taxes.
         (b)  The district may issue bonds, notes, or other
  obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes,
  assessments, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or
  other district money, or any combination of those sources of money,
  to pay for any authorized district purpose.
         Sec. 3920.206.  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 annual ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount,
  for each year that all or part of the bonds are outstanding as
  required and in the manner provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602,
  Water Code.
         SECTION 2.  The Highway 380 Municipal Management District
  No. 1 initially includes all territory contained in the following
  area:
         TRACT 1
         WHEREAS, The Rudman Partnership is the owner of a tract of
  land situated in the THOMAS NAVO SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 964 and the
  WILLIAM LUMPKIN LEAGUE AND LABOR SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 730, in
  Denton County, Texas, said tract being a portion of a called 645.238
  acre tract of land described as File No. F0030.00 and a portion of a
  called 52.360 acre tract of land described as File No. F0031.00 in a
  deed to The Rudman Partnership, recorded in Volume 2844, Page 42,
  Real Property Records, Denton County, Texas, and being more
  particularly described as follows:
         BEGINNING at a point in the approximate center of Fish Trap
  Road (a partially dedicated public road) for an interior ell corner
  of said 645.238 acre tract and the northwest corner of a tract of
  land described in a deed to CHS Savannah, L.P. recorded in Document
  No. 2006-40724 of said Real Property Records;
         THENCE South 01 degree 33 minutes 02 seconds West, along the
  common line of said 645.238 acre tract and CHS Savannah Tract,
  passing the most southerly southeast corner of said 645.238 acre
  tract and the northeast corner of said 52.360 acre tract at 3,401.50
  feet and continuing for a total distance of 3,839.27 feet to a point
  for corner, said point being in a northerly boundary line of the
  Town of Little Elm as described in Exhibit A, Tract 3 of Town
  Ordinance No. 809;
         THENCE North 56 degrees 04 minutes 01 seconds West, along
  said northerly boundary line, a distance of 2,542.41 feet to a point
  for corner, said point being in the east boundary line of Lot 1,
  Block A, Navo Middle School Addition, an addition to Denton County
  according to the plat thereof recorded in Cabinet W, Page 436 of
  said Real Property Records;
         THENCE North 01 degree 35 minutes 07 seconds East, along the
  east line of said addition, a distance of 1,343.95 feet to the
  northeast corner of said addition;
         THENCE North 88 degrees 08 minutes 38 seconds West, along the
  north line of said addition, a distance of 1,216.05 feet to the
  southeast corner of a 1.168 acre right-of-way dedication for Navo
  Road to Denton County recorded in said Document No. 2006-24266;
         THENCE North 01 degrees 34 minutes 31 seconds East, along the
  east line of said dedication, a distance of 1,082.41 feet to the
  northeast corner of said dedication;
         THENCE South 89 degrees 57 minutes 07 seconds West, along the
  north line of said dedication, a distance of 46.93 feet to a point
  in the approximate center of Navo Road;
         THENCE North 01 degree 35 minutes 07 seconds East, along the
  approximate center of said Navo Road, a distance of 34.30 feet to a
  point in the approximate center of Fish Trap Road and the south line
  of a tract of land described in a deed to Dallas Lyndhurst, Ltd.
  recorded in Document No. 97-090639 of said Real Property Records;
         THENCE South 88 degrees 38 minutes 53 seconds East, along the
  approximate center of said Fish Trap Road and the south line of said
  Lyndhurst tract, a distance of 1,158.00 feet to the southeast
  corner of said Lyndhurst tract;
         THENCE North 01 degree 30 minutes 07 seconds East, along the
  east line of said Lyndhurst tract, a distance of 1,330.60 feet to
  the northeast corner of said Lyndhurst tract;
         THENCE North 88 degrees 26 minutes 11 seconds West, along the
  north line of said Lyndhurst tract, a distance of 844.57 feet to the
  most southerly southeast corner of a called 16.78 acre tract of land
  described as Tract 11-113 in a deed to the United States of America,
  recorded in Volume 2822, Page 802 of said Real Property Records;
         THENCE along the east line of said 16.78 acre tract, the
  following courses and distances:
               North 57 degrees 27 minutes 26 seconds East, a distance
  of 117.61 feet to a point for corner;
               North 33 degrees 06 minutes 22 seconds East, a distance
  of 328.27 feet to a point for corner;
               North 11 degrees 04 minutes 26 seconds East, a distance
  of 284.12 feet to a point for corner;
               North 15 degrees 07 minutes 37 seconds West, a distance
  of 328.22 feet to a point for corner;
               North 21 degrees 29 minutes 01 seconds West, a distance
  of 67.72 feet to a point on the south boundary of a called 239.673
  acre tract of land described in a deed to Gene McCutchin, recorded
  in Volume 927, Page 689 of said Real Property Records for the
  northwest corner of said 16.78 acre tract;
         THENCE South 88 degrees 43 minutes 53 seconds East, along the
  common boundary between said 645.238 acre tract and said 239.673
  acre tract, a distance of 3,910.67 feet to a point for corner, said
  point being approximately 350.00 feet west of the approximate
  center of Byran Road;
         THENCE over and across said 645.238 acre tract, the following
  courses and distances:
               South 01 degree 28 minutes 00 seconds West, a distance
  of 2,341.34 feet to a point in the approximate center of said Fish
  Trap Road and the north line of said CHS Savannah Tract;
         THENCE North 88 degrees 38 minutes 53 seconds West, along the
  north line of said CHS Savannah tract, a distance of 1,013.17 feet
  to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 376.078 acres of land, more
  or less.
         TRACT 2
         WHEREAS, The Rudman Partnership is the owner of a tract of
  land situated in the THOMAS NAVO SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 964 and the
  WILLIAM LUMPKIN LEAGUE AND LABOR SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 730, in
  Denton County, Texas, said tract being a portion of a called 645.238
  acre tract of land described as File No. F0030.00 and a portion of a
  called 52.360 acre tract of land described as File No. F0031.00 in a
  deed to The Rudman Partnership, recorded in Volume 2844, Page 42,
  Real Property Records, Denton County, Texas, and being more
  particularly described as follows:
         COMMENCING at a point in the approximate center of Fish Trap
  Road (a partially dedicated public road) for an interior ell corner
  of said 645.238 acre tract and the northwest corner of a tract of
  land described in a deed to CHS Savannah, L.P. recorded in Document
  No. 2006-40724 of said Real Property Records;
         THENCE South 01 degree 33 minutes 02 seconds West, along the
  common line of said 645.238 acre tract and CHS Savannah Tract,
  passing the most southerly southeast corner of said 645.238 acre
  tract and the northeast corner of said 52.360 acre tract at 3,401.50
  feet and continuing for a total distance of 3,839.27 feet to THE
  POINT OF BEGINNING, said point being in a northerly boundary line of
  the Town of Little Elm as described in Exhibit A, Tract 3 of Town
  Ordinance No. 809;
         THENCE South 01 degree 33 minutes 02 seconds West, continuing
  along said common line, a distance of 258.19 to a point being on the
  north right-of-way of U.S. Highway 380 (a variable width
  right-of-way) for the southeast corner of said 52.360 acre tract;
         THENCE North 87 degrees 42 minutes 53 seconds West, along
  said north right-of-way and the south line of said 52.360 acre
  tract, a distance of 3,322.62 feet to a point on the southeast end
  of a highway right-of-way flare for corner;
         THENCE North 43 degrees 42 minutes 31 seconds West, along
  said right-of-way flare, a distance of 138.39 feet to a point in the
  approximate center of Navo Road (a partially dedicated public road)
  for corner;
         THENCE North 01 degree 54 minutes 19 seconds East, along the
  approximate center of said Navo Road, passing the northwest corner
  of said 52.360 acre tract and the southwest corner of said 645.238
  acre tract at 544.12 feet and continuing for a total distance of
  1,656.01 feet to the southwest corner of a 0.450 acre right-of-way
  dedication for Navo Road to Denton County, recorded as Document No.
  2006-24266 of said Real Property Records;
         THENCE along the south and east lines of said right-of-way
  dedication, the following courses and distances:
               South 88 degrees 25 minutes 29 seconds East, a distance
  of 51.70 feet to a point for corner;
               North 01 degree 33 minutes 20 seconds East, a distance
  of 12.20 feet to a point for corner;
               North 00 degrees 41 minutes 13 seconds West, a distance
  of 127.90 feet to a point for corner;
               North 01 degree 34 minutes 35 seconds East, a distance
  of 258.84 feet to a point on the southwest line of Lot 1, Block A,
  Navo Middle School Addition, an addition to Denton County according
  to the plat thereof recorded in Cabinet W, Page 436 of said Real
  Property Records;
         THENCE South 59 degrees 28 minutes 01 second East, along the
  southwest line of said addition, a distance of 1,390.62 feet to a
  point for corner;
         THENCE North 01 degree 35 minutes 07 seconds East, along the
  east boundary of said addition, a distance of 98.82 feet to a point
  in said northerly boundary line of the Town of Little Elm for
  corner;
         THENCE South 56 degrees 04 minutes 01 seconds East, along
  said northerly boundary line of the Town of Little Elm a distance of
  2,542.41 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 98.489 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,
  lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives
  within the required time.
         (d)  The general law relating to consent by political
  subdivisions to the creation of districts with conservation,
  reclamation, and road powers and the inclusion of land in those
  districts has been complied with.
         (e)  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 have been
  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 hereby certify that S.B. No. 1878 passed the Senate on
  May 1, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1878 passed the House on
  May 20, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 147, Nays 0, two
  present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor