S.B. No. 1906

	AN ACT
	relating to the creation of Fort Bend County Municipal Management
	District No. 1; granting a limited power of eminent domain;
	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 3927 to read as follows:
	CHAPTER 3927.  FORT BEND COUNTY MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
	NO. 1
	SUBCHAPTER A.  GENERAL PROVISIONS
	Sec. 3927.001.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
	(1)  "Board" means the district's board of directors.
	(2)  "City" means the City of Houston.
	(3)  "County" means Fort Bend County.
	(4)  "Director" means a board member.
	(5)  "District" means the Fort Bend County Municipal
	Management District No. 1.
	Sec. 3927.002.  NATURE OF DISTRICT. The Fort Bend County
	Municipal Management District No. 1 is a special district created
	under Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article
	XVI, Texas Constitution.
	Sec. 3927.003.  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.
	(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. 3927.004.  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 district is created to accomplish the purposes of a
	municipal management district as provided by general law and
	Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI,
	Texas Constitution.
	(d)  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.
	(e)  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; and
	(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.
	(f)  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.
	(g)  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. 3927.005.  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 bonds;
	(3)  right to impose or collect an assessment or tax; or
	(4)  legality or operation.
	Sec. 3927.006.  ELIGIBILITY FOR INCLUSION IN SPECIAL ZONES.
	(a)  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.
	(b)  If the city creates a tax increment reinvestment zone
	described by Subsection (a), the city and the board of directors of
	the zone, by contract with the district, may grant money deposited
	in the tax increment fund to the district to be used by the district
	for the purposes permitted for money granted to a corporation under
	Section 380.002(b), Local Government Code, including the right to
	pledge the money as security for any bonds issued by the district
	for an improvement project.
	Sec. 3927.007.  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. 3927.051.  GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. The district is
	governed by a board of five elected directors who serve staggered
	terms of four years, with two or three directors' terms expiring
	each even-numbered year.
	Sec. 3927.052.  ELECTION DATE. The board shall hold an
	election for directors on the uniform election date in May in
	even-numbered years.
	Sec. 3927.053.  ELIGIBILITY. To be qualified to serve as a
	director, a person must meet the qualifications prescribed by
	Section 375.063, Local Government Code.
	Sec. 3927.054.  INITIAL VOTING DIRECTORS. (a)  On or after
	the effective date of the Act enacting 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)  The initial directors appointed under Subsection (a)
	shall draw lots to determine which two directors shall serve until
	the first regularly scheduled election under Section 3927.052 and
	which three directors shall serve until the second regularly
	scheduled election under Section 3927.052.
	(c)  Section 3927.051 does not apply to this section.
	(d)  This section expires September 1, 2017.
	SUBCHAPTER C.  POWERS AND DUTIES
	Sec. 3927.101.  GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district has
	the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
	which the district is created.
	Sec. 3927.102.  MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICT POWERS AND
	DUTIES.  The district has the powers and duties provided by the
	general law of this state, including Chapter 375, Local Government
	Code, applicable to municipal management districts created under
	Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI,
	Texas Constitution.
	Sec. 3927.103.  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. 3927.104.  UTILITY AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND
	SERVICES AND ROADS PROHIBITED WITHOUT AGREEMENT.  The district may
	not provide water, wastewater, or recreational facilities or
	services or roads to any land within both the district and a
	municipal utility district unless the district and the municipal
	utility district enter into a written agreement specifying the
	facilities and services to be provided by the district.
	Sec. 3927.105.  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. 3927.106.  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. 3927.107.  LIMITED EMINENT DOMAIN. The district may
	exercise the power of eminent domain only for the purposes, only to
	the extent, and subject to the limitations the general law provides
	for a municipal utility district under Chapter 49, Water Code.
	SUBCHAPTER D.  GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS; ASSESSMENTS
	Sec. 3927.151.  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. 3927.152.  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. 3927.153.  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. 3927.154.  METHOD OF NOTICE OF HEARING.  The district
	may mail the notice required by Section 375.115(c), Local
	Government Code, by certified or first class United States mail.
	The board shall determine the method of mailing notice.
	Sec. 3927.155.  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. 3927.156.  RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY NOT EXEMPT. Section
	375.161, Local Government Code, does not apply to the district.
	SUBCHAPTER E.  TAXES AND BONDS
	Sec. 3927.201.  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 3927.203.
	(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)  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. 3927.202.  OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. (a)  If
	authorized by a majority of the district voters voting at an
	election held in accordance with Section 3927.201, the district may
	impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the
	district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code, for
	operation and maintenance purposes, 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.
	Sec. 3927.203.  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. 3927.204.  AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY AND TO ISSUE BONDS
	AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS. (a)  The district may borrow money on terms
	determined by the board.
	(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. 3927.205.  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.
	Sec. 3927.206.  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 Fort Bend County Municipal Management
	District No. 1 initially includes all territory contained in the
	following area:
	TRACT I: 168.478 ACRES
	Being a tract containing 168.478 acres of land located in the Jane
	Wilkins One League Grant, Abstract No. 96, Fort Bend County, Texas.
	Said 168.478 acres being that certain call 101.79 acre (Tract Two)
	tract of land recorded in the name of the State of Texas, for the use
	and benefit of the Permanent School Fund, under Fort Bend County
	Clerk's File (F.B.C.C.F.) No. 2004060103 and amended under
	2004075320, and that certain call 66.691 acre (Part Two) tract of
	land recorded in the name of the State of Texas, for the use and
	benefit of the Permanent School Fund, under F.B.C.C.F. No.
	2003023371 and corrected under 2008070584. Said 168.478 acres of
	land being more particularly described by metes and bounds as
	follows (Bearings are referenced to the aforementioned 101.79
	acres):
	BEGINNING at the Northeast corner of said 101.79 acres, same being a
	point at the South line of said 66.691 acres, and said point being
	at the Westerly line of a call 97.179 acre (Parcel 9) tract of land
	for controlled access highway facility (Grand Parkway) recorded in
	the name of Texas Transportation Commission under F.B.C.C.F. No.
	9203043;
	THENCE, with said Westerly line, South 20 degrees 38 minutes 03
	seconds East, a distance of 2201.52 feet to the Southeast corner of
	said 101.79 acres;
	THENCE, departing said Westerly line and with the South line of said
	101.79 acres, South 88 degrees 18 minutes 31 seconds West, a
	distance of 2,386.45 feet to the Southwest corner of said 101.79
	acres, and said point being at the East line of a call 32.7 acre
	tract of land (Harlem Road, based on a width of 60 feet), recorded
	in the name of County of Fort Bend, Texas, in Volume 63, Page 203, of
	the Deed Records of Fort Bend County, Texas (F.B.C.D.R.);
	THENCE, with the East right-of-way line of said Harlem Road, North
	00 degrees 00 minutes 38 seconds East, a distance of 2,412.99 feet
	to the Northwest corner of said 101.79 acres;
	THENCE, with the North line of said 101.79 acres, North 89 degrees
	33 minutes 29 seconds East, a distance of 51.70 feet to the
	Southwest corner of said 66.691 acres, and said point being at the
	call East line of Harlem Road, based on a width of 71.5 feet;
	THENCE, with the West line of said 66.691 acres (Part Two) and the
	East line of said Harlem Road (71.5 feet width), North 00 degrees 23
	minutes 59 seconds West, a distance of 3,160.51 feet;
	THENCE, with the North line of said 66.691 acres, North 68 degrees
	10 minutes 15 seconds East, a distance of 80.54 feet to the
	Southwesterly right-of-way line of the Grand Parkway;
	THENCE, with said Southwesterly right-of-way line, the following
	three (3) courses:
	1.  996.68 feet, with the arc of a non-tangent curve to the
	right having a radius of 2,664.79 feet and a central angle of 21
	degrees 25 minutes 47 seconds, the chord of which curve bears South
	31 degrees 19 minutes 27 seconds East, a distance of 990.88 feet;
	2.  South 20 degrees 44 minutes 11 seconds East, a distance
	of 2,809.53 feet to the Southeast corner of said 66.691 acres (Part
	Two);
	3.  North 79 degrees 42 minutes 34 seconds West, a distance
	of 5.26 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 168.478 acres
	of land, more or less.
	TRACT II: 883.195
	Being a tract containing 883.195 acres of land located in the
	William Morton One and One-Half League Grant, Abstract No. 62, Fort
	Bend County, Texas. Said 883.195 acres being that certain call
	723.13 acre (Tract One) tract of land recorded in the name of the
	State of Texas, for the use and benefit of the Permanent School
	Fund, under Fort Bend County Clerk's File (F.B.C.C.F.) No.
	2004060103 and amended under 2004075320, LESS AND EXCEPT Fort Bend
	I.S.D. Middle School No. 14, a subdivision of 39.675 acres of land,
	according to the map or plat thereof recorded in Plat Number
	20100028 of the Plat Records of Fort Bend County, Texas
	(F.B.C.P.R.); and that certain call 274.505 acre (Part Three) tract
	of land recorded in the name of the State of Texas, for the use and
	benefit of the Permanent School Fund, under F.B.C.C.F. No.
	2003023371 and corrected under 2008070584, LESS AND EXCEPT Fort
	Bend Independent School District High School No. 10, a subdivision
	of 72.598 acres of land, according to the map or plat thereof
	recorded in Plat Record 20040219 of the F.B.C.P.R. Said 883.195
	acres of land being more particularly described by metes and bounds
	as follows (Bearings are referenced to the aforementioned 723.13
	acres):
	BEGINNING at the Northwest corner of said 274.505 acres on the South
	right-of-way line of Grand Parkway (width varies);
	THENCE, with the said South right-of-way line and North line of said
	274.05 acres, the following three (3) courses:
	1.  South 83 degrees 50 minutes 18 seconds East, a distance
	of 1,730.90 feet;
	2.  South 76 degrees 27 minutes 32 seconds East, a distance
	of 659.36 feet;
	3.  1,275.27 feet, with the arc of a non-tangent curve to the
	right having a radius of 2,664.79 feet and a central angle of 27
	degrees 25 minutes 11 seconds, the chord of which curve bears South
	60 degrees 46 minutes 14 seconds East, a distance of 1,263.14 feet
	to the West line of a call 32.7 acre tract of land (Harlem Road,
	based on a width of 60 feet), recorded in the name of County of Fort
	Bend, Texas, in Volume 63, Page 203, of the Deed Records of Fort
	Bend County, Texas (F.B.C.D.R.);
	THENCE, with said West line, South 00 degrees 00 minutes 38 seconds
	West, a distance of 730.72 feet to the most Easterly Northeast
	corner of said Fort Bend Independent School District High School
	No. 10;
	THENCE, with the North and West lines of said Fort Bend Independent
	School District High School No. 10, the following six (6) courses:
	1.  603.53 feet, with the arc of a non-tangent curve to the
	left having a radius of 515.00 feet and a central angle of 67
	degrees 08 minutes 42 seconds, the chord of which curve bears North
	33 degrees 33 minutes 43 seconds West, a distance of 569.58 feet;
	2.  North 67 degrees 08 minutes 04 seconds West, a distance
	of 117.87 feet;
	3.  South 67 degrees 51 minutes 56 seconds West, a distance
	of 35.36 feet;
	4.  South 22 degrees 51 minutes 56 seconds West, a distance
	of 1,473.77 feet;
	5.  874.48 feet, with the arc of tangent curve to the left
	having a radius of 3,125.00 feet and a central angle of 16 degrees
	02 minutes 00 seconds, the chord of which curve bears South 14
	degrees 50 minutes 56 seconds West, a distance of 871.63 feet to a
	point for tangency;
	6.  South 06 degrees 49 minutes 56 seconds West, a distance
	of 950.82 feet to the Southwest corner of said Fort Bend Independent
	School District High School No. 10, same being the North line of
	said 723.13 acres;
	THENCE, with the said North line, North 89 degrees 33 minutes 29
	seconds East, a distance of 1,364.95 feet to the Southeast corner of
	said Fort Bend Independent School District High School No. 10 and
	the Northeast corner of said 723.13 acres, and said point being at
	the West line of said 32.7 acres (Harlem Road, based on a width of 60
	feet);
	THENCE, with said West line, South 00 degrees 00 minutes 38 seconds
	West, a distance of 2,414.30 feet;
	THENCE, departing said West line and with a residual tract of that
	certain call 5,656.65 acres recorded in the name of Harlem State
	Farm in Volume 152, Page 423, F.B.C.D.R., the following nine (9)
	courses:
	1.  South 48 degrees 44 minutes 07 seconds West, a distance
	of 871.11 feet;
	2.  North 83 degrees 16 minutes 57 seconds West, a distance
	of 2,068.09 feet;
	3.  South 08 degrees 26 minutes 06 seconds West, a distance
	of 1,378.80 feet;
	4.  South 88 degrees 03 minutes 39 seconds East, a distance
	of 941.67 feet;
	5.  South 00 degrees 52 minutes 35 seconds East, a distance
	of 1,653.74 feet;
	6.  South 88 degrees 40 minutes 44 seconds East, a distance
	of 567.92 feet;
	7.  South 04 degrees 39 minutes 19 seconds West, a distance
	of 773.80 feet;
	8.  South 86 degrees 41 minutes 04 seconds East, a distance
	of 743.55 feet;
	9.  North 85 degrees 13 minutes 22 seconds East, a distance
	of 698.90 feet to the West line of said 32.7 acres (Harlem Road,
	based on a width of 60 feet);
	THENCE, with said West line, South 00 degrees 00 minutes 38 seconds
	West, a distance of 919.35 feet to the Northeast corner of said Fort
	Bend I.S.D. Middle School No. 14;
	THENCE, departing said West line and with the North line of said
	Fort Bend I.S.D. Middle School No. 14, South 89 degrees 41 minutes
	08 seconds West, a distance of 2,244.78 feet to the Northwest corner
	of said Fort Bend I.S.D. Middle School No. 14;
	THENCE, with the meandering West line of said Fort Bend I.S.D.
	Middle School No. 14, the following twelve (12) courses:
	1.  South 46 degrees 22 minutes 05 seconds East, a distance
	of 228.92 feet;
	2.  South 43 degrees 22 minutes 43 seconds East, a distance
	of 88.42 feet;
	3.  South 40 degrees 33 minutes 56 seconds East, a distance
	of 79.87 feet;
	4.  South 40 degrees 44 minutes 21 seconds East, a distance
	of 105.05 feet;
	5.  South 42 degrees 39 minutes 34 seconds East, a distance
	of 49.64 feet;
	6.  South 26 degrees 31 minutes 55 seconds East, a distance
	of 54.38 feet;
	7.  South 17 degrees 07 minutes 29 seconds East, a distance
	of 79.10 feet;
	8.  South 36 degrees 53 minutes 58 seconds East, a distance
	of 120.77 feet;
	9.  South 37 degrees 41 minutes 44 seconds East, a distance
	of 99.95 feet;
	10.  South 38 degrees 43 minutes 14 seconds East, a distance
	of 114.55 feet;
	11.  South 36 degrees 00 minutes 18 seconds East, a distance
	of 89.56 feet;
	12.  South 32 degrees 17 minutes 53 seconds East, a distance
	of 81.98 feet to the North right-of-way line of Plantation Drive
	(based on a width of 60 feet) as recorded in Volume 1848, Page 795,
	F.B.C.P.R., same being the South line of said 723.13 acres;
	THENCE, with said North right-of-way line and said South line,
	South 89 degrees 41 minutes 08 seconds West, a distance of 344.96
	feet to the East line of Replat of Pecan Grove Plantation, Section
	Five (5), according to the map or plat thereof recorded in Slide
	685A and 685B, F.B.C.P.R.;
	THENCE, with the said East line, North 00 degrees 04 minutes 33
	seconds West, a distance of 180.02 feet to the Northeast corner of
	said Section 5;
	THENCE, with the North line of said Section 5, South 89 degrees 39
	minutes 00 seconds West, a distance of 1,695.40 feet to the most
	Easterly Southeast corner of Pecan Grove Plantation, Section Eight
	(8), according to the map or plat thereof recorded in Slide 643A and
	643B, F.B.C.P.R.;
	THENCE, with the East line of said Section 8 and Pecan Grove
	Plantation, Section Sixteen (16), according to the map or plat
	thereof recorded in Slide 1096B, F.B.C.P.R., and Pecan Grove
	Plantation, Section Twenty-Two (22), according to the map or plat
	thereof recorded in Slide 1247B, F.B.C.P.R., North 00 degrees 06
	minutes 21 seconds East, a distance of 2,983.38 feet to the
	Northeast corner of said Section 22;
	THENCE, with the North line of said Section 22 and Pecan Grove
	Plantation, Section Twelve (12), according to the map or plat
	thereof recorded in Slide 1051A and 1051B, F.B.C.P.R., North 89
	degrees 56 minutes 14 seconds West, a distance of 2,668.98 feet to
	the Northwest corner of said Section 12, same being a point at the
	East line of Pecan Grove Plantation, Section Nineteen (19),
	according to the map or plat thereof recorded in Slide 1052A and
	1052B, F.B.C.P.R.;
	THENCE, with the East line of said Section 19 and Grove, Section
	Eleven (11), according to the map or plat thereof recorded in Slide
	1015A and 1015B, and Grove, Section Six (6), according to the map or
	plat thereof recorded in Slide 631A and 631B, and Grove, Section
	Seven (7), according to the map or plat thereof recorded in Slide
	632A and 632B, and Grove, Section Eight (8), according to the map or
	plat thereof recorded in Slide 832A and 832B, North 00 degrees 05
	minutes 34 seconds East, a distance of 2,944.38 feet;
	THENCE, with the South line of said Grove, Section 8, South 89
	degrees 44 minutes 14 seconds East, passing the Southeast corner of
	said Grove, Section 8, and continuing for a total distance of
	2,690.34 feet;
	THENCE, with the West line of said 723.13 acres, North 00 degrees 31
	minutes 29 seconds East, a distance of 3,562.67 feet to the
	Northwest corner of said 723.13 acres;
	THENCE, with said North line, North 89 degrees 01 minutes 49 seconds
	East, a distance of 12.19 feet to the Southwest corner of said
	274.505 acres;
	THENCE, with the West line of said 274.505 acres, the following
	three (3) courses:
	1.  North 00 degrees 13 minutes 57 seconds East, a distance
	of 1,303.83 feet;
	2.  North 00 degrees 18 minutes 44 seconds East, a distance
	of 1,320.37 feet;
	3.  North 00 degrees 31 minutes 23 seconds East, a distance
	of 468.68 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 883.195
	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.  (a)  Section 3927.107, Special District Local
	Laws Code, as added by Section 1 of this Act, takes effect only if
	this Act receives a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to
	each house.
	(b)  If this Act does not receive a two-thirds vote of all the
	members elected to each house, Subchapter C, Chapter 3927, Special
	District Local Laws Code, as added by Section 1 of this Act, is
	amended by adding Section 3927.107 to read as follows:
	Sec. 3927.107.  NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. The district may
	not exercise the power of eminent domain.
	(c)  This section is not intended to be an expression of a
	legislative interpretation of the requirements of Subsection (c),
	Section 17, Article I, Texas Constitution.
	SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1906 passed the Senate on
	May 8, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1906 passed the House on
	May 22, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 147, Nays 1, two
	present not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	Approved:
	______________________________
	Date
	______________________________
	Governor