H.B. No. 1440
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility
  District No. 154; granting a limited power of eminent domain;
  providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose
  assessments, fees, and 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 7974 to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 7974.  MONTGOMERY COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 154
  SUBCHAPTER A.  GENERAL PROVISIONS
         Sec. 7974.001.  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 Montgomery County Municipal
  Utility District No. 154.
         Sec. 7974.002.  NATURE OF DISTRICT.  The district is a
  municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI,
  Texas Constitution.
         Sec. 7974.003.  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. 7974.004.  CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED. The
  temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 7974.003
  until each municipality in whose corporate limits or
  extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has
  consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the
  district and to the inclusion of land in the district.
         Sec. 7974.005.  FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT. (a)  
  The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit.
         (b)  The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:
               (1)  a municipal utility district as provided by
  general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and
               (2)  Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that
  relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation,
  or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or
  improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
         Sec. 7974.006.  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. 7974.051.  GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.  (a)  The district is
  governed by a board of five elected directors.
         (b)  Except as provided by Section 7974.052, directors serve
  staggered four-year terms.
         Sec. 7974.052.  TEMPORARY 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 may submit a petition to the commission requesting that
  the commission appoint as temporary directors the five persons
  named in the petition.  The commission shall appoint as temporary
  directors the five persons named in the petition.
         (b)  Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:
               (1)  the date permanent directors are elected under
  Section 7974.003; or
               (2)  the fourth anniversary of the effective date of
  the Act enacting this chapter.
         (c)  If permanent directors have not been elected under
  Section 7974.003 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 7974.003; 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. 7974.101.  GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.  The district has
  the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
  which the district is created.
         Sec. 7974.102.  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. 7974.103.  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. 7974.104.  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.
         Sec. 7974.105.  COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCE
  OR RESOLUTION.  The district shall comply with all applicable
  requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under
  Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that consents to the
  creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the
  district.
         Sec. 7974.106.  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 enacting 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
  7974.003 to confirm the district's creation.
         (f)  An order dividing the district must:
               (1)  name each new district;
               (2)  include the metes and bounds description of the
  territory 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 commission 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 7974.003.
         (i)  Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to
  the inclusion of land in the district granted under Section
  7974.004 acts as municipal consent to the creation of any new
  district created by the division of the district and to the
  inclusion of land in the new district.
         (j)  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.
         (k)  If the creation of the new district is confirmed, the
  new district shall provide the election date and results to the
  commission.
  SUBCHAPTER D.  GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
         Sec. 7974.151.  ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS. (a) The
  district may issue, without an election, bonds and other
  obligations secured by:
               (1)  revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or
               (2)  contract payments described by Section 7974.153.
         (b)  The district must hold an election in the manner
  provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval
  before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds
  payable from ad valorem taxes.
         (c)  The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem
  taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a
  vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an
  election held for that purpose.
         Sec. 7974.152.  OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.  (a)  If
  authorized at an election held under Section 7974.151, the district
  may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in
  the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.
         (b)  The board shall determine the tax rate.  The rate may not
  exceed the rate approved at the election.
         Sec. 7974.153.  CONTRACT TAXES.  (a)  In accordance with
  Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than
  an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from
  the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of
  the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters
  voting at an election held for that purpose.
         (b)  A contract approved by the district voters may contain a
  provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by
  the board without further voter approval.
  SUBCHAPTER E.  BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS
         Sec. 7974.201.  AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER
  OBLIGATIONS.  The district may issue bonds or other obligations
  payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees,
  revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any
  combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district
  purpose.
         Sec. 7974.202.  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. 7974.203.  BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS. At the time of
  issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations
  issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad
  valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the
  real property in the district.
         SECTION 2.  The Montgomery County Municipal Utility District
  No. 154 initially includes all the territory contained in the
  following area:
         TRACT 1
         A METES AND BOUNDS description of a 279.07 acre tract of land
  situated in the Edward Taylor Survey, Abstract Number 554,
  Montgomery County, Texas; being all of a called 279.65 acre tract
  conveyed to Mitchell Energy Corporation by Surface Deed and
  Subsurface Easement dated January 1, 1995 and filed for record
  under Clerk's File No. 9509774 of the Montgomery County Official
  Public Records of Real Property; said 279.07 acres being more
  particularly described as follows with all bearing based on the
  Texas Coordinate System of 1983, Central Zone:
         BEGINNING at a found 1/2-inch iron rod in the apparent west
  right-of-way of Cripple Creek Drive North, for an angle corner in
  the north line of Lot 1 of Galleria Oaks Estates as shown on a plat
  filed for record in Cabinet B, Sheet 79 of the Montgomery County Map
  Records and the southeast corner of said 279.65 acres, same being
  the southeast corner of the herein described tract, from which a
  found 1/2-inch iron rod bears North 77°23'58" East, 38.23 feet;
         THENCE, South 86°25'45" West, along the north line of Lots 1-
  7 of said Galleria Oaks Estates and the south line of said 279.65
  acres, passing a found 1-inch iron pipe at 244.84 feet, a found axle
  at 544.26 feet, 5.56 feet right, a found 8-inch by 8-inch concrete
  monument at 544.89 feet, 4.90 feet right, and a found 1-inch iron
  pipe at 1170.28 feet, continuing for a total distance of 1988.05
  feet (called 1997.31) to a set 3/4-inch iron rod (with cap stamped
  "JonesCarter Property Corner") in the northeast right-of-way of
  the Union Pacific Railroad (formerly I & G.N. Railroad Company)
  (width varies) filed for record under Volume 26, Page 351 of the
  Montgomery County Deed Records, for the south corner of the herein
  described tract, from which a found 8-inch by 8-inch concrete
  monument bears South 86°25'45" West, 9.14 feet;
         THENCE, along the northeast right-of-way of the said Union
  Pacific Railroad and the southwest line of the herein described
  tract the following five (5) courses and distances:
               1.  North 59°15'02" West, 1127.60 feet, departing the
  north line of said Lot 7, to a set 3/4-inch iron rod (with cap
  stamped "JonesCarter Property Corner");
               2.  North 30°44'58" East, 25.00 feet to a set 3/4-inch
  iron rod (with cap stamped "JonesCarter Property Corner");
               3.  North 59°15'02" West, 600.00 feet to a set 3/4-inch
  iron rod (with cap stamped "JonesCarter Property Corner");
               4.  South 30°44'58" West, 25.00 feet to a set 3/4-inch
  iron rod (with cap stamped "JonesCarter Property Corner");
               5.  North 59°15'02" West, 1371.85 feet to a set 3/4-inch
  iron rod (with cap stamped "JonesCarter Property Corner") in the
  south line of a called 139.384 acre tract conveyed to Norma Helen
  Schoessow by Special Warranty Deed dated October 23, 1995 and filed
  for record under Clerk's File No. 9559657 of the Montgomery County
  Official Public Records of Real Property, for the west corner of the
  herein described tract, from which a found 8-inch by 8-inch
  concrete monument bears South 87°11'00" East, 8.79 feet;
         THENCE, North 87°11'00" East, 2105.63 feet (called 2114.59
  feet), departing the northeast right-of-way of the said Union
  Pacific Railroad, along the south line of said 139.384 acres, a
  north line of said 279.65 acres, and a north line of the herein
  described tract to a found 8-inch by 8-inch concrete monument, for
  an angle corner for said 139.384 acres, said 279.65 acres, and the
  herein described tract;
         THENCE, North 32°44'24" East, along the southeast line of said
  139.384 acres, the northwest line of said 279.65 acres, and the
  northwest line of the herein described tract, passing a found
  1/2-inch iron rod (bent) at 2037.03 feet, 4.74 feet right,
  continuing for a total distance of 2056.48 feet to a found 1-inch
  pinched top pipe, for an angle corner for said 139.384 acres, said
  279.65 acres, and the herein described tract;
         THENCE, North 02°29'44" West, 2678.96 feet (called 2681.84
  feet) along the east line of said 139.384 acres, the west line of
  said 279.65 acres, and the west line of the herein described tract
  to a found 8-inch by 8-inch concrete monument in the south line of a
  called 77.051 acre tract conveyed to Susan Halstead, Vincent S.
  Halstead, Steven B. Schoessow, Clarice J. Fore, Curtis F.
  Schoessow, Douglas P. Schoessow, Jana B. McNeil and Adrianne Leigh
  Fore by Gift Deed dated October 10, 2014 and filed for record under
  Clerk's File No. 2014100067 of the Montgomery County Official
  Public Records of Real Property, for the northeast corner of said
  139.384 acres and the northwest corner of said 279.65 acres, same
  being the northwest corner of the herein described tract, from
  which a found 1/2-inch iron pipe bears North 01°41'45" East, 0.61
  feet;
         THENCE, North 86°56'34" East, along the south line of said
  77.051 acres, the north line of said 279.65 acres, and the north
  line of the herein described tract, passing a found 1-inch pinched
  top pipe at 298.14 feet, continuing along the north line of said
  279.65 acres and the north line of the herein described tract for a
  total distance of 715.80 feet to a set 3/4-inch iron rod (with cap
  stamped "JonesCarter Property Corner") for an angle corner;
         THENCE, North 86°38'34" East, 561.72 feet (called 561.50
  feet), continuing along the north line of said 279.65 acres and the
  north line of the herein described tract to a found 1/2-inch iron
  pipe in the apparent east line of the Edward Taylor Survey, Abstract
  Number 554 and the apparent west line of the Leander Wescott Survey,
  Abstract Number 616, for the southeast corner of a called 10 acre
  tract conveyed to Axe Em Investments, L.P. by Special Warranty Deed
  dated October 1, 2003 and filed for record under Clerk's File
  No. 2003-134286 of the Montgomery County Official Public Records of
  Real Property and the northeast corner of said 279.65 acres, same
  being the northeast corner of the herein described tract, from
  which a found 1/2-inch iron rod bears North 03°18'03" West, 941.08
  feet;
         THENCE, South 02°35'38" East, along the apparent east line of
  the Edward Taylor Survey, Abstract Number 554, the apparent west
  line of the Leander Wescott Survey, Abstract Number 616, the east
  line of said 279.65 acres and the east line of the herein described
  tract, passing a found 1/2-inch iron pipe at a distance of 2090.96
  feet, 12.71 feet right, a found 5/8-inch iron rod at a distance of
  2094.87 feet, 12.74 feet right and a found 3/4-inch iron rod (with
  cap stamped "JonesCarter Property Corner") (previously set for
  survey of adjoining acreage) at a distance of 2107.96 feet,
  continuing along apparent east line of the Edward Taylor Survey,
  Abstract Number 554, the apparent west line of the Robin George
  Survey, Abstract Number 470, the apparent west line of the Leander
  Wescott Survey, Abstract Number 615, the west line of Block 4 of
  Cripple Creek Farms North Section Three (an unrecorded
  subdivision), the east line of said 279.65 acres and the east line
  of the herein described tract, same being the common line of a
  Boundary Agreement dated August 11, 1958 filed for record in Volume
  458, Page 386 of the Montgomery County Deed Records, passing a found
  1/2-inch iron pipe at a distance of 2978.61 feet, 4.46 feet right, a
  found 1/2-inch iron pipe at a distance of 3178.70 feet, 4.50 feet
  right, a found 5/8-inch iron rod at a distance of 3408.76 feet, 4.96
  feet right, a found 1/2-inch iron pipe at a distance of 3638.37
  feet, 5.76 feet right, a found 1/2-inch iron pipe at a distance of
  3846.97 feet, 5.42 feet right, a found 1/2-inch iron pipe at a
  distance of 4046.44 feet, 4.77 feet right, a found 3/4-inch iron rod
  at a distance of 4246.56 feet, 4.32 feet right, a found 1/2-inch
  iron pipe at a distance of 4446.96 feet, 5.22 feet right, a found
  1/2-inch iron pipe at a distance of 4646.61 feet, 6.40 feet right, a
  found 5/8-inch iron rod at a distance of 4845.95 feet, 6.30 feet
  right, a found 1/2-inch iron pipe at a distance of 5044.96 feet,
  6.79 feet right, a found 1/2-inch iron pipe at a distance of 5644.64
  feet, 6.54 feet right, a found 1/4-inch iron pipe at a distance of
  5665.25 feet, 7.16 feet right, a found 5/8-inch iron rod at a
  distance of 5665.30 feet, 6.86 feet right, continuing for a total
  distance of 6047.81 feet (called 6051.88 feet) to the POINT OF
  BEGINNING, CONTAINING 279.07 acres of land in Montgomery County,
  Texas, as shown on drawing number 9629-A.
         TRACT 2
         A METES AND BOUNDS description of a 842.23 acre tract of land
  situated in the Charles Frazier Survey, Abstract Number 206, the
  Andrew J. Hensley Survey, Abstract Number 255, the Azariah Prather
  Survey, Abstract Number 427 and the Leander Wescott Survey,
  Abstract Number 616, Montgomery County, Texas; being out of and a
  part of a called 881.183 acre tract (Tract 1) conveyed to Mitchell
  Energy Corporation by Special Warranty Deed dated July 31, 1997 and
  filed for record under Clerk's File No. 9746155 of the Montgomery
  County Official Public Records of Real Property; said 842.23 acres
  being more particularly described as follows with all bearings
  based on the Texas Coordinate System of 1983, Central Zone:
         BEGINNING at a found 3-inch iron pipe for the north corner
  Greentree Forest Estates (an Unrecorded Subdivision), same being an
  interior corner of the herein described tract;
         THENCE, South 42°47'48" West, along the northwest line of said
  Greentree Forest Estates and a southeast line of said 881.183
  acres, passing a found 5/8-inch iron rod at 256.52 feet, a found
  1/2-inch iron rod at 374.49 feet, 0.17 feet left, a found 5/8-inch
  iron rod at 847.40 feet, a found 5/8-inch iron rod at 965.59 feet,
  0.38 feet right, a found 1/2-inch iron rod at 1202.01 feet, a found
  1/2-inch iron rod at 1442.52 feet, 1.05 feet right, a found 5/8-inch
  iron rod at 1686.50 feet and a found 1/2-inch iron rod at 1921.45
  feet, continuing for a total distance of 2155.95 feet (called
  2155.95 feet) to a set 3/4-inch iron rod (with cap stamped
  "JonesCarter Property Corner") in the northeast line of called
  4.615 acre tract, known as Tract 17, Block 4 of Cripple Creek Farms
  North Section Three (an unrecorded subdivision), conveyed to Larry
  Dan McQuerry and wife, Mary Margaret McQuerry by General Warranty
  Deed dated April 2, 1980 and filed for record under Clerk's File
  No. 8011618 of the Montgomery County Official Public Records of
  Real Property, for a southwest corner of the herein described
  tract, from which a found 1/2-inch iron rod bears South 47°45'18"
  East, 171.07 feet;
         THENCE, North 47°25'32" West, 433.31 feet (called 1246.42
  feet), departing the northwest line of said Greentree Forest
  Estates, along the northeast line of said 4.615 acres and a
  southwest line of said 881.183 acres to a set 3/4-inch iron rod
  (with cap stamped "JonesCarter Property Corner") in the east line
  of a called 279.65 acre tract conveyed to Mitchell Energy
  Corporation by Surface Deed and Subsurface Easement dated January
  1, 1995 and file for record under Clerk's File No. 9509774 of the
  Montgomery County Official Public Records of Real Property, same
  being the apparent east line of the Edward Taylor Survey, Abstract
  Number 554 and the apparent west line of the Leander Wescott Survey,
  Abstract Number 616, from which found 3-1/2" iron pipe bears North
  47°25'32" West, 812.94 feet, and a found 1/2-inch iron rod bears
  South 02°35'38" East, 3939.85 feet;
         THENCE, North 02°35'38" West, departing the northeast line of
  said 4.615 acres, along the east line of said 279.65 acres, the
  apparent east line of the Edward Taylor Survey, Abstract Number 554
  and the apparent west line of the Leander Wescott Survey, Abstract
  Number 616, passing a 5/8-inch iron rod at 13.09 feet, 12.74 feet
  left and a found 1/2-inch iron pipe at 17.01 feet, 12.71 feet left,
  continuing for a total distance of 2107.96 feet to a found 1/2-inch
  iron pipe for the southeast corner of a called 10 acre tract
  conveyed to Axe Em Investments, L.P. by Special Warranty Deed dated
  October 1, 2003 and filed for record under Clerk's File
  No. 2003-134286 of the Montgomery County Official Public Records of
  Real Property, the northeast corner of said 279.65 acres and an
  angle point in the west line of the herein described tract, from
  which a found 3/4-inch iron rod (with cap stamped "JonesCarter
  Property Corner") bears South 86°38'34" West, 561.72 feet;
         THENCE, North 03°18'03" West, continuing along the apparent
  east line of the Edward Taylor Survey, Abstract Number 554, the
  apparent west line of the Leander Wescott Survey, Abstract Number
  616, and the east line of said 10 acres, passing a 1/2-inch iron rod
  at 220.99 feet, continuing along the east line of said 10 acres, the
  east line of a called 5 acre tract and another called 10 acre tract
  (hereinafter referred to as "northern 10 acres"), both conveyed to
  Axe Em Investments, L.P. by Special Warranty Deed dated October 1,
  2003 and filed for record under Clerk's File No. 2003-134286 of the
  Montgomery County Official Public Records of Real Property for a
  total distance of 941.08 feet to a found 1/2-inch iron rod in the
  north line of said 881.183 acres for an angle point in the south
  line of a called 757.02 acre tract ("Tract III") conveyed to 1488
  Corp. by Special Warranty Deed dated December 29, 2015 and filed for
  record under Clerk's File No. 2016002467 of the Montgomery County
  Official Public Records of Real Property, same being the northwest
  corner of the herein described tract, from which a found axle bears
  North 48°48'43" West, 728.19 feet and a found 3/4-inch pinched top
  pipe bears North 03°04'57" West, 1286.89 feet;
         THENCE, departing the east line of said northern 10 acres,
  the apparent east line of the Edward Taylor Survey, Abstract Number
  554 and the apparent west line of the Leander Wescott Survey,
  Abstract Number 616, along the south line of said 757.02 acres and
  the north line of said 881.183 acres the following six (6) courses
  and distances:
               1.  South 48°52'00" East, 593.66 feet (called 1321.86
  feet) to a found 3-inch iron pipe for an angle point;
               2.  North 42°00'28" East, 807.36 feet (called 807.98
  feet) to a found 3-inch iron pipe;
               3.  North 43°20'46" East, 781.14 feet (called 779.36
  feet) to a found 3/4-inch iron pipe;
               4.  North 41°41'25" East, 1538.43 feet (called 1540.14
  feet) to a found 3-inch iron pipe;
               5.  North 42°24'04" East, 777.81 feet (called 778.99
  feet) to a found 1/2-inch iron rod;
               6.  North 42°15'57" East, 706.71 feet (called 710.25
  feet) to a point in the centerline of Mill Creek, for the west
  corner of a called 6.11186 acre tract, known as Tract 12 of Wildwood
  Estates (an unrecorded subdivision), conveyed to John M. Burdick
  and wife, Sandra A. Burdick by Warranty Deed dated October 14, 1991
  and file for record under Clerk's File No. 9148107 of the
  Montgomery County Official Public Records of Real Property, same
  being the north corner of said 881.183 acres and the herein
  described tract, from which a found 1-inch iron pipe bears North
  42°15'57" East, 1881.50 feet;
         THENCE, departing the south line of said 757.02 acres, along
  the centerline meanders of said Mill Creek, same being the east line
  of said 881.183 acres, the following two-hundred and forty-six
  (246) courses and distances:
               1.  South 12°18'18" East, 20.94 feet to a point;
               2.  South 22°23'59" East, 74.66 feet to a point;
               3.  South 42°53'52" West, 46.44 feet to a point;
               4.  South 36°58'56" West, 46.01 feet to a point;
               5.  South 09°52'55" East, 37.33 feet to a point;
               6.  North 87°56'29" East, 80.12 feet to a point;
               7.  South 45°12'31" East, 17.10 feet to a point;
               8.  South 10°52'22" East, 26.87 feet to a point;
               9.  South 02°05'39" East, 26.13 feet to a point;
               10.  South 12°44'29" East, 19.29 feet to a point;
               11.  South 04°45'43" West, 43.16 feet to a point;
               12.  South 35°59'36" East, 36.12 feet to a point;
               13.  South 09°16'25" West, 32.54 feet to a point;
               14.  South 12°40'55" West, 171.14 feet to a point;
               15.  South 06°14'53" East, 70.78 feet to a point;
               16.  South 41°23'52" East, 61.54 feet to a point;
               17.  South 14°42'38" East, 130.27 feet to a point;
               18.  South 23°55'53" East, 126.21 feet to a point;
               19.  South 10°03'51" East, 50.67 feet to a point;
               20.  South 36°50'20" East, 107.39 feet to a point;
               21.  South 10°43'38" East, 60.21 feet to a point;
               22.  South 21°14'15" West, 153.28 feet to a point;
               23.  South 22°33'14" West, 58.07 feet to a point;
               24.  South 05°35'01" West, 20.25 feet to a point;
               25.  South 61°22'44" East, 38.41 feet to a point;
               26.  South 69°02'33" East, 58.99 feet to a point;
               27.  South 12°12'50" East, 124.16 feet to a point;
               28.  South 32°31'48" East, 44.10 feet to a point;
               29.  South 57°36'47" East, 61.05 feet to a point;
               30.  South 53°27'39" East, 56.94 feet to a point;
               31.  South 33°14'19" East, 97.80 feet to a point;
               32.  South 21°00'11" East, 47.88 feet to a point;
               33.  South 00°14'08" West, 9.48 feet to a point;
               34.  South 35°38'34" West, 15.42 feet to a point;
               35.  South 05°09'49" West, 35.23 feet to a point;
               36.  South 41°24'16" East, 29.71 feet to a point;
               37.  South 59°26'29" East, 22.32 feet to a point;
               38.  South 69°02'33" East, 324.70 feet to a point;
               39.  South 85°20'52" East, 48.71 feet to a point;
               40.  North 78°12'44" East, 26.46 feet to a point;
               41.  North 42°26'02" East, 37.26 feet to a point;
               42.  North 09°57'57" East, 21.44 feet to a point;
               43.  North 71°11'45" West, 44.32 feet to a point;
               44.  North 43°20'43" West, 8.72 feet to a point;
               45.  North 01°04'41" West, 22.38 feet to a point;
               46.  North 21°27'17" East, 14.55 feet to a point;
               47.  North 35°12'16" East, 57.34 feet to a point;
               48.  South 40°49'24" East, 26.21 feet to a point;
               49.  South 26°33'49" East, 19.14 feet to a point;
               50.  South 78°44'47" East, 39.61 feet to a point;
               51.  South 42°37'50" East, 117.76 feet to a point;
               52.  South 63°31'02" East, 54.42 feet to a point;
               53.  North 86°22'35" East, 14.48 feet to a point;
               54.  South 83°23'38" East, 50.81 feet to a point;
               55.  South 41°53'26" East, 37.41 feet to a point;
               56.  South 10°42'29" East, 156.83 feet to a point;
               57.  South 50°37'37" East, 26.55 feet to a point;
               58.  South 35°05'48" East, 74.85 feet to a point;
               59.  South 34°45'59" East, 50.28 feet to a point;
               60.  South 63°14'51" East, 163.53 feet to a point;
               61.  South 87°53'24" East, 20.12 feet to a point;
               62.  North 48°15'22" East, 95.09 feet to a point;
               63.  South 57°40'49" East, 12.18 feet to a point;
               64.  South 55°52'46" East, 39.03 feet to a point;
               65.  South 30°38'19" East, 13.33 feet to a point;
               66.  South 17°12'36" East, 20.13 feet to a point;
               67.  South 54°53'29" East, 145.28 feet to a point;
               68.  South 66°39'02" East, 56.87 feet to a point;
               69.  South 75°44'05" East, 87.52 feet to a point;
               70.  South 58°53'21" East, 90.35 feet to a point;
               71.  North 88°28'59" East, 42.27 feet to a point;
               72.  South 56°16'37" East, 181.99 feet to a point;
               73.  South 40°53'21" East, 125.58 feet to a point;
               74.  South 31°26'40" West, 50.99 feet to a point;
               75.  South 28°10'18" West, 24.21 feet to a point;
               76.  South 77°29'22" East, 19.73 feet to a point;
               77.  South 50°09'42" East, 96.47 feet to a point;
               78.  South 56°32'41" East, 38.23 feet to a point;
               79.  South 54°49'44" East, 31.98 feet to a point;
               80.  North 77°40'42" East, 30.26 feet to a point;
               81.  North 80°05'57" East, 64.03 feet to a point;
               82.  South 66°03'01" East, 290.35 feet to a point;
               83.  South 63°25'23" East, 170.62 feet to a point;
               84.  South 62°41'27" East, 181.12 feet to a point;
               85.  South 49°53'40" East, 59.94 feet to a point;
               86.  South 39°07'27" East, 46.28 feet to a point;
               87.  South 05°14'20" West, 92.52 feet to a point;
               88.  South 63°37'44" West, 38.32 feet to a point;
               89.  South 46°52'08" West, 17.69 feet to a point;
               90.  South 30°30'24" West, 32.48 feet to a point;
               91.  South 52°08'30" West, 30.87 feet to a point;
               92.  North 88°59'43" West, 56.63 feet to a point;
               93.  South 40°10'42" West, 137.98 feet to a point;
               94.  South 17°29'36" West, 77.42 feet to a point;
               95.  South 00°37'28" East, 30.27 feet to a point;
               96.  South 83°36'36" East, 64.24 feet to a point;
               97.  South 86°39'20" East, 105.45 feet to a point;
               98.  South 46°06'16" East, 176.19 feet to a point;
               99.  South 56°22'42" East, 61.38 feet to a point;
               100.  South 53°51'41" East, 64.61 feet to a point;
               101.  North 46°16'54" East, 19.60 feet to a point;
               102.  North 42°53'51" East, 33.81 feet to a point;
               103.  North 81°54'47" East, 105.65 feet to a point;
               104.  South 78°49'30" East, 53.59 feet to a point;
               105.  South 39°53'14" East, 18.21 feet to a point;
               106.  South 27°02'07" East, 57.44 feet to a point;
               107.  South 40°36'08" East, 83.23 feet to a point;
               108.  South 36°14'03" East, 104.79 feet to a point;
               109.  South 21°55'33" West, 120.32 feet to a point;
               110.  South 45°28'18" West, 24.82 feet to a point;
               111.  North 87°16'18" West, 60.19 feet to a point;
               112.  South 04°03'57" West, 40.49 feet to a point;
               113.  South 19°30'55" West, 113.56 feet to a point;
               114.  South 17°09'33" West, 26.63 feet to a point;
               115.  South 06°32'51" West, 52.58 feet to a point;
               116.  South 48°03'00" East, 198.07 feet to a point;
               117.  South 78°07'22" East, 39.83 feet to a point;
               118.  South 45°15'38" East, 108.53 feet to a point;
               119.  South 15°27'32" East, 74.05 feet to a point;
               120.  South 29°42'12" East, 187.05 feet to a point;
               121.  South 10°51'23" East, 98.64 feet to a point;
               122.  South 13°57'22" West, 16.81 feet to a point;
               123.  South 05°41'13" East, 152.49 feet to a point;
               124.  South 04°31'17" East, 117.06 feet to a point;
               125.  South 04°48'51" West, 67.94 feet to a point;
               126.  South 20°51'03" West, 86.27 feet to a point;
               127.  South 48°35'35" West, 63.11 feet to a point;
               128.  South 48°58'11" West, 27.31 feet to a point;
               129.  South 41°19'59" West, 147.94 feet to a point;
               130.  South 16°43'24" West, 51.25 feet to a point;
               131.  South 38°48'25" West, 129.88 feet to a point;
               132.  South 48°43'18" West, 33.26 feet to a point;
               133.  South 49°33'27" West, 63.28 feet to a point;
               134.  South 34°02'23" West, 138.93 feet to a point;
               135.  South 43°19'50" West, 77.02 feet to a point;
               136.  South 21°42'27" East, 21.32 feet to a point;
               137.  South 19°31'50" East, 69.55 feet to a point;
               138.  South 10°43'23" East, 164.23 feet to a point;
               139.  South 50°46'56" East, 96.05 feet to a point;
               140.  South 38°12'17" East, 124.95 feet to a point;
               141.  South 14°25'39" East, 40.20 feet to a point;
               142.  South 04°53'50" East, 123.95 feet to a point;
               143.  South 32°39'47" East, 115.61 feet to a point;
               144.  South 15°59'49" East, 145.05 feet to a point;
               145.  South 44°34'59" East, 144.65 feet to a point;
               146.  South 62°03'10" East, 95.40 feet to a point;
               147.  South 79°38'44" East, 72.91 feet to a point;
               148.  South 10°24'52" East, 229.66 feet to a point;
               149.  North 68°22'11" West, 80.47 feet to a point;
               150.  South 07°25'05" East, 48.42 feet to a point;
               151.  South 02°41'47" West, 198.27 feet to a point;
               152.  South 43°12'25" West, 88.27 feet to a point;
               153.  South 51°53'13" West, 53.80 feet to a point;
               154.  South 46°45'22" East, 42.20 feet to a point;
               155.  South 61°43'29" East, 161.36 feet to a point;
               156.  South 28°19'40" East, 101.12 feet to a point;
               157.  South 32°48'06" East, 144.76 feet to a point;
               158.  South 50°37'24" East, 51.47 feet to a point;
               159.  South 28°01'42" East, 126.58 feet to a point;
               160.  South 38°57'45" East, 107.31 feet to a point;
               161.  South 50°24'34" East, 71.71 feet to a point;
               162.  South 09°29'22" East, 212.34 feet to a point;
               163.  South 00°20'59" West, 132.90 feet to a point;
               164.  South 19°40'54" East, 86.34 feet to a point;
               165.  South 14°58'26" West, 140.70 feet to a point;
               166.  South 10°08'09" West, 74.76 feet to a point;
               167.  South 53°21'21" West, 115.04 feet to a point;
               168.  South 27°54'49" West, 62.71 feet to a point;
               169.  South 34°48'30" East, 61.40 feet to a point;
               170.  South 66°20'22" East, 141.85 feet to a point;
               171.  South 72°53'56" East, 64.16 feet to a point;
               172.  South 80°40'10" East, 93.92 feet to a point;
               173.  North 88°21'42" East, 215.53 feet to a point;
               174.  North 72°22'13" East, 72.02 feet to a point;
               175.  North 30°33'22" East, 51.13 feet to a point;
               176.  North 53°06'11" East, 67.65 feet to a point;
               177.  South 89°23'41" East, 60.02 feet to a point;
               178.  North 69°42'48" East, 89.16 feet to a point;
               179.  North 84°21'21" East, 28.12 feet to a point;
               180.  South 65°03'29" East, 63.15 feet to a point;
               181.  South 24°31'20" East, 153.15 feet to a point;
               182.  South 79°55'10" East, 74.23 feet to a point;
               183.  South 30°19'44" East, 69.41 feet to a point;
               184.  South 26°36'17" West, 67.33 feet to a point;
               185.  South 51°53'55" East, 28.30 feet to a point;
               186.  South 48°09'02" East, 20.98 feet to a point;
               187.  South 69°54'32" East, 42.71 feet to a point;
               188.  South 49°35'02" East, 114.15 feet to a point;
               189.  South 61°51'29" East, 70.82 feet to a point;
               190.  North 56°45'53" East, 81.24 feet to a point;
               191.  North 10°22'42" West, 27.52 feet to a point;
               192.  North 44°20'07" West, 46.76 feet to a point;
               193.  North 14°23'02" West, 40.60 feet to a point;
               194.  North 81°26'55" East, 88.16 feet to a point;
               195.  South 81°27'52" East, 225.26 feet to a point;
               196.  North 50°13'30" East, 52.21 feet to a point;
               197.  South 83°42'53" East, 38.65 feet to a point;
               198.  South 53°20'17" East, 54.33 feet to a point;
               199.  South 34°41'44" East, 78.36 feet to a point;
               200.  South 04°59'36" West, 17.83 feet to a point;
               201.  South 75°56'24" West, 26.48 feet to a point;
               202.  North 80°06'10" West, 22.44 feet to a point;
               203.  South 15°30'22" West, 102.03 feet to a point;
               204.  South 77°49'42" West, 77.55 feet to a point;
               205.  South 05°43'31" West, 17.16 feet to a point;
               206.  South 36°38'48" East, 52.50 feet to a point;
               207.  South 22°17'18" West, 18.42 feet to a point;
               208.  South 46°04'19" West, 106.13 feet to a point;
               209.  South 00°20'40" East, 46.25 feet to a point;
               210.  North 86°03'23" East, 65.78 feet to a point;
               211.  South 88°15'33" East, 59.39 feet to a point;
               212.  South 72°52'21" East, 84.16 feet to a point;
               213.  South 22°30'03" East, 31.04 feet to a point;
               214.  South 07°37'19" West, 34.13 feet to a point;
               215.  South 13°51'28" East, 32.68 feet to a point;
               216.  South 42°01'46" East, 82.75 feet to a point;
               217.  South 32°57'14" East, 31.07 feet to a point;
               218.  South 26°42'20" West, 36.83 feet to a point;
               219.  South 51°10'47" West, 104.44 feet to a point;
               220.  South 78°09'38" West, 133.44 feet to a point;
               221.  North 65°18'54" West, 40.51 feet to a point;
               222.  North 20°57'04" West, 19.22 feet to a point;
               223.  North 20°58'16" East, 21.54 feet to a point;
               224.  North 31°10'24" West, 21.19 feet to a point;
               225.  South 86°54'36" West, 98.56 feet to a point;
               226.  South 62°17'52" West, 61.48 feet to a point;
               227.  South 10°48'36" West, 14.13 feet to a point;
               228.  South 68°28'09" West, 146.02 feet to a point;
               229.  South 66°50'57" West, 13.98 feet to a point;
               230.  South 54°14'31" West, 9.13 feet to a point;
               231.  South 28°53'35" West, 47.36 feet to a point;
               232.  South 14°53'51" East, 38.67 feet to a point;
               233.  South 33°16'15" West, 110.49 feet to a point;
               234.  South 25°51'57" West, 87.36 feet to a point;
               235.  South 24°40'48" West, 168.46 feet to a point;
               236.  South 18°07'49" West, 119.57 feet to a point;
               237.  South 07°55'38" West, 73.03 feet to a point;
               238.  South 30°22'38" East, 68.89 feet to a point;
               239.  South 08°41'13" West, 43.89 feet to a point;
               240.  South 20°25'31" West, 64.73 feet to a point;
               241.  South 06°48'07" West, 63.29 feet to a point;
               242.  South 07°37'07" West, 39.79 feet to a point;
               243.  South 28°55'17" West, 36.09 feet to a point;
               244.  South 66°13'24" West, 56.17 feet to a point;
               245.  South 43°02'27" West, 59.63 feet to a point;
               246.  South 13°44'31" West, 6.84 feet to a point in the
  northeast line of Mill Creek Forest as shown on a plat filed for
  record in Volume 5, Page 491 of the Montgomery County Deed Records
  for the most southerly corner of said 881.183 acres and the herein
  described tract;
         THENCE, North 46°43'05" West, departing the centerline
  meanders of said Mill Creek, along the northeast line of said Mill
  Creek Forest, and the southwest line of said 881.183 acres, passing
  a found 1/2-inch iron rod (with cap stamped "Reinke 3971") at 61.41
  feet, continuing for a total distance of 397.79 feet (called
  414.06) to a found 1/2-inch iron rod (with cap stamped "Geomatics
  Inc.") for the north corner of said Mill Creek Forest, and an
  interior corner of said 881.183 acres and the herein described
  tract;
         THENCE, South 43°03'45" West, along the northwest line of said
  Mill Creek Forest and a southeast line of said 881.183 acres,
  passing a found 3/4-inch iron pipe at 104.79 feet, 0.97 feet right,
  continuing for a total distance of 198.18 feet (called 192.78 feet)
  to a set 3/4-inch iron rod (with cap stamped "JonesCarter Property
  Corner") for the east corner of Lot 14, Block 44 of Hazy Hollow East
  Estates Section 7 (an unrecorded subdivision) conveyed to Malcom
  James Johnson by Warranty Deed dated April 5, 1991 and filed for
  record under Clerk's File No. 9230908 of the Montgomery County
  Official Public Records of Real Property, a south corner of said
  881.183 acres and the herein described tract;
         THENCE, departing the northwest line of said Mill Creek
  Forest along the southwest line of said 881.183 acres and the herein
  described tract the following seven (7) courses and distances:
               1.  North 47°15'15" West, along the northeast line said
  Hazy Hollow East Estates Section 7, passing a found 3/8-inch iron
  rod at 1321.03 feet, 1.17 feet left, passing a found 1/2-inch iron
  rod at 1429.95 feet, 1.21 feet left, continuing for a total distance
  of 1755.51 feet to an angle point, from which a found 1/2-inch iron
  rod bears North 21°27'43" West 4.22 feet;
               2.  North 47°29'30" West, along the northeast line of
  said Hazy Hollow East Estates Section 7 and the northeast line of
  Hazy Hollow East Estates Section 4 (an unrecorded subdivision),
  passing a found 3/8-inch iron rod at 393.30 feet, 1.24 feet right,
  continuing for a total distance of 711.72 feet to a point;
               3.  North 47°20'39" West, along the northeast line of
  Hazy Hollow East Estates Section 10 (an unrecorded subdivision),
  passing a found 3/8-inch iron rod at 126.64 feet, 2.16 feet right,
  passing a found 3/8-inch iron rod at 375.33 feet, 1.09 feet right,
  passing a found 3/8-inch iron rod at 499.77 feet, 0.63 feet right,
  continuing for a total distance of 527.41 feet to a point;
               4.  North 47°17'20" West, along the northeast line of
  said Hazy Hollow East Estates Section 10, passing a found 5/8-inch
  iron rod at 96.90 feet, 0.38 feet right, a found 1/2-inch iron rod
  (bent) at 289.53 feet, a found 3/8-inch iron rod at 422.16 feet,
  0.24 feet right, a found 1/2-inch iron rod at 554.92 feet, a found
  5/8-inch iron rod at 687.54 feet, a found 3/8-inch iron rod at
  1116.06 feet, 0.31 feet left, a found 3/8-inch iron rod at 1239.11
  feet, 0.41 feet left, a found 3/8-inch iron rod at 1484.87 feet,
  0.98 feet left, a found 3/8-inch iron rod at 1608.04 feet, 1.32 feet
  left, a found 3/8-inch iron rod at 1731.04 feet, 1.21 feet left, a
  found 3/8-inch iron rod at 1854.08 feet, 0.55 feet left, a found
  5/8-inch square iron bar at 1977.47 feet, 0.11 feet right, a found
  5/8-inch square iron bar at 2037.11 feet, 0.36 feet right, a found
  3/8-inch iron rod at 2159.55 feet, 1.03 feet right, a found 1/2-inch
  iron rod (with cap stamped "C&C Surveying") at 2282.80 feet, 0.18
  feet right, a found 1/2-inch iron rod (with cap stamped "C&C
  Surveying") at 2405.70 feet, and a found 3/8-inch iron rod at
  2897.75 feet, 0.13 feet right, continuing for a total distance of
  3015.29 feet to a point;
               5.  North 47°22'30" West, along the northeast line of
  Hazy Hollow East Estates Section 11 (an unrecorded subdivision),
  passing a found 3/8-inch iron rod at 5.37 feet, 2.20 feet left, a
  found 3/8-inch iron rod at 128.11 feet, 3.14 feet left, a found
  3/8-inch iron rod at 251.00 feet, 3.59 feet left, a found 3/8-inch
  iron rod at 373.97 feet, 3.79 feet left, a found 3/8-inch iron rod
  at 496.74 feet, 3.70 feet left, a found 3/8-inch iron rod at 619.44
  feet, 3.76 feet left, a found 3/8-inch iron rod at 743.26 feet,
  1.81 feet left, and a found 3/8-inch iron rod at 988.51 feet, 0.13
  feet left, continuing for a total distance of 1784.65 feet to a
  found 1/2-inch iron rod for the north corner of said Hazy Hollow
  East Estates Section 11 and the east corner of Greentree Forest
  Estates (an unrecorded subdivision);
               6.  North 47°01'59" West, along the northeast line of
  said Greentree Forest Estates, passing a found 1/2-inch iron rod at
  354.40 feet, passing a found 5/8-inch iron rod at 414.22 feet,
  continuing for a total distance of 498.04 feet to a found 3-1/2-inch
  iron pipe;
               7.  North 47°36'37" West, 270.64 feet (called 270.76
  feet) to the POINT OF BEGINNING, CONTAINING 842.23 acres of land in
  Montgomery County, Texas, as shown on drawing number 9630-A.
         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)  If this Act does not receive a two-thirds
  vote of all the members elected to each house, Subchapter C, Chapter
  7974, Special District Local Laws Code, as added by Section 1 of
  this Act, is amended by adding Section 7974.107 to read as follows:
         Sec. 7974.107.  NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. The district may
  not exercise the power of eminent domain.
         (b)  This section is not intended to be an expression of a
  legislative interpretation of the requirements of Section 17(c),
  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, 2017.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1440 was passed by the House on April
  20, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 137, Nays 7, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1440 was passed by the Senate on May
  4, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 1.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor