H.B. No. 4303
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the creation of the Prairie Ridge Municipal Management
  District No. 1 and to the correction of defined terms in the law
  governing the Joshua Farms Municipal Management District No. 1 and
  the law governing the Joshua Farms Municipal Management District
  No. 2; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to
  impose assessments, fees, or taxes; granting a limited power of
  eminent domain.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 3926.001(2), Special District Local Laws
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
               (2)  "City" means the City of Cleburne [Burleson],
  Texas.
         SECTION 2.  Section 3929.001(2), Special District Local Laws
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
               (2)  "City" means the City of Burleson [Cleburne],
  Texas.
         SECTION 3.  Subtitle C, Title 4, Special District Local Laws
  Code, is amended by adding Chapter 3954 to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 3954. PRAIRIE RIDGE MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICT NO. 1
  SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
         Sec. 3954.001.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
               (1)  "Board" means the district's board of directors.
               (2)  "City" means the City of Grand Prairie, Texas.
               (3)  "Commission" means the Texas Commission on
  Environmental Quality.
               (4)  "Director" means a board member.
               (5)  "District" means the Prairie Ridge Municipal
  Management District No. 1.
         Sec. 3954.002.  CREATION AND NATURE OF DISTRICT. The
  district is a special district created under Sections 52 and 52-a,
  Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
         Sec. 3954.003.  PURPOSE; LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS. (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 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.
         Sec. 3954.004.  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;
               (3)  developing or expanding transportation and
  commerce; and
               (4)  providing quality residential housing.
         (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 residential 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. 3954.005.  INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY. (a) The
  district is initially composed of the territory described by
  Section 4 of the Act enacting this chapter.
         (b)  The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 4 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 contract;
               (3)  authority to borrow money or issue bonds or other
  obligations described by Section 3954.201 or to pay the principal
  and interest of the bonds or other obligations;
               (4)  right to impose or collect an assessment or
  collect other revenue; or
               (5)  legality or operation.
         Sec. 3954.006.  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; or
               (3)  an enterprise zone created under Chapter 2303,
  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:
               (1)  the purposes permitted for money granted to a
  corporation under Section 380.002(b), Local Government Code; and
               (2)  any other district purpose, including the right to
  pledge the money as security for any bonds or other obligations
  issued by the district under Section 3954.201.
         (c)  If the city creates a tax increment reinvestment zone
  described by Subsection (a), the city may determine the percentage
  of the property in the zone that may be used for residential
  purposes and is not subject to the limitations provided by Section
  311.006, Tax Code.
         Sec. 3954.007.  CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTORS' ELECTION
  REQUIRED. The initial 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. 3954.008.  CITY CONSENT AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT
  EXECUTION REQUIRED. The initial directors may not hold an election
  under Section 3954.007 until the city has:
               (1)  consented by ordinance or resolution to the
  creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the
  district; and
               (2)  entered into a development agreement with the
  owners of the real property in the district under Section 212.172,
  Local Government Code.
         Sec. 3954.009.  APPLICABILITY OF MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT
  DISTRICT LAW. Except as provided by this chapter, Chapter 375,
  Local Government Code, applies to the district.
         Sec. 3954.010.  CONFLICT WITH REGIONAL WATER DISTRICT. To
  the extent any authority or power granted to the district conflicts
  with any authority or power granted to the Tarrant Regional Water
  District, the authority or power granted to the Tarrant Regional
  Water District supersedes and controls over the authority or power
  granted to the district, unless the Tarrant Regional Water District
  consents to the exercise of the authority or power by the district.
         Sec. 3954.011.  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. 3954.051.  GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.  (a) The district is
  governed by a board of five elected directors.
         (b)  Except as provided by Section 3954.052, directors serve
  staggered four-year terms.
         Sec. 3954.052.  INITIAL DIRECTORS. (a) The initial board
  consists of:
                         Pos. No.   Name of Director
                         1         Murphy Short
                         2         Johnny Catalano
                         3         Reid Halverson
                         4         Riley Standridge
                         5         Brian Tomich
         (b)  Initial directors serve until the earlier of:
               (1)  the date permanent directors are elected under
  Section 3954.007; 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 3954.007 and the terms of the initial directors have
  expired, successor initial 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 3954.007; 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
  according to the most recent certified tax appraisal rolls for the
  county may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the
  commission appoint as successor initial directors the five persons
  named in the petition.  The commission shall appoint as successor
  initial directors the five persons named in the petition.
         Sec. 3954.053.  COMPENSATION. A director is entitled to
  receive fees of office and reimbursement for actual expenses in the
  manner provided by Section 49.060, Water Code. Sections 375.069 and
  375.070, Local Government Code, do not apply to the board.
  SUBCHAPTER C.  POWERS AND DUTIES
         Sec. 3954.101.  GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.  The district has
  the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
  which the district is created.
         Sec. 3954.102.  IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND SERVICES.  (a)  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 for the provision, design,
  construction, acquisition, improvement, relocation, operation,
  maintenance, or financing of an improvement project or service
  authorized under this chapter or Chapter 372 or 375, Local
  Government Code.
         (b)  An improvement project may be located inside or outside
  the district.
         Sec. 3954.103.  ADDING OR REMOVING TERRITORY. (a) Subject
  to Subsection (b), the board may add or remove territory as provided
  by Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code.
         (b)  The district may add territory as described by
  Subsection (a) only if the district obtains written consent from: 
               (1)  the governing body of the city; and 
               (2)  any public entity that owns facilities for the
  inter-county transportation of water in the area proposed to be
  annexed.
         Sec. 3954.104.  EMINENT DOMAIN. The district may exercise
  the power of eminent domain in the manner and for the purposes
  provided by Section 49.222, Water Code, except that the district
  may not acquire by condemnation a property interest or facility
  owned or controlled by a public entity.
         Sec. 3954.105.  DIVISION OF DISTRICT.  (a)  The district may
  be divided into two or more new districts only if the district:
               (1)  has no outstanding bonded debt; and
               (2)  is not imposing ad valorem taxes.
         (b)  This chapter applies to any new district created by the
  division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and
  duties of the district.
         (c)  Any new district created by the division of the district
  may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land
  outside the area described by Section 4 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
  3954.007 to confirm the creation of the district.
         (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 initial 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 3954.007.
         (i)  If the creation of the new district is confirmed, the
  new district shall provide the election date and results to the
  commission.
         (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)  Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to
  the inclusion of land in the district granted under Section
  3954.008 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.
  SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS; ASSESSMENTS
         Sec. 3954.151.  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 the district's money.
         Sec. 3954.152.  MONEY USED FOR IMPROVEMENTS OR SERVICES.
  The district may acquire, construct, finance, maintain, or operate
  an improvement project or service authorized by this chapter or
  Chapter 372 or 375, Local Government Code, using any money
  available to the district.
         Sec. 3954.153.  METHOD OF NOTICE FOR 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 notice.
         Sec. 3954.154.  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 are:
               (1)  a first and prior lien against the property
  assessed;
               (2)  superior to any other lien or claim other than a
  lien or claim for county, school district, special district, or
  municipal ad valorem taxes; and
               (3)  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.
         (e)  The district may not impose an assessment on property or
  facilities owned, controlled, or operated by a public entity.
         Sec. 3954.155.  RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY NOT EXEMPT. Sections
  375.161 and 375.164, Local Government Code, do not apply to the
  district.
  SUBCHAPTER E.  TAXES AND BONDS
         Sec. 3954.201.  BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS. (a) The
  district may issue, by public or private sale, bonds, notes, or
  other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes or
  assessments in the manner provided by Subchapter J, Chapter 375,
  Local Government Code.
         (b)  If the improvements financed by an obligation will be
  conveyed to or operated and maintained by a municipality or retail
  utility provider pursuant to an agreement between the district and
  the municipality or retail utility provider entered into before the
  issuance of the obligation, the obligation may be issued in the
  manner provided by Subchapter A, Chapter 372, Local Government
  Code.
         (c)  In exercising the district's borrowing power, the
  district may issue a bond or other obligation in the form of a bond,
  note, certificate of participation or other instrument evidencing a
  proportionate interest in payments to be made by the district, or
  other type of obligation.
         (d)  In addition to the sources of money described by
  Subchapter A, Chapter 372, and Subchapter J, Chapter 375, Local
  Government Code, district bonds may be secured and made payable
  wholly or partly by a pledge of any part of the money the district
  receives from improvement revenue, receives under Section
  3954.006(b), or receives from any other source.
         (e)  The district may issue bonds, notes, or other
  obligations to maintain or repair an existing improvement project
  only if the district obtains written consent from the governing
  body of the city.
         Sec. 3954.202.  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 3954.205.
         (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. 3954.203.  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. 3954.204.  OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. (a)  If
  authorized by a majority of the district voters voting at an
  election held under Section 3954.202, 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.
         (c)  Section 49.107(f), Water Code, does not apply to a
  reimbursement made for a purpose described by Section 3954.102.
         Sec. 3954.205.  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 F.  DISSOLUTION
         Sec. 3954.251.  DISSOLUTION BY CITY ORDINANCE. (a) The
  governing body of the city may dissolve the district by ordinance.
         (b)  The governing body may not dissolve the district until:
               (1)  water, sanitary, sewer, and drainage improvements
  and roads have been constructed to serve at least 90 percent of the
  developable territory of the district; and
               (2)  the district has reimbursed each party that has an
  agreement with the district for all costs advanced to or on behalf
  of the district.
         (c)  Until the district is dissolved, the district is
  responsible for all bonds and other obligations of the district.
         Sec. 3954.252.  COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENTS AND OTHER REVENUE.
  (a) If the dissolved district has bonds or other obligations
  outstanding secured by and payable from assessments or other
  revenue, other than revenue from ad valorem taxes, the city shall
  succeed to the rights and obligations of the district regarding
  enforcement and collection of the assessments or other revenue.
         (b)  The city shall have and exercise all district powers to
  enforce and collect the assessments or other revenue to pay:
               (1)  the bonds or other obligations when due and
  payable according to their terms; or
               (2)  special revenue or assessment bonds or other
  obligations issued by the city to refund the outstanding bonds or
  obligations.
         Sec. 3954.253.  ASSUMPTION OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES. (a)
  After the city dissolves the district, the city assumes the
  obligations of the district, including any bonds or other debt
  payable from assessments or other district revenue.
         (b)  If the city dissolves the district, the board shall
  transfer ownership of all district property to the city.
         SECTION 4.  The Prairie Ridge Municipal Management District
  No. 1 initially includes all the territory contained in the
  following area:
  (a)  TRACT 1:
  BEING a part of a tract or parcel of land situated in the Joseph
  Stewart Survey, Abstract No. 754, Heirs of Allen Larsen, Survey
  No. 497, T. Stanbury Survey, Abstract 762, and the J. H. Working
  Survey, Abstract No. 897, Johnson County, Texas, and being part of
  that same tract of land from Karal Kay Cannon, as described in
  Volume 02111, Page 0850, Deed Records, Ellis County, Texas, and as
  described in Book 3500, Page 0941, Official Public Records of
  Johnson County, Texas, and all of a tract from Billy D. Cannon and
  Michelle Cannon, to PRA Prairie Ridge, L.P. as described in Book
  3500, Page 0941, Official Public Records of Johnson County, Texas,
  and a tract of land from Phillip Nabors Smauder and Jennie Smauder
  Pope, to PRA Prairie Ridge, L.P. as described in County Clerk File
  No. 2104-00248, Official Public Records of Johnson County, Texas,
  and being more particularly described as follows:
  BEGINNING at a point in County Road 506 at an intersection with the
  Ellis County and Johnson County limits line along with the
  intersection of the Joseph Stewart Survey, Abstract No. 961, the
  Joseph Stewart Survey, Abstract No. 754, and the John H. Working
  Survey, Abstract No. 897;
  THENCE South 00°47'39" East, departing from said county road and
  along the said Johnson and Ellis County lines, a distance of 5474.77
  feet to a 1/2" iron rod found;
  THENCE South 59°47'49" West, along a north line of Bennett W. Cervin
  tract one as described in Volume 2001, Page 0749, Deed Records,
  Ellis County, Texas, a distance of 537.29 feet to a 1/2" iron rod
  found;
  THENCE North 30°19'12" West, along an east line of a Jeniffer
  N. Sweeney tract described in Book 0608, Page 830, Deed Records,
  Johnson County, Texas, a distance of 767.82 feet to a 1/2" iron rod
  found;
  THENCE South 59°32'27" West, along a north line of said Jeniffer
  N. Sweeney tract, a distance of 5401.00 feet to a 1/2" iron rod
  found;
  THENCE North 30°44'12" West, along County Road 619, a distance of
  1053.81 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found;
  THENCE North 59°59'51" East, leaving said county road, along a north
  line of a tract of land from Phillip Nabors Smauder and Jennie
  Smauder Pope, to PRA Prairie Ridge, L.P. as described in County
  Clerk File No. 2104-00248, Official Public Records of Johnson
  County, Texas a distance of 291.69 feet;
  THENCE North 30°44'47" West, along a west line of said Smauder
  tract, a distance of 150.00 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found;
  THENCE South 59°59'52" West, along a south line of Smauder tract, to
  County Road 619, a distance of 291.67 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found;
  THENCE North 30°44'12" West, along a west line of said Smauder tract
  a distance of 2672.24 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found;
  THENCE North 59°59'42" East, along a north line of said Smauder
  tract, a distance of 888.13 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found;
  THENCE North 60°06'44" East, along a north line of said Smauder
  tract, a distance of 1077.88 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found;
  THENCE North 59°33'36" East, along a north line of said Smauder
  tract, a distance of 1233.53 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found;
  THENCE North 60°12'38" East, along a north line of said Smauder
  tract, a distance of 2229.85 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found;
  THENCE North 56°47'57" East, reaching a northeasterly 90° elbow in
  County Road 506, along a south line of tract described in Book 3256,
  Page 0733, Deed Records, Johnson County, Texas, a distance of
  3239.36 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING, containing 678.614 acres,
  more or less.
  TRACT 2:
  Being all those certain Lots, Tracts or Parcels of Land situated in
  the R.K. Wines Survey, Abstract 1178, Ellis County, Texas, and
  being part of that certain contract of land conveyed to John
  W. Brumbeloe, Sr. (referred to as Tract III) as recorded in Volume
  558, Page 209, Deed Records, Ellis County, Texas and being known as
  designated at Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11, Sunset Park
  (referred to as Tract II), an addition to Ellis County, Texas,
  according to the plat filed of record in Cabinet "B", Slide 13, plat
  records, Ellis County, Texas, and being more particularly described
  as follows:
  Commencing at a found 1-inch iron pipe from the southeast corner of
  a tract of land conveyed to Edward J. Kilchenstein, as recorded in
  Volume 710, Page 627, Deed Records, Ellis County, Texas and the
  north line of a tract of land conveyed to Lia Vang and wife, Xia
  Vang, Jeff V. Hang and wife, Melissa S. Hang, Chue Moua and wife,
  Maikoulap Moura as recorded in Volume 1832, Page 2002, Deed
  Records, Ellis County, Texas;
  Thence S 59°29'25" W, along the common line of said Kilchenstein
  tract and the Vang, Hang, Moua tract, a distance of 339.40 feet to a
  found 3/8-inch iron rod with a yellow plastic cap stamped "RPLS 446"
  at the Northwest corner of said Vang, Hang, Moua tract and the
  Northeast corner of said Brumbeloe tract, said point being the
  place of Beginning of this herein described tract of land;
  Thence S 01°22'20" E, along the common line of said Vang, Hang, Moua
  tract, passing a found 1/2-inch iron rod with a yellow plastic cap
  stamped "RPLS 4466" at 1,372.08 continuing for a total distance of
  1,406.52 feet to a found 1/2-inch iron rod with a yellow plastic cap
  stamped "RPLS 4466" in the centerline of County Road 506 Greasy Road
  (Lakeview Road);
  Thence S 59°39'02" W, along the centerline of said County Road, a
  distance of 1,015.46 feet to a found 5/8-inch iron rod with a yellow
  plastic cap stamped "Cotton Surveying" (hereinafter referred to as
  set iron rod) for corner;
  Thence S 59°43'42" W, continuing along the centerline of said County
  Road, a distance of 402.48 feet to a found railroad spike at the
  intersection of said County Road and Cypress Road, said point being
  the South corner of said Sunset Park Addition and the South corner
  of this herein described tract of land;
  Thence N 00°14'22" W, along the centerline of Cypress Road, the West
  line of said Sunset Park Addition, a distance of 865.02 feet to a
  found 1/2-inch iron rod for corner;
  Thence N 59°30'57" E, passing a 1/2-inch iron rod at 37.40 at the
  Southwest corner of the Sunset Park, Phase 2 Addition, according to
  the plat thereof recorded in Cabinet "C", Slide 438, plat records,
  Ellis County, Texas, continuing for a total distance of 417.09 feet
  to a found 1/2-inch iron rod with a yellow plastic cap at the
  Southeast Corner of said Sunset Park Phase 2 Addition and the West
  line of said Brumbeloe tract for corner;
  Thence N 03°03'40" E, along the East line of said Sunset Park Phase 2
  Addition tract and the West line of said Brumbeloe tract, a distance
  of 103.80 feet to a found 1/2-inch iron rod;
  Thence N 00°31'47" W, along the East line of said Sunset Park Phase 2
  Addition tract and the West line of said Brumbeloe tract, a distance
  of 60.37 feet to a found 1/2-inch iron rod for corner;
  Thence N 00°05'09" W, along the East line of said Sunset Park Phase 2
  Addition tract and the West line of said Brumbeloe tract, a distance
  of 129.83 feet to a 2-inch iron pipe for corner;
  Thence N 01°06'07" W, along the East line of said Sunset Park Phase 2
  Addition tract and the West line of said Brumbeloe tract, a distance
  of 130.88 feet to a found 1-inch iron pipe for corner;
  Thence N 01°03'32" W, along the East line of said Sunset Park Phase 2
  Addition tract and the West line of said Brumbeloe tract, a distance
  of 129.92 feet to a found 1-inch iron pipe in the South line of said
  Kilchenstein tract and Northwest corner of said Brumbeloe tract,
  said point being Northeasterly corner of said Sunset Park Phase 2
  Addition;
  Thence N 59°32'07" E, along the South line of said Kilchenstein
  tract, a distance of 968.19 feet to the Place of Beginning and
  having an area of 1,521,385 square feet, or 34.926 acres of land,
  more or less.
  TRACT 3:
  BEING all those certain lots, tracts, or parcels of land situated in
  the Joseph Stewart Survey, Abstract No. 961, Ellis County, Texas
  and being those same tracts of land conveyed to PRA Prairie Ridge,
  L.P. as recorded in Volume 2111, Page 0866, Deed Records, Ellis
  County, Texas and being more particularly described as follows:
  POINT OF BEGINNING at a 1/2-inch iron rod found for the west corner
  of a tract of land conveyed to Tom Lamon, and wife, Crystal Lamon,
  as recorded in Volume 924, Page 46, Deed Records, Ellis County,
  Texas, said point being on the Southeast edge of County Road
  506/Greasy Road (Lakeview Road);
  THENCE South 31°46'30" East, along the Southwest line of said Lamon
  tract, a distance of 609.38 feet to a 3/4-inch pipe found on the
  North line of a tract of land conveyed to Waltmore, L.L.C. DBA
  Lakeside Ranch (described as Tract 1), as recorded in Volume 1607,
  Page 392, Deed Records, Ellis County, Texas, the Southwest corner
  of said Lamon tract and an exterior ell corner of this herein
  described tract of land;
  THENCE South 58°10'54" West, along the Northwest line of said
  Waltmore tract, a distance of 419.44 feet to a rod nail found for
  the West corner of said Waltmore tract and an interior ell corner of
  this herein described tract of land;
  THENCE South 25°14'30" East, continuing along the Northwest line of
  said Waltmore tract, a distance of 849.17 feet to a set 5/8-inch
  iron rod with yellow plastic cap stamped "Cotton Surveying"
  (hereinafter referred to as set iron rod) for corner;
  THENCE across land described in Volume 02111, Page 0866, Deed
  Records of Ellis County, Texas, the following course and distances:
  Southwesterly along a curve to the right having a central angle of
  43°44'52", a radius of 1000.00 feet, whose chord bears South
  55°28'14" West, a chord distance of 745.13 feet, and an arc length of
  763.54 feet to a set iron rod for corner;
  South 77°20'40" West a distance of 437.24 feet to a set iron rod for
  corner;
  Westerly along a curve to the right having a central angle of
  11°17'25", a radius of 1350.00 feet, whose chord bears South
  82°59'23" West, a chord distance of 265.59 feet, and an arc length of
  266.02 feet to a set iron rod for corner;
  South 88°38'05" West a distance of 288.43 feet to a set iron rod for
  corner;
  South 88°38'05" West a distance of 33.98 feet to a set iron rod for
  corner;
  North 01°21'55" West a distance of 180.00 feet to a point for corner;
  South 88°38'05" West a distance of 15.94 feet to a point for corner;
  Northerly along a curve to the left having a central angle of
  15°26'09", a radius of 231.08 feet, whose chord bears North 14°21'12"
  West, a chord distance of 62.07 feet, and an arc length of 62.26
  feet to a set iron rod for corner;
  North 22°05'57" West a distance of 73.92 feet to a set iron rod for
  corner;
  Northerly along a curve to the right having a central angle of
  20°45'58", a radius of 325.00 feet, whose chord bears North 11°42'58"
  West, a chord distance of 117.15 feet, and an arc length of 117.79
  feet to a set iron rod for corner;
  North 01°19'06" West a distance of 125.01 feet to a point for corner;
  Northerly along a curve to the right having a central angle of
  22°31'56", a radius of 15.50 feet, whose chord bears North 09°56'52"
  East, a chord distance of 6.06 feet, and an arc length of 6.10 feet
  to a set iron rod for corner;
  Northwesterly along said curve to the left having a central angle of
  71°14'05", a radius of 50.00 feet, whose chord bears North 14°24'13"
  West, a chord distance of 58.24 feet, and an arc length of 62.16
  feet to a set iron rod for corner;
  North 01°21'55" West, a distance of 113.61 feet to a set iron rod for
  corner;
  THENCE North 60°04'57" East, along the Southeast line of a tract
  described to Robert A. Willis and wife, Lonnie L. Willis, as
  recorded in Volume 1298, Page 646, Deed Records of Ellis County,
  Texas, a distance of 205.36 feet to a found 1/2-inch iron rod for
  corner;
  THENCE North 25°47'09" West, along the Northeast line of said Willis
  tract, a distance of 450.38 feet to a found 1/2-inch iron rod for
  the North corner of said Willis tract;
  THENCE North 59°39'02" East, a distance of 1,650.09 feet to the
  POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 55.967 acres of land, more or
  less.
  TRACT 4:
  BEING a tract of land situated in the Joseph Stewart Survey,
  Abstract No. 961, in Ellis County, Texas, said tract being all of a
  called 17.119 acre tract of land described in a deed to Texas
  Midstream Gas Services, L.L.C., recorded in Volume 2342, Page 136,
  Deed Records, Ellis County, Texas, and being more particularly
  described as follows:
  BEGINNING and a 1/2-inch iron rod found in the approximate center of
  Lakeview Drive for the most westerly corner of said 17.119 acre
  tract, the north corner of a called 213.7845 acre tract of land
  described in a deed to PRA Prairie Ridge, L.P., recorded in Volume
  2111, Page 866 of said Deed Records and on the southeasterly
  boundary of a called 198.758 acre tract described in a deed to
  Harper Cattle Company, recorded in Volume 1205, Page 47 of said Deed
  Records;
  THENCE North 59 degrees 35 minutes 08 seconds East, along the
  approximate center of Lakeview Drive, a distance of 1,186.71 feet
  to a 1/2-inch iron rod found for the most northerly corner of said
  17.119 acre tract and the west corner of a called 0.057 acre tract
  described in a deed to the State of Texas, recorded in Volume 340,
  Page 390 of said Deed Records;
  THENCE South 29 degrees 53 minutes 02 seconds East, along the common
  boundary between said 17.119 acre tract and said 0.057 acre tract, a
  distance of 49.83 feet to a 1/2-inch iron rod found for an interior
  ell corner of said 17.119 acre tract and the south corner of said
  0.057 acre tract;
  THENCE North 59 degrees 29 minutes 07 seconds East, continuing
  along the common boundary between said 17.119 acre tract and said
  0.057 acre tract, a distance of 50.09 feet to a 1/2-inch iron rod
  found for the northerly northeast corner of said 17.119 acre tract
  and the east corner of said 0.057 acre tract, and on the
  southwesterly boundary of a called 10 acre tract described as Tract
  6 in a deed to Bennett W. Cervin recorded in Volume 2001, Page 749
  of said Deed Records;
  THENCE South 30 degrees 08 minutes 24 seconds East, along the common
  boundary between said 17.119 acre tract and said 10 acre tract, a
  distance of 559.67 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod with cap marked
  "PETITT - RPLS 4087" set for the most easterly corner of said 17.119
  acre tract and the most northerly corner of a called 461.178 acre
  tract described in a deed to PRA Prairie Ridge Development Corp.,
  recorded in Volume 2325, Page 470 of said Deed Records;
  THENCE South 59 degrees 35 minutes 41 seconds West, along the common
  boundary between said 17.119 acre tract and said 461.178 acre
  tract, a distance of 1,219.26 feet to a 1-inch iron pipe found for
  the most easterly northeast corner of said 213.7845 acre tract, an
  exterior ell corner of said 461.178 acre tract and the most
  southerly corner of said 17.119 acre tract;
  THENCE North 31 degrees 46 minutes 05 seconds West, along the common
  boundary between said 17.119 acre tract and said 213.7845 acre
  tract, a distance of 609.38 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING and
  containing 745,700 square feet, or 17.119 acres of land, more or
  less.
  TRACT 5:
  BEING a part of a tract or parcel of land situated in the Joseph
  Stewart Survey, Abstract No. 961, Ellis County, Texas and, and
  being part of that same tract of land from Karal Kay Cannon, to PRA
  Prairie Ridge, L.P. as recorded in Book 3500, Page 0941, Volume
  02111, Page 0873, Volume 02111, Page 0866, official public records
  of Johnson county, texas and Volume 02111, Page 0850, Deed Records,
  Ellis County, Texas, and all of a tract from Chris D. Cannon and
  Deanna G. Cannon to PRA Prairie Ridge L.P., as described in Volume
  02111, Page 0860, Deed Records of Ellis County, Texas, and Book
  3500, Page 0958, of the Official Public Records of Johnson County,
  Texas, and being more particularly described as follows:
  POINT OF BEGINNING at a found 1/2-inch iron rod in County Road 506
  at an intersection with the Ellis County and Johnson County limits
  line along with the intersection of the Joseph Stewart Survey,
  Abstract No. 961, the Joseph Steward Survey, Abstract No. 754, and
  the John H. Working Survey, Abstract No. 897;
  THENCE North 56°14'52" East, along County Road 506, also known as
  Lakeview Road, a distance of 892.63 feet to a set 5/8-inch iron rod
  with yellow plastic cap stamped "Cotton Surveying" (hereinafter
  referred to as set iron rod) for corner;
  THENCE North 59°39'02" East, along said road, a distance of 4140.12
  feet to a found 1/2-inch iron rod for corner;
  THENCE South 25°48'57" East, leaving said road and along the west
  line of a tract described to Robert A. Willis and wife, Lonnie
  L. Willis in Volume 1298, Page 646, Deed Records of Ellis County
  Texas, a distance of 448.65 feet to a found 1/2-inch iron rod for
  corner;
  THENCE North 60°04'57" East, along a South line of above described
  tract, a distance of 2039 feet to a set iron rod for corner;
  THENCE South 01°21'55" East, along a west line of a tract from
  Richard J. Bantke and wife, Sandra Sue Bantke, to PRA Prairie Ridge
  L.P., as described in Volume 02111, Page 0866, Deed Records of Ellis
  County, Texas, a distance of 113.61 feet to a set iron rod for
  corner;
  THENCE along west line of said property, with a curve right having a
  radius of 50.00 feet and a central angle of 71°14'05" and being
  subtended by a chord which bears South 14°24'13" East, 58.24 feet;
  THENCE southeasterly and southerly along said curve, a distance of
  52.16 feet to a point of reverse curve, to a set iron rod for corner;
  THENCE along west line of said property, with a curve left having a
  radius of 15.50 feet and a central angle of 22°31'56" and being
  subtended by a chord which bears South 09°56'52" West 6.06 feet;
  THENCE southerly along said curve, a distance of 6.10 feet to a set
  iron rod for corner;
  THENCE South 01°19'06" East, along west line of said property,
  tangent to said curve, a distance of 125.01 feet to a set iron rod
  for corner;
  THENCE along west line of said property, with a curve left having a
  radius of 325.00 feet and a central angle of 20°45'58" and being
  subtended by a chord which bears South 11°42'58" East, 117.15 feet;
  THENCE southerly along said curve, along west line of said
  property, a distance of 117.79 feet to a set iron rod for corner;
  THENCE South 22°05'57" East, along west line of said property,
  tangent to said curve, a distance of 73.92 feet to a point for
  corner;
  THENCE along west line of said property, with a curve right having a
  radius of 231.08 feet and a central angle of 15°26'09" and being
  subtended by a chord which bears South 14°21'12" East 62.07 feet;
  THENCE southerly along said curve, along west line of said
  property, a distance of 52.26 feet to a set iron rod for corner;
  THENCE North 88°38'05" East, along south line of said property, with
  a distance of 15.94 feet to a set iron rod for corner;
  THENCE South 01°21'55" East, along west line of said property, a
  distance of 180.00 feet to a set iron rod for corner;
  THENCE North 88°38'05" East, along south line of said property, a
  distance of 322.41 feet to the beginning of a curve tangent to said
  line to a set iron rod for corner;
  THENCE easterly, along south line of said property, along the curve
  left, having a radius of 1350.00 feet and a central angle of
  11°17'25" and being subtended by a chord which bears North 82°59'23"
  East, 265.59 feet;
  THENCE easterly and northeasterly a distance of 266.02 feet along
  the said curve to a set iron rod for corner;
  THENCE North 77°20'40" East tangent to said curve, a distance of
  437.24 feet to the beginning of a curve tangent to said line to a set
  iron rod for corner;
  THENCE easterly, along south line of said property, with a curve
  left, having a radius of 1000.00 feet and a central angle of
  43°44'52" and being subtended by a chord which bears North 55°28'14"
  East, 745.13 feet;
  THENCE easterly and northeasterly a distance of 763.54 feet along
  the said curve to a set iron rod for corner;
  THENCE North 25°14'30" West, along east line of said property, a
  distance of 849.17 feet to a found rod nail for corner;
  THENCE North 58°10'54" East, along the south line of property of Tom
  Larnon and wife, Crystal Larnon, as described in Volume 924, Page
  0046. Deed Records of Ellis County, Texas, a distance of 419.44
  feet to a found 3/4-inch pipe for corner;
  THENCE North 59°34'27" East, along said south line, a distance of
  1219.45 feet to a set iron rod for corner;
  THENCE South 30°11'50" East, along the west line of the fifth and
  sixth tracts of Bennett W. Cervin, as described in Volume 2001,
  Page 0749, Deed Records of Ellis County, Texas, a distance of 823.56
  feet to a set iron rod for corner;
  THENCE South 30°19'53" East, along said west line of part of the said
  fifth tract, a distance of 335.08 feet to a set iron rod for corner;
  THENCE South 59°31'20" West, along the north line of the first tract
  of Bennett W. Cervin as described in Volume 2001, Page 0749, Deed
  Records of Ellis County, Texas, a distance of 1739.27 feet to a
  found 1/2-inch iron rod for corner;
  THENCE South 59°35'19" West, along north line of said first tract of
  Bennett W. Cervin as described in Volume 2001, Page 0749, Ellis
  County, Texas, a distance of 5098.10 feet to a found 3/4-inch iron
  rod for corner;
  THENCE South 30°20'14" East, along the west line of the said second
  tract, a distance of 2453.47 feet to a set iron rod for corner;
  THENCE South 59°47'54" West, along a north line of tract one of
  Bennett W. Cervin, as described in Volume 2001, Page 0749 of the
  Deed Records of Ellis County, Texas, a distance of 2411.12 feet to a
  set iron rod for corner;
  THENCE South 30°12'06" East, along a west line of the said tract one,
  a distance of 596.60 feet to a set iron rod for corner;
  THENCE South 59°47'49" West, along a north line of said tract one, a
  distance of 1589.67 feet to a found 1/2-inch iron rod for corner;
  THENCE North 00°47'39" West, along the Ellis County and Johnson
  County limits, a distance of 5474.77 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING
  and containing 461.176 acres, more or less.
         (b)  There is saved and excepted from the land included
  within the district, and excluded therefrom, the following tracts:
  SAVE AND EXCEPT TRACT "A"
  Property Description
         Being 7.016-acres (305,615 square feet) of land situated in
  the Joseph Stewart Survey, Abstract Number 961, Ellis County, 
  Texas, and more particularly that certain 461.178 acre tract 
  conveyed to PRA Prairie Ridge Development Corp., as recorded in 
  Volume 2325, Page 470, Official Public Records, Ellis County, 
  Texas, (O.P.R.E.C.T.), and being further described as follows:
         COMMENCING at a point at an ell corner of said PRA Prairie 
  Ridge Development Corp. tract and at the Northwest corner of a tract
  of land to Nita Carol Cervin Miskovitch Trust and Bennett W. Cervin,
  recorded in Volume 1999, Page 235, O.P.R.E.C.T., from which a found
  3/4 inch iron pipe bears N 59°35'16" E, 1.92 feet;
         THENCE N 59°35'16" E, along the South line of said PRA Prairie 
  Ridge Development Corp. tract and the North line of said Cervin 
  tract, a distance of 1,436.81 feet to a set 5/8" iron rod with 
  Transystems cap at the Southwest corner of tract herein described
  and the POINT OF BEGINNING (N: 6,866,906.023, E: 2,407,278.644
  Grid);
         (1)  THENCE N 1°15'48" W, along the West line of tract herein 
  described, a distance of 2,037.32 feet to a set PK Nail for the 
  Northwest corner of tract herein described, also being in the 
  centerline of CR 506 (Lakeview Road), a 60 foot Right-of-Way, no
  deed of record found, and on the South line of a tract of land to
  Cynthia L. Roe, as recorded in Volume 767, Page 521, D.R.E.C.T.;
         (2)  THENCE N 59°31'17" E, along the North line of tract
  herein described, the South line of said Roe tract and the
  centerline of said CR 506, a distance of 171.86 feet to a set PK Nail
  for the Northeast corner of tract herein described;
         (3)  THENCE S 1°15'48" E, along the East line of tract herein 
  described, a distance of 2,037.55 feet to a set 5/8" iron rod with
  Transystems cap for the Southeast corner of tract herein described
  also on the North line of said Cervin tract;
         (4)  THENCE S 59°35'16" W, along the South line of tract
  herein described and the North line of said Cervin tract, a distance 
  of 64.00 feet to a point, from which a found 5/8 inch iron rod bears
  S 30°24'17" E, 1.14 feet;
         (5)  THENCE S 59°35'16" W, along the South line of tract
  herein described and the North line of said Cervin tract, a distance 
  of 107.75 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING, containing 7.016-acres
  (305,615 square feet) of land, more or less.
  SAVE AND EXCEPT TRACT B
  Property Description
         Being 2.285-acres (99,535 square feet) of land situated in
  the Joseph Stewart Survey, Abstract Number 961, Ellis County,
  Texas, and more particularly that certain 461.178 acre tract
  conveyed to PRA Prairie Ridge Development Corp., as recorded in
  Volume 2325, Page 470, Official Public Records, Ellis County,
  Texas, (O.P.R.E.C.T.), and being further described as follows:
         COMMENCING at a PK Nail found at the Southwest corner of a
  tract of land conveyed to Cynthia L. Roe, as recorded in Volume 767, 
  Page 521, D.R.E.C.T.;
         THENCE N 59°31'17" E, along the South line of said Cynthia L.
  Roe tract and the North line of said PRA Prairie Ridge Development 
  Corp. tract, also being in the centerline of CR 506 (Lakeview Road),
  a 60 foot Right-of-Way, no deed of record found, a distance of
  302.39 feet to a PK Nail set at the Northwest corner of tract herein
  described and the POINT OF BEGINNING (N: 6,868,884.500, E:
  2,407,135.005 Grid);
         (1)  THENCE N 59°31'17" E, along the South line of said
  Cynthia L. Roe tract, on the centerline of said CR 506 (Lakeview
  Road), the North line of said PRA Prairie Ridge Development Corp.
  tract, and the North line of tract herein described, a distance of 
  114.57 to a PK Nail set;
         (2)  THENCE S 01°15'48" E, along the East line of tract herein 
  described, a distance of 1,012.01 feet to a set 5/8" iron rod with
  Transystems cap for the Southeast corner of tract herein described,
  being on the North line of a 60' Easement and Right-of-Way to Brazos
  Electric Power Cooperative, Inc., as recorded in Volume 428, Page
  433, Deed Records, Johnson County Texas;
         (3)  THENCE S 75°59'42" W, along the South line of tract
  herein described and the North line of said Brazos Electric tract, a 
  distance of 102.52 feet to a set 5/8" iron rod with Transystems cap
  for the Southwest corner of tract herein described;
         (4)  THENCE N 01°15'48" W, along the West line of tract herein 
  described, a distance of 978.70 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING, 
  containing 2.285-acres (99,535 square feet) of land, more or less.
         NOTE: Basis of bearing is the Texas State Plane Coordinate 
  System, North Central Zone (4202), North American Datum 1983 NAD
  83)(2007) with all distances adjusted to surface by project 
  combined scale factor of 0.9998802448.
         SECTION 5.  (a)  The legal notice of the intention to
  introduce a bill to create the Prairie Ridge Municipal Management
  District No. 1, setting forth the general substance of Sections 3
  and 4 of this Act, has been published as provided by law, and the
  notice and a copy of a bill to create the Prairie Ridge Municipal
  Management District No. 1 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 a bill to create the Prairie Ridge
  Municipal Management District No. 1 to the Texas Commission on
  Environmental Quality.
         (c)  The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
  its recommendations relating to a bill to create the Prairie Ridge
  Municipal Management District No. 1 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 6.  (a)  Section 3954.104, Special District Local
  Laws Code, as added by 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 3954, Special
  District Local Laws Code, as added by this Act, is amended by adding
  Section 3954.104 to read as follows:
         Sec. 3954.104.  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 Section 17(c),
  Article I, Texas Constitution.
         SECTION 7.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 4303 was passed by the House on May
  19, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 136, Nays 8, 2 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 4303 on May 26, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 129, Nays 15,
  2 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 4303 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 24, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 29, Nays
  1, 1 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor