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  S.B. No. 2276
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the creation of Lakewood Improvement District of Harris
  County; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to
  impose assessments, fees, or taxes.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subtitle C, Title 4, Special District Local Laws
  Code, is amended by adding Chapter 3951 to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 3951.  LAKEWOOD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT OF HARRIS COUNTY
  SUBCHAPTER A.  GENERAL PROVISIONS
         Sec. 3951.001.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
               (1)  "Board" means the district's board of directors.
               (2)  "City" means the City of Houston.
               (3)  "County" means Harris County.
               (4)  "Director" means a board member.
               (5)  "District" means the Lakewood Improvement
  District of Harris County.
         Sec. 3951.002.  NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a
  special district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas
  Constitution.
         Sec. 3951.003.  PURPOSE; DECLARATION OF INTENT. (a)  The
  creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of
  Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI,
  Texas Constitution, and other public purposes stated in this
  chapter. By creating the district and in authorizing the city, the
  county, and other political subdivisions to contract with the
  district, the legislature has established a program to accomplish
  the public purposes set out in Section 52-a, Article III, Texas
  Constitution.
         (b)  The creation of the district is necessary to promote,
  develop, encourage, and maintain employment, commerce,
  transportation, housing, tourism, recreation, the arts,
  entertainment, economic development, safety, and the public
  welfare in the district, and to accomplish the redevelopment of
  land in the district.
         (c)  This chapter and the creation of the district may not be
  interpreted to relieve the city or the county from providing the
  level of services provided as of the effective date of the Act
  enacting this chapter to the area in the district. The district is
  created to supplement and not to supplant city or county services
  provided in the district.
         Sec. 3951.004.  FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
  (a)  The district is created to serve a public use and benefit.
         (b)  All land and other property included in the district
  will benefit from the improvements and services to be provided by
  the district under powers conferred by Sections 52 and 52-a,
  Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and
  other powers granted under this chapter.
         (c)  The creation of the district is in the public interest
  and is essential to further the public purposes of:
               (1)  developing and diversifying the economy of the
  state;
               (2)  eliminating unemployment and underemployment; and
               (3)  developing or expanding transportation and
  commerce.
         (d)  The district will:
               (1)  promote the health, safety, and general welfare of
  residents, employers, potential employees, employees, visitors,
  and consumers in the district, and of the public;
               (2)  provide needed funding for the district to
  preserve, maintain, and enhance the economic health and vitality of
  the district territory as a community and business center;
               (3)  promote the health, safety, welfare, and enjoyment
  of the public by providing pedestrian ways, parking facilities, and
  conduit facilities and by landscaping and developing certain areas
  in the district, which are necessary for the restoration,
  preservation, and enhancement of scenic beauty; and
               (4)  provide for road, bridge, and recreational
  facilities for the district.
         (e)  Pedestrian ways along or across a street, whether at
  grade or above or below the surface, and street lighting, street
  landscaping, parking, and street art objects are parts of and
  necessary components of a street or road and are considered to be a
  street or road improvement.
         (f)  The district will not act as the agent or
  instrumentality of any private interest even though the district
  will benefit many private interests as well as the public.
         Sec. 3951.005.  INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY. (a)  The
  district is initially composed of the territory described by
  Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.
         (b)  The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of
  the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake in the
  field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process
  does not affect the district's:
               (1)  organization, existence, or validity;
               (2)  right to issue any type of bonds for the purposes
  for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and
  interest on bonds;
               (3)  right to impose or collect an assessment or tax; or
               (4)  legality or operation.
         Sec. 3951.006.  ELIGIBILITY FOR INCLUSION IN SPECIAL ZONES.
  All or any part of the area of the district is eligible to be
  included in:
               (1)  a tax increment reinvestment zone created under
  Chapter 311, Tax Code;
               (2)  a tax abatement reinvestment zone created under
  Chapter 312, Tax Code;
               (3)  an enterprise zone created under Chapter 2303,
  Government Code; or
               (4)  an industrial district created under Chapter 42,
  Local Government Code.
         Sec. 3951.007.  APPLICABILITY OF MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT
  DISTRICTS LAW. Except as otherwise provided by this chapter,
  Chapter 375, Local Government Code, applies to the district.
         Sec. 3951.008.  CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER. This chapter shall
  be liberally construed in conformity with the findings and purposes
  stated in this chapter.
  SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
         Sec. 3951.051.  GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a)  The district is
  governed by a board of five voting directors who serve staggered
  terms of four years, with two or three directors' terms expiring
  June 1 of each odd-numbered year.
         (b)  The board by resolution may change the number of voting
  directors on the board if the board determines that the change is in
  the best interest of the district. The board may not consist of
  fewer than five or more than nine voting directors.
         Sec. 3951.052.  APPOINTMENT OF VOTING DIRECTORS. The Texas
  Commission on Environmental Quality shall appoint voting directors
  from persons recommended by the board.
         Sec. 3951.053.  NONVOTING DIRECTORS. The board may appoint
  nonvoting directors to serve at the pleasure of the voting
  directors.
         Sec. 3951.054.  QUORUM. For purposes of determining the
  requirements for a quorum of the board, the following are not
  counted:
               (1)  a board position vacant for any reason, including
  death, resignation, or disqualification;
               (2)  a director who is abstaining from participation in
  a vote because of a conflict of interest; or
               (3)  a nonvoting director.
         Sec. 3951.055.  COMPENSATION. A director is entitled to
  receive fees of office and reimbursement for actual expenses as
  provided by Section 49.060, Water Code. Sections 375.069 and
  375.070, Local Government Code, do not apply to the board.
         Sec. 3951.056.  INITIAL VOTING DIRECTORS. (a)  The initial
  board consists of:
 
Pos. No. Name of Director:
 
1 ____________________
 
2 ____________________
 
3 ____________________
 
4 ____________________
 
5 ____________________
         (b)  Of the initial directors, the terms of directors
  appointed for positions one through three expire June 1, 2019, and
  the terms of directors appointed for positions four and five expire
  June 1, 2021.
         (c)  Section 3951.052 does not apply to this section.
         (d)  This section expires September 1, 2021.
  SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES
         Sec. 3951.101.  GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district has
  the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
  which the district is created.
         Sec. 3951.102.  IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND SERVICES. The
  district may provide, design, construct, acquire, improve,
  relocate, operate, maintain, or finance an improvement project or
  service using any money available to the district, or contract with
  a governmental or private entity to provide, design, construct,
  acquire, improve, relocate, operate, maintain, or finance an
  improvement project or service authorized under this chapter or
  Chapter 375, Local Government Code.
         Sec. 3951.103.  DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION POWERS. The
  district, using money available to the district, may exercise the
  powers given to a development corporation under Chapter 505, Local
  Government Code, including the power to own, operate, acquire,
  construct, lease, improve, or maintain a project under that
  chapter.
         Sec. 3951.104.  NONPROFIT CORPORATION. (a)  The board by
  resolution may authorize the creation of a nonprofit corporation to
  assist and act for the district in implementing a project or
  providing a service authorized by this chapter.
         (b)  The nonprofit corporation:
               (1)  has each power of and is considered to be a local
  government corporation created under Subchapter D, Chapter 431,
  Transportation Code; and
               (2)  may implement any project and provide any service
  authorized by this chapter.
         (c)  The board shall appoint the board of directors of the
  nonprofit corporation. The board of directors of the nonprofit
  corporation shall serve in the same manner as the board of directors
  of a local government corporation created under Subchapter D,
  Chapter 431, Transportation Code, except that a board member is not
  required to reside in the district.
         Sec. 3951.105.  AGREEMENTS; GRANTS. (a)  As provided by
  Chapter 375, Local Government Code, the district may make an
  agreement with or accept a gift, grant, or loan from any person.
         (b)  The implementation of a project is a governmental
  function or service for the purposes of Chapter 791, Government
  Code.
         Sec. 3951.106.  LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES. To protect the
  public interest, the district may contract with a qualified party,
  including the county or the city, to provide law enforcement
  services in the district for a fee.
         Sec. 3951.107.  MEMBERSHIP IN CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS. The
  district may join and pay dues to a charitable or nonprofit
  organization that performs a service or provides an activity
  consistent with the furtherance of a district purpose.
         Sec. 3951.108.  ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. (a)  The district may
  engage in activities that accomplish the economic development
  purposes of the district.
         (b)  The district may establish and provide for the
  administration of one or more programs to promote state or local
  economic development and to stimulate business and commercial
  activity in the district, including programs to:
               (1)  make loans and grants of public money; and
               (2)  provide district personnel and services.
         (c)  The district may create economic development programs
  and exercise the economic development powers provided to
  municipalities by:
               (1)  Chapter 380, Local Government Code; and
               (2)  Subchapter A, Chapter 1509, Government Code.
         Sec. 3951.109.  PARKING FACILITIES. (a)  The district may
  acquire, lease as lessor or lessee, construct, develop, own,
  operate, and maintain parking facilities or a system of parking
  facilities, including lots, garages, parking terminals, or other
  structures or accommodations for parking motor vehicles off the
  streets and related appurtenances.
         (b)  The district's parking facilities serve the public
  purposes of the district and are owned, used, and held for a public
  purpose even if leased or operated by a private entity for a term of
  years.
         (c)  The district's parking facilities are parts of and
  necessary components of a street and are considered to be a street
  or road improvement.
         (d)  The development and operation of the district's parking
  facilities may be considered an economic development program.
         Sec. 3951.110.  ANNEXATION AND EXCLUSION OF LAND. (a)  The
  district may annex land as provided by Subchapter J, Chapter 49,
  Water Code.
         (b)  The district may exclude land as provided by Subchapter
  J, Chapter 49, Water Code.  Section 375.044(b), Local Government
  Code, does not apply to the district.
         Sec. 3951.111.  NAVIGATION DISTRICT POWERS. (a)  The
  district has the powers provided by the general law of this state
  applicable to navigation districts created under Section 59,
  Article XVI, Texas Constitution, including Chapters 60 and 62,
  Water Code.
         (b)  The district may purchase, construct, acquire, own,
  operate, maintain, improve, or extend, inside and outside the
  district, a canal, waterway, bulkhead, dock, or other improvement
  or facility necessary or convenient to accomplish the navigation
  purposes of the district.
         Sec. 3951.112.  ROAD DISTRICT POWERS.  The district has the
  powers provided by the general laws relating to road districts and
  road utility districts created under Section 52(b), Article III,
  Texas Constitution, including Chapters 257 and 441, Transportation
  Code.
         Sec. 3951.113.  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. 3951.114.  PROPERTY OF CERTAIN UTILITIES EXEMPT FROM
  ASSESSMENTS AND FEES. The district may not impose an assessment,
  impact fee, or standby fee on the property, including the
  equipment, rights-of-way, easements, facilities, or improvements,
  of:
               (1)  an electric utility or a power generation company
  as defined by Section 31.002, Utilities Code;
               (2)  a gas utility, as defined by Section 101.003 or
  121.001, Utilities Code, or a person who owns pipelines used for the
  transportation or sale of oil or gas or a product or constituent of
  oil or gas;
               (3)  a person who owns pipelines used for the
  transportation or sale of carbon dioxide;
               (4)  a telecommunications provider as defined by
  Section 51.002, Utilities Code; or
               (5)  a cable service provider or video service provider
  as defined by Section 66.002, Utilities Code.
         Sec. 3951.115.  USE OF ELECTRICAL OR OPTICAL LINES.
  (a)  The district may impose an assessment to pay the cost of:
               (1)  burying or removing electrical power lines,
  telephone lines, cable or fiber-optic lines, or any other type of
  electrical or optical line; and
               (2)  removing poles and any elevated lines using the
  poles.
         (b)  The district may finance, acquire, construct, improve,
  operate, maintain, or charge fees for the use of the district
  conduits for another person's:
               (1)  telecommunications network; or
               (2)  fiber-optic cable.
         (c)  Consistent with Title 2, Utilities Code, the district
  may finance, construct, or maintain conduits for:
               (1)  electronic transmission and distribution lines
  and supporting facilities; or
               (2)  other types of transmission and distribution lines
  and supporting facilities.
         (d)  The district may not require a person to use a district
  conduit.
         Sec. 3951.116.  NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER.  The district may
  not exercise the power of eminent domain.
  SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS; ASSESSMENTS
         Sec. 3951.151.  DISBURSEMENTS AND TRANSFERS OF MONEY. The
  board by resolution shall establish the number of directors'
  signatures and the procedure required for a disbursement or
  transfer of district money.
         Sec. 3951.152.  MONEY USED FOR IMPROVEMENTS OR SERVICES.
  The district may acquire, construct, finance, operate, or maintain
  any improvement or service authorized under this chapter or Chapter
  375, Local Government Code, using any money available to the
  district.
         Sec. 3951.153.  PETITION REQUIRED FOR FINANCING SERVICES AND
  IMPROVEMENTS WITH ASSESSMENTS. (a)  The board may not finance a
  service or improvement project with assessments under this chapter
  unless a written petition requesting that service or improvement
  has been filed with the board.
         (b)  A petition filed under Subsection (a) must be signed by
  the owners of a majority of the assessed value of real property in
  the district subject to assessment according to the most recent
  certified tax appraisal roll for the county.
         Sec. 3951.154.  ASSESSMENTS; LIENS FOR ASSESSMENTS.
  (a)  The board by resolution may impose and collect an assessment
  for any purpose authorized by this chapter in all or any part of the
  district.
         (b)  An assessment, a reassessment, or an assessment
  resulting from an addition to or correction of the assessment roll
  by the district, penalties and interest on an assessment or
  reassessment, an expense of collection, and reasonable attorney's
  fees incurred by the district:
               (1)  are a first and prior lien against the property
  assessed;
               (2)  are superior to any other lien or claim other than
  a lien or claim for county, school district, or municipal ad valorem
  taxes; and
               (3)  are the personal liability of and a charge against
  the owners of the property even if the owners are not named in the
  assessment proceedings.
         (c)  The lien is effective from the date of the board's
  resolution imposing the assessment until the date the assessment is
  paid. The board may enforce the lien in the same manner that the
  board may enforce an ad valorem tax lien against real property.
         (d)  The board may make a correction to or deletion from the
  assessment roll that does not increase the amount of assessment of
  any parcel of land without providing notice and holding a hearing in
  the manner required for additional assessments.
         Sec. 3951.155.  TAX AND ASSESSMENT ABATEMENTS. The district
  may designate reinvestment zones and may grant abatements of a tax
  or assessment on property in the zones.
         Sec. 3951.156.  RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY NOT EXEMPT. Section
  375.161, Local Government Code, does not apply to the district.
         Sec. 3951.157.  COMPETITIVE BIDDING.  Subchapter I, Chapter
  49, Water Code, applies to the district.  Sections 375.221 and
  375.223, Local Government Code, do not apply to the district.
  SUBCHAPTER E. TAXES AND BONDS
         Sec. 3951.201.  ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES AND BONDS.
  (a)  The district may issue, without an election, bonds, notes, and
  other obligations secured by:
               (1)  revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or
               (2)  contract payments described by Section 3951.203.
         (b)  The district must hold an election in the manner
  provided by Subchapter L, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, to
  obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem
  tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.
         (c)  Section 375.243, Local Government Code, does not apply
  to the district.
         (d)  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. 3951.202.  OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. (a)  If
  authorized by a majority of the district voters voting at an
  election held in accordance with Section 3951.201, the district may
  impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the
  district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code, for any
  district purpose, including to:
               (1)  maintain and operate the district;
               (2)  construct or acquire improvements; or
               (3)  provide a service.
         (b)  The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not
  exceed the rate approved at the election.
         (c)  Section 49.107(h), Water Code, does not apply to the
  district.
         Sec. 3951.203.  CONTRACT TAXES. (a)  In accordance with
  Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than
  an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from
  the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of
  the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters
  voting at an election held for that purpose.
         (b)  A contract approved by the district voters may contain a
  provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by
  the board without further voter approval.
         Sec. 3951.204.  AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY AND TO ISSUE BONDS
  AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS. (a)  The district may borrow money on terms
  determined by the board. Section 375.205, Local Government Code,
  does not apply to a loan, line of credit, or other borrowing from a
  bank or financial institution secured by revenue other than ad
  valorem taxes.
         (b)  The district may issue bonds, notes, or other
  obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes,
  assessments, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or
  other district money, or any combination of those sources of money,
  to pay for any authorized district purpose.
         (c)  The limitation on the outstanding principal amount of
  bonds, notes, and other obligations provided by Section 49.4645,
  Water Code, does not apply to the district.
         Sec. 3951.205.  TAXES FOR BONDS. At the time the district
  issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the
  board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing
  direct annual ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount,
  for each year that all or part of the bonds are outstanding as
  required and in the manner provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602,
  Water Code.
         Sec. 3951.206.  BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS. At the time of
  issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations
  issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad
  valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the
  real property in the district.
  SUBCHAPTER F.  SALES AND USE TAX
         Sec. 3951.251.  MEANINGS OF WORDS AND PHRASES.  A word or
  phrase used in this subchapter that is defined by Chapter 151 or
  321, Tax Code, has the meaning assigned by Chapter 151 or 321, Tax
  Code.
         Sec. 3951.252.  APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN TAX CODE
  PROVISIONS.  (a)  The provisions of Subchapters C, D, E, and F,
  Chapter 323, Tax Code, relating to county sales and use taxes apply
  to the application, collection, and administration of a sales and
  use tax imposed under this subchapter to the extent consistent with
  this chapter, as if references in Chapter 323, Tax Code, to a county
  referred to the district and references to a commissioners court
  referred to the board.
         (b)  Sections 323.401-323.404 and 323.505, Tax Code, do not
  apply to a tax imposed under this subchapter.
         Sec. 3951.253.  AUTHORIZATION; ELECTION. (a)  The district
  shall adopt, reduce, or repeal the sales and use tax authorized by
  this subchapter at an election in which a majority of the voters of
  the district voting in the election approve the adoption,
  reduction, or repeal of the tax, as applicable.
         (b)  The board by order shall call an election to adopt,
  reduce, or repeal a sales and use tax.  The election shall be held on
  the first authorized uniform election date that occurs after the
  time required by Section 3.005, Election Code.
         (c)  The district shall provide notice of the election and
  shall hold the election in the manner prescribed by Chapter 54,
  Water Code, for bond elections for municipal utility districts.
         (d)  The ballots shall be printed to provide for voting for
  or against the following appropriate proposition:
               (1)  "Adoption of a ___ percent district sales and use
  tax in the district";
               (2)  "Reduction of the district sales and use tax in the
  district from ___ percent to ___ percent"; or
               (3)  "Repeal of the district sales and use tax in the
  district."
         Sec. 3951.254.  EFFECTIVE DATE OF TAX.  A tax imposed under
  this subchapter or the repeal or reduction of a tax under this
  subchapter takes effect on the first day of the first calendar
  quarter that occurs after the date the comptroller receives the
  copy of the resolution as required by Section 323.405(b), Tax Code.
         Sec. 3951.255.  SALES AND USE TAX RATE.  (a)  On adoption of
  the tax authorized by this subchapter, there is imposed a tax of two
  percent, or the maximum rate at which the combined tax rate of all
  local sales and use taxes in any location in the district does not
  exceed two percent, on the receipts from the sale at retail of
  taxable items in the district, and an excise tax on the use,
  storage, or other consumption in the district of taxable items
  purchased, leased, or rented from a retailer during the period that
  the tax is in effect.
         (b)  The rate of the excise tax is the same as the rate of the
  sales tax portion of the tax and is applied to the sales price of the
  taxable item.
         Sec. 3951.256.  EXAMINATION AND RECEIPT OF INFORMATION.  The
  district may examine and receive information related to the
  imposition of a sales and use tax to the same extent as if the
  district were a municipality.
         Sec. 3951.257.  ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF IMPOSITION.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, the
  district may impose the sales and use tax as provided by Subchapter
  F, Chapter 383, Local Government Code, instead of as provided by the
  other provisions of this subchapter.
  SUBCHAPTER G.  DEFINED AREAS
         Sec. 3951.301.  AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH DEFINED AREAS OR
  DESIGNATED PROPERTY. The district may define areas or designate
  certain property of the district to pay for improvements,
  facilities, or services that primarily benefit that area or
  property and do not generally and directly benefit the district as a
  whole.
         Sec. 3951.302.  PROCEDURE FOR ELECTION. (a)  Before the
  district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds payable from ad
  valorem taxes of the defined area or designated property, the board
  shall hold an election in the defined area or in the designated
  property only.
         (b)  The board may submit the issues to the voters on the same
  ballot to be used in another election.
         Sec. 3951.303.  DECLARING RESULT AND ISSUING ORDER. If a
  majority of the voters voting at the election approve the
  proposition or propositions, the board shall declare the results
  and, by order, shall establish the defined area and describe it by
  metes and bounds or designate the specific property.
         Sec. 3951.304.  TAXES FOR SERVICES, IMPROVEMENTS, AND
  FACILITIES IN DEFINED AREAS OR DESIGNATED PROPERTY. On voter
  approval and adoption of the order described by Section 3951.303,
  the district may apply separately, differently, equitably, and
  specifically its taxing power and lien authority to the defined
  area or designated property to provide money to construct,
  administer, maintain, and operate services, improvements, and
  facilities that primarily benefit the defined area or designated
  property.
         Sec. 3951.305.  ISSUANCE OF BONDS FOR DEFINED AREA OR
  DESIGNATED PROPERTY. After the order under Section 3951.303 is
  adopted, the district may issue bonds to provide for any land,
  improvements, facilities, plants, equipment, and appliances for
  the defined area or designated property.
  SUBCHAPTER H. DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT
         Sec. 3951.351.  DISSOLUTION. (a)  Except as provided by
  Subsection (b), the board:
               (1)  may dissolve the district; and
               (2)  shall dissolve the district on receipt of a
  written petition requesting dissolution signed by the owners of 75
  percent of the acreage of real property in the district.
         (b)  The board may not dissolve the district until the
  district's outstanding indebtedness or contractual obligations
  have been repaid or discharged.
         (c)  After the board dissolves the district, the board shall
  transfer ownership of all district property and assets to the
  county.
         SECTION 2.  The Lakewood Improvement District of Harris
  County initially includes all the territory contained in the
  following area:
         All bearings, distance and acreages are grid and are
  referenced to the State Plane Coordinate System, Texas South
  Central Zone, NAD83, U. S. survey feet. Mapping angle is +01°54'04"
  and the scale factor is 0.999915022.
  TRACT I
  BEGINNING at an iron rod with cap marked `CENTERPOINT ENERGY' found
  at the northeast corner of a called 102.152 acre tract recorded in
  Document No. C683627, Deed Records of Harris County, Texas and in
  the west line of the T.& N.O. Rail Road right of way (variable
  width). Said iron rod has a State Plane coordinate value of N:
  13895997.02 and E: 3210310.99.
  THENCE S 47° 04'28" W with the west line of said Rail Road right of
  way a distance of 926.77 feet to a point for corner.
  THENCE continuing with the west line of said Rail Road right of way
  with the arc of a curve to the left having a chord direction of S 35°
  23' 19 W, and a radius of 2451.30, a distance of 1101.40 feet to a
  point for corner.
  THENCE S 23° 06' 25" W with the west line of said Rail Road right of
  way a distance of 47.01 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod with cap
  marked '5502' set from which a 26" pine marked 'X' bears North 6.5
  feet.
  THENCE S 88°03'39" W with the north line of a called 304.5696 acre
  tract recorded in Document No. 20130230098 a distance of 2407.13
  feet to an iron rod found with cap marked 'RPLS 4615'.
  THENCE S 87°58'14" W with the north line of the said called 304.5696
  acre tract and the south line of the herein described tract a
  distance of 4489.98 feet to a 1/2 inch iron pipe found from which a
  28" sweet gum marked 'X' bears N58°W 3 feet.
  THENCE S 88°10'16" W with the north line of the said 304.5696 acre
  tract a distance of 3159.89 feet to the left bank of the San Jacinto
  River on the line of mean higher high water.
  THENCE up the river with its meanders on the line of mean higher
  high water:
  N 31°25'35" W 84.67 feet;
  N 15°33'56" W 191.85 feet;
  N 04°38'06" W 258.15 feet;
  N 14°00'39" W 87.13 feet;
  N 20°54'29" W 155.32 feet;
  N 26°38'13" W 215.05 feet;
  N 39°38'48" W 353.07 feet;
  N 50°07'18" W 307.76 feet;
  N 54°25'26" W a distance of 278.56 feet to a point for corner at the
  southwest corner of said called 102.152 acre tract.
  THENCE N 88°23'12" E with the south line of the said called 102.152
  acre tract and the north line of the herein described tract 9551.32
  feet to an iron rod found with blue cap.
  THENCE N87°53'38"E with the south line said called 102.152 acre
  tract a distance of 2593.16 feet to 1/2 inch iron rod set with cap
  marked '5502'.
  THENCE S 85°24'11" E with the south line of the said called 102.152
  acre tract and the north line of the herein described tract a
  distance of 225.32 feet to the PLACE OF BEGINNING, containing
  394.12 acres of land.
  TRACT II
  BEGINNING at a 1" iron pipe found at the most easterly corner of a
  called 56.50 acre tract recorded in Volume 1458, Page 1, Deed
  Records of Harris County, Texas, in the south line of the San
  Jacinto River Authority East Canal right of way, recorded in Volume
  1294, Page 256, Deed Records of Harris County, Texas, and at the
  most northerly northwest corner of this tract, and having a Texas
  State Plane coordinate value of N: 13902035.22 and E: 3197556.06.
  THENCE S 58° 23' 02" E with the south line of said San Jacinto River
  Authority East Canal right of way, and a north line of this tract, a
  distance of 1,097.21 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod set with cap marked
  "SHINE 5502".
  THENCE continuing with the south line of said San Jacinto River
  Authority East Canal right of way, and a north line of this tract,
  with the arc of a curve to the left having a chord direction of S 84°
  10' 00" E, a radius of 317.72, a distance of 298.83 feet to a 1/2
  inch iron rod set with cap marked "SHINE 5502".
  THENCE N 68° 53' 20" E continuing with the south line of said San
  Jacinto River Authority East Canal right of way, and a north line of
  this tract a distance of 1,833.89 feet to a point.
  THENCE N 72° 25' 46" E continuing with the south line of said San
  Jacinto River Authority East Canal, and a north line of this tract a
  distance of 567.07 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod with cap marked
  "SHINE 5502" set at the northwest corner of a called 2.866 acre
  tract recorded in Harris County Clerk's File E018138.
  THENCE S 01° 15' 13" E with the west line of said called 2.866 acre
  tract a distance of 329.82' to a 1/2 inch iron rod with cap marked
  "SHINE 5502" set at the southwest corner of said called 2.866 acre
  tract.
  THENCE N 88° 44' 57" E with the south line of said called 2.866 acre
  tract, a distance of 330.05 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod with cap
  marked "SHINE 5502" set at the southeast corner of said called 2.866
  acre tract.
  THENCE N 01° 15' 14" W with the east line of said called 2.866 acre
  tract a distance of 426.18 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod with cap
  marked "SHINE 5502" set at the northeast corner of said called 2.866
  acre tract, in the south line of said San Jacinto River Authority
  East Canal right of way.
  THENCE N 72° 28' 26" E continuing with the south line of said San
  Jacinto River Authority East Canal right of way, and a north line of
  this tract a distance of 312.52 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod with cap
  marked "SHINE 5502" set at a northerly corner of this tract and the
  northwest corner of Newport Subdivision, Section 4, a subdivision
  recorded in Volume 206, Page 145, Map Records of Harris County,
  Texas, from which an iron rod found with cap marked "RUSS AND PARK
  SURVEYING" bears N 72° 29' 29" E a distance of 167.92 feet.
  THENCE S 00° 36' 34" E with a west line of said Newport Subdivision,
  Section 4, and a northerly east line of this tract a distance of
  1,261.04 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod found at the most westerly
  southwest corner of said Newport Subdivision, Section 4.
  THENCE N 89° 29' 03" E with a south line of said Newport Subdivision,
  Section 4 and a north line of this tract a distance of 71.96 feet to
  a 1/2 inch iron rod found at the most southerly northwest corner of
  a called 9.29 acre tract (Called Tract 6), recorded in Harris County
  Clerk's File Z432808.
  THENCE S 18° 57' 14" W with the west line of said called 9.29 acre
  tract, passing the southwest corner of said called 9.29 acre tract
  and the northwest corner of a called 4.29 acre tract recorded in
  File No. T528516, Deed Records of Harris County, Texas, and
  continuing a total distance of 512.10 feet to 1/2 inch iron rod with
  cap marked "SHINE 5502" set at the southwest corner of said called
  4.29 acre tract.
  THENCE S 48° 47' 48" E with the southwest line of said called 4.29
  acre tract a distance of 660.77 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod found at
  the southeast corner of said called 4.29 acre tract in the west line
  of Newport Subdivision, Section 2, a subdivision recorded in Volume
  195, Page 35, Map Records of Harris County, Texas.
  THENCE S 04° 57' 10" W with the west line of said Newport
  Subdivision, Section 2, a distance of 1,073.79 feet to a 1/2 inch
  iron rod with cap marked "SHINE 5502" set in the south right of way
  line of Diamondhead Boulevard (100 feet wide right of way) and at an
  interior corner of this tract.
  THENCE with the south right of way line of said Diamondhead
  Boulevard with the arc of a curve to the left having a chord
  direction of N 89° 25' 20" E, a radius of 2,049.25, a distance of
  560.15 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod with cap marked "SHINE 5502" set
  at the northwest corner of a called 175.61 acre tract recorded in
  T528516, Deed Records of Harris County, Texas.
  THENCE S 01° 23' 48" E with the west line of said called 175.61 acre
  tract a distance of 2,298.34 feet to a 60D nail set at the southwest
  corner of said called 175.61 acre tract and an interior corner of
  this tract.
  THENCE N 88° 30' 12" E with the south line of said called 175.61 acre
  tract a distance of 2,983.90 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod with cap
  marked "SHINE 5502" set at the southeast corner of said called
  175.61 acre tract.
  THENCE with the east line of said called 175.61 acre tract with the
  arc of a curve to the right having a chord direction of N 15° 16' 49"
  E, a radius of 2,100.00 feet, a distance of 366.97 feet to a 1/2 inch
  iron rod set with cap marked "SHINE 5502".
  THENCE N 20° 17' 11" E continuing with the east line of said called
  175.61 acre tract a distance of 509.92 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod
  set with cap marked "SHINE 5502".
  THENCE continuing with the east line of said called 175.61 acre
  tract with the arc of a curve to the right having a chord direction
  of N 26° 19' 31" E, a radius of 2,100.00 feet, a distance of 440.98
  feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod set with cap marked "SHINE 5502".
  THENCE N 32° 20' 27" E continuing with the east line of said called
  175.61 acre tract a distance of 140.56 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod
  set with cap marked "SHINE 5502".
  THENCE continuing with the east line of said called 175.61 acre
  tract with the arc of a curve to the left having a chord direction of
  N 06° 59' 15" E, a radius of 1,200.04 feet, a distance of 949.49 feet
  to a 1/2 inch iron rod with cap marked "SHINE 5502" set at the
  northeast corner of said called 175.61 acre tract, in the south
  right of way of said Diamondhead Boulevard.
  THENCE N 75° 17' 09" E with the south right of way line of said
  Diamondhead Boulevard, and a north line of this tract, a distance of
  769.43 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod set with cap marked "SHINE 5502".
  THENCE continuing with the south right of way line of said
  Diamondhead Boulevard with the arc of a curve to the right having a
  chord direction of N 77° 44' 32" E, a radius of 1,951.36 feet, a
  distance of 167.12 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod with cap marked
  "SHINE 5502" set at the northwest corner of Newport Subdivision,
  Section 8, a subdivision recorded in Volume 288, Page 21, Map
  Records of Harris County, Texas, and a northeast corner of this
  tract.
  THENCE S 08° 03' 08" W with a west line of said Newport Subdivision,
  Section 8, a distance of 515.74 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod found.
  THENCE S 62° 25' 36" E continuing with the west line of said Newport
  Subdivision, Section 8, a distance of 177.89 feet to a 1/2 inch iron
  rod found.
  THENCE S 36° 39' 06" E continuing with the west line of said Newport
  Subdivision, Section 8, a distance of 59.96 feet to a 1/2 inch iron
  rod found.
  THENCE S 58° 36' 12" E continuing with the west line of said Newport
  Subdivision, Section 8, a distance of 96.09 feet to a 1/2 inch iron
  rod found at a northerly southwest corner of said Newport
  Subdivision, Section 8.
  THENCE N 88° 23' 50" E with a northerly south line of said Newport
  Subdivision, Section 8, a distance of 51.27 feet to a 1/2 inch iron
  rod found at the northwest corner of a called 14.1645 acre tract
  recorded in File No. S031457, Deed Records of Harris County, Texas.
  THENCE S 02° 21' 10" E with the west line of said called 14.1645 acre
  tract a distance of 1,333.31 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod found at the
  southwest corner of said called 14.1645 acre tract, from which a 42"
  Sycamore bears N 44° E a distance of 36.60 feet, a 12" corner post
  with old barbed wire bears N 04° W a distance of 12.50 feet, and the
  north bank of Gum Gully bears South, 26.70 feet.
  THENCE N 87° 37' 51" E with the south line of said called 14.1645
  acre tract, passing the
  southeast corner of said called 14.1645 acre tract and the
  southwest corner of a called 15.1515 acre tract recorded in File
  No. 20070632536, Deed Records of Harris County, Texas, a total
  distance of 1, 545.45 feet to a 60D Nail found in fence post at the
  southeast corner of said called 15.1515 acre tract.
  THENCE N 02° 49' 23" W with the west line of said called 15.1515 acre
  tract a distance of 326.36 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod with cap
  marked "SHINE 5502" set at a southwest corner of said Newport
  Subdivision, Section 8.
  THENCE N 88° 16' 59" E with a south line of said Newport Subdivision,
  Section 8, and a north line of this tract a distance of 125.02 feet
  to a 1/2 inch iron rod set with cap marked "SHINE 5502".
  THENCE S 75° 51' 35" E continuing with a south line of said Newport
  Subdivision, Section 8 and a north line of this tract a distance of
  83.64 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod set with cap marked "SHINE 5502".
  THENCE with a west line of said Newport Subdivision, Section 8, and
  an east line of this tract with the arc of a curve to the right
  having a chord direction of S 10° 15' 26" W, a radius of 250.00 feet,
  a distance of 162.32 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod set with cap marked
  "SHINE 5502".
  THENCE continuing with a west line of said Newport Subdivision,
  Section 8, and an east line of this tract with the arc of a curve to
  the left having a chord direction of S 13° 34' 14" W, a radius of
  150.00 feet, a distance of 80.05 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod set with
  cap marked "SHINE 5502".
  THENCE S 01° 43' 01" E continuing with an east line of said Harris
  County Flood Control District drainage easement, a west line of
  said Newport Subdivision, Section 8, and an east line of this tract
  a distance of 120.00 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod set with cap marked
  "SHINE 5502".
  THENCE S 09° 20' 38" W continuing with a west line of said Newport
  Subdivision, Section 8, and an east line of this tract a distance of
  57.36 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod set with cap marked "SHINE 5502".
  THENCE S 20° 21' 57" W continuing a west line of said Newport
  Subdivision, Section 8, and an east line of this tract a distance of
  165.00 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod set with cap marked "SHINE 5502".
  THENCE S 20° 24' 23" E continuing with a west line of said Newport
  Subdivision, Section 8, and an east line of this tract a distance of
  381.48 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod set with cap marked "SHINE 5502".
  THENCE S 32° 47' 17" E continuing with a west line of said Newport
  Subdivision, Section 8, and an east line of this tract a distance of
  244.44 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod with cap marked "SHINE 5502" set
  at a southwest corner of said Newport Subdivision, Section 8 and an
  interior corner of this tract.
  THENCE S 81° 16' 59" E with a south line of said Newport Subdivision,
  Section 8 and a north line of this tract a distance of 195.69 feet to
  a 1/2 inch iron rod set with cap marked "SHINE 5502".
  THENCE S 04° 41' 04" W continuing with a south line of said Newport
  Subdivision, Section 8 and a north line of this tract a distance of
  30.71 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod set with cap marked "SHINE 5502".
  THENCE S 85° 27' 13" E continuing with a south line of said Newport
  Subdivision, Section 8 and a north line of this tract a distance of
  27.39 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod set with cap marked "SHINE 5502".
  THENCE N 04° 01' 49" E continuing with a south line of said Newport
  Subdivision, Section 8 and a north line of this tract a distance of
  30.29 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod set with cap marked "SHINE 5502".
  THENCE N 08° 43' 00" E continuing with a south line of said Newport
  Subdivision, Section 8 and a north line of this tract a distance of
  207.55 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod set with cap marked "SHINE 5502".
  THENCE S 81° 16' 59" E continuing with a south line of said Newport
  Subdivision, Section 8 and a north line of this tract a distance of
  100.00 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod set with cap marked "SHINE 5502".
  THENCE S 08° 13' 08" W continuing with a south line of said Newport
  Subdivision, Section 8 and a north line of this tract a distance of
  282.01 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod with cap marked "SHINE 5502" set
  at a southerly corner of said Newport Subdivision, Section 8.
  THENCE continuing with a south line of said Newport Subdivision,
  Section 8, a north line of this tract, with the arc of a curve to the
  left having a chord direction of N 60° 58' 25" E, a radius of 400.00
  feet, a distance of 195.69 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod set with cap
  marked "SHINE 5502".
  THENCE N 46° 57' 29" E continuing with a south line of said Newport
  Subdivision, Section 8, and a north line of this tract a distance of
  202.17 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod set with cap marked "SHINE 5502".
  THENCE continuing with a south line of said Newport Subdivision,
  Section 8 and a north line of this tract, with the arc of a curve to
  the right having a chord direction of N 53° 03' 29" E, a radius of
  450.00 feet, a distance of 95.82 feet to a point.
  THENCE continuing with a south line of said Newport Subdivision,
  Section 8 and a north line of this tract with the arc of a curve to
  the left having a chord direction of N 45° 33' 29" E, a radius of
  400.00 feet, a distance of 189.89 feet to a point.
  THENCE N 31° 57' 29" E continuing with a south line of said Newport
  Subdivision, Section 8 and a north line of this tract a distance of
  228.06 feet to a point.
  THENCE continuing with a south line of said Newport Subdivision,
  Section 8 and a north line of this tract, with the arc of a curve to
  the right having a chord direction of N 45° 27' 29" E, a radius of
  500.00 feet, a distance of 235.62 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod set
  with cap marked "SHINE 5502".
  THENCE continuing with a south line of said Newport Subdivision,
  Section 8 and a north line of this tract, with the arc of a curve to
  the left having a chord direction of N 32° 42' 29" E, a radius of
  300.00 feet, a distance of 274.89 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod set
  with cap marked "SHINE 5502".
  THENCE continuing with a south line of said Newport Subdivision,
  Section 8 and a north line of this tract with the arc of a curve to
  the right having a chord direction of N 14° 31' 50" E, a radius of
  500.00 feet, a distance of 140.89 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod set
  with cap marked "SHINE 5502".
  THENCE N 57° 42' 31" W continuing with a south line of said Newport
  Subdivision, Section 8, and a north line of this tract a distance of
  92.28 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod set with cap marked "SHINE 5502".
  THENCE N 32° 17' 29" E continuing with a south line of said Newport
  Subdivision, Section 8, and a north line of this tract a distance of
  60.00 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod set with cap marked "SHINE 5502".
  THENCE S 57° 42' 31" E continuing with a south line of said Newport
  Subdivision, Section 8, and a north line of this tract a distance of
  85.49 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod with cap marked "SHINE 5502" set.
  THENCE continuing with a south line of said Newport Subdivision,
  Section 8 and a north line of this tract with the arc of a curve to
  the right having a chord direction of N 36° 29' 38" E, a radius of
  500.00 feet, a distance of 118.64 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod set
  with cap marked "SHINE 5502".
  THENCE N 43° 17' 29" E continuing with a south line of said Newport
  Subdivision, Section 8 and a north line of this tract a distance of
  374.07 feet to a point.
  THENCE continuing with a south line of said Newport Subdivision,
  Section 8 and a north line of this tract with the arc of a curve to
  the right having a chord direction of N 52° 47' 29" E, a radius of
  600.00 feet, a distance of 198.97 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod set
  with cap marked "SHINE 5502".
  THENCE N 62° 17' 29" E continuing with a south line of said Newport
  Subdivision, Section 8 and a north line of this tract a distance of
  68.45 feet to a point.
  THENCE continuing with a south line of said Newport Subdivision,
  Section 8 and a north line of this tract with the arc of a curve to
  the left having a chord direction of N 33° 14' 01" E, a radius of
  139.25 feet, a distance of 141.24 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod set
  with cap marked "SHINE 5502".
  THENCE continuing with a south line of said Newport Subdivision,
  Section 8 and a north line of this tract with the arc of a curve to
  the left having a chord direction of N 00° 55' 12" E, a radius of
  300.00 feet, a distance of 34.09 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod with cap
  marked "SHINE 5502" set at the southerly southeast corner of said
  Newport Subdivision, Section 8 and in the west line of The City of
  Crosby Town Site, recorded in Volume 7, Page 26, Deed Records of
  Harris County, Texas, also being the west line of a tract of land
  referenced as "Tract 1" and "Tract 2" recorded in File No. W314743,
  Deed Records of Harris County, Texas.
  THENCE S 02° 45' 41" E with a west line of said City of Crosby Town
  Site, the west line of said called "Tract 1" and "Tract 2", and an
  east line of this tract a distance of 229.20 feet to a point in the
  centerline of Jackson Bayou.
  THENCE with a south line of said City of Crosby Town Site, a south
  line of said called "Tract 1" and "Tract 2", a north line of this
  tract, along the centerline of said Jackson Bayou the following
  bearings and distances:
  N 65° 32' 07" E       30.32 feet
  N 76° 12' 19" E       10.85 feet
  N 19° 33' 49" E       41.24 feet
  N 40° 05' 08" W       34.88 feet
  N 09° 21' 28" W       46.05 feet
  N 26° 11' 16" E       45.20 feet
  N 60° 33' 12" E       80.04 feet
  N 48° 22' 25" E       110.85 feet
  N 50° 01' 28" E       64.58 feet
  N 78° 38' 48" E       76.53 feet
  N 62° 45' 53" E       42.10 feet
  N 26° 13' 09" E       43.70 feet
  S 17° 27' 48" E       44.35 feet
  THENCE S 04° 37' 07" E continuing with a south line of said City of
  Crosby Town Site, a south line of said called "Tract 1" and "Tract
  2", a north line of this tract, along the centerline of said Jackson
  Bayou, passing the southerly southeast corner of said called "Tract
  1" and "Tract 2", and continuing a total distance of 90.52 feet to a
  point.
  THENCE continuing with a south line of said City of Crosby Town
  Site, a north line of this tract, along the centerline of said
  Jackson Bayou the following bearings and distances:
  S 31° 33' 28"E       19.00 feet
  S 89° 42' 03" E       32.70 feet
  S 65° 08' 41" E       86.19 feet
  THENCE S 82° 49' 14" E continuing with a south line of said City of
  Crosby Town Site, a north line of this tract, along the centerline
  of said Jackson Bayou a distance of 54.91 feet to a point at the most
  easterly northeast corner of this tract and the northwest corner of
  a called 7.6429 acre tract recorded in File No. E429933, Deed
  Records of Harris County, Texas.
  THENCE S 16° 01' 51" E with the west line of said called 7.6429 acre
  tract and the most easterly east line of this tract, at a distance
  of 56.24 feet pass a 1/2 inch iron rod with cap marked "SHINE 5502"
  set for reference, from which an iron rod with cap marked "PRECISION
  SURVEYORS" found at the northeast corner of Lot 1, Block 3, said
  City of Crosby Town Site bears N 19° 38' 01" E a distance of 409.41
  feet, an iron rod with cap marked "PRECISION SURVEYORS found in the
  east line of said Lot 1, Block 3, City of Crosby Town Site bears N
  85° 43' 47" E a distance of 471.48 feet, and continuing a total
  distance of 781.81 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod with cap marked
  "SHINE 5502" set at the southwest corner of said called 7.6429 acre
  tract, in the north right of way of T. & N. 0. Railroad, a variable
  width right of way, and at the most easterly southeast corner of
  this tract.
  THENCE S 46° 52' 02" W with the most easterly east line of this tract
  and the west right of way line of said T. & N. 0. Railroad, a
  distance of 1,876.95 feet to a 1" iron pipe found in the north line
  of a called 102.152 acre tract (Tract 2), recorded in File
  No. C683627, Deed Records of Harris County, Texas, and at the
  southeast corner of this tract, from which an iron rod found with
  cap marked "CENTERPOINT ENERGY" found at the northeast corner of
  herein described Tract I bears S 46° 45' 17" W, a distance of 556.58
  feet.
  THENCE S 87° 53' 52" W with the north line of said called 102.152
  acre tract and the south line of this tract a distance of 2,233.36
  feet to a 1/4 inch iron rod found at the southeast corner of a called
  21.234 acre tract recorded in File No. G553519, Deed Records of
  Harris County, Texas, and a southwest corner of this tract from
  which a found 1" iron pipe bears S 87° 53' 43" W, a distance of 999.06
  feet.
  THENCE N 01° 06' 07" W with the east line of said called 21.234 acre
  tract and a west line of this tract, passing the southeast corner of
  a called 0.116 acre tract recorded in File No. P220412, Deed
  Records of Harris County, Texas, a total distance of 308.90 feet to
  a 1/2 inch iron rod with cap marked "SHINE 5502" set at the
  northeast corner of said called 0.116 acre tract recorded in File
  No. P220412, and an interior corner of this tract.
  THENCE N 81° 29' 07" W with the north line of said called 0.116 acre
  tract recorded in File No. P220412, and a south line of this tract,
  at a distance of 100.00 feet pass the northwest corner of said
  called 0.116 acre tract and the northeast corner of a called 0.116
  acre tract recorded in File No. R256220, Deed Records of Harris
  County, Texas, at a distance of 200.00 feet pass the northwest
  corner of said called 0.116 acre tract recorded in File No. R256220
  and the northeast corner of a called 0.1164 acre tract recorded in
  File No. S300312, Deed Records of Harris County, Texas, at a
  distance of 300.00 feet pass the northwest corner of said called
  0.1164 acre tract recorded in File No. S300312 and the northeast
  corner of a called 0.116 acre tract recorded in File No. R304758,
  Deed Records of Harris County, Texas, at a distance of 400.00 feet,
  pass the northwest corner of said called 0.116 acre tract recorded
  in File No. R304758 and the northeast corner of a called 0.116 acre
  tract recorded in File No. P254365, Deed Records of Harris County,
  Texas, at a distance of 500.00 feet pass the northwest corner of
  said called 0.116 acre tract recorded in File No. P254365 and a
  northeast corner of said called 21.234 acre tract, continuing along
  a north line of said called 21.234 acre tract and a south line of
  this tract a total distance of 529.21 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod set
  with cap marked "SHINE 5502".
  THENCE N 51° 33' 28" W a distance of 799.95 feet to a 1/2 inch iron
  rod with cap marked "SHINE 5502" set at the northwest corner of said
  called 21.234 acre tract and at an interior corner of this tract.
  THENCE S 25° 27' 04" W with the west line of said called 21.234 acre
  tract and an east line of this tract, a distance of 528.15 feet to a
  1/2 inch iron rod with cap marked "SHINE 5502" set at the northwest
  corner of a called 2.1614 acre tract recorded in File No. K076581,
  Deed Records of Harris County, Texas.
  THENCE N 65° 59' 23" W with a north line of said called 2.1614 acre
  tract and a northerly south line of this tract, a distance of 929.77
  feet to a found iron rod with cap marked "RPLS 4615".
  THENCE continuing with the north line of said called 2.1614 acre
  tract and a northerly south line of this tract with the arc of a
  curve to the left having a chord direction of N 85° 42' 42" W, a
  radius of 509.50 feet, a distance of 238.49 feet to a found iron rod
  with cap marked "RPLS 4615".
  THENCE S 74° 30' 20" W continuing with the north line of said called
  2.1614 acre tract and a northerly south line of this tract a
  distance of 417.76 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod with cap marked
  "SHINE 5502" set at the northwest corner of said called 2.1614 acre
  tract and an interior corner of this tract.
  THENCE S 15° 29' 23" E with the west line of said called 2.1614 tract
  and an east line of this tract a distance of 60.00 feet to an iron
  rod with cap marked "RPLS 4615" found at the southwest corner of
  said called 2.1614 acre tract.
  THENCE N 74° 30' 26" E with the south line of said called 2.1614 acre
  tract and a southerly north line of this tract a distance of 418.00
  feet to a found iron rod with cap marked "RPLS 4615".
  THENCE continuing with the south line of said called 2.1614 acre
  tract and a southerly north line of this tract with the arc of a
  curve to the right having a chord direction of S 83° 40' 53" E, a
  radius of 595.34 feet, a distance of 196.44 feet to a 1/2 inch iron
  rod set with cap marked "SHINE 5502".
  THENCE S 65° 59' 23" E continuing with the south line of said called
  2.164 acre tract and a southerly north line of this tract a distance
  of 927.30 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod with cap marked "SHINE 5502"
  set at the southeast corner of said called 2.1614 acre tract in the
  west line of said called 21.234 acre tract.
  THENCE S 25° 16' 50" W with the west line of said called 21.234 acre
  tract and an east line of this tract, a distance of 441.83 feet to an
  iron rod with cap marked "RPLS 4615" found at the southwest corner
  of said called 21.234 acre tract, in the north line of said called
  102.152 acre tract and at a southeast corner of this tract, from
  which a found 1" iron pipe bears N 88° 29' 40" E, a distance of 600.63
  feet.
  THENCE S 88° 21' 40" W with a south line of this tract and the north
  line of said called 102.152 acre tract, at a distance of 7,048.87
  feet, pass a found 3/4" iron rod and continue a total distance of
  7,133.88 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod with cap marked "SHINE 5502"
  set at the southeast corner of a called 1 acre tract recorded in
  File No. H076771, Deed Records of Harris County, Texas.
  THENCE N 01° 38' 26" W with a west line of this tract and the east
  line of said called 1 acre tract, a distance of 208.71 feet to a 1/2
  inch iron rod with cap marked "SHINE 5502" set at the northeast
  corner of said called 1 acre tract.
  THENCE S 88° 21' 40" W with a south line of this tract and the north
  line of said called 1 acre tract, a distance of 208.71 feet to a 1/2
  inch iron rod with cap marked "SHINE 5502" set at the northwest
  corner of said called 1 acre tract.
  THENCE S 01° 38' 26" E with an east line of this tract and the west
  line of said called 1 acre tract, a distance of 208.71 feet to a 1/2
  inch iron rod with cap marked "SHINE 5502" set at the southwest
  corner of said called 1 acre tract, in the north line of said called
  102.152 acre tract.
  THENCE S 88° 21' 40" W with a south line of this tract and the north
  line of said called 102.152 acre tract, a distance of 2,021.97 feet
  to the line of mean higher high water on the San Jacinto River.
  THENCE meandering the line of mean higher high water along the left
  bank of the San Jacinto River, the following bearings and
  distances:
  N 53° 39' 19" W       446.94 feet
  N 59° 28' 06" W       369.78 feet
  N 32° 15' 28" W       88.34 feet
  N 50° 54' 05" W       129.34 feet
  N 43° 04' 40" W       188.13 feet
  N 45° 19' 17" W       78.88 feet
  N 27° 03' 34" W       250.17 feet
  N 13° 49' 11" W       192.54 feet
  N 13° 56' 26" W       103.14 feet
  N 00° 46' 29" E       503.45 feet
  N 03° 28' 48" E       224.28 feet
  N 03° 58' 09" E       246.51 feet
  N 01° 50' 57" E       180.18 feet
  N 04° 57' 15" E       202.55 feet
  N 07° 14' 24" E       177.80 feet
  N 12° 57' 35" E       166.40 feet
  N 07° 38' 19" E       108.67 feet
  N 08° 55' 16" E       130.31 feet
  N 04° 27' 32" E       158.34 feet
  N 20° 09' 17" E       102.98 feet
  N 15° 38' 50" E       168.56 feet
  N 08° 04' 25" W       320.01 feet
  N 24° 35' 18" W       119.21 feet
  N 25° 33' 04" W       239.12 feet
  THENCE N 32° 33' 43" W continuing along the line of mean higher high
  water on the left bank of the San Jacinto River, a distance of
  117.10 feet to a point at the southwest corner of said called 56.50
  acre tract and a southerly northwest corner of this tract.
  THENCE N 59° 33' 11" E with the south line of said called 56.50 acre
  tract and a north line of this tract, a distance of 834.87 feet to a
  1" iron pipe found at the southeast corner of said called 56.50 acre
  tract and an interior corner of this tract.
  THENCE N 22° 44' 35" E with the southerly east line of said called
  56.50 acre tract and a northerly west line of this tract, a distance
  of 1,342.07 feet to the PLACE OF BEGINNING, containing 991.55
  acres.
  TRACT III
  BEGINNING at a 1" iron pipe found in the south line of the Absalom
  Reeves Survey, Abstract 60, and the north line of said Abstract 838,
  in the west line of a called 167.305 acre tract recorded in File
  No. 2010010605, Deed Records of Harris County, Texas, at the
  southeast corner of a called 60.0765 acre tract recorded in File
  No. U922164, Deed Records of Harris County, Texas, and at the
  northeast corner of this tract. Said 1" iron pipe has a Texas State
  Plane coordinate value of N: 13910927.97 and E: 3206944.66.
  THENCE S 02° 37' 23" E (Called S 02° 37' 21" E) with the west line of
  said called 167.305 acre tract and the east line of this tract, a
  distance of 1,434.17 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod with cap marked
  "SHINE 5502" set at the southwest corner of said 167.305 acre tract.
  THENCE S 87° 47' 10" E with the south line of said called 167.305
  acre tract and a north line of this tract, a distance of 51.63 feet
  to a 1/2 inch iron rod with cap marked "SHINE 5502" set in the north
  right of way of Diamondhead Boulevard North, (100 feet wide
  R.O.W.), at the northwest corner of Newport Subdivision, Section
  10, a subdivision recorded in Volume 220, Page 76, Map Records of
  Harris County, Texas.
  THENCE S 02° 12' 50" W with a west line of said Section 10 and an east
  line of this tract, a distance of 100.00 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod
  with cap marked "SHINE 5502" set in the south right of way line of
  said Diamondhead Boulevard North, at a northerly southwest corner
  of said Section 10.
  THENCE S 87° 47' 10" E with the south right of way line of said
  Diamondhead Boulevard North, a northerly south line of said Section
  10, and a north line of this tract, a distance of 37.06 feet to a 1/2
  inch iron rod with cap marked "SHINE 5502" set at the intersection
  of the south right of way line of said Diamondhead Boulevard North,
  and the west right of way line of Golf Club Drive (100 feet wide
  R.O.W.) in a west line of said Section 10.
  THENCE S 42° 47' 10" E with the west right of way of said Golf Club
  Drive, the west line of said Section 10 and the east line of this
  tract, a distance of 14.14 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod with cap set
  marked "SHINE 5502".
  THENCE S 01° 07' 10" E continuing with the west right of way of said
  Golf Club Drive, the west line of said Section 10 and the east line
  of this tract, a distance of 183.64 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod with
  cap set marked "SHINE 5502".
  THENCE continuing with the west right of way of said Golf Club
  Drive, the west line of said Section 10 and the east line of this
  tract, with the arc of a curve to the right having a radius of
  1,950.00 feet and a central angle of 20° 00' 00", a distance of
  680.68 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod with cap set marked "SHINE 5502".
  THENCE S 22° 12' 50" W continuing with the west right of way of said
  Golf Club Drive, the west line of said Section 10 and the east line
  of this tract, a distance of 660.85 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod with
  cap set marked "SHINE 5502".
  THENCE continuing with the west right of way of said Golf Club
  Drive, the west line of said Section 10 and the east line of this
  tract, with the arc of a curve to the left having a radius of
  3,050.00 feet and a central angle of 45° 06' 00", a distance of
  2,400.79 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod with cap set marked "SHINE
  5502".
  THENCE S 22° 57' 10" E continuing with the west right of way of said
  Golf Club Drive, the west line of said Section 10 and the east line
  of this tract, a distance of 714.81 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod with
  cap marked "SHINE 5502" set at the northeast corner of a called
  3.3685 acre tract recorded in File No. N409807, Deed Records of
  Harris County, Texas, and the most easterly southeast corner of
  this tract.
  THENCE S 74° 57' 26" W with the north line of said called 3.3685 acre
  tract and a south line of this tract, a distance of 170.16 feet to a
  1/2 inch iron rod with cap set marked "SHINE 5502".
  THENCE S 38° 21' 36" W continuing with the north line of said called
  3.3685 acre tract and a south line of this tract, a distance of
  375.28 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod with cap marked "SHINE 5502" set
  at the southerly northeast corner of a called 53.17 acre tract
  recorded in File No. U652009, Deed Records of Harris County, Texas,
  and a southeast corner of this tract, from which a 1/2 inch iron rod
  found at the southeast corner of said called 53.17 acre tract and
  the southwest corner of said called 3.3685 acre tract bears S 38° 21'
  38" W, a distance of 10.86 feet.
  THENCE N 75° 29' 31" W with a southerly north line of said called
  53.17 acre tract and a south line of this tract, a distance of
  577.95 feet to an iron rod with cap marked "TERRA SURVEYING" found
  at a southerly northeast corner of said called 53.17 acre tract, and
  an interior corner of this tract.
  THENCE N 05° 37' 30" E with the east line of said called 53.17 acre
  tract and a west line of this tract, a distance of 480.74 feet to an
  iron rod found with cap marked "TERRA SURVEYING".
  THENCE N 08° 08' 01" E continuing with the east line of said called
  53.17 acre tract and a west line of this tract, a distance of 825.65
  feet to an iron rod found with cap marked "TERRA SURVEYING".
  THENCE continuing with the east line of said called 53.17 acre tract
  and a west line of this tract, with the arc of a curve to the left
  having a radius of 250.61 feet and a central angle of 98° 17' 48", a
  distance of 429.95 feet to an iron rod with cap marked "TERRA
  SURVEYING" found at the northeast corner of said called 53.17 acre
  tract.
  THENCE N 89° 04' 41" W with the north line of said called 53.17 acre
  tract and a south line of this tract, a distance of 407.72 feet to an
  iron rod found with cap marked "TERRA SURVEYING".
  THENCE S 74° 12' 35" W continuing with the north line of said called
  53.17 acre tract and a south line of this tract, a distance of
  412.92 feet to an iron rod found with cap marked "TERRA SURVEYING".
  THENCE S 71° 17' 47" W continuing with the north line of said called
  53.17 acre tract and a south line of this tract, a distance of
  313.23 feet to an iron rod found with cap marked "TERRA SURVEYING".
  THENCE S 64° 30' 39" W continuing with the north line of said called
  53.17 acre tract and a south line of this tract, a distance of
  250.16 feet to an iron rod with cap marked "TERRA SURVEYING" found
  at the northwest corner of said called 53.17 acre tract and an
  interior corner of this tract.
  THENCE S 30° 45' 58" W with the west line of said called 53.17 acre
  tract and an east line of this tract, a distance of 938.35 feet to an
  iron rod found with cap marked "TERRA SURVEYING" from which a 1 1/4
  inch iron pipe found in the south line of said called 53.17 acre
  tract and the north line of The San Jacinto River Authority East
  Canal tract, recorded in Volume 1294, Page 256, Deed Records of
  Harris County, Texas bears S 76° 55' 49" E a distance of 700.71 feet.
  THENCE S 38° 36' 07" E continuing with the west line of said called
  53.17 acre tract and an east line of this tract, a distance of
  330.48 feet to an iron rod found with cap marked "TERRA SURVEYING".
  THENCE S 50° 28' 00" W continuing with the west line of said called
  53.17 acre tract and an east line of this tract, a distance of
  392.70 feet to an iron rod found with cap marked "TERRA SURVEYING".
  THENCE S 34° 53' 53" E continuing with the west line of said called
  53.17 acre tract and an east line of this tract, a distance of 54.47
  feet to an iron rod with cap marked "TERRA SURVEYING" found at the
  southwest corner of said called 53.17 acre tract, in a north line of
  Horizon Drive, a dedicated public road in Newport Subdivision,
  Section 4, a subdivision recorded in Volume 198, Page 53, Map
  Records of Harris County, Texas, and at a southeast corner of this
  tract, from which a 1 1/4 inch iron pipe found in the south line of
  said called 53.17 acre tract and the north line of said East Canal
  tract bears N 51° 21' 56" E a distance of 512.15'.
  THENCE S 51° 21' 08" W along a north line of said Section 4, a north
  line of said San Jacinto River Authority East Canal Tract, and a
  south line of this tract, at a distance of 51.71 feet pass a
  northwest corner of said Horizon Drive and Section 4 and continuing
  a total distance of 605.52 feet to a 1" iron pipe found.
  THENCE continuing along a north line of said San Jacinto River
  Authority East Canal and a south line of this tract, with the arc of
  a curve to the left having a radius of 415.36 feet and a central
  angle of 17° 54' 23", a distance of 129.81 feet to a 1 1/2 inch iron
  pipe found.
  THENCE S 32° 37' 00 W continuing along a north line of said San
  Jacinto River Authority East Canal and a south line of this tract a
  distance of 1,291.52 feet to a 1 1/4 inch iron pipe found.
  THENCE continuing along a north line of said San Jacinto River
  Authority East Canal and a south line of this tract, with the arc of
  a curve to the right having a radius of 174.95 feet and a central
  angle of 39° 20' 42", a distance of 174.95 feet to a 1 inch iron pipe
  found.
  THENCE S 72° 28' 08" W continuing along a north line of said San
  Jacinto River Authority East Canal and a south line of this tract, a
  distance of 2,448.06 feet to a 1 1/4 inch iron pipe found.
  THENCE continuing along a north line of said San Jacinto River
  Authority East Canal and a south line of this tract, with the arc of
  a curve to the left having a radius of 333.37 feet and a central
  angle of 04° 24' 34", a distance of 25.66 feet to a 1 1/4 inch iron
  pipe found.
  THENCE S 68° 53' 17" W continuing along a north line of said San
  Jacinto River Authority East Canal and a south line of this tract, a
  distance of 1,832.09 feet to a 1 1/4 inch iron pipe found.
  THENCE continuing along a north line of said San Jacinto River
  Authority East Canal and a south line of this tract, with the arc of
  a curve to the right having a radius of 144.47 feet and a central
  angle of 53° 20' 45", a distance of 134.51 feet to a 1 1/4" iron pipe
  found.
  THENCE N 57° 13' 44" W continuing along a north line of said San
  Jacinto River Authority East Canal and a south line of this tract, a
  distance of 1,587.58 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod set with cap marked
  "SHINE 5502".
  THENCE continuing along a north line of said San Jacinto River
  Authority East Canal and a south line of this tract, with the arc of
  a curve to the left having a radius of 402.67 feet and a central
  angle of 30° 10' 09", a distance of 212.03 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod
  set with cap marked "SHINE 5502".
  THENCE N 87° 29' 31" W continuing along a north line of said San
  Jacinto River Authority East Canal and a south line of this tract, a
  distance of 224.45 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod found at an interior
  corner of said San Jacinto River Authority East Canal and an
  interior corner of this tract.
  THENCE along an east line of said San Jacinto River Authority East
  Canal and a west line of this tract, with the arc of a curve to the
  right having a radius of 133.99 feet and a central angle of 63° 17'
  53", a distance of 148.03 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod found in the
  north line of said Humphrey Jackson Survey, Abstract 37 and the
  south line of said William Wilson Survey, Abstract 838.
  THENCE N 24° 23' 35" W along an east line of said San Jacinto River
  Authority East Canal and a west line of this tract, a distance of
  375.95 feet to a 1" iron pipe found.
  THENCE continuing along an east line of said San Jacinto River
  Authority East Canal and a west line of this tract, with the arc of a
  curve to the right having a radius of 174.87 feet and a central
  angle of 37° 53' 54", a distance of 115.67 feet to a 1 1/4" iron pipe
  found.
  THENCE N 14° 24' 42" E continuing along an east line of said San
  Jacinto River Authority East Canal and a west line of this tract, a
  distance of 74.82 feet to a 1 1/4" iron pipe found.
  THENCE continuing along an east line of said San Jacinto River
  Authority East Canal and a west line of this tract, with the arc of a
  curve to the right having a radius of 661.43 feet and a central
  angle of 07° 01' 58", a distance of 81.19 feet to a 1 1/4" iron pipe
  found.
  THENCE N 12°17' 19" E continuing along the east line of said San
  Jacinto River Authority East Canal and a west line of this tract, a
  distance of 436.82 feet to a 5/8" iron rod found at a northeast
  corner of said San Jacinto River Authority East Canal, in the south
  line of a called 39.88 acre tract recorded in File No. T525349, Deed
  Records of Harris County, Texas and at an interior corner of this
  tract, from which a 1 1/4" iron pipe found in a north line of said
  San Jacinto River Authority East Canal tract and the south line of
  said called 39.88 acre tract bears N 77° 36' 49" W, a distance of
  621.39 feet.
  THENCE S 77° 42' 29" E with the south line of said called 39.88 acre
  tract and a north line of this tract, a distance of 294.05 feet to a
  5/8" iron rod found at the southeast corner of said called 39.88
  acre tract.
  THENCE N 09° 46' 40" E with the east line of said called 39.88 acre
  tract and a west line of this tract, a distance of 950.00 feet to a
  1/2" iron rod found.
  THENCE N 10° 53' 20" W continuing with the east line of said called
  39.88 acre tract, and the west line of this tract, a distance of
  394.97 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found at the northeast corner of said
  called 39.88 acre tract.
  THENCE N 80° 21' 03" W with the north line of said called 39.88 acre
  tract and a south line of this tract, a distance of 1,359.57 feet to
  a point in an east line of called 589.27 acre tract (Lake Houston)
  recorded in Volume 1458, Page 1, and a west line of this tract.
  Volume 1458, Page 1 describes this point as being the waterline of
  the proposed reservoir when at normal pool level at elevation 44.5
  feet above mean sea level.
  THENCE with the west line of this tract and an east line of said
  called 589.27 acre tract (Lake Houston), the following bearings and
  distances:
  N 30° 53' 29" E       376.74 feet
  N 21° 32' 39" E       300.00 feet
  N 06° 45' 39" E       864.00 feet
  N 19° 56' 19" W       882.88 feet
  N 07° 44' 21" W       184.00 feet
  THENCE N 52° 28' 21" W continuing with the west line of this tract
  and the east line of said called 589.27 acre tract (Lake Houston), a
  distance of 508.00 feet to a point from which a 12"x12" concrete
  monument found with Aluminum Disc marked "Corp of Engineers U.S.
  Boundary Mark SL-1 Y1977" bears N 25° 14' 05" W a distance of 59.32
  feet. Said concrete monument has a State Plane coordinate value of
  N: 13907978.68 and E: 3195354.41
  THENCE continuing with the west line of this tract and an east line
  of said called 589.27 acre tract (Lake Houston), the following
  bearings and distances:
  N 65° 40' 21" W       422.00 feet
  N 80° 22' 21" W       300.00 feet
  N 62° 47' 53" W       641.05 feet
  N 60° 37' 21" W       600.00 feet
  N 88° 15' 21" W       540.00 feet
  S 84 ° 47' 39" W       568.00 feet
  S 69° 42' 54" W       633.02 feet
  S 83° 28' 39" W       332.00 feet
  N 77° 42' 21" W       270.00 feet
  N 13° 14' 21" W       739.00 feet
  N 28° 22' 21" W       402.00 feet
  THENCE N 21° 29' 39" E continuing with the west line of this tract
  and an east line of said called 589.27 acre tract (Lake Houston), a
  distance of 394.76 feet to a point in the south line of Lake Shadows
  Section Four, a subdivision recorded in File No. D620201, Map
  Records of Harris County, Texas, and at the northwest corner of this
  tract.
  THENCE N 86° 32' 15" E with the south line of said Lake Shadows
  Section Four and the north line of this tract, at a distance of
  204.97 feet pass a 1/2" iron rod found, and continuing a total
  distance of 689.12 feet to a point in a concrete slab at the
  southeast corner of said Lake Shadows Section Four, the southwest
  corner of a called 447.0498 acre tract recorded in File
  No. D759681, Deed Records of Harris County, Texas, and an interior
  corner of this tract from which a 1/2 " iron rod with cap marked
  "SHINE 5502" set for reference bears S 04° 44' 22" W a distance of
  1.88 feet, a 1" iron pipe found bears N 79° 27' 48" E a distance of
  101.22 feet, and a 1/2" iron rod found in the east line of said Lake
  Shadows Section Four bears N 33° 33' 38" E a distance of 254.84 feet.
  THENCE N 86° 43' 31" E with the south line of said called 447.0498
  acre tract and a north line of this tract, a distance of 10,942.13
  feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod next to a 4"x6" fence post found at the
  southeast corner of said called 447.0498 acre tract and an interior
  corner of this tract.
  THENCE N 02° 07' 50" W with the east line of said called 447.0498
  acre tract and a northerly west line of this tract a distance of
  26.79 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod with cap marked "SHINE 5502" set at
  the southwest corner of a called 0.1148 acre tract recorded in File
  No. T653706, Deed Records of Harris County, Texas and a northwest
  corner of this tract.
  THENCE N 87° 22' 21" E with the south line of said called 0.1148 acre
  tract and a north line of this tract, at a distance of 50.02 feet
  pass the southeast corner of said called 0.1148 acre tract recorded
  in File No. T653706 and the southwest corner of a called 0.1148 acre
  tract recorded in File No. T702499, Deed Records of Harris County,
  Texas, at a distance of 100.02 feet, pass the southeast corner of
  said called 0.1148 acre tract recorded in File No. T702499 and the
  southwest corner of a called 0.1148 acre tract recorded in File
  No. T643967, at a distance of 150.02 feet pass the southeast corner
  of said called 0.1148 acre tract recorded in File No. T643967 and
  the southwest corner of a called 0.1148 acre tract recorded in File
  No. T491404, Deed Records of Harris County, Texas, at a distance of
  200.02 feet pass the southeast corner of said called 0.1148 acre
  tract recorded in File No. T491404 and the southwest corner of a
  called 0.1148 acre tract recorded in File No. T526225, Deed Records
  of Harris County, Texas, and continuing a total distance of 250.02
  feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod with cap marked "SHINE 5502" set at the
  southeast corner of said called 0.1148 acre tract recorded in File
  No. T526225 and an interior corner of this tract.
  THENCE N 02° 37' 39" W with the east line of said called 0.1148 acre
  tract recorded in File No. T526225 and a west line of this tract, a
  distance of 100.00 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod with cap marked
  "SHINE 5502" set at the northeast corner of said called 0.1148 acre
  tract recorded in File No. T526225, in the south line of a called
  5.00 acre tract recorded in File No. T684273, Deed Records of
  Harris County, Texas, in the South line of the Hannah Nash Survey,
  Abstract 599, in the north line of said Abstract 838, and at a
  northwest corner of this tract.
  THENCE N 87° 02' 53" E with the south line of said Abstract 599, the
  north line of said Abstract 838, the south line of said called 5.00
  acre tract and the north line of this tract a distance of 316.67
  feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod found at the southeast corner of said
  Abstract 599, the southwest corner of said Abstract 60, the
  southeast corner of said called 5.00 acre tract and the southwest
  corner of a called 45 acre tract recorded in File No. 20080119197,
  Deed Records of Harris County, Texas.
  THENCE N 87° 24' 37" E with the south line of said called 45 acre
  tract, the south line of said Abstract 60, the north line of said
  Abstract 838 and the north line of this tract, a distance of 986.97
  feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod found at the southeast corner of said
  called 45 acre tract, the southwest corner of a called 8.39 acre
  tract recorded in File No. 20070675831, Deed Records of Harris
  County, Texas, and a northerly corner of this tract.
  THENCE N 87° 48' 26" E with the south line of said 8.339 acre tract,
  the south line of said Abstract 60, the north line of said Abstract
  838 and the north line of this tract, at a distance of 150.00 feet
  pass the southeast corner of said called 8.39 acre tract and the
  southwest corner of a called 11.675 acre tract recorded in File
  No. 20070675831, Deed Records of Harris County, Texas, and
  continuing a total distance of 359.69 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod
  found at the southeast corner of said called 11.675 acre tract and
  the southwest corner of a called 155.76 acre tract recorded in
  Volume 438, Page 236, Deed Records of Harris County, Texas.
  THENCE N 87° 20' 09" E with the south line of said Abstract 60, the
  north line of said Abstract 838, the south line of said called
  155.76 acre tract and the north line of this tract, a distance of
  682.33 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod found next to a 8"x8" square fence
  post at the southeast corner of said called 155.76 acre tract and
  the southwest corner of a called 29.15 acre tract recorded in File
  No. R106573, Deed Records of Harris County, Texas.
  THENCE N 87° 24' 00" E with the south line of said Abstract 60, the
  north line of said Abstract 838, the south line of said called 29.15
  acre tract and the north line of this tract, and at a distance of
  525.51 feet pass the southeast corner of said called 29.15 acre
  tract and the southwest corner of said called 60.0765 acre tract,
  and continuing with the south line of said Abstract 60, the north
  line of said Abstract 838, the south line of said called 60.0765
  acre tract and the north line of this tract, a total distance of
  1648.87 feet to the PLACE OF BEGINNING, containing 1,942.08 acres
  of land.
         SECTION 3.  (a)  The legal notice of the intention to
  introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
  Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
  copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
  officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
  under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
  Government Code.
         (b)  The governor, one of the required recipients, has
  submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
  Environmental Quality.
         (c)  The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
  its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor,
  lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives
  within the required time.
         (d)  The general law relating to consent by political
  subdivisions to the creation of districts with conservation,
  reclamation, and road powers and the inclusion of land in those
  districts has been complied with.
         (e)  All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
  state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
  to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act have been
  fulfilled and accomplished.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2276 passed the Senate on
  May 19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1; and that the
  Senate concurred in House amendment on May 28, 2017, by the
  following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 2.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2276 passed the House, with
  amendment, on May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 138,
  Nays 8, two present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor