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  H.B. No. 3442
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility
  District No. 566; granting a limited power of eminent domain;
  providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose
  assessments, fees, and taxes.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subtitle F, Title 6, Special District Local Laws
  Code, is amended by adding Chapter 8037 to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 8037. HARRIS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 566
  SUBCHAPTER A.  GENERAL PROVISIONS
         Sec. 8037.0101.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:
               (1)  "Board" means the district's board of directors.
               (2)  "Commission" means the Texas Commission on
  Environmental Quality.
               (3)  "Director" means a board member.
               (4)  "District" means the Harris County Municipal
  Utility District No. 566.
         Sec. 8037.0102.  NATURE OF DISTRICT.  The district is a
  municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI,
  Texas Constitution.
         Sec. 8037.0103.  CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTOR ELECTION
  REQUIRED.  The temporary directors shall hold an election to
  confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent
  directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
         Sec. 8037.0104.  CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED. The
  temporary directors may not hold an election under Section
  8037.0103 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or
  extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has
  consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the
  district and to the inclusion of land in the district.
         Sec. 8037.0105.  FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
  (a)  The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit.
         (b)  The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:
               (1)  a municipal utility district as provided by
  general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and
               (2)  Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that
  relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation,
  or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or
  improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
         Sec. 8037.0106.  INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.  (a)  The
  district is initially composed of the territory described by
  Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.
         (b)  The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of
  the Act enacting this chapter form a closure.  A mistake made in the
  field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process
  does not affect the district's:
               (1)  organization, existence, or validity;
               (2)  right to issue any type of bond for the purposes
  for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and
  interest on a bond;
               (3)  right to impose a tax; or
               (4)  legality or operation.
  SUBCHAPTER B.  BOARD OF DIRECTORS
         Sec. 8037.0201.  GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.  (a)  The district is
  governed by a board of five elected directors.
         (b)  Except as provided by Section 8037.0202, directors
  serve staggered four-year terms.
         Sec. 8037.0202.  TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.  (a)  The temporary
  board consists of:
               (1)  Philip Ghutzman;
               (2)  Todd Dillingham;
               (3)  Caitlin Doonan;
               (4)  Nolan Mainguy; and
               (5)  Robert Frost.
         (b)  Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:
               (1)  the date permanent directors are elected under
  Section 8037.0103; 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 8037.0103 and the terms of the temporary directors have
  expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or
  reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that
  expire on the earlier of:
               (1)  the date permanent directors are elected under
  Section 8037.0103; or
               (2)  the fourth anniversary of the date of the
  appointment or reappointment.
         (d)  If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a
  majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district
  may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the
  commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five
  persons named in the petition.  The commission shall appoint as
  successor temporary directors the five persons named in the
  petition.
  SUBCHAPTER C.  POWERS AND DUTIES
         Sec. 8037.0301.  GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.  The district
  has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
  which the district is created.
         Sec. 8037.0302.  MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND
  DUTIES.  The district has the powers and duties provided by the
  general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code,
  applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59,
  Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
         Sec. 8037.0303.  AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS. Under Section
  52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design,
  acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate,
  maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for
  operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or
  improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
         Sec. 8037.0304.  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. 8037.0305.  COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT
  ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION.  The district shall comply with all
  applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is
  adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that
  consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land
  in the district.
         Sec. 8037.0306.  DIVISION OF DISTRICT.  (a)  The district may
  be divided into two or more new districts only if:
               (1)  the district has no outstanding bonded debt; and
               (2)  the district is not imposing ad valorem taxes.
         (b)  This chapter applies to any new district created by the
  division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and
  duties of the district.
         (c)  Any new district created by the division of the district
  may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land
  outside the area described by Section 2 of the Act creating 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
  8037.0103 to confirm the creation of the district.
         (f)  An order dividing the district shall:
               (1)  name each new district;
               (2)  include the metes and bounds description of the
  territory of each new district;
               (3)  appoint temporary directors for each new district;
  and
               (4)  provide for the division of assets and liabilities
  between or among the new districts.
         (g)  On or before the 30th day after the date of adoption of
  an order dividing the district, the district shall file the order
  with the commission and record the order in the real property
  records of each county in which the district is located.
         (h)  Any new district created by the division of the district
  shall hold a confirmation and directors' election as required by
  Section 8037.0103.
         (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
  8037.0104 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
         Sec. 8037.0401.  ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS. (a)
  The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other
  obligations secured by:
               (1)  revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or
               (2)  contract payments described by Section 8037.0403.
         (b)  The district must hold an election in the manner
  provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval
  before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds
  payable from ad valorem taxes.
         (c)  The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem
  taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a
  vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an
  election held for that purpose.
         Sec. 8037.0402.  OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.  (a)  If
  authorized at an election held under Section 8037.0401, the
  district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable
  property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water
  Code.
         (b)  The board shall determine the tax rate.  The rate may not
  exceed the rate approved at the election.
         Sec. 8037.0403.  CONTRACT TAXES.  (a)  In accordance with
  Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than
  an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from
  the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of
  the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters
  voting at an election held for that purpose.
         (b)  A contract approved by the district voters may contain a
  provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by
  the board without further voter approval.
  SUBCHAPTER E.  BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS
         Sec. 8037.0501.  AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER
  OBLIGATIONS.  The district may issue bonds or other obligations
  payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees,
  revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any
  combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district
  purpose.
         Sec. 8037.0502.  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. 8037.0503.  BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS. At the time of
  issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations
  issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad
  valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the
  real property in the district.
         SECTION 2.  The Harris County Municipal Utility District No.
  566 initially includes all the territory contained in the following
  area:
         TRACT 1 - 538.890 ACRES
         A FIELD NOTE DESCRIPTION of a 553.208 acre tract of land in
  the R. Walton Survey, Abstract No. 845 and in the H. Ehrenberg
  Survey, Abstract No. 247, Harris County, Texas; said 553.208 acre
  tract being Tracts 1-11 conveyed to Golden Shamrock Realty, Inc.,
  as recorded in Harris County Clerk's File No. P061803; said tract
  being more particularly described by metes-and-bounds as follows
  with the bearings being based on Texas State Plane Coordinate
  System, South Central Zone (NAD83) per GPS Observations using
  National Geodetic Survey Continuously Operating Reference
  Stations:
         BEGINNING at a 3/8-inch iron rod found at the intersection of
  the west right-of-way line of Becker Road (width varies) with the
  north right-of-way line of Becker Road (called 60 feet wide) for the
  southeast corner of said Tract 9;
         THENCE, South 87° 45' 45" West - 4,884.83 feet with the north
  line of said Becker Road and with the south line of said Tracts 7, 8,
  9, and 11 to a 5/8-inch iron rod found at the southeast end of a
  cutback corner at the intersection of the north line of said Becker
  Road with the east right-of-way line Katy-Hockley Road (called 60
  feet wide) for a southwest corner of this tract;
         THENCE, North 58° 07' 58" West - 46.02 feet with said cutback
  and with a southwest line of said Tract 7 to a 5/8-inch iron rod
  found for an angle point of this tract;
         THENCE, North 61° 37' 08" West - 85.49 feet with said cutback
  and with a southwest line of said Tract 7 to a 5/8-inch iron rod
  found for an angle point of this tract;
         THENCE, North 34° 22' 11" West - 42.85 feet with said cutback
  and with a southwest line of said Tract 7 to a 5/8-inch iron rod
  found for an angle point of this tract;
         THENCE, North 15° 13' 59" West - 53.74 feet with said cutback
  and with a southwest line of said Tract 7 to a 5/8-inch iron rod
  found for the north end of said cutback and for a southwest corner
  of this tract;
         THENCE, North 01° 44' 20" West - 1,621.49 feet with the east
  right-of-way line of said Katy-Hockley Road and with a west line of
  said Tracts 7 and 11 to a 1/2-inch iron rod found for a northwest
  corner of this tract;
         THENCE, North 88° 16' 31" East - 20.06 feet with a south line
  of a 17.4152 acre tract of land conveyed to G. Robert Friedman,
  Trustee, as recorded in Harris County Clerk's File No. 20070505569
  and with a north line of said Tract 11 to a 5/8-inch iron rod found
  for an angle point of this tract;
         THENCE, South 48° 17' 22" East - 14.54 feet with a southwest
  line of said 17.4152 acre tract and with a northeast line of said
  Tract 11 to a 5/8-inch iron rod found for an angle point of this
  tract;
         THENCE, North 88° 16' 31" East - 1,711.59 feet with a south
  line of said 17.4152 acre tract, with the south line of a 11.6869
  acre tract of land conveyed to Michael A. Nassie, as recorded in
  Harris County Clerk's File No. N345641 and with a north line of said
  Tract 11 to a 1/2-inch iron rod found for an angle point of this
  tract;
         THENCE, North 43° 01' 23" East - 14.08 feet with a southeast
  line of said 11.6869 acre tract and with a northwest line of said
  Tract 11 to a 1/2-inch iron rod found for an angle point of this
  tract;
         THENCE, North 02° 13' 45" West - 778.58 feet with the east
  line of said 11.6869 acre tract and with a west line of said Tract 11
  to a 1/2-inch iron pipe found for an interior corner of this tract;
         THENCE, South 80° 40' 21" West - 634.30 feet with a south line
  of said Tract 4 and with a north line of said 11.6869 acre tract to a
  5/8-inch iron rod found for an angle point of this tract;
         THENCE, South 88° 17' 42" West - 415.20 feet with a south line
  of said Tract 4, with a north line of said 11.6869 acre tract and
  with the north line of said 17.4152 acre tract to a 3/4-inch iron
  pipe found for a southwest corner of this tract;
         THENCE, North 01° 41' 02" West - 781.71 feet with the west
  line of said Tract 4 and with the east line of a 11.65 acre tract of
  land conveyed to Mueshke Land Holdings, L.P., as recorded in Harris
  County Clerk's File No. RP-2017-467581 to a 5/8-inch iron rod with
  cap set to replace a disturbed 5/8-inch iron rod found for an
  interior corner of this tract;
         THENCE, South 75° 49' 10" West - 240.49 feet with a south line
  of said Tract 11 and with the north line of said 11.65 acre tract to
  a 5/8-inch iron rod found for a point-of-curvature;
         THENCE, in a westerly direction with a south line of said
  Tract 11 and with the north line of said 11.65 acre tract and with a
  curve to the right having a radius of 1,040.00 feet, a central angle
  of 12° 27' 19", a length of 226.08 feet, and a chord bearing
  South 82° 00' 12" West - 225.64 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod found for
  a point-of-tangency;
         THENCE, South 88° 15' 52" West - 213.28 feet with a south line
  of said Tract 11 and with the north line of said 11.65 acre tract to
  a 1/2-inch iron rod found for an angle point of this tract;
         THENCE, South 42° 50' 16" West - 14.04 feet with a south line
  of said Tract 11 and with the north line of said 11.65 acre tract to
  a 1/2-inch iron rod found for an angle point of this tract;
         THENCE, South 88° 15' 52" West - 20.00 feet with a south line
  of said Tract 11 and with the north line of said 11.65 acre tract to
  a 1/2-inch iron rod found in the east right-of-way line of said
  Katy-Hockley Road for an southwest corner of this tract;
         THENCE, North 01° 44' 20" West - 1,726.45 feet with the east
  right-of-way line of said Katy-Hockley Road and with a west line of
  said Tracts 1 and 11 to a 5/8-inch iron rod found for a northwest
  corner of this tract;
         THENCE, North 87° 12' 47" East - 20.03 feet with a north line
  of said Tract 11 and with a south line of a called 86.9702 acre tract
  of land conveyed to Hanson Aggregates, Inc., as recorded in Harris
  County Clerk's File No. 20070002906 to a 5/8-inch iron rod found
  for an angle point of this tract;
         THENCE, South 45° 45' 24" East - 14.40 feet with a north line
  of said Tract 11 and with a south line of said 86.9702 acre tract to
  a 1/2-inch iron rod found for an angle point of this tract and for
  the beginning of a non-tangent curve to the right;
         THENCE, in an easterly direction with a north line of said
  Tract 11, with a south line of said 86.9702 acre tract and with said
  curve to the right having a radius of 905.00 feet, a central angle
  of 06° 01' 18", a length of 95.11 feet, and a chord bearing South 88°
  44' 25" East - 95.07 feet to a 1/2-inch iron rod found for the
  beginning of a curve to the left;
         THENCE, in an easterly direction with a north line of said
  Tract 11, with a south line of said 86.9702 acre tract and with said
  curve to the left having a radius of 905.00 feet, a central angle of
  06° 01' 04", a length of 95.05 feet, and a chord bearing South 88° 51'
  58" East - 95.01 feet to a 1/2-inch iron rod found for the end of
  said curve;
         THENCE, North 88° 15' 22" East - 970.65 feet with a north line
  of said Tract 11 and with a south line of said 86.9702 acre tract to
  a 1/2-inch iron rod found for the beginning of a curve to the left;
         THENCE, in a northeasterly direction with a northwest line of
  said Tract 11, with a southeast line of said 86.9702 acre tract and
  with said curve to the left having a radius of 1,950.00 feet, a
  central angle of 47° 52' 44", a length of 1,629.50 feet, and a chord
  bearing North 64° 20' 50" East - 1,582.50 feet to a 5/8-inch iron
  rod found for a the end of said curve;
         THENCE, North 40° 22' 55" East - 512.17 feet with a northwest
  line of said Tract 11 and with a southeast line of said 86.9702 acre
  tract to a 1/2-inch iron rod found in the southwest line of the
  Southern Pacific Railroad Company right-of-way for a north corner
  of this tract;
         THENCE, South 68° 07' 51" East - 2,152.18 feet with the
  southwest line of said Southern Pacific Railroad Company
  right-of-way and with the northeast line of said Tracts 11 and 3 to
  a 5/8-inch iron rod with cap that could not be read found in the west
  right-of-way line of said Becker Road for a northeast corner of this
  tract;
         THENCE, South 02° 00' 38" East - 50.88 feet with the west
  right-of-way line of said Becker Road, as recorded in Harris County
  Clerk's File No. 20100142826 and with the east line of said Tract 3
  to a 5/8-inch iron rod with cap stamped "T.E.A.M." set for the
  beginning of a curve to the left;
         THENCE, in a southerly direction with the west right-of-way
  line of said Becker Road and with said curve to the left having a
  radius of 2,015.00 feet, a central angle of 05° 43' 55", a length of
  201.58 feet and a chord bearing South 04° 52' 36" East - 201.50 feet
  to a 5/8-inch iron rod with cap stamped "Amani Eng" found for the
  beginning of a curve to the right;
         THENCE, in a southerly direction with the west right-of-way
  line of said Becker Road and with said curve to the right having a
  radius of 1,985.00 feet, a central angle of 05° 43' 55", a length of
  198.58 feet and a chord bearing South 04° 52' 36" East - 198.50 feet
  to a 5/8-inch iron rod with cap that could not be read found for the
  end of said curve;
         THENCE, South 02° 01' 06" East - 1,609.77 feet with the west
  right-of-way line of said Becker Road to a 5/8-inch iron rod with
  cap stamped "T.E.A.M." set for a southeast corner of this tract;
         THENCE, South 87° 56' 49" West - 509.75 feet with a south line
  of said Tract 6 and with the north line of a 3.6295 acre tract of
  land conveyed to Harris County, as recorded in Harris County
  Clerk's File No. 20100142826 to a 5/8-inch iron rod with cap
  stamped "Amani Eng" found for an interior corner of this tract;
         THENCE, South 02° 01' 53" East - 310.02 feet with an east line
  of said Tract 6 and with the west line of said 3.6295 acre tract to a
  5/8-inch iron rod with cap that could not be read found for an
  interior corner of this tract;
         THENCE, North 87° 56' 49" East - 546.24 feet with a north line
  of said Tract 6 and with the south line of said 3.6295 acre tract to
  a 5/8-inch iron rod with cap that could not be read for a northeast
  corner of this tract;
         THENCE, South 01° 59' 46" East - 2,622.08 feet with an east
  line of said Tracts 6, 9, and 11 and with the west right-of-way line
  of said Becker Road to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 553.208
  acres of land.
         SAVE AND EXCEPT 14.318 ACRES:
         A FIELD NOTE DESCRIPTION of a 14.318 acre tract of land in the
  R. Walton Survey, Abstract No. 845 and in the H. Ehrenberg Survey,
  Abstract No. 247, Harris County, Texas; said 14.318 acre tract
  being all of a tract of land conveyed to Dennis N. Johnston,
  Trustee, as recorded in Harris County Clerk's File No. 20070541784;
  said tract being more particularly described by metes-and-bounds as
  follows with the bearings being based on Texas State Plane
  Coordinate System, South Central Zone (NAD83) per GPS Observations
  using National Geodetic Survey Continuously Operating Reference
  Stations:
         COMMENCING FOR REFERENCE at a 3/8-inch iron rod found at the
  intersection of the west right-of-way line of Becker Road (width
  varies) with the north right-of-way line of Becker Road (called 60
  feet wide) for the southeast corner of Tract 9 conveyed to Golden
  Shamrock Realty, Inc., as recorded in Harris County Clerk's File
  No. P061803;
         THENCE, South 87° 45' 45" West - 3,175.48 feet with the north
  line of said Becker Road and with the south line of Tracts 8, 9, and
  11 conveyed to Golden Shamrock Realty, Inc., as recorded in Harris
  County Clerk's File No. P061803 to a 1/2-inch iron rod found for a
  southwest corner of said Lot 8 and for a southeast corner of said
  Lot 11;
         THENCE, North 02° 13' 45" West - 20.00 feet with the west line
  of said Lot 8 and with an east line of said Lot 11 to an angle point;
         THENCE, North 47° 13' 45" West - 14.14 feet with the southwest
  line of said Lot 8 and with a northeast line of said Lot 11 to an
  angle point;
         THENCE, North 02° 13' 45" West - 2,522.28 feet to a 1/2-inch
  iron rod found for a northwest corner of a 44.659 acre tract of
  land, described as Tract 5, conveyed to Golden Shamrock Realty,
  Inc., as recorded in Harris County Clerk's File No. P061803 and for
  the southwest corner and POINT OF BEGINNING of this tract;
         THENCE, North 02° 13' 45" West - 277.84 feet with an east line
  of said Tract 11 to a 1/2-inch iron rod found for the beginning of a
  curve to the left;
         THENCE, in a northerly direction with an east line of said
  Tract 11 and with said curve to the left having a radius of 1,040.00
  feet, a central angle of 11° 57' 32", a length of 217.07 feet, and a
  chord bearing North 08° 12' 09" West - 216.68 feet to a 1/2-inch
  iron rod found for the end of said curve;
         THENCE, North 14° 14' 28" West - 416.05 feet with an east line
  of said Tract 11 to a 5/8-inch iron rod with cap that could not be
  read found for a northwest corner of this tract;
         THENCE, North 30° 47' 21" East - 14.13 feet with a southeast
  line of said Tract 11 to a 1/2-inch iron rod found for a northwest
  corner of this tract;
         THENCE, North 75° 49' 10" East - 635.42 feet with a south line
  of said Tract 11 to a 1/2-inch iron rod found for the northeast
  corner of this tract;
         THENCE, South 14° 10' 18" East - 951.30 feet with a west line
  of said Tract 5 to a 1/2-inch iron rod found for the southeast
  corner of this tract;
         THENCE, South 75° 49' 02" West - 278.02 feet with a north line
  of said Tract 5 to a 1/2-inch iron rod found for an angle point of
  this tract;
         THENCE, South 80° 40' 21" West - 448.51 feet with a north line
  of said Tract 5 to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 14.318
  acres of land, leaving a surveyed area of 538.890 acres.
         TRACT 2 - 557.308 ACRES
         A FIELD NOTE DESCRIPTION of a 557.308 acre tract of land in
  the H. Ehrenberg Survey, Abstract No. 247, Harris County, Texas;
  said 557.308 acre tract being the remainder of a 850 acre tract of
  land conveyed to Gold Star Realty, Inc., as recorded in Harris
  County Clerk's File No. P114056; said tract being more particularly
  described by metes-and-bounds as follows with the bearings being
  based on Texas State Plane Coordinate System, South Central Zone
  (NAD83) per GPS Observations using National Geodetic Survey
  Continuously Operating Reference Stations:
         BEGINNING at a 3/8-inch iron rod found in the south
  right-of-way line of Becker Road (called 60 feet wide) for the
  northwest corner of said 850 acre tract and for the northwest corner
  of this tract;
         THENCE, North 87° 29' 54" East - 1,605.31 feet with the south
  right-of-way line of said Becker Road to a 5/8-inch iron rod with
  cap stamped "T.E.A.M." set for the northwest end of a radial cutback
  at the intersection of the south right-of-way line of said Becker
  Road with the west right-of-way line of Katy-Hockley Cut-Off Road
  (called 60 feet wide) for a point-of-curvature;
         THENCE, in a southeasterly direction with said cutback and
  with a curve to the right having a radius of 173.75 feet, a central
  angle of 89° 51' 04", a length of 272.47 feet, and a chord bearing
  South 47° 34' 29" East - 245.40 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod with cap
  stamped "T.E.A.M." set for a point-of-tangency;
         THENCE, South 02° 38' 58" East - 4,770.88 feet with the west
  line of said Katy-Hockley Cut-Off Road to a point in a headwall for
  the southeast corner of said 850 acre tract and for the southeast
  corner of this tract;
         THENCE, South 87° 42' 31" West - 5,577.00 feet with the north
  line of a 74.109 acre tract of land conveyed to Gold Star Realty,
  Inc., as recorded in Harris County Clerk's File No. U987281, with
  the north line of a 72.8256 acre tract conveyed to Minero Holdings,
  LLC, as recorded in Harris County Clerk's File No. RP-2016-333873
  and with the north line of a 94.107 acre tract conveyed to Cypress
  Prairie Mitigation, Inc., as recorded in Harris County Clerk's File
  No. RP-2017-220630 to a 1/2-inch iron rod found for the southwest
  corner of this tract; from which a 1-inch iron rod found for an
  interior corner of said 850 acres bears North 87° 42' 31" East -
  194.97 feet;
         THENCE, North 02° 39' 04" West - 4,095.43 feet to a 1/2-inch
  iron rod found for a northwest corner of said 850 acre tract and for
  the northwest corner of this tract;
         THENCE, North 88° 14' 06" East - 3,786.97 feet with a south
  line of a tract of land conveyed to 290 WR Holdings LP, as recorded
  in Harris County Clerk's File No. RP-2017-245403 to a 5/8-inch iron
  rod with cap stamped "T.E.A.M." set to replace a disturbed 3/8-inch
  iron rod for an interior corner of this tract;
         THENCE, North 01° 52' 21" West - 877.02 feet with a west line
  of said 850 acre tract to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing
  557.308 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, the
  lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
  representatives within the required time.
         (d)  All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
  state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
  to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
  and accomplished.
         SECTION 4.  (a)  If this Act does not receive a two-thirds
  vote of all the members elected to each house, Subchapter C, Chapter
  8037, Special District Local Laws Code, as added by Section 1 of
  this Act, is amended by adding Section 8037.0307 to read as follows:
         Sec. 8037.0307.  NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. The district may
  not exercise the power of eminent domain.
         (b)  This section is not intended to be an expression of a
  legislative interpretation of the requirements of Section 17(c),
  Article I, Texas Constitution.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3442 was passed by the House on April
  26, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 128, Nays 11, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3442 was passed by the Senate on May
  15, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 1.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor