86(R) HB 4669 - Enrolled version

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	H.B. No. 4669




	AN ACT
	relating to the creation of the Northeast Burnet County Water
	District No. 1; 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 8064 to read as follows:
	CHAPTER 8064. NORTHEAST BURNET COUNTY WATER DISTRICT NO. 1
	SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
	Sec. 8064.0101. 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 Northeast Burnet County Water
	District No. 1.
	Sec. 8064.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a
	municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI,
	Texas Constitution.
	Sec. 8064.0103. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTORS' ELECTION
	REQUIRED. The temporary directors shall hold an election to
	confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent
	directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
	Sec. 8064.0104. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED. The
	temporary directors may not hold an election under Section
	8064.0103 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. 8064.0105. 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. 8064.0106. 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. 8064.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district is
	governed by a board of five elected directors.
	(b) Except as provided by Section 8064.0202, directors
	serve staggered four-year terms.
	Sec. 8064.0202. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS. (a) On or after the
	effective date of the Act enacting this chapter, the owner or owners
	of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the
	district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that
	the commission appoint as temporary directors the five persons
	named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as temporary
	directors the five persons named in the petition.
	(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:
	(1) the date permanent directors are elected under
	Section 8064.0103; 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 8064.0103 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 8064.0103; 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. 8064.0301. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district
	has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
	which the district is created.
	Sec. 8064.0302. 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. 8064.0303. 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. 8064.0304. 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. 8064.0305. DIVISION OF DISTRICT. (a) The district may
	be divided into two or more new districts only if the district:
	(1) has no outstanding bonded debt; and
	(2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes.
	(b) This chapter applies to any new district created by the
	division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and
	duties of the district.
	(c) Any new district created by the division of the district
	may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land
	outside the area described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this
	chapter.
	(d) The board, on its own motion or on receipt of a petition
	signed by the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of
	the real property in the district, may adopt an order dividing the
	district.
	(e) The board may adopt an order dividing the district
	before or after the date the board holds an election under Section
	8064.0103 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
	or provide that the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed
	value of the real property in each new district may submit a
	petition to the commission requesting that the commission appoint
	as temporary directors the five persons named in the petition; 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 8064.0103.
	(i) 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.
	Sec. 8064.0306. STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT. The
	district may negotiate and enter into a written strategic
	partnership agreement with a municipality under Section 43.0751,
	Local Government Code.
	SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
	Sec. 8064.0401. 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 8064.0403.
	(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.
	(d) The district may not issue bonds payable wholly or
	partly from assessments.
	Sec. 8064.0402. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. (a) If
	authorized at an election held under Section 8064.0401, 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. 8064.0403. 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. ASSESSMENTS; APPLICABILITY OF IMPACT FEES AND
	ASSESSMENTS
	Sec. 8064.0501. PETITION REQUIRED FOR FINANCING
	RECREATIONAL FACILITY OR IMPROVEMENT BY ASSESSMENT. (a) The
	district may finance a recreational facility or improvement with
	assessments on residential or commercial property or both
	residential and commercial property under this subchapter, but only
	if:
	(1) a written petition requesting that facility or
	improvement has been filed with the board; and
	(2) the district holds a hearing on the proposed
	assessments.
	(b) The petition 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. 8064.0502. METHOD OF NOTICE FOR HEARING. The district
	shall mail notice of the hearing to each property owner in the
	district who will be subject to the assessment at the current
	address to be assessed as reflected on the tax rolls. The district
	may mail the notice by certified or first class United States mail.
	The board shall determine the method of notice.
	Sec. 8064.0503. ASSESSMENTS; LIENS FOR ASSESSMENTS. (a)
	An assessment or a reassessment imposed under this subchapter 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.
	(b) 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.
	(c) 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. 8064.0504. UTILITY PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM IMPACT FEES
	AND ASSESSMENTS. The district may not impose an impact fee or
	assessment on the property, including the equipment,
	rights-of-way, 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;
	(3) a telecommunications provider as defined by
	Section 51.002, Utilities Code; or
	(4) a person who provides to the public cable
	television or advanced telecommunications services.
	SUBCHAPTER F. BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS
	Sec. 8064.0601. 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. 8064.0602. 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. 8064.0603. 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 G. DEFINED AREAS
	Sec. 8064.0701. 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. 8064.0702. 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. 8064.0703. DECLARING RESULT AND ISSUING ORDER. (a) 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.
	(b) A court may not review the board's order except on the
	ground of fraud, palpable error, or arbitrary and confiscatory
	abuse of discretion.
	Sec. 8064.0704. TAXES FOR SERVICES, IMPROVEMENTS, AND
	FACILITIES IN DEFINED AREAS OR DESIGNATED PROPERTY. On voter
	approval and adoption of the order described by Section 8064.0703,
	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. 8064.0705. ISSUANCE OF BONDS FOR DEFINED AREA OR
	DESIGNATED PROPERTY. After the order under Section 8064.0703 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.
	SECTION 2. The Northeast Burnet County Water District No. 1
	initially includes all the territory contained in the following
	area:
	FIELD NOTES
	BEING ALL OF THAT CERTAIN 1863.573 ACRE TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND OUT
	OF AND A PART OF THE JAMES H. CRISWELL SURVEY, NO. 64, ABSTRACT NO.
	187 1/2, M.M GRANT SURVEY NO. 529, ABSTRACT NO. 369, M.M. GRANT
	SURVEY NO. 530, ABSTRACT NO. 370, J.H. EVANS SURVEY NO. 1239,
	ABSTRACT NO. 1164, WILLIAM B. ANDERSON SURVEY NO. 65, ABSTRACT NO.
	13, T.C.RY. CO. SURVEY NO. 53, ABSTRACT NO. 1357, JOHN B. BARKER
	SURVEY NO. 1345, ABSTRACT NO. 1211, WILLIAM G. WILLIAMS SURVEY NO.
	931, ABSTRACT NO. 1001, W.C. HEATH SURVEY NO. 1398, ABSTRACT NO.
	1310, SARAH SMART SURVEY, NO. 841, ABSTRACT NO. 865, T.C.R.R. CO.
	SURVEY NO. 91, ABSTRACT NO. 1588, DAVE STEWART SURVEY NO. 5,
	ABSTRACT NO 806, AND THE S.W. MAYO SURVEY NO. 1156, ABSTRACT NO.
	1184, ALL SITUATED IN BURNET COUNTY, TEXAS, SAID TRACT OF LAND BEING
	MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS BEING ALL OF A CALLED 233.6123 ACRE
	TRACT OF LAND (EXHIBIT A), SAVE AND EXCEPT A CALLED 10.00 ACRE TRACT
	OF LAND (EXHIBIT B) CONVEYED TO SWG BRIGGS I, LP. IN DOCUMENT NO.
	201610419, OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS OF BURNET COUNTY, TEXAS, ALL OF
	A CALLED 1526.98 ACRE TRACT OF LAND CONVEYED TO SWG BRIGGS I, LP.,
	IN VOLUME 856, PAGE 747, OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS OF BURNET COUNTY,
	TEXAS, AND ALL OF A CALLED 113.00 ACRE TRACT OF LAND CONVEYED TO SWG
	BRIGGS I, LP., IN DOCUMENT NUMBER 201610423, OFFICIAL PUBLIC
	RECORDS OF BURNET COUNTY, TEXAS, SAID 1863.573 ACRE TRACT OF LAND
	BEING MORE FULLY DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS AS FOLLOWS:
	BEGINNING, at a at the northernmost corner of said 113.00 acre
	tract, being at the westernmost corner of A CALLED 31.0236 acre
	tract of land conveyed to Mike & Deanna Leschber in Document Number
	201204123, Official Public Records of Burnet County, Texas, same
	being in the southeast line of County Road 219 (R.O.W. Varies), for
	the northeast corner and the POINT OF BEGINNING of the herein
	described tract of land,
	THENCE, with the northeast line of said 113.00 acres, the southwest
	line of said 31.0236 acres, the southwest line of a called 25.16
	acre tract of land conveyed to Danny & Darlene Bannister in Document
	Number 201605105, Official Public Records of Burnet, County, Texas,
	and the southwest line of a called 25.18 acre tract of land conveyed
	to Barbara Cook Irrevocable Trust in Document Number 201604313,
	Official Public Records of Burnet County, Texas, the following nine
	(9) courses and distances, numbered 1 through 9,
	1) S21°23'29"E, a distance of 526.92 feet to a point,
	2) S28°33'31"E, a distance of 1017.15 feet to a point,
	3) S08°26'18"W, a distance of 288.16 feet to a point,
	4) N86°24'09"E, a distance of 312.43 feet to a point,
	5) S32°25'56"E, a distance of 358.15 feet to a point,
	6) S29°49'18"E, a distance of 163.65 feet to a point,
	7) S36°39'03"E, a distance of 194.88 feet to a point,
	8) S22°22'24"E, a distance of 94.36 feet to a point, and
	9) S19°03'14"E, a distance of 218.48 feet to a point at the
	most westerly, southwest corner of said 25.18 acre tract, being the
	easternmost corner of said 113.00 acre tract, same being in a
	northwest line of said 1526.98 acre tract of land,
	THENCE, N67°56'31"E, with the southeast line of said 25.18 acre
	tract, a distance of 815.54 feet to a point at an interior corner of
	said 25.18 acre tract of land,
	THENCE, S21°01'35"E, continuing with a northeast line of said
	1526.98 acre tract, the southwest line of said 25.18 acre tract, the
	southwest line of a called 25.10 acre tract of land conveyed to
	Pamela Cannavan in Volume 1214, Page 561, Official Public Records
	of Burnet County, Texas, the southwest line of a called 25.092 acre
	tract of land conveyed to David & Melody Baker in Document Number
	201100991, Official Public Records of Burnet County, Texas, and the
	southwest line of a called 25.13 acre tract of land conveyed to K.D.
	Rhodes Ranch, LLC. in Document Number 200702836, Official Public
	Records of Burnet, County, Texas, a distance of 3532.45 feet to a
	point at the southernmost corner of said 25.13 acre tract, being in
	the northwest line of a called 31.44 acre tract of land conveyed to
	Daniel & Diann Davis in Volume 1032, Page 314m, Official Public
	Records of Burnet, County, Texas,
	THENCE, S67°36'29"W, with the northwest line of said 31.44 acre and
	a southeast line of said 1526.98 acre tract of land, a distance of
	281.44 feet to a point at the westernmost corner of said 31.44 acre
	tract,
	THENCE, continuing with a northeast line of said 1526.98 acre
	tract, the southwest line of said 31.44 acre tract, the southwest
	line of a called 50.0 acre tract of land conveyed to Andres &
	Jacqueline Gonzales in Volume 632, Page 553, Official Public
	Records of Burnet County, Texas, and a southwest line of a called
	79.88 acre tract of land (Tract Three) conveyed to Kevin & Faith
	McAndrew in Document Number 20906099, Official Public Records of
	Burnet County, Texas, the following four (4) courses and distances,
	numbered 1 through 4,
	1) S21°06'12"E, a distance of 924.69 feet to a point,
	2) S25°03'14"E, a distance of 415.81 feet to a point,
	3) S20°46'52"E, a distance of 563.14 feet to a point, and
	4) S21°06'08"E, a distance of 745.00 feet to a point at an
	interior corner of said 79.88 acre tract, being at the easternmost
	corner of said 1526.98 acre tract, for the easternmost corner of the
	herein described tract of land,
	THENCE, S68°34'51"W, with a southeast line of said 1526.98 acre
	tract, a northwest line of said 79.88 acre tract, and the northwest
	line of Lots 18 & 19, Spring Creek Estates, a subdivision recorded
	in Volume 2, Page 29A, Plat Records of Burnet county, Texas, a
	distance of 2652.74 feet to a point at the westernmost corner of
	said Lot 18, being at a south corner of said 1526.98 acre tract,
	same being in the northeast line of a called 107.9 acre tract of
	land conveyed to Charles & Nancy Stovall in Document Number
	201803478, Official Public Records of Burnet County, Texas,
	THENCE, N21°32'12"W, with a southwest line of said 1526.98 acre
	tract and the northeast line of said 107.9 acre tract of land, a
	distance of 1043.80 feet to a point at the north corner of said
	107.9 acre tract of land,
	THENCE, with a southeast line of said 1526.98 acre tract, the
	southeast line of said 223.6123 acre tract, the northwest line of
	said 107.9 acre tract, the northwest line of a called 317.74 acre
	tract of land, (Tract 1) conveyed to Jadenyx, LP. in Volume 1196,
	Page 271, Official Public Records of Burnet County, Texas, and the
	northwest line of a called 232.06 acre tract of land (Tract 3)
	conveyed to Jadenyx, LP. in Volume 1196, Page 271, Official Public
	Records of Burnet County, Texas, the following two (2) courses and
	distances, numbered 1 and 2,
	1) S68°29'04"W, a distance of 1840.13 feet to a point, and
	2) S68°51'14"W, a distance of 5049.97 feet to a point at the
	west corner of said 232.06 acre tract, being at the southernmost
	corner of said 223.6123 acre tract, same being in the northeast line
	of a called 469.21 acre tract of land conveyed to Billie Stiles in
	Volume 1458, Page 914, Official Public Records of Burnet County,
	Texas, for the southwest corner of the herein described tract of
	land,
	THENCE, with the common line of said 469.21 acre tract of land and
	said 223.6123 acre tract of land, the following two (2) courses and
	distances, numbered 1 and 2,
	1) N21°32'07"W, a distance of 2024.80 feet to a point at the
	northernmost corner of said 469.21 acre tract of land, and
	2) S69°04'28"W, a distance of 1682.57 feet to a point in the
	northwest line of said 469.21 acre tract, being at a southwest
	corner of said 223.6123 acre tract, same being at the easternmost
	corner of a called 160.45 acre tract of land conveyed to Floyd &
	Tammy Cantwell in Document Number 200910400, Official Public
	Records of Burnet County, Texas, for a southwest corner of the
	herein described tract of land,
	THENCE, N21°13'36"W, with a southwest line of said 223.6123 acre
	tract, the northeast line of said 160.45 acre tract and the
	northeast line of a called 14.0 acre tract of land conveyed to SWG
	Briggs I, LP. in Document Number 201610417, Official Public Records
	of Burnet County, Texas, a distance of 1973.11 feet to a point in
	the southwest line of said 223.6123 acre tract, being in the
	northeast line of said 14.0 acre tract, same being at the
	southernmost corner of a called 10.00 acre tract of land conveyed to
	Wayne & Leigh Anne Eaton in Volume 975, Page 166, Official Public
	Records of Burnet County, Texas,
	THENCE, with the southeast and northeast line of said 10.00 acre
	tract and over and across said 223.6123 acre tract of land, the
	following two (2) courses and distances, numbered 1 and 2,
	1) N69°01'35"E, a distance of 660.01 feet to a point at the
	east corner of said 10.00 acre tract, and
	2) N21°13'36"W, a distance of 660.00 feet to a point at the
	northernmost corner of said 10.00 acre tract, being a northwest
	line of said 223.6123 acre tract of land, same being in the
	southeast line of FM 2657 (80' R.O.W.), for a west corner of the
	herein described tract of land,
	THENCE, with the southeast line of said FM 2657, the northwest line
	of said 223.6123 acre tract and the northwest line of said 1526.98
	acre tract of land, the following nine (9) courses and distances,
	numbered 1 through 9,
	1) N69°01'35"E, a distance of 680.27 feet to a point at the
	beginning of a curve to the left,
	2) Along said curve to the left, having a radius of 1185.92
	feet, an arc length of 1092.68 feet, and a chord that bears
	N42°38'30"E, a distance of 1054.44 feet to a point,
	3) N16°14'45"E, a distance of 1349.29 feet to a point at the
	beginning of a curve to the left,
	4) Along said curve to the left, having a radius of 2904.79
	feet, an arc length of 769.66 feet, and a chord that bears
	N08°39'20"E, a distance of 767.41 feet to a point,
	5) N01°04'37"E, a distance of 1877.79 feet to a point at the
	beginning of a curve to the right,
	6) Along said curve to the right, having a radius of 1105.92
	feet, an arc length of 637.44 feet, and a chord that bears
	N17°32'25"E, a distance of 628.65 feet to a point,
	7) N42°28'01"E, a distance of 97.25 feet to a point at the
	beginning of a curve to the right,
	8) Along said curve to the right, having a radius of 1095.92
	feet, an arc length of 162.19 feet, and a chord that bears
	N43°19'43"E, a distance of 162.04 feet to a point, and
	9) N47°34'39"E, a distance of 657.87 feet to a point at the
	intersection of the southeast line of said FM 2657 and the south
	line of County Road 219 (R.O.W. Varies), being at a north corner of
	said 1526.98 acre tract of land, for a north corner of the herein
	described tract of land,
	THENCE, with the south line of said County Road 219, the north line
	of said 1526.98 acre tract, and the north line of said 113.00 acre
	tract, the following eight (8) courses and distances, numbered 1
	through 8,
	1) S54°06'13"E, a distance of 57.20 feet to a point,
	2) S72°29'38"E, a distance of 88.74 feet to a point,
	3) N69°30'23"E, a distance of 313.21 feet to a point,
	4) N86°15'23"E, a distance of 719.11 feet to a point,
	5) S54°47'06"E, a distance of 233.00 feet to a point,
	6) S85°05'04"E, a distance of 2003.08 feet to a point,
	7) N86°10'53"E, a distance of 53.79 feet to a point,
	8) N68°21'35"E, a distance of 1753.54 feet to the POINT OF
	BEGINNING and containing 1863.573 acres of land.
	BEARING BASIS: 1526.98 Acres, Volume 856, Page 747, Official Public
	Records of Burnet County, Texas.
	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
	8064, Special District Local Laws Code, as added by Section 1 of
	this Act, is amended by adding Section 8064.0307 to read as follows:
	Sec. 8064.0307. 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. 4669 was passed by the House on May 3,
	2019, by the following vote: Yeas 124, Nays 16, 2 present, not
	voting.

	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 4669 was passed by the Senate on May
	21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.

	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: _____________________
	Date

	_____________________
	Governor