H.B. No. 5344

	AN ACT
	relating to the eligibility of certain retired firefighters, police
	officers, and emergency medical services providers to purchase
	continued health benefits coverage; the creation of certain special
	purpose districts and the name, powers, and duties of the 3 B&J
	Municipal Utility District; 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.  Section 175.001, Local Government Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 175.001.  APPLICABILITY.  (a)  In this section,
	"township" means a special district with territory that only
	includes a census designated place, as designated by the United
	States Bureau of the Census.
	(b)  This chapter applies to a person who:
	(1)  retires from:
	(A)  county employment in a county with a
	population of 75,000 or more;
	(B)  employment by an appraisal district in a
	county with a population of 75,000 or more;
	(C)  municipal employment in a municipality with a
	population of 25,000 or more; [or]
	(D)  employment as a firefighter or emergency
	medical services provider by an emergency services district located
	wholly or partly in a county with a population of 150,000 or more;
	or
	(E)  employment as a firefighter, police officer,
	or emergency medical services provider by a township with a
	population of 110,000 or more; and
	(2)  is entitled to receive retirement benefits from a
	county, appraisal district, or municipal retirement plan, [or]
	emergency services district, or township.
	SECTION 2.  (a)  Subtitle C, Title 4, Special District Local
	Laws Code, is amended by adding Chapter 4001 to read as follows:
	CHAPTER 4001. DENTON COUNTY MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICT NO. 2
	SUBCHAPTER A.  GENERAL PROVISIONS
	Sec. 4001.0101.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:
	(1)  "Board" means the district's board of directors.
	(2)  "County" means Denton County, Texas.
	(3)  "Director" means a board member.
	(4)  "District" means the Denton County Municipal
	Management District No. 2.
	Sec. 4001.0102.  NATURE OF DISTRICT. The Denton County
	Municipal Management District No. 2 is a special district created
	under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
	Sec. 4001.0103.  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.
	(b)  By creating the district and in authorizing 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.
	(c)  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.
	(d)  This chapter and the creation of the district may not be
	interpreted to relieve 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 county services provided in the
	district.
	Sec. 4001.0104.  FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
	(a) 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.
	(b)  The district is created to serve a public use and
	benefit.
	(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 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 water, wastewater, drainage, road, 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 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. 4001.0105.  INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY. (a) The
	district is initially composed of the territory described by
	Section 2(b) of the Act enacting this chapter.
	(b)  The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2(b)
	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 the bonds;
	(3)  right to impose or collect an assessment or tax; or
	(4)  legality or operation.
	Sec. 4001.0106.  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; or
	(2)  a tax abatement reinvestment zone created under
	Chapter 312, Tax Code.
	Sec. 4001.0107.  APPLICABILITY OF MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT
	DISTRICTS LAW. Except as otherwise provided by this chapter,
	Chapter 375, Local Government Code, applies to the district.
	Sec. 4001.0108.  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. 4001.0201.  GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district is
	governed by a board of five elected directors who serve staggered
	terms of four years.
	(b)  Directors are elected in the manner provided by
	Subchapter D, Chapter 49, Water Code.
	Sec. 4001.0202.  COMPENSATION; EXPENSES. (a) The district
	may compensate each director in an amount not to exceed $150 for
	each board meeting. The total amount of compensation for each
	director in one year may not exceed $7,200.
	(b)  A director is entitled to reimbursement for necessary
	and reasonable expenses incurred in carrying out the duties and
	responsibilities of the board.
	Sec. 4001.0203.  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 Texas Commission on
	Environmental Quality 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)  The temporary or successor temporary directors shall
	hold an election to elect five permanent directors as provided by
	Section 49.102, Water Code.
	(c)  Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:
	(1)  the date permanent directors are elected under
	Subsection (b); or
	(2)  the fourth anniversary of the effective date of
	the Act enacting this chapter.
	(d)  If permanent directors have not been elected under
	Subsection (b) and the terms of the temporary directors have
	expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or
	reappointed as provided by Subsection (e) to serve terms that
	expire on the earlier of:
	(1)  the date permanent directors are elected under
	Subsection (b); or
	(2)  the fourth anniversary of the date of the
	appointment or reappointment.
	(e)  If Subsection (d) 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. 4001.0301.  GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district
	has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
	which the district is created.
	Sec. 4001.0302.  IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND SERVICES. (a) The
	district, using any money available to the district for the
	purpose, may 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.
	(b)  The district may contract with a governmental or private
	entity to carry out an action under Subsection (a).
	(c)  The implementation of a district project or service is a
	governmental function or service for the purposes of Chapter 791,
	Government Code.
	Sec. 4001.0303.  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. 4001.0304.  LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES. To protect the
	public interest, the district may contract with a qualified party,
	including the county, to provide law enforcement services in the
	district for a fee.
	Sec. 4001.0305.  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. 4001.0306.  ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. (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. 4001.0307.  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. 4001.0308.  ADDING OR EXCLUDING LAND. The district may
	add or exclude land in the manner provided by Subchapter J, Chapter
	49, Water Code, or by Subchapter H, Chapter 54, Water Code.
	Sec. 4001.0309.  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. 4001.0310.  CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY NOT EXEMPT.
	Section 375.161, Local Government Code, does not apply to the
	district.
	Sec. 4001.0311.  EMINENT DOMAIN. The district may exercise
	the power of eminent domain in the manner provided by Section
	49.222, Water Code.
	Sec. 4001.0312.   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(b) 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)  An order dividing the district must:
	(1)  name each new district;
	(2)  include the metes and bounds description of the
	territory of each new district;
	(3)  appoint temporary directors for each new
	district; and
	(4)  provide for the division of assets and liabilities
	between or among the new districts.
	(f)  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 Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and record the
	order in the real property records of each county in which the
	district is located.
	(g)  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.
	(h)  Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to
	the inclusion of land in the district granted under Section
	4001.0506 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. ASSESSMENTS
	Sec. 4001.0401.  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. 4001.0402.  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.
	SUBCHAPTER E. TAXES AND BONDS
	Sec. 4001.0501.  TAX ELECTION REQUIRED. (a)  The district
	must hold an election in the manner provided by Chapter 49, Water
	Code, or, if applicable, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, to
	obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem
	tax.
	(b)  Section 375.243, Local Government Code, does not apply
	to the district.
	Sec. 4001.0502.  OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. (a) If
	authorized by a majority of the district voters voting at an
	election under Section 4001.0501, the district may impose an
	operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district
	in the manner provided by 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 operation and maintenance
	tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the
	election.
	Sec. 4001.0503.  AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY AND TO ISSUE
	BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS. (a) The district may borrow money on
	terms determined by the board.
	(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.
	Sec. 4001.0504.  BONDS SECURED BY REVENUE OR CONTRACT
	PAYMENTS. The district may issue, without an election, bonds
	secured by:
	(1)  revenue other than ad valorem taxes, including
	contract revenues; or
	(2)  contract payments, provided that the requirements
	of Section 49.108, Water Code, have been met.
	Sec. 4001.0505.  BONDS SECURED BY AD VALOREM TAXES;
	ELECTIONS. (a) If authorized at an election under Section
	4001.0501, the district may issue bonds payable from ad valorem
	taxes.
	(b)  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.
	(c)  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. 4001.0506.  CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED. (a) The
	board may not issue bonds 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 as
	required by applicable law.
	(b)  This section applies only to the district's first
	issuance of bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.
	SUBCHAPTER I. DISSOLUTION
	Sec. 4001.0901.  DISSOLUTION. (a) The board shall dissolve
	the district on written petition filed with the board by the owners
	of:
	(1)  at least two-thirds of the assessed value of the
	property subject to assessment by the district based on the most
	recent certified county property tax rolls; or
	(2)  at least two-thirds of the surface area of the
	district, excluding roads, streets, highways, utility
	rights-of-way, other public areas, and other property exempt from
	assessment by the district according to the most recent certified
	county property tax rolls.
	(b)  The board by majority vote may dissolve the district at
	any time.
	(c)  The district may not be dissolved by its board under
	Subsection (a) or (b) if the district:
	(1)  has any outstanding bonded indebtedness until that
	bonded indebtedness has been repaid or defeased in accordance with
	the order or resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds;
	(2)  has a contractual obligation to pay money until
	that obligation has been fully paid in accordance with the
	contract; or
	(3)  owns, operates, or maintains public works,
	facilities, or improvements unless the district contracts with
	another person for the ownership, operation, or maintenance of the
	public works, facilities, or improvements.
	(d)  Sections 375.261, 375.262, and 375.264, Local
	Government Code, do not apply to the district.
	(b)  The Denton County Municipal Management District No. 2
	initially includes all territory contained in the following area:
	TRACT I:
	ALL THAT CERTAIN TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND LYING AND BEING
	SITUATED IN THE B. WAY SURVEY, ABSTRACT NUMBER 1350, W. JOHNSON
	SURVEY, ABSTRACT NUMBER 680, J. STEWART, ABSTRACT NUMBER 1199,
	DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS, AND BEING PART OF A TRACT DESCRIBED IN A DEED
	TO CLEAR CREEK RIDGE, LLC, RECORDED IN VOLUME 5127, PAGE 1955, AND
	VOLUME 5127, PAGE 1951, REAL PROPERTY RECORDS OF DENTON COUNTY,
	TEXAS AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
	BEGINNING AT A 1/2 INCH IRON PIN FOUND AT THE SOUTHERN MOST
	SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID CLEAR CREEK RIDGE TRACT IN VOLUME 5127,
	PAGE 1955 AND BEING ON THE WEST LINE OF A DEED TO F. JEFFERY CHARNEY,
	RECORDED IN VOLUME 3035, PAGE 534, REAL PROPERTY RECORDS, DENTON
	COUNTY, TEXAS, AND BEING ON THE NORTHERN MOST NORTHEAST CORNER OF A
	TRACT DESCRIBED IN A DEED TO ROYAL WHITE JONES, RECORDED IN VOLUME
	1231, PAGE 701, DEED RECORDS, DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS;
	THENCE NORTH 71 DEGREES 47 MINUTES 53 SECONDS WEST WITH THE
	SOUTH LINE OF SAID CLEAR CREEK RIDGE TRACT IN VOLUME 5127, PAGE
	1955, A DISTANCE OF 5542.39 FEET TO A 1/2 INCH IRON PIN SET AT THE
	SOUTHERN MOST SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID CLEAR CREEK RIDGE TRACT IN
	VOLUME 5127, PAGE 1955, AN INNER ELL CORNER OF A TRACT DESCRIBED IN
	A DEED TO CASEY MARK HARRINGTON, RECORDED IN VOLUME 2031, PAGE 348,
	REAL PROPERTY RECORDS, DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS;
	THENCE NORTH WITH A WEST LINE OF SAID CLEAR CREEK RIDGE TRACT
	IN VOLUME 5127, PAGE 1955, A DISTANCE OF 240.00 FEET TO A 1/2 INCH
	IRON PIN SET AT A SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID CLEAR CREEK RIDGE TRACT
	IN VOLUME 5127, PAGE 1955;
	THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 24 MINUTES 00 SECONDS EAST, A
	DISTANCE OF 154.60 FEET TO A 1/2 INCH IRON PIN SET FOR CORNER AT AN
	INNER ELL CORNER OF SAID CLEAR CREEK RIDGE TRACT IN VOLUME 5127,
	PAGE 1955 AND THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF A TRACT DESCRIBED IN A DEED TO
	MARY TOM CRAVENS CURNUTT, RECORDED IN VOLUME 2505, PAGE 298, REAL
	PROPERTY RECORDS, DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS;
	THENCE NORTH 15 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 04 SECONDS EAST WITH THE
	WEST LINE OF SAID CLEAR CREEK RIDGE TRACT IN VOLUME 5127, PAGE 1955,
	A DISTANCE OF 2222.30 FEET TO A 1/2 INCH IRON PIN SET FOR CORNER;
	THENCE SOUTH 82 DEGREES 47 MINUTES 03 SECONDS EAST WITH A
	SOUTH LINE OF SAID CLEAR CREEK RIDGE TRACT IN VOLUME 5127, PAGE
	1955, A DISTANCE OF 667.90 FEET TO A 1/2 INCH IRON PIN FOUND FOR
	CORNER;
	THENCE NORTH 56 DEGREES 22 MINUTES 21 SECONDS EAST WITH A
	SOUTHWEST LINE OF SAID CLEAR CREEK RIDGE TRACT IN VOLUME 5127, PAGE
	1955, A DISTANCE OF 642.42 FEET TO A 1/2 INCH IRON PIN FOUND FOR
	CORNER;
	THENCE NORTH 50 DEGREES 04 MINUTES 04 SECONDS EAST WITH A
	SOUTHWEST LINE OF SAID CLEAR CREEK RIDGE TRACT IN VOLUME 5127, PAGE
	1955, A DISTANCE OF 311.43 FEET TO A 1/2 INCH IRON PIN FOUND FOR
	CORNER;
	THENCE NORTH 36 DEGREES 03 MINUTES 57 SECONDS EAST WITH THE
	WEST LINE OF SAID CLEAR CREEK RIDGE TRACT IN VOLUME 5127, PAGE 1955,
	A DISTANCE OF 1119.19 FEET TO A 1/2 INCH IRON PIN FOUND FOR CORNER;
	THENCE NORTH 26 DEGREES 07 MINUTES 18 SECONDS WEST WITH THE
	WEST LINE OF SAID CLEAR CREEK RIDGE TRACT IN VOLUME 5127, PAGE 1955,
	A DISTANCE OF 1390.50 FEET TO A 1/2 INCH IRON PIN SET FOR CORNER;
	THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 14 MINUTES 50 SECONDS EAST WITH THE
	WEST LINE OF SAID CLEAR CREEK RIDGE TRACT IN VOLUME 5127, PAGE 1955,
	A DISTANCE OF 913.00 FEET TO A 1/2 INCH IRON PIN SET FOR CORNER ON
	THE NORTH LINE OF SAID CLEAR CREEK RIDGE TRACT IN VOLUME 5127, PAGE
	1955, AND THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID CLEAR CREEK RIDGE TRACT IN VOLUME
	5127, PAGE 1951;
	THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 52 MINUTES 14 SECONDS WEST WITH A
	NORTH LINE OF SAID CLEAR CREEK RIDGE TRACT IN VOLUME 5127, PAGE 1955
	AND THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID CLEAR CREEK RIDGE TRACT IN VOLUME 5127,
	PAGE 1951, A DISTANCE OF 771.47 FEET TO A 1/2 INCH IRON PIN SET FOR
	CORNER BEING ON A WEST LINE OF SAID CLEAR CREEK RIDGE TRACT IN
	VOLUME 5127, PAGE 1951 AND AN EAST LINE OF A TRACT DESCRIBED IN A
	DEED TO RAY HENGER, RECORDED IN VOLUME 4612, PAGE 567, REAL PROPERTY
	RECORDS, DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS;
	THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 46 MINUTES 29 SECONDS WEST WITH A WEST
	LINE OF SAID CLEAR CREEK RIDGE TRACT IN VOLUME 5127, PAGE 1951 AND
	AN EAST LINE OF SAID HENGER TRACT, A DISTANCE OF 1151.02 FEET TO A
	1/2 INCH IRON PIN SET FOR CORNER;
	THENCE WITH CLEAR CREEK THE FOLLOWING FIFTY-FOUR (54) CALLS:
	1.)  NORTH 55 DEGREES 38 MINUTES 38 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE
	OF 110.80 FEET;
	2.)  NORTH 51 DEGREES 23 MINUTES 04 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE
	OF 278.21 FEET;
	3.)  SOUTH 70 DEGREES 46 MINUTES 01 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE
	OF 415.87 FEET;
	4.)  SOUTH 40 DEGREES 58 MINUTES 38 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE
	OF 604.83 FEET;
	5.)  SOUTH 51 DEGREES 09 MINUTES 01 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE
	OF 410.80 FEET;
	6.)  SOUTH 37 DEGREES 53 MINUTES 33 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE
	OF 82.37 FEET;
	7.)  SOUTH 18 DEGREES 46 MINUTES 16 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE
	OF 75.16 FEET;
	8.)  SOUTH 05 DEGREES 46 MINUTES 16 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE
	OF 49.39 FEET;
	9.)  SOUTH 22 DEGREES 04 MINUTES 06 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE
	OF 308.38 FEET;
	10.)  SOUTH 26 DEGREES 11 MINUTES 20 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE
	OF 76.63 FEET;
	11.)  SOUTH 26 DEGREES 11 MINUTES 20 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE
	OF 547.10 FEET;
	12.)  SOUTH 46 DEGREES 12 MINUTES 54 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE
	OF 174.23 FEET;
	13.)  NORTH 86 DEGREES 27 MINUTES 32 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE
	OF 417.50 FEET;
	14.)  NORTH 53 DEGREES 53 MINUTES 06 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE
	OF 225.22 FEET;
	15.)  SOUTH 70 DEGREES 20 MINUTES 06 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE
	OF 93.57 FEET;
	16.)  SOUTH 54 DEGREES 37 MINUTES 57 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE
	OF 330.11 FEET;
	17.)  NORTH 64 DEGREES 44 MINUTES 37 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE
	OF 674.49 FEET;
	18.)  NORTH 84 DEGREES 14 MINUTES 43 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE
	OF 100.20 FEET;
	19.)  SOUTH 56 DEGREES 23 MINUTES 54 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE
	OF 116.40 FEET;
	20.)  SOUTH 06 DEGREES 22 MINUTES 27 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE
	OF 228.98 FEET;
	21.)  SOUTH 52 DEGREES 30 MINUTES 28 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE
	OF 271.35 FEET;
	22.)  SOUTH 87 DEGREES 06 MINUTES 16 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE
	OF 326.84 FEET;
	23.)  SOUTH 63 DEGREES 22 MINUTES 32 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE
	OF 93.18 FEET;
	24.)  SOUTH 19 DEGREES 39 MINUTES 44 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE
	OF 274.65 FEET;
	25.)  SOUTH 06 DEGREES 09 MINUTES 26 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE
	OF 129.80 FEET;
	26.)  SOUTH 59 DEGREES 41 MINUTES 10 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE
	OF 155.04 FEET;
	27.)  NORTH 61 DEGREES 09 MINUTES 15 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE
	OF 459.27 FEET;
	28.)  SOUTH 85 DEGREES 11 MINUTES 12 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE
	OF 101.67 FEET;
	29.)  SOUTH 50 DEGREES 11 MINUTES 20 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE
	OF 160.52 FEET;
	30.)  SOUTH 19 DEGREES 38 MINUTES 33 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE
	OF 218.07 FEET;
	31.)  SOUTH 08 DEGREES 39 MINUTES 06 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE
	OF 110.67 FEET;
	32.)  SOUTH 60 DEGREES 37 MINUTES 40 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE
	OF 111.17 FEET;
	33.)  NORTH 71 DEGREES 44 MINUTES 44 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE
	OF 205.32 FEET;
	34.)  NORTH 58 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 21 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE
	OF 175.42 FEET;
	35.)  SOUTH 60 DEGREES 53 MINUTES 09 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE
	OF 81.38 FEET;
	36.)  SOUTH 19 DEGREES 12 MINUTES 39 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE
	OF 180.46 FEET;
	37.)  SOUTH 31 DEGREES 27 MINUTES 36 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE
	OF 348.51 FEET;
	38.)  SOUTH 08 DEGREES 24 MINUTES 19 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE
	OF 80.11 FEET;
	39.)  SOUTH 44 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 08 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE
	OF 157.91 FEET;
	40.)  SOUTH 69 DEGREES 06 MINUTES 14 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE
	OF 188.37 FEET;
	41.)  SOUTH 03 DEGREES 39 MINUTES 31 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE
	OF 190.40 FEET;
	42.)  SOUTH 62 DEGREES 37 MINUTES 49 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE
	OF 165.30 FEET;
	43.)  NORTH 43 DEGREES 07 MINUTES 44 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE
	OF 253.82 FEET;
	44.)  NORTH 58 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 00 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE
	OF 135.83 FEET;
	45.)  SOUTH 34 DEGREES 09 MINUTES 46 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE
	OF 149.30 FEET;
	46.)  SOUTH 21 DEGREES 47 MINUTES 10 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE
	OF 518.33 FEET;
	47.)  SOUTH 20 DEGREES 01 MINUTES 56 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE
	OF 329.19 FEET;
	48.)  SOUTH 66 DEGREES 36 MINUTES 28 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE
	OF 195.08 FEET;
	49.)  SOUTH 87 DEGREES 31 MINUTES 31 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE
	OF 403.76 FEET;
	50.)  SOUTH 68 DEGREES 26 MINUTES 25 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE
	OF 144.04 FEET;
	51.)  SOUTH 03 DEGREES 41 MINUTES 33 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE
	OF 91.78 FEET;
	52.)  SOUTH 23 DEGREES 36 MINUTES 59 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE
	OF 322.95 FEET;
	53.)  SOUTH 39 DEGREES 05 MINUTES 30 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE
	OF 167.15 FEET;
	54.)  SOUTH 54 DEGREES 29 MINUTES 12 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE
	OF 152.28 FEET TO A 1/2 INCH IRON PIN FOUND ON AN EAST LINE OF SAID
	CLEAR CREEK RIDGE TRACT;
	THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 52 MINUTES 17 SECONDS EAST WITH AN
	EAST LINE OF SAID CLEAR CREEK RIDGE TRACT IN VOLUME 5127, PAGE 1955,
	A DISTANCE OF 3736.55 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING AND CONTAINING
	IN ALL 535.703 ACRES OF LAND.
	(c)  Section 4001.0311, Special District Local Laws Code, as
	added by Subsection (a) of this section, takes effect only if this
	Act receives a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to each
	house.
	(d)  If the Act enacting this section does not receive a
	two-thirds vote of all the members elected to each house,
	Subchapter C, Chapter 4001, Special District Local Laws Code, as
	added by Subsection (a) of this section, is amended by adding
	Section 4001.0311 to read as follows:
	Sec. 4001.0311.  NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. The district may
	not exercise the power of eminent domain.
	SECTION 3.  (a) Subtitle F, Title 6, Special District Local
	Laws Code, is amended by adding Chapter 7960 to read as follows:
	CHAPTER 7960. DEER CREEK RANCH MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1
	SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
	Sec. 7960.0101.  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 Deer Creek Ranch Municipal
	Utility District No. 1.
	Sec. 7960.0102.  NATURE OF DISTRICT.  The district is a
	municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI,
	Texas Constitution.
	Sec. 7960.0103.  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. 7960.0104.  CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED. The
	temporary directors may not hold an election under Section
	7960.0103 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 as required by
	applicable law.
	Sec. 7960.0105.  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. 7960.0106.  INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.  (a)  The
	district is initially composed of the territory described by
	Section 3(b) of the Act enacting this chapter.
	(b)  The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 3(b)
	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. 7960.0201.  GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.  (a)  The district is
	governed by a board of five elected directors.
	(b)  Except as provided by Section 7960.0202, directors
	serve staggered four-year terms.
	Sec. 7960.0202.  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 7960.0103; 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 7960.0103 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 7960.0103; 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. 7960.0301.  GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.  The district
	has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
	which the district is created.
	Sec. 7960.0302.  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. 7960.0303.  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. 7960.0304.  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. 7960.0305.  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. 7960.0306.  DIVISION OF DISTRICT. (a) 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.
	(b)  An order dividing a district may create one or more new
	districts and may provide for the continuation of the district.
	(c)  An order dividing the district shall:
	(1)  name any new district;
	(2)  include the metes and bounds description of the
	territory of each of the districts;
	(3)  appoint temporary directors for any new district;
	and
	(4)  provide for the division of assets and liabilities
	between the districts.
	(d)  The board may adopt an order dividing the district
	before or after the date the board holds an election to confirm the
	district's creation.
	(e)  The district may be divided only if the district:
	(1)  has never issued any bonds; and
	(2)  is not imposing ad valorem taxes.
	(f)   A 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 3(b) of the Act enacting this
	chapter.
	(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)  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.
	(i)  A new district created by the division of the district
	shall hold a confirmation and directors' election.
	(j)  If the creation of the new district is confirmed, the
	new district shall provide the election date and results to the
	commission.
	(k)  A 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.
	(l)  The district may continue to rely on confirmation,
	directors', bond, or tax elections held prior to the division.
	(m)  Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to
	the inclusion of land in the district 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. 7960.0401.  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 7960.0403.
	(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. 7960.0402.  OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.  (a)  If
	authorized at an election held under Section 7960.0401, 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. 7960.0403.  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. 7960.0501.  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. 7960.0502.  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. 7960.0503.  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.
	(b)  The Deer Creek Ranch Municipal Utility District No. 1
	initially includes all the territory contained in the following
	area:
	A 685.400 ACRE TRACT OF LAND SITUATED IN THE THOMAS POLK
	SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 703, THE HENRY ASKEW SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 35,
	ABSTRACT NO. 703, THE HENRY ASKEW SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 396, THE
	SAMUEL W. DAVIS SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 1087 AND THE SAMUEL W. DAVIS
	SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 165, LOCATED IN BELL COUNTY, TEXAS AND
	McCLENNAN COUNTY, TEXAS AND BEING A PORTION OF A CALLED 730.417 ACRE
	TRACT OF LAND CONVEYED TO VWB TRUST BY INSTRUMENTS RECORDED IN
	DOCUMENT NO. 20160034747 OF THE OFFICIAL PPUBLIC RECORDS OF BELL
	COUNTY, TEXAS AND IN DOCUMENT NO. 2016029961 OF THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC
	RECORDS OF McCLENNAN COUNTY, TEXAS. SAID 685.400 ACRE TRACT BEING
	MORE FULLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, WITH BEARINGS BASED ON THE NORTH
	AMERICAN DATUM OF 1983 (NA 2011) EPOCH 2010.00, FROM THE TEXAS
	COORDINATE SYSTEM ESTABLISHED FOR THE CENTRAL ZONE:
	BEGINNING at a 1/2" iron rod found on a point being the
	northeast corner of said 730.417-acre tract of land, for the
	northeast corner and POINT OF BEGINNING hereof;
	THENCE with the east boundary line of said 730.417-acre
	tract, the following three (3) courses and distances:
	1.  S 29°39'16" E for a distance of 23.01 feet to an angle point
	hereof,
	2.  S 29°37'25" E for a distance of 486.87 feet to an angle point
	hereof, and
	3.  S 29°29'03" E for a distance of 493.85 feet to a point being the
	northeast corner of a called 5.525-acre tract of land conveyed to
	Larry Pietsch et ux, by instrument recorded in Document
	No. 2010000488 of the Official Public Records of Falls County,
	Texas, for an angle point hereof;
	THENCE with the north boundary line of said 5.525-acre tract,
	the following two (2) courses and distances:
	1.  S 57°58'39" W for a distance of 542.26 feet to an angle point
	hereof, and
	2.  S 56°02'27" W for a distance of 58.49 feet to a point being the
	northwest corner of said 5.525-acre tract, for an angle point
	hereof;
	THENCE with west boundary line of said 5.525-acre tract,
	S 32°56'37" E for a distance of 396.46 feet to a point being the
	northwest corner of a called 5.075-acre tract of land conveyed to
	Larry Pietsch et ux, by instrument recorded in Document no.
	2010000485 of the Official Public Records of Falls County, Texas,
	same being the southwest corner of said 5.525-acre tract, for an
	angle point hereof;
	THENCE with the west boundary line of said 5.075-acre tract,
	S 14°23'05" E for a distance of 363.73 feet to a point being the
	southwest corner of said 5.075-acre tract for an angle point
	hereof;
	THENCE with the south boundary line of said 5.075-acre tract
	N 59°41'47" E for a distance of 143.92 feet to a point in the
	approximate west boundary line of Falls County, Texas, same being
	the approximate east boundary line of Bell County, Texas, for an
	angle point hereof;
	THENCE departing the south boundary line of said 5.075-acre
	tract with the approximate west boundary line of Falls County,
	Texas, same being the approximate east boundary line of Bell
	County, Texas and through the interior of said 730.417 acre tract,
	S 32°52'48" E for a distance of 2076.93 feet to a point in the north
	right-of-way line of County Road 498 (right-of-way width varies),
	same being the southern boundary line of said 730.417-acre tract
	for the southeast corner hereof;
	THENCE with the north right-of-way line of County Road 498,
	same being the southern boundary line of said 730.417-acre tract,
	the following six (6) courses and distances:
	1.  S 59°45'11" W for a distance of 307.98 feet to a point
	2.  S 56°40'31" W for a distance of 452.77 feet to an angle point
	hereof,
	3.  S 59°50'03" W for a distance of 818.71 feet to an angle point
	hereof,
	4.  S 59°28'26" W for a distance of 725.73 feet to an angle point
	hereof,
	5.  S 59°11'05" W for a distance of 653.72 feet to 1/2" iron rod
	found on a point, for an angle point hereof, and
	6.  S 15°31'38" W for a distance of 522.86 feet to a 1/2" iron rod
	found on a point being the northeasterly corner of a called 125-acre
	tract of land conveyed to Jackie Elizabeth Bounds, et al by
	instrument recorded on Document No. 2020014897 of the Official
	Public Records of Bell County, Texas, same being a southeasterly
	corner of said 730.417-acre tract, for a southeasterly corner
	hereof;
	THENCE with the northerly boundary line of said 125-acre
	tract, same being the southerly boundary line of said 730.417-acre
	tract, the following four (4) courses and distances:
	1.  N 68°17'07" W for a distance of 1982.29 feet to an angle point
	hereof,
	2.  S 20°13'41" W for a distance of 1194.63 feet to a 1/2" iron rod
	found on an angle point hereof,
	3.  N 70°00'40" W for a distance of 1040.46 feet to a 1/2" iron rod
	found on an angle point hereof, and
	4.  S 20°16'01" W for a distance of 913.53 feet to a point in the
	north boundary line of called 50.00-acre tract of land conveyed to
	Howard Thomas Daye and Glenda Marie Daye, by instrument recorded in
	Document No. 20085002539 of the Official Public Records of Bell
	County, Texas, same being the southwesterly corner of said 125-acre
	tract, for an angle point hereof;
	THENCE with, in part, the northerly boundary lines of: said
	50.002-acre tract, a called 9.68-acre tract conveyed to Arthur
	Poston, by instrument recorded in Volume 5990, Page 314 of the
	Probate Records of Bell County, Texas and a called 64-acre tract of
	land conveyed to John D. Price and Vi Price, by instrument recorded
	in Volume 3324, Page 204 of the Deed Records of Bell County, Texas,
	respectively, same being the southerly boundary line of said
	730.417-acre tract, N 69°43'06" W for a distance of 1577.88 feet to
	a 1/2" iron rod found on a point in the southeasterly boundary line
	of a called 89.5-acre tract of land conveyed to the H.B. Hillyard,
	Jr. and Julia I. Hillyard Revocable Living Trust, by instrument
	recorded in Volume 1845, Page 808 of the Deed Records of McClennan
	County, Texas, for an angle point hereof;
	THENCE with the southeasterly boundary line of said 89.5-acre
	tract, same being the southerly boundary line of said 730.417-acre
	tract, N 57°14'15" E for a distance of 1017.80 feet to a 1/2" iron
	rod found on a point being the northeast corner of said 89.5-acre
	tract, for an angle point hereof;
	THENCE with the northerly boundary line of said 89.5-acre
	tract, same being the southerly boundary line of said 730.417-acre
	tract, N 73°22'08" W for a distance of 2682.51 feet to a to a 1/2"
	iron rod found on a point in the easterly right-of-way of Neal Road
	(right-of-way width varies), said point being the northwest corner
	of said 89.5-acre tract, same being the southwesterly corner of
	said 730.417-acre tract, for the southwesterly corner hereof;
	THENCE with the easterly right-of-way line of said Neal Road,
	same being the westerly boundary line of said 730.417-acre tract,
	the following two (2) courses and distances:
	N 16°44'59" E for a distance of 641.51 feet to an angle
	point hereof, and
	N 16°43'27" E for a distance of 1649.96 feet to a 1/2:"
	iron rod found on a point in the southerly margin of Franklin
	Road, said point being the northwest corner of said
	730.417-acre tract, for the northwest corner hereof;
	THENCE with the southerly margin of said Franklin Road, same
	being the northwesterly boundary line of said 730.417-acre tract,
	the following three (3) courses and distances:
	1.  N 88°45'56" E for a distance of 1956.89 feet to an angle point
	hereof,
	2.  S 89°44'59" E for a distance of 1153.82 feet to a 1/2" iron rod
	found on for an angle point hereof, and
	3.  N 59°40'59" E for a distance of 1208.65 feet to an angle point
	hereof;
	THENCE departing the southerly margin of Franklin Road,
	through the interior of said 730.417-acre tract, S 61°17'12" E for a
	distance of 29.19 feet to a point being the northwesterly corner of
	a called 10.00-acre tract of land conveyed to Kimberly Worthington,
	by instrument recorded in Document No. 2021020842 of the Official
	Public Records of McClennan County, Texas, for an angle point
	hereof;
	THENCE with the westerly, southerly and easterly boundary
	lines, respectively, of said 10.00-acre tract the following twelve
	(12) courses and distances:
	1.  S 61°17'12" E for a distance of 324.55 feet to an angle point
	hereof,
	2.  N 06°20'39" E for a distance of 80.42 feet to an angle point
	hereof,
	3.  N 57°20'12" E for a distance of 81.81 feet to an angle point
	hereof,
	4.  S 23°32'20" E for a distance of 67.80 feet to an angle point
	hereof,
	5.  S 08°42'13" E for a distance of 181.25 feet to an angle point
	hereof,
	6.  N 39°25'15" E for a distance of 103.44 feet to an angle point
	hereof,
	7.  S 22°37'59" E for a distance of 186.24 feet to an angle point
	hereof,
	8.  N 57°23'30" E for a distance of 88.53 feet to an angle point
	hereof,
	9.  S 29°10'57" E for a distance of 72.30 feet to an angle point
	hereof,
	10.  N 59°40'57" E for a distance of 20.00 feet to an angle point
	hereof,
	11.  N 59°40'57" E for a distance of 489.21 feet to an angle point
	hereof, and
	12.  N 30°19'01" W for a distance of 663.75 feet to a point being the
	northeasterly corner of said 10.00-acre tract for an angle point
	hereof;
	THENCE departing the boundary line of said 10.00-acre tract,
	through the interior of said 730.417-acre tract, N 30°19'01" W for a
	distance of 25.02 feet to a point in the southerly margin of
	Franklin Road, same being the northwesterly boundary line of said
	730.417-acre tract, the following three (3) courses and distances:
	1.  N 59°40'59" E for a distance of 701.97 feet to an angle point
	hereof,
	2.  N 60°40'09" E for a distance of 1305.59 feet to an angle point
	hereof, and
	3.  N 60°36'34" E for a distance of 617.98 feet to a point to the
	POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 685.400 acres in the McClennan
	County, Texas and Bell County, Texas. Said tract being described in
	accordance with a survey prepared under Job No. 59012-22 by
	Pape-Dawson Engineers, Inc.
	(c)  If the Act enacting this section does not receive a
	two-thirds vote of all the members elected to each house,
	Subchapter C, Chapter 7960, Special District Local Laws Code, as
	added by Subsection (a) of this section, is amended by adding
	Section 7960.0307 to read as follows:
	Sec. 7960.0307.  NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. The district may
	not exercise the power of eminent domain.
	(d)  Section 3(c) of this Act is not intended to be an
	expression of a legislative interpretation of the requirements of
	Section 17(c), Article I, Texas Constitution.
	SECTION 4.  (a) Subtitle F, Title 6, Special District Local
	Laws Code, is amended by adding Chapter 7962 to read as follows:
	CHAPTER 7962. JARRELL ESTATES MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1
	SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
	Sec. 7962.0101.  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 Jarrell Estates Municipal
	Utility District No. 1.
	Sec. 7962.0102.  NATURE OF DISTRICT.  The district is a
	municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI,
	Texas Constitution.
	Sec. 7962.0103.  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. 7962.0104.  CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED. The
	temporary directors may not hold an election under Section
	7962.0103 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. 7962.0105.  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. 7962.0106.  INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.  (a)  The
	district is initially composed of the territory described by
	Section 4(b) of the Act enacting this chapter.
	(b)  The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 4(b)
	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. 7962.0201.  GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.  (a)  The district is
	governed by a board of five elected directors.
	(b)  Except as provided by Section 7962.0202, directors
	serve staggered four-year terms.
	Sec. 7962.0202.  TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.  (a)  The temporary
	board consists of:
	(1)  Jake Newman;
	(2)  Davis Craig;
	(3)  Brad Harwick;
	(4)  LouAnn Covington; and
	(5)  Stephen Fowler.
	(b)  Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:
	(1)  the date permanent directors are elected under
	Section 7962.0103; 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 7962.0103 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 7962.0103; 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. 7962.0301.  GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.  The district
	has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
	which the district is created.
	Sec. 7962.0302.  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. 7962.0303.  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. 7962.0304.  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. 7962.0305.  COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL REGULATIONS.  Any
	water, sanitary sewer, road, drainage, or other infrastructure or
	public facilities constructed, acquired, improved, maintained, or
	operated by the district shall comply with any subdivision or other
	applicable regulations of any municipality in whose corporate
	limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the infrastructure or
	public facilities are located unless other regulations are
	specified in a development agreement between the district and the
	municipality.
	Sec. 7962.0306.  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. 7962.0307.  DIVISION OF DISTRICT. (a)  The district may
	be divided into two or more new districts only if the district:
	(1)  has no outstanding bonded debt; and
	(2)  is not imposing ad valorem taxes.
	(b)  This chapter applies to any new district created by the
	division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and
	duties of the district.
	(c)  Any new district created by the division of the district
	may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land
	outside the area described by Section 4(b) 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
	7962.0103 to confirm the district's creation.
	(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 7962.0103.  If the voters of a new district do not confirm
	the creation of the new district, the assets, obligations,
	territory, and governance of the new district revert to the
	original district.
	(i)  If the creation of the new district is confirmed, the
	new district shall provide the election date and results to the
	commission.
	(j)  Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to
	the inclusion of land in the district granted under Section
	7962.0104 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.
	(k)  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.
	SUBCHAPTER D.  GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
	Sec. 7962.0401.  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 7962.0403.
	(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. 7962.0402.  OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.  (a)  If
	authorized at an election held under Section 7962.0401, 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.
	(c)  Section 49.107(f), Water Code, does not apply to
	reimbursements for projects constructed or acquired under Section
	7962.0303.
	Sec. 7962.0403.  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. 7962.0501.  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. 7962.0502.  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. 7962.0503.  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.
	(b)  The Jarrell Estates Municipal Utility District No. 1
	initially includes all the territory contained in the following
	area:
	(a)  BEGINNING: At a 2" pipe post found in the North line of
	County Road 232 for the lower Southeast corner of a 649.53 Acre
	Tract (Document #2004074055, Official Public Records, described in
	Volume 2520, Page 200 and Volume 2598, Page 457, Official Public
	Records) and an exterior corner of said 3072.64 Acre Tract and of
	this tract from which a 2" pipe post found in the South line of said
	county road for the Northwest corner of a 48.65 Acre Tract (surveyed
	March 10, 2022) bears S 00° 18' 48" W 56.15 feet;
	THENCE: Along a fence with the lower East line of said 649.53
	Acre Tract and a West line of said 3072.64 Acre Tract and of this
	tract as follows:
	N 04° 31' 43" W 735.20 feet to a 3" pipe post found for an angle
	point;
	N 10° 51' 27" W 14.01 feet to a 3" pipe post found for an
	interior corner of said 649.53 Acre Tract and an exterior corner of
	said 3072.64 Acre Tract and of this tract;
	THENCE: Along a fence with the upper South line of said 649.53
	Acre Tract and a North line of said 3072.64 Acre Tract and of this
	tract as follows:
	N 65° 24' 32" E 680.46 feet to a 2" pipe post found for an angle
	point;
	N 65° 28' 50" E 651.69 feet to a 2" pipe post found for an angle
	point;
	N 68° 01' 01" E 2635.82 feet to a 100D nail set for the
	Southeast corner of said 649.53 Acre Tract and an interior corner of
	said 3072.64 Acre Tract and of this tract;
	THENCE: Along a fence with the East line of Abstract No. 358,
	Survey No. 1, and said 649.53 Acre Tract, the lower East line of a
	1209.24 Acre Tract (Document #2014012037, Official Public
	Records), the West line of Survey No. 21, and the upper West line of
	said 3072.64 Acre Tract and of this tract as follows:
	N 21° 16' 42" W 2553.70 feet to a 2" pipe post found for an
	angle point;
	N 21° 14' 51" W 877.13 feet to a steel post found for an angle
	point;
	N 20° 54' 03" W 2216.78 feet to a 3" pipe post found for the
	Northeast corner of said 649.53 Acre Tract and an angle point of
	this tract;
	S 69° 04' 53" W 13.57 feet with the North line of said 649.53
	Acre Tract to a 3" pipe post found for the Southeast corner of said
	1209.24 Acre Tract and an angle point of this tract;
	N 20° 05' 30" W 1230.33 feet to a 2" pipe post found for an
	interior corner of said 1209.24 Acre Tract and the upper Northwest
	corner of said 3072.64 Acre Tract and of this tract;
	THENCE: Along a fence with the upper South line of said
	1209.24 Acre Tract, the South line of a 5611 Acre Tract (Volume 365,
	Page 115, Deed Records) and the North line of said 3072.64 Acre
	Tract and of this tract as follows:
	N 68° 20' 52" E 277.73 feet to a 1/2" iron pin found by 10"
	cedar post for the upper Southeast corner of said 1209.24 Acre
	Tract, the upper Southwest corner of said 5611 Acre Tract, and an
	angle point of this tract;
	N 68° 26' 45" E 5079.62 feet to a 2" pipe post found for an
	angle point;
	S 86° 22' 04" E 411.00 feet to a 1/2" iron pin found by 6" cedar
	post for an interior corner of said 5611 Acre Tract and the upper
	Northeast corner of this tract;
	S 20° 51' 48" E 2076.49 feet to a 5/8" iron pin found by 3" pipe
	post for an exterior corner of said 5611 Acre Tract and an interior
	corner of this tract;
	N 69° 23' 59" E 1379.50 feet to a 3" pipe post found for an
	interior corner of said 5611 Acre Tract and an exterior corner of
	this tract;
	S 21° 50' 49" E 1736.87 feet to a 3" pipe post found for an
	angle point;
	S 20° 41' 55" E 1761.43 feet to a 3" pipe post found for the
	lower Southwest corner of said 5611 Acre Tract, an interior corner
	of said 3072.64 Acre Tract, an exterior corner of a 1205.00 Acre
	Tract (this day surveyed), and an angle point of this tract;
	S 21° 05' 42" E 540.16 feet into said 3072.64 Acre Tract to a
	5/8" iron pin set for an interior corner of said 1205.00 Acre Tract
	and the upper Southeast corner of this tract;
	THENCE: S 68° 43' 40" W 5320.62 feet to a 5/8" iron pin set for
	the Northwest corner of said 1205.00 Acre Tract and an interior
	corner of this tract;
	THENCE: S 21° 02' 32" E 5182.49 feet, at 2584.32 feet pass a
	5/8" iron pin set for an angle point of said 1205.00 Acre Tract and
	the upper Northwest corner of a 514.30 Acre Tract (this day
	surveyed), continuing to a 5/8" iron pin set for an interior corner
	of said 514.30 Acre Tract and an exterior corner of this tract;
	THENCE: S 68° 57' 28" W 1870.94 feet to a 5/8" iron pin set for
	the lower Northwest corner of said 514.30 Acre Tract and the lower
	Southwest corner of this tract;
	THENCE: N 20° 44' 59" W 1603.97 feet along a fence with the
	East line of Survey No. 13 and a 195.5 Acre Tract (Volume 2458, Page
	859, Deed Records) and the West line of Survey No. 21 to a 1/2" iron
	pin found by 10" cedar post for the Northeast corner of Survey
	No. 13 and said 195.5 Acre Tract, the Southeast corner of Abstract
	No. 358, and an interior corner of said 3072.64 Acre Tract and of
	this tract;
	THENCE: S 68° 20' 05" W 3102.03 feet along a fence with the
	North line of Survey No. 13 and the South line of Abstract No. 358
	to a 6" cedar post found for an exterior corner of said 3072.64 Acre
	Tract and of this tract;
	THENCE: Along a fence with the East line of said county road
	and a West line of said 3072.64 Acre Tract and of this tract passing
	2" pipe posts found as follows:
	N 32° 07' 47" W 379.77 feet to an angle point;
	N 33° 01' 44" W 321.50 feet to an angle point;
	N 50° 45' 25" W 315.12 feet to an angle point;
	N 41° 41' 33" W 368.36 feet to an angle point;
	N 17° 54' 39" W 267.13 feet to an angle point;
	N 22° 26' 20" W 168.35 feet to an angle point;
	N 46° 44' 55" W 100.13 feet to an angle point;
	N 71° 41' 21" W 102.15 feet to an angle point;
	N 81° 36' 11" W 539.79 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING.
	(b)  BEGINNING: At a 5/8" iron pin set under fence in the West
	line of a 673.33 Acre Tract (Document #2021159264, Official Public
	Records) and the lower East line of said 3072.64 Acre Tract for the
	lower Southeast corner of a 1205.00 Acre Tract (this day surveyed)
	and the lower Northeast corner of this tract from which a 1/2" iron
	pin found for an angle point of said 1205.00 Acre Tract bears N 20°
	43' 12med" W 159.01 feet;
	THENCE: Along a fence with the West line of said 673.33 Acre
	Tract and the lower East line of said 3072.64 Acre Tract and of this
	tract as follows:
	S 20° 43' 10" E 519.72 feet to a 1/2" iron pin found for an
	angle point;
	S 12° 01' 50" E 291.83 feet to a 5/8" iron pin found for an
	interior corner of said 673.33 Acre Tract, an exterior corner of
	said 3072.64 Acre Tract, and the upper Southeast corner of this
	tract;
	THENCE: Along a fence with the North line of Survey No. 20,
	the lower North line of said 673.33 Acre Tract, and the North line
	of a 30-foot Nature Trail of Spear's Ranch on Salado Creek Section
	One (Cabinet T, Slides 209 thru 223, Plat Records), and the South
	line of Survey No. 21, and a South line of this tract as follows:
	S 69° 56' 54" W 252.66 feet to a 1/2" iron pin found by 3" pipe
	post for the lower Northwest corner of said 673.33 Acre Tract, the
	Northeast corner of said nature trail, and an angle point of this
	tract;
	S 69° 04' 11" W 416.61 feet to an angle point;
	S 69° 08' 40" W 1831.06 feet to an angle point;
	S 68° 48' 01" W 760.40 feet to an angle point;
	S 67° 55' 49" W 1390.64 feet to an angle point;
	S 69° 24' 50" W 1554.14 feet to a 2" pipe post found for the
	Northwest corner of said nature trail, the Northeast corner of said
	67.66 Acre Tract, and an interior corner of this tract;
	THENCE: Along a fence with the West line of said nature trail,
	the East line of said 67.66 Acre Tract, and the lower East line of
	this tract as follows:
	S 02° 25' 02" E 30.04 feet to a 1/2" iron pin found by 26" Live
	Oak tree for an angle point;
	S 26° 21' 04" E 218.30 feet to a 3/8" iron pin found for an
	angle point;
	S 26° 19' 50" E 456.50 feet to a 3/8" iron pin found by 16" Live
	Oak tree for an angle point;
	S 25° 01' 14" E 305.56 feet to an 18" Oak tree found for an
	angle point;
	S 21° 39' 46" E 165.35 feet to a 3/8" iron pin found for an
	angle point;
	S 16° 12' 10" E 339.66 feet to an 18" Cedar tree found for an
	angle point;
	S 14° 12' 03" E 533.49 feet to a 1/2" iron pin found by 18" Oak
	tree for an angle point;
	S 19° 05' 16" E 202.66 feet to a 3/8" iron pin found by 12" Live
	Oak for an angle point;
	S 14° 09' 26" E 650.74 feet to a 3/8" iron pin found by 4" cedar
	post for an angle point;
	S 15° 16' 20" E 383.91 feet to a 10" cedar post found for the
	Northeast corner of the remainder of a 2161.001 Acre Tract
	(Document #2000028918, Official Public Records), the Southeast
	corner of said 67.66 Acre Tract, and the lower Southeast corner of
	this tract;
	THENCE: S 71° 03' 19" W 770.90 feet along a fence to a 1/2"
	iron pin found by 10" creosote post for the Northwest corner of the
	remainder of said 2161.001 Acre Tract, the Southwest corner of said
	67.66 Acre Tract, and the lower Southwest corner of this tract;
	THENCE: N 21° 37' 35" W 1396.02 feet along a fence with the
	East line of Survey No. 13 and a 106.95 Acre Tract (Volume 2255,
	Page 742, Official Public Records) and the West line of Survey
	No. 20 to a 1/2" iron pin found by 8" creosote post for the
	Northeast corner of said 106.95 Acre Tract, an angle point of said
	67.66 Acre Tract, an exterior corner of said 3072.64 Acre Tract, and
	an interior corner of this tract;
	THENCE: Along a fence with the North line of said 106.95 Acre
	Tract and a South line of said 3072.64 Acre Tract and of this tract
	as follows:
	S 68° 18' 48" W 1267.81 feet to a 1/2" iron pin found for an
	angle point;
	S 76° 37' 01" W 136.62 feet to a 40D nail found by Elm for an
	angle point;
	S 83° 29' 14" W 102.48 feet to a 40D nail found by Elm for an
	angle point;
	N 61° 35' 19" W 10.73 feet to a 6" cedar post found for an angle
	point;
	N 87° 05' 38" W 119.71 feet to a 1/2" iron pin found by 2" pipe
	post for an angle point;
	S 06° 13' 12" E 175.36 feet to a 1/2" iron pin found by 2" pipe
	post for an angle point;
	S 56° 36' 48" W 75.04 feet to a 1/2" iron pin found for an angle
	point;
	S 44° 41' 09" W 113.47 feet to a 2" pipe post found for an angle
	point;
	S 42° 07' 36" W 152.96 feet to a 5/8" iron pin set for the
	Northwest corner of said 106.95 Acre Tract and an exterior corner of
	said 3072.64 Acre Tract and of this tract;
	THENCE: Along a fence with the East line of County Road 232
	and a West line of said 3072.64 Acre Tract and of this tract as
	follows:
	N 19° 17' 35" E 134.40 feet to an angle point;
	N 24° 00' 25" W 138.58 feet to an angle point;
	N 38° 19' 18" W 658.87 feet to a 1/2" iron pin found by 2" pipe
	post for an angle point;
	N 39° 31' 29" W 250.06 feet, at 51.76 feet pass the South
	terminus of a 50-foot Road Easement (this day surveyed), continuing
	to an angle point;
	N 44° 04' 25" W 261.31 feet to an angle point;
	N 44° 10' 37" W 593.32 feet to a 2" pipe post found for an angle
	point;
	N 14° 32' 04" W 211.93 feet to an angle point;
	N 04° 30' 47" W 470.65 feet to a 1/2" iron pin found in the
	South line of a 195.5 Acre Tract (Volume 2458, Page 859, Deed
	Records) and an exterior corner of said 3072.64 Acre Tract and of
	this tract;
	THENCE: N 68° 15' 37" E 2341.32 feet along a fence to a 10"
	cedar post found for the Southeast corner of said 195.5 Acre Tract
	and an interior corner of said 3072.64 Acre Tract and of this tract;
	THENCE:  N 20° 44' 59" W 702.86 feet along a fence with the
	East line of Survey No. 13 and said 195.5 Acre Tract and the West
	line of Survey No. 21 and said 3072.64 Acre Tract to a 5/8" iron pin
	set for an exterior corner of a 1419.57 Acre Tract (this day
	surveyed) and the lower Northwest corner of this tract;
	THENCE:  Crossing said 3072.64 Acre Tract with the North line
	of this tract as follows:
	N 68° 57' 28" E 1870.94 feet to a 5/8" iron pin set for the
	lower Southeast corner of said 1419.57 Acre Tract and an interior
	corner of this tract;
	N 21° 02' 32" W 2598.17 feet with the lower East line of said
	1419.57 Acre Tract to a 5/8" iron pin set for an angle point of said
	1205.00 Acre Tract and the upper Northwest corner of this tract;
	Continuing with the North line of this tract and the South
	line of said 1205.00 Acre Tract as follows:
	S 64° 48' 25" E 1376.79 feet, at 618.20 feet pass the North
	terminus of said road easement, continuing to a 5/8" iron pin set
	for an angle point;
	N 72° 00' 34" E 2659.37 feet to a 5/8" iron pin set for an
	interior corner of said 1205.00 Acre Tract and the upper Northeast
	corner of this tract;
	S 20° 22' 11" E 1911.75 feet to a 5/8" iron pin set for the
	Southwest corner of said 1205.00 Acre Tract and an interior corner
	of this tract;
	N 67° 49' 03" E 1727.05 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING.
	(c)  BEGINNING:  At a 1/2" iron pin found in the West line of
	County Road 232 and the South line of a 195.5 Acre Tract (Volume
	2458, Page 859, Deed Records) for the Northeast corner of this tract
	from which a 1/2" iron pin found in the East line of said county road
	for an exterior corner of a 514.30 Acre Tract (this day surveyed)
	bears N 68° 50' 18" E 54.24 feet;
	THENCE:  With the West line of said road and the East line of
	this tract passing 1/2" iron pins found as follows:
	S 04° 49' 16" E 455.90 feet to an angle point;
	S 14° 52' 48" E 238.88 feet to an angle point;
	S 44° 15' 55" E 602.34 feet to an angle point;
	S 44° 13' 37" E 256.82 feet to an angle point;
	S 39° 27' 01" E 248.02 feet to an angle point;
	S 38° 18' 33" E 658.46 feet to an angle point;
	S 24° 31' 17" E 109.18 feet to a 1/2" iron pin found for the
	Southeast corner of this tract;
	THENCE:  With the North line of said county road and the South
	line of this tract as follows:
	S 18° 59' 07" W 95.53 feet to a 5/8" iron pin set for an angle
	point;
	S 44° 19' 36" W 271.53 feet to a 5/8" iron pin set for an angle
	point;
	S 43° 01' 41" W 369.83 feet to a 1/2" iron pin found for an
	angle point;
	S 42° 33' 02" W 219.62 feet to a 1/2" iron pin found for an
	angle point;
	S 04° 07' 18" W 76.42 feet to a 5/8" iron pin set for an angle
	point;
	S 37° 56' 47" W 139.57 feet, at 79.09 feet pass a found 2" pipe
	post, continuing to the Southwest corner of this tract;
	THENCE:  Along the center of North Salado Creek with the East
	line of a 12.00 Acre Tract (Document #2020075231, Official Public
	Records) and a 124.74 Acre Tract (Document #2016095553, Official
	Public Records) and the West line of this tract as follows:
	N 41° 03' 59" W 131.42 feet to an angle point;
	N 11° 53' 19" W 40.63 feet to an angle point;
	N 76° 36' 27" W 45.17 feet to an angle point;
	N 30° 48' 05" W 126.68 feet to an angle point;
	N 78° 57' 33" W 87.41 feet to an angle point;
	N 12° 44' 59" E 79.02 feet to an angle point;
	N 11° 00' 13" W 73.47 feet to an angle point;
	S 88° 36' 10" W 82.16 feet to an angle point;
	N 66° 02' 15" W 98.65 feet to an angle point;
	N 06° 27' 32" W 106.86 feet to an angle point;
	N 30° 17' 17" E 145.33 feet to an angle point;
	N 03° 28' 06" W 75.42 feet to an angle point;
	N 37° 44' 59" W 146.89 feet to an angle point;
	N 63° 26' 06" W 145.44 feet to an angle point;
	N 38° 31' 49" W 136.06 feet to an angle point;
	N 12° 39' 09" W 86.38 feet to an angle point;
	N 04° 05' 08" W 70.68 feet to an angle point;
	S 86° 18' 31" W 52.15 feet to an angle point;
	N 76° 52' 51" W 106.01 feet to an angle point;
	N 12° 38' 00" W 83.15 feet to an angle point;
	N 23° 29' 55" W 105.25 feet to an angle point;
	N 10° 37' 11" E 136.64 feet to an angle point;
	N 04° 47' 52" W 86.56 feet to an angle point;
	N 34° 45' 21" W 139.44 feet to an angle point;
	N 06° 54' 40" W 77.72 feet to an angle point;
	N 17° 40' 47" E 51.12 feet to an angle point;
	N 52° 40' 44" E 193.31 feet to an angle point;
	N 18° 45' 31" E 85.20 feet to an angle point;
	N 23° 41' 26" W 105.23 feet to an angle point;
	N 86° 35' 59" W 152.93 feet to an angle point;
	N 60° 31' 27" W 77.06 feet to an angle point;
	N 30° 15' 23" W 81.04 feet to an angle point;
	N 67° 37' 12" W 107.25 feet to an angle point;
	S 79° 56' 22" W 183.67 feet to an angle point;
	N 73° 48' 39" W 94.15 feet to an angle point;
	S 88° 10' 54" W 91.93 feet to an angle point;
	N 53° 44' 46" W 180.85 feet to an angle point;
	N 74° 50' 45" W 120.88 feet to an angle point;
	N 39° 12' 26" W 60.40 feet to the Southwest corner of said
	195.5 Acre Tract and the Northwest corner of this tract;
	THENCE:  N 68° 20' 39" E 1386.29 feet with the South line of
	said 195.5 Acre Tract, at 19.37 feet pass a found 12" Pecan stump,
	continuing along a fence to the POINT OF BEGINNING.
	(d)  BEGINNING: At a 2" pipe post found in the South line of
	County Road 232 and the lower East line of a 649.53 Acre Tract
	(Document # #2004074055, Official Public Records, described in
	Volume 2520, Page 200 and Volume 2598, Page 457, Official Public
	Records) for the Northwest corner of this tract from which a 2" pipe
	post found in the North line of said county road for the upper
	Southwest corner of a 1419.57 Acre Tract (this day surveyed) bears N
	00° 18' 48" E 56.15 feet;
	THENCE:  Along a fence with the South and West line of said
	county road and the North and East line of this tract as follows:
	S 83° 15' 32" E 491.41 feet to a 6" cedar post found for an
	angle point;
	S 71° 41' 57" E 76.53 feet to a 6" cedar post found for an angle
	point;
	S 48° 56' 34" E 139.44 feet to a 6" cedar post found for an
	angle point;
	S 19° 57' 48" E 414.71 feet to a 5" cedar post found for an
	angle point;
	S 41° 43' 21" E 317.47 feet to a 5" cedar post found for an
	angle point;
	S 49° 16' 01" E 370.58 feet to a 6" cedar post found for an
	angle point;
	S 32° 42' 02" E 683.73 feet to a 2" pipe post found for the
	Southeast corner of this tract;
	THENCE:  S 68° 22' 29" W 1256.52 feet along a fence with the
	North line of Survey No. 13 and a 195.5 Acre Tract (Volume 2458,
	Page 859, Deed Records) and the South line of Abstract No. 358, at
	1209.80 feet pass a 1/2" iron pin found by 14" Elm, continuing
	without fence to the Northwest corner of said 195.5 Acre Tract and
	the lower Southwest corner of this tract;
	THENCE: Along the center of North Salado Creek with the North
	line of a 61.80 Acre Tract (Document #2010063430, Official Public
	Records) and the South line of this tract as follows:
	N 02° 31' 01" W 103.87 feet to an angle point;
	N 52° 32' 58" W 74.50 feet to an angle point;
	N 84° 29' 40" W 104.92 feet to an angle point;
	S 85° 34' 16" W 152.08 feet to an angle point;
	N 80° 01' 20" W 218.89 feet to the lower Southeast corner of
	said 649.53 Acre Tract and the Southwest corner of this tract;
	THENCE:  With the lower East line of said 649.53 Acre Tract
	and the West line of this tract as follows:
	N 04° 31' 03" E 649.14 feet, at 72.82 feet pass a found 2" pipe
	post, continuing along a fence to a 12" cedar post found for an
	angle point;
	N 02° 28' 22" E 641.86 feet along a fence to a 2" pipe post
	found for an angle point;
	N 04° 10' 33" W 608.21 feet along a fence to the POINT OF
	BEGINNING.
	(c)  If the Act enacting this section does not receive a
	two-thirds vote of all the members elected to each house,
	Subchapter C, Chapter 7962, Special District Local Laws Code, as
	added by Subsection (a) of this section, is amended by adding
	Section 7962.0308 to read as follows:
	Sec. 7962.0308.  NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. The district may
	not exercise the power of eminent domain.
	(d)  Subsection (c) of 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.  (a) Subtitle F, Title 6, Special District Local
	Laws Code, is amended by adding Chapter 7968A to read as follows:
	CHAPTER 7968A. MONTGOMERY COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT
	NO. 236
	SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
	Sec. 7968A.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 Montgomery County Municipal
	Utility District No. 236.
	Sec. 7968A.0102.  NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a
	municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI,
	Texas Constitution.
	Sec. 7968A.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. 7968A.0104.  CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED. The
	temporary directors may not hold an election under Section
	7968A.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 as required by
	applicable law.
	Sec. 7968A.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. 7968A.0106.  INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY. (a) The
	district is initially composed of the territory described by
	Section 5(b) of the Act enacting this chapter.
	(b)  The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 5(b)
	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. 7968A.0201.  GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district
	is governed by a board of five elected directors.
	(b)  Except as provided by Section 7968A.0202, directors
	serve staggered four-year terms.
	Sec. 7968A.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 7968A.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 7968A.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 7968A.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. 7968A.0301.  GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district
	has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
	which the district is created.
	Sec. 7968A.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. 7968A.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. 7968A.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. 7968A.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.
	SUBCHAPTER D.  GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
	Sec. 7968A.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
	7968A.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. 7968A.0402.  OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. (a) If
	authorized at an election held under Section 7968A.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. 7968A.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. 7968A.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. 7968A.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. 7968A.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.
	(b)  Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 236
	initially includes all the territory contained in the following
	area:
	A 231.1123 ACRE TRACT OF LAND IN THE S. TERRY SURVEY, ABSTRACT
	NO. 564, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TEXAS, BEING OUT OF AND A PART OF A
	CALLED 1,702.2 ACRE TRACT CONVEYED TO DAYAKAR PUSKOOR, TRUSTEE OF
	1992 GUNIGANTI CREDIT SHELTER TRUSTS, AKA THE GUNIGANTI FAMILY
	TRUSTS AS RECORDED UNDER MONTGOMERY COUNTY CLERK'S FILE NUMBER
	(M.C.C.F. NO.) 2019097078 (DESCRIBED UNDER M.C.C.F. NO.
	2012127211), THE SAID 231.1123 ACRE TRACT BEING MORE PARTICULARLY
	DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS AS FOLLOWS, (WITH BEARINGS BASED ON
	THE TEXAS COORDINATE SYSTEM OF 1983, CENTRAL ZONE, AS DETERMINED BY
	GPS MEASUREMENTS):
	COMMENCING at a 3/4-inch iron rod found marking an angle in
	the west line of said 1,702.2 acre tract, and the west line of a
	called 150.00 acre tract, conveyed to TC LB Royal Pines, LP as
	recorded under M.C.C.F. NO. 2021171601;
	THENCE, North 03°35'35" West, along the west line of said
	1,702.2 acre tract, and said 150.00 acre tract, passing at a
	distance of 10.54 feet, a found 5/8" iron rod with cap stamped
	"TERRA", passing at a distance of 874 feet, the approximate
	centerline of White Oak Creek, being the northwest corner of the
	said 150.00 acre tract, continuing along the west line of said
	1,702.2 acre tract a total distance of 4,572.60 feet, to a 1/2" iron
	rod found marking the northeast corner of Lot 6, Block 3, White Oak
	Crossing Sec 4 (WOC4), map or plat thereof recorded under Cabinet
	(Cab.) Z, Sheet (Sht.) 3640 Montgomery County Map Records
	(M.C.M.R.), and an interior corner of said 1,702.2 acre tract, and
	the herein described tract;
	THENCE, South 87°08'26" West, along the north lines of said
	WOC4, and White Oak Crossing Sec 3 (WOC3), map or plat thereof
	recorded under Cab. Z, Sht. 2286 M.C.M.R., common with the
	southerly line of said 1,702.2 acre tract and the herein described
	tract, a distance of 2,132.46 feet, to a 5/8" iron rod with cap
	stamped "HOVIS" found marking the northwest corner of Lot 19, Block
	5, of said WOC3;
	THENCE, North 07°21'12" West, departing said common line,
	over and across said WCO3, A 19.14 acre tract conveyed to Prabhakar
	R. Guniganti as recorded under M.C.C.F. NO. 2016114018, and said
	1,702.2 acre tract, a distance of 4,946.84 feet, to the west line of
	said 1,702.2 acre tract marking the southwest corner, and POINT OF
	BEGINNING of the herein described tract;
	THENCE, North 02°19'57" West, along the west line of said
	1,702.2 acre tract, passing at a distance of 7.13 feet the southerly
	Right-Of-Way (R.O.W.) line of State Highway 99 (A.K.A. Grand
	Parkway), as described in the agreed final judgement recorded under
	M.C.C.F. NO. 2022115684, passing at a distance of 407.22 feet, the
	northerly R.O.W. line of said State Highway 99, continuing a total
	distance of 2,694.43 feet, to the northwest corner of said 1,702.2
	acre tract and the herein described tract;
	THENCE, North 86°56'15" East, along the northerly line of said
	1,702.2 acre tract, a distance of 2,313.87 feet, to an angle in the
	north line of said 1,702.2 acre tract and the herein described
	tract;
	THENCE, North 88°18'37" East, along the northerly line of said
	1,702.2 acre tract, a distance of 84.62 feet, to the northeast
	corner of the herein described tract;
	THENCE, over and across said 1,702.2 acre tract, the
	following twenty nine (29) courses and distances:
	South 01°34'11" East, a distance of 523.07 feet, to an angle
	in the east line of the herein described tract;
	South 88°20'05" East, a distance of 320.48 feet, to an angle
	in the east line of the herein described tract;
	South 72°57'20" East, a distance of 524.04 feet, to an angle
	in the east line of the herein described tract;
	South 55°07'09" East, a distance of 242.85 feet, to an angle
	in the east line of the herein described tract;
	South 26°44'17" East, a distance of 274.37 feet, to an angle
	in the east line of the herein described tract;
	South 34°39'23" East, a distance of 466.61 feet, to an angle
	in the east line of the herein described tract;
	South 29°43'18" East, a distance of 94.04 feet, to an angle in
	the east line of the herein described tract;
	South 03°45'41" West, a distance of 196.73 feet, to an angle
	in the east line of the herein described tract;
	South 27°52'41" East, a distance of 382.54 feet, to an angle
	in the east line of the herein described tract;
	South 29°14'09" East, a distance of 98.06 feet, to an angle in
	the east line of the herein described tract;
	South 18°42'01" West, a distance of 156.58 feet, to an angle
	in the east line of the herein described tract;
	South 45°05'06" West, a distance of 138.46 feet, to an angle
	in the east line of the herein described tract;
	South 72°00'22" West, a distance of 171.11 feet, to an angle
	in the east line of the herein described tract;
	South 64°09'37" West, a distance of 133.85 feet, to the
	beginning of a curve to the right;
	In a southwesterly direction, along said curve to the right,
	having a radius of 3,014.66 feet, a central angle of 01°26'03"
	(chord bears South 64°04'47" West, 75.45 feet) and an arc distance
	of 75.45 feet, to the beginning of a reverse curve to the left;
	In a southwesterly direction, along said reverse curve to the
	left, having a radius of 100.00 feet, a central angle of 13°17'38"
	(chord bears South 57°47'21" West, 23.15 feet) and an arc distance
	of 23.20 feet, to the beginning of a reverse curve to the right;
	In a southwesterly direction, along said reverse curve to the
	right, having a radius of 500.00 feet, a central angle of 12°42'15"
	(chord bears South 57°29'40" West, 110.64 feet) and an arc distance
	of 110.86 feet, to the beginning of a reverse curve to the left;
	In a southwesterly direction, along said reverse curve to the
	left, having a radius of 100.00 feet, a central angle of 07°23'59"
	(chord bears South 60°08'48" West, 12.91 feet) and an arc distance
	of 12.92 feet, to the beginning of a reverse curve to the right;
	In a southwesterly direction, along said reverse curve to the
	right, having a radius of 100.00 feet, a central angle of 23°30'02"
	(chord bears South 68°11'50" West, 40.73 feet) and an arc distance
	of 41.02 feet, to the point of tangency;
	South 79°56'51" West, a distance of 52.57 feet, to the
	beginning of a curve to the right;
	In a westerly direction, along said curve to the right,
	having a radius of 100.00 feet, a central angle of 24°12'11" (chord
	bears North 87°57'04" West, 41.93 feet) and an arc distance of 42.24
	feet, to the point of compound curvature;
	In a northwesterly direction, along said compound curve to
	the right, having a radius of 500.00 feet, a central angle of
	01°07'37" (chord bears North 75°17'10" West, 9.83 feet) and an arc
	distance of 9.83 feet, to the point of reverse curvature;
	In a southwesterly direction, along said reverse curve to the
	left, having a radius of 100.00 feet, a central angle of 59°15'48"
	(chord bears South 75°38'44" West, 98.88 feet) and an arc distance
	of 103.43 feet, to the point of tangency;
	South 46°00'50" West, a distance of 240.66 feet, to an angle
	in the southerly line of the herein described tract;
	North 47°45'22" West, a distance of 351.90 feet, to the
	beginning of a curve to the right;
	In a northwesterly direction, along said curve to the right,
	having a radius of 1,250.00 feet, a central angle of 01°33'58"
	(chord bears North 46°58'23" West, 34.17 feet) and an arc distance
	of 34.17 feet, to the point of tangency;
	South 53°50'57" West, a distance of 302.10 feet, to the
	beginning of a curve to the left;
	In a southwesterly direction, along said curve to the left,
	having a radius of 2,000.00 feet, a central angle of 17°35'11"
	(chord bears South 45°03'21" West, 611.48 feet) and an arc distance
	of 613.89 feet, to the point of tangency;
	South 36°15'45" West, a distance of 406.05 feet, to an angle
	in the southerly line of the herein described tract;
	THENCE, North 68°09'29" West, a distance of 1,868.05 feet, to
	the POINT OF BEGINNING, and containing 231.1123 acres of land.
	(c)  If the Act enacting this section does not receive a
	two-thirds vote of all the members elected to each house,
	Subchapter C, Chapter 7968A, Special District Local Laws Code, as
	added by Subsection (a) of this section, is amended by adding
	Section 7968A.0306 to read as follows:
	Sec. 7968A.0306.  NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. The district may
	not exercise the power of eminent domain.
	(d)  Subsection (c) of 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 6.  (a) Subtitle F, Title 6, Special District Local
	Laws Code, is amended by adding Chapter 8010A to read as follows:
	CHAPTER 8010A. WILLIAMSON COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 49
	SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
	Sec. 8010A.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 Williamson County Municipal
	Utility District No. 49.
	Sec. 8010A.0102.  NATURE OF DISTRICT.  The district is a
	municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI,
	Texas Constitution.
	Sec. 8010A.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. 8010A.0104.  CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED. The
	temporary directors may not hold an election under Section
	8010A.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 as required by
	applicable law.
	Sec. 8010A.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. 8010A.0106.  INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.  (a)  The
	district is initially composed of the territory described by
	Section 6(b) of the Act enacting this chapter.
	(b)  The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 6(b)
	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. 8010A.0201.  GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.  (a)  The district
	is governed by a board of five elected directors.
	(b)  Except as provided by Section 8010A.0202, directors
	serve staggered four-year terms.
	Sec. 8010A.0202.  TEMPORARY DIRECTORS. (a) The temporary
	board consists of:
	(1)  Mark Tickner;
	(2)  Nick Easley;
	(3)  Walter Duke;
	(4)  Zachary Summers; and
	(5)  Noah Terrazas.
	(b)  Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:
	(1)  the date permanent directors are elected under
	Section 8010A.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 8010A.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 8010A.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. 8010A.0301.  GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.  The district
	has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
	which the district is created.
	Sec. 8010A.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. 8010A.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. 8010A.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. 8010A.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.
	SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
	Sec. 8010A.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
	8010A.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. 8010A.0402.  OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.  (a)  If
	authorized at an election held under Section 8010A.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. 8010A.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. 8010A.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. 8010A.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. 8010A.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.
	(b)  The Williamson County Municipal Utility District No. 49
	initially includes all the territory contained in the following
	area:
	TRACT 1:
	A 59.891 ACRE TRACT OF LAND SITUATED IN THE ELISHA DAVIS
	SURVEY, SECTION NO. 23, ABSTRACT NO. 172, IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY,
	TEXAS, BEING OUT OF A CALLED 60.57 ACRE TRACT CONVEYED TO LETTS
	FAMILY TRUST BY INSTRUMENT RECORDED IN VOLUME 528, PAGE 376 OF THE
	DEED RECORDS OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS A 59.891 ACRE TRACT OF LAND
	SITUATED IN THE ELISHA DAVIS SURVEY, SECTION NO. 23, ABSTRACT NO.
	172, IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS, BEING OUT OF A CALLED 60.57 ACRE
	TRACT CONVEYED TO LETTS FAMILY TRUST BY INSTRUMENT RECORDED IN
	VOLUME 528, PAGE 376 OF THE DEED RECORDS OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY,
	TEXAS. SAID 59.891 ACRE TRACT BEING MORE FULLY DESCRIBED AS
	FOLLOWS, WITH BEARINGS BASED ON THE TEXAS COORDINATE SYSTEM
	ESTABLISHED FOR THE CENTRAL ZONE FROM THE NORTH AMERICAN DATUM OF
	1983 NAD 83 (NA2011) EPOCH 2010.00.:
	BEGINNING at a 1/2" iron rod found in the west right-of-way
	line of County Road 308, said point being the northeast corner of
	said 60.57-acre tract, for the northeast corner and POINT OF
	BEGINNING hereof;
	THENCE S 20°52'36" E, with the west right-of-way line of said
	County Road 308, same being the east boundary line of said
	60.57-acre tract, a distance of 2045.72 feet to a 1/2" iron rod with
	yellow cap marked "Pape-Dawson" set in the north right-of-way line
	of County Road 305, same being the north boundary line of a called
	0.5039 acre tract of land conveyed to Williamson County, Texas by
	instrument recorded in Document No. 9820041 of the Official Public
	Records of said County, for the southeast corner hereof;
	THENCE S 68°212'37" W, with the north boundary line of said
	0.5039-acre tract, same being the north right-of-way line of said
	County Road 305, through the interior of said 60.57-acre tract, a
	distance of 1258.78 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found on a point in the
	east boundary line of a called 3.92-acre tract of land conveyed to
	Gary R. Sheley and Rosita R. Sheley, by instrument recorded in
	Document No. 2009090657 of said Official Public Records, same being
	the west boundary line of said 60.57-acre tract, for the southwest
	corner hereof;
	THENCE N 21°39'56" W, departing the north right-of-way line of
	said County Road 305, with, in part, the east boundary lines of:
	said 3.92-acre tract, a called 10.00-acre tract of land conveyed to
	Dudley K. Bukowsky and Tami Bukowsky by instrument recorded in
	Document No. 2008016420 of said Official Public Records, Lot 5,
	Bukowsky Subdivision, recorded in Document No. 2019064044 of said
	Official Public Records, a called 10.51-acre tract of land conveyed
	to Kerry Conaway, Jr., by instrument recorded in Document
	No. 2006005509 of said Official Public Records and a called
	10.51-acre tract of land conveyed to Darral Henderson and Elaine
	Henderson by instrument recorded in Document No. 2006032860 of said
	Official Public Records, a distance of 2053.57 feet to a 1/2" iron
	rod with yellow cap marked "Pape-Dawson" set, for the southwest
	corner of a called 60.99-acre tract of land conveyed to Wayne E.
	Cavalier and Cyndi Pietan Cavalier, by instrument recorded in
	Document No. 2012099245 of said Official Public Records, for the
	northwest corner hereof;
	THENCE N 68°48'58" E, with the south boundary line of said
	60.99-acre tract, same being the north boundary line of said
	60.57-acre tract, a distance of 1286.98 feet to the POINT OF
	BEGINNING and containing 59.891 acres of land in Williamson County,
	Texas. Said tract being described in accordance with a survey
	prepared by Pape Dawson Engineers, Inc. under Job No. 51303-00.
	TRACT 2:
	A 110.720 ACRE TRACT OF LAND SITUATED IN THE ELISHA DAVIS
	SURVEY, SECTION NO. 23, ABSTRACT NO. 172, IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY,
	TEXAS. BEING ALL OF A CALLED 113 ACRE TRACT CONVEYED TO LETTS FAMILY
	TRUST BY INSTRUMENT RECORDED IN VOLUME 486, PAGE 442 OF THE DEED
	RECORDS OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS, A 110.720 ACRE TRACT OF LAND
	SITUATED IN THE ELISHA DAVIS SURVEY, SECTION NO. 23, ABSTRACT NO.
	172, IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS. BEING ALL OF A CALLED 113 ACRE
	TRACT CONVEYED TO LETTS FAMILY TRUST BY INSTRUMENT RECORDED IN
	VOLUME 486, PAGE 442 OF THE DEED RECORDS OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY,
	TEXAS, SAID 110.720 ACRE TRACT BEING MORE FULLY DESCRIBED AS
	FOLLOWS, WITH BEARINGS BASED ON THE TEXAS COORDINATE SYSTEM
	ESTABLISHED FOR THE CENTRAL ZONE FROM THE NORTH AMERICAN DATUM OF
	1983 NAD 83 (NA2011) EPOCH 2010.00.:
	BEGINNING at a 1/2" iron rod with yellow cap marked
	"Pape-Dawson" set in the east right-of-way line of County Road 308,
	said point being the northwest corner of a called 169.5 acre tract
	of land conveyed to R.D. Hopper and Margaret Hopper Letts by
	instrument recorded in Volume 478, Page 349 of said Deed Records,
	same being the southwest corner of said 113 acre tract, for the
	southeast corner and POINT OF BEGINNING hereof;
	THENCE N 21°22'58" W, with the east right-of-way line of said
	County Road 308, same being the west boundary line of said 113-acre
	tract, a distance of 2048.33 feet to a 5/8" iron rod found for the
	southwest corner of a called 17.0 acre tract of land conveyed to
	Gertrude Ann Braband by instrument recorded in Document
	No. 2016033164 of the Official Public Records of said County, same
	being the northwest corner of said 113-acre tract, for the
	northwest corner hereof;
	THENCE N 69°02'46" E, departing the east right-of-way line of
	said County Road 308, with the south boundary line of said 17.0 acre
	tract, same being the north boundary line of said 113 acre tract,
	for a distance of 1268.96 feet to a 5/8" iron rod found for the
	southeast corner of said 17.0 acre tract, same being an interior ell
	corner in said 113 acre tract, for an ell corner hereof;
	THENCE N 21°00'19" W, with the east boundary line of said 17.0
	acre tract, same being a west boundary line of said 113 acre tract,
	a distance of 582.80 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found for the southwest
	corner of a called 64.797 acre tract of land conveyed to Jose G.
	Garcia, by instrument recorded in Document No. 2017005987 of said
	Official Public records, same being the southeast corner of called
	10.789 acre tract of land conveyed to the Belinda Ramsey Living
	Trust, by instrument recorded in Document No. 2019022035 of said
	Official Public Records, same being the northeast corner of said
	17.0 acre tract, also being the northernmost northwest corner of
	said 113 acre tract, for the northernmost northwest hereof;
	THENCE N 68°21'45" E, with the south boundary line of said
	64.797 acre tract, same being the north boundary line of said 113
	acre tract, a distance of 993.87 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found being
	the northwest corner of a called 177.5 acre tract of land conveyed
	to Charles D. Tonn and Ronald D. Tonn by instrument recorded in
	Document No. 9601061 of said Official Public Records, same being
	the north east corner of said 113-acre tract, for the northeast
	corner hereof:
	THENCE S 21°08'10" E, departing the south boundary line of
	said 64.797 acre tract, with the west boundary line of said 177.5
	acre tract, same being the east boundary line of said 113 acre
	tract, a distance of 2244.92 feet to a 1/2" iron rod with yellow cap
	marked "Pape-Dawson" set in the north boundary line of said 169.5
	acre tract, said point being the southwest corner of said 177.5 acre
	tract, same being the southeast corner of said 113 acre tract, for
	the southeast corner hereof;
	THENCE with the north boundary line of said 169.5 acre tract,
	same being the south boundary line of said 113 acre tract, the
	following three (3) courses and distances:
	1.  S 68°41'10" W, a distance of 982.01 feet to a 1/2" iron rod
	with yellow cap marked "Pape-Dawson" set for an angle point hereof,
	2.  S 21°25'27" E, a distance of 386.24 feet to a 1/2" iron rod
	with yellow cap marked "Pape-Dawson" set for an angle point hereof,
	and
	3.  S 68°47'37" W, a distance of 1275.22 feet to the POINT OF
	BEGINNING and containing 110.720 acres of land in Williamson
	County, Texas. Said tract being described in accordance with a
	survey prepared by Pape Dawson Engineers, Inc. under Job
	No. 51303-00.
	TRACT 3:
	A 172.890 ACRE TRACT OF LAND SITUATED IN THE ELISHA DAVIS
	SURVEY, SECTION 23, ABSTRACT NO. 172, IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS,
	BEING ALL OF A CALLED 169.5 ACRE TRACT CONVEYED TO R.D. HOPPER AND
	MARGARET HOPPER LETT BY A 172.890 ACRE TRACT OF LAND SITUATED IN THE
	ELISHA DAVIS SURVEY, SECTION 23, ABSTRACT NO. 172, IN WILLIAMSON
	COUNTY, TEXAS. BEING ALL OF A CALLED 169.5 ACRE TRACT CONVEYED TO
	R.D. HOPPER AND MARGARET HOPPER LETT BY INSTRUMENT RECORDED IN
	VOLUME 478, PAGE 349 OF THE DEED RECORDS OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY,
	TEXAS. SAID 172.890 ACRE TRACT BEING MORE FULLY DESCRIBED AS
	FOLLOWS, WITH BEARINGS BASED ON THE TEXAS COORDINATE SYSTEM
	ESTABLISHED FOR THE CENTRAL ZONE FROM THE NORTH AMERICAN DATUM OF
	1983 NAD 83 (NA2011) EPOCH 2010.00.:
	COMMENCING at a 60D nail found in the north right-of-way line
	of County Road 305, same being the southeast corner of a called 0.58
	acre tract of land conveyed to Dewey Roger Blackman by instrument
	recorded in Volume 742, Page 777 of said Deed Records, also being
	the southwest corner of a called 47.5 acre tract recorded in Volume
	734, Page 931 of said Deed Records;
	THENCE S 68°58'06" W, departing the west boundary line of said
	47.5 acre tract, with the north right-of-way line of said County
	Road 305, same being the south boundary line of said 0.58 acre
	tract, a distance of 110.09 feet to a 1/2" iron rod with yellow cap
	marked "Pape-Dawson" set on the southwest corner of said 0.58 acre
	tract, same being the southeast corner of said 169.5 acre tract, for
	the southeast corner and POINT OF BEGINNING hereof;
	THENCE S 68°58'06" W, continuing with the north right-of-way
	line of said County Road 305, and in part, crossing through the
	right-of-way of County Road 308, same being the south boundary line
	of said 169.5-acre tract, a distance of 3188.95 feet to an 1/2" iron
	rod with yellow cap marked "Pape-Dawson" set for the southwest
	corner hereof;
	THENCE N 21°05'48" W, with the west boundary line of said
	169.5-acre tract, and in part, crossing through the right-of-way of
	said County Road 308, a distance of 2071.04 feet to a 1/2" iron rod
	with yellow cap marked "Pape-Dawson" set, being the southwest
	corner of a called 113 acre tract of land conveyed to the Letts
	Family Trust, by instrument recorded in Volume 486, Page 442 of said
	deed records, same being the northwest corner of said 169.5-acre
	tract, for the northwest corner hereof, from which a 5/8" iron rod
	found for the northwest corner of said 113 acre tract bears N
	21°22'58" W, 2048.33 feet;
	THENCE departing the east right-of-way line of said County
	Road 308, with, in part, the south boundary line of said 113-acre
	tract and, in part, the south boundary line of a called 177.5 acre
	tract of land conveyed to Charles D. Tonn and Ronald D. Tonn by
	instrument recorded in Document No. 9601061 of the Official Public
	Records of said County, same being the north boundary line of said
	169.5-acre tract, the following three (3) courses and distances:
	1.  N 68°47'37" E, a distance of 1275.22 feet to a 1/2" iron
	rod with yellow cap marked "Pape-Dawson" set for an angle point
	hereof,
	2.  N 21°25'27" W, a distance of 386.24 feet to a 1/2" iron rod
	with yellow cap marked "Pape-Dawson" set for an angle point hereof,
	and
	3.  N 68°41'10" E, a distance of 2332.32 feet to a 1/2" iron
	rod with yellow cap marked "Pape-Dawson" set being the northeast
	corner of said 169.5-acre tract, for the northeast corner hereof;
	THENCE S 22°06'37" E, with the south boundary line of said
	177.5-acre tract, same being the east boundary line of said
	169.5-acre tract, a distance of 392.10 feet to a 1/2" iron rod with
	yellow cap marked "Pape-Dawson" set in the north boundary line of a
	called 50-acre tract of land conveyed to Cheryl A. Chamberlain, by
	instrument recorded in Document No. 2013019239 of the Official
	Public Records of said County, same being an angle point in the east
	boundary line of said 169.5-acre tract, for an angle point hereof;
	THENCE S 68°53'39" W, with the north boundary line of said
	50-acre tract, same being the east boundary line of said 169.5-acre
	tract, a distance of 419.61 feet to a 1/2" iron rod with yellow cap
	marked "Pape-Dawson" set, being the northwest corner of said
	50-acre tract, same being an angle point in the east boundary line
	of said 169.5-acre tract, for an angle point hereof;
	THENCE S 20°59'42" E, with, in part, the west boundary line of
	said 50-acre tract and, in part, the west boundary line of a called
	47.5 acre tract of land conveyed to D.C. Blackman, by instrument
	recorded in Volume 734, Page 931 of said Deed Records and, in part,
	the west boundary line of the aforementioned 0.58-acre tract, same
	being the east boundary line of said 169.5-acre tract, a distance of
	2080.08 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 172.890 acres
	of land in Williamson County, Texas. Said tract being described in
	accordance with a survey prepared by Pape Dawson Engineers, Inc.
	under Job No. 51303-00.
	(c)  If the Act enacting this section does not receive a
	two-thirds vote of all the members elected to each house,
	Subchapter C, Chapter 8010A, Special District Local Laws Code, as
	added by Subsection (a) of this section, is amended by adding
	Section 8010A.0306 to read as follows:
	Sec. 8010A.0306.  NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. The district may
	not exercise the power of eminent domain.
	(d)  Subsection (c) of this section is not intended to be an
	expression of a legislative interpretation of the requirements of
	Section 17(c), Article I, Texas Constitution.
	SECTION 7.  (a) The heading to Chapter 8221, Special
	District Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows:
	CHAPTER 8221. WILLIAMSON COUNTY [3 B&J] MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT
	NO. 51
	(b)  Section 8221.001(3), Special District Local Laws Code,
	is amended to read as follows:
	(3)  "District" means the Williamson County [3 B&J]
	Municipal Utility District No. 51.
	(c)  Section 8221.202, Special District Local Laws Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 8221.202.  TAXES FOR BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS. At
	the time bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad
	valorem taxes are issued,[:
	[(1)]  the board shall provide for the annual
	imposition of [impose] a continuing direct annual ad valorem tax,
	without limit to the rate or amount of the tax while all or part of
	the bonds are outstanding as provided by Sections 54.601 and
	54.602, Water Code [at a rate not to exceed the rate approved at an
	election held under Section 8221.151, for each year that all or part
	of the bonds are outstanding; and
	[(2)  the district annually shall impose an ad valorem
	tax on all taxable property in the district in an amount sufficient
	to:
	[(A)  pay the interest on the bonds or other
	obligations as the interest becomes due;
	[(B)  create a sinking fund for the payment of the
	principal of the bonds or other obligations when due or the
	redemption price at any earlier required redemption date; and
	[(C)  pay the expenses of imposing the taxes].
	(d)  The Williamson County Municipal Utility District No. 51
	retains all the rights, powers, privileges, authority, duties, and
	functions that it had before the effective date of this Act.
	(e)  The legislature validates and confirms all governmental
	acts and proceedings of the Williamson County Municipal Utility
	District No. 51 that were taken before the effective date of this
	Act.
	(f)  The legislature validates and confirms all governmental
	acts and proceedings relating to the creation and the consent to the
	creation of the Williamson County Municipal Utility District
	No. 51.
	(g)  Subsections (e) and (f) of this section do not apply to
	any matter that on the effective date of this Act:
	(1)  is involved in litigation if the litigation
	ultimately results in the matter being held invalid by a final court
	judgment; or
	(2)  has been held invalid by a final court judgment.
	SECTION 8.  Sections 8221.003(b), 8221.105, 8221.106,
	8221.107, and 8221.108, Special District Local Laws Code, are
	repealed.
	SECTION 9.  (a) The legal notice of the intention to file
	bills creating or affecting each district described by this Act, as
	applicable, 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 a copy of a bill to create or affect each
	applicable district described by this Act to the Texas Commission
	on Environmental Quality.
	(c)  The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
	its recommendations relating to each bill to create or affect each
	applicable district described by 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 each bill to create or
	affect each applicable district described by this Act are fulfilled
	and accomplished.
	SECTION 10.  (a)  Chapter 175, Local Government Code, as
	amended by this Act, applies according to its terms to all eligible
	persons who leave employment with a township on or after January 1,
	2024.
	(b)  A township that is required by Chapter 175, Local
	Government Code, as amended by this Act, to provide continued
	health benefits coverage but that is not allowed to provide the
	coverage under the terms of the township's existing group health
	plan shall ensure that the required continued health benefits
	coverage is provided for in any new plan that is adopted by the
	township on or after January 1, 2024, unless the township is
	exempted under Section 175.007, Local Government Code.
	SECTION 11.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b) of
	this section, 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, 2023.
	(b)  Sections 1 and 10 of this Act take effect September 1,
	2023.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 5344 was passed by the House on May 9,
	2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 108, Nays 34, 2 present, not
	voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to
	H.B. No. 5344 on May 26, 2023, and requested the appointment of a
	conference committee to consider the differences between the two
	houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report
	on H.B. No. 5344 on May 28, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 119,
	Nays 21, 2 present, not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 5344 was passed by the Senate, with
	amendments, on May 24, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 27, Nays
	3, 1 present, not voting; at the request of the House, the Senate
	appointed a conference committee to consider the differences
	between the two houses; and that the Senate adopted the conference
	committee report on H.B. No. 5344 on May 28, 2023, by the following
	vote:  Yeas 27, Nays 4.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: __________________
	Date
	__________________
	Governor