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AN ACT
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relating to the creation of the Somerset Municipal Utility District |
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No. 2; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting |
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the power of eminent domain. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subtitle F, Title 6, Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended by adding Chapter 8204 to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 8204. SOMERSET MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 2 |
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SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
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Sec. 8204.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: |
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(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors. |
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(2) "Director" means a board member. |
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(3) "District" means the Somerset Municipal Utility |
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District No. 2. |
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Sec. 8204.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a |
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municipal utility district in San Jacinto County created under and |
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essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 52, Article III, |
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and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution. |
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Sec. 8204.003. FINDING OF PUBLIC USE AND BENEFIT. The |
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district is created to serve a public use and benefit. |
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Sec. 8204.004. CONFIRMATION ELECTION REQUIRED. If the |
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creation of the district is not confirmed at a confirmation |
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election held under Section 8204.023 before September 1, 2009: |
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(1) the district is dissolved September 1, 2009, |
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except that the district shall: |
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(A) pay any debts incurred; |
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(B) transfer to San Jacinto County any assets |
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that remain after the payment of debts; and |
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(C) maintain the organization of the district |
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until all debts are paid and remaining assets are transferred; and |
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(2) this chapter expires September 1, 2012. |
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Sec. 8204.005. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY. (a) The |
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district is initially composed of the territory described by |
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Section 2 of the Act creating this chapter. |
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(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of |
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the Act creating this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the |
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field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process |
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does not affect: |
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(1) the organization, existence, or validity of the |
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district; |
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(2) the right of the district to impose taxes; or |
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(3) the legality or operation of the board. |
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[Sections 8204.006-8204.020 reserved for expansion] |
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SUBCHAPTER A-1. TEMPORARY PROVISIONS |
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Sec. 8204.021. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS. (a) The temporary |
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board consists of: |
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(1) Aaron Corey; |
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(2) Eric Lopez; |
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(3) Greg Attaway; |
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(4) Marty Grisham; and |
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(5) Eric Jones. |
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(b) If a temporary director fails to qualify for office, the |
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temporary directors who have qualified shall appoint a person to |
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fill the vacancy. If at any time there are fewer than three |
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qualified temporary directors, the Texas Commission on |
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Environmental Quality shall appoint the necessary number of persons |
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to fill all vacancies on the board. |
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(c) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of: |
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(1) the date directors are elected under Section |
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8204.023; or |
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(2) the date this chapter expires under Section |
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8204.004. |
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Sec. 8204.022. ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING OF TEMPORARY |
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DIRECTORS. As soon as practicable after all the temporary |
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directors have qualified under Section 49.055, Water Code, the |
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temporary directors shall convene the organizational meeting of the |
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district at a location in the district agreeable to a majority of |
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the directors. If a location cannot be agreed upon, the |
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organizational meeting shall be at the San Jacinto County |
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Courthouse. |
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Sec. 8204.023. CONFIRMATION AND INITIAL DIRECTORS' |
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ELECTION. The temporary directors shall hold an election to |
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confirm the creation of the district and to elect five directors as |
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provided by Section 49.102, Water Code. |
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Sec. 8204.024. INITIAL ELECTED DIRECTORS; TERMS. The |
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directors elected under Section 8204.023 shall draw lots to |
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determine which two shall serve until the first regularly scheduled |
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election of directors and which three shall serve until the second |
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regularly scheduled election of directors. |
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Sec. 8204.025. EXPIRATION OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter |
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expires September 1, 2012. |
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[Sections 8204.026-8204.050 reserved for expansion] |
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SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS |
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Sec. 8204.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district is |
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governed by a board of five directors. |
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(b) Directors serve staggered four-year terms. |
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[Sections 8204.052-8204.100 reserved for expansion] |
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SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES |
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Sec. 8204.101. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND |
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DUTIES. The district has the powers and duties provided by the |
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general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, |
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applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59, |
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Article XVI, Texas Constitution. |
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Sec. 8204.102. ROAD PROJECTS; LIMIT ON EMINENT DOMAIN |
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POWER. (a) The district may construct, acquire, improve, |
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maintain, or operate macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or |
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improvements in aid of those roads. |
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(b) A road project must meet all applicable construction |
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standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of |
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each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial |
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jurisdiction the district is located. If the district is not |
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located in the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of |
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a municipality, a road project must meet all applicable |
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construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and |
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regulations of each county in which the district is located. |
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(c) The district may not undertake a road project unless |
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each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial |
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jurisdiction the district is located consents by resolution. If |
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the district is not located in the corporate limits or |
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extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the district may |
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not undertake a road project unless each county in which the |
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district is located consents by resolution. |
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(d) The district may not exercise the power of eminent |
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domain outside the district for a road project. |
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Sec. 8204.103. ROAD CONTRACTS. The district may contract |
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for a road project in the manner provided by Subchapter I, Chapter |
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49, Water Code. |
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Sec. 8204.104. RECREATIONAL FACILITIES; LIMIT ON EMINENT |
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DOMAIN POWER. (a) In this section, "recreational facilities" has |
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the meaning assigned by Section 49.462, Water Code. |
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(b) The district may develop and maintain recreational |
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facilities. |
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(c) The district may not, for the development or maintenance |
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of a recreational facility, acquire by condemnation land, an |
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easement, or other property inside or outside the district. |
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[Sections 8204.105-8204.150 reserved for expansion] |
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SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS |
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Sec. 8204.151. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. The district |
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may impose a tax for any district operation and maintenance purpose |
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in the manner provided by Section 49.107, Water Code. |
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Sec. 8204.152. TAX TO REPAY BONDS. The district may impose |
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a tax to pay the principal of and interest on bonds issued under |
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Section 8204.201. |
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Sec. 8204.153. UTILITY PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM IMPACT FEES AND |
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ASSESSMENTS. The district may not impose an impact fee or |
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assessment on the property, including the equipment, |
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rights-of-way, facilities, or improvements, of: |
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(1) an electric utility or a power generation company |
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as defined by Section 31.002, Utilities Code; |
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(2) a gas utility as defined by Section 101.003 or |
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121.001, Utilities Code; |
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(3) a telecommunications provider as defined by |
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Section 51.002, Utilities Code; |
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(4) a cable operator as defined by 47 U.S.C. Section |
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522; or |
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(5) a person who provides to the public advanced |
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telecommunications services. |
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[Sections 8204.154-8204.200 reserved for expansion] |
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SUBCHAPTER E. BONDS |
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Sec. 8204.201. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER |
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OBLIGATIONS. (a) The district may issue bonds or other |
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obligations as provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, and to |
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finance the construction, maintenance, or operation of projects |
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under Section 8204.102. |
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(b) The district may issue bonds or other obligations |
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payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, |
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revenue, grants, or other district money. |
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(c) The district may not issue bonds or other obligations |
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secured wholly or partly by ad valorem taxation to finance projects |
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authorized by Section 8204.102 unless the issuance is approved by a |
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vote of a two-thirds majority of district voters voting at an |
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election called for that purpose. |
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(d) Bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance |
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projects authorized by Section 8204.102 may not exceed one-fourth |
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of the assessed value of the real property in the district. |
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[Sections 8204.202-8204.250 reserved for expansion] |
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SUBCHAPTER F. DIVISION OF DISTRICT INTO MULTIPLE DISTRICTS |
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Sec. 8204.251. DIVISION OF DISTRICT; REQUIREMENTS. (a) At |
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any time before the district issues indebtedness secured by taxes |
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or net revenue, the district may be divided into two or more new |
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districts. |
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(b) A new district created by division of the district must |
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be at least 100 acres. |
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(c) Any new district created by the division of the district |
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may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land |
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outside the area described by Section 2 of the Act creating this |
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chapter. |
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(d) The board may consider a proposal to divide the district |
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on: |
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(1) a petition of a landowner in the district; or |
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(2) a motion by the board. |
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(e) If the board decides to divide the district, the board |
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shall: |
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(1) set the terms of the division, including names for |
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the new districts and a plan for the payment or performance of any |
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outstanding district obligations; and |
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(2) prepare a metes and bounds description for each |
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proposed district. |
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Sec. 8204.252. ELECTION FOR DIVISION OF DISTRICT. |
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(a) After the board has complied with Section 8204.251(e), the |
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board shall hold an election in the district to determine whether |
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the district should be divided as proposed. |
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(b) The board shall give notice of the election not later |
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than the 35th day before the date of the election. The notice must |
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state: |
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(1) the date and location of the election; and |
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(2) the proposition to be voted on. |
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(c) If a majority of the votes cast are in favor of the |
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division: |
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(1) the district is divided; and |
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(2) not later than the 30th day after the date of the |
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election, the district shall provide written notice of the division |
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to: |
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(A) the Texas Commission on Environmental |
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Quality; |
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(B) the attorney general; |
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(C) the commissioners court of each county in |
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which a new district is located; and |
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(D) any municipality having extraterritorial |
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jurisdiction over territory in each new district. |
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(d) If a majority of the votes cast are not in favor of the |
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division, the district may not be divided. |
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Sec. 8204.253. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS OF NEW DISTRICTS. |
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(a) Not later than the 90th day after the date of an election in |
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favor of the division of the district, the board shall: |
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(1) appoint itself as the board of one of the new |
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districts; and |
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(2) appoint five directors for each of the other new |
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districts. |
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(b) Directors appointed under Subsection (a)(1) serve the |
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staggered terms to which they were elected in the original |
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district. Directors appointed under Subsection (a)(2) serve until |
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the election for directors under Subsection (c). |
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(c) On the uniform election date in May of the first |
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even-numbered year after the year in which the directors are |
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appointed, the appointed board shall hold an election to elect five |
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directors in each district for which directors were appointed under |
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Subsection (a)(2). The directors shall draw lots to determine |
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which two shall serve until the next regularly scheduled election |
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of directors and which three shall serve until the second regularly |
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scheduled election of directors. |
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Sec. 8204.254. CONTINUING POWERS AND OBLIGATIONS OF NEW |
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DISTRICTS. (a) Each new district may incur and pay debts and has |
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all powers of the original district created by this chapter. |
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(b) If the district is divided as provided by this |
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subchapter, the current obligations and any bond authorizations of |
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the district are not impaired. Debts shall be paid by revenue or by |
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taxes or assessments imposed on real property in the district as if |
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the district had not been divided or by contributions from each new |
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district as stated in the terms set by the board under Section |
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8204.251(e). |
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(c) Any other district obligation is divided pro rata among |
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the new districts on an acreage basis or on other terms that are |
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satisfactory to the new districts. |
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Sec. 8204.255. CONTRACT AUTHORITY OF NEW DISTRICTS. The |
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new districts may contract with each other for: |
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(1) water and wastewater services; or |
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(2) any other matter the boards of the new districts |
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consider appropriate. |
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SECTION 2. The Somerset Municipal Utility District No. 2 |
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initially includes all the territory contained in the following |
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described area: |
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Being 494.607 acres of land situated in the State of Texas, |
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County of San Jacinto, 465.349 acres being a part of the John Foster |
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Survey, A-115, and the Francis Kennedy Survey, A-194, and being the |
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same land described as "Tract No. 1" (called 465.192 acres), 9.492 |
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acres being a part of said John Foster Survey, and being the same |
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land described as "Tract No. 2" (called 9.774 acres) in deed to |
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Livingston Development, Ltd. recorded in Volume 173, Page 749 of |
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the San Jacinto County Official Public Records, and 19.766 acres |
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being a part of the John Colvin Survey, A-10, and the Michael B. |
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Menard Survey, A-36, and being the same land called 19.771 acres in |
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deed to Livingston Development, Ltd. recorded in Volume 251, Page |
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17 of said Official Public Records, and this 494.607 acres being |
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more particularly described by metes and bounds in three parcels as |
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follows: |
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Parcel One : 465.349 Acres |
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Beginning at the intersection of the centerline of Palmetto |
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Creek with the northeast right of way line of F. M. Highway No. 980, |
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said point being the west common corner between said called 465.192 |
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acres and the called 221.47 acres (218.176 acres by resurvey) |
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described in deed to Kevin G. Steely recorded in Volume 202, Page |
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739 of said Official Public Records, located on the northeast line |
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of the called 14.509 acres described as "Part XIII" in deed to the |
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State of Texas recorded in Volume 120, Page 82 of the San Jacinto |
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County Deed Records; |
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Thence down said Palmetto Creek with its centerline meanders, |
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same being the common line between said Livingston Development, |
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Ltd. called 465.192 acres and said Steely 218.176 acres, as |
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follows: |
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N 21° 09' 12" E 187.59 ft., |
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N 36° 05' 49" E 114.92 ft., |
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N 45° 36' 02" E 327.00 ft., |
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N 52° 26' 21" E 167.01 ft., |
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N 55° 46' 53" E 339.10 ft., |
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N 65° 44' 26" E 465.47 ft., |
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N 72° 42' 05" E 735.94 ft., |
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N 54° 23' 34" E 724.93 ft., |
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N 82° 55' 42" E 138.59 ft., |
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N 89° 03' 15" E 113.76 ft., |
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S 79° 06' 51" E 93.79 ft., |
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S 72° 05' 20" E 80.98 ft., |
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S 47° 32' 05" E 45.70 ft., |
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S 01° 43' 59" E 110.91 ft., |
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S 47° 35' 38" E 435.88 ft., |
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S 23° 34' 29" E 75.51 ft., |
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S 68° 51' 38" E 308.71 ft., |
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N 76° 08' 19" E 169.42 ft., |
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N 05° 00' 06" E 218.71 ft., |
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N 08° 36' 40" W 222.06 ft., |
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N 12° 20' 46" W 130.94 ft., |
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N 15° 31' 42" E 245.80 ft., |
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N 38° 47' 29" E 104.03 ft., |
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N 64° 54' 01" E 121.72 ft. and |
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N 51° 24' 19" E 627.43 ft. to the |
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intersection of the centerline of said Palmetto Creek with the |
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Trinity River Authority Lake Livingston Fee Take Line, said point |
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being the west common corner between the called 16.53 acres |
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described as Fee Tract F-15 in deed to the Trinity River Authority |
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of Texas recorded in Volume 108, Page 161 of the San Jacinto County |
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Deed Records and the called 0.29 acre condemned by the Trinity River |
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Authority of Texas and being save and excepted in deed recorded in |
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Volume 129, Page 466 of said Deed Records; |
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Thence along the north line of said Livingston Development, |
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Ltd. called 465.1192 acres, common in part with the south lines of |
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said Trinity River Authority called 0.29 acre tract and said |
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Trinity River Authority called 16.53 acres as follows: |
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S 25° 56' 00" E 75.00 ft. to a 1/2" iron rod set for corner; |
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N 60° 29' 51" E 391.05 ft. to a 5/8" iron rod found for corner; |
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S 83° 34' 52" E 343.22 ft. to a 1/2" iron rod set for corner; |
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S 13° 22' 00" W 291.74 ft. to a 5/8" iron rod found for corner; |
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S 12° 52' 49" W 257.26 ft. to a 5/8" iron rod found for corner; |
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S 07° 59' 00" E 185.44 ft. to a 5/8" iron rod found for corner; |
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S 41° 45' 58" E 198.24 ft. to a calculated point for corner on |
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a bluff bank; |
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S 54° 05' 58" E 169.98 ft. to a calculated point for corner on |
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a bluff bank; |
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N 81° 08' 02" E 150.95 ft. to a 5/8" iron rod found for corner; |
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N 86° 52' 27" E 217.14 ft. to a 5/8" iron rod found for corner; |
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N 82° 20' 10" E 177.63 ft. to a 5/8" iron rod found for corner; |
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N 76° 35' 10" E 213.52 ft. to a 5/8" iron rod found for corner; |
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N 81° 11' 18" E 151.61 ft. to a 5/8" iron rod found for corner; |
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N 76° 37' 18" E 179.68 ft. to a 5/8" iron rod found for corner; |
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N 63° 59' 23" E 143.31 ft. to a 5/8" iron rod found for corner; |
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N 83° 27' 58" E 180.64 ft. to a 1/2" iron rod set for corner; |
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S 13° 27' 58" W 95.68 ft. to a 5/8" iron rod found for corner; |
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S 07° 12' 02" E 159.45 ft. to a 5/8" iron rod found for corner; |
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S 40° 47' 34" E 95.13 ft. to a 5/8" iron rod found for corner; |
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N 70° 37' 43" E 88.74 ft. to a 5/8" iron rod found for corner; |
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N 55° 24' 41" W 116.66 ft. to a 5/8" iron rod found for corner; |
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N 12° 40' 39" E 144.08 ft. to a 5/8" iron rod found for corner; |
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N 09° 54' 12" W 76.56 ft. to a 5/8" iron rod found for corner; |
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N 83° 12' 13" E 172.73 ft. to a 1/2" iron rod set for corner; |
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N 79° 45' 13" E 299.28 ft. to a 5/8" iron rod found for corner |
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and |
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N 72° 25' 51" E 7.80 ft. to a concrete monument found for the |
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north common corner between said Livingston Development, Ltd. |
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called 465.192 acres and said Livingston Development, Ltd. called |
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19.771 acres, same being the south common corner between said |
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Trinity River Authority called 16.53 acres and the called 193.64 |
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acres described in deed to said Trinity River Authority of Texas |
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recorded in Volume 107, Page 336 of said Deed Records, said point |
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being located on the common survey line between said Francis |
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Kennedy Survey and said John Colvin Survey; |
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Thence S 23° 28' 18" E 494.42 ft. (deed call - S 23° 31' 00" E |
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494.23 ft.) along the common survey line between said Kennedy and |
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Colvin Surveys, same being the common line between said called |
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465.192 acres and said called 19.771 acres, to a concrete monument |
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found for the west common corner between said called 19.771 acres |
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and the residue of the Thomas S. Foster Estate called 512 acres |
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described in deed recorded in Volume 6, Page 378 of said Deed |
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Records; |
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Thence S 22° 50' 57" E 286.62 ft. (deed call - S 22° 39' 12" E |
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286.83 ft.) along the common survey line between said Kennedy and |
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Colvin Surveys, same being the common line between said Livingston |
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Development, Ltd. called 465.192 acres and said Foster Estate |
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residue tract, to a concrete monument found for a common survey |
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corner between said Kennedy Survey, said Colvin Survey, and the |
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Michael B. Menard Survey, A-36, said point also being the most |
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northern corner of the 54.515 acres described in deed to Barbara D. |
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Graves recorded in Volume 227, Page 375 of said Official Public |
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Records; |
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Thence S 18° 41' 06" W (deed call - S 18° 40' 36" W) along the |
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common survey line between said Kennedy and Menard Surveys, same |
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being the common line between said called 465.192 acres and said |
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Graves called 54.515 acres, at 5.41 ft. pass a concrete monument |
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found on line, and continuing along said common line, a total |
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distance of 2,794.57 ft. to a concrete monument found for the east |
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common corner between said Kennedy Survey and the W. B. Clint |
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Survey, A-424, said point being the east common corner between said |
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Livingston Development, Ltd. lands and the called 20.33 acres |
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titled to the Thomas S. Foster Estate and described as "Tract 28" in |
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deed recorded in Volume 6, Page 378 of said Deed Records; |
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Thence S 87° 31' 40" W 633.25 ft. (deed call - S 87° 34' 26" W |
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637.29 ft.) along the common survey line between said Kennedy and |
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Clint Surveys, same being the common line between said Livingston |
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Development, Ltd. tract and said Foster Estate called 20.33 acres, |
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to a 1/2" iron rod set at the intersection of said line with the |
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north right of way line of said F. M. Highway No. 980, same being the |
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north line of the called 11.117 acres described as "Part XIV" in |
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said deed to the State of Texas recorded in Volume 120, Page 82 of |
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said Deed Records; |
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Thence 782.21 ft. in a westerly direction along the north |
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right of way line of said F. M. Highway No. 980, same being the |
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common line between said Livingston Development, Ltd. tract and |
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said State of Texas called 11.117 acre tract, in a curve to the left |
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having a central angle of 15° 16' 16", the radius being 2,934.79 ft., |
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and the chord bears N 83° 21' 52" W 779.89 ft. to a 1/2" iron rod set |
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marking a point of transition in said right of way line, from said |
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point a concrete right-of-way monument found bears N 88° 09' 42" W |
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3.88 ft.; |
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Thence N 82° 16' 35" W 329.66 ft. along the north right of way |
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line of said F. M. Highway No. 980, same being the common line |
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between said Livingston Development, Ltd. tract and said State of |
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Texas called 11.117 acre tract, to a 1/2" iron rod set marking an |
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angle point in said right of way line; |
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Thence S 86° 27' 19" W 900.89 ft. along the north right of way |
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line of said F. M. Highway No. 980, same being the common line |
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between said Livingston Development, Ltd. tract and said State of |
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Texas called 11.117 acre tract, to a 1/2" iron rod set marking an |
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angle point in said right of way line; |
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Thence S 89° 00' 00" W 500.00 ft. along the north right of way |
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line of said F. M. Highway No. 980, same being the common line |
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between said Livingston Development, Ltd. tract and said State of |
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Texas called 11.117 acre tract, to a 1/2" iron rod set marking an |
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angle point in said right of way line, from said point a concrete |
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right-of-way monument found bears S 83° 34' 59" W 13.51 ft.; |
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Thence S 88° 32' 59" W 1,272.43 ft. along the north right of |
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way line of said F. M. Highway No. 980, same being the south line of |
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said Livingston Development, Ltd. tract, common in part with said |
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State of Texas called 11.117 acre tract and said State of Texas |
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called 14.509 acre tract, crossing the common survey line between |
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said Kennedy Survey and said Foster Survey, to a 1/2" iron rod set |
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marking an angle point in said right of way line, from said point a |
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concrete right-of-way monument found bears S 05° 17' 10" W 0.88 ft.; |
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Thence N 86° 05' 06" W 315.22 ft. along the north right of way |
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line of said F. M. Highway No. 980, same being the common line |
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between said Livingston Development, Ltd. tract and said State of |
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Texas called 14.509 acre tract, to a 1/2" iron rod set marking an |
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angle point in said right of way line, from said point a concrete |
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right-of-way monument found bears S 85° 05' 33" E 4.97 ft.; |
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Thence N 81° 08' 00" W 193.36 ft. along the north right of way |
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line of said F. M. Highway No. 980, same being the common line |
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between said Livingston Development, Ltd. tract and said State of |
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Texas called 14.509 acre tract, to a 1/2" iron rod set marking the |
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P.C. of a curve in said right of way line, from said point a concrete |
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right-of-way monument found bears S 79° 01' 44" E 5.11 ft.; |
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Thence 1,038.16 ft. in a northwesterly direction along the |
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north right of way line of said F. M. Highway No. 980, same being the |
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common line between said Livingston Development, Ltd. tract and |
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said State of Texas called 14.509 acre tract, in a curve to the |
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right having a central angle of 32° 09' 18", the radius being |
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1,849.86 ft., and the chord bears N 59° 05' 39" W 1,024.59 ft. to a |
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1/2" iron rod found marking the P. T. of said curve; |
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Thence N 43° 01' 00" W 928.17 ft. along the northeast right of |
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way line of said F. M. Highway No. 980, same being the common line |
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between said Livingston Development, Ltd. tract and said State of |
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Texas called 14.509 acre tract, to a 1/2" iron rod set marking an |
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angle point in said right of way line, from said point a concrete |
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right-of-way monument found bears N 21° 10' 38" W 1.74 ft.; |
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Thence N 34° 25' 00" W 200.03 ft. along the northeast right of |
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way line of said F. M. Highway No. 980, same being the common line |
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between said Livingston Development, Ltd. tract and said State of |
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Texas called 14.509 acre tract, to a 1/2" iron rod set marking an |
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angle point in said right of way line, from said point a concrete |
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right-of-way monument found bears S 73° 58' 55" W 0.96 ft.; |
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Thence N 43° 01' 00" W 195.67 ft. along the northeast right of |
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way line of said F. M. Highway No. 980, same being the common line |
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between said Livingston Development, Ltd. tract and said State of |
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Texas called 14.509 acre tract, to the place of beginning and |
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containing within these bounds 465.349 acres of land. |
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Parcel Two: 9.492 Acres |
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Beginning at a 1/2" iron rod found for the north common corner |
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between said Livingston Development, Ltd. called 9.774 acres |
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described as "Tract No. 2" in deed recorded in Volume 173, Page 749 |
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of the San Jacinto County Official Public Records and the called |
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0.389 acre tract described as "Second Tract" in deed to Woodrow H. |
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Archer, Sr. and wife, Fredrica A. Archer, recorded in Volume 216, |
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Page 876 of said Official Public Records, located on the common |
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survey line between the John Foster Survey, A-115, and the Francis |
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Kennedy Survey, A-194, and also being located on the southwest |
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right of way line of F. M. Highway No. 980, said point being the |
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south common corner between the called 14.509 acres described as |
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"Part XIII" and the called 11.117 acres described as "Part XIV" in |
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deed to the State of Texas recorded in Volume 120, Page 82 of said |
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Deed Records; |
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Thence S 00° 49' 01" E, along the common survey line between |
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said Foster and Kennedy Surveys, same being the common line between |
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said Livingston Development, Ltd. tract and said Archer called |
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0.389 acre tract, at 51.10 ft. pass the west common corner between |
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said Kennedy Survey and the O. C. Wakefield Survey, A-471, same |
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being the west common corner between said Archer called 0.389 acre |
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tract and the called 2 acre tract described as "First Tract" in said |
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Archer deed, and continuing S 00° 49' 01" E, along the common survey |
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line between said Foster and Wakefield Surveys, same being the |
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common line between said Livingston Development, Ltd. and said |
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Archer called 2 acre tract, in all a total distance of 178.93 to a |
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concrete monument found for the northeast corner of the called |
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13.96 acre tract described in deed to Gordon Bryant Chamness |
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recorded under Clerk's File No. 02-3693 of said Official Public |
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Records, from said point a 1/2" iron rod found bears S 07° 29' 11" W |
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14.80 ft.; |
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Thence S 86° 24' 56" W 631.78 ft. along the north line of said |
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Chamness called 13.96 acre tract to a 1" iron pipe found for the |
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north common corner between said Chamness tract and the called 3.01 |
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acre tract described in deed to George H. Carter recorded in Volume |
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119, Page 405 of said Deed Records; |
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Thence S 85° 17' 16" W 331.92 ft. along the north line of said |
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Carter called 3.01 acre tract to a concrete monument found for west |
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common corner between said Carter tract and said Livingston |
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Development, Ltd. tract, located within the rights-of-way of Ryans |
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Ferry Road [a 60 ft. wide county maintained public roadway], from |
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said point a 6" cylinder found bears N 05° 45' 24" W 3.91 ft.; |
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Thence N 71° 52' 13" W 18.20 ft. along the south line of said |
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Livingston Development, Ltd. tract, with the rights-of-way of said |
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Ryans Ferry Road, to a rail road spike set for the south common |
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corner between said Livingston Development, Ltd. tract and the |
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called 0.62 acre tract described as "Tract Two" in deed to Troy L. |
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Morgan and wife, Sheryl L. Morgan, recorded in Volume 241, Page 2 of |
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said Official Public Records; |
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Thence N 42° 58' 13" W 286.92 ft. along the common line between |
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said Livingston Development, Ltd. tract and said Morgan called 0.62 |
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acre, within the rights-of-way of said Ryans Ferry Road, to a 5/8" |
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iron rod found marking an angle point in said line located in the |
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centerline of said road; |
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Thence N 53° 25' 00" W 304.89 ft. along the common line between |
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said Livingston Development, Ltd. tract and said Morgan called 0.62 |
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acre, same being the centerline of said Ryans Ferry Road, to a rail |
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road spike set marking an angle point in said line; |
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Thence N 46° 05' 01" W 241.16 ft. along the common line between |
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said Livingston Development, Ltd. tract and said Morgan called 0.62 |
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acre, same being the centerline of said Ryans Ferry Road, to a rail |
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road spike set marking an angle point in said line; |
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Thence S 88° 18' 01" W 77.58 ft. along the common line between |
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said Livingston Development, Ltd. tract and said Morgan called 0.62 |
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acre, crossing the southwest right-of-way line of said Ryans Ferry |
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Road, to a concrete monument found marking the common corner |
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between said Livingston Development, Ltd. tract, said Morgan called |
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0.62 acre, the called 21.25 acre tract described as "Tract One" in |
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said Morgan deed, and the called 6.64 acre tract described in deed |
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to Frank O'Connor and wife, Wallie O'Connor, recorded in Volume 198, |
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Page 816 of said Deed Records; |
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Thence N 51° 18' 00" W 161.95 ft. along the common line between |
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said Livingston Development, Ltd. tract and said O'Connor called |
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6.64 acre tract to a concrete monument found for corner; |
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Thence N 33° 36' 54" W 261.13 ft. along the common line between |
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said Livingston Development, Ltd. tract and said O'Connor called |
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6.64 acre tract to a 1/2" iron rod found for corner located in the |
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centerline of Ryans Ferry Road; |
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Thence N 50° 18' 38" W 504.13 ft. along the southwest line of |
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said Livingston Development, Ltd. tract, common in part with the |
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northeast line of said O'Connor called 6.64 acre tract and the |
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called 3.3 acres described in deed to Marine Williams Brown |
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recorded in Volume 84, Page 531 of said Official Public Records, to |
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a 1/2" iron rod found for corner, located within the rights-of-way |
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of said Ryans Ferry Road; |
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Thence N 16° 16' 00" W 252.29 ft. along the common line between |
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said Livingston Development, Ltd. tract and said Brown called 3.3 |
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acre tract, crossing the northeast right of way line of said Ryans |
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Ferry Road, to a 1/2" iron rod found for corner, located on the |
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southwest right of way line of said F. M. Highway No. 980, same |
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being the southwest line of said State of Texas called 14.509 acres; |
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Thence S 43° 01' 00" E 781.50 ft. along the common line between |
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said Livingston Development, Ltd. tract and said State of Texas |
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called 14.509 acre tract, same being the southwest right of way line |
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of said F. M. Highway No. 980, to a 1/2" iron rod set marking the |
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P.C. of a curve in said right of way line, from said point a concrete |
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right-of-way monument found bears S 44° 12' 03" E 0.49 ft.; |
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Thence 1,649.69 ft. in a southeasterly direction along the |
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common line between said Livingston Development, Ltd. tract and |
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said State of Texas called 14.509 acre tract, same being the |
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southwest right of way line of said F. M. Highway No. 980, in a curve |
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to the left having a central angle of 47° 59' 00", the radius being |
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1,969.86 ft. and the chord bears S 67° 00' 30" E 1,601.91 to a 1/2" |
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iron rod found marking the P.T. of said curve; |
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Thence S 89° 39' 00" E 389.52 ft. along common line between |
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said Livingston Development, Ltd. tract and said State of Texas |
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called 14.509 acre tract, same being the south right of way line of |
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said F. M. Highway No. 980 to the place of beginning and containing |
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within these bounds 9.492 acres of land. |
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Parcel Three: 19.766 Acres |
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Beginning at a concrete monument found marking the west |
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common corner between said Livingston Development, Ltd. called |
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19.771 acres described in deed recorded in Volume 251, Page 17 of |
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the San Jacinto County Official Public Records and the residue of |
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the Thomas S. Foster Estate called 512 acres described in deed |
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recorded in Volume 6, Page 378 of the San Jacinto County Deed |
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Records, located on the common survey line between the John Colvin |
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Survey, A-10, and the Francis Kennedy Survey, A-194, said point |
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being an angle point in the northeast line of the called 465.192 |
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acres (465.349 acres by re-survey) described as "Tract No. 1" in |
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deed to Livingston Development, Ltd. recorded in Volume 173, Page |
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749 of said Official Public Records; |
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Thence N 23° 28' 18" W 494.42 ft. (called N 23° 31' 00" E 494.23 |
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ft. in said called 465.192 acre deed) along common line between said |
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Livingston Development, Ltd. called 19.771 acre tract and said |
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Livingston Development, Ltd. 465.349 acre tract to a concrete |
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monument found for the north common corner between said tracts, |
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same being the south common corner between the called 193.64 acres |
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described as Fee Tract F-5 in deed to the Trinity River Authority of |
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Texas recorded in Volume 107, Page 336 of said Deed Records and the |
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called 16.53 acres described as Fee Tract F-15 in deed to said |
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Trinity River Authority of Texas recorded in Volume 108, Page 161 of |
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said Deed Records; |
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Thence along the common line between said Livingston |
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Development, Ltd. called 19.771 acres and said Trinity River |
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Authority called 193.64 acres as follows: |
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N 72° 25' 51" E 134.07 ft. to a 5/8" iron rod found for corner; |
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N 36° 20' 36" E 171.32 ft. to a calculated point for corner on |
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a bluff bank; |
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N 30° 58' 36" E 246.88 ft. to a calculated point for corner on |
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a bluff bank; |
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N 42° 48' 36" E 136.19 ft. to a 5/8" iron rod found for corner; |
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N 78° 01' 43" E 160.46 ft. to a 5/8" iron rod found for corner; |
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S 86° 17' 35" E 140.42 ft. to a 5/8" iron rod found for corner; |
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S 45° 05' 45" E 121.07 ft. to a 5/8" iron rod found for corner; |
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S 25° 16' 35" W 141.35 ft. to a 5/8" iron rod found for corner; |
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S 20° 22' 07" W 161.28 ft. to a 5/8" iron rod found for corner; |
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N 52° 34' 00" E 247.87 ft. to a 5/8" iron rod found for corner; |
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N 15° 01' 29" W 157.48 ft. to a 5/8" iron rod found for corner; |
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N 83° 01' 46" E 120.34 ft. to a 5/8" iron rod found for corner; |
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S 85° 47' 26" E 155.87 ft. to a 5/8" iron rod found for corner; |
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N 49° 39' 35" E 173.19 ft. to a 5/8" iron rod found for corner; |
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N 65° 36' 49" E 119.65 ft. to a calculated point for corner; |
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N 76° 12' 49" E 107.67 ft. to a calculated point for corner; |
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S 07° 31' 49" W 305.54 ft. to a 5/8" iron rod found for corner; |
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S 37° 13' 51" W 209.79 ft. to a 5/8" iron rod found for corner; |
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N 57° 23' 45" E 97.30 ft. to a 5/8" iron rod found for corner; |
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S 55° 59' 18" E 90.80 ft. to a 5/8" iron rod found for corner; |
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S 31° 39' 00" W 144.07 ft. to a 5/8" iron rod found for corner; |
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S 08° 35' 00" E 1.20 ft. to a 5/8" iron rod found for the east |
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common corner between said Livingston Development, Ltd. called |
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19.771 acres and said Foster Estate residue tract; |
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Thence S 67° 22' 17" W 1,310.57 ft. along the common line |
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between said Livingston Development, Ltd. called 19.771 acre tract |
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and said Foster Estate residue tract to the place of beginning and |
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containing within these bounds 19.766 acres of land. |
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SECTION 3. (a) The legal notice of the intention to |
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introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this |
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Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a |
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copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies, |
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officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished |
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under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313, |
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Government Code. |
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(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has |
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submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on |
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Environmental Quality. |
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(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed |
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its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the |
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lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of |
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representatives within the required time. |
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(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this |
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state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect |
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to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled |
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and accomplished. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1092 passed the Senate on |
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April 26, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that |
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the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 25, 2007, by the |
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following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1092 passed the House, with |
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amendment, on May 23, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 144, |
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Nays 0, two present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Governor |