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|  | AN ACT | 
|  | relating to the creation of the Hood County Granbury Municipal | 
|  | Utility District No. 1; providing authority to impose a tax and | 
|  | issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain. | 
|  | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
|  | SECTION 1.  Subtitle F, Title 6, Special District Local Laws | 
|  | Code, is amended by adding Chapter 8342 to read as follows: | 
|  | CHAPTER 8342.  HOOD COUNTY GRANBURY MUNICIPAL UTILITY | 
|  | DISTRICT NO. 1 | 
|  | SUBCHAPTER A.  GENERAL PROVISIONS | 
|  | Sec. 8342.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter: | 
|  | (1)  "Board" means the district's board of directors. | 
|  | (2)  "Director" means a board member. | 
|  | (3)  "District" means the Hood County Granbury | 
|  | Municipal Utility District No. 1. | 
|  | Sec. 8342.002.  NATURE OF DISTRICT.  The district is a | 
|  | municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, | 
|  | Texas Constitution. | 
|  | Sec. 8342.003.  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. 8342.004.  CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY AND DEVELOPMENT | 
|  | AGREEMENT REQUIRED.  (a)  The temporary directors may not hold an | 
|  | election under Section 8342.003 until each municipality in whose | 
|  | corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is | 
|  | located has: | 
|  | (1)  consented by ordinance or resolution to the | 
|  | creation of the district; and | 
|  | (2)  entered into a development agreement with the | 
|  | majority owner of the assessed value of the real property in the | 
|  | district. | 
|  | (b)  If a development agreement required under Subsection | 
|  | (a)(2) has not been entered into before September 1, 2010: | 
|  | (1)  the district is dissolved September 1, 2010, | 
|  | except that: | 
|  | (A)  any debts incurred shall be paid; | 
|  | (B)  any assets that remain after the payment of | 
|  | debts shall be transferred to Hood County; and | 
|  | (C)  the organization of the district shall be | 
|  | maintained until all debts are paid and remaining assets are | 
|  | transferred; and | 
|  | (2)  this chapter expires September 1, 2013. | 
|  | Sec. 8342.005.  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. 8342.006.  INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.  (a)  The | 
|  | district is initially composed of the territory described by | 
|  | Section 2 of the Act creating this chapter. | 
|  | (b)  The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of | 
|  | the Act creating 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. | 
|  | [Sections 8342.007-8342.050 reserved for expansion] | 
|  | SUBCHAPTER B.  BOARD OF DIRECTORS | 
|  | Sec. 8342.051.  GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.  (a)  The district is | 
|  | governed by a board of five elected directors. | 
|  | (b)  Except as provided by Section 8342.052, directors serve | 
|  | staggered four-year terms. | 
|  | Sec. 8342.052.  TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.  (a)  The temporary | 
|  | board consists of: | 
|  | (1)  Jeffrey Krueger; | 
|  | (2)  William Bruce Schneider; | 
|  | (3)  Kevin Patton; | 
|  | (4)  Virgil R. Briscoe; and | 
|  | (5)  Jeffrey K. Wilson. | 
|  | (b)  Temporary directors serve until the earlier of: | 
|  | (1)  the date permanent directors are elected under | 
|  | Section 8342.003; or | 
|  | (2)  September 1, 2013. | 
|  | (c)  If permanent directors have not been elected under | 
|  | Section 8342.003 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 8342.003; 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. | 
|  | [Sections 8342.053-8342.100 reserved for expansion] | 
|  | SUBCHAPTER C.  POWERS AND DUTIES | 
|  | Sec. 8342.101.  GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.  The district has | 
|  | the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for | 
|  | which the district is created. | 
|  | Sec. 8342.102.  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. 8342.103.  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. 8342.104.  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. 8342.105.  COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL REGULATIONS.  Any | 
|  | water, sanitary sewer, 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. | 
|  | Sec. 8342.106.  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. 8342.107.  LIMITATION ON USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN.  The | 
|  | district may not exercise the power of eminent domain outside the | 
|  | district to acquire a site or easement for: | 
|  | (1)  a road project authorized by Section 8342.103; or | 
|  | (2)  a recreational facility as defined by Section | 
|  | 49.462, Water Code. | 
|  | Sec. 8342.108.  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)  The division procedure is prescribed by Sections 53.030 | 
|  | through 53.041, Water Code. | 
|  | (c)  Any new district created by the division of the district | 
|  | has all the powers and duties of the district and is subject to all | 
|  | limitations and conditions provided by this chapter. | 
|  | (d)  A new district created by the division of the district | 
|  | may not, at the time the new district is created, contain land that | 
|  | is not contiguous to the area described by Section 2 of the Act | 
|  | creating this chapter. | 
|  | (e)  A division of the district may not occur until each | 
|  | municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial | 
|  | jurisdiction the district is located has adopted a resolution | 
|  | consenting to the division. | 
|  | Sec. 8342.109.  LIMITATION ON DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT.  (a) | 
|  | Before the issuance of bonds, the district or any new district | 
|  | created by the division of the district may not be dissolved unless | 
|  | the dissolution is approved by: | 
|  | (1)  the board; | 
|  | (2)  the majority owner of the assessed value of the | 
|  | real property in the district or the new district, as applicable; | 
|  | and | 
|  | (3)  the governing body of each municipality in whose | 
|  | corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district or | 
|  | the new district is located. | 
|  | (b)  The district or any new district may not be dissolved if | 
|  | it has outstanding bonded debt unless: | 
|  | (1)  all the property in the district or the new | 
|  | district is annexed by a municipality; | 
|  | (2)  the dissolution is approved by the governing body | 
|  | of the municipality; and | 
|  | (3)  the bonded debt and developer reimbursement | 
|  | obligations of the district or the new district are assumed by the | 
|  | municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial | 
|  | jurisdiction the district or the new district is located or by | 
|  | another entity approved by the municipality. | 
|  | (c)  A dissolution subject to Subsection (b) is effective | 
|  | when all outstanding bonded debt and developer reimbursement | 
|  | obligations have been discharged. | 
|  | Sec. 8342.110.  DEDICATION OF AIRPORT PROPERTY.  The | 
|  | district may dedicate, by fee or easement, property owned by the | 
|  | district for any purposes necessary or convenient for the | 
|  | operation, use, or expansion of a municipal airport. | 
|  | [Sections 8342.111-8342.150 reserved for expansion] | 
|  | SUBCHAPTER D.  GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS | 
|  | Sec. 8342.151.  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 8342.153. | 
|  | (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. 8342.152.  OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.  (a)  If | 
|  | authorized at an election held under Section 8342.151, 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. 8342.153.  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. | 
|  | [Sections 8342.154-8342.200 reserved for expansion] | 
|  | SUBCHAPTER E.  BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS | 
|  | Sec. 8342.201.  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. 8342.202.  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. 8342.203.  BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS.  At the time of | 
|  | issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations | 
|  | issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad | 
|  | valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the | 
|  | real property in the district. | 
|  | SECTION 2.  The Hood County Granbury Municipal Utility | 
|  | District No. 1 initially includes all the territory contained in | 
|  | the following area: | 
|  | Parts of the MILAM COUNTY SCHOOL LAND SURVEY LOWER LEAGUE, | 
|  | the MILAM COUNTY SCHOOL LAND SURVEY UPPER LEAGUE, the JOHN DAVID | 
|  | CROW SURVEY, Abstract No. 110, the EBENEZER MILLICAN SURVEY, | 
|  | Abstract No. 414, the J. W. OWNSBY SURVEY, Abstract No. 814, the G. | 
|  | W. WILLIAMS SURVEY, Abstract No. 600, the JOSE MAYBARBO SURVEY, | 
|  | Abstract No. 749, the C. C. HARVICK SURVEY, Abstract No. 290, the E. | 
|  | T. GATLIN SURVEY, Abstract No. 211, the J. W. DAWSON SURVEY, | 
|  | Abstract No. 805 and the J. H. DAVIS SURVEY, Abstract No. 157 | 
|  | situated about 2-9/10 miles south 41 degrees-30 minutes west from | 
|  | the courthouse in Granbury the county seat for Hood County, Texas; | 
|  | embracing a portion of the 1924-31/100 acres tract described in the | 
|  | deed to The Ranch at Granbury, L.L.C. recorded in volume 1547, page | 
|  | 834 of the Real Records of Hood County, Texas and a portion of the | 
|  | 246-323/1000 acres tract described in the deed to The Ranch at | 
|  | Granbury, L.P. recorded in volume 1591, page 306 of the said Real | 
|  | Records and all of the SCOTTISH RITE VILLAGE SUBDIVISION UNIT ONE | 
|  | TRACT ONE, according to the plat thereof recorded in Slide A-348-B | 
|  | of the Plat Records of Hood County, Texas and described by metes and | 
|  | bounds as follows: | 
|  | The bearings and coordinate positions are per the Texas | 
|  | Coordinate System North Central Zone NAD 83 ( 1993 ).  The lengths | 
|  | shown hereon are horizontal ground lengths. To convert horizontal | 
|  | ground lengths to grid lengths multiply by 0.999892309.  All 5/8" | 
|  | capped irons set called for in this description are marked ( BROOKES | 
|  | BAKER SURVEYORS ). | 
|  | Beginning at a 12" pine fence post found for the northeast | 
|  | corner of said 1924-31/1000 acres tract and a re-entrant corner of | 
|  | Parcel No. 1 the 6-17/100 acres tract described in the deed to | 
|  | Arlene McCraw recorded in volume 284, page 305 of the Deed Records | 
|  | of Hood County, Texas , said beginning corner having a grid | 
|  | coordinate value of X= 2,176,937.742 feet, Y= 6,841,025.644 feet. | 
|  | Thence south 30 degrees-28 minutes-07 seconds east, along the | 
|  | west line of said 6-17/100 acres tract for the east line of said | 
|  | 1924-31/100 acres tract, to and along the west line of the 2 acres | 
|  | tract described in the deed to Michael H. McCraw and wife, Paula N. | 
|  | McCraw recorded in volume 1040, page 293 of the said Real Records, | 
|  | 781-02/100 feet to a 3" pipe post for the southwest corner of said 2 | 
|  | acres tract and the northwest corner of the 47-373/1000 acres tract | 
|  | described in the deed to Harris Composites, Inc. recorded in volume | 
|  | 1981, page 215 of the said Real Records. | 
|  | Thence south 30 degrees-29 minutes-01 seconds east, along the | 
|  | west line of said 47-373/1000 acres tract for the east line of said | 
|  | 1924-31/100 acres tract, 446-21/100 feet to a 10" cedar post found. | 
|  | Thence south 30 degrees-22 minutes-43 seconds east, | 
|  | continuing along the west line of said 47-373/1000 acres tract for | 
|  | the east line of said 1924-31/100 acres tract, 966-87/100 feet to a | 
|  | 1/2" iron found for the southwest corner of said 47-373/1000 acres | 
|  | tract and the northwest corner of the 10 acres tract described in | 
|  | the deed to Swaim Construction Company, Inc. recorded in volume | 
|  | 356, page 734 of the said Deed Records. | 
|  | Thence south 30 degrees-22 minutes-26 seconds east, along the | 
|  | west line of said 10 acres tract for the east line of said | 
|  | 1924-31/100 acres tract, 916-49/100 feet to a 1/2" iron found for | 
|  | the southwest corner of said 10 acres tract and the northwest corner | 
|  | of the 12-51/100 acres tract described in the deed to James R. | 
|  | Walker and wife, Mary L. Walker recorded in volume 142, page 53 of | 
|  | the said Deed Records. | 
|  | Thence south 30 degrees-23 minutes-22 seconds east, along the | 
|  | west line of said 12-51/100 acres tract for the east line of said | 
|  | 1924-31/100 acres tract, 1129-98/100 feet to a square head bolt | 
|  | found for the southwest corner of said 12-51/100 acres tract and the | 
|  | northwest corner of the 3-32/100 acres tract described in the deed | 
|  | to Donald Trumble and Julie Trumble recorded in volume 1295, page | 
|  | 384 of the said Real Records. | 
|  | Thence south 30 degrees-08 minutes-06 seconds east, along the | 
|  | west line of said 3-32/100 acres tract for the west line of said | 
|  | 1924-31/100 acres tract, 284-36/100 feet to a 3/8" iron found for | 
|  | the southwest corner of said 3-32/100 acres tract and the northwest | 
|  | corner of the 1-24/100 acres tract described in the deed to Norman | 
|  | Lumber Company, Inc. recorded in volume 1249, page 456 of the said | 
|  | Real Records. | 
|  | Thence south 30 degrees-39 minutes-30 seconds east, along the | 
|  | west line of said 1-24/100 acres tract for the east line of said | 
|  | 1924-31/100 acres tract, 208-69/100 feet to a 3/8" iron found for | 
|  | the southwest corner of said 1-24/100 acres tract and the northwest | 
|  | corner of said SCOTTISH RITE SUBDIVISION UNIT ONE TRACT ONE. | 
|  | Thence north 59 degrees-36 minutes-27 seconds east, along the | 
|  | north line of said SCOTTISH RITE SUBDIVISION UNIT ONE TRACT ONE and | 
|  | the south line of said 1-24/100 acres tract, 182-81/100 feet to a | 
|  | 1/2" iron in concrete found for the most northerly northeast corner | 
|  | of said SCOTTISH RITE SUBDIVISION UNIT ONE TRACT ONE and the | 
|  | northwest corner of the 2 acres tract described in the deed to The | 
|  | City of Granbury recorded in volume 1291, page 287 of the said Real | 
|  | Records. | 
|  | Thence south 30 degrees-16 minutes-33 seconds east, along a | 
|  | easterly line of said SCOTTISH RITE SUBDIVISION UNIT ONE TRACT ONE | 
|  | and the west line of said 2 acres tract, 132-65/100 feet to a 1/2" | 
|  | iron in concrete found for the southwest corner of said 2 acres | 
|  | tract. | 
|  | Thence south 84 degrees-20 minutes-19 seconds east, along the | 
|  | north line of said SCOTTISH RITE SUBDIVISION UNIT ONE TRACT ONE and | 
|  | the south line of said 2 acres tract, 282-34/100 feet to a 1/2" iron | 
|  | in concrete found for the northeast corner of said SCOTTISH RITE | 
|  | SUBDIVISION UNIT ONE TRACT ONE and the southeast corner of said 2 | 
|  | acres tract in the west right-of-way of Paluxy Highway ( Farm to | 
|  | Market Highway No. 51 South) in a curve to the left having a radius | 
|  | of 1004-93/100 feet. | 
|  | Thence southwesterly, along the east line of said SCOTTISH | 
|  | RITE SUBDIVISION UNIT ONE TRACT ONE and the west right-of-way of | 
|  | said Paluxy Highway, the following: along said curve to the left an | 
|  | arc length of 111-32/100 feet to a 1/2" iron in concrete found at | 
|  | its end, the long chord of said 111-32/100 feet arc is south 08 | 
|  | degrees-53 minutes-27 seconds west 111-26/100 feet; south 05 | 
|  | degrees-40 minutes-59 seconds west 250-10/100 feet to a 1/2" iron | 
|  | in concrete found for the southeast corner of said SCOTTISH RITE | 
|  | SUBDIVISION UNIT ONE TRACT ONE and the northeast corner of Lot 2 | 
|  | Block 1 PALUXY ROAD SUBDIVISION, according to the plat thereof | 
|  | recorded in Slide A-349-A of the said Plat Records. | 
|  | Thence north 84 degrees-18 minutes-30 seconds west, along the | 
|  | south line of said SCOTTISH RITE SUBDIVISION UNIT ONE TRACT ONE and | 
|  | the north line of said Lot 2 Block 1, 489-58/100 feet to a 1/2" iron | 
|  | in concrete found for the southwest corner of said SCOTTISH RITE | 
|  | SUBDIVISION UNIT ONE TRACT ONE and the northwest corner of said Lot | 
|  | 2 Block 1. | 
|  | Thence southwesterly, along the west line of said Lot 2 Block | 
|  | 1 for the west line of said 1924-31/100 acres tract to and along the | 
|  | west line of Lot 1R Block 1 PALUXY ROAD SUBDIVISION, according to | 
|  | the plat thereof recorded in Slide B-20 of the said Plat Records, | 
|  | the following: south 05 degrees-26 minutes-42 seconds west | 
|  | 110-07/100 feet to a 1/2" iron in concrete found; south 31 | 
|  | degrees-19 minutes-17 seconds west 230-43/100 feet to a 1/2" iron | 
|  | in concrete found; south 06 degrees-42 minutes-57 seconds west | 
|  | 113-62/100 feet to a 1/2" capped iron found for the northeast corner | 
|  | of the 20-72/100 acres tract described in the deed to Health | 
|  | Facilities Investment Group I L.P. recorded in volume 1828, page | 
|  | 385 of the said Real Records and a easterly corner of said | 
|  | 1924-31/100 acres tract. | 
|  | Thence northwesterly, southwesterly, along the north line of | 
|  | said 20-72/100 acres tract, the following: north 77 degrees-21 | 
|  | minutes-57 seconds west 351-87/100 feet to a 5" pine post found; | 
|  | south 76 degrees-40 minutes-34 seconds west 601-68/100 feet to a 5" | 
|  | pine post found for the northwest corner of said 20-72/100 acres | 
|  | tract. | 
|  | Thence southwesterly and southeasterly, along the west and | 
|  | south line of said 20-72/100 acres tract for a easterly and | 
|  | northerly line of said 1924-31/100 acres tract, the following: | 
|  | south 06 degrees-44 minutes-20 seconds west 301-61/100 feet to a | 
|  | 1/2" capped iron found; south 47 degrees-08 minutes-37 seconds east | 
|  | 699-62/100 feet to a 1/2" capped iron found; south 77 degrees-21 | 
|  | minutes-45 seconds east 910-80/100 feet to a 1/2" capped iron found | 
|  | for the southeast corner of said 20-72/100 acres tract and a | 
|  | easterly corner of said 1924-31/100 acres tract in the west | 
|  | right-of-way of said Paluxy Road. | 
|  | Thence southwesterly, along the southeasterly line of said | 
|  | 1924-31/100 acres tract along a fence for the westerly right-of-way | 
|  | of said Paluxy Highway, the following: south 35 degrees-31 | 
|  | minutes-00 seconds west 299-95/100 feet to a 5/8" capped iron set; | 
|  | south 07 degrees-37 minutes-31 seconds west 615-48/100 feet to a | 
|  | 5/8" capped iron set; south 33 degrees-26 minutes-50 seconds west | 
|  | 1005-05/100 feet to a 5/8" capped iron set at the intersection of | 
|  | the westerly right-of-way of said Paluxy Highway and the north line | 
|  | of Huddleston Road for the most southerly southeast corner of said | 
|  | 1924-31/100 acres tract. | 
|  | Thence southwesterly, along the south line of said | 
|  | 1924-31/100 acres tract, generally along a fence to and along the | 
|  | north line of the 15-005/1000 acres tract described in the deed to | 
|  | The Ranch at Granbury, L. P. recorded in volume 1592, page 484 of | 
|  | the said Real Records, the following: south 63 degrees-49 | 
|  | minutes-18 seconds west 673-72/100 feet to a 5/8" capped iron set; | 
|  | south 66 degrees-55 minutes-40 seconds west 598-15/100 feet to a | 
|  | 1/2" iron found; south 63 degrees-47 minutes-28 seconds west | 
|  | 165-74/100 feet to a 1/2" iron found; south 53 degrees-52 | 
|  | minutes-00 seconds west 167-15/100 feet to a 1/2" iron found; south | 
|  | 47 degrees-17 minutes-55 seconds west 113-51/100 feet to a 1/2" | 
|  | iron found; south 45 degrees-18 minutes-29 seconds west 447-49/100 | 
|  | feet to a 5/8" capped iron set; south 58 degrees-02 minutes-29 | 
|  | seconds west 322-02/100 feet to a 5/8" capped iron set; south 59 | 
|  | degrees-52 minutes-29 seconds west 1613-19/100 feet to a 5/8" | 
|  | capped iron set to replace a 60 d nail found; south 56 degrees-27 | 
|  | minutes-29 seconds west 378-90/100 feet to a 5/8" iron found for the | 
|  | most southerly southwest corner of said 1924-31/100 acres tract and | 
|  | the southeast corner of Lot 12 Block B MEADOW WOOD ESTATES, an | 
|  | addition to Hood County, Texas according to the Revised plat | 
|  | thereof recorded in Slide A-289 of the said Plat Records. | 
|  | Thence northwesterly, along the east line of said Block B | 
|  | MEADOW WOOD EASTATES for a west line of said 1924-31/100 acres | 
|  | tract, the following: north 31 degrees-40 minutes-02 seconds west | 
|  | 795-16/100 feet to a 1/2" iron found for the common corner of Lots 7 | 
|  | and 8 in said Block B; north 31 degrees-46 minutes-45 seconds west | 
|  | 1079-42/100 feet to a 5/8" iron found for the common corner of Lots | 
|  | 3 and 4 in said Block B; north 31 degrees-57 minutes-22 seconds west | 
|  | 193-60/100 feet to a 1/2" iron found; north 27 degrees-56 | 
|  | minutes-15 seconds west 607-31/100 feet to a 5/8" iron found for the | 
|  | northeast corner of Lot 1 in said Block B and a re-entrant corner of | 
|  | said 1924-31/100 acres tract. | 
|  | Thence south 59 degrees-09 minutes-11 seconds west, along a | 
|  | south line of said 1924-31/100 acres tract and the north line of | 
|  | said Lot 1, 840-88/100 feet to a 5/8" capped iron set for a | 
|  | southerly corner of said 1924-31/100 acres tract. | 
|  | Thence north 30 degrees-21 minutes-01 seconds west, along a | 
|  | west line of said 1924-31/100 acres tract, 599-92/100 feet to a 1/2" | 
|  | iron found for the southwest corner of the 2 acres tract described | 
|  | in the deed to The City of Granbury recorded in volume 1317, page | 
|  | 867 of the said Real Records. | 
|  | Thence north 59 degrees-07 minutes-35 seconds east, along the | 
|  | south line of said 2 acres tract, 420-01/100 feet to a 1/2" iron | 
|  | found for the southeast corner of said 2 acres tract. | 
|  | Thence north 30 degrees-52 minutes-06 seconds west, along the | 
|  | east line of said 2 acres tract, 207-42/100 feet to a 1/2" iron | 
|  | found for its northeast corner. | 
|  | Thence south 59 degrees-07 minutes-38 seconds west, along the | 
|  | north line of said 2 acres tract, 420-03/100 feet to a 5/8" capped | 
|  | iron set for the northwest corner of said 2 acres tract for a | 
|  | re-entrant corner of said 1924-31/100 acres tract. | 
|  | Thence north 30 degrees-18 minutes-50 seconds west, along a | 
|  | westerly line of said 1924-31/100 acres tract, 1187-69/100 feet to | 
|  | a 5/8" capped iron set for a re-entrant corner of said 1924-31/100 | 
|  | acres tract. | 
|  | Thence south 58 degrees-25 minutes-25 seconds west, along a | 
|  | southerly line of said 1924-31/100 acres tract crossing Meadow Wood | 
|  | Road, 44-49/100 feet to a 2-7/8" pipe post found for the northeast | 
|  | corner of said 246-323/1000 acres tract. | 
|  | Thence south 30 degrees-27 minutes-45 seconds east, along the | 
|  | east line of said 246-323/1000 acres tract, 2014-14/100 feet to a | 
|  | 1/2" iron found for the southeast corner of said 246-323/1000 acres | 
|  | tract and the northeast corner of Lot 1R of MEADOW WOOD ESTATES, an | 
|  | addition to Hood County, Texas according to the plat thereof | 
|  | recorded in Slide A-350A of the said Plat Records. | 
|  | Thence south 58 degrees-36 minutes-47 seconds west, along the | 
|  | south line of said 246-323/1000 acres tract and the north line of | 
|  | said Lot 1R, 1234-58/100 feet to a 1/2" iron found for the northwest | 
|  | corner of said Lot 1R and the northeast corner of the 35-113/1000 | 
|  | acres tract described in the deed to Daniel C. and Carolyn Fauber | 
|  | recorded in volume 1729, page 204 of the said Real Records. | 
|  | Thence south 58 degrees-41 minutes-34 seconds west, along the | 
|  | north line of said 35-113/1000 acres tract for the south line of | 
|  | said 246-323/1000 acres tract, 558-23/100 feet to a 6" pipe corner | 
|  | post found for the northwest corner of said 35-113/1000 acres tract | 
|  | a re-entrant corner of said 246-323/1000 acres tract. | 
|  | Thence south 31 degrees-47 minutes-06 seconds east, along a | 
|  | east line of said 246-323/1000 acres tract and the west line of said | 
|  | 35-113/1000 acres tract, 744-69/100 feet to a 6" pipe corner post | 
|  | found for the southeast corner of said 246-323/1000 acres tract and | 
|  | the northeast corner of Parcel One the 35 acres tract described in | 
|  | the deed to Lester J. Walker and wife, Cleo Walker recorded in | 
|  | volume 1012, page 681 of the said Real Records. | 
|  | Thence south 58 degrees-46 minutes-49 seconds west, along the | 
|  | south line of said 246-323/1000 acres tract and the north line of | 
|  | said 35 acres tract to and along the north line of the 103-239/1000 | 
|  | acres tract described in the deed to The Lester J. Walker and Willie | 
|  | C. Walker Revocable Trust recorded in volume 1554, page 484, | 
|  | 2341-51/100 feet to a 1/2" iron found for the southwest corner of | 
|  | said 246-323/1000 acres tract and the northwest corner of said | 
|  | 103-239/1000 acres tract. | 
|  | Thence north 30 degrees-44 minutes-50 seconds west, along the | 
|  | west line of said 246-323/1000 acres tract 769-20/100 feet to a 3/8" | 
|  | iron found for the most westerly northwest corner of said | 
|  | 246-323/1000 acres tract in the south line of said 1924-31/100 | 
|  | acres tract. | 
|  | Thence south 58 degrees-09 minutes-02 seconds west, along the | 
|  | south line of said 1924-31/100 acres tract 2306-39/100 feet to a 8" | 
|  | cedar fence post found for the southwest corner of said 1924-31/100 | 
|  | acres tract and a re-entrant corner of Parcel One the 6 acres tract | 
|  | described in the deed to Wayne Howard and Brenda Howard recorded in | 
|  | volume 1722, page 785 of the said Real Records and to Brandon Dunlop | 
|  | Howard in volume 1713, page 819 of the said Real Records from which | 
|  | a 5/8" capped iron found marked RPLS # 5236 bears south 23 | 
|  | degrees-13 minutes-34 seconds west 1-37/100 feet. | 
|  | Thence north 30 degrees-12 minutes-00 seconds west, along the | 
|  | west line of said 1924-31/100 acres tract and the east line of said | 
|  | Parcel One the 6 acres tract to and along the east line of the | 
|  | 23-076/1000 acres tract described in the deed to Michael Moffitt | 
|  | and Patricia G. Moffitt recorded in volume 1736, page 87 of the said | 
|  | Real Records, 1318-07/100 feet to a 3/8" iron found for a re-entrant | 
|  | corner of said 1924-31/100 acres tract and the northeast corner of | 
|  | said 23-076/1000 acres tract. | 
|  | Thence south 59 degrees-34 minutes-28 seconds west, along a | 
|  | south line of said 1924-31/100 acres tract and the north line of | 
|  | said 23-076/1000 acres tract, 305-57/100 feet to a 8" cedar post | 
|  | found for the most westerly southwest corner of said 1924-31/100 | 
|  | acres tract and the southeast corner of the 27-868/1000 acres tract | 
|  | described in the deed to Franklin Delano Wentworth recorded in | 
|  | volume 1414, page 827 of the said Real Records. | 
|  | Thence northwesterly, along the west line of said | 
|  | 1924-31/1000 acres tract and the east line of said 1924-31/100 | 
|  | acres tract, to and along the east line of the 7-353/1000 acres | 
|  | tract described in the deed to Shelly R. Maclellan recorded in | 
|  | volume 1843, page 496 of the said Real Records, the following: north | 
|  | 31 degrees-32 minutes-30 seconds west 350 feet to a 1/2" iron found; | 
|  | north 42 degrees-39 minutes-53 seconds west 2225-48/100 feet to a | 
|  | railroad spike set in Knox Road for the northwest corner of said | 
|  | 1924-31/100 acres tract. | 
|  | Thence north 59 degrees-20 minutes-08 seconds east, along a | 
|  | northerly line of said 1924-31/100 acres tract, 673-90/100 feet to | 
|  | a 5/8" capped iron set. | 
|  | Thence north 52 degrees-18 minutes-08 seconds east, | 
|  | continuing along the north line of said 1924-31/100 acres tract | 
|  | 80-89/100 feet to a 3/8" iron found for a re-entrant corner of said | 
|  | 1924-31/100 acres tract in the east line of Knox Road as fenced. | 
|  | Thence north 30 degrees-25 minutes-40 seconds west, along the | 
|  | west line of said 1924-31/100 acres tract, 1464-74/100 feet to a | 
|  | concrete highway monument found for the northwest corner of said | 
|  | 1924-31/100 acres tract in the south right-of-way of U. S. Highway | 
|  | No. 377. | 
|  | Thence northeasterly, the south right-of-way of said U. S. | 
|  | Highway No. 377, the following: north 35 degrees-45 minutes-34 | 
|  | seconds east 118-91/100 feet to a concrete highway monument found; | 
|  | north 55 degrees-11 minutes-10 seconds east 3285-29/100 feet to a | 
|  | concrete highway monument found at the beginning of a curve to the | 
|  | right having a radius of 5729-58/100 feet; along said curve to the | 
|  | right and arc length of 730-88/100 feet to a concrete highway | 
|  | monument found at its end, the long chord of said 730-88/100 feet | 
|  | arc is north 58 degrees-52 minutes-49 seconds east 730-39/100 feet; | 
|  | north 62 degrees-20 minutes-41 seconds east 173-73/100 feet to a | 
|  | concrete highway monument found; north 65 degrees-03 minutes-28 | 
|  | seconds east 199-86/100 feet to a concrete highway monument found; | 
|  | north 62 degrees-52 minutes-36 seconds east 200 feet to a concrete | 
|  | highway monument found; north 62 degrees-02 minutes-52 seconds east | 
|  | 1054-91/100 feet to a concrete highway monument found north 62 | 
|  | degrees-33 minutes-02 seconds east 7021-48/100 feet to a 5/8" | 
|  | capped iron set for the most northerly northeast corner of said | 
|  | 1924-31/100 acres tract and the northwest corner of the 1-405/1000 | 
|  | acres tract described in the deed to Sandra Kay Hicks recorded in | 
|  | volume 1686, page 885 of the said Real Records. | 
|  | Thence south 28 degrees-01 minutes-32 seconds east, along a | 
|  | east line of said 1924-31/100 acres tract and the west line of said | 
|  | 1-405/1000 acres tract, 63-80/100 feet to a 5/8" iron found for the | 
|  | southwest corner of said 1-405/1000 acres tract. | 
|  | Thence north 66 degrees-39 minutes-14 seconds east, along the | 
|  | north line of said 1924-31/100 acres tract and the south line of | 
|  | said 1-405/1000 acres tract 685-13/100 feet to a 1/2" iron found for | 
|  | the southeast corner of said 1-405/1000 acres tract. | 
|  | Thence north 66 degrees-41 minutes-41 seconds east, | 
|  | continuing along the north line of said 1924-31/100 acres tract, | 
|  | 403-88/100 feet to a 5/8" iron found. | 
|  | Thence north 03 degrees-03 minutes-49 seconds west 12-93/100 | 
|  | feet to a 60 d nail in post found for a north corner of said | 
|  | 1924-31/100 acres tract and the southwest corner of said 6-17/100 | 
|  | acres tract. | 
|  | Thence north 66 degrees-55 minutes-34 seconds east, along the | 
|  | north line of said 1924-31/100 acres tract and the south line of | 
|  | said 6-17/100 acres tract, 218-89/100 feet to the place of | 
|  | beginning and containing 2114-146/1000 acres of which 4-478/1000 | 
|  | acres lies in County Road as fenced. | 
|  | Surveyed on the ground March and April, 2004. | 
|  | A part of the MILAM COUNTY SCHOOL LAND SURVEY LOWER LEAGUE, | 
|  | Abstract No. 903 and the E. HAMMACK SURVEY, Abstract No. 650 | 
|  | situated about 2-95/100 miles south 41 degrees-30 minutes west from | 
|  | the courthouse in Granbury the county seat for Hood County, Texas; | 
|  | embracing all of the 15-005/1000 acres tract described in the deed | 
|  | to The Ranch at Granbury, L.P. recorded in volume 1592, page 484 of | 
|  | the Real Records of Hood County, Texas and described by metes and | 
|  | bounds as follows: | 
|  | The bearings and coordinate positions are per the Texas | 
|  | Coordinate System North Central Zone NAD 83 ( 1993 ). The lengths | 
|  | shown hereon are horizontal ground lengths. To convert horizontal | 
|  | ground lengths to grid lengths multiply by 0.999892309. All 5/8" | 
|  | capped irons set called for in this description are marked ( BROOKES | 
|  | BAKER SURVEYORS ). | 
|  | Beginning at a 5/8" capped iron set for the northeast corner | 
|  | of said 15-005/1000 acres tract in the south line of the 1924-31/100 | 
|  | acres tract described in the deed to The Ranch at Granbury, L. L. C | 
|  | recorded in volume 1547, page 834 of the said Real Records, said | 
|  | beginning corner having a grid coordinate value of X= 2,178,188.928 | 
|  | feet, Y= 6,833,138.021 feet. | 
|  | Thence south 40 degrees-17 minutes-26 seconds east, along the | 
|  | east line of said 15-005/1000 acres tract at 38 feet passing a 3/4" | 
|  | pipe found for the northwest corner of the 1 acre tract described in | 
|  | the deed to C. H. Huddleston and wife, Roberta Huddleston recorded | 
|  | in volume 338, page 759 of the Deed Records of Hood County, Texas in | 
|  | all, 354-40/100 feet to a 3/4" pipe found for the southeast corner | 
|  | of said 15-005/1000 acres tract and the southwest corner of said 1 | 
|  | acre tract in the northwesterly right-of-way of Paluxy Highway | 
|  | (Farm to Market Highway No. 51 south). | 
|  | Thence south 33 degrees-31 minutes-11 seconds west, along the | 
|  | easterly line of said 15-005/1000 acres tract and the westerly | 
|  | right-of-way of said Paluxy Highway, 934-71/100 feet to a 1/2" iron | 
|  | found for the southeasterly corner of said 15-005/1000 acres tract. | 
|  | Thence northwesterly, along the west line of said 15-005/1000 acres | 
|  | tract, the following: north 70 degrees-34 minutes-19 seconds west | 
|  | 199-49/100 feet to a 1/2" iron found; north 65 degrees-51 | 
|  | minutes-13 seconds west 135-11/100 feet to a 1/2" iron found; north | 
|  | 35 degrees-38 minutes-51 seconds west 547-37/100 feet to a 1/2" | 
|  | iron found for the northwest corner of said 15-005/1000 acres tract | 
|  | in the south line of said 1924-31/100 acres tract. | 
|  | Thence northeasterly, along the north line of said | 
|  | 15-005/1000 acres tract and the south line of said 1524-31/100 | 
|  | acres tract, the following: north 47 degrees-17 minutes-55 seconds | 
|  | east 113-51/100 feet to a 1/2" iron found; north 53 degrees-52 | 
|  | minutes-00 seconds east 167-15/100 feet to a 1/2" iron found; north | 
|  | 63 degrees-47 minutes-28 seconds east 165-74/100 feet to a 1/2" | 
|  | iron found; north 66 degrees-55 minutes-40 seconds east 598-15/100 | 
|  | feet to the place of beginning and containing 653,712 square feet or | 
|  | 15-007/1000 acres. | 
|  | Surveyed on the ground March and April, 2004. | 
|  | SECTION 3.  (a)  The legal notice of the intention to | 
|  | introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this | 
|  | Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a | 
|  | copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies, | 
|  | officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished | 
|  | under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313, | 
|  | Government Code. | 
|  | (b)  The governor, one of the required recipients, has | 
|  | submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on | 
|  | Environmental Quality. | 
|  | (c)  The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed | 
|  | its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the | 
|  | lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of | 
|  | representatives within the required time. | 
|  | (d)  All requirements of the constitution and laws of this | 
|  | state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect | 
|  | to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled | 
|  | and accomplished. | 
|  | SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. | 
|  | 
|  | 
|  | ______________________________ | ______________________________ | 
|  | President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | 
|  | 
|  | 
|  | I certify that H.B. No. 2035 was passed by the House on May | 
|  | 15, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not | 
|  | voting. | 
|  |  | 
|  | ______________________________ | 
|  | Chief Clerk of the House | 
|  | 
|  | 
|  | I certify that H.B. No. 2035 was passed by the Senate on May | 
|  | 27, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0. | 
|  |  | 
|  | ______________________________ | 
|  | Secretary of the Senate | 
|  | APPROVED:  _____________________ | 
|  | Date | 
|  |  | 
|  | _____________________ | 
|  | Governor |