S.B. No. 2470

	AN ACT
	relating to the creation of the Maverick Improvement District of
	Palo Pinto County; 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 C, Title 4, Special District Local Laws
	Code, is amended by adding Chapter 3870 to read as follows:
	CHAPTER 3870. MAVERICK IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
	OF PALO PINTO COUNTY
	SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
	Sec. 3870.001.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
	(1)  "Board" means the board of directors of the
	district.
	(2)  "Director" means a board member.
	(3)  "District" means the Maverick Improvement
	District of Palo Pinto County.
	Sec. 3870.002.  NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a
	special district created under Section 59, Article XVI, and
	Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution.
	Sec. 3870.003.  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. 3870.004.  CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED. The
	temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 3870.003
	until each municipality in whose corporate limits or
	extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has
	consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the
	district and to the inclusion of land in the district.
	Sec. 3870.005.  FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
	(a)  The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit.
	By creating the district and in authorizing the county of Palo Pinto
	and other political subdivisions to contract with the district, the
	legislature has established a program to accomplish the public
	purposes set out in Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution.
	(b)  The district is created to accomplish the purposes of
	promoting, developing, encouraging, and maintaining employment,
	commerce, transportation, housing, tourism, recreation, economic
	development, safety, and the public welfare in the district and to
	accomplish the purposes of:
	(1)  a municipal utility district as provided by
	general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution;
	(2)  a county development district as provided by
	general law and Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution;
	(3)  Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution,
	related to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation,
	or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or
	improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads; and
	(4)  Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution,
	related to the provision of public recreational facilities,
	including docks and boat access facilities, pedestrian ways and
	street lighting and parking, and the installation of signage and
	landscaping and the development of certain areas in the district
	that are necessary for the restoration, preservation, and
	enhancement of scenic beauty.
	Sec. 3870.006.  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 3870.007-3870.050 reserved for expansion]
	SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
	Sec. 3870.051.  GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a)  The district is
	governed by a board of five elected directors.
	(b)  Except as provided by Section 3870.052, directors serve
	staggered four-year terms.
	Sec. 3870.052.  TEMPORARY DIRECTORS. (a)  On or after
	September 1, 2009, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed
	value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to
	the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality requesting that the
	commission appoint as temporary directors the five persons named in
	the petition. The commission shall appoint as temporary directors
	the five persons named in the petition.
	(b)  Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:
	(1)  the date permanent directors are elected under
	Section 3870.003; or
	(2)  September 1, 2013.
	(c)  If permanent directors have not been elected under
	Section 3870.003 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 3870.003; 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 Texas Commission on Environmental
	Quality 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 3870.053-3870.100 reserved for expansion]
	SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES
	Sec. 3870.101.  GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district has
	the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
	which the district is created.
	Sec. 3870.102.  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. 3870.103.  ROAD PROJECTS. Under Section 52, Article
	III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire,
	construct, finance, improve, operate, and maintain macadamized,
	graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm
	drainage, in aid of those roads, and may convey those roads or
	improvements to this state, a county, or a municipality to operate
	and maintain.
	Sec. 3870.104.  ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS. (a)  A
	road project must meet all applicable construction standards,
	zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulatory ordinances of a
	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, zoning and
	subdivision requirements, and orders of a 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. 3870.105.  COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT
	ORDINANCES OR RESOLUTIONS. The district shall comply with all
	applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution adopted by
	the governing body of a municipality under Section 54.016 or
	54.0165, Water Code, that consents to the creation of the district
	or to the inclusion of land in the district.
	Sec. 3870.106.  LIMITATION ON USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN. The
	district may exercise the power of eminent domain only inside the
	district's boundaries.
	Sec. 3870.107.  AGREEMENTS; GRANTS. (a)  The district may
	make an agreement with or accept a gift, grant, or loan from any
	person.
	(b)  The board may enter into a contract with another
	political subdivision or the state to share the costs of
	construction, acquisition, operation, or maintenance of a
	transportation improvement, including a road, a bridge, a culvert,
	a parking facility, or another public improvement.
	(c)  The implementation of a district project is a
	governmental function or service for the purposes of Chapter 791,
	Government Code.
	Sec. 3870.108.  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)  This chapter applies to any new district created by the
	division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and
	duties of the district.
	(c)  Any new district created by the division of the district
	may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land
	outside the area described by Section 2 of the Act creating this
	chapter.
	(d)  The board, on its own motion or on receipt of a petition
	signed by the owners of a majority of the assessed value of real
	property in the district according to the most recent certified
	appraisal roll for the county in which the district is located, may
	adopt an order dividing the district. An order dividing the
	district may be adopted before or after an election to confirm the
	district as required by Section 3870.003.
	(e)  The board may adopt an order dividing the district
	before or after the date the board holds an election under Section
	3870.003 to confirm the district's creation.
	(f)  An order dividing the district shall:
	(1)  name each new district;
	(2)  include the metes and bounds of each new district;
	(3)  appoint temporary directors for each new district;
	and
	(4)  provide for the division of assets and liabilities
	between each new district.
	(g)  On or before the 30th day after the adoption of an order
	dividing the district, the district shall file the order dividing
	the district with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and
	record the order in the real property records of the county in which
	the district is located.
	(h)  Any new district created by the division of the district
	shall hold a confirmation and directors' election as required by
	Section 49.102, Water Code.
	(i)  Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to
	the inclusion of land in the district granted under Section
	3870.004 acts as municipal consent to the creation of any new
	district created by the division of the district and to the
	inclusion of land in the new district.
	(j)  Any new district created by the division of 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
	a maintenance tax or issue bonds payable wholly or partly from ad
	valorem taxes.
	[Sections 3870.109-3870.150 reserved for expansion]
	SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
	Sec. 3870.151.  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 3870.153.
	(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. 3870.152.  OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. (a)  If
	authorized at an election held under Section 3870.151, the district
	may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in
	the district as provided by 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. 3870.153.  CONTRACT TAXES. (a)  As provided by 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.
	Sec. 3870.154.  POWERS OF COUNTY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. The
	district has the powers of a county development district provided
	by Chapter 383, Local Government Code.
	Sec. 3870.155.  SALES AND USE TAX; ELECTION. (a)  The
	district may adopt a sales and use tax as provided by Chapter 383,
	Local Government Code, after an election in which the majority of
	the voters of the district voting in the election authorize the
	adoption of the tax.
	(b)  The board by order may call an election to authorize a
	sales and use tax. The election may be held with any other district
	election.
	(c)  The district shall provide notice of the election and
	shall hold the election in the manner prescribed by Section
	3870.151.
	Sec. 3870.156.  SALES AND USE TAX RATE. (a)  On adoption of
	the tax authorized by Section 3870.155, there is imposed a tax on
	the receipts from the sale at retail of taxable items within the
	district, and an excise tax on the use, storage, or other
	consumption in the district of taxable items purchased, leased, or
	rented from a retailer in the district during the period after the
	tax is in effect.
	(b)  The board shall determine the rate of the tax, which may
	be in one-eighth of one percent increments not to exceed the maximum
	rate authorized by the district voters at the election. The board
	may lower the tax rate to the extent it does not impair any
	outstanding debt or obligations payable from the tax.
	Sec. 3870.157.  HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX. (a)  In this section,
	"hotel" has the meaning assigned by Section 156.001, Tax Code.
	(b)  For purposes of this section, a reference in Subchapter
	A, Chapter 352, Tax Code, to a county is a reference to the district
	and a reference in Subchapter A, Chapter 352, Tax Code, to the
	county's officers or governing body is a reference to the board.
	(c)  Except as inconsistent with this section, Subchapter A,
	Chapter 352, Tax Code, governs a hotel occupancy tax authorized by
	this section, including the collection of the tax, subject to the
	limitations prescribed by Sections 352.002(b) and (c), Tax Code.
	(d)  The district may impose a hotel occupancy tax for any
	district purpose, including to:
	(1)  maintain and operate the district;
	(2)  construct or acquire improvements; and
	(3)  provide a service.
	(e)  The district may examine and receive information
	related to the imposition of hotel occupancy taxes to the same
	extent as if the district were a county.
	[Sections 3870.158-3870.200 reserved for expansion]
	SUBCHAPTER E. BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS
	Sec. 3870.201.  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. 3870.202.  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. 3870.203.  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 Maverick Improvement District of Palo Pinto
	County initially includes all the territory contained in the
	following area:
	METES AND BOUNDS DESCRIPTION
	1,420 ACRES
	IN THE S. P. R. R. CO. SURVEY, A-420, THE G. C. & S. R. R. CO.
	SURVEY, A-1344, THE M. COSTELLO SURVEY, A-1456, THE J. W. BUNTON
	SURVEY, A-53, THE J. E. WHITE SURVEY, A-922, THE M. MATA SURVEY,
	A-336, THE E. P. COSTELLO SURVEY, A-2036, THE C. W. AMAKER SURVEY,
	A-916, THE McKINNEY & WILLIAMS SURVEY, A-339, AND THE M. CASTLEMAN
	SURVEY, A-119 PALO PINTO COUNTY, TEXAS
	All that certain 1,420 acres of land which is out of the tract
	of land described in the deed from S. V. Willingham to Beverly June
	Willingham Baize recorded in Volume 995, Page 755, in the Deed
	Records of Palo Pinto County, Texas, all of the 14.92 acres
	described in the deed from June Baize to Judson and Joanie Edwards,
	recorded in Volume 1085, Page 46, in the Deed Records of Palo Pinto
	County, Texas and all of the 5.588 acres described in the deed from
	Jeff H. and Mary Davis to Judson G. Edwards recorded in Volume 1230,
	Page 619 in the Deed Records of Palo Pinto County, Texas, in the S.
	P. R. R. Co. Survey, A-420, G. C. & S. R. R. Co. Survey, A-1344, M.
	Costello Survey, A-1456, J. W. Bunton Survey, A-53, J. E. White
	Survey, A-922, M. Mata Survey, A-336, E. P. Costello Survey,
	A-2036, C. W. Amaker Survey, A-916, McKinney & Williams Survey,
	A-339, and the M. Castleman Survey, A-119, Palo Pinto County, Texas
	and more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows (All
	bearings shown hereon are based the Texas State Plane Coordinate
	System, North Central Zone (NAD 83). All distances shown hereon are
	surface and may be converted to grid by using a scale factor of
	0.999875503):
	BEGINNING at a 1/2" iron rod found for the northeast corner of
	said 5.588 acre tract, in the south line of the Third Tract
	(Ainsworth Survey, A-1132) described in the deed from M. B. and
	Margaret Costello to E. C. Stovall, recorded in Volume 159, Page 91,
	in the Deed Records of Palo Pinto County, Texas;
	THENCE South 02° 09' 41" East - 409.63' along the east line of
	said 5.588 acre tract, to a 5/8" iron rod with a cap stamped "PATE"
	set for a corner, which is a point on a curve to the right, having a
	central angle of 09° 58' 27", a radius of 1030.00', and a chord
	bearing and distance of South 52° 46' 28" East - 179.08';
	THENCE along said curve to the right an arc distance of
	179.30' to a 5/8" iron rod with a cap stamped "PATE" set for the end
	of curve;
	THENCE South 47° 47' 14" East - 181.95' to a 5/8" iron rod with
	a cap stamped "PATE" set for the Point of Curvature of a curve to the
	left, having a central angle of 82° 00' 33", a radius of 270.00', and
	a chord bearing and distance of South 88° 47' 31" East - 354.30';
	THENCE along said curve to the left an arc distance of 386.46'
	to a 5/8" iron rod with a cap stamped "PATE" set for the end of
	curve;
	THENCE North 50° 12' 13" East - 372.14' to a 5/8" iron rod with
	a cap stamped "PATE" set for the Point of Curvature of a curve to the
	right, having a central angle of 19° 08' 46", a radius of 280.00',
	and a chord bearing and distance of North 59° 46' 36" East - 93.13';
	THENCE along said curve to the right an arc distance of 93.57'
	to a 5/8" iron rod with a cap stamped "PATE" set for the end of
	curve;
	THENCE North 69° 20' 59" East - 378.21' to a 5/8" iron rod with
	a cap stamped "PATE" set for the Point of Curvature of a curve to the
	right, having a central angle of 71° 19' 06", a radius of 280.00',
	and a chord bearing and distance of South 74° 59' 28" East - 326.46';
	THENCE along said curve to the right an arc distance of
	348.53' to a 5/8" iron rod with a cap stamped "PATE" set for the end
	of curve;
	THENCE South 39° 19' 56" East - 520.91' to a 5/8" iron rod with
	a cap stamped "PATE" set for the Point of Curvature of a curve to the
	left, having a central angle of 45° 46' 42", a radius of 970.00', and
	a chord bearing and distance of South 62° 13' 16" East - 754.56';
	THENCE along said curve to the left an arc distance of 775.01'
	to a 5/8" iron rod with a cap stamped "PATE" set for the end of
	curve;
	THENCE South 85° 06' 37" East - 105.51' to a 5/8" iron rod with
	a cap stamped "PATE" set for the Point of Curvature of a curve to the
	right, having a central angle of 47° 02' 23", a radius of 480.00',
	and a chord bearing and distance of South 61° 35' 26" East - 383.10';
	THENCE along said curve to the right an arc distance of
	394.08' to a 5/8" iron rod with a cap stamped "PATE" set for the end
	of curve;
	THENCE South 38° 04' 14" East - 47.23' to a 5/8" iron rod with
	a cap stamped "PATE" set for the Point of Curvature of a curve to the
	left, having a central angle of 51° 56' 41", a radius of 470.00', and
	a chord bearing and distance of South 64° 02' 35" East - 411.66';
	THENCE along said curve to the left an arc distance of 426.11'
	to a 5/8" iron rod with a cap stamped "PATE" set for the end of
	curve;
	THENCE North 89° 59' 04" East - 208.86' to a 5/8" iron rod with
	a cap stamped "PATE" set for an angle corner of the here in
	described tract;
	THENCE North 00° 00' 56" West - 481.76' to a 5/8" iron rod with
	a cap stamped "PATE" set for the Point of Curvature of a curve to the
	left having a central angle of 93° 25' 33", a radius of 470.00', and
	a chord bearing and distance of North 46° 43' 42' West - 684.25';
	THENCE along said curve to the left an arc distance of 766.38'
	to a 5/8" iron rod with a cap stamped "PATE" set for the Point of
	Reverse Curvature of a curve to the right, having a central angle of
	94° 37' 54', a radius of 200.00', and a chord bearing and distance of
	North 46° 07' 31" West - 294.04';
	THENCE along said curve to the right, an arc distance of
	330.33' to a 5/8" iron rod with a cap stamped "PATE" set for the end
	of curve;
	THENCE North 01° 11' 26" East, passing at a distance of
	378.66' a rock mound found for the southeast corner of aforesaid
	Third Tract (Ainsworth Survey, A-1132), and continuing along the
	east line of aforesaid Third Tract (Ainsworth Survey, A-1132) and
	the east line of the Second Tract (Caudill Survey, A-1959)
	described in aforesaid deed from M. B. and Margaret Costello to E.
	C. Stovall, a total distance of 4509.35' to a 5/8" iron rod with a
	cap stamped "PATE" set for an angle corner of the herein described
	tract, in the south line of the First Tract (J. Rohns Survey, A-381)
	described in said deed from M. B. and Margaret Costello to E. C.
	Stovall;
	THENCE South 88° 30' 14" East - 774.38' along the south line of
	said First Tract to a stake in a rock mound found for the southeast
	corner of said First Tract;
	THENCE North 01° 29' 46" East - 5701.18' along the east line of
	said First Tract to a Brazos River Authority concrete monument
	found for the southwest corner of the 851.5 acre tract described in
	the deed from C. M. and Fannie Echols to Billy Charles Echols,
	recorded in Volume 493, Page 473 in the Deed Records of Palo Pinto
	County, Texas;
	THENCE South 89° 12' 29" East - 7723.10' along the south line
	of said 851.5 acre tract to a 1" iron pipe found for the southeast
	corner of said 851.5 acre tract common to the northeast corner of
	the herein described tract, in the west line of the 2398.50 acre
	tract described in the deed to the Brazos River Conservation and
	Reclamation District, recorded in Volume 191, Page 71, in the Deed
	Records of Palo Pinto County, Texas, also known as the "Brazos River
	Authority Purchase Line";
	THENCE along the "Brazos River Authority Purchase Line" the
	following courses:
	South 40° 53' 41" West - 2675.84' to a 5/8" iron rod with a cap
	stamped "PATE" set for an angle corner of the herein described
	tract;
	South 15° 15' 48" West - 1199.86' to a 1" iron pipe found for
	an angle corner of the herein described tract;
	South 36° 31' 37" West - 813.71' to a 1" iron pipe found for an
	angle corner of the herein described tract;
	North 71° 09' 59" West - 731.11' to a 1" iron pipe found for an
	angle corner of the herein described tract;
	South 19° 33' 13" East - 888.10' to a 5/8" iron rod with a cap
	stamped "PATE" set for an angle corner of the herein described
	tract;
	South 62° 21' 19" East - 970.00' to a 1" iron pipe found for an
	angle corner of the herein described tract;
	South 03° 54' 47" West - 1390.56' to a 1" iron pipe found for
	an angle corner of the herein described tract;
	North 80° 34' 18" West - 450.00' to 1" iron pipe found for an
	angle corner of the herein described tract;
	North 06° 05' 49" West - 470.24' to a 1" iron pipe found for an
	angle corner of the herein described tract;
	North 60° 05' 03" West - 670.26' to a 1" iron pipe found for an
	angle corner of the herein described tract;
	North 86° 34' 20" West - 770.15' to a 1" iron pipe found for an
	angle corner of the herein described tract;
	South 10° 34' 07" East - 370.21' to a 1" iron pipe found for an
	angle corner of the herein described tract;
	South 41° 55' 05" West - 2679.56' to a 5/8" iron rod with a cap
	stamped "PATE" set for an angle corner of the herein described
	tract;
	South 48° 09' 45" West - 1760.86' to a 1" iron pipe found for
	an angle corner of the herein described tract;
	South 09° 24' 25" West - 1246.44' to a 5/8" iron rod with a cap
	stamped "PATE" set for an angle corner of the herein described
	tract;
	South 06° 19' 18" East - 1012.53' to a 1" iron pipe found for
	an angle corner of the herein described tract;
	South 89° 27' 43" East - 735.54' to an aluminum disk stamped
	"Clear Fork Surveying" found for an angle corner of the herein
	described tract;
	North 68° 20' 15" East - 354.88' to an aluminum disk stamped
	"Clear Fork Surveying" found for an angle corner of the herein
	described tract;
	South 32° 35' 43" East - 790.87' to a 1" iron pipe found for an
	angle corner of the herein described tract;
	North 14° 53' 22" East - 429.66' to a 1-1/2" iron pipe found
	for an angle corner of the herein described tract;
	North 83° 40' 13" East - 592.75' to a 1" iron pipe found for an
	angle corner of the herein described tract;
	South 65° 30' 46" East - 802.74' to a 1" iron pipe found for an
	angle corner of the herein described tract;
	South 10° 07' 37" East - 589.85' to an aluminum disk stamped
	"Clear Fork Surveying" found for an angle corner of the herein
	described tract;
	South 60° 03' 52" West - 1122.67' to a 1" iron pipe found for
	an angle corner of the herein described tract;
	South 42° 42' 16" West - 1379.95' to a 1" iron pipe found for
	an angle corner of the herein described tract;
	North 29° 38' 07" West - 730.05' to a 1" iron pipe found for an
	angle corner of the herein described tract;
	North 88° 37' 54" West - 699.96' to a 1" iron pipe found for an
	angle corner of the herein described tract;
	South 31° 08' 07" East - 999.77' to a 1" iron pipe found for an
	angle corner of the herein described tract;
	South 30° 51' 20" West - 874.61' to an aluminum disk stamped
	"Clear Fork Surveying" found for an angle corner of the herein
	described tract;
	South 67° 50' 16" West - 920.88' to a 1" iron pipe found for an
	angle corner of the herein described tract;
	North 67° 44' 36" West - 1115.23' to an aluminum disk stamped
	"Clear Fork Surveying" found for an angle corner of the herein
	described tract;
	North 85° 23' 34" West - 881.33' to an aluminum disk stamped
	"Clear Fork Surveying" found for an angle corner of the herein
	described tract;
	South 72° 33' 08" West - 1111.83' to an aluminum disk stamped
	"Clear Fork Surveying" found for an angle corner of the herein
	described tract;
	North 45° 36' 05" West - 486.17' to a 1" iron pipe found for an
	angle corner of the herein described tract;
	North 40° 13' 43" East - 970.62' to a 1/2" iron rod in a 1" iron
	pipe found for an angle corner of the herein described tract;
	North 65° 00' 36" East - 1824.86' to a 1" iron pipe found for
	an angle corner of the herein described tract;
	North 43° 59' 43" East - 1803.99' to a 1" iron pipe found for
	an angle corner of the herein described tract;
	North 73° 36' 48" West - 355.07' to a 5/8" iron rod with a cap
	stamped "PATE" set for an angle corner of the herein described
	tract;
	THENCE North 00° 00' 56" West - 266.02', departing the
	aforesaid "Brazos River Authority Purchase Line", to a 5/8" iron
	rod with a cap stamped "PATE" set for an angle corner of the herein
	described tract;
	THENCE South 89° 59' 04" West - 230.94' to a 5/8" iron rod with
	a cap stamped "PATE" set for the Point of Curvature on a curve to the
	right, having a central angle of 51° 56' 41", a radius of 530.00',
	and a chord bearing and distance of North 64° 02' 35" West - 464.21';
	THENCE along said curve to the right an arc distance of
	480.50' to a 5/8" iron rod with a cap stamped "PATE" set for the end
	of curve;
	THENCE North 38° 04' 14" West - 47.23' to a 5/8" iron rod with
	a cap stamped "PATE" set for the Point of Curvature of a curve to the
	left, having a central angle of 47° 02' 23", a radius of 420.00', and
	a chord bearing and distance of North 61° 35' 26" West - 335.22';
	THENCE along said curve to the left an arc distance of 344.82'
	to a 5/8" iron rod with a cap stamped "PATE" set for the end of
	curve;
	THENCE North 85° 06' 37" West - 105.51' to a 5/8" iron rod with
	a cap stamped "PATE" set for the Point of Curvature of a curve to the
	right, having a central angle of 45° 46' 42", a radius of 1030.00',
	and a chord bearing and distance of North 62° 13' 16" West - 801.23';
	THENCE along said curve to the right an arc distance of
	822.95' to a 5/8" iron rod with a cap stamped "PATE" set for the end
	of curve;
	THENCE North 39° 19' 56" West- 520.91' to a 5/8" iron rod with
	a cap stamped "PATE" set for the Point of Curvature of a curve to the
	left, having a central angle of 71° 19' 06", a radius of 220.00', and
	a chord bearing and distance of North 74° 59' 28" West - 256.50';
	THENCE along said curve to the left an arc distance of 273.84'
	to a 5/8" iron rod with a cap stamped "PATE" set for the end of
	curve;
	THENCE South 69° 20' 59" West - 378.21' to a 5/8" iron rod with
	a cap stamped "PATE" set for the Point of Curvature of a curve to the
	left, having a central angle of 19° 08' 46", a radius of 220.00', and
	a chord bearing and distance of South 59° 46' 36" West - 73.17';
	THENCE along said curve to the left an arc distance of 73.52'
	to a 5/8" iron rod with a cap stamped "PATE" set for the end of
	curve;
	THENCE South 50° 12' 13" West - 167.17' to a 5/8" iron rod with
	a cap stamped "PATE" set for an angle corner of the herein described
	tract;
	THENCE North 69° 20' 59" East - 61.46' to an aluminum disc
	stamped "Clear Fork Surveying" found for an angle corner of the
	herein described tract, in a south line of aforesaid Baize tract,
	common to aforesaid "Brazos River Authority Purchase Line";
	THENCE South 05° 39' 59" West - 405.30' along said "Brazos
	River Authority Purchase Line" to a 1" iron pipe found for an angle
	corner of the herein described tract;
	THENCE South 69° 09' 59" West - 870.00' along said "Brazos
	River Authority Purchase Line" to a Brazos River Authority concrete
	monument found for an angle corner of the herein described tract;
	THENCE North 02° 09' 41" West - 765.97' departing said "Brazos
	River Authority Purchase Line" to a 1/2" iron rod with a cap stamped
	"Landes & Associates" found the northeast corner of the 0.631 acre
	tract described in the deed from Loyd Wayne Hamilton to L. Lynn and
	Connie C. Jackson, recorded in Volume 1183, Page 463, in the Deed
	Records of Palo Pinto County, Texas, common to the most easterly
	southeast corner of aforesaid 5.588 acre tract;
	THENCE South 79° 28' 37" West - 185.06' along the north line of
	said 0.631 acre tract to an 80d nail found for the northwest corner
	of said 0.631 acre tract;
	THENCE South 06° 47' 49" East - 150.11' along the west line of
	said 0.631 acre tract to a 1/2" iron rod found for the southwest
	corner of said 0.631 acre tract, in the north line of an access
	easement, recorded in Volume 548 Page 215, in the Deed Records of
	Palo Pinto County, Texas;
	THENCE South 82° 49' 36" West - 171.50' along the north line of
	said access easement a 5/8" iron rod found for the southwest corner
	of aforesaid 5.588 acre tract
	THENCE North 13° 28' 50" West - 183.01' along the east line of
	said access easement to a 1/2" iron rod with a cap stamped "Landes &
	Associates" found for an angle corner of the herein described
	tract;
	THENCE North 11° 25' 46" West - 436.36' continuing along the
	east line of said access easement a 5/8" iron rod found for an angle
	corner of the herein described tract;
	THENCE South 89° 09' 36" West - 4.72' to a 1/2" iron rod found
	for the southeast corner of an 80' right-of-way described as Parcel
	2, Part 3, for F.M. 1148 recorded in Volume 505, Page 282, in the
	Deed Records of Palo Pinto County, Texas;
	THENCE North 00° 50' 24" West along the east line of said
	Parcel 2, Part 3, passing at a distance of 78.00' a found 1/2" iron
	rod with a cap stamped "Landes & Associates", continuing along said
	east line for a total distance of 80.00' to a 5" elm tree found at
	the northwest corner of aforesaid 5.588 acre tract, common to the
	northeast corner of aforesaid Parcel 2, Part 3 and the most westerly
	northwest corner of the herein described tract, in the south line of
	aforesaid Third Tract (Ainsworth Survey, A-1132), from which the
	recognized northwest corner (no monument found) of the aforesaid S.
	P. R. R. Co. Survey, A-420 bears South 89° 09' 36" West - 2297.00'
	THENCE North 89° 09' 36" East - 451.00' to the POINT OF
	BEGINNING and containing 1,420 acres of land.
	SECTION 3.  (a)  The legal notice of the intention to
	introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
	Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
	copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
	officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
	under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
	Government Code.
	(b)  The governor, one of the required recipients, has
	submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
	Environmental Quality.
	(c)  The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
	its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
	lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
	representatives within the required time.
	(d)  All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
	state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
	to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
	and accomplished.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2470 passed the Senate on
	April 24, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2470 passed the House on
	May 15, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, one
	present not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	Approved:
	______________________________
	Date
	______________________________
	Governor