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HB 5674
Texas House•Passed
Summary
HB 5674, “Relating to the creation of the River Ranch Municipal Utility District No. 1; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes”, was introduced in the House on Apr 14, 2025 by Rep. Terry Wilson (R) with 1 co-sponsor. It last saw action on Jun 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25.
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HB 5674 has 1 co-sponsor and 3 roll calls.
hb5674/enrolled.txtH.B. No. 5674AN ACTrelating to the creation of the River Ranch Municipal UtilityDistrict No. 1; granting a limited power of eminent domain;providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to imposeassessments, fees, and taxes.BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:SECTION 1. Subtitle F, Title 6, Special District Local LawsCode, is amended by adding Chapter 8004A to read as follows:CHAPTER 8004A. RIVER RANCH MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONSSec. 8004A.0101. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission onEnvironmental Quality.(3) "Director" means a board member.(4) "District" means the River Ranch Municipal UtilityDistrict No. 1.Sec. 8004A.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is amunicipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI,Texas Constitution.Sec. 8004A.0103. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTOR ELECTIONREQUIRED. The temporary directors shall hold an election toconfirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanentdirectors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.Sec. 8004A.0104. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED. Thetemporary directors may not hold an election under Section8004A.0103 until each municipality in whose corporate limits orextraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located hasconsented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of thedistrict and to the inclusion of land in the district as required byapplicable law.Sec. 8004A.0105. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.(a) The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit.(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:(1) a municipal utility district as provided bygeneral law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, thatrelate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation,or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, orimprovements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.Sec. 8004A.0106. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY. (a) Thedistrict is initially composed of the territory described bySection 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 ofthe Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in thefield notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative processdoes not affect the district's:(1) organization, existence, or validity;(2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposesfor which the district is created or to pay the principal of andinterest on a bond;(3) right to impose a tax; or(4) legality or operation.SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORSSec. 8004A.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The districtis governed by a board of five elected directors.(b) Except as provided by Section 8004A.0202, directorsserve staggered four-year terms.Sec. 8004A.0202. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS. (a) On or after theeffective date of the Act enacting this chapter, the owner or ownersof a majority of the assessed value of the real property in thedistrict may submit a petition to the commission requesting thatthe commission appoint as temporary directors the five personsnamed in the petition. The commission shall appoint as temporarydirectors the five persons named in the petition.(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:(1) the date permanent directors are elected underSection 8004A.0103; or(2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date ofthe Act enacting this chapter.(c) If permanent directors have not been elected underSection 8004A.0103 and the terms of the temporary directors haveexpired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed orreappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms thatexpire on the earlier of:(1) the date permanent directors are elected underSection 8004A.0103; or(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of theappointment or reappointment.(d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of amajority of the assessed value of the real property in the districtmay submit a petition to the commission requesting that thecommission appoint as successor temporary directors the fivepersons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint assuccessor temporary directors the five persons named in thepetition.SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIESSec. 8004A.0301. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The districthas the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes forwhich the district is created.Sec. 8004A.0302. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS ANDDUTIES. The district has the powers and duties provided by thegeneral 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. 8004A.0303. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS. UnderSection 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district maydesign, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve,operate, maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or amunicipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled,or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aidof those roads.Sec. 8004A.0304. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS. (a) Aroad project must meet all applicable construction standards,zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of eachmunicipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorialjurisdiction the road project is located.(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limitsor extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the roadproject must meet all applicable construction standards,subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in whichthe road project is located.(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, theTexas Transportation Commission must approve the plans andspecifications of the road project.Sec. 8004A.0305. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENTORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION. The district shall comply with allapplicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that isadopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and thatconsents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of landin the district.Sec. 8004A.0306. DIVISION OF DISTRICT. This chapterapplies to any new district created by the division of the districtunder Section 49.316, Water Code, and a new district has all thepowers and duties of the district.SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONSSec. 8004A.0401. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS. (a)The district may issue, without an election, bonds and otherobligations secured by:(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or(2) contract payments described by Section8004A.0403.(b) The district must hold an election in the mannerprovided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approvalbefore the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bondspayable from ad valorem taxes.(c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valoremtaxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by avote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at anelection held for that purpose.Sec. 8004A.0402. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. (a) Ifauthorized at an election held under Section 8004A.0401, thedistrict may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxableproperty in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, WaterCode.(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may notexceed the rate approved at the election.Sec. 8004A.0403. CONTRACT TAXES. (a) In accordance withSection 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other thanan operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived fromthe tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions ofthe contract have been approved by a majority of the district votersvoting at an election held for that purpose.(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain aprovision stating that the contract may be modified or amended bythe board without further voter approval.SUBCHAPTER E. BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONSSec. 8004A.0501. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHEROBLIGATIONS. The district may issue bonds or other obligationspayable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees,revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or anycombination of those sources, to pay for any authorized districtpurpose.Sec. 8004A.0502. TAXES FOR BONDS. At the time the districtissues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, theboard shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuingdirect ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while allor part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the mannerprovided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.Sec. 8004A.0503. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS. At the time ofissuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligationsissued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from advalorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of thereal property in the district.SECTION 2. The River Ranch Municipal Utility District No. 1initially includes all the territory contained in the followingarea:TRACT 1BEING 128.32 ACRES OF LAND, SITUATED IN THE B. S. MUDD SURVEY,ABSTRACT NO. 438, IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS; SAID LAND BEING APORTION OF THAT CERTAIN TRACT OF LAND, CALLED 182.27 ACRES ASDESCRIBED IN A DEED TO ROY A. BUTLER OF RECORD IN VOLUME 818, PAGE149, OF THE DEED RECORDS OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS. SURVEYED ONTHE GROUND IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY, 1985, UNDER THE SUPERVISION OFDON H. BIZZELL, REGISTERED PUBLIC SURVEYOR, AND BEING MOREPARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS AS FOLLOWS:This is all Beginning at and iron pin found at a fence corner on theSouthwest line of State Highway No. 29, marking the Northeastcorner of the above-referenced 182.27 acre tract, for the Northeastcorner hereof;THENCE, with a fence, S 4° 46' E, 1,382.21 feet to a nail set at afence post; S 29° 29' 30" W, 738.74 feet to an iron pin found; S 26°42' W, 112.76 feet to a fence post, crossing the South Fork of theSan Gabriel River, S 30° 02' 30" W, 98.78 feet to a 12" Pecan Tree,and S 22° 33' 30" W, 789.94 feet to a nail set at a fence post at theeast end of a rock wall, for the Southeast corner of the said 182.27acre tract, for the Southeast corner hereof;THENCE, along the southerly edge of the said rock wall, as follows;S 78° 25' W, 104.75 feet to an iron pin found; N 82° 55' W, 76.34 feetto an iron pin found; N 72° 30' W, 77.68 feet to an iron pin found; N76° 21' W, 72.21 feet to a nail found; N 80° 00' 30" W, 195.45 feet toan iron pin found; N 84° 56' W, 71.33 feet to a nail set; N 81° 50' 30"W, 114.30 feet to an iron pin found; N 36° 10' W, 118.73 feet to anail found; N 52° 13' W, 121.75 feet to an iron pin found; N 75° 56' W,105.66 feet to an iron pin found; N 26° 40' 30" W, 401.27 feet to aniron pin found; N 50° 50' 30" W, 38.03 feet to an iron pin found; N13° 09' 30" W, 99.95 feet to an iron pin found; N 27° 43' 30" W, 90.49feet to an iron pin found; N 39° 13' 30" W, 66.85 feet to a nail set;N 52° 10' 30" W, 52.78 feet to a nail set in a stump and N 62° 36' 30"W, 79.55 feet to a nail set at a fence post for an interior corner ofthe said 182.27 acre tract, for an interior corner hereof;THENCE, with a fence, S 52° 59' W, 225.58 feet to a steel post; S 63°52' 30" W, 12.77 feet to a cedar post; S 87° 00' W, 171.93 feet to afence post; N 77° 29' 30" W, 42.14 feet to a fence post and S 66° 49'30" W, 164.87 feet to an iron pin found at a fence corner for themost southerly Southwest corner of the said 182.27 acre tract, forthe most southerly Southwest corner hereof;THENCE, N 17° 10' 30" W, 464.97 feet to an iron pin set for the mostsoutherly Northwest corner of the said 182.27 acre tract, for themost southerly Northwest corner hereof;THENCE, N 72° 30' 30" E, 127.08 feet to a fence post; N 62° 20' 30" E,275.39 feet to a fence post; and N 19° 37' 30" E, 89.00 feet to apoint on the south bank of the South Fork of the San Gabriel River,for an interior corner of the said 182.27 acre tract, for aninterior corner hereof;THENCE, upstream along the said south bank of the South Fork of theSan Gabriel River, as follows; N 84° 41' W, 75.47 feet; N 77° 51' 30"W, 287.59 feet; and leaving the said south bank N 56° 06' 30" W,51.41 feet to a point in the center of said South Fork of the SanGabriel River for the most easterly corner hereof;THENCE, N 51° 00' E, 2,708.55 feet to an iron pin set on the saidSouthwest line of State Highway No. 29, being the Northeast line ofthe said 182.27 acre tract for the Northwest corner hereof;THENCE, along the said Southwest line of State Highway No. 29, asfollows; along a curve to the left, (Radius = 2,945.20 feet, LongChord bears S 61° 09' 30" E, 299.80 feet) an arc distance of 299.93feet to a concrete monument found; S 69° 18' E, 220.98 feet to aconcrete monument found; S 64° 04' 30" E, 99.88 feet to a concretemonument found and S 59° 45' 30" E, 95.18 feet to the Place ofBEGINNING and continuing 128.32 acres of land.Being the same property partitioned to Roy A. Butler by PartitionDeed between Richard J. Alexander and Roy A. Butler dated January20, 1989, recorded at Vol. 1841, Page 799, Official Records ofWilliamson County, Texas.TRACT 2BEING 160.40 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS OUT OF THE B. S. MUDD SURVEYAND THE A. W. ROWLETT SURVEY IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS, BEING APORTION OF THAT CERTAIN 1630.33 ACRE TRACT DESIGNATED AS TRACT 1 ANDALL OF THAT CERTAIN 154.24 ACRE TRACT DESIGNATED AS TRACT 3 ASCONVEYED TO W. B E. BEBEE BY DEED RECORDED IN VOLUME S39, PAGE 347 OFTHE DEED RECORDS OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS, SAID TRACT OF LANDBEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS AS FOLLOWS:BEGINNING at an iron stake found at the Southwest corner of the saidBebee Tract 3, being in the Northeasterly line of the said BebeeTract 1, being at the Southeast corner of that certain 367.44 acretract designated as Tract 2 as conveyed to W. E. Bebee by Deedrecorded in Volume 539, Page 347 of the Deed Records of WilliamsonCounty, Texas;THENCE with the West line of the said Bebee Tract 3, as found fencedand used upon the ground, the following courses:N 18° 25' W for a distance of 534.85 feet to an iron stakeN 18° 41' W for a distance of 775.61 feet to an iron stakeN 18° 43' W for a distance of 271.46 feet to an iron stakeN 18° 28' W for a distance of 206.27 feet to an iron stakeN 19° 49' W for a distance of 159.38 feet to an iron stakeN 18° 23' W for a distance of 519.51 feet to an iron stakeN 18° 33' W for a distance of 459.07 feet to an iron stakeN 17° 46' W for a distance 491.08 feet to an iron stakeN 15° 32' W for a distance of 491.54 feet to an iron stake for acorner hereof;THENCE N 30° 02' E for a distance of 23.38 feet to an iron stake setin a rock fence for a corner hereof;THENCE with a said rock fence, N 61° 52' W for a distance of 108.67feet to an iron stake for a corner hereof;THENCE N 30°34' W for a distance of 37.45 feet to an iron stake and N20° 41' W for a distance of 36.57 feet to an iron stake set at acorner of the said rock fence for a corner hereof;THENCE continuing with the West line of the said Bebee Tract 3, thefollowing courses:N 20° 33' E for a distance of 151.77 feet to an iron stakeN 24° 06' E for a distance of 633.48 feet to an iron stake set on theSouth bank of the San Gabriel River;THENCE crossing the said river, N31° 53' E for a distance of 90.21feet to an iron stake set on the North bank of the said San GabrielRiver;THENCE continuing with the West line of the said Bebee Tract 3, thefollowing courses:N 26° 26' E for a distance of 126.96 feet to an iron stakeN 30° 15' E for a distance of 737.47 feet to an iron stakeN 04° 04' W for a distance of 1382.64 feet to an iron stake found in afence in the South line of the State Highway #29, being at theNorthwest corner of the said Bebee Tract 3, for the Northwest cornerhereof;THENCE with the said fence in the South line of State Highway 29,the following courses:S 58° 57' E for a distance of 94.09 feet to an iron stakeS 57° 14' E for a distance of 10.27 feet to an iron stakeS 63° 56' E for a distance of 96.22 feet to an iron stakeS 50° 12' E for a distance of 62.94 feet to an iron stake at theNortheast corner of the said Bebee Tract 3, for the Northeast cornerhereof;THENCE with the East line of the said Bebee Tract 3, as found fencedand used upon the ground, the following courses:S 17° 28' E for a distance of 101.65 feet to an iron stakeS 16° 07' E for of distance °390.89 feet to an iron stakeS 15° 35' E for a distance of 460.83 feet to an iron stakeS 16° 05' E for a distance of 400.72 feet to an iron stakeS 32° 30' E for distance of 163.59 feet to an iron stakeS 32° 17' E for a distance of 274.71 feet to an iron stakeS 00° 37' W for a distance of 200.58 feet to an iron stakeS 00° 40' W for a distance of 174.75 feet to an iron stakeS 04° 03' E for distance of 72.53 feet to an iron stakeS 17° 09' W for a distance of 53.10 feet to an iron stakeS 04° 22' W for a distance of 145.33 foot to an iron stakeS 01° 34' E for a distance of 50.91 feet to an iron stakeS 17° 13' W for a distance of 28.90 feet to an iron stakeS 03° 35' W for a distance of 474.55 feet to an iron stakeS 00° 24' E for a distance of 53.28 feet to an iron stakeS 12° 05' W for a distance of 35.97 feet to iron stake set at the endof a fence on the North bank of the San Gabriel River;THENCE crossing the said river, S 48° 48' W for a distance of 133.64feet to an iron stake set at a fence corner on the South bank of thesaid river;THENCE continuing with the East line of the said Bebee Tract 3, asfound fenced and used upon the ground, the following courses:S 19° 25' E for a distance of 89.35 feet to an iron stakeS 18° 51' E for a distance of 320.95 feet to an iron stakeS 18° 27' E for a distance of 299.80 feet to an iron stakeS 18° 57' E for a distance of 477.07 feet to an iron stakeS 18° 46' E for a distance of 207.29 feet to an iron stakeS 18° 16' E for a distance of 655.35 feet to an iron stakeS 19° 25' E for a distance of 416.85 feet to an iron stakeS 18° 55' E for a distance of 555. 42 feet to an iron stakeS 21° 08' E for a distance of 378.97 feet to an iron stake found atthe Southeast corner of the said Bebee Tract 3, being in theNortheasterly line of the said Bebee Tract 1, being at a Northerlycorner of that certain 1122.07 acre tract as conveyed toSpringfield, Inc. by Deed recorded in Volume 554, Page 636 of theDeed Records of Williamson County, Texas;THENCE along the Northerly line of the said 1122.07 acreSpringfield, Inc. Tract, S 21° 08' E for a distance of 225.00 feet toan iron stake set at a fence corner for the Southeast corner hereof;THENCE continuing along the Northerly line of the said 1122.07 acreSpringfield, Inc. Tract, S 71° 18' W for a distance of 1205.60 feetto an iron stake set for the Southwest corner hereof;THENCE N 18° 25' W for a distance of 222.36 feet to the PLACE OFBEGINNING and containing 160.40 acres of land, more or less.TRACT 3BEING 19.942 ACRES OF LAND SITUATED IN THE JOHN B. BERRY SURVEY,ABSTRACT No. 56 IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS, AS DESCRIBED INPROBATE No. 336,737 IN THE PROBATE COURT No. 2, HARRIS COUNTY,TEXAS, AS SHOWN ON THE ATTACHED SKETCH, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLYDESCRIBED AS METES AND BOUNDS AS FOLLOWS:BEGINNING at an iron rod set at the most Easterly property corner ofthe said 19.942 acres of land, point being the most Northerlyproperty corner of that certain 106.899 acre tract of land asconveyed to Liberty Hill Land Partnership, LTD. in document#2006079904 in the official public-records of Williamson County,Texas, point being on the Southern Right of Way of Highway 29, pointbeing the POINT-OF-BEGINNING of the herein described tract of land;Thence S 58° 50' 09" W following the common property line of the said19.942 acres and the said 106.899 acres for a distance of 1009.57feet to a fence corner for the most Southern property corner of thesaid 19.942 acres, point being on the Northeastern property line ofthat certain 216.71 acres of land as conveyed to Liberty Hill LandPartnership, LTD. in document #2006079904 in the official publicrecords of Williamson County, Texas;Thence N 22° 07' 14" W following the common property line of the said19.942 acres and the said 216.71 acres for a distance of 1459.82feet to a fence post found;Thence N 63° 39' 49" W for a distance of 230.02 feet to a fence postfound;Thence N 81° 58' 29" W for a distance of 79.90 feet to a calculatedpoint, point being on the Eastern property line of that certain 2.00acre tract of land conveyed to J. L. Baker as described in volume422 page 143 of the official public records of Williamson County,Texas, point being in the center of a creek;Thence N 08° 01' 31" E following the common property line of the said2.00 acres of land and the said 19.942 acres for a distance 155.85feet to a calculated point, point being in the center of a creek,point being the most Northern property corner of the said 20.042acre tract of land, point being on the said Southern ROW of Highway29;Thence S 56° 19' 05'' E following the said ROW of HWY 29 for adistance of 69.42 feet to a fence post corner found;Thence S 54° 33' 33" E for a distance of 642.00 feet to a concretemonument found;Thence S 43° 14' 38" E for a distance of 168.90 feet to an iron rodset;Thence S 50° 44' 46" E following a curve to the left having a radiusof 1005.40 feet, a delta of 14° 43' 00" and a chord distance of257.53 feet to an iron rod set;Thence S 57° 33' 05" E for a distance of 944.18 feet to the point ofbeginning containing 19.942 acres of land more or less.TRACT 4BEING 740.48 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, OUT OF THE STEPHEN THORNTONSURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 611 AND THE RICHARD WEST SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO.643 AND THE BENJAMIN S. MUDD SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 438 AND THE JOHNB. BERRY SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 56, IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS,BEING COMPOSED OF THOSE THREE (3) CERTAIN TRACTS DESCRIBED INVOLUME 523, PAGE 76, DEED RECORDS AND VOLUME 1904, PAGE 255,OFFICIAL RECORDS OF SAID COUNTY, LESS THAT CERTAIN 89.972 ACRESCONVEYED TO THE STATE OF TEXAS IN THE DEED RECORDED IN VOLUME 415,PAGE 555, DEED RECORDS OF SAID COUNTY; SAID 740.48 ACRES BEING MOREPARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS AS FOLLOWS:FIRST TRACT: A tract out of, and a part of the Stephen ThorntonSurvey patented to Mathias Wilbarger by Patent No. 792, Vol. 2,Cert. 255, dated October 1st, 1850, Abst. No. 611, and described bymetes and bounds as follows, to-wit:BEGINNING at a stake in the E line of said Stephen Thornton 1280acre survey on the S bank of the S San Gabriel where said East lineof said Thornton survey crosses the San Gabriel;THENCE S 19 E 1350 vrs to the SW corner of the Richard West League,same being a corner of said Stephen Thornton Survey;THENCE S 7l W 801 vrs to corner;THENCE N 19 W 1948.3 vrs to a red oak tree for the NW corner;THENCE N 7l E vrs to the San Gabriel.THENCE down the San Gabriel with its meanders in the center of thechannel thereof, to the PLACE OF BEGINNING, containing 239 acres ofland more or less.SECOND TRACT: A tract out of, and a part of the Richard West 1 LeagueSurvey patented to Thomas B. Huling as assignee, by patent No. 241Vol. 11, Certificate No. 273, dated Sept. 22nd, 1864, Abst.No. 643, said part of said survey herein conveyed being describedby metes and bounds as follows:BEGINNING ON the SW line of the land owned by John B. Berry;THENCE N 71 E 1550 vrs to the SE corner of said Berry Survey;THENCE S 19 E 555 vrs:THENCE S 71 W 980 vrs.THENCE S 19 E 170 vrs;THENCE S 24 W 710 vrs to the North Fork of the South San GabrielTHENCE up said San Gabriel to the W line of said Survey of RichardWest.THENCE N 19 W on the line of said survey, 1245 vrs to the PLACE OFBEGINNING, containing 199 acres of land, more or less.THIRD TRACT: Containing 392.45 acres composed of 355.51 acres ofland a part of the Stephen Thornton Survey 28.7 acres of land out ofthe Benjamin S. Mudd Survey and 8.24 acres of land out of the John B.Berry Survey situated in Williamson County, Texas, described in onebody as follows: About 15 miles W of the Town of Georgetown, Texas,containing 392.45 acres, more or less, and consisting of thefollowing surveys and parts of surveys, to-wit:355.51 acres of land, being out of the Stephen Thornton Survey,Abstract No. 611, Certificate No. 255, Patent No. 792 Vol. 2, datedOct. 1, 1850;28.7 acres of land, being out of the Benjamin S. Mudd SurveyAbstract No. 438, Certificate No. 457, Patent No. 550 Vol. 2, datedJune 28, 1849; and8.24 acres of land, being out of the John B. Berry Survey, AbstractNo. 56, Certificate No. 928/1027, Patent No. 1070, Vol. 6, datedAug. 11th, 1849; said 392.45 acres being described by metes andbounds as follows:BEGINNING at a point S 19-45 E and 230 vrs. distant from the NWcorner of the aforementioned Thornton Survey, an iron stake andstone mound for the most westerly NW corner hereof;THENCE with the meanderings of a wire fence as follows: N 31-16 E90.2 vrs; N 32-1 E 93.3 vrs; N 38-16 E 71 vrs; N 40-57 E 31.1 VRS; andN 39-52 E 21.6 vrs to a cedar fence post atop of a high bluff;THENCE N 18-58 E 72.7 vrs crossing the S San Gabriel River at a pointof the East Bank of said Stream where the N line of theaforementioned Thornton Survey intersects said East Bank;THENCE with a wire and rock fence as follows: N 58-11 E 31.1 vrs andN 71-28 E 526 vrs to a corner;THENCE N 10-38 E with a wire fence 851.9 vrs to a cedar fence post onthe West bank of a spring branch; said point is also the SW corner ofJ.C. Parks tract.THENCE with the meanderings of a wire fence on the E bank of theaforementioned branch as follows: S 84-57 E 29.5 vrs, S 5-17 E 39.2vrs; S 63.2 E 82/4 vrs a cedar post for corner;THENCE S 20-1 E at 510 vrs cross the S line of the aforementionedBerry Survey which is also the N line of the "Panhandle" of saidMudd Survey at 609 vrs cross the S line of the "Panhandle" of saidMudd Survey which is also the N line of the said Thornton Survey at1598.5 vrs in all a cedar fence post in a rock fence for corner;THENCE with the meanderings of a wire fence as follows: S 71-38 W56.2 vrs S 5.32 W 30.4 vrs; S 24.45 W at 46.7 vrs a point in thecenter of the channel of the aforementioned S fork of the SanGabriel River;THENCE with the center of said stream about as follows: N 84 W 110.3vrs N 73.9 W 139 vrs; and S 88-15 W 91.9 vrs;THENCE 23-17 W 24.7 vrs a cedar post atop a bluff on the S side ofsaid River;THENCE with the meanderings of a wire fence as follows: S 49-11 W 59vrs; S 63-44 W 41 vrs; S 63-31 W 63.4 vrs; S 69-56 W 47.6 vrs: S 31-53W 165.6 vrs; S 58-41 W 56.4 vrs; S 20-54 W 23.1 vrs a cedar post forcorner;THENCE 19-48 E 1170.2 vrs a cedar post on N bank of Wright Branch forcorner;THENCE with a wire fence along the North Bank of said Branch S 50-32W 133.2 vrs to a cedar post at the NE corner of the aforementioned7.72 acre tract conveyed to the said Asa N. Sedwick;THENCE with a wire fence (new) along the N line of said 7.72 acretract S 50-43 W 441.4 vrs to a cedar post in the W line of a 400.17acre tract at the NW corner of said 7.72 acre tract and the SW cornerhereof;THENCE with the W line of a 400.17 acre tract N 19-45 W 2188.1 vrs tothe PLACE OF BEGINNING.SAVE AND EXCEPT that property out of the Richard West Surveyconveyed to the State of Texas for highway purposes by deed recordedin Vol. 415, Page 555 of the Deed Records of Williamson County,Texas.TRACT 5BEING 395.38 ACRES OF LAND OUT OF AND PART OF THE B. S. MUDD SURVEY,ABSTRACT NO. 438, THE JOHN B. BERRY SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 56, AND THESTEPHEN THORNTON SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 611, ALL SITUATED INWILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS, SAID 395.38 ACRE TRACT BEING MOREPARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS BEING THAT CERTAIN TRACT OF LAND CONVEYEDBY DEED FROM CLARENCE J. DUEY AND WIFE, ROBERTA I. DUEY TO FLOYDCANTWELL AND WIFE, HELEN CANTWELL, OF RECORD IN VOLUME 524, PAGE107, OF THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY DEED RECORDS, WILLIAMSON COUNTY,TEXAS, SAID 395.38 ACRE TRACT BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BYMETES AND BOUNDS AS FOLLOWS:BEGINNING at a steel pin and fence corner on or near the common linebetween the above said B. S. Mudd Survey and the Stephen ThorntonSurvey, said fence corner being the southwest corner of the abovesaid Floyd Cantwell tract, and being the southwest corner of the395.38 acre tract herein described;THENCE with the fence along the west line of this survey, N 22 deg.04' W 3503.3 feet to a point at the center of the South San GabrielRiver;THENCE down said River S 72 deg.15' E 135.0 feet to a point for aninterior corner of this survey;THENCE leaving said River and with the fence along the west line ofsaid Cantwell tract the following six (6) courses:1. N 00 deg. 47' E 845.0 feet to a bend in said fence;2. N 13 deg. 12' E 54.3 feet to a bend in said fence;3. N 03 deg. 48' W 447.4 feet to a bend in said fence;4. N 35 deg. 39' W 436.8 feet to a bend in said fence;5. N 19 deg. 04' W 1222.0 feet to a bend in said fence;6. N 20 deg. 42' W 136.8 feet to a steel pin and fence corner in thesouth line of State Highway No. 29 for the northwest corner of thissurvey;THENCE with the south line of said Highway No. 29, S 66 deg. 29' E58.3 feet to a concrete right-of-way, marker for a bend in saidright-of-way;THENCE continue with said right-of-way line S 70 deg. 46' E 200.56feet to a concrete right-of-way marker for a bend in saidright-of-way;THENCE continue with said right-of-way S 66 deg. 29' E 600.0 feet toa concrete right-of-way marker at the beginning of a curve to theright whose elements are, central angle of 4 deg. 28' radius of11,525.38 feet; and whose long chord bears S 64 deg. 12' E 898.3feet to a concrete right-of-way marker at the east end of saidcurve;THENCE continue with said right-of-way line S 62 deg. 01' E 1072.6feet to a concrete right-of-way marker at the beginning of a curveto the left whose elements are, central angle of 2 deg. 50', radiusof 12000.16 feet, and whose long chord bears S 63 deg. 27' E 593.4feet to a concrete right-of-way marker at the east end of saidcurve;THENCE continue with said right-of-way line S 64 deg. 51' E 1200.6feet to a steel pin and fence corner in the south line of saidHighway No. 29 for the most northerly northeast corner of thissurvey;THENCE leaving said Highway No. 29 and with the fence along the eastand south sides of the above said Cantwell tract, the followingfourteen (14) courses:1. S 14 deg. 04' W 158.6 feet to a bend in said fence;2. S 11 deg. 01' W 187.5 feet to a bend in said fence;3. S 05 deg. 19' W 122.4 feet to an interior corner of this survey;4. N 86 deg. 30' E 38.2 feet to a bend in said fence;5. S 87 deg. 58' E 121.4 feet to a bend in said fence;6. S 50 deg. 55' E 466.9 feet to a bend in said fence;7. S 82 deg. 14' E 543.3 feet to a fence corner for the mosteasterly northeast corner of this survey;8. S 09 deg. 07' W 2219.6 feet to a steel pin and fence corner forthe southeast corner of this survey;9. S 69 deg. 34' W 1565.5 feet to a bend in said fence;10. S 19 deg. 33' W 41.2 feet to a bend in said fence;11. S 08 deg. 28' crossing the above mentioned South San GabrielRiver 174.8 feet to a bend in said fence;12. S 37 deg. 36' W 325.0 feet to a bend in said fence;13. N 68 deg. 11' W 441.4 feet to a bend in said fence;14. S 67 deg. 57' W 840.8 feet to the place of beginning,containing 395.38 acres of land.TRACT 6532.411 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, OF LAND IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS,PART OF THE A.W. ROWLETT SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 539, THE THOMAS F.GRAY SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 250, AND THE B.S. MUDD SURVEY, ABSTRACTNO. 438, AND BEING THE SAME WAYMON GILBERT AND WIFE, MARGRET M.GILBERT 125.661 ACRE TRACT RECORDED IN VOLUME 1976, PAGE 330, THEWAYMON GILBERT AND WIFE, MARGARET M. GILBERT 200.987 ACRE TRACTRECORDED IN VOLUME 1976, PAGE 347, AND THE WAYMON GILBERT AND WIFE,MARGARET M. GILBERT 205.785 ACRE TRACT RECORDED IN VOLUME 2245,PAGE 451, DEED RECORDS OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS, AND BEING MOREPARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS AS FOLLOWS:The Bearings and distances shown in parenthesis herein are RecordCalls.BEGINNING at a #60 spike found in an existing gravel road found inthe south line of the Roy A. Butler 182.27 acre tract recorded inVolume 1841, Page 799 being the northwest corner of the BiffKuykendall 105.40 acre tract recorded in Volume 5I9, Page 252, andthe northeast corner of the 200.987 acre tract, for the northeastcorner of this.THENCE with the east line of the 200.987 acre tract and the westline of the Kuykendall tract as fenced and as follows:S. 19 deg. 24' 56" E., 13.89 feet (S. 19 deg. 24' 56" E., 13.89 feet -1976/347) to a metal fence post found,S. 23 deg. 09' 03" W., 166.65 feet (S 23 deg. 09' 03" W., 166.65 feet- 1976/347) to a metal fence post found,S. 13 deg. 54' 28" E., 245.76 feet (S. 13 deg. 54' 28" E., 245.76feet - 1976/347) to a metal fence post found,S. 00 deg. 28' 53" E., 278.63 feet (S. 00 deg. 28' 53" E., 278.63feet - 1976/347) to a metal fence post found,S. 05 deg. 37' 34" W., 410.17 feet (S. 05 deg. 37' 34" W., 410.17feet - 1976/347) to a metal fence post found,S. 04 deg. 05' 40" E., 267.24 feet (S. 04 deg. 05' 40" E., 267.24feet - 1976/347) to a metal fence post found,S 41 deg. 16' 30" E., 433.l3 feet (S. 41 deg. 16' 30" E., 433.13 feet- 1976/347) to a #60 spike found in a 42" live oak,S. 36 deg. 47' 47" E., 133.99 feet (S. 36 deg. 47' 47" E., 133.99feet - 1976/347) to a metal fence post found, andS. 34 deg. 56' 22" E., 1892.73 feet (S. 34 deg. 56' 22" E., 1892.73feet-1976/347) to a metal fence post found in the north line of the205.785 acre tract being the southwest corner of the Kuykendalltract and the southeast corner of the 200.987 acre tract, for an ellcorner of this.THENCE with the south line of the Kuykendall tract and the northline of the 205.785 acre tract as follows:N. 71 deg. 46' 31" E., 325.10 feet (N. 71 deg. 42' 35" E., 326.11feet - 2245/451) leaving the existing fence line to a 3/8" iron rodfound,N. 34 deg. 13' 22" E., 65.70 feet to a #60 spike found in a 18" liveoak, and then continuing with the existing fence line,N. 54 deg. 18' 49" E., 428.13 feet (N. 53 deg. 29' 35" E., 412.50feet - 2245/451) to a #60 spike in a 4" cedar, andN. 72 deg. 58' 58" E., 391.31 feet (N. 72 deg. 53' 35" E., 408.33feet - 2245/451) to a metal fence post found in the west line of theButler Broadcasting Co. Ltd. 160.40 acre tract recorded in DocumentNo. 9757115 being the southeast corner of the Kuykendall tract andthe northeast corner of the 205.785 acre tract, for a corner ofthis.THENCE with the east line of the 205.785 acre tract and the westline of the Butler Broadcasting Co. Ltd. as fenced and as follows:S. 20 deg. 38' 14" E., 160.30 feet (S. 20 deg. 38' E, 159.28 feet -2245/451) to a 1/2" iron rod found,S. 19 deg. 19' 05" E., 497.37 feet (S. 19 deg. 24' 32" E., 478.21feet - 2245/451) to a metal fence post found,S. 19 deg. 16' 05" E., 1288.40 feet (S. 19 deg. 28' 14" E., 775.57feet - 2245/451 and S. 19 deg. 15' 02" E., 534.80 feet - 2245/451) toa metal fence post round, andS. 20 deg. 53' 46" E., 221.81 feet passing a metal fence post foundand continuing an additional 2.00 feet for a total distance of224.81 feet (S. 20 deg. 59' 02" E., 221.99 feet - 2245/451) to theintersection of the extension of the existing fence line runningnorth and south with an existing fence line running east and west inthe north line of Tract 2, Durham Park Section Five recorded inCabinet C, Slide 134, Plat Records being the southwest corner of theButler Broadcasting Co. Ltd. tract and the southeast corner of the205.785 acre tract, for the southeast corner of this.THENCE S. 70 deg. 36' 13" W., 4193.13 feet (S. 70 deg. 31' 25" W.,4193.95 feet - 2245/451) with an existing fence to a metal fencepost found in the north line of Durham Park, Section Four recordedin Cabinet C, Slide 97, Plat Record being a corner of the 205.785acre tract, for a corner of this.THENCE N. 19 deg. 44' 38" W., 221.04 feet (N. 19 deg. 32' 04" W.,221.35 feet - 2245/451) with an existing fence to a metal fence postfound in the north line of Durham Park, Section Four being an ellcorner of the 205.785 acre tract, for an ell corner of this.THENCE S. 70 deg. 43' 59" W., 317.58 feet (S. 70 deg. 33' 47" W.,317.52 feet - 2245/451) with an existing fence to a metal fence postfound in the north line of Durham Park, Section Four being thesoutheast corner of the Don L. Tew 127.135 acre tract recorded inVolume 2245, Page 466, a corner of the 205.785 acre tract, for acorner of this.THENCE N. 04 deg.36' 48" E., 61.04 feet (N. 05 deg. 21' 35" E., 61.65feet - 2245/451) with an existing fence to a metal fence post foundbeing a corner of the Tew tract and an ell corner of the 205.785 acretract, for an ell corner of this.THENCE S. 70 deg. 56' 10" W., 727.27 feet (S.70 deg.33' 51" W.,717.86 feet - 2245/451) with an existing fence to a 1/2" iron rodfound being an ell corner of the Tew tract and the southwest cornerof the 205.785 acre tract, for the southwest corner of this.THENCE N. 13 deg. 30' 24" W., 1255.22 feet (N. 13 deg. 42' 25" W.,1252.85 feet - 2245/451) to a #60 spike found in the top of a fencepost being a corner of the Tew tract, the northwest corner of the205.785 acre tract, and the southwest corner of the 125.661 acretract, for a corner of this.THENCE with the west line of the 125.661 acre tract as fenced and asfollows:N. 56 deg. 51' 08" W., 494.86 feet (N. 56 deg. 51' 08" W., 494.86feet - 1976/330) to a metal fence post found andN. 50 deg. 46' 03" W., 1093.93 feet (N. 50 deg. 46' 03" W., 1093.93feet - 1976/330) to a 1/2" iron rod found being the southeast cornerof the Chitaru Inque 236.57 acre tract recorded in Volume 1939, Page546, the northeast corner of the Tew tract, and a corner of the205.785 acre tract, for a corner of this.THENCE with the west line of the 125.661 acre tract and the eastline of the Inque tract as fenced and as follows:N. 15 deg. 48' 06" W., 656.34 feet (N. 15 deg. 48' 06" W., 656.34feet - 1976/330) to a 1/2" iron rod found,N. 00 deg. 55' 01" W., 66.48 feet (N. 00 deg. 55' 01" W., 66.48 feet -1976/330) to a 1/2" iron rod found, andN. 22 deg. 14' 53" W., 57.32 feet (N. 22 deg. 14' 53'' W., 57.32 feet- 1976/330) crossing Dog Branch to a metal fence post found beingthe southwest corner of the George A. Mason 272.50 acre tractrecorded in Volume 2192, Page 134 and the northwest corner of the125.661 acre tract, for the most westerly corner of this.THENCE with the south line of the Mason 272.50 acre tract, the westand north lines of the 125.661 acre tract, and the creek bed of DogBranchN. 49 deg. 25' 44" E., 150.70 feet (N. 49 deg. 25' 44" E., 150.70feet - 1976/330),N. 73 deg. 38' 44" E., 346,40 feet (N. 73 deg. 38' 44" E., 346.40feet - 1976/330),N. 39 deg. 18' 44" E., 195.00 feet (N. 39 deg. 18' 44" E., 195.00feet - 1976/330),N. 49 deg. 35' 44" E., 213.50 feet (N. 49 deg. 35' 44" E., 213.50feet - 1976/330),N. 13 deg. 07' 44" E., 140.80 feet (N. 13 deg. 07' 44" E., 140.80feet - 1976/330),N. 07 deg.07' 44" E., 702.60 feet (N 07 deg. 07' 44" E., 702.60 feet- 1976/330), andN. 07 deg. 45' 16" W., 194.50 feet (N 07 deg. 45' 16" W., 194.50 feet- 1976/330) to a corner of the 125.661 acre tract, for a corner ofthis.THENCE N. 08 deg. 21' 56" W., 151.30 feet (N. 08 deg. 21' 56" W.,151.30 feet - 1976/330) crossing Dog Branch to the top of a bluff onthe north side of Dog Branch being a corner of the Mason 272.50 acretract and a corner of the 125.661 acre tract, for a corner of this.THENCE with the top of bluff on the north side of Dog Branch asfollows along the record locations:N. 30 deg. 30' 16" E., 38.85 feet (N. 30 deg. 30' 16" E., 38.85 feet -1976/330),N. 43 deg. 34' 13" E., 87.59 feet (N. 43 deg. 34' 13" E., 87.59 feet -1976/330),N. 69 deg. 00' 20" E., 118.03 feet (N. 69 deg. 00' 20" E., 118.03feet - 1976/330),N. 87 deg. 41' 22" E., 124.65 feet (N. 87 deg. 41' 22" E., 124.65feet - 1976/330), andS. 81 deg. 36' 08" E., 107.60 feet (S. 11 deg. 36' 08" E., 107.60feet - 1976/330) to a fence post found in the west line of the200.987 acre tract being the northeast corner of the 125.661 acretract and the southeast corner of the Mason 272.50 acre tract, foran ell corner of this.THENCE N. 18 deg. 51' 38" W., 650.22 feet (N. 18 deg. 51' 38'' W. -1976/347) to a #60 spike found in the top of an existing fence postbeing a corner of the Mason 272.50 acre tract and the northwestcorner of the 200.987 acre tract, for the northwest corner of this.THENCE N. 70 deg. 53' 30" E., 2533.40 feet (N. 70 deg. 53' 30" E.,2533.40 feet - Base Bearing - 1976/347) with the south line of theMason 272.50 acre tract, the south line of the George A. Mason225.50 acre tract recorded in Volume 2192, Page 134, the south lineof the Butler tract, and the north line of the 200.987 acre tract tothe place of beginning containing 532.411 acres of land.The bearings of this Legal Description are based on the north lineof the Waymon Gilbert and wife, Margaret M. Gilbert 200.987 acretract recorded in Volume 1976, Page 347, Deed Records of WilliamsonCounty, Texas.TRACT 7BEING 46.12 ACRES OF LAND SITUATED IN THE B. S. MUDD SURVEY, THE S.THORNTON SURVEY, AND THE A. W. ROWLETT SURVEY, ALL IN WILLIAMSONCOUNTY, TEXAS, BEING A PORTION OF THAT CERTAIN TRACT OF LAND ASCONVEYED TO RICHARD HARDIN BY DEED RECORDED IN VOLUME 520, PAGE 506,OF THE DEED RECORDS OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS, AND SUBSEQUENTLYCONVEYED TO SPRINGFIELD, INC. BY DEED RECORDED IN VOLUME 554, PAGE636, OF THE DEED RECORDS OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS, SAID 46.12ACRE TRACT OF LAND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY METES ANDBOUNDS AS FOLLOWS:BEGINNING at an iron stake found under a fence corner in the Southline of the B. S. Mudd Survey, being the Southeast corner of thatcertain tract of land as conveyed to Robert D. Alexander by deedrecorded in Volume 405, Page 180 of the Deed Records of WilliamsonCounty, Texas, being the Southwest corner of that certain tract ofland as conveyed to Floyd Cantwell, et ux., by deed recorded inVolume 524, Page 107 of the Deed Records of Williamson County,Texas, being a northwesterly corner of that certain tract of land asconveyed to Richard Hardin by deed recorded in Volume 520, Page 506,of the Deed Records of Williamson County, Texas, for the mostnorthwesterly corner hereof;THENCE with the Northerly line of the said Hardin tract, being aSoutherly line of the said Cantwell tract, as found fenced and usedupon the ground the following courses:N 70° 38' E for a distance of 416.64 feet to an iron stake found;N 70° 21' E for a distance of 304.44 feet to an iron stake found;N 69° 10' E for distance of 118.66 feet to an iron stake found for acorner of the said Hardin tract, being also a corner of the saidCantwell tract;THENCE with a Northerly line of the said Hardin tract, being inconflict with the said Cantwell tract the following courses:N 17° 45' E for a distance of 113.90 feet;N 54° 45' E for a distance of 211.10 feet;N 67° 45' E for a distance of 55.60 feet;S 88° 59' E crossing the San Gabriel River for a distance of 390.80feet to a point on the Easterly bank of said river;S 21° 15' E with the Easterly bank of the said river for a distance of54.20 feet to a point in the Easterly line of the said Hardin tract,being the Westerly line of that tract of land as conveyed to RoyButler, et al. by deed recorded in Volume 523, Page 76, of the DeedRecords of Williamson County, Texas;THENCE with a common line of the said Butler and Hardin tracts,being the Easterly bank of the said river the following courses:S 52° 15' E for a distance of 300.0 feet;S 36° 45' E for a distance of 111.10 feet for a common corner of thesaid Butler and Hardin tracts;THENCE crossing the said river, S 43° 45' W for a distance of 111.10feet to a point on the West bank of said river, being a common cornerof the said Butler and Hardin tracts;THENCE with a common line of the said Butler and Hardin tracts,being the Westerly bank of the said river the following courses:N 54° 15' W for a distance of 111.10 feet;N 59° 15' W for a distance of 125.00 feet;N 41° 41' W for a distance of 136.20 feet to an iron stake underfence, being a common corner of the said Butler and Hardin tracts;THENCE with a Southeasterly line of the said Hardin tract, being aNorthwesterly line of the said Butler tract, S 39° 32' W for adistance of 326.40 feet to an iron stake found and S 32° 59' W for adistance of 529.90 feet to an iron stake under fence corner in theEast line of the A. W. Rowlett Survey, and the West line of the S.Thornton Survey, being a common corner of the said Butler and Hardintracts;THENCE with the East line of the said Rowlett Survey and the Westline of the said Thornton Survey, being the East line of the saidHardin tract and the West line of the said Butler tract, as foundfenced and used on the ground, the following courses:S 19° 15' E for a distance of 614.45 feet to an iron stake found forangle point;S 19° 23' E for a distance of 595,71 feet to an iron stake found forangle point;S 19° 18' E for a distance of 396.37 feet to an iron stake found undercorner of fence, being a corner of said Hardin tract for cornerhereof;THENCE with the Southerly line of the said Hardin tract as foundfenced and used on the ground the following courses:S 71° 28' W for a distance of 500.48 feet to an iron stake found forangle point;S 71° 34' W for a distance of 231.63 feet to an iron stake found forthe most Southwesterly corner of the herein described tract ofland;THENCE N 19° 12' W for a distance of 1992.50 feet to an iron stakefound under fence corner, being a corner of the said Hardin tractfor angle point hereof;THENCE N 21° 56' W for a distance of 225.00 feet to an iron stake andPOINT OF BEGINNING of this survey, containing 46.12 acres of land,more or less.TRACT 8SIX HUNDRED FORTY (640) ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, PATENTED BY THESTATE OF TEXAS TO MATTHIAS WILBARGER, ASSIGNEE TO PETER DEWITT BYPATENT NO. 482, VOLUME 6, DATED THE 30TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, A.D.1850, ON THE WATERS OF THE SOUTH SAN GABRIEL, ABOUT 17 MILES ABOVEGEORGETOWN, BY VIRTUE OF CONDITIONAL CERTIFICATE NO. 377, ISSUED BYTHE BOARD OF LAND COMMISSIONERS OF JASPER COUNTY ON THE 11TH DAY OFJANUARY, 1840, UPON WHICH UNCONDITIONAL CERTIFICATE NO. 51, WASISSUED BY THE BOARD OF LEON COUNTY ON THE 9TH DAY OF JUNE, 1849, ANDTRANSFERRED TO THE SAID WILBARGER, ON THE SAME DAY, AND BEING MOREPARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS AS FOLLOWS:BEGINNING on the Southwest corner of the Stephen Thornton's Surveyat a stone mound from which a post oak bears N 71 degrees E 18 vrs.;THENCE S 71 degrees W with the North line of William Hamilton'sSurvey of one-third (l/3rd) of a league, 1128 vrs. to a stone mound;THENCE N 19 degrees W 3,200 vrs. to a stone mound in prairie;THENCE N 71 degrees E 1128 vrs. to a stone mound in prairie on theWest line of Stephen Thornton's Survey;THENCE S 19 degrees E with the West line of Thornton's Survey, 3200vrs. to the BEGINNING.Being the same property conveyed to Roy A. Butler by Warranty Deedfrom MTrust Corp.=, N.A., Trustee of the Fannie Montgomery HuntTrust, dated February 7, 1989, recorded at Vol. 1757, Page 927,Official Records of Williamson County, Texas.TRACT 9BEING 0.877 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, IN THE RICHARD WEST SURVEY,ABSTRACT NO. 643, IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS. EXAMINATION OF AREADEEDS INDICATES THAT THIS PROPERTY LIES WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF A93.02 ACRE TRACT AS DESCRIBED IN A DEED TO M. R. MARCOM, OF RECORD INVOL. 1119, PG. 783, D/R, BUT LIES OUTSIDE OLD FENCES WHICH EXIST ONTHE GROUND ENCLOSING THE BULK OF THE MARCOM PROPERTY. THIS PROPERTYIS ENCLOSED WITHIN FENCES USED AND MAINTAINED BY ROY A. BUTLER AS APART OF THE FIRST TRACT CALLED 239 ACRES AND THE SECOND TRACT CALLED199 ACRES IN A DEED TO ROY A. BUTLER, ET AL., OF RECORD IN VOL. 523,PG. 76, D/R. EXAMINATION OF THE SAID ROY BUTLER DEED AND DEEDS OFPRIOR OWNERS OF THE MARCOM TRACT INDICATE A PROBABLE VACANCYEXISTING BETWEEN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE BUTLER TRACT AS DESCRIBED INHIS DEED AND BETWEEN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE MARCOM PROPERTY ASDESCRIBED IN OLDER DESCRIPTIONS FOR THE MARCOM PROPERTY WHICH AREFOUND IN A DEED TO F. M. VAUGHAN IN VOL. 537, PG. 81, AND IN A DEED TOL. T. MCFARLAND IN VOL. 162, PG. 436, D/R. THE CONCLUSION THAT THEREIS A PROBABLE VACANCY IN THE AREA THAT INCLUDES THE APPROXIMATENORTH ONE HALF OF THIS TRACT IS BASED UPON RECONSTRUCTING THEBOUNDARIES FROM THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE PRIOR DEEDS FOR THEPARENT TRACTS OF THE PORTION OF THE PROPERTY NOW OWNED BY MARCOM. ITIS NOTED THAT THERE ARE EXISTING APPROXIMATIONS, DISCREPANCIES ANDANOMALIES BETWEEN THE RECORD DESCRIPTIONS FOUND IN THE DEEDS TOMCFARLAND AND VAUGHAN WHICH INCREASE THE DIFFICULTY IN CONCLUSIVELYPLACING THE BOUNDARIES OF THOSE TRACTS, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLYDESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS AS FOLLOWS:BEGINNING at the Northwest comer of the 93.02 acre tract conveyed toM. R. Marcom as described in Vol. 1119, Pg. 783. This point being inthe approximate center of the channel of the San Gabriel River, onor near the East line of the S. Thornton Survey and the West line ofthe R. West Survey. Also being the Southwest comer of the SecondTract conveyed to Butler as referenced above. According to recorddata the Northeast corner of the First Tract is located at theintersection of the East line of the Thornton Survey and the Southbank of the river;THENCE with the North line described for the 93.02 acre tract by asurvey made by Don Bizzell as recorded in the Marcom deed,downstream with the approximate centerline of the channel of theSan Gabriel River, S 89 deg. 08 min. 30 sec. E 310 feet, more or lessto the intersection of two fence lines extended (per survey offences existing in 1971 made by W. F. Forest, R.P.S. No. 101);THENCE S 57 deg. 38 min. W, join and follow an old fence line,continuing in all 163.6 feet to a bend in the fence;THENCE continuing along or near the old fence existing on the Westside of a ravine, as Surveyed by W. F. Forest in 1971, S 27 deg. 50min. W 54.5 feet, S 03 deg. 34 min. W 196.9 feet, and S 06 deg. 40min. E 77.4 feet;THENCE S 18 deg. 23 min. 40 sec. E 52.35 feet, more or less, tointersect the West line of the said 93.02 acre tract;THENCE with the West line of the M. R. Marcom tract. as surveyed byDon Bizzell, N 19 deg. W about 490.19 feet, more or less to the POINTOF BEGINNING.TRACT 10294.85 ACRES OF LAND, OF WHICH 129.66 ACRES MORE OR LESS BEING APORTION OF A 169 ACRE TRACT OUT OF THE RICHARD WEST LEAGUE, ABSTRACT#643, AS DESCRIBED IN A DEED FROM TAYLOR SMITH TO JOHN CONNER ASRECORDED IN VOL. 4, PAGE 168, WILLIAMSON COUNTY DEED RECORDS, AND12.29 ACRES MORE OR LESS BEING A PORTION OF A 50 ACRE TRACT MORE ORLESS OUT OF THE EDMUND S. BROOKS SURVEY ABSTRACT #81, AS DESCRIBEDIN A DEED FROM TAYLOR SMITH TO JOHN F. CONNER AS RECORDED IN VOL. 4,PAGE 55, WILLIAMSON COUNTY DEED RECORDS, SAID TRACTS BEINGDESCRIBED AS A 219 ACRE TRACT IN A DEED FROM J. H. VAUGHAN AND WIFE,JOANNA VAUGHAN TO WADE D. BARRINGTON AS RECORDED IN VOLUME 182, PAGE413, WILLIAMS COUNTY DEED RECORDS, AND 152.90 ACRES MORE OR LESSBEING A PORTION OF A 190 ACRE TRACT OUT OF THE STEPHEN THORNTONSURVEY, ABSTRACT #611, AS DESCRIBED IN A DEED FROM LOUISA WALKER, AFEME SOLE, TO J. G. POTTS AS RECORDED IN VOLUME 76, PAGE 227,WILLIAMSON COUNTY DEED RECORDS, SAID 190 ACRES MORE OR LESS BEINGALSO DESCRIBED IN A DEED FROM A. P. KAUFFMAN AND WIFE, LILLIEKAUFFMAN, TO W. D. BARRINGTON AS RECORDED IN VOL. 197, PAGE 405,WILLIAMSON COUNTY DEED RECORDS, ALL IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS, ASSURVEYED FOR A. L. MCROBERTS, O. R. OLIVER AND W. D. BARRINGTON BYTHE METCALFE ENGINEERING COMPANY, 1710 EVA STREET, AUSTIN, TEXAS,AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS ASFOLLOWS:BEGINNING at an iron stake at corner of fence for the northwestcorner of a 190 acre tract, a portion of the Stephen ThorntonSurvey, Abstract #611, in Williamson County, Texas, as described ina deed from Louisa Walker, a feme sole, to J. G. Potts as recorded inVol. 76, Page 227, Williamson County Deed Records, said 190 acresmore or less being also described in a deed from A. P. Kauffman andwife, Lillie Kauffman, to W. D. Barrington as recorded in Vol. 197,Page 405, Williamson County Deed Records, said beginning iron stakeat corner of fence being also the northeast corner of a 350 acretract, a portion of the Stephen Thornton Survey, Abstract #611, inWilliamson County, Texas, as described in a deed from LouisaWalker, a feme sole, to G. W. Wheeler as recorded in Vol. 76, Page67, Williamson County Deed Records, said iron stake at corner offence being also the southwest corner of a 169 acre tract out of theRichard West League, Abstract #643, in Williamson County, Texas, asdescribed in a deed from Taylor Smith to John Conner as recorded inVol. 4, Page 168, Williamson County Deed Records, and being also themost westerly southwest corner of a 219 acre tract out of theRichard West League, Abstract #643, and the Edmund S. BrooksSurvey, Abstract #81, in Williamson County, Texas, as described ina deed from J. H. Vaughan and wife, Joanna Vaughan, to Wade D.Barrington as recorded in Vol. 182, Page 413, Williamson CountyDeed Records, said iron stake at corner of fence being also the mostwesterly southwest corner of the Richard West League, Abstract#643, and an ell corner of the Stephen Thornton Survey, Abstract#611, in Williamson County, Texas, as fenced and used upon theground;THENCE with the west line of the said W. D. Barrington 190 acretract more or less and the east line of the said G. W. Wheeler 350acre tract, as fenced and used upon the ground, courses numbered 1-7inclusive, as follows:(1) S 17 deg. 53' E 185.20 feet to an iron stake;(2) S 18 deg. 57' E 635.05 feet to an iron stake;(3) S 19 deg. 41' E 284.66 feet to an iron stake;(4) S 19 deg. 50' E 312.47 feet to an iron stake near corner offence;(5) S 19 deg. 21' E 86.02 feet to an iron stake near corner offence;(6) S 19 deg. 17' E 740.42 feet to an iron stake near corner offence;(7) S 19 deg. 09' E 679.41 feet to an iron stake in the northright-of-way line of R. M. Highway #1869, said iron stake being atthe northwest corner of an 0.016 acre tract, designated as FirstTract, a portion of the said 190 acre tract, as described in a deedfrom W. D. Barrington and wife, Emma M. Barrington to State of Texasas recorded in Vol. 420, Page 212, Williamson County Deed Records,and from which iron stake a concrete highway marker boars S 71 deg.41' W 189.62 feet;(8) THENCE with the north line of R. M. Highway #1869 N 71 deg. 41'E 78.00 feet to an iron stake at the intersection of the center lineof the Old County Road and being also a northwest line of a 33.88acre tract, a port1on of the said 190 acre tract, as described in adeed from W. D. Barrington and wife, Emma Barrington, to J.C. Keeleras recorded in Vol. 197, Page 406, Wi1liamson County Deed Records;THENCE with the center line of the said old County Road and beingalso a northwest line and a north 1ine of the said J. C. Keeler 33.88acre tract, courses numbered 9-11 inclusive, as follows:(9) N 60 deg. 24' E 993.22 feet to an iron stake;(10) N 89 deg. 20' E 411.87 feet to an iron stake;(11) N 83 deg. 20' E 188.50 feet to an iron stake at theintersection of a west line of R. M. Highway #1869 and in the westline of a 0.240 acre tract, designated as Second Tract, a portion ofthe said 190 acre tract, as described in a deed from W. D.Barrington and wife, Emma M. Barrington, to State of Texas asrecorded in Vol. 420, Page 212. Williamson County Deed Records;(12) THENCE with a west right-of-way line of R. M. Highway #l869and the west 1ine of the said 0.240 acre tract designated as SecondTract N 11 deg. 41' E 32.24 feet to a concrete highway marker;(13) THENCE N 71. deg. 41' E 230.7 feet to a concrete highwaymarker at the northeast corner of the said 0.240 acre tractdesignated as Second Tract;(14) THENCE with a northeast line of the said 0.240 acre tractdesignated as Second Tract, S 48 deg. 13' E 26.57 feet to an ironstake at the intersection of the center line of said old County Roadand being also a northwest line of the said J.C. Keeler 33.88 acretract;(15) THENCE with the center line of said old County Road, beingalso a northwest line of the said J. C. Keeler 33.88 acre tract, N 48deg. 21' E 435.29 feet to an iron stake;(16) THENCE N 17 deg. 53' W at l.8.9 feet passing an iron stakenear corner of fence for the southwest corner of a 1.53 acre tract,designated as Tract No. One, a portion of the said W. D. Barrington190 acre tract, as described in a deed from W. D. Barrington andwife, Emma V. Barrington, to Carl N. Nix and wife, Marguerite O.Nix, as recorded in Vol. 479, Page 232, Williamson County DeedRecords; in all 1349.89 feet to an iron stake at the northwestcorner of the said Carl. N. Nix 1.53 acre tract;(17) THENCE with the north line of the said Carl N. Nix l.53 acretract N 72 deg. 07' E 49.03 feet to an iron stake in the east line ofthe said W. D. Barrington 190 acre tract, being also an east line ofthe Stephen Thornton Survey, Abstract #61l, and the west line of theEdmund S. Brooks Survey, Abstract #81, in Williamson County, Texas,and being also the most southerly west 1ine of a 219 acre tract asdescribed in a deed from J. H. Vaughan and wife, Joanna Vaughan, toWade D. Barrington as recorded in Volume 182, Page 413, WilliamsonCounty Deed Records, said iron stake being also in the west line ofa 66.56 acre tract, designated as Tract No. Two, and being a portionof the Edward S. Brooks Survey, Abstract #81, and the Richard WestLeague, Abstract No. 643, in Williamson County, Texas, and being aportion of the said Wade D. Barrington 216 acre tract, as describedin a deed from W. D. Barrington and wife, Emma V. Barrington to CarlN. Nix and wife, Marguerite O. Nix as recorded in Vol. 479, Page232, Wil1iamson County Deed Records, and from which iron stake themost southerly southwest corner of a 50 acre tract, a portion of theEdmund S. Brooks Survey, Abstract #81, as described in a deed fromTay1or Smith to John F Conner as recorded in Vol. 4, Page 55,Williamson County Deed Records, being also the most southerlysouthwest corner of the said W. D. Barrington 219 acre tract and thesouthwest corner of the said Carl N. Nix 66.56 acre tract, bears S18 deg. 20' E 50.0 feet;(18) THENCE with the east line of the said W. D. Barrington 190acre tract, being also the east line of the Stephen Thornton Surveyand the most southerly west line of the said W. D. Barrington 219acre tract and the west line of the Edmund S. Brooks Survey and thewest line of the Carl N. Nix 66.56 acre tract as fenced and used uponthe ground, N 18 deg. 20' W 445.40 feet to an iron stake at corner offence for a corner of the said Carl N. Nix 66.56 acre tract;THENCE with a northwest line of the said Carl N. Nix 66.56 acretract as fenced and used upon the ground, courses numbered 19-22inclusive, as follows:(19) N 33 deg. 29' E 978.67 feet to an iron stake at corner of fieldfence;(20) N 24 deg. 32' E 441.56 feet to an iron stake;(21) N 49 deg. 01' E at about 60 feet more or less crossing thenorth line of the Edmund S. Brooks Survey and a south line of theRichard West League, in all 85.67 feet to an iron stake;(22) N 24 deg. 47' E at 271.54 feet passing an iron stake at cornerof field fence, at 371.54 feet passing an iron stake on the southbank of the South San Gabriel River, at 411.79 feet passing the mostnortherly corner of the said Carl N. Nix 66.56 acre tract, in all426.68 feet to a car axle in the bed of the center of the channel ofthe South San Gabriel River;THENCE up the center of the channel of the South San Gabriel River,courses numbered 23-32 inclusive, as follows:(23) S 79 deg. 09' W 350.78 feet to a point;(24) N 83 deg. 11' W 222.61 feet to a point;(25) N 52 deg. 11' W 123.44 feet to a point;(26) N 43 deg. 53' W 150.06 feet to a point;(27) N 29 deg. 29' W 235.08 feet to a point;(28) N 17 deg. 08' W 232.50 feet to a point;(29) N 13 deg. 32' W 130.83 feet to a point;(30) N 11 deg. 21' W 123.88 feet to a point;(31) N 36 deg. 53' feet E 64.44 feet to an iron stake;(32) N 29 deg. 30' W 269.75 feet to an iron stake for the northeastcorner of the said John Conner 169 acre tract and the northeastcorner of the said W. D. Barrington 219 acre tract;THENCE with the north line of the said W. D. Barrington 219 acretract, being the average of an old fence and the remains of an oldrock fence, courses numbered 33-36 inclusive, as follows:(33) S 69 deg. 03' W at 57.6 feet passing an iron stake on the westhigh bank of the South San Gabriel River, in all 167.06 feet to aniron stake at the southwest corner of a railroad tie fence post;(34) S 71 deg. 36' W 1657.00 feet to a nail in the east face of a16" Cedar;(35) S 70 deg. 54' W 739.86 feet to an iron stake at corner of fieldfence;(36) S 70 deg. 44' W 564.32 feet to an iron stake near corner offence for the northwest corner of the said W. D. Barrington 219 acretract, being also the northwest corner of the said John Conner 169acre tract, in the west line of the Richard West League and in aneast line of the Stephen Thornton Survey, as fenced and used uponthe ground;THENCE with the west line of the said 169 acre tract and the westline of the said W. D. Barrington 219 acre tract and being also thewest line of the said Richard West League and an east line of theStephen Thornton Survey as fenced and used upon the ground, coursesnumbered 37-39 inclusive, as follows:(37) S 17 deg. 10' E 537.11 feet to an iron stake at corner offence;(38) S. 19 deg. 11' E 537.55 feet to a post;(39) S 18 deg. 02' E 648.94 feet to the place of BEGINNING,containing 294.85 acres of land.ANDA 1.38-ACRE PORTION OF LAND CALLED TRACT TWO IN IN THE DEED RECORDEDIN VOLUME 605, PAGE 426, DEED RECORDS, WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS;SAID TRACT BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS ASFOLLOWS:Beginning it an iron pin found at the N E corner of the 33.88 acretract and at the S E corner of a 1.53 acre tract described in a deedto Carl Nix of record in Vol. 479, Page 232, Deed Records. Saidpoint is in the centerline of an abandoned County Road and on theEast line of the Stephen Thornton Survey as fenced and used upon theground;.THENCE S 17° 55' E 232.6 feet to an iron pipe in the North R O W of RM1869;THENCE with the R O W S 71° 41' W 427 feet to a concrete R O W markerat a widening of the R O W;THENCE. N 48° 19' W 42.63 feet to an iron pipe found in the R O W andon the centerline of an abandoned road;THENCE with the centerline of the abandoned road N 48° 11' E at 435.7feet pass an iron pipe at the S E corner of a tract described in adeed to Horace Cromer of record in Vol. 554, Page 440, in all 490.65feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING, containing in all 1.38 acres.TRACT 11BEING 0.91 OF AN ACRE OF LAND, OUT OF THE E. S. BROOKS SURVEY,ABSTRACT NUMBER 81 & THE STEPHEN THORNTON SURVEY, ABSTRACT NUMBER611, WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS, SAME BEING A PORTION OF THAT CERTAINCURRY 2.97 ACRE TRACT DESCRIBED BY INSTRUMENT RECORDED IN VOLUME1720, PAGE 726, DEED RECORDS, WILLIAMS0N COUNTY, SAID 0.91 OF ANACRE OF LAND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDSAS FOLLOWS:BEGINNING at an iron rod found in the northerly right-of-way line ofF M 1869, at the southeast corner of the Lindley 8.06 acre tractdescribed by instrument recorded in Volume 615, Page 916, DeedRecords, Williamson County, at the southwest corner of said Currytract, for the southwest corner hereof;THENCE along the common line of said Lindley and said Curry tracts,North 49 degrees 15 minutes 49 seconds West, 42.74 feet to a 60Dnail found, for the northwest comer hereof and North 47 degrees 17minutes 32 seconds East, 345.00 feet to an iron rod set, for thenortheast comer hereof;THENCE South 42 degrees 32 minutes 52 second East, through saidCurry tract, 189.35 feet to an iron rod set in the northerlyright-of-way line of F M 1869, in the southerly line of said Currytract, for the southeast corner hereof;THENCE South 70 degrees 41 minutes 00 seconds West, along saidright-of-way line and the southerly line of said Curry tract,370.00 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 0.91of an acreof land, more or less.TRACT 12BEING 49.994 ACRES OF LAND SITUATED IN THE STEPHEN THORNTON SURVEY,ABSTRACT NO. 611 IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS, BEING THE SAME TRACTDESCRIBED IN DOCUMENT NO. 2009069788 OF THE DEED RECORDS OFWILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS, SAID TRACT BEING MORE PARTICULARLYDESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS AS FOLLOWS:BEGINNING AT AN IRON ROD FOUND AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF A 10 ACRETRACT RECORDED IN DOCUMENT NO. 2001093539, BEING ALSO ON THE NORTHRIGHT-OF-WAY OF RR 1869, FROM WHICH A CONCRETE HIGHWAY MONUMENTFOUND BEARS S 69° 36' 49" W 137.73 FEET, SAID IRON ROD ALSO BEING THEPOINT OF BEGINNING AND SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE HEREIN DESCRIBEDTRACT;THENCE WITH THE NORTH SAID RIGHT-OF-WAY OF RR 1869 S 69 DEG 29 MIN 36SEC W 439.84 FEET TO AN IRON ROD FOUND, FOR THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OFTHE HEREIN DESCRIBED TRACT;THENCE WITH THE WEST LINE OF THE HEREIN DESCRIBED TRACT N 21 DEG 22MIN 48 SEC W 2989.51 FEET TO AN IRON ROD FOUND, FOR THE NORTHWESTCORNER OF THE HEREIN DESCRIBED TRACT;THENCE N 68 DEG 30 MIN 57 SEC E 303.96 FEET TO THE DISTURBED REMNANTSOF A FALLEN TREE, FROM WHICH A GAME FENCE ANGLE CORNER POST BEARS N68 DEG 10 MIN 52 SEC E 11.28 FEET;THENCE N 76 DEG 32 MIN 58 SEC E 581.44 FEET TO AN OLD FENCE POST SAWNOFF AT GROUND LEVEL, FOR THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE HEREINDESCRIBED TRACT;THENCE S 21 DEG 22 MIN 40 SEC E 1929.48 FEET TO AN IRON ROD FOUND ATTHE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE SAID 10 ACRE TRACT, FOR THE EASTMOSTCORNER OF THE HEREIN DESCRIBED TRACT;THENCE S 68 DEG 34 MIN 43 SEC W 439.77 FEET TO AN IRON ROD FOUND, FORAN INTERIOR ELL CORNER OF THE HEREIN DESCRIBED TRACT;THENCE S 21 DEG 22 MIN 07 SEC E 986.75 FEET TO THE POINT OFBEGINNING, CONTAINING 49.994 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS.TRACT 13BEING 227.039 ACRES OF LAND SITUATED IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS,PART OF THE STEPHEN THORNTON SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 611, AND BEING THESAME TRACT DESCRIBED AS 207.129 ACRES IN A DEED TO RICHARD E. HARRISRECORDED IN VOLUME 1147, PAGE 759, OFFICIAL RECORDS OF WILLIAMSONCOUNTY, TEXAS, AND ALL OF THE SAME TRACT DESCRIBED AS A 20.00 ACRESIN A DEED TO SUSAN R. HARRIS RECORDED IN VOLUME 1146, PAGE 799,OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS, AND BEING MOREPARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS AS FOLLOWS:BEGINNING at a 1/2" iron rod found in the north right of way line ofF. M.1869 being the southwest corner of the Joseph T. DeFrancisco50.0 acre tract recorded in Volume 737, Page 269 and the southeastcorner of the 207.129 acre tract, for the southeast corner of this.THENCE with the north right of way line of F. M.1869 as follows:S. 71 deg. 43' 05" W., 138.03 feet (S. 71 deg. 32' 47" W., 137.94feet) to a concrete highway monument found, being the beginning of acurve to the left, with said curve 543.85 feet, Long Chord S. 64deg. 51' 37" W., 542.62 feet, Radius 2331.83 feet (543.85 feet, LongChord S. 64 deg. 50' 20" W., 542.62 feet, Radius 2331.83 feet) to aconcrete highway monument found,S. 58 deg. 12' 17" W., 459.83 feet passing a 1/2" iron rod found andan additional 595.47 feet for a total distance of 1055.30 feet (S.58 deg. 11' W., 1055.41 feet) to a concrete highway monument found,being the beginning of a curve to the left, with said curve 482.52feet Long Chord S. 53 deg. 29' 00" W., 481.96 feet, Radius 2904.79feet (482.80 feet, Long Chord S. 53 deg. 26' 20" W., 482.26 feet,Radius 2904.79 feet) to a concrete highway monument found,S. 48 deg. 34' 07" W., 383.78 feet (S. 48 deg. 37' 20" W., 383.67feet) to a concrete highway monument found, being the beginning of acurve to the right, with said curve 418.14 feet Long Chord S. 57deg. 33' 02" W., 416.57 feet, Radius 1392.39 feet (Long Chord S. 57deg. 27' 10" W., 417.07 feet, Radius 1392.39 feet) to a 3" metalfence post found being the southeast corner of the Roy A. Butler599.49 acre tract recorded in Volume 1757, Page 927 and thesouthwest corner of the Harris 207.129 acre tract, for thesouthwest corner of this.THENCE with east line of the Butler 599.49 acre tract as follows:N. 18 deg. 09' 40" W., 3469.74 feet (N.18 deg. 09' 40" W., 3469.81feet - Base Bearing) to a #60 spike found and N. 16 deg. 29' 26" W.,249.26 feet (N. 16 deg. 37' W., 248.30 feet) to a 3" metal fence postfound being the southwest corner of the Roy A. Butler 740.10 acretract recorded in Volume 1904, Page 255 and the northwest corner ofthe Harris 207.129 acre tract, for the southwest corner of this.THENCE with the south line of the Butler 740.10 acre tract asfollows:N. 50 deg. 54' 33" E., 1552.19 feet passing a 3" metal fence postfound and continuing an additional 26.71 feet for a total distanceof 1578.90 feet (N. 50 deg. 48' 10" E., 1580.33 feet) to a #60 spikefound in a dead oak,S. 19 deg. 14' 58" E., 54.04 feet passing a 3" metal fence post foundand continuing an additional 549.01 feet for a total distance of603.05 feet (S. 19 deg.16' 10" E., 605.17 feet) to a 3" metal fencepost found,N. 69 deg. 26' 12" E., 567.68 feet (N. 69 deg. 23' 40" E., 559.47feet) to a 3" metal fence post found,N. 72 deg. 45' 39" E., 253.55 feet (N. 72 deg. 51' 40" E., 251.19feet) to a 3" metal fence post found, andN. 70 deg. 39' 14" E., 541.06 feet (N. 70 deg. 32' 55" E) to a 1/2"iron rod found being the northwest corner of the DeFrancisco tractand the northeast corner of the Harris 207.129 acre tract, for thenortheast corner of this.THENCE S. 19 deg. 19' 34" E., 2990.31 feet (S. 19 deg. 20' 36" E.,2989.57 feet) to the place of beginning containing 227.039 acres ofland, according to my Survey and my Calculations.The bearings of this Legal Description are based on the west line ofthe tract described as 207.129 acres in a Deed to Richard E. Harrisrecorded in Volume 1147, Page 759, Official Records of WilliamsonCounty, Texas.TRACT 14BEING 98.03 ACRES OF LAND SITUATED IN THE A. LEFEBRE SURVEY,ABSTRACT NO. 398, IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS; PART OF 108 ACRESWHICH IS DESCRIBED IN A DEED TO GABRIEL PINA & SUSIE C. PINA(INCLUDING ALL OF THE 52 ACRES TRACT 2, AND PART OF THE 56 ACRESTRACT 1), OF RECORD IN VOL. 910, PG. 461, OF THE OFFICIAL PUBLICRECORDS OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS (OPRWCT), AND BEING MOREPARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS AS FOLLOWS:This tract was surveyed on the ground in June of 2015 under thedirection of William F. Forest, Jr., Registered Professional LandSurveyor No. 1847. Survey note: The bearing basis for this survey,is the State Plane Coordinate System, Texas Central Zone WesternData VRS Network.BEGINNING at an iron pin which was found in the North line of RanchRoad 1869, at the Southeast corner of Tract One of Gabriel and SusiePina. This corner exists at the Southwest corner of the property ofthe Liberty Hill Land Partnership, Ltd. (640 ac. Doc. 20060799904);THENCE with the North line of Ranch Road 1869, S 78° 58' 14" W 947.01feet to an iron pin which was set for the lower Southeast corner of a10.00 acre tract;THENCE with the East boundary of the said 10.00 acres, setting ironpins at bends in the fence as follows; N 21° 16' 10" W 624.17 feet; N14° 58' 25" E 172.11 feet; and N 18° 07' 04" E 128.77 feet; departingthe fence and continuing with the East boundary of the 10.00 acres;setting iron pins as follows; N 13° 40' 06" E 266.82 feet; and N 21°22' 44" W 591.79 feet to the Northeast corner of the 10.00 acres;THENCE with the North boundary of the 10.00 acres, S 68° 37' 1.6" W732.69 feet to an iron pin which was set in the West boundary of thePina 56 acre Tract 1 at the Northwest corner of the 10 acres;THENCE along or near the existing fence, with the West line of Pinaand the East boundary of the property of Travis and Carol Shelton(10.10 ac. Doc. 2012923335);N 21° 04' 27" W 368.41 feet to a nail which was set in top of a fencepost in the East boundary of the property of Darvin and ShielaWillhoite (10.10 ac. Doc. 2012058065); continuing with the commonboundary of Pina and Willhoite;N 21° 04' 27" W 210.94 feet to an iron pin found on the East side ofthe fence at the common West corner of the two Pina tracts; andN 21° 02' 50" W passing the property corners in the East line of theproperty of Chad M. Gilley (Ex. A, 20.193 ac. Doc. 2012008374),continuing with the common line between Pina and William AllenJackson (20.30 ac, Doc. 2014082867), continuing in all 1534.18 feetto an iron pin which was set in the South boundary of Lot 10, BlockP, of Durham Park Sec. 3 (Cabinet C, Slide 95, Plat Records). Thiscorner exists North of the fence corner;THENCE with the South boundary of said Lot 10 and the North boundaryof the Pina Tract 2, N 68° 34' 55" E 1371.81 feet to an iron pin whichwas found at the remains of a fence corner post;THENCE with the East line of the property of Gabriel and Susie Pina,and the West boundary of the property of the Liberty Hill LandPartnership, Ltd. (640 ac. Doc. 2006079904);S 20° 43' 35" E 1048.87 feet to a mag spike set in the East base of a16 inch Elm that exists in the fence line; S 20° 34' 08" E 734.09 feetto an iron pin which was found at the common East corner of the twoPina tracts (2' Westerly from an 8' tall game fence);S 20° 34' 08" E 552.91 feet to 20 iron pin which was found (2'Westerly from an 8' tall game fence); andS 20° 28' 34" E 1621.49 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING.TRACT 15BEING A PORTION OF LOT 3, BLOCK D, OF DURHAM PARK SECTION FOUR, ASUBDIVISION IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP ORPLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN CABINET C, SLIDES 97-99, PLAT RECORDS,WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS, CONSISTING OF AN APPROXIMATE 5.02 ACRETRACT OF LAND, BEING THAT CERTAIN TRACT OF LAND CONVEYED TO NAUMANNDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, BEING LOT 3B, BLOCK D, CALLED 5.01 ACRES,AS RECORDED IN VOLUME 902, PAGE 21 OF THE DEED RECORDS OF WILLIAMSONCOUNTY, TEXAS. SURVEYED ON THE GROUND IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER,1989, UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF DON H. BIZZELL, REGISTERED PUBLICSURVEYOR, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDSAS FOLLOWS:BEGINNING at an iron pin found at the Southeast corner of the abovereferenced Lot 3B, being also the Southeast corner of Lot 3, BlockD, Durham Park Section Four, for the Southeast corner hereof;THENCE, along the North line of North San Gabriel Loop and the Southline of the said Lot 3, S 70° 30' W, 240.57 feet to an iron pin set atthe beginning of a curve to the right, and along said curve, havinga radius of 950.00 feet, a cord bearing and distance of S 76° 54' W,66.12 feet, for an arc distance of 66.13 feet to an iron pin found atthe Southwest corner of said Lot 3B and the Southeast corner of a5.00 acre tract described in a Contract of Sale & Purchase betweenthe Veterans Land Board at Texas and Claud Carrol Pinson of recordin Volume 641, Page 176 of the Deed Records of Williamson County,Texas, for the Southwest corner hereof;THENCE, along the West line of the said Lot 3B, N 12° 56' W, 767.91feet to an iron pin found at the Northwest corner of said Lot 3B andthe Northeast corner of the said Pinson 5.00 acre tract, for theNorthwest corner hereof;THENCE, along the North line of said Lot 3B, being also a North lineof Durham Park Section Four, N 70° 34' E. 261.11 feet, to theNortheast corner of said Lot 3B, for the Northeast corner hereof;THENCE, along the East line of said Lot 3B, being also the East lineof the previously mentioned Lot 3, S 16° 20' E, 771.11 feet to thePlace of BEGINNING and containing 5.02 acres of land. Being the sameproperty conveyed to Roy Butler by Warranty Deed from Raymond O.Horn and wife, Susie Horn, and Richard D. Horn and wife, Jeffra L.Horn, dated April 13, 1990.TRACT 16TRACTS 1 AND 2, DURHAM PARK SUBDIVISION SECTION NO. 5, A SUBDIVISIONIN WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT OF RECORDIN CABINET C, SLIDE 134, PLAT RECORDS OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS,AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS ASFOLLOWS:BEING a tract of land containing 49.49 acres, more or less,comprised of two (2) tracts known as 26.68 acre Tract 1, but foundto contain 26.52 acres by re-calculation 22.95 acre Tract 2, butfound to contain 22.97 acres by re-calculation, of Section No. 5 ofthe Durham Park Subdivision of record in Cabinet C-134 of the MapRecords of Williamson County, Texas. Said 49.49 acres being nowdescribed hereof by metes and bounds, to-wit:BEGINNING at an iron rod found for the northeasterly corner of saidTract No. 2, the northwesterly corner of Tract No. 3 of saidSubdivision and the northeasterly corner hereof;THENCE S 19° 16' E along the common boundary of tracts 2 and 3 of saidsubdivision, at 767.57 pass an iron rod in the northwesterlyboundary of a 50 foot roadway easement, at 792.57 feet in all, aniron rod for the common corner of Tracts 2, 3, 4 and 5 of saidsubdivision and the southeasterly corner hereof;THENCE S 70° 30' W along the centerline of said 50 foot roadwayeasement, at 1265.30 feet pass an iron rod for the common corner ofTracts 1, 2, 5, and 6 of said subdivision, at 2738.94 feet in all, apoint for the common corner of Tracts 1 and 6 for the southwesterlycorner hereof;THENCE N 19° 30' W at 25.0 feet an iron rod in the northwesterlyboundary of said 50 foot roadway, also being the southeasterlycorner of Lot 3 Block 'D' of the Durham Park Subdivision, of recordin Cabinet C-98 of said Map Records, and being a westerly cornerhereof;THENCE N 16° 20' W along the common boundary of said Lot 3 Block 'D'and this tract hereof, at 768.74 feet an iron rod found for thenortheasterly corner of said Lot 3 Block 'D' and the northwesterlycorner of Tract No. 1 and this tract hereof;THENCE N 70° 30' E along the northwesterly boundary of saidsubdivision at 1440.0 feet pass an iron rod for the northwesterlycorner of Tract No. 2 and the northeasterly corner of Tract No. l,at 2700.0 feet in all, the place of beginning, along with andsubject to said roadway easement as shown per plat;Being the same property conveyed to Roy A. Butler by Warranty Deedwith Vendor's Lien from Naumann Development Corporation, datedAugust 24, 1984, recorded at Vol. 1075, Page 738, Official Recordsof Williamson County, Texas.TRACT 17Lot 3, DURHAM PARK, SECTION FIVE, a subdivision recorded in CabinetC, Slide 134, Plat Records, Williamson County, Texas.TRACT 18Lot 4, DURHAM PARK, SECTION FIVE, a subdivision recorded in CabinetC, Slide 134, Plat Records, Williamson County, Texas.TRACT 19Lot 5, DURHAM PARK, SECTION FIVE, a subdivision recorded in CabinetC, Slide 134, Plat Records, Williamson County, Texas.TRACT 20BEING 3.56 ACRES OF LAND OUT OF THE STEPHEN THORNTON SURVEY ABST.#611 IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS, AND A PART OF A 33.88 ACRE TRACTDESCRIBED IN A DEED TO NEAL C. FOUST, SR., OF RECORD IN VOL. 417,PAGE 186, DEED RECORDS OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS, SURVEYED ON THEGROUND BY W. F. FOREST IN JANUARY OF 1975, AND BEING MOREPARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS AS FOLLOWS:BEGINNING at an iron pipe found in the North R O W of RM 1869, N 60deg. 27' E 79.3 feet from the original NW comer of the 33.88 acretract, the SW corner of the Horace Cromer tract described in a deedof record in Vol. 554, Page 440, Deed Records, bears S 71 deg. 41' W77.95 feet, said point is in the centerline of an old County Roadwhich is now closed;THENCE with the centerline of the abandoned road and following afence line N 60 deg. 27' E 993.0 feet to an iron pipe, N 89 deg. 08' E411.22 feet to an iron pipe and N 83 deg. 20' E 188.55 feet to aniron pipe in the North R O W of RM 1869;THENCE S 11 deg. 41' W 38.04 feet to a concrete R O W marker wherethe R O W widens;THENCE with the North R O W S 71 deg. 41' W at 200 feet pass a R O Wmarker, in all 1532.4 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING, containing inall 3.56 acres of land.Being the same property retained by Roy A. Butler in Warranty Deedto Horace E. Cromer dated July 24, 1975, recorded at Vol. 617, Page524, Official Records of Williamson County, Texas.SECTION 3. (a) The legal notice of the intention tointroduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of thisAct, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and acopy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnishedunder Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,Government Code.(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, hassubmitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission onEnvironmental Quality.(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filedits recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, thelieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house ofrepresentatives within the required time.(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of thisstate and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respectto the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilledand accomplished.SECTION 4. (a) If this Act does not receive a two-thirdsvote of all the members elected to each house, Subchapter C, Chapter8004A, Special District Local Laws Code, as added by Section 1 ofthis Act, is amended by adding Section 8004A.0307 to read asfollows:Sec. 8004A.0307. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. The district maynot exercise the power of eminent domain.(b) This section is not intended to be an expression of alegislative interpretation of the requirements of Section 17(c),Article I, Texas Constitution.SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receivesa vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, asprovided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If thisAct does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, thisAct takes effect September 1, 2025.____________________________________________________________President of the SenateSpeaker of the HouseI certify that H.B. No. 5674 was passed by the House on May10, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 81, Nays 47, 2 present, notvoting.______________________________Chief Clerk of the HouseI certify that H.B. No. 5674 was passed by the Senate on May28, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays 4.______________________________Secretary of the SenateAPPROVED: _____________________Date_____________________Governor
Relating to the creation of the River Ranch Municipal Utility District No. 1; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Sponsors
Rep. Terry Wilson (R) sponsors HB 5674, and 1 member has co-sponsored it.
Committees
HB 5674 went before 2 committees: Land & Resource Management and Local Government.
History
HB 5674 has taken 52 actions since Apr 14, 2025, the latest on Jun 20, 2025.
| Chamber | Action | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 20, 2025 | — | Filed without the Governor's signature | ||
Jun 20, 2025 | — | Effective on 9/1/25 | ||
May 31, 2025 | Senate | Signed in the Senate | ||
May 31, 2025 | — | Sent to the Governor | ||
May 30, 2025 | House | Reported enrolled |
Votes
HB 5674 went to 3 roll calls across both chambers, the latest on May 28, 2025 at 31–0.
| Chamber | Question | Yea | Nay | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 28, 2025 | Senate | Three day rule suspended | 31 | 0 | ||
May 28, 2025 | Senate | Read 3rd time | 31 | 0 | ||
May 10, 2025 | House | Read 3rd time RV#1985 | 128 | 0 |
Source: capitol.texas.gov · legiscan.com
