CAUSE NO. D-1-GN-26-001671 - E...
CAUSE NO. D-1-GN-26-001671 - E...
CAUSE NO. D-1-GN-26-001671 - EX PARTE, - NORTHWEST DENTON COUNTY - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1 - IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS - 345TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT - NOTICE OF PROCEEDING AND ORDER - The Court issues the following Notice of Proceeding and Order pursuant to Chapter 1205 of the Texas Government Code. - NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all persons who (i) reside within the territory of Northwest Denton County Municipal Utility District No. 1 ("District"); (ii) own property located within the District's boundaries; (iii) are taxpayers of the District; or (iv) have or claim a right, title, or interest in any property or money to be affected by the proceedings described below and/or the issuance of the declaratory judgment described below. For purposes of this Notice of Proceeding and Order, the persons named in sections (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) above shall be referred to as the "Interested Parties." - The District is municipal utility district serving an area in Denton County located outside of the City of Sanger, Texas ("Sanger") and specifically outside of Sanger's extraterritorial jurisdiction ("ETJ"). The District was created pursuant to Chapter 7933A, Texas Special District Local Laws Code. The District seeks to legally validate its boundaries as of the date of the District's December 4, 2025, order adding land to the District's boundaries and redefining the District's boundaries. - The District's position to the Court is as follows: On December 4, 2025, the District's board of directors approved the annexation of certain property into the District's boundaries. The property annexed into the District was previously removed from Sanger's ETJ, effective November 13, 2025. As of December 4, 2025, and through to present day, all property, including the annexed property, within the District's boundaries is located outside of any municipality's corporate limits or ETJ. Accordingly, Tex. Local Gov't Code § 42.0425 does not apply and the District was not required to obtain consent from Sanger or any other municipality for the annexation. - The District further maintains to the Court: On May 7, 2022, the District held an election in which the voters of the District approved the creation of the District, elected permanent directors, and authorized the issuance of a combined $1,383,283,345 in debt to be paid from unlimited ad-valorem tax for water, sewer, drainage, and road facilities. The voters also approved a tax for operations and maintenance for such facilities to not exceed $1.20 per $100 of valuation of all taxable property within the District. - As such, the District has filed an in rem action for declaratory judgment (the "Petition") seeking that: - (1) the land annexed into the District on or about December 4, 2025, was not within the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Sanger, Texas, or any other municipality on that date or any time thereafter to the present, and, therefore, the current boundaries of the District's approximate 416.517-acre territory are legal and valid and incontestable as a matter of law; and - (2) pursuant to and subject to the applicable requirements of Texas Water Code, Chapter 49, Subchapter F, and Chapter 54, Subchapter F, the District has the authority to issue the bonds for water, sanitary sewer, and road purposes, which bonds the District's voters duly authorized via a bond election held on May 7, 2022. - A full description of the lawsuit and the relief sought is contained in the District's Petition, Ex Parte Northwest Denton County Municipal Utility District No. 1, Cause No. D-1-GN-26-001671, filed in the 345th Judicial District Court of Travis County, Texas. - IT IS HEREBY ORDERED and Notice is hereby given, that any Interested Party or the Attorney General of the State of Texas may become a named party to these proceedings by pleading to the Petition on or before, and may appear for hearing and trial in the courtroom of the Judicial District Court of Travis County, Texas at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, April 13, 2026, it being the first Monday after the expiration of 20 days from the date this Order is issued. The hearing will be on the central docket in Travis County where judges exchange benches voluntarily to ensure that hearings such as this one are able take place timely and properly pursuant to the statute, and the hearing is not dependent on one judge's individual calendar or docket. The specific judge and courtroom for this matter will be announced the Friday before the hearing is to take place. The hearing will be held at the Travis County Civil and Family Courts Facility located at 1700 Guadalupe Street, Austin, Texas 78701. - After April 13, 2026, Interested Parties may become named parties by intervention on leave of court. - IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that, at such hearing and trial, any Interested Parties desiring to do so may appear, and the Attorney General of the State Texas shall appear, and show cause why the prayers of the District's Petition filed in this action and generally described above should not be granted. Be on further notice that, at such time, place, and date the Court will proceed to full and final hearing on the merits of all matters and prayers within the District's Petition. - SO ORDERED, signed this 20th day of March, 2026. - /s/ Amy Clark Meachum - JUDGE PRESIDING
CAUSE NO. D-1-GN-26-001671 - EX PARTE, - NORTHWEST DENTON COUNTY - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1 - IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS - 345TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT - NOTICE OF PROCEEDING AND ORDER - The Court issues the following Notice of Proceeding and Order pursuant to Chapter 1205 of the Texas Government Code. - NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all persons who (i) reside within the territory of Northwest Denton County Municipal Utility District No. 1 ("District"); (ii) own property located within the District's boundaries; (iii) are taxpayers of the District; or (iv) have or claim a right, title, or interest in any property or money to be affected by the proceedings described below and/or the issuance of the declaratory judgment described below. For purposes of this Notice of Proceeding and Order, the persons named in sections (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) above shall be referred to as the "Interested Parties." - The District is municipal utility district serving an area in Denton County located outside of the City of Sanger, Texas ("Sanger") and specifically outside of Sanger's extraterritorial jurisdiction ("ETJ"). The District was created pursuant to Chapter 7933A, Texas Special District Local Laws Code. The District seeks to legally validate its boundaries as of the date of the District's December 4, 2025, order adding land to the District's boundaries and redefining the District's boundaries. - The District's position to the Court is as follows: On December 4, 2025, the District's board of directors approved the annexation of certain property into the District's boundaries. The property annexed into the District was previously removed from Sanger's ETJ, effective November 13, 2025. As of December 4, 2025, and through to present day, all property, including the annexed property, within the District's boundaries is located outside of any municipality's corporate limits or ETJ. Accordingly, Tex. Local Gov't Code § 42.0425 does not apply and the District was not required to obtain consent from Sanger or any other municipality for the annexation. - The District further maintains to the Court: On May 7, 2022, the District held an election in which the voters of the District approved the creation of the District, elected permanent directors, and authorized the issuance of a combined $1,383,283,345 in debt to be paid from unlimited ad-valorem tax for water, sewer, drainage, and road facilities. The voters also approved a tax for operations and maintenance for such facilities to not exceed $1.20 per $100 of valuation of all taxable property within the District. - As such, the District has filed an in rem action for declaratory judgment (the "Petition") seeking that: - (1) the land annexed into the District on or about December 4, 2025, was not within the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Sanger, Texas, or any other municipality on that date or any time thereafter to the present, and, therefore, the current boundaries of the District's approximate 416.517-acre territory are legal and valid and incontestable as a matter of law; and - (2) pursuant to and subject to the applicable requirements of Texas Water Code, Chapter 49, Subchapter F, and Chapter 54, Subchapter F, the District has the authority to issue the bonds for water, sanitary sewer, and road purposes, which bonds the District's voters duly authorized via a bond election held on May 7, 2022. - A full description of the lawsuit and the relief sought is contained in the District's Petition, Ex Parte Northwest Denton County Municipal Utility District No. 1, Cause No. D-1-GN-26-001671, filed in the 345th Judicial District Court of Travis County, Texas. - IT IS HEREBY ORDERED and Notice is hereby given, that any Interested Party or the Attorney General of the State of Texas may become a named party to these proceedings by pleading to the Petition on or before, and may appear for hearing and trial in the courtroom of the Judicial District Court of Travis County, Texas at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, April 13, 2026, it being the first Monday after the expiration of 20 days from the date this Order is issued. The hearing will be on the central docket in Travis County where judges exchange benches voluntarily to ensure that hearings such as this one are able take place timely and properly pursuant to the statute, and the hearing is not dependent on one judge's individual calendar or docket. The specific judge and courtroom for this matter will be announced the Friday before the hearing is to take place. The hearing will be held at the Travis County Civil and Family Courts Facility located at 1700 Guadalupe Street, Austin, Texas 78701. - After April 13, 2026, Interested Parties may become named parties by intervention on leave of court. - IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that, at such hearing and trial, any Interested Parties desiring to do so may appear, and the Attorney General of the State Texas shall appear, and show cause why the prayers of the District's Petition filed in this action and generally described above should not be granted. Be on further notice that, at such time, place, and date the Court will proceed to full and final hearing on the merits of all matters and prayers within the District's Petition. - SO ORDERED, signed this 20th day of March, 2026. - /s/ Amy Clark Meachum - JUDGE PRESIDING
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