Title 14, Local Government

(a) (1) The board shall annually choose from among its members a chair and a secretary-treasurer.(2) The chair and secretary-treasurer shall furnish bonds conditioned upon faithful performance of their duties in the amount of five thousand dollars ($5,000) each. The cost of secur…

Any county or city creating a red imported fire ant abatement district will be responsible to the Fire Ant Advisory Board. The board of commissioners of each red imported fire ant abatement district shall submit to the Fire Ant Advisory Board an annual report of any abatement pro…

(a) As soon as is practical after its establishment, the board shall prepare plans for providing red imported fire ant abatement services and for acquiring the property and equipment necessary to carry out the purposes of the district. (b) The board shall thereupon appoint three …

(a) The assessment shall be filed with the county clerk of the county in which the property is located, and the secretary of the board shall thereupon give notice of its filing by publication one (1) time a week for two (2) weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the count…

(a) The commissioners shall one (1) time a year order the assessors to reassess the annual benefits of the district, provided there have been improvements made or improvements destroyed or removed from one (1) or more tracts of land in the district, making it necessary to have th…

(a) The original assessment record or any reassessment record shall be filed with the county clerk, whose duty it shall be to extend the annual benefit assessment annually upon the tax books of the county until the district is dissolved. (b) It shall then be the duty of the count…

(a) Funds of the district shall be expended only upon the order of the board and upon a voucher check signed by the chairman and secretary/treasurer of the board.(1) Every voucher check shall state upon its face to whom the amount is payable, and the purpose for which it is issue…

(a) The board shall have the authority to issue negotiable bonds or certificates of indebtedness to secure funds for the expenses of the district including office supplies and salaries, the purchase of equipment, facilities, chemicals, and such other items as may be necessary to …

(a) (1) It shall be plainly stated on the face of each bond that it has been issued under the provisions of this subchapter, that the bonds shall be obligations only of the district, and that in no event shall they constitute any indebtedness for which the faith and credit of the…

(a) Bonds may be issued for the purpose of refunding any bonds issued under this subchapter. (b) Refunding bonds may be either sold or delivered in exchange for the bonds being refunded. If sold, the proceeds may be either applied to the payment of the bonds being refunded or dep…

Bonds issued under the provisions of this subchapter, and the interest thereon, shall be exempt from all state, county, and municipal taxes. This exemption shall include income, inheritance, and estate taxes.

(a) A red imported fire ant abatement district created under this subchapter may be dissolved upon a vote of a majority of the qualified electors of the district, and the question of dissolution of the district may be submitted to the electors in the same manner as is prescribed …