Title SD, Special District Local Laws Code

Sec. 1104.252. TAX RATE. (a) The board may impose the tax at a rate not to exceed the limit approved by the voters at the election authorizing the imposition of the tax. (b) Unless the rate is increased as provided by Section 1104.253, the tax rate for all purposes may not exceed…

Sec. 1104.253. ELECTION TO INCREASE MAXIMUM TAX RATE. (a) The board may order an election to increase the district's maximum tax rate to 12 cents on each $100 valuation of taxable property in the district. The board shall order the election if the board receives a petition reques…

Sec. 1104.254. TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR. The board may provide for the appointment of a tax assessor-collector for the district or may contract for the assessment and collection of taxes as provided by the Tax Code. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70 (S.B. 1147), Sec. 1.01…

Sec. 1104.301. DISSOLUTION; ELECTION. (a) The district may be dissolved only on approval of a majority of the district voters voting in an election held for that purpose. (b) A majority of the board may order that a dissolution election be held. (c) If the board receives a petiti…

Sec. 1104.302. NOTICE OF ELECTION. (a) The board shall give notice of an election under this subchapter by publishing once a week for two consecutive weeks a substantial copy of the election order in a newspaper with general circulation in the district. (b) The first publication …

Sec. 1104.303. BALLOT. The ballot for an election under this subchapter must be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The dissolution of the Teague Hospital District." Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70 (S.B. 1147), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2013.

Sec. 1104.304. ELECTION RESULTS. (a) If the board finds that the election results favor the proposition to dissolve the district, the board shall: (1) issue an order declaring the district be dissolved; and (2) specify in the order the date the dissolution takes effect. (b) If th…

Sec. 1104.305. DIRECTORS IN OFFICE AFTER DISSOLUTION. The directors in office on the date of the dissolution shall continue in office, without further election, until: (1) the affairs of the district are effectively concluded; and (2) all duties or acts required of the board are …

Sec. 1104.306. IMPOSITION OF TAX; TRANSFER OF DEBTS. After issuing the dissolution order, the board shall determine the debt owed by the district and shall: (1) impose on property subject to taxation in the district a tax in proportion of the debt to the property value and use th…

Sec. 1104.307. DISPOSITION OR TRANSFER OF ASSETS AND DEBTS. (a) The board may not dispose of or transfer the district's assets except for due compensation unless: (1) the debts are transferred to another governmental entity embracing the district; and (2) the transferred assets a…

Sec. 1104.308. SPENDING RESTRICTIONS. After the effective date of the district's dissolution, the board may not spend any money except as authorized together with all reasonable dissolution expenses and the district's legal debts incurred before that date. Added by Acts 2011, 82n…

Sec. 1104.309. REPORT; DISSOLUTION ORDER. (a) After the district has paid all district debts and has disposed of all district money and other assets as prescribed by this subchapter, the board shall file a written report with the Commissioners Court of Freestone County summarizin…