Title TN, Transportation Code

Sec. 441.013. SUBMISSION OF PRELIMINARY PLAN. Before submitting a petition to create a district under Section 441.018, a person must submit a preliminary plan for each road facility the district is to construct, acquire, or improve to each governmental entity to which the road fa…

Sec. 441.014. REVIEW OF PRELIMINARY PLAN. (a) Not later than the 120th day and not earlier than the 90th day after the date a preliminary plan is submitted under Section 441.013, the governmental entity shall determine whether: (1) the plan meets the governmental entity's require…

Sec. 441.015. GRANTING OR DENYING APPROVAL OF PRELIMINARY PLAN. (a) The governing body of a governmental entity that approves a preliminary plan and is willing to accept conveyance of the road facilities on acquisition or completion of construction or improvement shall: (1) issue…

Sec. 441.016. APPROVAL OF MULTIPLE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES. (a) If road facilities constructed, acquired, or improved by a district are to be conveyed to more than one governmental entity, each governmental entity must: (1) approve the plans for the road facilities to be conveyed t…

Sec. 441.017. APPROVAL OF PRELIMINARY PLAN FOR ROAD FACILITY IN MUNICIPALITY OR MUNICIPALITY'S EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION. (a) This section applies only to a district that: (1) is located in whole or part in a municipality or the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality…

Sec. 441.018. PETITION REQUIRED. To create a district a person must file with the commission a petition requesting creation of the district. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Sec. 441.019. CONTENTS OF PETITION. (a) The petition must include: (1) the district's name; (2) the name of each county in which the district will be located; (3) a description of the district's boundaries; (4) each petitioner's name; (5) a statement that the petitioners hold tit…

Sec. 441.020. FILING OF PRELIMINARY PLAN AND APPROVAL STATEMENT. (a) The petition must be accompanied by a copy of: (1) the preliminary plan for any road facility the district is to construct, acquire, and improve; and (2) each required approval statement. (b) The commission may …

Sec. 441.021. PETITION FEE. (a) The petition must be accompanied by a reasonable fee in an amount determined by the commission not to exceed $5,000. The commission may not refund the fee or any part of the fee. (b) The commission shall use the fee to pay costs of processing the p…

Sec. 441.022. HEARING REQUIRED. (a) As soon as practicable after the petition, preliminary plan, and each required approval statement is filed with the commission, the commission shall call and hold a hearing on the petition and preliminary plan. (b) The hearing may be in Travis …

Sec. 441.023. NOTICE OF HEARING. (a) In addition to the notice requirements of Chapter 2001, Government Code, and not later than the 10th day before the date of the hearing, the commission shall give written notice of the hearing to: (1) the commissioners court of each county in …

Sec. 441.024. GRANTING OR DENYING PETITION. As soon as practicable after conclusion of the hearing, the commission shall adopt an order: (1) granting the creation of the district and approving the plan; or (2) denying the petition and disapproving the plan. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., …

Sec. 441.025. GROUNDS REQUIRING GRANTING OF PETITION. The commission shall grant the creation of the district and approve the plan if it finds that: (1) the creation of the district will benefit the real property in the district; (2) each proposed road facility is feasible, pract…

Sec. 441.026. GROUNDS REQUIRING DENIAL OF PETITION. The commission shall refuse to authorize creation of the district if the commission: (1) finds that creation of the district will benefit none of the real property to be included in the district; or (2) is unable to make any of …

Sec. 441.027. OTHER CONSIDERATIONS IN GRANTING OR DENYING PETITION. Before the commission adopts an order under Section 441.024, it may: (1) consult with each governmental entity that has submitted an approval statement regarding suggested changes in the plan; (2) suggest or dire…

Sec. 441.028. ADJUSTMENT OF BOUNDARIES. If the commission finds that not all of the real property proposed to be included in the district will be benefitted by the creation of the district, the commission shall: (1) make a finding on the lack of benefit; (2) exclude from the dist…

Sec. 441.029. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS. (a) If the commission authorizes the creation of the district, it shall appoint five persons from those suggested in the petition to serve as temporary directors of the district. Not later than the 10th day after the date of appointment, a tempo…

Sec. 441.030. CONFIRMATION ELECTION. (a) Not later than the 15th day after the date that all temporary directors have been appointed and have qualified, the temporary directors shall meet and order an election in the boundaries of the proposed district to confirm the creation of …

Sec. 441.031. NOTICE OF CONFIRMATION ELECTION. (a) Not later than the 36th day before the date of the confirmation election, the temporary directors shall publish notice of the election once in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the proposed district. (b) The notice…

Sec. 441.032. BALLOT FOR CONFIRMATION ELECTION. (a) To have a person's name printed on the ballot as a candidate for director, the person must file a petition with the temporary directors not later than the 31st day before the date of the election. (b) The ballot for the election…

Sec. 441.033. CANVASS. The temporary directors shall canvass the returns and declare the results. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Sec. 441.034. EFFECT OF CONFIRMATION ELECTION. (a) If the majority of the votes received in the election favor creation of the district, the temporary directors shall declare the district created. If the majority of the votes received in the election are against the creation of t…

Sec. 441.035. INCLUDING BOND PROPOSITION AT ELECTION. (a) At the election, the temporary directors may include a separate ballot proposition to approve the issuance by the district of bonds payable from ad valorem taxes. (b) If a bond proposition is to be included, the election n…

Sec. 441.071. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Except as provided by Section 441.072, a district is governed by a board of directors composed of five members elected as provided by this chapter. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Sec. 441.072. BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS. (a) The governing body of a governmental entity to which a road facility has been conveyed under Section 441.133 is the ex officio board of directors of the district making the transfer if: (1) all district road facilities ar…

Sec. 441.073. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS. (a) In each year on a uniform election date as provided by Chapter 41, Election Code, an election shall be held in the district to elect the appropriate number of directors. (b) To have a person's name printed on the ballot at a directors' ele…

Sec. 441.074. TERM; TAKING OFFICE. (a) A director serves a two-year term. (b) A director takes office at the first regular meeting of the board after the director's election. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Sec. 441.075. COMPENSATION. A director is entitled to receive for the director's services: (1) not more than $25 a day for each meeting of the board that the director attends; and (2) reimbursement for expenses incurred while engaged in the director's duties for the district as a…

Sec. 441.076. VACANCY. A vacancy on the board shall be filled for the unexpired term by a person appointed by the remaining directors. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Sec. 441.077. OFFICERS. (a) After each directors' election, the board shall hold a regular meeting at a district office and elect from the directors a presiding officer, assistant presiding officer, secretary, and treasurer. A person elected under this subsection serves until the…

Sec. 441.078. GENERAL MANAGER. The board may employ a general manager and delegate to the general manager full authority to manage and operate the affairs of the district, subject only to board orders. The general manager is the chief administrative officer of the district. Acts …

Sec. 441.079. OTHER OFFICERS. The board may appoint or employ an engineer, attorney, or accountant. A person appointed or employed under this section is entitled to compensation provided by the district's budget. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Sec. 441.080. PERSONNEL. (a) The board or the general manager, if the district has a general manager, may: (1) employ persons necessary to carry out the business and operation of the district; and (2) employ or contract with personnel necessary to carry out this chapter. (b) The …

Sec. 441.081. OFFICER'S, EMPLOYEE'S, OR CONTRACTOR'S BOND. (a) The board shall require each officer, employee, or person under contract to the district who collects, pays, or handles district money to furnish a bond. (b) The bond must be: (1) payable to the district; (2) for an a…

Sec. 441.082. MEETINGS. (a) The board shall hold regular meetings on dates established by board order. (b) The board may hold special meetings at the call of the presiding officer or on request of three members of the board. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 19…

Sec. 441.083. VOTE REQUIRED FOR ACTION. An action of the board requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the board members. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Sec. 441.084. RECORDS. The district shall keep a complete written account of all of its proceedings and securely maintain district records. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Sec. 441.085. OFFICE. The board shall maintain one or more offices for conducting district business. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Sec. 441.086. SEAL. The board shall adopt a seal for the district. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. SUBCHAPTER E. POWERS AND DUTIES

Sec. 441.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. (a) A district may: (1) acquire a road facility, acquire property for a road facility, and construct or improve a road facility, inside or outside district boundaries, as provided by this chapter; (2) provide financing for a road facility …

Sec. 441.102. RULES. After notice and hearing, the board shall adopt rules to carry out this chapter, including rules providing procedures for giving notice and holding hearings before the board. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Sec. 441.103. SUIT AND JUDGMENT. (a) A district, through its board and in the name of the district, may sue and be sued in a state court. Process in a suit may be served on the presiding officer of the board. (b) A state court shall take judicial notice of the creation of the boa…

Sec. 441.111. CONSTRUCTION, ACQUISITION, OR IMPROVEMENT OF ROAD FACILITY. (a) A district shall construct, acquire, and improve a road facility included in the plan the commission approves so that the road facility meets the requirements of the plan. (b) A district may not constru…

Sec. 441.112. PROGRESS PAYMENTS. A contract of the district for the construction or improvement of a road facility may include a procedure for paying for the construction or improvement as work progresses. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Sec. 441.113. JOINT PROJECT. (a) A district contract with a state agency, a political subdivision, or a corporation created by the commission under Chapter 431 may: (1) provide for joint payment of the costs of a project; and (2) require the state agency, political subdivision, o…

Sec. 441.114. COMPETITIVE BIDS. A district may enter a construction or improvement contract requiring an expenditure of more than $15,000 only after competitive bidding as provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 271, Local Government Code. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Se…