Title SD, Special District Local Laws Code

Sec. 5008.0203. PRESIDING OFFICER. The commissioner elected from the district at large serves as the board's presiding officer. Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 203 (H.B. 1615), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2027. Text of section effective on April 01, 2027

Sec. 5008.0204. GENERAL MANAGER OR PORT DIRECTOR. (a) The board may: (1) employ a general manager or port director; and (2) give the manager or director full administrative authority to manage and operate the district's affairs, subject only to the board's supervision. (b) The bo…

Sec. 5008.0301. AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE AND LEASE LAND; EMINENT DOMAIN. (a) The district may own land adjacent or accessible to the navigable water in the district, whether acquired by gift, purchase, or exercise of the power of eminent domain. (b) The district may: (1) lease all or…

Sec. 5008.0302. AUTHORITY TO SELL LAND. The district may sell any part of land the district owns to any government or governmental agency, including this state or the United States, for any amount of money the board considers prudent and advisable if the board considers the sale …

Sec. 5008.0303. AUTHORITY TO LEASE OR GRANT EASEMENTS FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES. The district may, for causeway, road, or public utility purposes, lease, or grant an easement over or along, any real property the district owns or holds in fee simple or by patent, easement, or otherwise…

Sec. 5008.0304. CONVEYANCE AND ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN PROPERTY. (a) This section applies only to property, including land or an interest in land, that: (1) the district owns; (2) the United States desires to enable a United States department or establishment to carry out the prov…

Sec. 5008.0305. ENTRY ON PROPERTY. District commissioners, engineers, and employees may enter any land in the district to attend to any district business, including to examine the land and to make plans, surveys, maps, and profiles for improvements contemplated by the district. A…

Sec. 5008.0306. POWERS REGARDING PUBLIC AIRPORTS. (a) The district, in carrying out the district's powers and functions under the constitution and statutes of this state, may: (1) plan, acquire, own, control, protect, develop, maintain, and operate, or arrange by lease or contrac…

Sec. 5008.0307. LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SECURITY SERVICES. The board may: (1) employ and set the compensation of security personnel to protect the district's property; or (2) pay all or a part of the compensation of a deputy sheriff of Willacy County or a deputy constable of any prec…

Sec. 5008.0401. AD VALOREM TAX FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS. (a) The board may impose an ad valorem tax at a rate not to exceed 20 cents on each $100 valuation of taxable property in the district for the maintenance and operation of the district and the district's properties. (…

Sec. 5008.0501. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter applies only to bonds payable from both ad valorem taxes and district revenue. Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 203 (H.B. 1615), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2027. Text of section effective on April 01, 2027

Sec. 5008.0502. NOTICE OF ELECTION. (a) Instead of any other notice required by law, notice of an election to issue bonds must be published once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the district and must state: (1) the date of the election; (2…

Sec. 5008.0503. FORM OF BONDS. Bonds authorized at an election must be: (1) issued by board order; and (2) signed by the board's presiding officer and secretary. Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 203 (H.B. 1615), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2027. Text of section effective on …

Sec. 5008.0504. TAXES FOR BONDS. (a) If bonds are issued, the board shall impose an ad valorem tax on all taxable property in the district in each year during which the bonds are outstanding and unpaid. (b) The board shall impose the tax at the rate necessary to generate an amoun…