Title LG, Local Government Code

Sec. 563.053. BOARD COMPOSITION. (a) The board is composed of five directors. (b) One director must be a member of the commissioners court appointed by the court at its first meeting of each county fiscal year. (c) Four directors are elected by voters in the county. The elected p…

Sec. 563.054. BOARD OFFICERS. (a) The directors shall select a president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer to serve one-year terms. (b) The president and vice president must be members of the board. The secretary and treasurer are not required to be board members. (c) The…

Sec. 563.055. COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS. A director is entitled to receive: (1) reimbursement for actual expenses incurred in conducting the business of the board; and (2) a fee in the amount set by the commissioners court for each meeting attended. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg.,…

Sec. 563.056. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW TO BOARD AND COUNTY. (a) The board is subject to: (1) Subchapter C, Chapter 262; (2) the open meetings law, Chapter 551, Government Code; (3) the public information law, Chapter 552, Government Code; and (4) Chapter 2256, Government Code. …

Sec. 563.057. BYLAWS. (a) The board may adopt bylaws to regulate its affairs and establish the area in the county in which it has responsibility for providing utility service. (b) The bylaws may provide for a seal for the board. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 15, ef…

Sec. 563.058. UTILITY SYSTEM'S BUDGET. (a) The president of the board, with the assistance of the business manager, shall propose a budget for each utility system under the board's control that includes for the next fiscal year of the county: (1) the anticipated revenue of that u…

Sec. 563.059. DEPOSIT OF REVENUE. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the treasurer of the board shall deposit all revenue from a system operated and managed by the board to the credit of one or more separate accounts in the county depository. (b) The treasurer may deposit …

Sec. 563.060. DISBURSEMENT OF UTILITY SYSTEM'S MONEY. (a) The board in its bylaws shall provide procedures under which money the board deposits in the county depository may be spent only after the board has determined that the money for payment was properly budgeted. Approval of …

Sec. 563.061. RATES AND CHARGES. The board may establish rates and charges for services, fees for connections, security deposits, and other charges required for efficient operation of each utility system for which it has responsibility. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec…

Sec. 563.062. USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN PROHIBITED. The board may not exercise the power of eminent domain. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Renumbered from Local Government Code, Section 413.062 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), …

Sec. 563.063. EXTENSION OR IMPROVEMENT OF SYSTEM. (a) The board may provide for an extension or improvement to a utility system. (b) The board may not provide for the extension of service to an area within the boundaries or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality or withi…

Sec. 563.064. PURCHASE OF WATER OR WASTEWATER SYSTEM. With the approval of the commissioners court, the board may purchase an existing privately owned wastewater collection and treatment system or water supply and distribution system that supplies retail utility service in the co…

Sec. 563.065. ABOLITION OF CONSERVATION AND RECLAMATION DISTRICT. (a) With the consent of the directors of a conservation and reclamation district located in a county, the commissioners court of the county may assume the outstanding obligations of the district and provide for the…

Sec. 563.066. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE AD VALOREM TAX OBLIGATIONS. (a) The board may not incur or issue an obligation that is payable, in whole or in part, from ad valorem taxes. (b) The commissioners court of the county by order may authorize on behalf of the board the issuance of obl…

Sec. 563.067. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE REVENUE OBLIGATIONS. The board by resolution may authorize the issuance of obligations for one or more of the purposes described by Section 563.066(b) that are payable solely from the revenue of one or more systems. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., …

Sec. 563.068. MATURITY. An obligation issued under this subchapter must mature not later than 40 years after its date. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Renumbered from Local Government Code, Section 413.068 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 88…

Sec. 563.101. PLEDGE FOR PAYMENT OF BONDS. The commissioners court of a county may provide for the payment of the principal of and interest on bonds issued under this chapter: (1) by pledging all or part of the county's revenue from its wastewater collection and treatment system …

Sec. 563.102. ADDITIONAL BOND SECURITY. (a) Bonds issued under this chapter may be secured additionally by an encumbrance on part or all of the physical property of the wastewater collection and treatment system or water supply and distribution system and each right relating to t…

Sec. 563.103. CONTENTS OF ORDER OR RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ISSUANCE OF BONDS. (a) An order or resolution of the commissioners court authorizing the issuance of bonds, including refunding bonds, under this chapter may: (1) provide for the flow of funds and the establishment and mai…

Sec. 563.104. ADOPTION AND EXECUTION OF DOCUMENTS. The commissioners court may adopt and have executed any other proceeding or instrument necessary and convenient in the issuance of bonds under this chapter. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Ren…

Sec. 563.105. MATURITY. A bond issued under this chapter other than a bond issued under Subchapter B must mature not later than 25 years after its date of issuance. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Renumbered from Local Government Code, Section…

Sec. 563.106. AUTHORIZED INVESTMENT FOR SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION. A bond issued under this chapter is an authorized investment for a savings and loan association. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Renumbered from Local Government Code, Secti…

Sec. 563.107. EXEMPTION FROM TAXATION. A bond issued under this chapter, any transaction relating to the bond, and profits made in the sale of the bond are exempt from taxation by this state or by a municipality or other political subdivision of the state. Added by Acts 1999, 76t…

Sec. 563.151. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE REFUNDING BONDS. A county may issue bonds under this subchapter to refund all or part of its outstanding bonds issued under this chapter, including matured but unpaid interest coupons. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1,…

Sec. 563.152. SOURCES AVAILABLE FOR PAYMENT. Refunding bonds issued under this subchapter may be payable from any source, including the source from which the bonds to be refunded are payable. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Renumbered from Loc…

Sec. 563.153. REGISTRATION. The comptroller shall register refunding bonds issued under this subchapter on surrender and cancellation of the bonds to be refunded. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Renumbered from Local Government Code, Section 4…

Sec. 563.154. AUTHORITY TO DEPOSIT WITH PAYING AGENT. (a) In an order or resolution authorizing the issuance of refunding bonds, the commissioners court may provide that proceeds from the sale of the bonds are to be deposited with the person at whose location the bonds to be refu…

Sec. 563.155. MANNER OF REFUNDING. The refunding may take place in one delivery or in installment deliveries. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Renumbered from Local Government Code, Section 413.155 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2…