Title SD, Special District Local Laws Code

Sec. 6906.051. COMPOSITION OF BOARD; TERMS. (a) The district is governed by a board of 11 directors, each of whom occupies a numbered place on the board. (b) Directors serve staggered two-year terms, with the terms of the directors occupying Places 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 expiring on A…

Sec. 6906.052. QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE. (a) Directors must be appointed from areas in Coryell County as follows: (1) one each from the Oglesby-Mound area and Levita area; (2) two each from the Pancake area, Jonesboro area, and Turnersville area; and (3) three from the Coryell C…

Sec. 6906.053. VACANCIES. Any vacancy occurring on the board shall be filled for the unexpired term by appointment in the manner in which the vacating director was appointed. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.06, eff. April 1, 2009.

Sec. 6906.054. REMOVAL FROM OFFICE. After reasonable notice and a public hearing, the board may remove a director from office for misfeasance, malfeasance, or wilful neglect of duty. Reasonable notice and a public hearing are not required if the notice and hearing are expressly w…

Sec. 6906.055. BOARD RESOLUTIONS; VOTING REQUIREMENTS. (a) The district shall act by resolutions adopted by the board. (b) All directors are entitled to vote. (c) The affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present is necessary to adopt a resolution. Added by Acts 2007, 8…

Sec. 6906.056. OFFICERS AND ASSISTANTS. (a) The board shall elect a president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer at the first meeting of the newly constituted board each year and at any time necessary to fill a vacancy. (b) The board shall elect the president and vice pres…

Sec. 6906.057. DUTIES OF OFFICERS AND ASSISTANTS. (a) The board president shall preside at board meetings and perform other duties prescribed by the board. (b) The board treasurer shall perform duties and functions prescribed by the board. (c) The board secretary is the official …

Sec. 6906.058. MEETINGS. The board shall have regular meetings at times specified by board resolution and shall have special meetings when called by the board president or by any two directors. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.06, eff. April 1, 200…

Sec. 6906.059. PERSONAL LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS. A director is not personally liable for any bond issued or contract executed by the district. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.06, eff. April 1, 2009. SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES

Sec. 6906.101. GENERAL POWERS. The district has all powers necessary or appropriate to achieve the purposes of this chapter. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.06, eff. April 1, 2009.

Sec. 6906.102. GENERAL POWERS REGARDING WATER. The district has all rights, powers, and privileges necessary or useful to enable it to acquire, provide, supply, deliver, and sell potable water for any beneficial purpose in its boundaries and vicinity and in Coryell and McLennan C…

Sec. 6906.103. GENERAL POWERS REGARDING WASTE. (a) The district has all rights, powers, and privileges necessary or useful to enable it to collect, transport, dispose of, and control domestic, industrial, or communal wastes, whether in fluid, solid, or composite state, inside and…

Sec. 6906.104. DISTRICT BYLAWS AND RULES. The district may adopt and enforce: (1) bylaws and rules for the conduct of its affairs; and (2) rules that a municipal utility district may adopt and enforce under Sections 54.205 et seq., Water Code. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S.,…

Sec. 6906.105. PROPERTY ACQUISITION, USE, AND DISPOSITION. (a) The district may acquire, own, rent, lease, accept, hold, or dispose of property, or an interest in property, including a right or easement, by purchase, exchange, gift, assignment, condemnation, sale, lease, or other…

Sec. 6906.106. REQUESTS FOR AND ACCEPTANCE OF AID. The district may request and accept an appropriation, grant, allocation, subsidy, guarantee, aid, service, material, or gift from any public or private source, including the federal government, the state, a public agency, or a po…

Sec. 6906.107. DISTRICT OFFICE. The district may operate and maintain an office. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.06, eff. April 1, 2009.

Sec. 6906.108. PERSONNEL. The district may appoint and determine the duties, tenure, qualifications, and compensation of district officers and employees, as well as any agent, professional advisor, or counselor, including any financial consultant, accountant, attorney, architect,…

Sec. 6906.109. PERMITS. (a) The district may obtain through appropriate proceedings permits from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. (b) The district may acquire water appropriation permits from owners of permits by contract or otherwise. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg.,…

Sec. 6906.110. GENERAL CONTRACT POWERS. (a) The district may enter into and enforce a contract or agreement necessary or convenient to the exercise of the powers, rights, privileges, and functions conferred on the district by this chapter or the general law, including a contract …

Sec. 6906.111. AUTHORITY OF PUBLIC AGENCIES AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS TO CONTRACT WITH DISTRICT. (a) A public agency or political subdivision of this state may enter into a contract or agreement with the district, on terms agreed to by the parties, for: (1) the purchase or sale …

Sec. 6906.112. ACQUISITION OF LAND; STORAGE CAPACITY. (a) The district may acquire land, or an interest in land, inside or outside the district for any work, plant, or other facility necessary or useful to divert, impound, store, drill for, pump, treat, or transport water for mun…

Sec. 6906.113. CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS. (a) The district may award a construction contract that requires an expenditure of more than $5,000 only after publication of notice to bidders once each week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the district. (…

Sec. 6906.114. CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO DISTRICT. A public agency or political subdivision of this state may lease, sell, or otherwise convey to the district any of its land, improvements, property, plants, lines, or other facilities related to the supply of water or the collection,…

Sec. 6906.115. DISPOSAL OF PROPERTY. Subject to the terms of a resolution or deed of trust authorizing or securing bonds issued by the district, the district may sell, lease, rent, trade, or otherwise dispose of property under terms considered by the board to be consistent with d…

Sec. 6906.116. EMINENT DOMAIN. (a) To carry out a power provided by this chapter, the district may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire the fee simple title to land, or any other interest in land, and other property and easements, inside or outside the district. (b) Th…

Sec. 6906.117. COST OF RELOCATING OR ALTERING PROPERTY. (a) In this section, the term "sole expense" means the actual cost of the relocation, raising, lowering, rerouting, or change in grade or alteration of construction required under Subsection (b) to provide a comparable repla…

Sec. 6906.118. RIGHTS-OF-WAY; EASEMENTS. The district has all necessary or useful right-of-way and easements along, over, under, and across all public, state, municipal, and county roads, highways, and places for any of its purposes. The district shall restore a facility used to …

Sec. 6906.119. SEAL. The district may adopt an official seal. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.06, eff. April 1, 2009. SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 6906.151. DISTRICT MONEY. The district may acquire, hold, use, and dispose of its receipts and money from any source. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.06, eff. April 1, 2009.

Sec. 6906.152. AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY AND ISSUE BONDS. The district, in the manner and to the extent permitted by this chapter, may: (1) borrow money for any of its corporate purposes; (2) enter into agreements in connection with the borrowing; (3) issue its bonds for money bo…

Sec. 6906.153. DEPOSITORY. (a) The board shall designate one or more banks or savings and loan associations inside or outside the district to serve as the depository for the district's money. (b) All of the district's money shall be deposited in the depository designated by the b…

Sec. 6906.154. INVESTMENT OF DISTRICT MONEY. The board may invest district money in obligations and make time deposits of district money in a manner determined by the board or in the manner permitted or required in a resolution or trust indenture authorizing or securing district …

Sec. 6906.155. DISTRICT FACILITIES EXEMPT FROM TAXATION AND ASSESSMENT. The district is not required to pay a tax or assessment on its facilities or any part of its facilities. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.06, eff. April 1, 2009. SUBCHAPTER E. …

Sec. 6906.201. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS. (a) The district may issue bonds payable from and secured by district revenue to carry out any purpose or power conferred on the district by this chapter. The bonds must be authorized by a board resolution. (b) The bonds must be issued in …

Sec. 6906.202. FORM OF BONDS. District bonds must be: (1) issued in the district's name; (2) signed by the president or vice president; and (3) attested by the secretary. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.06, eff. April 1, 2009.

Sec. 6906.203. MATURITY. District bonds must mature not later than 40 years after the date of their issuance. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.06, eff. April 1, 2009.

Sec. 6906.204. BONDS SECURED BY REVENUE; ADDITIONAL BONDS. (a) District bonds may be secured by a pledge of all or part of the district's revenue, or by all or part of the payments or rentals under one or more contracts or leases specified by board resolution or a trust indenture…

Sec. 6906.205. ADDITIONAL SECURITY. (a) District bonds may be additionally secured, at the discretion of the board, by a deed of trust or mortgage lien on all or part of the district's physical property, facilities, easements, franchises, water rights and appropriation permits, l…

Sec. 6906.206. TRUST INDENTURE. (a) District bonds, including refunding bonds, may be additionally secured by a trust indenture. The trustee may be a bank with trust powers located inside or outside the state. (b) A trust indenture, regardless of the existence of a deed of trust …

Sec. 6906.207. CHARGES FOR DISTRICT SERVICES. If district bonds payable wholly from revenue are issued, the board shall set and revise the rates, fees, and charges assessed for water sold and waste collection and treatment services provided by the district. The rates, fees, and c…

Sec. 6906.208. STATE PLEDGE REGARDING RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF BONDHOLDERS. Without depriving this state of its power to regulate and control the rates, fees, and charges assessed for water sold and waste collection and treatment services provided by the district, the state pledges…

Sec. 6906.209. USE OF BOND PROCEEDS. (a) The district may set aside an amount of proceeds from the sale of district bonds for: (1) the payment of interest expected to accrue during construction not to exceed three years; (2) a debt service reserve fund; and (3) other funds as may…

Sec. 6906.210. APPOINTMENT OF RECEIVER. (a) On default or threatened default in the payment of the principal of or interest on district bonds that are payable wholly or partly from revenue, a court may, on petition of the holders of outstanding bonds, appoint a receiver for the d…

Sec. 6906.211. REFUNDING BONDS. (a) The district may issue refunding bonds to refund outstanding district bonds and interest on those bonds. (b) Refunding bonds may: (1) be issued to refund bonds of more than one series; (2) combine the pledges for the outstanding bonds for the s…

Sec. 6906.212. OTHER REMEDIES AND COVENANTS. The resolution authorizing the issuance of any district bonds, including refunding bonds, or the trust indenture securing the bonds, may provide other remedies and covenants the board considers necessary to issue the bonds on the most …

Sec. 6906.213. LIMITATION ON RIGHTS OF BONDHOLDERS. The resolution authorizing the bonds or the trust indenture securing the bonds may limit or qualify the rights of the holders of less than all of the outstanding bonds payable from the same source to institute or prosecute litig…