Title SD, Special District Local Laws Code

Sec. 8185.021. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS. (a) On or after September 1, 2007, a person who owns land in the district may submit a petition to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality requesting that the commission appoint as temporary directors the five persons named in the petitio…

Sec. 8185.022. ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING OF TEMPORARY DIRECTORS. As soon as practicable after all the temporary directors have qualified under Section 49.055, Water Code, the directors shall meet at a location in the district agreeable to a majority of the directors. If a location c…

Sec. 8185.023. CONFIRMATION AND INITIAL DIRECTORS' ELECTION. (a) The temporary directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district and to elect five directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code. (b) Section 41.001(a), Election Code, does not apply to a…

Sec. 8185.024. INITIAL ELECTED DIRECTORS; TERMS. The directors elected under Section 8185.023 shall draw lots to determine which two serve until the first regularly scheduled election of directors under Section 8185.052 and which three shall serve until the second regularly sched…

Sec. 8185.025. FIRST REGULARLY SCHEDULED ELECTION OF DIRECTORS. The board by order may postpone the first election under Section 8185.052 following the confirmation and initial directors' election held under Section 8185.023 if: (1) the election would otherwise occur not later th…

Sec. 8185.051. DIRECTORS; TERMS. (a) The district is governed by a board of five directors. (b) Directors serve staggered four-year terms. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1254 (H.B. 2782), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.

Sec. 8185.052. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS. On the uniform election date in May of each even-numbered year, the appropriate number of directors shall be elected. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1254 (H.B. 2782), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007. SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES

Sec. 8185.101. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES. The district has the powers and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitu…

Sec. 8185.102. UTILITIES. The district may not impose an impact fee or assessment on the property, equipment, rights-of-way, facilities, or improvements of: (1) an electric utility as defined by Section 31.002, Utilities Code; (2) a gas utility as defined by Section 101.003 or 12…

Sec. 8185.103. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCES OR RESOLUTIONS. Subject to the limitations of Section 54.016, Water Code, the district shall comply with all valid and applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution adopted by a municipality in the corporate lim…

Sec. 8185.104. EMINENT DOMAIN. (a) The district may exercise the power of eminent domain as provided by this section only if the district submits a letter to the comptroller not later than December 31, 2015, in accordance with the requirements of Section 2206.101(b), Government C…