Title SD, Special District Local Laws Code

Sec. 8246.052. DIRECTOR'S BOND; TREASURER'S BOND. (a) Each director shall give bond in the amount of $1,000 for the faithful performance of the director's duties. (b) The treasurer of the district shall give bond in the amount of $2,500 for the faithful performance of the treasur…

Sec. 8246.053. OFFICIAL ACTIONS; QUORUM. (a) The board shall perform official actions by resolution. (b) Two-thirds of the board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of any business of the district. (c) A majority vote of those present is sufficient in any official action, in…

Sec. 8246.054. BOARD MEETINGS. (a) The board shall hold regular meetings at least once every three months. The dates of regular meetings must be established in the district's bylaws or by resolution. (b) The president or any three directors may call a special meeting as necessary…

Sec. 8246.055. BOARD COMPENSATION FOR ATTENDING MEETINGS. Unless the board by resolution increases the fee to an amount authorized by Section 49.060, Water Code: (1) each director is entitled to receive a fee of $20 for attending each board meeting; and (2) a director may not be …

Sec. 8246.056. OFFICERS. (a) The president shall perform those functions that are customarily incident to the office of president. (b) The vice president shall act as president in case of the inability, absence, or failure of the president to act. (c) The secretary may be a direc…

Sec. 8246.101. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS; GENERAL POWERS. (a) The district has and may exercise the powers, functions, duties, and privileges provided by general law applicable to a municipal utility district, including those conferred by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code. (…

Sec. 8246.102. EMINENT DOMAIN. The district may exercise the power of eminent domain inside district boundaries to acquire property of any kind, or an interest in property, necessary or convenient for the district to exercise a right, power, privilege, or function conferred on th…

Sec. 8246.103. CONTRACTS AND WARRANTS. The district may enter into contracts and issue warrants payable from current funds under the applicable provisions of Chapter 252, Local Government Code, that relate to a municipality with a population of less than 5,000, to the extent thos…

Sec. 8246.151. FLOOD CONTROL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district may: (1) exercise a power, right, privilege, or function conferred by general law on a flood control district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, as applicable to Lavaca County and essential to th…

Sec. 8246.152. EASEMENT OVER AND RELOCATION OF ROADS. The district has a right-of-way and easement over and across a road or highway of this state or a subdivision of this state for the construction or maintenance of a district flood control project, subject to the concurrence of…

Sec. 8246.153. MAINTENANCE OF FEDERAL FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS. The district is entitled to maintain a flood control project constructed in Lavaca County by the United States if the project: (1) extends wholly or partly into the district or is within five miles of the boundaries of…

Sec. 8246.201. PETITION AND ELECTION AUTHORIZING AD VALOREM TAX; TAX LIMIT. (a) The board may impose on all taxable property in the district an annual tax at a rate not to exceed 15 cents on the $100 valuation. (b) Before an election is held on the ad valorem tax proposition, a p…

Sec. 8246.202. NOTICE FOR AND MANNER OF HOLDING AD VALOREM TAX ELECTION. (a) Notice of an election under Section 8246.201 must be published once each week for two weeks in a newspaper that is published in Lavaca County and has general circulation in the district. (b) The date of …

Sec. 8246.203. TAX LAWS APPLICABLE. The laws of this state relating to the imposition of ad valorem taxes and collection of delinquent taxes by a water control and improvement district apply to the district. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B. 2619), Sec. 1.04, ef…

Sec. 8246.251. PETITION FOR BOND ELECTION. (a) A petition requesting an election on the proposition of the issuance of bonds for any purpose authorized in this chapter may be presented to the board. (b) The petition must be signed by at least 50 registered, property tax paying vo…

Sec. 8246.252. DATE AND NOTICE OF PETITION HEARING. (a) The board shall set a date for a public hearing on the petition that is not more than 30 days after the date the petition is filed with the board. (b) Notice of the hearing must be published once a week for two consecutive w…

Sec. 8246.253. HEARING AND DETERMINATION ON PETITION. (a) The board shall consider and determine all matters brought before the board at the hearing. (b) If the board determines that the proposed improvements are feasible and practicable and a benefit to the public, the board sha…

Sec. 8246.254. ELECTION FOR, ISSUANCE OF, AND SALE OF BONDS. (a) Except as provided by this section, the election for, issuance of, and sale of district bonds are governed by the provisions of Chapters 1201, 1207, 1251, and 1431, Government Code, that pertain to the election for,…