Title SD, Special District Local Laws Code

Sec. 8382.005. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT. (a) The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit. (b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of: (1) a municipal utility district as provided by general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Cons…

Sec. 8382.006. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY. (a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter. (b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in…

Sec. 8382.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the district is governed by a board of five elected directors. (b) If required under the terms of the agreement, ordinance, or resolution by which a municipality consents to the creation of the distri…

Sec. 8382.052. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS. (a) On or after the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the commission appoint as …

Sec. 8382.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1114 (S.B. 1913), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011.

Sec. 8382.102. 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. 8382.103. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS. (a) Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, grav…

Sec. 8382.104. APPROVAL OF ROAD PROJECT. (a) The district may not undertake a road project authorized by Section 8382.103 unless: (1) each municipality or county that will operate and maintain the road has approved the plans and specifications of the road project, if a municipali…

Sec. 8382.105. COMPLIANCE WITH AND ENFORCEABILITY OF MUNICIPAL CONSENT AGREEMENT, ORDINANCE, OR RESOLUTION. (a) The district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that consents…

Sec. 8382.106. CONTRACT TO FURTHER REGIONAL COOPERATION. The district and a municipality may contract on terms that the board and governing body of the municipality agree will further regional cooperation between the district and the municipality. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R…

Sec. 8382.107. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1114 (S.B. 1913), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011. SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 8382.151. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS. (a) The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other obligations secured by: (1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or (2) contract payments described by Section 8382.153. (b) The district must hold an election in t…

Sec. 8382.152. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. (a) If authorized at an election held under Section 8382.151, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code. (b) The board shall determine th…

Sec. 8382.153. CONTRACT TAXES. (a) In accordance with Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of the contract have been ap…

Sec. 8382.201. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS. The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay f…

Sec. 8382.202. TAXES FOR BONDS. At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all or part of the bonds are ou…

Sec. 8382.203. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS. At the time of issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the dist…

Sec. 8382.251. STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP; CONTINUATION OF DISTRICT AFTER ANNEXATION BY MUNICIPALITY. (a) The district may continue to exist as a limited district after full-purpose annexation by a municipality if the district and the annexing municipality state the terms of the limit…

Sec. 8382.252. MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION; NOTICE. (a) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 155 (H.B. 347), Sec. 2.01, eff. May 24, 2019. (b) Not later than the 30th day after the date a municipality adopts a resolution or ordinance consenting to the creation of the district, th…