Title SD, Special District Local Laws Code

Sec. 8515.0105. TERRITORY. (a) The authority is composed of the territory described by Subsection (b) as that territory may have been modified under: (1) Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code; (2) Subchapter O, Chapter 51, Water Code; or (3) other law. (b) The authority includes a…

Sec. 8515.0106. CERTAIN STATUTES NOT APPLICABLE TO AUTHORITY. (a) The authority is created notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter 160, Acts of the 58th Legislature, Regular Session, 1963 (former Article 970a, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), as those provisions existed on June …

Sec. 8515.0201. MEMBERSHIP OF BOARD. (a) The board consists of nine directors appointed by the governor. (b) To be appointed as a director, a person must: (1) be 18 years of age or older; and (2) reside and own land in Kerr County. Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 203 (H.…

Sec. 8515.0202. TERMS. Directors serve staggered four-year terms, with four or five directors' terms expiring on February 1 of each odd-numbered year. Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 203 (H.B. 1615), Sec. 1.02, eff. April 1, 2027. Text of section effective on April 01, 2…

Sec. 8515.0203. REMOVAL. (a) It is a ground for removal from the board that a director: (1) does not have at the time of taking office the qualifications required by Sections 8515.0201 and 8515.0205; (2) does not maintain during service on the board the qualifications required by…

Sec. 8515.0204. VACANCY. The governor shall fill a vacancy on the board by appointing a person for the unexpired term. Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 203 (H.B. 1615), Sec. 1.02, eff. April 1, 2027. Text of section effective on April 01, 2027

Sec. 8515.0205. OATH AND BOND REQUIREMENT FOR DIRECTORS. (a) Each director shall: (1) take the constitutional oath of office; and (2) execute a bond for $5,000, conditioned on the faithful performance of the director's duties. (b) The authority shall pay the cost of the bond. Add…

Sec. 8515.0206. OFFICERS. (a) The governor shall designate a director as president to serve in that capacity at the will of the governor. The president is the authority's chief executive officer and the board's presiding officer. (b) The board shall elect from the board's members…

Sec. 8515.0207. VOTE BY PRESIDENT. The president has the same right to vote as any other director. Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 203 (H.B. 1615), Sec. 1.02, eff. April 1, 2027. Text of section effective on April 01, 2027

Sec. 8515.0208. ABSENCE OR INACTION OF PRESIDENT. When the president is absent or fails or declines to act, the vice president shall perform all duties and exercise all powers this chapter or general law confers on the president. Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 203 (H.B.…

Sec. 8515.0209. DUTY OF SECRETARY; ABSENCE OF SECRETARY FROM BOARD MEETING. (a) The secretary shall keep and sign the minutes of each board meeting and is the custodian of the authority's minutes and records. (b) If the secretary is absent from a board meeting, the board shall na…

Sec. 8515.0210. SEPARATION OF POLICY-MAKING AND MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS. The board shall develop and implement policies that clearly separate the board's policy-making responsibilities and the general manager's and staff's management responsibilities. Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., …

Sec. 8515.0211. DIRECTOR TRAINING PROGRAM. (a) A person who is appointed to and qualifies for office as a director may not vote, deliberate, or be counted as a director in attendance at a board meeting until the person completes a training program that complies with this section.…

Sec. 8515.0212. GENERAL MANAGER. The board shall appoint a general manager of the authority. Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 203 (H.B. 1615), Sec. 1.02, eff. April 1, 2027. Text of section effective on April 01, 2027

Sec. 8515.0213. COMPLAINTS. (a) The authority shall maintain a system to promptly and efficiently act on complaints filed with the authority. (b) The authority shall maintain information about the parties to the complaint, the subject matter of the complaint, a summary of the res…

Sec. 8515.0214. PUBLIC TESTIMONY. The board shall develop and implement policies that provide the public with a reasonable opportunity to appear before the board and to speak on any issue under the authority's jurisdiction. Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 203 (H.B. 1615)…

Sec. 8515.0301. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. (a) The authority has the rights, powers, privileges, and duties provided by general law applicable to a water control and improvement district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, including those provided by Chapte…

Sec. 8515.0302. ADDITIONAL POWERS. (a) The authority may: (1) control, develop, store, and preserve the waters and flood waters of the Upper Guadalupe River and its tributaries inside or outside the authority for a beneficial or useful purpose; (2) purchase, acquire, build, const…

Sec. 8515.0303. CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT. The authority shall conserve and develop this state's natural resources in the authority. Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 203 (H.B. 1615), Sec. 1.02, eff. April 1, 2027. Text of section effective on April 01, 2027

Sec. 8515.0304. COST OF RELOCATING OR ALTERING PROPERTY. (a) In this section, "sole expense" means the actual cost of relocating, raising, lowering, rerouting, changing the grade of, or altering the construction of a facility described by Subsection (b) in providing comparable re…

Sec. 8515.0305. POWERS RELATING TO GRANTS AND CONTRACTS. The authority may accept grants or contract with any person in connection with or in aid of the exercise of any right, power, privilege, or function of the authority. Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 203 (H.B. 1615)…

Sec. 8515.0306. POWERS RELATING TO WASTE FACILITIES. As a necessary aid to the conservation, control, preservation, and distribution of the water of the Upper Guadalupe River and its tributaries for beneficial use, the authority may: (1) construct, own, and operate sewage collect…

Sec. 8515.0307. NOTICE OF ELECTION. Notice of an election may be given under the hand of the president or secretary. Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 203 (H.B. 1615), Sec. 1.02, eff. April 1, 2027. SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS Text of section effective on Ap…

Sec. 8515.0401. TAX METHOD. The authority shall use the ad valorem plan of taxation. Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 203 (H.B. 1615), Sec. 1.02, eff. April 1, 2027. Text of section effective on April 01, 2027

Sec. 8515.0402. DEPOSITORY. (a) The board shall select one or more banks or trust companies in this state to act as a depository of bond proceeds or of revenue derived from the operation of authority facilities. (b) The depository shall, as determined by the board: (1) provide in…

Sec. 8515.0403. PAYMENT OF TAX OR ASSESSMENT NOT REQUIRED. The authority is not required to pay a tax or assessment on: (1) an authority project or any part of the project; or (2) an authority purchase. Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 203 (H.B. 1615), Sec. 1.02, eff. Apr…

Sec. 8515.0501. REVENUE NOTES. (a) The board, without an election, may borrow money, not to exceed $55 million in the aggregate, on the authority's negotiable notes, payable solely from the authority's revenue derived from the ownership of all or any designated part of the author…

Sec. 8515.0502. BORROWING MONEY. The authority may borrow money by any method or procedure provided by this chapter or general law for a corporate purpose or combination of corporate purposes. Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 203 (H.B. 1615), Sec. 1.02, eff. April 1, 2027…

Sec. 8515.0503. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS. The authority may: (1) issue bonds of any kind to carry out any purpose authorized by this chapter; and (2) provide and make payment for the bonds and for necessary expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of the bonds. Added by …

Sec. 8515.0504. EXCHANGING BONDS FOR PROPERTY OR WORK. The authority may exchange bonds, including refunding bonds: (1) for property acquired by purchase; or (2) in payment of the contract price of work performed or materials or services provided for the authority's use and benef…

Sec. 8515.0505. BOND ELECTION; NOTICE. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), the authority may not issue bonds unless a majority of voters voting at an election held in the authority approve the issuance of the bonds. (b) Before issuing bonds, the board must order an election…

Sec. 8515.0506. FAILED BOND ELECTION. (a) A general law, including Sections 51.781 through 51.791, Water Code, that provides for calling a hearing on the dissolution of a water control and improvement district after a failed district bond election does not apply to the authority.…

Sec. 8515.0507. BONDS EXEMPT FROM TAXATION. Bonds issued under this chapter, the transfer of the bonds, and income from the bonds, including profits made on the sale of the bonds, are exempt from taxation in this state. Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 203 (H.B. 1615), Se…